Josh Hazlewood
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
A Khan|3.2|0|22|3
| 0 | 19.2 | 19.2: Arshad Khan to Josh Hazlewood, OUT! JOSH HAZLEWOOD IS RUN OUT! A wild, wild ending to the first innings and Royal Challengers Bengaluru have been bowled out for 155 with 4 balls to spare. Arshad Khan bowls it on a good length, on off and middle and the ball cuts back in. Josh Hazlewood backs away and has a push at it but the ball zips past the outside edge. There is half an appeal for caught behind, which is turned down and Josh wanders out of his crease as well. Jos Buttler cleverly underarms the throw onto the stumps as Josh turns back to make his ground. However, the ball deflects away and Hazlewood wants a second bite at the run and even though Bhuvneshwar Kumar tries to send him back, he continues on his merry way. Shubman Gill at short cover picks up the ball and underarms another direct hit at the non-striker's end. The third umpire has a look and Josh is just safe in terms of the first direct hit, but he's well short on the second one. |
| 0 | 19.1 | 19.1: Arshad Khan to Venkatesh Iyer, OUT! CAUGHT! That's well held onto by Sai Sudharsan. Arshad Khan pitches the ball a bit fuller and on middle and leg. Venkatesh Iyer stays back and heaves it across the line. Iyer ends up not quite timing it and drags it flat towards deep mid-wicket. Sai comes charging in and dives forward to snaffle it with both hands. He does well to hold onto the ball even as his elbows thud into the turf on the landing. RCB are now 155/9. |
| 1 | 18.6 | 18.6: Mohammed Siraj to Venkatesh Iyer, Short-pitched delivery on off and middle, Iyer leans back and awkwardly angles it away past short third for a single. |
6 Over | Run: 155/8 | Run Rate: 8.16
| 4 | 18.5 | 18.5: Mohammed Siraj to Venkatesh Iyer, FOUR! Shot! Too full and on off, not quite yorker length. Venkatesh Iyer goes deep in the crease, stays still and drills it back past the bowler into the long off fence for another boundary. |
| 2 | 18.4 | 18.4: Mohammed Siraj to Venkatesh Iyer, Banged in well short and wide outside off, Venkatesh Iyer reaches up for it and hits it to the right of deep point for a couple of runs. That also brings up the 150 for RCB. |
| 1 | 18.3 | 18.3: Mohammed Siraj to Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Hard length, on a tighter line around off. Kumar nudges it down towards cover-point and pinches a run. |
| 4 | 18.2 | 18.2: Mohammed Siraj to Bhuvneshwar Kumar, FOUR! Smacked away. Short of a length, wider outside the off stump. Bhuvneshwar Kumar backs away a bit as well and swats it up and over the cover region for a boundary. |
| 0 | 18.1 | 18.1: Mohammed Siraj to Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Good-length delivery, slanting back into the right-hander at nearly 140 clicks. Bhuvneshwar Kumar hangs back and solidly defends it off. |
| 1 | 17.7 | 17.6: Arshad Khan to Bhuvneshwar Kumar, The in-between length now, Arshad keeps the line around off. Bhuvi presses back and pushes it into the off side for a single. 160 on the cards for RCB? |
7 Over | Run: 143/8 | Run Rate: 7.94
| 0 | 17.6 | 17.5: Arshad Khan to Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Fuller in length, straighter too, eased away towards short extra cover. |
| 4 | 17.5 | 17.4: Arshad Khan to Bhuvneshwar Kumar, FOUR! That's a good-looking stroke, and RCB get a boundary after almost 4 overs. Back of a length, wide outside off, Kumar goes deep in the crease and latches onto the width, slapping it down through the gap at covers for a boundary. |
| 0 | 17.4 | 17.3: Arshad Khan to Bhuvneshwar Kumar, BEATEN! Pitched up on a fuller length, at 144.6, and angled just across off. Bhuvneshwar Kumar looks to hit on the up but gets beaten past the outside edge. |
| 1 | 17.3 | 17.2: Arshad Khan to Venkatesh Iyer, Good length, angled into the pads, tucked down behind square leg for a single by Iyer. |
| 0 | 17.2 | 17.1: Arshad Khan to Venkatesh Iyer, Ouch! That's gone straight into the left elbow of Venkatesh Iyer and he seems to be really stung here. Back of a length, hammered into the pitch around off. The ball jags back in with some extra bounce. Iyer tries to swing it off the front foot but misses and cops a blow on the left elbow. |
| 0 | 17.1 | 17.1: Arshad Khan to Venkatesh Iyer, WIDE! Too high. Banged in halfway down the pitch, angled in over middle and leg. Venkatesh Iyer simply ducks under it. |
| 0 | 16.6 | 16.6: Jason Holder to Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Just back of a length, at 129.6 kph and outside off, Kumar gets a stride across to the off side and strokes it to point. |
6 Over | Run: 136/8 | Run Rate: 8.00
| 1 | 16.5 | 16.5: Jason Holder to Venkatesh Iyer, Banged in short over middle, Venkatesh Iyer comes down the pitch and forces the flat-batted shot down to long on for just a single. |
| 0 | 16.4 | 16.4: Jason Holder to Venkatesh Iyer, Dug in a bit more short now, awkward height to get it away. Iyer tries to pull but hits it straight to short fine leg. |
| 1 | 16.3 | 16.3: Jason Holder to Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Back of a length, outside off, Kumar presses up on his toes and taps it down to covers for a single. |
| 0 | 16.2 | 16.2: Jason Holder to Venkatesh Iyer, Iyer persists with the cheeky attempt and fails to get it away yet again. Good length, just angling across off. Venky tries to get inside the line and lap it but the ball hits the pads and rolls into the leg side for a leg bye. |
| 0 | 16.1 | 16.1: Jason Holder to Venkatesh Iyer, Bowled back of a length and over leg stump, Iyer shuffles across to lap it away but is well beaten. |
| 0 | 15.6 | 15.6: Rashid Khan to Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Dragged length outside off, punched away to extra cover. Just a single off the over. |
6 Over | Run: 133/8 | Run Rate: 8.31
| 0 | 15.5 | 15.5: Rashid Khan to Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Slightly flighted on off, it is the googly. Bhuvneshwar Kumar lunges to defend. |
| 0 | 15.4 | 15.4: Rashid Khan to Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Nagging length, on middle, Kumar watchfully defends it back to the bowler. |
| 1 | 15.3 | 15.3: Rashid Khan to Venkatesh Iyer, A touch fuller, on middle, played off the back foot by Iyer and shovelled away behind square leg for a run. |
| 0 | 15.2 | 15.2: Rashid Khan to Venkatesh Iyer, Turning down leg! Another flatter leg break, lands it on a good length on middle and leg. Venkatesh Iyer rocks back to flick but misses and gets struck on the pads again. |
| 0 | 15.1 | 15.1: Rashid Khan to Venkatesh Iyer, Tossed up, full and just outside leg. Iyer leans ahead to flick but gets it off the pads. |
| 1 | 14.6 | 14.6: Jason Holder to Venkatesh Iyer, Back of a length again, going across off, Venkatesh Iyer tries to guide it away but gets an extra bounce. The ball goes off the gloves and down to deep third for another single. |
6 Over | Run: 132/8 | Run Rate: 8.80
| 1 | 14.5 | 14.5: Jason Holder to Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Slower one, back of a length and around off. Kumar hops up and nudges it down in front of point for a run. Good running. |
| 0 | 14.4 | 14.4: Jason Holder to Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Good length, attacking the stumps, tucked away to mid on. |
| 1 | 14.3 | 14.3: Jason Holder to Venkatesh Iyer, Pitched fuller on off and middle, driven to the left of mid off for a quick single. |
| 3 | 14.2 | 14.2: Jason Holder to Bhuvneshwar Kumar, A bit untidy from Mohammed Siraj to begin with but the boundary is stopped. Full ball, angled in towards middle. Bhuvneshwar Kumar clips it past mid on and Siraj chases after it. He opts not to put in the dive but the ball races away from him. Siraj eventually puts in the dive and manages to stop the boundary, and Manav Suthar is the one who gives good back-up, saving a run for his side. |
| 0 | 14.1 | 14.1: Jason Holder to Romario Shepherd, OUT! CAUGHT! Another one bites the dust and RCB are going down in a hurry now. Jason Holder bowls it just back of a length and on off. The seam of the ball hits the deck such that it angles in with some extra bounce. Romario Shepherd leans back to pull but ends up snatching at it. The ball is swung down to deep mid-wicket, where Sai Sudharsan pouches a simple catch and Holder has his second wicket, to go along with his three catches as well. |
| 0 | 13.6 | 13.6: Rashid Khan to Devdutt Padikkal, OUT! TIMBER! Rashid Khan does get the job done and gets a big wicket here for GT. Rashid bowls it a tad shorter on middle and bowls it flatter as well. It is the leg break that turns back. Devdutt Padikkal rocks back and tries to whip it leg side but gets cramped for room. The ball takes the inside edge, then goes onto the pads and then eventually, goes on to hit the stumps. A bit unlucky for the batter but Padikkal has to walk back and RCB are 126/7. |
6 Over | Run: 126/7 | Run Rate: 9.00
| 1 | 13.5 | 13.5: Rashid Khan to Romario Shepherd, Tossed up, on off, Romario winds up to go big but loses his shape and ends up hacking it towards long on. They cross. |
| 6 | 13.4 | 13.4: Rashid Khan to Romario Shepherd, SIX! Romario Shepherd is just starting with his fireworks! A touch shorter this time, with a googly, on middle. Romario Shepherd picks up the wroung'un and dispatches it over the deep mid-wicket fence for a massive six. |
| 0 | 13.3 | 13.3: Rashid Khan to Romario Shepherd, Shorter and it is the googly, punched back to the bowler. |
| 6 | 13.2 | 13.2: Rashid Khan to Romario Shepherd, SIX! This is out of the park! Tossed up, fuller, on off and middle. Romario Shepherd plants his front foot away from the delivery and launches it downtown for six runs. |
| 0 | 13.1 | 13.1: Rashid Khan to Romario Shepherd, Beaten! Fuller and pitching it just outside off. Romario Shepherd lunges and looks to defend, but is beaten on the outside edge due to the away turn. |
| 1 | 12.6 | 12.6: Kagiso Rabada to Romario Shepherd, KG bashes the hard length and bowls it on off, Romario hangs back and angles the bat to push the ball down towards point for a single. |
6 Over | Run: 113/6 | Run Rate: 8.69
| 0 | 12.5 | 12.5: Kagiso Rabada to Romario Shepherd, Back of a length and outside off, Romario Shepherd stays back and has a half push at it, dabbing the ball down to backward point. |
| 1 | 12.4 | 12.4: Kagiso Rabada to Devdutt Padikkal, Tap and run. Back of a length, outside off, Padikkal gets on his toes, nudges it well behind point and picks up a quick single. |
| 6 | 12.3 | 12.3: Kagiso Rabada to Devdutt Padikkal, SIX! Well, maybe a moral victory for the bowler. A well-directed bumper, right at Padikkal, around helmet height as well. Devdutt Padikkal tries to pull but the ball gets big on him and he tries to pull out of the shot but it's too late. The ball flies over fine leg for a six. |
| 4 | 12.2 | 12.2: Kagiso Rabada to Devdutt Padikkal, FOUR! A valiant effort from Shubman Gill, but it goes in vain. Good length, around off, Padikkal backs away nice and early, swatting it between mid off and extra cover. Gill gives it a good chase and puts in a dive, but ends up making contact with the ropes when he tries to flick the ball away for a second time. |
| 0 | 12.1 | 12.1: Kagiso Rabada to Romario Shepherd, Half an appeal for LBW, but that's sliding well down leg. Hard length on middle and leg, darts back in. Romario Shepherd fails to get it away and the ball goes into the leg side off the thigh pad. The batters pick up a leg bye. |
| 0 | 11.6 | 11.6: Rashid Khan to Devdutt Padikkal, Much fuller again, not a lot of flight. Devdutt Padikkal goes deep into the crease and dabs it to cover. Another tidy over from Rashid Khan. |
6 Over | Run: 100/6 | Run Rate: 8.33
| 1 | 11.5 | 11.5: Rashid Khan to Romario Shepherd, Full and on middle, Romario Shepherd hits it down to long on for a single. |
| 0 | 11.4 | 11.4: Rashid Khan to Romario Shepherd, Beaten! Short and just outside off. Romario Shepherd rocks back and looks to punch it through cover, but gets beaten on the outside edge. |
| 1 | 11.3 | 11.3: Rashid Khan to Devdutt Padikkal, Fuller, on middle, Devdutt Padikkal works it to long on for a single. |
| 0 | 11.2 | 11.2: Rashid Khan to Devdutt Padikkal, Full and slanting it down the leg side. Devdutt Padikkal looks to clip it but misses and wears on the thigh pad. |
| 1 | 11.1 | 11.1: Rashid Khan to Romario Shepherd, Flat and fuller from Rashid, on off. Romario Shepherd flicks it to long on and gets a single. |
| 1 | 10.6 | 10.6: Arshad Khan to Romario Shepherd, Dug in shorter around leg, Shepherd swivels back and pulls it down to deep backward square leg for a single to get off the mark. |
6 Over | Run: 97/6 | Run Rate: 8.82
| 0 | 10.5 | 10.5: Arshad Khan to Romario Shepherd, Full again, attacking the toes this time, Shepherd clips it across to mid-wicket. |
| 0 | 10.4 | 10.4: Arshad Khan to Romario Shepherd, Pitched fuller and on off, Romario Shepherd watchfully pushes it out into the off side. |
| 0 | 10.3 | 10.3: Arshad Khan to Krunal Pandya, OUT! CAUGHT! Would you believe it? The ball's gone straight to Jason Holder yet again. Arshad Khan goes back to attacking the stumps and slants the ball in towards middle and leg. Krunal Pandya hops across to the off side, just a touch and clips it away. He does so uppishly and straight to short mid-wicket, where Holder takes another sharp catch. RCB are haemorrhaging wickets at the moment. |
| 4 | 10.2 | 10.2: Arshad Khan to Krunal Pandya, FOUR! Nicely done. Back of a length, a tad too wide outside off. Krunal Pandya hangs back and waits for it before cutting it through the gully region for a boundary. |
| 1 | 10.1 | 10.1: Arshad Khan to Devdutt Padikkal, On a good length, honing in on middle, Devdutt Padikkal stays put and punches it with a straight bat down to long on for one. |
| 0 | 9.6 | 9.6: Rashid Khan to Krunal Pandya, Full and in line with the leg stump. Pandya watchfully clips it to mid-wicket off the front foot. |
6 Over | Run: 91/5 | Run Rate: 9.10
| 0 | 9.5 | 9.5: Rashid Khan to Krunal Pandya, Turning into the pads, full in length, Pandya lunges but is beaten on the inside edge and wears it on the front pad outside the line of the leg pole. |
| 0 | 9.4 | 9.4: Rashid Khan to Tim David, OUT! CAUGHT! A sharp grab. The towering figure of Jason Holder is at it again. Floated up by Rashid, it is the googly, on off and middle. David plants his front foot towards the pitch of the ball and swings hard at it. The bat turns in his hand and the ball comes off the inner half. Holder is in really tight at a catching mid-wicket position and he gets both hands together to his right to snaffle it at chest height. 12/3 in the last 13 balls. RCB are 91/5 now. |
| 1 | 9.3 | 9.3: Rashid Khan to Devdutt Padikkal, Dropped short and this is slower, on off. Devdutt presses back and drags the pull to deep mid-wicket for a run. |
| 1 | 9.2 | 9.2: Rashid Khan to Tim David, A bit too full, on off, David drills it to long off for one. |
| 0 | 9.1 | 9.1: Rashid Khan to Tim David, Uppish but safe! Pushed through, not all that short, outside off. David stays leg side and flashes at the ball. It goes off a thickish outside edge to backward point, where Siraj gathers it on the bounce. |
| 1 | 8.6 | 8.6: Jason Holder to Tim David, On a length, outside off, Tim David punches it to deep cover for a single. A wicket and 9 runs from the over. |
6 Over | Run: 89/4 | Run Rate: 9.89
| 6 | 8.5 | 8.5: Jason Holder to Tim David, SIX! BANG! Jason Holder bangs a shorter one, on off. Tim David stays in his crease and pulls it up and over the deep mid-wicket fence for half a dozen. |
| 1 | 8.4 | 8.4: Jason Holder to Devdutt Padikkal, On a shortish length, on off, Devdutt Padikkal flat bats it to long on for a single. |
| 0 | 8.3 | 8.3: Jason Holder to Devdutt Padikkal, Short of a length, on middle and off, Devdutt Padikkal pulls to short fine, where the fielder makes a good stop to his right. |
| 1 | 8.2 | 8.2: Jason Holder to Tim David, Short and outside off, this is slapped to deep point for a single. |
| 0 | 8.1 | 8.1: Jason Holder to Jitesh Sharma, OUT! EDGED AND GONE! Jitesh Sharma's slim run of form continues in the 2026 IPL. Jason Holder shaves a few clicks off the delivery and bowls it a tad fuller and outside off. Sharma goes for the drive but plays well away from the body and the outside edge is found. Jos Buttler springs to his right and takes a fine catch behind the stumps. RCB are 80/4 now. |
| 1 | 7.6 | 7.6: Arshad Khan to Jitesh Sharma, Back of a length this time, pitching it on middle and shaping it away. Jitesh Sharma rocks back and opens the face of the bat to push it to point. Single taken. Jitesh Sharma is off the mark! |
6 Over | Run: 80/3 | Run Rate: 10.00
| 0 | 7.5 | 7.5: Arshad Khan to Jitesh Sharma, Fuller, just outside off, Jitesh Sharma lunges and dabs it to cover. |
| 0 | 7.4 | 7.4: Arshad Khan to Rajat Patidar, OUT! CAUGHT! A catch that will be talked about for days to come. RCB are not happy at all with the decision, but they will have to get on with it. A massive moment in the game. Arshad hurls it on a hard length, over middle, Patidar gets on his toes for the pull and plays more of a jab, rather than going for the pull with a complete horizontal face of the bat. It is skied off a top edge over short fine leg, Kagiso Rabada turns around and goes after it. The tall Jason Holder also converges by getting around to his right in the deep. Holder spots Rabada towards him, but he commits to the catch and gets his hands out in front to grab the ball low on the slide. Patidar is asked to wait as the third umpire checks the legality of the catch. The replays do show that the ball, whilst being in Holder's left hand on the slide, was rubbing against the turf, but the third umpire felt that Holder was in control of his body, and it is deemed a fair catch. |
| 0 | 7.3 | 7.3: Arshad Khan to Rajat Patidar, A well-directed bumper at 140.1 kph, over the left shoulder. Rajat Patidar ducks under it. |
| 2 | 7.2 | 7.2: Arshad Khan to Rajat Patidar, Around the pads, on a back of a length. Rajat nudges it in the vacant mid-wicket region. He takes the first one hard and comes charging back for the second. |
| 6 | 7.1 | 7.1: Arshad Khan to Rajat Patidar, SIX! Patidar welcomes his state teammate with a biggie. Arshad goes short first up but fails to get it high enough to trouble the batter. It comes around the waist, and Rajat nails the pull over mid-wicket for a six. |
| 1 | 6.6 | 6.6: Jason Holder to Rajat Patidar, Pitches it up, on middle, Rajat Patidar nudges it down to long on for a single. |
6 Over | Run: 71/2 | Run Rate: 10.14
| 1 | 6.5 | 6.5: Jason Holder to Devdutt Padikkal, Full-length delivery, just outside the leg stump. Devdutt Padikkal skips down the track and flicks it toward deep square leg for a comfortable single. |
| 1 | 6.4 | 6.4: Jason Holder to Rajat Patidar, On a length, outside off, Rajat Patidar hangs back and steers it to short third for a single. |
| 1 | 6.3 | 6.3: Jason Holder to Devdutt Padikkal, Over middle and the length is dragged back, DDP goes deep in the crease and guides it through third man for a single. |
| 4 | 6.2 | 6.2: Jason Holder to Devdutt Padikkal, FOUR! More runs from the bat of Padikkal! Back of a length once again, outside off, Devdutt Padikkal stands tall and slaps to the left of deep point this time for four more. |
| 4 | 6.1 | 6.1: Jason Holder to Devdutt Padikkal, FOUR! Padikkal gives a warm greeting to Holder! Back of a length, angling it away from the left-hander. Devdutt Padikkal frees his arms and crunches it to the right of deep point for a boundary. |
| 1 | 5.6 | 5.6: Kagiso Rabada to Devdutt Padikkal, At the hips, on the shorter side. DDP gets on his toes and nurdles it square on the leg side for a single. End of an eventful Powerplay. After 6 overs, RCB are 59/2. |
6 Over | Run: 59/2 | Run Rate: 9.83
| 1 | 5.5 | 5.5: Kagiso Rabada to Rajat Patidar, At 149.4 kph, on top of off, Patidar goes deep in the crease and guides it through point for a single. |
| 0 | 5.4 | 5.4: Kagiso Rabada to Rajat Patidar, Keeps it nice and tight, on a short of a length, on off. Rajat stabs it down on the off side. |
| 0 | 5.3 | 5.3: Kagiso Rabada to Rajat Patidar, Off the edge. Fuller and on off, Patidar pushes out in front. It goes off the outer half to short third. |
| 4 | 5.2 | 5.2: Kagiso Rabada to Rajat Patidar, FOUR! A lucky escape for the RCB skipper. Rabada goes into the surface, over middle. Patidar gets into an awkward position as he takes his eyes off the ball. He tries to fend it off and the ball goes off a top edge over short third. Mohammed Siraj sprints to his left in the deep and flings himself at the ball, but it drops out of his reach and trickles into the fence. |
| 0 | 5.1 | 5.1: Kagiso Rabada to Rajat Patidar, Beaten! In the corridor, on a hard length, Patidar has a waft at it and is well beaten on the outside edge. |
| 4 | 4.6 | 4.6: Mohammed Siraj to Devdutt Padikkal, FOUR! Just over! Siraj bashes the hard length and gets the ball to skid through, on middle. Devdutt Padikkal presses on the back foot but is late on the pull shot. The ball hits him high on the bat but clears the leaping Rashid Khan at mid-wicket. Rashid goes after it and puts in a slide, but in vain. The 50 is up for RCB. |
6 Over | Run: 53/2 | Run Rate: 10.60
| 0 | 4.5 | 4.5: Mohammed Siraj to Devdutt Padikkal, Dishes out a short of a good length, over off. Devdutt walks down the track and turns it to mid-wicket. Siraj chirps at Padikkal, and it is acknowledged with a nod by the batter. |
| 0 | 4.4 | 4.4: Mohammed Siraj to Devdutt Padikkal, Brings the line closer to the off pole, Padikkal hangs back and taps it down to cover. |
| 4 | 4.3 | 4.3: Mohammed Siraj to Devdutt Padikkal, FOUR! Not exactly where Padikkal intended, but he will take it. A seam-up ball, going away, fractionally on the shorter side. Devdutt gives the bowler the charge and throws his hands at the ball. It flies off the outer half and well wide of deep backward point to his right. |
| 6 | 4.2 | 4.2: Mohammed Siraj to Devdutt Padikkal, SIX! A mighty blow! Siraj bangs it into the strip, outside off. Devdutt Padikkal picks up the length early and clears the front leg. He fights the angle and unleashes the pull off the front foot to clear the mid-wicket fence for a six. |
| 0 | 4.1 | 4.1: Mohammed Siraj to Devdutt Padikkal, Across off, on a nagging length. Padikkal punches it on the up but can't get it past Jason Holder at a catching cover position. |
| 0 | 3.7 | 3.6: Kagiso Rabada to Rajat Patidar, Rabada hits the back of a length, on off. Rajat hops to ride the bounce and pats it down the strip. |
7 Over | Run: 39/2 | Run Rate: 9.75
| 0 | 3.6 | 3.5: Kagiso Rabada to Rajat Patidar, Drags the length back and this is on middle. Patidar hops to block it off. |
| 4 | 3.5 | 3.4: Kagiso Rabada to Rajat Patidar, FOUR! A classy shot to get off the mark. Fuller than the previous ball, and Rabada keeps it at the stumps. Patidar presents the full face of the blade and does not try to overhit this one. Just eases himsef into the drive and plays it past the bowler's right for a boundary. |
| 0 | 3.4 | 3.3: Kagiso Rabada to Rajat Patidar, Attacking the stumps, on the fuller side, watchfully defended by Patidar. |
| 0 | 3.3 | 3.2: Kagiso Rabada to Virat Kohli, OUT! STRAIGHT UP AND TAKEN! Kagiso Rabada bounces back in grand style after being hit for five consecutive fours in the previous over. Rabada bends his back and digs it in short. A premeditated charge from Kohli and he tries to take on the short ball. He is in no position whatsoever to do so. The ball gets big on him and he is also cramped for room. Spoons it up off the upper half of the blade in front of square on the leg side. Rashid Khan moves to his right at mid-wicket from the inner circle and slides to take a safe catch. A brisk knock from Kohli comes to an end. RCB are 35/2. |
| 0 | 3.2 | 3.1: Kagiso Rabada to Virat Kohli, Better from Rabada! Honing in on the off stump, on a good length. Virat looks to play it off the back foot but the ball nips back to catch the inside edge and deflects onto the pads. |
| 0 | 3.1 | 3.1: Kagiso Rabada to Virat Kohli, Wide! Sprayed down leg by Rabada. Kohli steps inside the line but misses out on the glance. |
| 0 | 2.6 | 2.6: Mohammed Siraj to Devdutt Padikkal, Tighter line, on top of off, on a short of a good length. Padikkal stands tall and keeps it out with a straight bat. A wicket and 7 runs off the over. |
6 Over | Run: 34/1 | Run Rate: 11.33
| 0 | 2.5 | 2.5: Mohammed Siraj to Devdutt Padikkal, A play and a miss! Zipping through at 140.5 kph, on a back of a length, going away. Devdutt Padikkal pokes at it from the crease but is beaten on the outside edge. |
| 0 | 2.4 | 2.4: Mohammed Siraj to Jacob Bethell, OUT! CAUGHT! A soft dismissal. Jacob Bethell could not have picked out the fielder any better. Not the best of balls by Siraj, but he will take it. Little too straight, on the pads, on a length. Bethell brings his wrists into play to play the flick. He can't keep it down and it goes off the inner half straight to mid-wicket, where Rashid Khan gobbles it up near his waist. The 34-run opening stand has been broken. |
| 0 | 2.3 | 2.3: Mohammed Siraj to Virat Kohli, Well bowled. Kohli is just itching to get going now. He steps down the pitch but Siraj sees him coming and bashes the ball into the deck, angling it into the batter. Kohli gets cramped for room and the ball goes off the thigh pad just into the leg side. VK picks up a quick leg bye. |
| 6 | 2.2 | 2.2: Mohammed Siraj to Virat Kohli, SIX! Kohli goes big now! Siraj lands it on a length, on off. Virat Kohli shimmies down the pitch and stays slightly leg side of the ball. He gets his hands through the ball and pumps it over mid on for a six. |
| 0 | 2.1 | 2.1: Mohammed Siraj to Virat Kohli, Half a shout for LBW! Nipping back in, on a good length. Kohli pushes out in front. Ekes out an inside edge onto the pads. |
| 1 | 1.6 | 1.6: Kagiso Rabada to Virat Kohli, Full and on off, Kohli creams the drive down the strip. Rabada sticks out his right boot and takes the sting out of the shot. It deflects away on the leg side in front of mid on for one. |
6 Over | Run: 27/0 | Run Rate: 13.50
| 4 | 1.5 | 1.5: Kagiso Rabada to Virat Kohli, FOUR! Kohli is putting on a real clinic. Five fours in a row for the master. Pitched up by Rabada, outside off, Kohli presses onto the front foot in a flash and plays a punchy drive in front of square this time. Threads it past cover to his right for four more. |
| 4 | 1.4 | 1.4: Kagiso Rabada to Virat Kohli, FOUR! Four in a row for Kohli. This is on a length, outside off, Kohli leans into the drive with his hands and cracks it behind point. Mohammed Siraj sprints and dives to his left from deep backward point but fails to cut it off. |
| 4 | 1.3 | 1.3: Kagiso Rabada to Virat Kohli, FOUR! Make that a hat-trick of boundaries. Kohli is up and away. On the fuller side, just outside off. Kohli extends his hands into the drive and angles it to the right of backward point. Manav Suthar dives to his right and gets a hand on it but it is not enough. |
| 4 | 1.2 | 1.2: Kagiso Rabada to Virat Kohli, FOUR MORE! This is even better. Rabada hurls it on a back of a length, outside off. Kohli presses on the front foot and hits it on the up. Launches it on the rise to the left of mid off for another boundary. |
| 4 | 1.1 | 1.1: Kagiso Rabada to Virat Kohli, FOUR! Banged away! Fractionally short first up by Rabada, around the off stump. It comes around the midriff to Kohli, who gets on his toes and pulls it aerially between mid-wicket and mid on for his first boundary. |
| 4 | 0.6 | 0.6: Mohammed Siraj to Jacob Bethell, FOUR! Width offered and Bethell cashes in! On a good length but Siraj errs in line. Jacob frees his arms and cuts it through the vacant point region. The ball skips across the turf and the man at deep backward point stands no chance. |
6 Over | Run: 6/0 | Run Rate: 6.00
| 0 | 0.5 | 0.5: Mohammed Siraj to Jacob Bethell, Swinging back into the pads, on a length, flicked straight to mid-wicket by Bethell. |
| 1 | 0.4 | 0.4: Mohammed Siraj to Virat Kohli, Angled back into the right-hander and the length is dragged back. Virat stabs it down off the back foot and he plays it so late that the ball bounces off the face of the bat over the sticks. He has a look at Bethell before setting off for a quick run as the ball dribbles towards the keeper. |
| 0 | 0.3 | 0.3: Mohammed Siraj to Virat Kohli, Lovely! Shaping away a touch, fuller and in the channel. Kohli has a feel for it before withdrawing his bat. He is lucky not to nick this one behind. |
| 1 | 0.2 | 0.2: Mohammed Siraj to Jacob Bethell, Bethell and RCB are away! Siraj hits the deck hard this time, wider on off. Jacob stays back and angles it to the left of short third for a single to get off the mark. |
| 0 | 0.1 | 0.1: Mohammed Siraj to Jacob Bethell, Beats the bat straight away! Moving away off the seam at 135.6 kph, on a back of a length. Bethell hangs back and has a slight fiddle at the delivery. The ball lands and leaves him with the angle to go past the outside edge. |