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RCB VS CSK

Match 11, 5-Apr-2026

250/3 20.0 oversRun Rate: 12.5
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207/10 19.4 overs Run Rate: 10.67
Royal Challengers Bengaluru beat Chennai Super Kings by 43 runs
Royal Challengers Bengaluru First Innings
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Tim David(70 | 25)*
Rajat Patidar(48 | 19)
A Kamboj|4|0|52|1
419.619.6: Anshul Kamboj to Tim David, FOUR! The 250 is up for RCB! A catching opportunity missed, and to make matters worse for CSK, it has gone for a boundary. Full and angled into the pads. David picks it up aerially towards deep mid-wicket. Sarfaraz Khan commits to the catch but realises that he cannot get there. He slams the brakes but loses the ball in the lights and cannot get his body behind the ball. Khan stays side on and looks to make the stop as the ball bounces in front of him but it ends up going past him for a four.
6 Over | Run: 250/3 | Run Rate: 12.50
119.519.5: Anshul Kamboj to Rajat Patidar, Wide yorker nailed by Anshul Kamboj. Rajat Patidar squeezes it out past cover for another single. A four on the last ball will take RCB to 250.
119.419.4: Anshul Kamboj to Tim David, Near the tramline, David drills it to deep cover for one.
119.319.3: Anshul Kamboj to Rajat Patidar, Full and on off, this is driven through the covers for a single.
019.219.2: Anshul Kamboj to Rajat Patidar, There to be put away! Full toss, on middle. Rajat Patidar swings too hard and loses his shape in the process. Bunts it down the bowler.
619.119.1: Anshul Kamboj to Rajat Patidar, SIX! The sixes keep coming. Full and wide, near the tramline. Rajat Patidar is made to reach out and he makes contact with the ball, slicing it over deep point for a six.
618.618.6: Jamie Overton to Tim David, SIX! Watch out, those in the Cubbon Park, this is coming towards you. 30 RUNS OFF THE OVER! Jamie Overton bashes the surface, over middle. This sits up to be hit and David muscles it with all his might over square leg. He parks it onto the roof.
6 Over | Run: 237/3 | Run Rate: 12.47
618.518.5: Jamie Overton to Tim David, SIX! Two in two, but this is even bigger! RCB move to 231, their highest total against CSK, according to Ravi Shastri. Yorker gone wrong once again for Overton. Full and on middle. Tim tonks it cleanly well over the sight screen for half a dozen.
618.418.4: Jamie Overton to Tim David, SIX! Tim David brings up his FIFTY in grand style. His 2nd IPL half-century and it comes in 21 balls. David also blows a kiss to someone in the dugout. Overton gets the yorker wrong and serves it right in the slot, on middle. Tim gets under the ball and pumps it over mid on for a biggie.
418.318.3: Jamie Overton to Tim David, FOUR! Extra pace can really work against a bowler at such times. Not a bad delivery, but Overton still pays the price. Banged in short and angled across off, David is rushed as he looks to pull and the ball brushes the top edge, before flying high and wide to the right of the keeper, and into the deep third fence.
218.218.2: Jamie Overton to Tim David, Jamie goes full and angles it across off, David goes after it and looks to drag it over deep mid-wicket but gets an inside edge past the stumps and down to fine leg for a couple of runs.
618.118.1: Jamie Overton to Tim David, SIX! Powered away with ease. A leg stump half-volley from Overton to begin the over. Tim David gets low and smokes it beyond the backward square leg fence for his fifth biggie of the game and moves into the 40s.
117.717.6: Anshul Kamboj to Tim David, Low full toss, on off. David carves it to deep cover for a single.
7 Over | Run: 207/3 | Run Rate: 11.50
617.617.5: Anshul Kamboj to Tim David, SIX! Tim David makes the Free Hit count. Anshul Kamboj misses the yorker. Low full toss, outside off. David swings through the line and pummels it over long on for half a dozen. That will only add salt to the wounds for Kamboj and CSK.
017.517.5: Anshul Kamboj to Tim David, TIMBER! Outfoxed and Tim David acknowledges that with a fist bump with the bowler. Oh, hang on, the no ball is being checked. Would you believe it? Anshul Kamboj has overstepped. David stays on. A massive moment in the game. Kamboj spots David making a slight move towards the off side and he nails the yorker, right at the base of the leg stump. David swings but misses and the ball crashes into the leg stump. It all goes in vain for Anshul. Free Hit coming up.
017.417.4: Anshul Kamboj to Tim David, A big swing and a miss! Kamboj flirts with the tramline. This lands near the popping crease and Tim swings to go big on the off side but only connects with thin air. David feels that it should be called a wide. He has a word with Patidar and takes the review. The replays show that Tim was standing on the off stump, but the ball was within the tramline. RCB lose a review.
217.317.3: Anshul Kamboj to Tim David, Very full, outside off. David gets low, takes the ball on the full and cracks the drive to the left of long off for a couple of runs.
017.217.2: Anshul Kamboj to Tim David, Missed out! Kamboj dishes it out right in the slot, on middle and leg. David gets the front leg out of the way and has a hoick across the line. Ekes out an inside edge onto the pads and Tim admonishes himself for missing out. 
417.117.1: Anshul Kamboj to Tim David, FOUR! Hit hard and wide enough! Anshul Kamboj steams in from around the wicket and bowls the wide line with the field set accordingly. It ends up being a low full toss, David uses his long reach and smacks it along the ground to the right of the man at deep point for a four.
116.616.6: Noor Ahmad to Tim David, Continues to be short, on off. This is slapped to deep cover for a single. 21 runs off Noor's final over.
6 Over | Run: 193/3 | Run Rate: 11.35
616.516.5: Noor Ahmad to Tim David, SIX! Make that a hat-trick of sixes. Tim David is rampant. Change of angle from Noor but no change in result. Ahmad switches to around the wicket and keeps the length short and pushes it through, outside the off stump. David presses deep in the crease and plays it on the rise. Lofts it over cover off the back foot for the third six in a row.
616.416.4: Noor Ahmad to Tim David, SIX MORE! Another half-tracker, and the line this time is around middle. David needs no second invitation. He stays back and mows it with power over mid-wicket for six more. Noor under immense pressure.
616.316.3: Noor Ahmad to Tim David, SIX! Belted! Too short, asking to be hit and David gets the width to free his arms. Tim waits on the back foot and slaps it over long off for a biggie.
016.216.2: Noor Ahmad to Rajat Patidar, Oh, that was not far from hitting the stumps! Flat and short, on off. Rajat Patidar switches his stance for the reverse but misses. The ball sneaks past the off stump and deflects off the keeper's pads to short fine leg. The batters cross for a bye. A wayward throw at the bowling end but it is backed up and the batters settle with one.
116.116.1: Noor Ahmad to Tim David, Tossed up, on off, driven to cover for a single.
615.715.6: Khaleel Ahmed to Rajat Patidar, SIX! Clean strike! Khaleel takes pace off and this sits up to be hit, on middle and leg. It comes at thigh height and Patidar stands tall to dispatch the pull over square leg for a six. 19 runs off the over!
7 Over | Run: 172/3 | Run Rate: 10.75
415.615.5: Khaleel Ahmed to Rajat Patidar, FOUR! Not exactly where Patidar intended but he will take it. On a good length, leaving the right-hander with the angle. Patidar throws the kitchen sink at it and the ball slices off the outer half over backward point for a boundary.
015.515.4: Khaleel Ahmed to Rajat Patidar, Half a shout for LBW! Turned down by the umpire. Khaleel Ahmed is convinced, and he coaxes Ruturaj Gaikwad to take the review. The ball did go towards the keeper with a deflection. Low full toss, across off. Patidar hangs deep in the crease and has a swipe across the line. The ball dips under the blade and brushes the back leg on its way to the keeper. However, the UltraEdge comes up with a spike, confirming that the ball brushed the toe end of the bat.
615.415.3: Khaleel Ahmed to Rajat Patidar, SIX! Quality shot! Khaleel attempts the wide yorker but it ends up being a low full toss and the line is not wide enough. Patidar hangs low, takes the ball on the full and goes inside out over cover for a biggie.
015.315.3: Khaleel Ahmed to Rajat Patidar, Wide! Khaleel rolls his fingers over the ball and digs it in short. Rajat rises with the bounce and gets his hands high to flay it away, but misses. Patidar has a look at the square leg umpire, but he does not get the signal he is looking for. After a chat with David at the other end, the RCB skipper challenges the wide call. The ball turns out to be 0.06 metres above head height. As they say, game of fine margins. The on-field decision has been changed to wide.
115.215.2: Khaleel Ahmed to Tim David, Khaleel bashes the hard length and over off. Tim is deep in the crease and swings across for the pull. He is rushed but manages to get it away in front of square on the leg side for a single.
115.115.1: Khaleel Ahmed to Rajat Patidar, Into the strip, on middle. Patidar moves away from the stumps and with a high elbow, he punches it to deep cover for a single.
014.614.6: Jamie Overton to Rajat Patidar, Oh, doesn't rise much this one. Back of a length, around off and angling in. Rajat Patidar looks to swivel and pull but the ball skids on and beats the inside edge, hitting the thigh pad. The ball rolls towards short third for a leg bye.
6 Over | Run: 153/3 | Run Rate: 10.20
114.514.5: Jamie Overton to Tim David, Shorter this time, outside off, slashed away to deep point for a single by David.
014.414.4: Jamie Overton to Tim David, Fuller in length, at the stumps, David plays it back to the bowler.
014.314.3: Jamie Overton to Tim David, That's good pace from Overton, around 148 clicks. Back of a length and in the channel outside off, Tim David has a poke at it but the ball zips past the blade.
014.214.2: Jamie Overton to Tim David, Full and on middle, defended solidly off the front foot by David.
014.114.1: Jamie Overton to Devdutt Padikkal, OUT! TIMBER! Too cute from DDP and he pays the highest price for it. Jamie Overton bowls it full and fast, attacking the stumps. Devdutt Padikkal is quick to walk across the off stump and he shows too much of the stumps to the bowler. Padikkal even falls over as he attempts the lap shot and the ball goes on to knock over the leg stump out of the ground. End of a fine knock. The 21-ball 58-run stand comes to an end.
113.613.6: Matt Henry to Devdutt Padikkal, Back-to-back FIFTIES to start the season for Devdutt Padikkal. Banged in short and just outside off, rushing the batter. Padikkal shanks the pull shot down to long on and picks up a single to end the over, 14 off it.
6 Over | Run: 151/2 | Run Rate: 10.79
413.513.5: Matt Henry to Devdutt Padikkal, FOUR! Too much width on offer. Short and wide outside off, Padikkal reaches for it and swats it up and over the cover region for yet another boundary. 150 UP FOR RCB.
013.413.4: Matt Henry to Devdutt Padikkal, Banged in quick and short over middle, but a bit too high for the umpire's liking as DDP ducks under it. Actually, it is reviewed by CSK. The third umpire checks the replays, and we can see that the ball is just a hair under DDP's head height, so no wide.
213.313.3: Matt Henry to Devdutt Padikkal, PUT DOWN! A very difficult chance, but a chance nonetheless. Henry serves this on a good length but bowls it wide of the off stump. Devdutt Padikkal goes after it and slaps it flat past cover. Ruturaj Gaikwad, inside the circle, puts in a horizontal dive to his right but the ball hits his wrist and rolls away behind for a couple of runs.
113.213.2: Matt Henry to Rajat Patidar, Short ball, right at the batter, pulled away to the right of deep mid-wicket for a single.
613.113.1: Matt Henry to Rajat Patidar, SIX! Wow, that's some shot and the 50-run stand comes up between these two, off just 15 balls. Pitched up on a fuller length around off, Rajat Patidar simply lifts it with minimal power and times it perfectly back over the bowler's head for a biggie.
412.712.6: Shivam Dube to Devdutt Padikkal, FOUR! Drilled back past the bowler and 23 runs come off that over. Full and straight, nearly in the blockhole but Padikkal manages to clear the front leg and pummel it along the turf and dead straight for another boundary.
7 Over | Run: 137/2 | Run Rate: 10.54
412.612.5: Shivam Dube to Devdutt Padikkal, FOUR! Excellent placement from DDP! Slower ball, fractionally short and wide outside off. Padikkal waits well before crunching the cut shot wide of point and the ball runs away to the fence.
612.512.4: Shivam Dube to Devdutt Padikkal, SIX! It's raining sixes now at the Chinnaswamy. Padikkal is early to shimmy down the pitch and Dube sees him coming as well. Dube tries to outfox the batter by going full and wide but Padikkal does brilliantly to reach out and use those long levers to power it over extra cover for a biggie.
112.412.3: Shivam Dube to Rajat Patidar, Back of a length, on middle, tucked away through mid-wicket for one.
612.312.2: Shivam Dube to Rajat Patidar, SIX! Oh, just over the ropes. A surprise short ball from Dube, well-directed and Rajat Patidar gets rushed. However, he manages to hook it away towards deep backward square leg, where Noor Ahmad puts in a valiant effort, leaping high to his right and even gets a finger on it, but the ball and Noor, both go over the ropes.
112.212.1: Shivam Dube to Devdutt Padikkal, Good length again, in the channel, punched off the middle of the bat towards deep cover but for just a single.
012.112.1: Shivam Dube to Devdutt Padikkal, WIDE! Pace off, on a length and darting well across the left-hander. Padikkal leaves it alone and a wide is called.
111.611.6: Noor Ahmad to Devdutt Padikkal, On the shorter side and wide outside off, this is cut away through backward point for one more. 16 off the over.
6 Over | Run: 114/2 | Run Rate: 9.50
111.511.5: Noor Ahmad to Rajat Patidar, Short of a length, on off, punched through mid off for a single.
011.411.4: Noor Ahmad to Devdutt Padikkal, Better length again from Ahmad. Bowled flatter and darted into the pads. Padikkal plays all over it and gets it off the pads to short third for a leg bye.
611.311.3: Noor Ahmad to Devdutt Padikkal, SIX! Wow, that's gone many a mile. Tossed up on middle, not all that full but Padikkal dances down the track, gets it on the full and launches it over long on for a colossal six.
111.211.2: Noor Ahmad to Rajat Patidar, Noor immediately drags the length back, bowling it around off. Rajat eases it through covers for one.
611.111.1: Noor Ahmad to Rajat Patidar, SIX! Magnificent strokeplay from Rajat Patidar. Tossed up, wide outside off, Patidar gets down on one knee, opens up the off side and lofts it over the sweeper cover fielder for a six. 100 up for RCB now.
410.610.6: Shivam Dube to Devdutt Padikkal, FOUR! That's a freebie from Dube. Too short and too wide, Devdutt Padikkal presses up on his toes and uppercuts it down to the vacant deep third fence for a boundary.
6 Over | Run: 98/2 | Run Rate: 8.91
110.510.5: Shivam Dube to Rajat Patidar, Back of a length and around off, punched off the back foot and down to long on for a single.
010.410.4: Shivam Dube to Phil Salt, OUT! CAUGHT! Shivam Dube strikes gold in his first over, and Phil Salt is livid with his dismissal. Bowled at just 116 kph, Dube digs this one in short again and outside off. Salt comes forward and looks to drag the pull in front of square leg, but rolls his wrists over the ball and gets a top edge. The ball flies down to the left of Noor Ahmad at deep square leg, and he slides across to reverse cup it nicely. Salt falls 4 runs short of his fifty and RCB are now 2 down for 93.
110.310.3: Shivam Dube to Devdutt Padikkal, Back of a length, angling across off, cut away without much timing and into the turf towards cover-point for one more.
110.210.2: Shivam Dube to Phil Salt, Oh, that should have been put away. Gentle-pace delivery, full and down leg, Salt gets inside the line and only gets a bottom edge down to short fine leg for a single.
010.110.1: Shivam Dube to Phil Salt, Dube starts his spell with a short ball, digging it into the pitch and wide of the off stump. Salt ends up jamming it down to extra cover.
29.69.6: Noor Ahmad to Devdutt Padikkal, Yes, he does finish decently. Noor floats it up, slightly too straight, on the pads. Devdutt plays the sweep fine of the man at short fine leg. Anshul Kamboj gives it a chase and hauls it in. A couple of runs for Padikkal. 4 runs off the over, good comeback by Noor after going for 10 runs in his opening over.
6 Over | Run: 91/1 | Run Rate: 9.10
19.59.5: Noor Ahmad to Phil Salt, Noor keeps it on the shorter side and bowls it with a flatter trajectory, on middle and leg. Phil wrists it off the back foot in front of square on the leg side for a run. Just 2 runs off the over so far. Can Ahmad finish well?
19.49.4: Noor Ahmad to Devdutt Padikkal, Sliding in at the hips, Padikkal clips it through square leg and gets to the other end.
09.39.3: Noor Ahmad to Devdutt Padikkal, A flash and a miss! Pushed through, on the shorter side, outside off. Padikkal makes room and goes hard on the cut but misses.
09.29.2: Noor Ahmad to Devdutt Padikkal, On a good length, a hint of turn, around off. The ball holds in the surface and DDP checks his push to cover.
09.19.1: Noor Ahmad to Devdutt Padikkal, A bit of a mix-up but no harm done! Tossed up, full and on middle. Devdutt Padikkal makes room to go through the off side. He taps it in front of cover and wants to sneak in a quick single but is sent back by his partner.
18.68.6: Jamie Overton to Devdutt Padikkal, Full and outside off. Devdutt carves it away off the outer half behind point for a run. The 50-run stand is also up between these two.
6 Over | Run: 87/1 | Run Rate: 9.67
48.58.5: Jamie Overton to Devdutt Padikkal, FOUR! Smart batting! At the sticks by Overton, on a good length, an off-cutter. Padikkal hangs deep in the crease and walks inside the line of the ball. He knows that fine leg is inside the circle and he picks it up over that man for a boundary.
28.48.4: Jamie Overton to Devdutt Padikkal, Across off, on a good length. Devdutt Padikkal holds his shape and swings through the line to play the lofted drive. He does not quite get the timing right but manages to clear extra cover. The ball slows down in the outfield and DDP picks up a brace.
18.38.3: Jamie Overton to Phil Salt, Width offered, on a short of a length. Phil reaches out and slaps it to deep cover. They cross.
28.28.2: Jamie Overton to Phil Salt, Overton pitches it up, outside off. Phil walks across to get closer to the line and drives it along the ground between cover and mid off. Ayush Mhatre dives to his left at mid off but cannot make a clean stop. The ball goes behind off his hands and Salt comes back for the second run.
18.18.1: Jamie Overton to Devdutt Padikkal, Overton bashes the hard length, on middle. Padikkal hops back and lifts the front leg to pull it behind square leg for a single.
17.67.6: Noor Ahmad to Devdutt Padikkal, Googly from Noor, on a good length, turning into the pads. Padikkal works it with the spin off the back foot to deep square leg for a run. Ahmad goes for 10 runs in his first over.
6 Over | Run: 76/1 | Run Rate: 9.50
17.57.5: Noor Ahmad to Phil Salt, Noor drags his length back and keeps it outside off. This is cut away to deep point for one more.
67.47.4: Noor Ahmad to Phil Salt, SIX! All the way! Even quicker from Noor and he goes full this time. Salt gets down on a knee and fetches it from outside the off stump before playing the slog sweep over mid-wicket. Phil does not get it from the middle of the blade but enough to clear the ropes.
17.37.3: Noor Ahmad to Devdutt Padikkal, Bowled at 98.7 kph, on a nagging length, on off and middle. DDP hangs back and pushes it to long on for a single.
17.27.2: Noor Ahmad to Phil Salt, Flatter and shorter, sliding across off. Salt chops it down in front of point and crosses over.
07.17.1: Noor Ahmad to Phil Salt, Salt swings himself off his feet! Noor loops it up first up, on leg. Phil has a heave across the line but misses and wears it on the front pad. He slips and falls over.
16.76.6: Anshul Kamboj to Phil Salt, Short ball outside off, guided away through backward point for a single by Phil Salt.
7 Over | Run: 66/1 | Run Rate: 9.43
46.66.5: Anshul Kamboj to Phil Salt, FOUR! That's travelled at a rate of knots. Pace off from Kamboj, fractionally short and over middle and leg. Salt gets leg side of the ball and heaves it flat towards deep mid-wicket for a boundary.
26.56.4: Anshul Kamboj to Phil Salt, Oh, a misfield and the batters get the extra run. Back of a length and outside off, punched away towards cover, where Ghosh fumbles and lets it through, conceding two runs.
66.46.3: Anshul Kamboj to Phil Salt, SIX! Up and over, it goes. Shortish length, angled into the batter and at a comfortable height as well. Phil Salt swivels and pulls it beyond deep square leg for a six.
06.36.2: Anshul Kamboj to Phil Salt, A good-looking shot for no run. Shorter in length and outside off, Phil Salt stays upright and slaps it away but straight to the cover fielder.
06.26.2: Anshul Kamboj to Phil Salt, WIDE! Too high. Banged in well short and around off, Salt sways his head away from the line of the ball and lets it through.
16.16.1: Anshul Kamboj to Devdutt Padikkal, Back of a length, outside off, cut away down to deep backward point for one. A bit of hesitation between the batters as they look for two but decide against it. 
45.65.6: Khaleel Ahmed to Phil Salt, FOUR! Phil Salt ends the Powerplay with a positive shot. Fractionally short and angled across off, Salt hangs back and gets into a side-on stance before hoicking it through mid-wicket for a boundary. 49/1 after 6 overs. 
6 Over | Run: 51/1 | Run Rate: 8.50
15.55.5: Khaleel Ahmed to Devdutt Padikkal, First run for Padikkal against Khaleel in the IPL, according to the on-air commentators, as before this game, he was dismissed twice by Khaleel without scoring a single run. Slightly short and outside off, cut away in front of point for a single.
05.45.4: Khaleel Ahmed to Devdutt Padikkal, Play and a miss! Good length, just outside off, looking to induce the drive. Padikkal does go for it but ends up getting beaten past the outside edge. 
15.35.3: Khaleel Ahmed to Phil Salt, Pitched on the fuller side and around off, Salt goes back and across, trying to swing it over mid-wicket but ends up just jamming it in front of mid-wicket for a single.
05.25.2: Khaleel Ahmed to Phil Salt, No room on offer. On a hard length on off, angling away, Phil Salt stands tall and forces the punch towards the fielder at cover.
25.15.1: Khaleel Ahmed to Phil Salt, Slower ball, a bit full and around leg stump, Salt gets inside the line and helps it down to fine leg for a couple of runs.
14.64.6: Anshul Kamboj to Phil Salt, Back of a length, slightly straighter in line, Salt taps it down in front of covers and picks up a single.
6 Over | Run: 43/1 | Run Rate: 8.60
44.54.5: Anshul Kamboj to Phil Salt, FOUR! Oh, that's unlucky for the bowler. Good-length delivery, around the top of off and middle. Phil Salt backs away to open up the off side but gets an outside edge that goes well wide to the right of Sanju Samson behind the stumps and goes away into the third man fence.
14.44.4: Anshul Kamboj to Devdutt Padikkal, Back of a length and outside off, stabbed into the off side for a single by Devdutt Padikkal.
04.34.3: Anshul Kamboj to Virat Kohli, OUT! CAUGHT! Redemption time for Shivam Dube and Virat Kohli has to walk back here. Cleverly bowled by Anshul Kamboj as he does drag his length back, knowing Kohli will still try to take it on. Virat Kohli jumps down the pitch and looks to smoke the ball out of the ground, but gets it high on the bat. The ball travels down to long on, where Dube runs across to his right to get to it and manages to cling on this time. A very unlike Kohli knock, but he's given his team a decent start here.
44.24.2: Anshul Kamboj to Virat Kohli, FOUR! That's become a signature shot for VK in recent times. Good-length delivery over middle, angling in, Kohli uses those lovely wrists of his to whip it across the line and over mid-wicket for a boundary.
04.14.1: Anshul Kamboj to Virat Kohli, Kamboj hits a back of a length and bowls it around off. Kohli advances and shanks the lofted shot on the bounce to the man at mid off.
13.63.6: Matt Henry to Virat Kohli, Good length, honing in on middle, nudged into the leg side for a single by Kohli. 16 off the over.
6 Over | Run: 33/0 | Run Rate: 8.25
43.53.5: Matt Henry to Virat Kohli, FOUR! That's got class written all over it. Full-pitched delivery, attacking the stumps, Virat Kohli gets his hands out in front and punches the straight drive with stellar timing, back past the bowler and the ball rolls away into the fence.
23.43.4: Matt Henry to Virat Kohli, Slower and shorter, Kohli comes forward and plays a wristy pull to the right of deep square leg for a couple of runs more.
23.33.3: Matt Henry to Virat Kohli, Another lofted shot attempted, again, it is not clean enough. Henry pulls his length back by a few inches and serves it around off, Kohli comes forward and hits it back over the bowler's head and clears the 30-yard circle. The ball plugs in the outfield again and they get two runs.
63.23.2: Matt Henry to Virat Kohli, SIX! Finally, Kohli gets one right out of the screws and the crowd comes alive. Length ball on middle, Virat Kohli keeps a still head and nonchalantly whips it across the line, over deep mid-wicket for a biggie.
13.13.1: Matt Henry to Phil Salt, High and over the infield but just a single. Full-pitched delivery on middle, Phil Salt clears the front leg and lifts it well over mid on but the ball plugs in the outfield, resulting in just a single.
02.62.6: Khaleel Ahmed to Virat Kohli, That in-between length, attacking the stumps and Kohli fails to get it away. Another fine over from Khaleel.
6 Over | Run: 17/0 | Run Rate: 5.67
12.52.5: Khaleel Ahmed to Phil Salt, Oh, a risky single now. Back of a length, tight line around off, Phil Salt jams it into the turf and straight to mid off before setting off for the single. Ruturaj Gaikwad picks the ball but misses the direct hit at the bowler's end.
02.42.4: Khaleel Ahmed to Virat Kohli, Full and on the pads, Kohli misses the flick and the ball thuds his pads, rolling towards fine leg. They get a leg bye.
22.32.3: Khaleel Ahmed to Virat Kohli, DROPPED! A big moment in the game already. First of all, a bit unlike Kohli to bash every delivery but Shivam Dube has to catch that. Length ball from Khaleel Ahmed, just around off, Virat Kohli looks to whack it over deep mid-wicket but mistimes it badly. The ball goes high and over mid on, where Dube backtracks and never settles under it. His feet keep moving even as he tries to pouch it, and he ends up spilling it. Two taken.
12.22.2: Khaleel Ahmed to Phil Salt, Back of a length and outside off, Phil Salt looks to take it on but ends up slicing it down to the right of deep third for one more.
12.12.1: Khaleel Ahmed to Virat Kohli, Swung hard again by Kohli, no timing on it, though. Hard length, angling across off, Kohli leans back and swats it in front of square leg for just a single.
01.61.6: Matt Henry to Phil Salt, Hit hard but can't get it through! In and around the off stump, on a short of a length. Salt shimmies down the track and hammers it on the up but can't get it past Ruturaj Gaikwad at mid off.
6 Over | Run: 11/0 | Run Rate: 5.50
11.51.5: Matt Henry to Virat Kohli, Shaping away, on a back of a length. Kohli dances down the track and flashes at it. Miscues it off the inner half to mid on for one.
21.41.4: Matt Henry to Virat Kohli, Excellent effort! Angled into the pads, on a length. Kohli brings his wrists into play and works it through square leg. Noor Ahmad gets around from deep fine leg and flings himself to his left to push the ball away from the fence, saving a couple of runs for his side.
11.31.3: Matt Henry to Phil Salt, On a length, on off. Phil Salt swings at it. Skews it off the outer half to deep backward point for a run.
11.21.2: Matt Henry to Virat Kohli, In the channel, on a back of a length, Kohli dabs it to backward point, where Khaleel Ahmed makes a mess of it once again and allows a single.
11.11.1: Matt Henry to Phil Salt, Around off, on a back of a length, Salt steers it to short third, where Khaleel Ahmed fumbles and concedes a single.
00.60.6: Khaleel Ahmed to Virat Kohli, A play and a miss! Running across the batter, on a good length. Kohli goes for the expansive drive and is beaten. A riveting first over from Khaleel!
6 Over | Run: 5/0 | Run Rate: 5.00
20.50.5: Khaleel Ahmed to Virat Kohli, Just out of reach! Full and on middle. Kohli brings his bat out in front and looks to whip it through using his bottom hand. The bat turns in his hands and Virat ends up slicing it over mid on. Shivam Dube turns around and goes after it but the ball drops out of his reach.
00.40.4: Khaleel Ahmed to Virat Kohli, A big mix-up but Kohli gets away with it! On a good length, on off. Kohli presses forward and taps it in front of cover. He sets off for the single before being sent back nearly halfway through the run. The cover fielder swoops in, picks the ball up and has a shy at the batting end but misses. Kohli would have been in trouble had the throw hit.
30.30.3: Khaleel Ahmed to Phil Salt, Oh, just a single? That seemed destined for four. Fuller in length, outside off. Salt extends his hands and carves it over point. The ball plugs in the outfield and dribbles towards the ropes. Matt Henry sprints and slides to his right from deep third to prevent the boundary. Well, initially it seemed like a single but the batters did actually take three runs.
00.20.2: Khaleel Ahmed to Phil Salt, Goes past the bat! Khaleel drags the length back and makes use of the over-the-wicket angle. Slides it across the right-hander. Phil pushes away from his body and is beaten on the outside edge.
00.10.1: Khaleel Ahmed to Phil Salt, Khaleel begins with a full ball and keeps the line around the off stump. Salt pushes out in front of his body for the drive. Gets it more off the inner half towards mid on.
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019.419.4: Abhinandan Singh to Matt Henry, OUT! CAUGHT! That's it. Royal Challengers Bengaluru complete a commanding win and make it four in a row against CSK. Abhinandan Singh bends his back and digs it in short, over middle. Henry gives himself room and takes on the short ball. He does not get the desired distance on it. Phil Salt is quick across the turf at deep mid-wicket as he charges across to his right and slides to take a good, low grab. Smiles and hugs all around in the RCB camp.
119.319.3: Abhinandan Singh to Anshul Kamboj, Singh lands it on a hard length, on off. Anshul attempts the pull but gets it high on the bat. It lobs towards mid off for a single.
119.219.2: Abhinandan Singh to Matt Henry, Gets the yorker in, on middle and leg. Henry bunts it through mid-wicket and crosses over.
119.119.1: Abhinandan Singh to Anshul Kamboj, Low full toss, on middle. Kamboj carves it towards extra cover for a single.
118.718.6: Jacob Duffy to Anshul Kamboj, Looped up, yorker, on middle. AK digs it out behind square leg for one more run.
7 Over | Run: 204/9 | Run Rate: 10.74
618.618.5: Jacob Duffy to Anshul Kamboj, SIX! Kamboj gets just enough on it. Back-of-the-hand slower ball by Duffy, into the strip, outside off. Anshul picks the change of pace and waits on it before pulling it over the man at deep square leg for a six. The fielder in the deep thought he was in business, but in the end, he watched the ball sail over his head.
118.518.4: Jacob Duffy to Matt Henry, Duffy bashes the hard length, on off. Henry stands tall and flat bats it back over the bowler's head. He does not quite get hold of it and the sub fielder, Jacob Bethell mops it up in the deep at long off by moving to his right. Just a single.
118.418.3: Jacob Duffy to Anshul Kamboj, Jacob executes the yorker to perfection, on middle. Anshul cannot do anything about it. He jams it out through mid-wicket for another single.
018.318.2: Jacob Duffy to Anshul Kamboj, Very full, angled in, on middle and leg. Anshul Kamboj drops his bat down and squeezes out an inside edge onto the pads.
418.218.1: Jacob Duffy to Anshul Kamboj, FOUR! Streaky! Duffy bangs it in short, keeping it away from the batter. Kamboj has a swipe across the line by getting on his toes. The ball balloons over the keeper off a top edge before racing away.
018.118.1: Jacob Duffy to Anshul Kamboj, Wide! Lands it on a good length, beyond the tramline. Kamboj swings and misses.
017.717.6: Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Noor Ahmad, OUT! CAUGHT! Wicket number 3 for Bhuvneshwar Kumar. It's that slower, short ball again. Leg-cutter, near the tramline on off. Noor Ahmad is made to reach out and he swings at it. Ends up dragging it towards wide long on. Virat Kohli covers a lot of ground to his right and gobbles it up with ease.
7 Over | Run: 190/9 | Run Rate: 10.56
017.617.6: Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Noor Ahmad, Wide! Slower bouncer, well wide on off, beyond the tramline. Noor Ahmad walks across the stumps and throws his hands at the ball but misses. 
117.517.5: Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Anshul Kamboj, On a good length, on top of off. Anshul Kamboj does not get the room to free his arms and he hits it down to long off for one.
117.417.4: Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Noor Ahmad, Kumar bowls it short and wide on off. Noor flays it down to deep point for a single.
617.317.3: Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Noor Ahmad, SIX! Nicely struck! Knuckleball, on a good length, on off and middle. Noor stays leg side of the ball and swings for the hills. Powers it over long on for a six.
017.217.2: Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Noor Ahmad, On a length, another slower ball, on off. Noor has a heave across the line but gets an inside edge to short fine leg.
117.117.1: Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Anshul Kamboj, Serves it full, on off. Anshul chips it back over the bowler's head for a single.
016.616.6: Suyash Sharma to Noor Ahmad, Angled into the pads, Noor misses out on the flick and wears it on the pads.
6 Over | Run: 180/8 | Run Rate: 10.59
016.516.5: Suyash Sharma to Noor Ahmad, Oh, just over the stumps! Looped up, it is the googly, on off and middle. Noor plays all over it but luckliy for him, the bounce takes the ball over the sticks.
016.416.4: Suyash Sharma to Noor Ahmad, Pushed through, on a good length, on middle. Noor taps it back to the bowler.
116.316.3: Suyash Sharma to Anshul Kamboj, PUT DOWN! Abhinandan Singh has made a mess of it. Another wrong'un, a bit too short, outside off. Anshul Kamboj throws the kitchen sink at it. The ball lobs off a thickish outside edge to backward point, where Abhinandan almost ends up getting too close to the ball. He tries to take it in reverse cup style but fails to cling on. They cross.
116.216.2: Suyash Sharma to Noor Ahmad, Flat and short, on middle. Noor swipes it away to long on and takes a single.
016.116.1: Suyash Sharma to Jamie Overton, OUT! CAUGHT! Jamie Overton holes out. RCB's Impact Sub gets himself on the wickets column. Out comes the googly, on the shorter side, on off. Overton backs away and exposes all three stumps. He looks to launch it down the ground with a horizontal bat. Jamie gets the height but not the distance. It goes only as far as long off, where the sub fielder, Jacob Bethell, settles under it and does the rest.
115.715.6: Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Jamie Overton, Keeps it nice and full, not allowing the batter to get under the ball. Jamie hits it down to long on and keeps the strike with a single.
7 Over | Run: 178/7 | Run Rate: 11.13
115.615.5: Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Anshul Kamboj, At the sticks, on a length, this is smeared to long on for another single.
115.515.4: Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Jamie Overton, On a length, on off. Overton comes forward and plays it down to long off for one.
415.415.4: Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Jamie Overton, NO BALL, FOUR! Bhuvneshwar Kumar brings the man at square leg up and pushes the man at point back. He does not go for the yorker, instead goes for the yorker at the toes. Overton squeezes out an inside edge past square leg for a four. Uh, oh, Bhuvi has overstepped. Free Hit to follow...
415.315.3: Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Jamie Overton, FOUR! Thumped! Bhuvi takes pace off and goes into the surface but offers width on off. Overton frees his arms and cracks it away to the right of deep point for a boundary.
115.215.2: Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Anshul Kamboj, Nearly another! Kamboj could not have placed it any better. Seemed like the leg-cutter, on a good length, honing in on the off stump. Anshul looks to work it away on the leg side but the ball holds in the surface and kicks up a bit too. He chips it uppishly but it lands right between cover and mid off. They cross.
015.115.1: Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Prashant Veer, OUT! TAKEN! Bhuvneshwar Kumar strikes on his return to the attack. A fine grab by Rajat Patidar. Pushed across the left-hander, on a good length. Veer does not move his feet and extends his hands into the lofted hit, aiming to go over cover. The ball hits him high on the bat, and it is spooned towards extra cover, where Rajat Patidar moves to his left swiftly and dives to take the catch. Prashant Veer's vigil comes to an end.
114.614.6: Suyash Sharma to Prashant Veer, Another short ball, on off, Prashant Veer forces it down to long on for one more. 86 needed in 30 balls.
6 Over | Run: 165/6 | Run Rate: 11.00
014.514.5: Suyash Sharma to Prashant Veer, A googly, full and on middle and leg, turns away a bit. Prashant Veer goes down for the sweep but misses and gets hit on the pads. There is a loud shout for LBW, but turned down. Rajat Patidar has a chat with his keeper, but decides against the review.
414.414.4: Suyash Sharma to Prashant Veer, FOUR! Excellent shot! Flighted, full and just on off. Prashant Veer crouches a bit low, gets under the ball and thumps it over the bowler's head for a boundary.
114.314.3: Suyash Sharma to Jamie Overton, Dragged back and around off, Jamie Overton slaps it to long off for a run.
114.214.2: Suyash Sharma to Prashant Veer, Googly, on a length, Veer taps it wide of cover. A misfield allows the batters to complete the single comfortably.
114.114.1: Suyash Sharma to Jamie Overton, Angled in, on a nagging length. That is punched off the back foot through mid-wicket for a single.
013.613.6: Krunal Pandya to Prashant Veer, NOT OUT! Krunal Pandya sees the batter move across again and bangs in a bouncer, on off. Prashant Veer ducks under it but loses his balance and is out of his crease. Jitesh Sharma grabs it well above his head and breaks the stumps in a flash, but Prashant Veer has great presence of mind to put his hand behind the crease in time. The replay confirms the same.
6 Over | Run: 157/6 | Run Rate: 11.21
413.513.5: Krunal Pandya to Prashant Veer, FOUR! Streaky but they all count! Krunal Pandya delivers this with that low-arm action, short and outside off again. Prashant Veer slashes hard at it. Gets a thick bottom edge that races past short third for a boundary.
013.413.4: Krunal Pandya to Prashant Veer, This is bowled at 111.4 kph, short and around off, angling away. Prashant Veer tries to cut it away but misses.
413.313.3: Krunal Pandya to Prashant Veer, FOUR! Wow...that is some shot from the youngster! Krunal Pandya sees the batter move across and follows him. He fires this full and outside off. Prashant Veer winds up for the scoop, but adjusts to the line and length of the ball and ends up whipping it away between long on and deep mid-wicket for a boundary. 
613.213.2: Krunal Pandya to Prashant Veer, SIX! Superb shot! Floated delivery, full and just on off. Prashant Veer clears his front leg out of the way and tonks it over the long on fence for a biggie.
413.113.1: Krunal Pandya to Prashant Veer, FOUR! Powered away! Krunal Pandya bowls with the round-arm action, quicker and shorter, outside off. Prashant Veer gets his hands through the shot and uses the pace to crunch it through covers for a boundary.
112.612.6: Suyash Sharma to Prashant Veer, Quicker and shorter around leg. Prashant Veer looks to swipe it away but ends up gloving it towards short fine for one more. A couple of quiet overs from Suyash. CSK need 112 runs in 42 balls now.
6 Over | Run: 139/6 | Run Rate: 10.69
012.512.5: Suyash Sharma to Prashant Veer, Floated, full and on off, Prashant Veer strides out and pushes it to short cover.
112.412.4: Suyash Sharma to Jamie Overton, Short again and on off, Jamie Overton backs away and cuts it away to deep point for a run.
112.312.3: Suyash Sharma to Prashant Veer, Drops it short and on middle, Prashant Veer flicks it off the back foot to deep mid-wicket for a single.
012.212.2: Suyash Sharma to Prashant Veer, Quicker wrong'un short and around off, turns away. Prashant Veer tries to guide it away but misses.
012.112.1: Suyash Sharma to Prashant Veer, Tossed up, full and on off, Prashant Veer prods forward and taps it to the off side.
111.611.6: Romario Shepherd to Prashant Veer, Fuller and around off, slower as well, Prashant Veer drills it to sweeper cover for one more. 19 runs off the over!
6 Over | Run: 136/6 | Run Rate: 11.33
111.511.5: Romario Shepherd to Jamie Overton, Fuller one and on middle, Jamie Overton shows the full face of the bat and plays a fine straight drive back past the bowler. Virat Kohli from long on moves to his left and puts in the dive. He parries the ball towards Rajat Patidar, who comes in from long off to keep it down to just one.
411.411.4: Romario Shepherd to Jamie Overton, FOUR! A boundary now! Romario Shepherd bangs this into the pitch, on middle, pace on. Jamie Overton goes for the pull but gets a bit hurried. It takes the top edge and goes over square leg for four runs.
611.311.3: Romario Shepherd to Jamie Overton, SIX! Back-to-back sixes! Short of a length and outside off, takes pace off. Jamie Overton reads it early. He waits for it before extending his arms to reach out for it and swats it over the long off fence for half a dozen more.
611.211.2: Romario Shepherd to Jamie Overton, SIX! Gets hold of that one! Touch fuller and on middle. Jamie Overton gets one in his hitting arc. He gets under it and dispatches it over the long on fence for a biggie.
111.111.1: Romario Shepherd to Prashant Veer, Good length and on middle and leg, Prashant Veer nudges it away to deep mid-wicket for a single.
110.610.6: Suyash Sharma to Prashant Veer, Flighted, full and on middle, Prashant Veer drills it to long off for one more.
6 Over | Run: 117/6 | Run Rate: 10.64
010.510.5: Suyash Sharma to Prashant Veer, Another googly, full and on off, turns away. Prashant Veer gets forward and guides it away to backward point.
110.410.4: Suyash Sharma to Jamie Overton, Dragged back, on middle and leg, Jamie Overton flicks it away to deep mid-wicket for another run.
410.310.3: Suyash Sharma to Jamie Overton, FOUR! Gets it away! Flatter and shorter, around off. Jamie Overton backs away and opens the face of the ball to steer it away wide of short third. Abhinandan Singh dives to his right, but over the ball and lets it through for a boundary.
110.210.2: Suyash Sharma to Prashant Veer, Floated, short and on leg, Prashant Veer nudges it through square leg for a run.
110.110.1: Suyash Sharma to Jamie Overton, Wrong'un, short and on middle, turns in, Jamie Overton tucks it through mid-wicket for a single.
19.69.6: Abhinandan Singh to Jamie Overton, Pitched up, on middle. Overton pushes it to long on for a single.
6 Over | Run: 109/6 | Run Rate: 10.90
09.59.5: Abhinandan Singh to Shivam Dube, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! That is a special, special catch from Jitesh Sharma. One for the archives and a contender for the catch of the season. Abhinandan Singh hits the length hard and just around off, skids through once again. Shivam Dube stays back and tries to swing it away, but gets a bit late on the shot. It goes off the underedge behind. Jitesh Sharma takes a couple of steps to his left, but adjusts brilliantly to fling his body to the other side, grabbing onto the ball with his outstretched right glove just inches above the ground. The umpires want to check whether the ball carried or not, and the replay shows that it is a clean take. All the RCB players go up to Jitesh for his superb effort here.
09.49.4: Abhinandan Singh to Shivam Dube, Skidding through, Singh goes short, over middle. Dube pivots on the back foot for the pull but is rushed and he miscues it to cover.
19.39.3: Abhinandan Singh to Prashant Veer, Pulls the length back, outside off. Shivam plays it late towards deep third and turns the strike over.
19.29.2: Abhinandan Singh to Shivam Dube, Very full, on leg. Dube wrists it through square leg for another single.
19.19.1: Abhinandan Singh to Prashant Veer, Tucking the batter up for room with a hard-length delivery. Prashant clips it to the right of deep square leg and takes the first run hard but Dube is not interested in the second run.
48.68.6: Krunal Pandya to Shivam Dube, FOUR! Top edge and away it goes! On a shortish length, outside off. Dube swivels for the pull but fails to get on top of the bounce. The ball flies over the keeper off a top edge for a boundary.
6 Over | Run: 105/5 | Run Rate: 11.67
18.58.5: Krunal Pandya to Prashant Veer, Sliding across, short in length. Veer works it to deep backward point for one.
18.48.4: Krunal Pandya to Shivam Dube, Wow! What was that? It brings about a smile on the face of Virat Kohli. Taller version of Kedar Jadhav, quips Ravi Shastri on air. Bowled with a round-arm action by Krunal and he also gets very low while delivering the ball. On the shorter side, on off. Dube punches it to long off for a single.
08.38.3: Krunal Pandya to Shivam Dube, Out comes the bouncer again, on off. Shivam drops his wrists and leaves it all alone.
18.28.2: Krunal Pandya to Prashant Veer, Slower and fuller, on middle. Veer nurdles it square on the leg side for a run.
48.18.1: Krunal Pandya to Prashant Veer, FOUR! Gets it through! A bit too predictable from Krunal. Bowls the quick bumper, on off. Prashant waits on the back foot and cuts it towards backward point. Bhuvneshwar Kumar, standing on the edge of the circle, bends but fails to get his body behind the ball. The ball gets past his left knee for a four.
07.67.6: Abhinandan Singh to Shivam Dube, Goes past the bat! Abhinandan Singh is lucky to get away with it. This is right in the hitting arc, full and just outside the off stump. Shivam swings to launch it downtown but is beaten on the outside edge.
6 Over | Run: 94/5 | Run Rate: 11.75
07.57.5: Abhinandan Singh to Shivam Dube, This is on a hard length, on middle. Dube stabs it down on the off side.
47.47.4: Abhinandan Singh to Shivam Dube, FOUR! Crunched! Off-cutter attempted by Abhinandan Singh. He gets it all wrong as it comes out as a juicy full toss, on off. Shivam swings through and hammers it to the left of long off for a four.
17.37.3: Abhinandan Singh to Prashant Veer, Hurls it on a hard length, on off. Veer uses the angle and glides it to deep third for another single.
47.27.2: Abhinandan Singh to Prashant Veer, FOUR! Gets it away! At 135.1 kph, a short ball at the right shoulder. Prashant presses back and swivels to pull it fine towards long leg for a boundary.
17.17.1: Abhinandan Singh to Shivam Dube, Nails the yorker, right at the base of the off stump. Shivam gets his bat down and jams it out to cover for a single.
06.66.6: Krunal Pandya to Prashant Veer, A bumper to finish the over! Pandya bends his back and goes short, sliding across the left-hander. Prashant Veer stays leg side of the ball and makes a late attempt to run it down. He misses it altogether.
6 Over | Run: 84/5 | Run Rate: 12.00
06.56.5: Krunal Pandya to Kartik Sharma, OUT! IN THE AIR AND GONE! Two wickets in the over for Krunal Pandya. A short stay for Kartik Sharma. Flighted delivery from around the stumps, full and in line with the off stump. Kartik drops to a knee and goes for the slog sweep by getting his hands out in front. The ball straightens a touch after landing to take the top edge. It is skied towards short third, where Abhinandan Singh settles under it and even though it is not the best of catching technique, he manages to hold onto it in reverse cup style.
16.46.4: Krunal Pandya to Shivam Dube, Banged into the surface again, outside off. Dube fends it down on the off side and crosses over.
06.36.3: Krunal Pandya to Shivam Dube, Whoa! There comes the surprise bouncer by Pandya. From around the wicket, digs it in short, across off. Dube is taken aback and lets it be.
66.26.2: Krunal Pandya to Shivam Dube, SIX! No sighters needed for Dube! Floated up, full and turning into the hitting arc of the left-hander. Shivam gets down on a knee and plunders this way over deep mid-wicket for a six.
06.16.1: Krunal Pandya to Sarfaraz Khan, OUT! STUMPED! Krunal Pandya strikes with his first ball. Sliding on with the arm from around the wicket, full and on middle and leg. Sarfaraz Khan shimmies down the track and looks to launch it back over the bowler's head. The ball keeps coming in with the angle and goes past the inside edge. The keeper, Jitesh Sharma is blinded by the batter standing in front of him but he does well to move to his left and brings his gloves in the correct position to gather the ball. Jitesh breaks the stumps with Sarfaraz at a point of no return.
15.65.6: Abhinandan Singh to Sarfaraz Khan, FIFTY for Sarfaraz Khan! This has been a really enterprising knock from the talented right-hander. A raise of the bat from Sarfaraz towards his father, who is present in the stands. Fractionally short, on middle. Khan swivels and pulls it through square leg. He brings up his second IPL half-century with this single and in just 24 balls.
6 Over | Run: 77/3 | Run Rate: 12.83
25.55.5: Abhinandan Singh to Sarfaraz Khan, Sarfaraz goes aerial but does not get the desired result. Into the surface, not short enough to trouble the batter, around off. Sarfaraz stands tall and pummels it over mid on. He does not quite get hold of it and the ball plugs in the outfield. Romario Shepherd turns around and hauls it in. Another brace for Khan.
45.45.4: Abhinandan Singh to Sarfaraz Khan, FOUR! Stand and deliver! Abhinandan Singh corrects his length by pulling the length back but offers width this time on off. Sarfaraz frees his arms and plays it on the rise. Lofts it over wide mid off for four more.
45.35.3: Abhinandan Singh to Sarfaraz Khan, FOUR! Easy pickings! Too full from Singh, too straight as well. Sarfaraz Khan brings his wrists into play and flicks it through square leg for a boundary.
25.25.2: Abhinandan Singh to Sarfaraz Khan, This is on a hard length, outside off. Khan gets on his toes and reaches out to cut it over point. Tim David mops it up in the deep by getting around to his right. Two runs taken.
05.15.1: Abhinandan Singh to Sarfaraz Khan, Oh, what happened there? Shaping away, on a good length, near the tramline. Sarfaraz flashes but fails to connect and the bat slips out of his hand, dropping beside the strip on the leg side.
64.84.6: Jacob Duffy to Kartik Sharma, SIX! Kartik Sharma joins the party now! Fuller in length and angling into the pads. Sharma just steps across and brings his wrists into play to flick it. He does not try to keep it down and the ball goes all the way over deep backward square leg for half a dozen more. 23 runs off the over.
8 Over | Run: 64/3 | Run Rate: 12.80
14.74.5: Jacob Duffy to Sarfaraz Khan, Gets away with it! A full toss, on middle, Sarfaraz Khan bunts it out towards mid on for one.
44.64.5: Jacob Duffy to Sarfaraz Khan, FOUR! He has played this shot really well in this game. This is on an in-between length, neither full nor short. Sarfaraz Khan picks it off the pads and gives it a flick of the wrists. It flies flat and over the deep square leg fence for another six. Uh..oh! The siren goes off and Duffy has overstepped here. It is called a No Ball and Free Hit is up next.
04.54.4: Jacob Duffy to Sarfaraz Khan, Much fuller and on middle, angling in. Sarfaraz Khan is not expecting this length and misses his flick. Gets hit on the pads. There is a shout for LBW, but turned down. Probably going down the leg side.
44.44.3: Jacob Duffy to Sarfaraz Khan, FOUR! Put away! Duffy lands this short again and on middle and leg. Sarfaraz Khan once again gets on top of the bounce and pulls it away to the vacant deep square leg fence for a boundary. 50 UP FOR CSK.
04.34.3: Jacob Duffy to Sarfaraz Khan, WIDE! Slower one, full but down the leg side. Sarfaraz Khan fails to make any contact. Wided.
64.24.2: Jacob Duffy to Sarfaraz Khan, SIX! Clean strike! Jacob Duffy goes hard into the pitch, on middle, but this one sits up nicely for the batter. Sarfaraz Khan picks up the length early, keeps a solid base and heaves it over the deep mid-wicket fence for half a dozen more.
04.14.1: Jacob Duffy to Sarfaraz Khan, Good length and on middle, angling in a bit. Sarfaraz Khan stays back and tries to glance it away but it looks like he misses it. The umpire calls it a wide, but RCB take the review here. The UltraEdge shows that the ball just brushed the pads before going behind. The wide call has been overturned.
03.63.6: Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Sarfaraz Khan, Shout for LBW, but turned down! Hard length and on middle, takes pace off. Sarfaraz Khan looks to flick it away but gets an inside edge onto his pads as the ball rolls to the leg side. Sharma calls him for the run. Sarfaraz loses his bat but still sets off and makes his ground to the other end.
6 Over | Run: 41/3 | Run Rate: 10.25
63.53.5: Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Sarfaraz Khan, SIX! Goes all the way! Pitched up and on middle, angling into the pads. Sarfaraz Khan plays the pick-up shot using his wrists and whips it over the deep square leg fence for a biggie.
03.43.4: Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Sarfaraz Khan, Nicely bowled! Similar length and on the fifth stump line, gets it to shape away a bit. Sarfaraz Khan has a poke at it but gets beaten on the outside edge. It drops just in front of the keeper, who does well to get his body behind it.
03.33.3: Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Sarfaraz Khan, Good length and on middle, shaping it into the batter. Sarfaraz Khan has no room to work with and pats it down to short mid-wicket.
43.23.2: Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Sarfaraz Khan, FOUR! Good shot! Short of a length and just around off. Sarfaraz Khan stands tall, gets on top of it and swats it over mid on for a boundary.
03.13.1: Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Sarfaraz Khan, On top of off. Khan hops to deal with it. He closes the bat face early and gets a soft leading edge to point.
02.62.6: Jacob Duffy to Kartik Sharma, On a length and on middle, Kartik Sharma tucks it to mid-wicket.
6 Over | Run: 30/3 | Run Rate: 10.00
02.52.5: Jacob Duffy to Sanju Samson, OUT! TAKEN! Jacob Duffy gets his second. Action replay of the dismissal of Ruturaj Gaikwad, and Duffy strikes for the second time after getting hit for a six. He bowls this on a hard length and in that channel outside off, gets it to shape away. Sanju Samson makes the same mistake of going after it, but without much foot movement. Gets a thick outside edge to first slip, where Devdutt Padikkal takes his second catch of the game. CSK are 30/3 now.
62.42.4: Jacob Duffy to Sanju Samson, SIX! Nicely done! Too straight from Duffy and he knows it. A hand of apology straight away before walking back to his mark. This is angled in at the hips, on a back of a length. Samson picks it up off the pads and it goes over deep backward square leg for a six.
02.32.3: Jacob Duffy to Sarfaraz Khan, Leg bye! On the pads. Khan attempts the glance but fails to lay any bat on it. A leg bye is taken as the ball goes behind square leg.
42.22.2: Jacob Duffy to Sarfaraz Khan, FOUR! A better effort was needed there! This is a bit fuller and on off, Sarfaraz Khan looks to whip it away but closes the bat face early. It goes off the leading edge wide of short third. Bhuvneshwar Kumar moves to his right. He tries to pick up on the bounce but makes a meal of it and lets it through for a boundary.
12.12.1: Jacob Duffy to Sanju Samson, Uppish but safe! Short of a length and on middle, takes off a bit. Sanju Samson stays back but gets hurried into the pull shot. It takes the top edge and goes high in the air. Both mid-wicket and mid on run back, but the ball falls safely over them. They cross.
41.61.6: Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Sarfaraz Khan, EDGED, DROPPED AND FOUR! Bhuvneshwar Kumar lands this on a good length and around off, nips it back in. Sarfaraz Khan slashes at it but gets a thick outside edge towards first slip. Devdutt Padikkal leaps up and tries to grab it with his outstretched left hand, but the ball clips his fingertips and goes behind for a boundary. Tough chance though.
6 Over | Run: 18/2 | Run Rate: 9.00
01.51.5: Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Sarfaraz Khan, Good length and on off, Sarfaraz Khan dabs it down towards short third and wants the run but is sent back.
01.41.4: Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Sarfaraz Khan, A swing and a miss! Bhuvneshwar Kumar sees the batter advance and bangs this into the pitch. Sarfaraz Khan loses his shape going for the big heave across the line and misses.
41.31.3: Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Sarfaraz Khan, FOUR! Gets off the mark in style! Short of a length and just outside off. Sarfaraz Khan gets the chance to free his arms and crunches it through point as the ball blazes through the turf for a boundary.
01.21.2: Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Ayush Mhatre, OUT! CAUGHT! Bhuvneshwar Kumar gets his 200th IPL wicket. Bhuvi becomes only the second bowler after Yuzvendra Chahal to achieve this landmark. Kumar lands it on a hard length and just around off, gets some extra bounce off the deck. Ayush Mhatre backs away and tries to swing across the line but his bat turns in his hand. He ends up mistiming his shot badly to the right of mid off, where Rajat Patidar takes a few steps to that side and takes a dolly. A fine knock in the last game, but Mhatre fails to make an impact in this one.
01.11.1: Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Ayush Mhatre, Bhuvneshwar Kumar begins with a back-of-a-length delivery, on middle, Ayush Mhatre stays back and pats it towards mid on.
10.60.6: Jacob Duffy to Ayush Mhatre, Hard length and around off, Ayush Mhatre guides it to deep third for one. 10 runs and a wicket from the first over!
6 Over | Run: 10/1 | Run Rate: 10.00
00.50.5: Jacob Duffy to Ruturaj Gaikwad, OUT! EDGED AND GONE! Jacob Duffy has the last laugh here, and the CSK skipper goes back to the hut cheaply. Duffy lands this on a good length and just around off, gets it to shape away. Ruturaj Gaikwad, without moving his feet, goes for the drive on the up but fails to handle the extra bounce. It takes the outside edge and flies towards first slip, where Devdutt Padikkal takes a sharp catch to his right. CSK are 9/1, chasing 251 runs.
60.40.4: Jacob Duffy to Ruturaj Gaikwad, SIX! BANG! There is the first six. Jacob Duffy bangs this into the pitch, on off, but not short enough to trouble the batter. Ruturaj Gaikwad climbs onto it quickly and nails the pull over the deep mid-wicket fence for a biggie.
10.30.3: Jacob Duffy to Sanju Samson, Slightly fuller in length, on off, Sanju Samson drives it with a straight bat towards long off for another run.
10.20.2: Jacob Duffy to Ruturaj Gaikwad, On a length and on middle, angling in, Ruturaj Gaikwad works it off the inner half of the bat towards deep backward square leg for a run.
10.10.1: Jacob Duffy to Sanju Samson, Sanju Samson and CSK are underway in the chase! Jacob Duffy starts with a hard-length delivery, on middle, nips back in. Samson stays back and clips it towards square leg for a single.
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