END OF OVER:
20 | 5 Runs 2 Wkts | RR: 194/9 (12 runs required, RR: 9.70)

  • Fazalhaq Farooqi2 (2b)
  • Tushar Deshpande1 (2b)
  • Yash Dayal3-0-33-1
  • Josh Hazlewood4-0-33-4

11.50pm Phew, what a thriller! There was a Kohli fifty, a Padikkal blitz. There was a Jaiswal blitz, during which he also tore into Josh Hazlewood. But the Aussie quick not only got the big wicket of Jaiswal, but also came back to bowl one of the best spells of death bowling you'll see, especially given the pressure he was under. RCB have finally added a 'W' at home, and they have bettered their chances at making the playoffs. For Rajasthan Royals, they are not knocked out of contention mathematically yet, but it would take nothing short of a minor miracle for them to revive this season and play for anything other than, as their stand-in skipper mentioned, pride. That's all we have for you today. On behalf of Vishal, Sudeep and Thilak, it's Abhimanyu signing off.

11.45pm Time for the presentation ceremony. Here's what he has to say: "[On the 19th over] I was just sticking to my strengths. I knew hard lengths were hard to hit so i was mixing that up with yorkers, change of pace. [On his evolution as a T20 bowler] I think it's just a range of people and teams. First of all it's a chance to play the format. For a lot of years Test cricket and ODIs were a preference. But then Sydney Sixers, CSK, RCB, I got the chance to take in pieces of information. I just love our attack. We bounce off each other really well. The bounce here has been quite steep throughout the tournament. Getting the score we did today was really great."

Josh Hazlewood is the Player of the Match.

Rajat Patidar: "It was a much needed win. Today the wicket was different, as we had expected. All the credit goes to the bowlers how they came back after the 10th over. The way they showed courage was tremendous. [On their score of 205] I think initially RR batted beautifully, credit goes to them. At some point we felt that it would be a tight match and we were just searching for wickets. Only if you get wickets you can stop runs. I always back my instincts first but we have a group of great leaders, so their thoughts and inputs are really helping us."

Kumar: "Hazlewood POTM for me just for that 19th over" It looks like this will be the case! He deserves it. Anyway, this should be formalised very soon in the presentation ceremony.

11.30pm Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag, Nitish Rana and Vaibhav Suryavanshi all tore into RCB's bowling early in this 206 chase. Rajasthan Royals looked in control. Then Krunal Pandya and Suyash Sharma applied the brakes, with Krunal picking two wickets as well. Josh Hazlewood then bowled an excellent 17th over. RCB in control? Not quite. Dubey and Jurel took 22 off Bhuvneshwar's 18th over to leave RR needing 18 off two overs. But then Hazlewood bowled an over to remember, giving away just one run and taking two wickets to seal victory for RCB. Royals have lost five on the trot, but the story today will be RCB finally giving a jubilant home crowd a win to savour. Batting first, of course, RCB put in a much improved display. Kohli, Salt and Padikkal helped set it up for the middle and lower order, and Tim David and Jitesh Sharma provided the finish to take RCB to their highest score at home this year.

Virat Kohli: "Look, we've had three pretty average games at home and we discussed a few things we need to get right as a batting unit and we applied ourselves well to get the total on board. The pitch wasn't as flat as the score makes it look. Dew made the ball come on nicely in the second half and credit to Rajasthan for coming out and playing some good shots. Pushed us back straighaway, but to claw ourselves back into the game and get those two points is great. The first challenge is winning the toss [chuckles]. In the second half there is always dew. We've struggled to put on a par score. The template is now pretty simple, for one guy to bat through and the others to attack around him. Devdutt and I know this ground well. Just wanted to let Salt to his thing at the top. There is pace and bounce in the first few overs with the new ball. Today we just tried to time the ball and keep enough pressure on the opposition to keep giving us boundary balls. [Our score] looks enough right now but at one point…"

Riyan Parag: "I think we did really well with the ball. I thought it was a 210-220 wicket. We held them back really well. With the batting, I thought at the halfway mark we were in the driving seat. But we have ourselves to blame. We didn't show enough intent against the spinners and didn't execute well. The onus is on the players to show that freedom and put in performances with intent. It's a tournament where you make one mistake and you pay for it and that's what happened today. We speak a lot as groups, we try and be honest in our conversations. We have spoken about situations like this and we just couldn't execute it tonight. We were in the driving seat and we let it slip. We gotta play for pride now."

Jai: "One captain RP win over another captain RP"

Amey: "The curse of Chinnaswamy ground for RCB is finally broken."

19.6
1
Yash Dayal to Fazalhaq Farooqi, 1 run, Clubbed down the ground and just short of long-off. RCB have pulled off a comeback win for the ages! Josh Hazlewood the hero and Kohli knows it as he lifts the Australian off his feet. RR fall short in another chase they were in control of! What scenes at the Chinnaswamy!
19.5
1
Yash Dayal to Deshpande, 1 run, Full toss outside off, inside edge onto the ground and towards Jitesh's left, who collects and has a shy at the striker's end but misses
19.4
1
Yash Dayal to Fazalhaq Farooqi, 1 run, Yorker around middle, dug out towards long-on. And that should mathematically seal the win. Huge cheers around the Chinnaswamy! Their team has won a game here!

Farooqi on strike.

Naman: "I cannot believe RR has botched up another chase which they should have won."

19.3
W
Yash Dayal to Hasaranga, 1 run, OUT, Drilled down the ground to long-off and there's a run-out chance. The throw at the striker's end comes high and wide to Jitesh, who does well to collect and stretch to the stumps with his right hand. Looks so close with the bails lit up with Hasaranga's bat on the line. The umpire decides there isn't anything that's crossed the crease, And Hasaranga has to go!

PW Hasaranga run out 1 (6m 3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 33.33

Around the wicket to Hasaranga

19.2
1b
Yash Dayal to Deshpande, 1 bye, Gets the yorker through! Deshpande can't jam his bat down on time, but RR get the bye away. The ball just went past off stump as well

Ankur: "What a spell at death from Haz!"

19.1
W
Yash Dayal to Dubey, OUT, Full toss and he hits it straight to deep midwicket! Low full toss just outside off and Shubham Dubey picks out Phil Salt. The crowd is going crazy as RCB close in on their first home win of the season!

SB Dubey c Salt b Yash Dayal 12 (18m 7b 1x4 1x6) SR: 171.42

Yash Dayal against a left-handed finisher. Can Dubey pull a Rinku? He needs fewer runs of course

END OF OVER:
19 | 1 Run 2 Wkts | RR: 189/7 (17 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 9.94, RRR: 17.00)

  • Wanindu Hasaranga0 (2b)
  • Shubham Dubey12 (6b)
  • Josh Hazlewood4-0-33-4
  • Bhuvneshwar Kumar4-0-50-1
18.6
0
Hazlewood to Hasaranga, no run, Hasaranga slices at this length ball outside off, and it goes on the bounce to deep third who is standing very fine! They don't take the run. 17 needed off the last over! Seven runs and three wickets in Hazlewood's final two overs today. Absolutely stunning!

Last ball of what could be a match-winning over!

18.5
0
Hazlewood to Hasaranga, no run, Brute from Hazlewood! Back of length around off, Hasasranga backs away and pushes at it but he's beaten on the outside edge!

Hasaranga to face the hat-trick ball from Hazlewood

18.4
W
Hazlewood to Archer, OUT, Two in two for Hazlewood! Back of length outside off, Archer looks to go inside out and there's no foot movement and he ends up slicing it up to cover's left. Patidar makes no mistake and Archer is disgusted with himself! RCB right back in this! What twists and turns over the last two-three overs!

JC Archer c Patidar b Hazlewood 0 (1m 1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0

17 needed off 9. Jofra Archer walks out to bat

18.3
W
Hazlewood to Jurel, OUT, Jurel backs away to make room and Hazlewood nails the wide yorker! The ball sneaks past as Jurel brings his bat down. And hold on, RCB have reviewed for caught-behind! Was there a thin bottom edge as Jurel brought the bat down? There is a spike as the ball crosses bat! They will do a check now for a bump ball. No, no bounce, Jurel is gone three short of a fifty! Hazlewood has got a third! What an appeal from Jitesh Sharma there! Jitesh has been excellent with his judgement behind the stumps this season, when it's come to reviews.

DC Jurel c †Sharma b Hazlewood 47 (45m 34b 3x4 3x6) SR: 138.23

18.2
0
Hazlewood to Jurel, no run, Dug in short outside off, Jurel can only bottom-edge this pull to midwicket
18.1
1
Hazlewood to Dubey, 1 run, Full toss angled across him, Dubey looks to go down the ground and slices it between cover and point!

18 needed off two now. Hazlewood has a huge task ahead of him

END OF OVER:
18 | 22 Runs | RR: 188/5 (18 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 10.44, RRR: 9.00)

  • Dhruv Jurel47 (32b)
  • Shubham Dubey11 (5b)
  • Bhuvneshwar Kumar4-0-50-1
  • Josh Hazlewood3-0-32-2
17.6
4
Kumar to Jurel, FOUR, Scooped behind for four more! Jurel moves across and gets this over the keeper. What a big over! Has changed the game for Rajasthan Royals!
17.5
4
Kumar to Jurel, FOUR, Oh poor fielding! Jurel just dabs this length ball fine on the off side and Hazlewood is slow to move to his left and stop it
17.4
1
Kumar to Dubey, 1 run, It's all happening! Yorker on the stumps, dug out towards mid-off. Patidar has a shy at the non-striker's end as Jurel is sent back and misses the stumps. Batter was comfortably in and the overthrow allows an extra run
17.3
6
Kumar to Dubey, SIX, Pulled away! This short ball on leg sits up nicely and Dubey helps it along over square leg!
17.2
1
Kumar to Jurel, 1 run, Short outside off, Jurel looks to swat this down the ground again but gets it off the top edge. Bounces well short of long-on running in.
17.1
6
Kumar to Jurel, SIX, Creaaaammmed down the ground! Bhuvneshwar starts off with a slot ball outside off, and Jurel lofts it down the ground! Just the start RR needed to this over!

Bhuvneshwar Kumar will bowl this one. 40 needed off three overs.

END OF OVER:
17 | 6 Runs 1 Wkt | RR: 166/5 (40 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 9.76, RRR: 13.33)

  • Shubham Dubey4 (3b)
  • Dhruv Jurel32 (28b)
  • Josh Hazlewood3-0-32-2
  • Krunal Pandya4-0-31-2
16.6
4
Hazlewood to Dubey, FOUR, What a drive! Length ball angled across and Dubey drives this on the up and perfectly picks the gap between cover and mid-off!
16.5
0
Hazlewood to Dubey, no run, Hazlewood rushes Dubey with a length ball on middle and leg. He looks to pull it but it's off the splice and drops short of midwickete

Here's a stat from Namooh Shah: Krunal Pandya has taken 12 wickets this season so far, joint most he has taken in an IPL season, previously he took 12 wickets in 2018 and 2019

16.4
0
Hazlewood to Dubey, no run, Dubey looks to drive this length ball outside off, mistimes it to cover. That length wasn't there to be driven!

Shubham Dubey joins Jurel at the crease

16.3
W
Hazlewood to Hetmyer, OUT, Has he nicked that? The umpire reckons he has! Beautiful from Hazlewood! It's back of length around leg, cramping Hetmyer, who plays all around it, trying to whip it leg side. Gets an inside edge and Hazlewood has done it again for RCB!

SO Hetmyer c †Sharma b Hazlewood 11 (14m 8b 1x4 0x6) SR: 137.5

16.2
1
Hazlewood to Jurel, 1 run, Sliced to backward point's right. Kohli is quick to it and juuust misses his throw at the non-striker's end. This was on a length outside off and Jurel looked to cut. Falls short of the fielder too. The batters did well to rush the single

RR 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st52YBK JaiswalV Suryavanshi
2nd20N RanaYBK Jaiswal
3rd38N RanaR Parag
4th24N RanaDC Jurel
5th28SO HetmyerDC Jurel
6th27DC JurelSB Dubey
7th0JC ArcherSB Dubey
8th0PW HasarangaSB Dubey
9th2PW HasarangaTU Deshpande
10th3TU DeshpandeFazalhaq Farooqi