| 0.0 : Toss Update - The coin-flip lands in the favor of Bengaluru and Faf du Plessis opts to BOWL first. |
| Sunrisers Hyderabad (Unchanged Playing XI) - Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen (WK), Abdul Samad, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Shahbaz Ahmed, Pat Cummins (C), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jaydev Unadkat, T Natarajan. |
| Impact players nominated by Hyderabad -Â Umran Malik, Anmolpreet Singh, Mayank Markande, Glenn Phillips, Rahul Tripathi. |
| Impact players nominated by Bengaluru -Â Suyash Prabhudessai, Anuj Rawat, Swapnil Singh, Mohammed Siraj, Karn Sharma. |
| Pat Cummins, the skipper of Hyderabad says that they have had some great wins this season and adds it's the nature of the T20 game that you won't win each and every game. But says he is pretty happy with the way the team has performed so far. Informs that they are going with the same side. |
| Faf du Plessis, the skipper of Bengaluru, says that they will be chasing. Adds that the pitch has been pretty much the same all season and has been a bit slower than they expected and that's the nature of the game. Mentions that when you aren't playing your best cricket, you doubt yourself but they have made a few changes to try and turn things around. Informs that the likes of Glenn Maxwell and Mohammed Siraj are sitting out this game with Lockie Ferguson coming in. |
| Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Playing XI) - Faf du Plessis (C), Virat Kohli, Will Jacks, Rajat Patidar, Saurav Chauhan, Dinesh Karthik (WK), Mahipal Lomror, Lockie Ferguson (In for Glenn Maxwell), Reece Topley, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Yash Dayal. |
| We are all set for the game to begin! The two umpires are out in the middle and so are the players of Bengaluru who are given a huge round of applause as they take their places on the field. It will be the dual left-handed pairing of Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head to open the innings for Hyderabad. Spin to begin proceedings here as Will Jacks has been tossed the ball. Let's play... |
| 0.1 : Will Jacks to Abhishek Sharma, Jacks starts off from around the wicket and gets it to turn right away, shade full and outside off. Abhishek Sharma watches it closely and leaves it alone. |
| 0.2 : Will Jacks to Abhishek Sharma, Tossed up ball on off, and short in length, Abhishek Sharma punches it off the back foot to covers. |
| 0.3 : Will Jacks to Abhishek Sharma, 2 runs. |
| 0.4 : Will Jacks to Abhishek Sharma, Four! |
| 0.5 : Will Jacks to Abhishek Sharma, Tossed up on the pads, Abhishek Sharma nudges it to square leg and takes a single. |
| 0.6 : Will Jacks to Travis Head, Flighted ball on the stumps, Travis Head presses forward and blocks it watchfully to end the first over. 7 runs from it. |
| Reece Topley to operate from the other end. |
| 1.1 : Reece Topley to Abhishek Sharma, Over the wicket on the hard length with a bit of an away movement as well, and the line is on the off stump, Abhishek Sharma taps it to point and fetches a quick single. |
| 1.2 : Reece Topley to Travis Head, FOUR! Cleanly flicked away with precision! Topley brings the angle into the batter on the middle, and bowls it fuller in length, Travis Head loves the pace on his willow and flicks it over the mid-wicket region for a boundary. |
| 1.3 : Reece Topley to Travis Head, SIX! Clean as a whistle! The first maximum of the game! Full in length and on the off stump line, right into the hitting arc, Travis Head gets his front foot ahead and clubs it nicely over the bowler's head for a maximum. |
| 1.4 : Reece Topley to Travis Head, Short in length, it skids a bit as well, Travis Head pulls it towards deep mid-wicket for a brace. |
| 1.5 : Reece Topley to Travis Head, On the back of a length, shaping away from outside off, Travis Head opens the bat and guides it toward deep backward point for a single. |
| 1.6 : Reece Topley to Abhishek Sharma, SIX! Poor and rightly punished! Abhishek further compounds the damage in this over! Angles it on the hips of the southpaw on a nagging length, Abhishek Sharma anticipates the length quite early and transfers his weight on the back foot before pulling it cleanly over deep fine leg for a biggie. |
| 2.1 : Will Jacks to Travis Head, 1 run. |
| 2.2 : Will Jacks to Abhishek Sharma, Slower through the air and spins away from off on a length, Abhishek Sharma punches it off the back foot but finds the cover fielder. |
| 2.3 : Will Jacks to Abhishek Sharma, Quicker this time from Jacks on off, Abhishek Sharma punches it to widish long off for a single. |
| 2.4 : Will Jacks to Travis Head, Tossed-up delivery on the leg stump line, Travis Head shuffles outside leg and sits down to sweep it away but misses out on the connection. The ball pings his front pad for no runs. |
| 2.5 : Will Jacks to Travis Head, 1 run. |
| 2.6 : Will Jacks to Abhishek Sharma, Full at the stumps, Abhishek Sharma comes down the track and drives it to long off for a single to end the over. Just 4 from it. |
| Yash Dayal comes in as the first change. |
| 3.1 : Yash Dayal to Abhishek Sharma, WIDE! Starts off on the length with an away movement, beyond the tramline. Given as a Wide. |
| Yash Dayal to Abhishek Sharma, Four! |
| 3.2 : Yash Dayal to Abhishek Sharma, Peach of a delivery! Pitches it on the off stump, and gets it to angle away from the southpaw on a length. Abhishek Sharma plays inside the line of the ball and gets beaten on the outside edge. An appeal for caught behind from Yash Dayal but no Dinesh Karthik isn't quite convinced on this one. |
| 3.3 : Yash Dayal to Abhishek Sharma, Full, and around off, Abhishek Sharma taps it to backward point for one. |
| 3.4 : Yash Dayal to Travis Head, No run. |
| 3.5 : Yash Dayal to Travis Head, Oh, the inswinger this time! Angles it in from the fourth stump, on the top of off, Travis Head gets beaten again. |
| 3.6 : Yash Dayal to Travis Head, Sharply nips back in from outside off on a length, Travis Head waits and cuts it off the back foot towards backward point for a single to end the over. |
| 4.1 : Lockie Ferguson to Travis Head, Lockie Ferguson, on debut for Bengaluru, starts off right on the money. Bowls a sharp length on the top of the middle, nipping it away. Travis Head looks to cut it uppishly but misses. |
| 4.2 : Lockie Ferguson to Travis Head, SIX! Crafty wristy work from Head! Aims the pads on the length, Travis Head utilises the pace perfectly and picks it over backward square leg for a maximum. |
| 4.3 : Lockie Ferguson to Travis Head, SIX! Into the crowd and 50 already up for Hyderabad! Short in length and on the stumps, Travis Head creates a strong base to pull it over deep mid-wicket for a huge a maximum. |
| 4.4 : Lockie Ferguson to Travis Head, Hard length on the stumps, Travis Head stays leg side of the ball and solidly punches it to the cover fielder who parries the ball with the misfield toward the deep. A single taken. |
| 4.5 : Lockie Ferguson to Abhishek Sharma, On the back of a length around off, Abhishek Sharma hops and guides the ball towards deep third for a single. |
| 4.6 : Lockie Ferguson to Travis Head, FOUR! Head looks unstoppable at the moment! Lockie Ferguson bangs it short in length and around off, Travis Head smashes it over the bowler's head for a boundary. Not an ideal start for the Kiwi speedster. |
| 5.1 : Yash Dayal to Abhishek Sharma, Just short! Hard length outside off and swinging away, Abhishek Sharma reaches out and goes after it and slashes it aerially over point. Mahipal Lomror runs in from the deep but the ball lands in front of him and they get a single. |
| 5.2 : Yash Dayal to Travis Head, SIX! Clobbered away for another maximum! |
| 5.3 : Yash Dayal to Travis Head, The change of pace almost gets the job done but Travis Head escapes. Pitched up full and wide at just under 109 clicks, Head goes after it but toe-ends the ball over mid off and gets a couple of runs. |
| 5.4 : Yash Dayal to Travis Head, SIX! As flat as it gets! Banged in well short and right in the swinging arc, Travis Head picks the length early and swings it over the mid-wicket fence for yet another maximum. This is absolute carnage from Head! |
| 5.5 : Yash Dayal to Travis Head, FOUR! Through the off side now and Travis Head brings up FIFTY in no time at all. Short and wide, attempted slower one but it sits up for the batter, Head gets deep in the crease and smacks it past Virat Kohli at covers for a boundary. Hyderabad flying in the Powerplay. |
| 5.6 : Yash Dayal to Travis Head, Oh, what a stop! |
| 0.0 : Strategic Break! |
| 6.1 : Will Jacks to Travis Head, TWO WIDES! Round-arm delivery, drifted well down leg from around the stumps, Travis Head misses the flick and the ball eludes the keeper as well for a single. |
| Will Jacks to Abhishek Sharma, Dragged down on the thigh pads, Abhishek Sharma gets low and helps the ball down to fine leg for a single. |
| 6.2 : Will Jacks to Travis Head, FOUR! Uppish but in the gap! Short on off and turning away, Travis Head rocks back and manages to cut the ball between backward point and short third for a boundary. |
| 6.3 : Will Jacks to Travis Head, SIX! Oh, wow! Travis Head is in devastating form at the moment. |
| 6.4 : Will Jacks to Travis Head, SIX! ANOTHER ONE! Just a fraction short around middle, Travis Head picks the length so early and rocks back before forcing the pull over deep square leg for another maximum. |
| 6.5 : Will Jacks to Travis Head, Quick and short, thrown well wide of the off stump, Travis Head just about reaches it and hits it in front of point for a single. |
| 6.6 : Will Jacks to Abhishek Sharma, On a length and angled into the pads, just pushed down through mid on for a single by Abhishek Sharma who seems to be a mere spectator at the moment. |
| 0.0 : Change. |
| 7.1 : Vijaykumar Vyshak to Abhishek Sharma, SIX! Abhishek Sharma doesn't want to sit back and watch, he wants in on the action. Vijaykumar Vyshak starts with an overpitched delivery around off stump, Sharma gets under it and whacks it a long way back over the long off fence for a handsome maximum. |
| 7.2 : Vijaykumar Vyshak to Abhishek Sharma, A bit of swing there! Good length in the channel and this one shapes back in, Abhishek Sharma manages to dab it away on the off side for a single. |
| 7.3 : Vijaykumar Vyshak to Travis Head, 1 run. |
| 7.4 : Vijaykumar Vyshak to Abhishek Sharma, On the bounce! Dug in halfway down the track and over the stumps, Abhishek Sharma gets on top of the bounce and pulls it in front of Virat Kohli at deep mid-wicket for just another single. |
| 7.5 : Vijaykumar Vyshak to Travis Head, Full and at the stumps, Travis Head stays leg side of the ball and drills it down to long off for one more. Good comeback from Vijaykumar Vyshak after getting hit for a six off the first ball. |
| 7.6 : Vijaykumar Vyshak to Abhishek Sharma, Hits the deck hard and bowls it a bit short over middle and leg, Abhishek Sharma miscues the pull off the higher part of the bat and gets it down to long on for another single. Still, 11 runs come off the over. |
| 0.0 : Reece Topley (1-0-20-0) is back again into the attack. |
| Who walks out next to the crease? |
| 8.1 : Reece Topley to Abhishek Sharma, OUT! CAUGHT! Finally, some respite for Bengaluru but Abhishek Sharma will be very disappointed with himself. |
| 8.2 : Reece Topley to Heinrich Klaasen, Hard length over middle and leg, Heinrich Klaasen stays watchful and defends it from the crease. |
| 8.3 : Reece Topley to Heinrich Klaasen, WIDE! Short and wide, trying to push it across the right-hander but gets this one a bit too wide. |
| Reece Topley to Heinrich Klaasen, Fractionally short on off stump and angling away, Heinrich Klaasen lets the ball come on and just dabs it down to third man for a single. |
| 8.4 : Reece Topley to Travis Head, WIDE! The attempted slower bumper now, over middle and angling in, Travis Head tries to back away and uppercut it but the ball lobs over his head. Wide called. |
| Reece Topley to Travis Head, FOUR! A bit deliberate and slightly lucky as well. Slightly full on middle and angled in, Travis Head stays leg side of the ball and opens the bat face at the last moment, getting it fine of short third for a boundary. |
| 8.5 : Reece Topley to Travis Head, Hard length and angled into the batter, Travis Head gets cramped for room this time and has to defend it out. |
| 8.6 : Reece Topley to Travis Head, FOUR! That is skillful from Travis Head. Banged in shorter at again at the body, Head backs away a fair bit before using those fast hands to angle the cut shot up and over the point region for another boundary. |
| Lockie Ferguson (1-0-18-0) is back into the attack. He replaces Vijaykumar Vyshak. |
| 9.1 : Lockie Ferguson to Heinrich Klaasen, 1 run. |
| 9.2 : Lockie Ferguson to Travis Head, SIX! Looks for the slower one but the line is all wrong. Rolls the fingers across the ball and digs it in over leg stump at 121 clicks, Travis Head picks up the length well and pulls it well over the square leg fence for a biggie. |
| 9.3 : Lockie Ferguson to Travis Head, Top comeback! Switches to around the wicket and spears in a yorker at 147.4 clicks right at the stumps, Travis Head manages to jam it out back to the bowler. |
| 9.4 : Lockie Ferguson to Travis Head, Full and straight, in the blockhole at 145 clicks, Travis Head hangs deep in the crease and hits it hard down to long on for a run. |
| 9.5 : Lockie Ferguson to Heinrich Klaasen, Beaten! Back to over the wicket for the right-hander and bowls it on a perfect length on off stump, getting it to nip away late at over 144 clicks, Heinrich Klaasen has a nibble at it but the ball zips past the outside edge. Half a shout from Lockie Ferguson but the keeper isn't interested. |
| 9.6 : Lockie Ferguson to Heinrich Klaasen, Bowled back of a length and around off stump, Heinrich Klaasen looks to fetch and pull but gets an under edge that rolls to square leg and they get a single. |
| Yash Dayal (2-0-27-0) is back. |
| 10.1 : Yash Dayal to Heinrich Klaasen, 2 runs. |
| 10.2 : Yash Dayal to Heinrich Klaasen, SIX! Punished! Slower one on the top of the stumps, Heinrich Klaasen waits and hoists it behind deep mid-wicket for a maximum. |
| 10.3 : Yash Dayal to Heinrich Klaasen, On the shorter length once again, Heinrich Klaasen tucks it to backward square leg for a couple of more runs. |
| 10.4 : Yash Dayal to Heinrich Klaasen, Lands it on the back of a length around off, Heinrich Klaasen slaps it through covers for a single. |
| 10.5 : Yash Dayal to Travis Head, WIDE! He will have to reload this one! Bowls it just beyond the tramline on a fuller length. Travis Head leaves and the Umpire calls it a Wide. |
| Yash Dayal to Travis Head, Bowls a slower one outside off, on a fuller length, Travis Head looks to tonk it over the off side but mistimes it along the ground off the inner half of the bat toward covers. |
| 10.6 : Yash Dayal to Travis Head, WIDE! That's a poor line from Yash! Way too outside off on a length, Travis Head is happy to leave. Wide given. |
| Yash Dayal to Travis Head, Just a single but another over going for double digits! Aims the toes from over the wicket, Travis Head flicks it towards deep backward square leg for an easy single. |
| 11.1 : Vijaykumar Vyshak to Travis Head, FOUR! Gee, that's been drilled away with brute force! Offer a good width outside off, on a fuller length, Travis Head covers his off stump and sits on his back leg before smashing it over covers for a boundary. He moves into the 90s now. |
| 11.2 : Vijaykumar Vyshak to Travis Head, FOUR! Everything he touches is turning into gold! Short in length, climbing over the shoulders, Travis Head pulls it off the upper half of the blade over short fine for a boundary. |
| 11.3 : Vijaykumar Vyshak to Travis Head, A low full toss outside off, Travis Head drives it but gets an under edge to the left of the keeper who gets a hand to it but it deflects from his glove and allows the batters to cross for the double. |
| 11.4 : Vijaykumar Vyshak to Travis Head, FOUR! WHAT A SENSATIONAL CENTURY BY TRAVIS HEAD! The fourth fastest in the history of the Indian T20 League! This man is in tremendous form! Unbelievable stuff from him! Full in length on the middle and leg, Travis Head drills it through the gap between mid on and mid-wicket for a cracking boundary. What a superb knock this has been from the Aussie southpaw. He just loves to bat in India. |
| 11.5 : Vijaykumar Vyshak to Travis Head, 1 run. |
| 11.6 : Vijaykumar Vyshak to Heinrich Klaasen, Pulls his length and slows the pace outside off, Heinrich Klaasen waits and hops before working it to long on for a single to end the over. Another expensive over. 14 runs from it. |
| 12.1 : Lockie Ferguson to Heinrich Klaasen, SIX! Goodness gracious! Offers a half-volley right in front of the woods, Heinrich Klaasen creates room for himself and tonks it over deep mid-wicket for a huge six. |
| 12.2 : Lockie Ferguson to Heinrich Klaasen, Clocks it at 149 kph on the back of a length, it jags back in sharply on the top of the stumps. Heinrich Klaasen backs and gets beaten for room.It rolls off his thigh pad to short third for a leg bye. |
| 12.3 : Lockie Ferguson to Travis Head, OUT! TAKEN! Head mistimes his shot and proves that he is a human! |
| 0.0 : Aiden Markram is the new man in. |
| 12.4 : Lockie Ferguson to Aiden Markram, Length ball, around off, Aiden Markram guides it to short third for a single. |
| 12.5 : Lockie Ferguson to Heinrich Klaasen, FOUR! Gets it away! |
| 12.6 : Lockie Ferguson to Heinrich Klaasen, Nips back into the batter on a length, Heinrich Klaasen is cramped for room and wears it on the pads. The ball trickles to gully and they cross for a leg bye. |
| 13.1 : Mahipal Lomror to Heinrich Klaasen, 'Round the wicket on a length, Heinrich Klaasen slaps it to deep extra cover for a single. |
| 13.2 : Mahipal Lomror to Aiden Markram, 1 run. |
| 13.3 : Mahipal Lomror to Heinrich Klaasen, WIDE! Back of a length, wide of off. Signaled as a Wide. |
| Mahipal Lomror to Heinrich Klaasen, SIX! No, you just can't bowl him there! Overpitches on the stumps, Heinrich Klaasen clears his front leg and hoists it behind long on for a maximum. |
| 13.4 : Mahipal Lomror to Heinrich Klaasen, WIDE! Way outside off on a length. Another Wide. |
| Mahipal Lomror to Heinrich Klaasen, WIDE! Trying to keep it away from his hitting arc. Way outside off on a length. Wide again. |
| Mahipal Lomror to Heinrich Klaasen, SIX! Phew, this is some effortless batting from Heinrich Klaasen. Right into the range of hitting on a fuller length, at the stumps. Heinrich Klaasen bends a bit low before slapping the ball into the stands beyond long on fence. Bowl him at the stumps and he will thrash you all over the park. |
| 13.5 : Mahipal Lomror to Heinrich Klaasen, Angling in down leg, Heinrich Klaasen misses to sweep it and wears on the pads. A rare dot delivery. |
| 13.6 : Mahipal Lomror to Heinrich Klaasen, A single to end the over but 18 runs from it. |
| 14.1 : Vijaykumar Vyshak to Heinrich Klaasen, Swing and a miss. Over the wicket, full in length with pace off outside off, Heinrich Klaasen swings wildly at it but misses. |
| 14.2 : Vijaykumar Vyshak to Heinrich Klaasen, FOUR! Not really timed this one but still gets it through the gap! Slower bumper on the body, Heinrich Klaasen waits and pulls it through the square leg region and successfully bisects the two converging fielders in the deep for a boundary. |
| 14.3 : Vijaykumar Vyshak to Heinrich Klaasen, Full and wide of off, Heinrich Klaasen jams his bat in time and guides it to covers for a single. |
| 14.4 : Vijaykumar Vyshak to Aiden Markram, FOUR! Handsomely played! On a good length around the fourth stump line, Aiden Markram plays it on the up over the covers for a boundary. He just had to clear the 30-yard to fetch this boundary. |
| 14.5 : Vijaykumar Vyshak to Aiden Markram, On the pads on a fuller length, Aiden Markram turns it with wrists toward deep mid-wicket for a quick single. |
| 14.6 : Vijaykumar Vyshak to Heinrich Klaasen, SIX! Hyderabad are 200 up with that monstrous hit! Heinrich Klaasen also gets to his fifty in no time. A juicy low full toss on offer at the stumps, Heinrich Klaasen simply lofts it over the bowler's head for a biggie. No attempt to hit it too hard but the time is picture perfect. |
| 15.1 : Reece Topley to Aiden Markram, Slower one, from around the wicket and bowled full on the stumps, Aiden Markram punches it down to long on and turns the strike over. |
| 15.2 : Reece Topley to Heinrich Klaasen, SIX! Heinrich Klaasen is unstoppable at the moment. Switches to over the stumps and tries to bowl a yorker at the toes and just misses his mark. Klaasen manages to clear the front leg and whacks it away over deeo mid-wicket for another huge maximum. |
| 15.3 : Reece Topley to Heinrich Klaasen, Full and straight on off and middle, Heinrich Klaasen is late on it and ends up chipping the ball to the right of long off for a couple of runs. |
| 15.4 : Reece Topley to Heinrich Klaasen, Gets it really full on leg stump and Heinrich Klaasen only manages to flick it to deep mid-wicket for a single. The 50-run stand is also up between these two and Aiden Markram has hardly had a look-in. |
| 15.5 : Reece Topley to Aiden Markram, Back to around the wicket and nails the yorker in at the toes, Aiden Markram stays deep in the crease and gets an inside edge down to fine leg for a run. |
| 15.6 : Reece Topley to Heinrich Klaasen, Good work in the deep to keep it down to just a single. Full and wide outside off, Heinrich Klaasen reaches out and thrashes it away in front of sweeper cover where Rajat Patidar is quick to run around and cut off the boundary. |
| 16.1 : Lockie Ferguson to Heinrich Klaasen, Right on the money! Takes pace off but gets the yorker bang on outside off and gets it to tail in as well, Heinrich Klaasen jams it out to covers. |
| 0.0 : Strategic Break! Well, the burning question on everyone's mind is whether Hyderabad will surpass their own record for the highest number of runs scored in the first innings. Quite possible with that bloke named Heinrich Klaasen out in the middle supported by the dynamic Aiden Markram. Travis Head's 102, and Heinrich Klaasen's blistering unbeaten 60 off 27 as already put Hyderabad into the driver's seat, and with eight wickets in hand, these two Proteas men will aim to compound on the ruthless o |
| 16.2 : Lockie Ferguson to Heinrich Klaasen, SIX! Wow, that has gone over the roof of the Cbhinnaswamy Stadium, unbelievable hitting from Heinrich Klaasen! |
| 16.3 : Lockie Ferguson to Heinrich Klaasen, Full and quick at 145.6 clicks, gets it full enough and Heinrich Klaasen hits it away in front of mid-wicket for a single. |
| 16.5 : Lockie Ferguson to Aiden Markram, Into the pitch this time and angled in at the batter, Aiden Markram backs away and pulls it through backward square leg for a single. |
| 16.4 : Lockie Ferguson to Aiden Markram, SIX! Aiden Markram joins in on the six-hitting act! Takes some pace off but in the slot on middle and angling in, Markram manages to stay leg side of the ball and hit it over long on for a maximum. |
| 16.6 : Lockie Ferguson to Heinrich Klaasen, OUT! CAUGHT! Lockie Ferguson gets a bit lucky here but Heinrich Klaasen has done the damage. Finally, Lockie looks for the wide yorker and looks to bowl it slower too. The ball spills out of the hand and turns out to be a really wide full toss. Klaasen goes after it and has to really reach for it but ends up slicing it off the toe end of the bat just over backward point where Vijaykumar Vyshak takes the catch. End of a fine knock from Klaasen. |
| Abdul Samad is in at number 5. |
| 17.1 : Yash Dayal to Aiden Markram, Excellent work in the deep from Rajat Patidar. Slower one, on a good length and wide of off stump, Aiden Markram waits before driving it away to the right of deep point for a couple of runs. |
| 17.2 : Yash Dayal to Aiden Markram, OUT! TAKEN! Oh, wait! The siren has gone off and the wicket won't count! Yash Dayal goes for the wide yorker and ends up serving a low full toss around the tramline. Aiden Markram reaches out and ends up cue-ending it low to the left of short third where Reece Topley takes a fine diving catch. Markram starts walking but Dayal has overstepped and instead it will be a Free Hit! |
| Yash Dayal to Aiden Markram, No run. |
| 17.3 : Yash Dayal to Aiden Markram, Another one that is right in the blockhole and at the stumps this time, squeezed away in front of mid-wicket for a single. |
| 17.4 : Yash Dayal to Abdul Samad, Smart bowling from Yash Dayal as he brings out the back-of-the-hand slower ball, gets it into the pitch and wide of the off stump. Abdul Samad has to wait for it and can only force it square on the off side for a single. |
| 17.5 : Yash Dayal to Aiden Markram, 1 run. |
| 17.6 : Yash Dayal to Abdul Samad, FOUR! Nicely played! Yash Dayal nails the wide yorker again but this time Abdul Samad is ready for it and squeezes it away with and open bat face fine of deep point for a boundary. |
| Reece Topley (1-0-43-1) is back and will bowl the penultimate over. Also, Bengaluru has decided to bring in their Impact Sub in the form of Anuj Rawat in place of Yash Dayal who has just completed his expensive spell. |
| 18.1 : Reece Topley to Aiden Markram, Pitched up on leg stump, in the hitting arc, Aiden Markram gets across a bit and lofts the ball down to wide long on for just a single. Markram hasn't quite been able to replicate what the batters before him did. |
| 18.2 : Reece Topley to Abdul Samad, FOUR! Top shot! Slower one at just 111 clicks, short and outside off as well, Abdul Samad waits well and pulls it powerfully wide of long on for a boundary. |
| 18.3 : Reece Topley to Abdul Samad, FOUR! Crunched through the off side now and the 250 comes up for Hyderabad for a second time this season. |
| 18.4 : Reece Topley to Abdul Samad, SIX! Wow, that one has smashed into the roof and come back! Right in the slot on off and middle, Abdul Samad stays deep in the crease and clears the front leg before smoking it straight back over the bowler's head for a biggie. |
| 18.5 : Reece Topley to Abdul Samad, SIX! That is just asking to be hit and Abdul Samad doesn't miss out. |
| 18.6 : Who will bowl the final over of the first innings? |
| Reece Topley to Abdul Samad, FOUR! Now, the slice of luck also goes Samad's way and Hydebarad get 25 runs off that over. |
| 19.1 : Vijaykumar Vyshak to Aiden Markram, WIDE! Attempted slower bumper, around off and looping over the batter's head. Called a wide but DK reviews from behind the stumps and the replays show that it was clearly over the head. |
| Vijaykumar Vyshak to Aiden Markram, FOUR! Wrong line and punished! |
| 19.2 : Vijaykumar Vyshak to Aiden Markram, SIX! RECORD EQUALLED! |
| 19.3 : Vijaykumar Vyshak to Aiden Markram, There it is, Hyderabad have surpassed their own record and this is now the highest team total ever in franchise T20 cricket. Full and wide outside off, hit away from deep in the crease to long off for a single. |
| 19.4 : Vijaykumar Vyshak to Abdul Samad, No run. |
| 19.5 : Vijaykumar Vyshak to Abdul Samad, Six! |
| 19.6 : Vijaykumar Vyshak to Abdul Samad, Wide! |
| Vijaykumar Vyshak to Abdul Samad, DROPPED! The worst-ever way to end the inning with a dropped catch. |
| 0.0 : Records shattered left, right, and center, bowlers left reeling, and once again, it's the team clad in orange and black that has showcased unrelenting ruthlessness with the bat. Indeed, Hyderabad has developed a habit of toppling records remarkably. Picture this - 22 monstrous sixes along with 19 boundaries. Second-highest team total in the history of all T20s and the highest total in the history of Indian T20 League. Tells you a story, the kind of havoc the Hyderabad batters have wreaked on thi |
| Hyderabad, as habitual to begin on a flier, started off exactly in the same way. After examining the pitch for the first over, the dual southpaw duo opened the floodgates from the get-go, going aggressively against the Bengaluru bowlers. Travis Head was the real aggressor as he timed the ball to perfection. It seemed like the ball was just effortlessly springing off his bat into the stands. Hyderabad boosted to 100 for no loss in just 7.1 overs. Abhishek Sharma too, didn't stay quiet for long an |
| Well, just imagine if you're in the Bengaluru camp right now, you'd be scratching your heads too after this ruthless onslaught. Bengaluru found themselves trapped in a familiar predicament, unable to break through Hyderabad's solid opening partnership within the initial six overs. Runs flowed freely, and also, they made several fielding errors leaving Bengaluru grasping for adjustments and solutions. The debutant fiery Kiwi speedster, Lockie Ferguson, failed to provide the desired impact as he |
| Travis Head is up for a flash interview for his sensational 102. He says that it was a nice wicket and it was nice to get away in the Powerplay and the individuals played really well. Adds that he didn't want to take an unnecessary risk in the first over and wanted to capitalize later on. Mentions that it didn't look like that good of a wicket and were able to get away in the Powerplay and the ball even spun a bit and hopes that their spinners come into play. Adds that the plan was just to max |
| Right then, Bengaluru have a mammoth, well, mammoth too, would be an understatement to the target they have up their sleeves. 288 is what Bengaluru has to chase. Hyderabad will obviously feel they have got this one in the bag with the kind of bowling unit they possess. It's a very, very steep slope to climb and Bengaluru batters will need to get off the blocks from the first ball itself. Stay tuned for the chase. |
| ... The Run Chase ... |
| We are back for the chase to begin! |
| 0.3 : Abhishek Sharma to Faf du Plessis, No run. |
| 0.4 : Abhishek Sharma to Faf du Plessis, 1 run. |
| 0.1 : Abhishek Sharma to Virat Kohli, Off the mark right away! Starts with a really full ball on middle and leg, speared in a bit, Virat Kohli uses his wrists to work it in front of mid-wicket for a single. |
| 0.2 : Abhishek Sharma to Faf du Plessis, FOUR! Edged away! Nicely tossed up, on a shorter length and thrown wide of the off stump, this one grips and Faf du Plessis cuts at it. The ball goes off the outside edge and down to third man for a boundary. |
| 0.5 : Abhishek Sharma to Virat Kohli, PUT DOWN! Abhishek Sharma will be disappointed with himself as he anticipated the ball coming to him as well. Dragged short and over off stump, Virat Kohli backs away to pull but flat-bats it to the right of the bowler who moves to that side but sticks out just the weaker right hand and the ball pops out. |
| 0.6 : Abhishek Sharma to Virat Kohli, FOUR! Rubbing salt into the wounds as Virat Kohli puts this half-tracker away. |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar to operate from the other end. |
| 1.1 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Faf du Plessis, On a good length to begin with and sliding into the pads, flicked away behind square leg for a single by Faf. |
| 1.2 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Virat Kohli, Bowled into the surface and outside off stump, Virat Kohli gets on the front foot and punches it away to cover-point. |
| 1.3 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Virat Kohli, Swing and a miss! Bhuvneshwar Kumar smartly takes pace off and bowls it over the top of off stump, Virat Kohli comes down the pitch looking to heave across the line but is well beaten. |
| 1.4 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Virat Kohli, FOUR! Flashy and over the top! |
| 1.5 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Virat Kohli, SIX! That is so pleasing to the eye! Pitched up right on the pads, Virat Kohli uses those silky wrists and just flicks it nonchalantly over deep backward square leg for a maximum. You don't bowl there to Virat! |
| 1.6 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Virat Kohli, On a good length around off and Virat Kohli plays it on the up but can't get it through covers. |
| 2.1 : Shahbaz Ahmed to Faf du Plessis, FOUR! Another edge that runs away for a boundary, the third time that has happened already in this innings. |
| 2.2 : Shahbaz Ahmed to Faf du Plessis, Goes full and around off, driven nicely but straight to covers. |
| 2.3 : Shahbaz Ahmed to Faf du Plessis, SIX! This is what Faf du Plessis looked to do on the first delivery and this time he nails it. Just a bit too full on off stump, Faf makes a bit of room and lofts it a long way over the cover fence for a biggie. |
| 2.4 : Shahbaz Ahmed to Faf du Plessis, The call is for two but the outfield is really fast. Around off, driven away firmly to wide long off for a single. |
| 2.5 : Shahbaz Ahmed to Virat Kohli, A good stop and nearly a run out as well. Short and wide, Virat Kohli cuts it hard to the left of cover-point and is ball watching but Abhishek Sharma makes a stellar stop and throws it at the bowler's end. Shahbaz Ahmed should be behind the stumps but tries to flicking it back on which doesn't work out and Kohli survives. |
| 2.6 : Shahbaz Ahmed to Faf du Plessis, SIX! Right into the boundary cushion and 18 runs come off that over! Dragged short and around off, Faf du Plessis flat-bats the pull into the wide long on fence and picks up another maximum. |
| 3.1 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Virat Kohli, Four! |
| 3.2 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Virat Kohli, FOUR! That one almost went the distance. A good short ball around off, Virat Kohli is late on the pull but the ball flies off the top edge down to third man for back-to-back fours. |
| 3.3 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Virat Kohli, On a good length around off, punched away with a high-elbow into covers flor a quick single. |
| 3.4 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Faf du Plessis, No run. |
| 3.5 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Faf du Plessis, FOUR! Swung away and the 50 comes up for Bengaluru is no time. Fractionally short around off, Faf du Plessis picks it up and swats it away square on the leg side for a boundary. |
| 3.6 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Faf du Plessis, FOUR! Both openers going for broke here and it is coming off! Hard length over off stump, Faf du Plessis backs away and swings across the line, one hand comes off the handle but the ball goes between mid on and mid-wicket for another boundary. 17 off that over as well! |
| T Natarajan is brought into the attack now. He replaces Shahbaz Ahmed. |
| 4.1 : T Natarajan to Virat Kohli, Good length in and around the leg stump, hit away through square leg for just a single. |
| 4.2 : T Natarajan to Faf du Plessis, Just shortens the length and hits the deck hard around off, naturally taking it away from the right-hander, Faf du Plessis pulls it straight to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 4.3 : T Natarajan to Virat Kohli, FOUR! Up and over and Bengaluru taking full advantage of the fielding restrictions. |
| 4.4 : T Natarajan to Virat Kohli, Top delivery! T Natarajan sees Virat Kohli charging down the pitch and nails the inswinging yorker at the pads, Kohli fails to get any bat on it and the ball goes through to the keeper. |
| 4.5 : T Natarajan to Virat Kohli, In the air but lands safely! Hard length over the stumps, Virat Kohli goes hard at it and gets a top edge over mid on for a couple of runs. |
| 4.6 : T Natarajan to Virat Kohli, SIX! Easy pickings and we have a game on our hands! |
| 0.0 : Change. |
| 5.1 : Pat Cummins to Faf du Plessis, Over the wicket, angles on the pads, Faf du Plessis misses to flick and it brushes off his thigh pads for Heinrich Klaasen to collect behind the wickets. |
| 5.2 : Pat Cummins to Faf du Plessis, FOUR! Go fetch that from the ropes says Faf! On the top of the stumps on a length, Faf du Plessis backs a bit to the leg side and lofts it over the bowler's head for another boundary. |
| 5.3 : Pat Cummins to Faf du Plessis, No run. |
| 5.4 : Pat Cummins to Faf du Plessis, On the top of off, Faf du Plessis miscues his shot but manages to keep it safe towards covers on a single bounce, and also sneaks a quick single. |
| 5.5 : Pat Cummins to Virat Kohli, Angling on the pads again on a length, Virat Kohli misses to connect on his wristy pull shot. |
| 5.6 : Pat Cummins to Virat Kohli, FOUR! In style! Right underneath the bat on the stumps, Virat Kohli simply clears his front leg and slams it over the bowler's head for another cracking boundary to end the mandatory Powerplay. Bengaluru has perfectly used the fielding restrictions as they have managed to fetch 79 runs without losing a single wicket. Also, this is the highest powerplay score for Bengaluru. |
| 6.1 : Mayank Markande to Faf du Plessis, On the back of a length at the stumps, this is punched away through covers for a single. |
| 6.2 : Mayank Markande to Virat Kohli, OUT! BOWLED'EM! CLEANED HIM UP! |
| 0.0 : Strategic Break! Well then, Bengaluru not only matched Hyderabad in the Powerplay but even scored 3 runs more. However, with Virat Kohli now getting out, the onus is on the new batter to take the game to the opposition. Faf du Plessis is going well at the other end but they need another big partnership. Hyderabad know that wickets at regular intervals will do the trick for them and would look to take a bit more now. With that said, Will Jacks walks out to bat. |
| 6.4 : Mayank Markande to Faf du Plessis, Slowish short ball on the leg stump line, Faf du Plessis drills it to long on and gets a single. |
| 6.3 : Mayank Markande to Will Jacks, Bowls a slider on the middle, on a length, Will Jacks tucks it towards long on for a single. |
| 6.5 : Mayank Markande to Will Jacks, 1 run. |
| 6.6 : Mayank Markande to Faf du Plessis, A top over in the context of the situation! Dismisses Virat Kohli and just gives away 5 runs. This is length delivery outside off, Faf du Plessis reaches to it and slashes it to long off for a single. |
| 7.1 : Jaydev Unadkat to Faf du Plessis, SIX! That's gone a long, long way into the second tier of Chinnaswamy! |
| 7.2 : Jaydev Unadkat to Faf du Plessis, Around the wicket on a length, Faf du Plessis works it to backward point for a single. |
| 7.3 : Jaydev Unadkat to Will Jacks, FOUR! Nicely executed shot from Jacks! Pace off from Unadkat, on the bodyline of the batter, Will Jacks waits for it, lifts his front leg up, and pulls it way too fine towards deep fine leg for a boundary. |
| 7.4 : Jaydev Unadkat to Will Jacks, Outside off on a length, Will Jacks mistimes his shot towards covers and sneaks a quick single. |
| 7.5 : Jaydev Unadkat to Faf du Plessis, FOUR! 100 up for Bengaluru with this one! Slower one, outside off, Faf du Plessis throws his bat and gets the thickish outside edge over the top of the backward point for a boundary. Also, brings up the 50 for the Bengaluru skipper, Faf du Plessis. |
| 7.6 : Jaydev Unadkat to Faf du Plessis, OUT! RUN OUT! Oh, no! That's a horrible, horrible way to get out! Will Jacks and Faf du Plessis are in complete disarray here. |
| 8.1 : Mayank Markande to Rajat Patidar, 1 run. |
| 0.0 : Rajat Patidar is the new man in. |
| 8.2 : Mayank Markande to Faf du Plessis, 1 run. |
| 8.3 : Mayank Markande to Rajat Patidar, No run. |
| 8.4 : Mayank Markande to Rajat Patidar, SIX! Powered away! Slightly short and around off, Rajat Patidar rocks back and forces the lofted shot right back over the bowler's head and clears the sightscreen with ease. |
| 8.5 : Mayank Markande to Rajat Patidar, WIDE! Nicely flighted but well outside off and left alone for a wide. Mayank Markande wants to review it but the keeper says no. |
| Mayank Markande to Rajat Patidar, Hit away in the gap! |
| 8.6 : Mayank Markande to Rajat Patidar, OUT! TAKEN! A flurry of wickets here and Bengaluru further go down the drain! |
| 0.0 : Saurav Chauhan is the new batter in. |
| 9.1 : Pat Cummins to Faf du Plessis, Four! |
| 9.2 : Pat Cummins to Faf du Plessis, SIX! Oh, hello! Half-volley on off, Faf du Plessis clears his front leg and lifts it over long on for a six. |
| 9.3 : Who comes in next? |
| Pat Cummins to Faf du Plessis, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! The Bengaluru skipper departs and now they are in a serious trouble. |
| 9.5 : Pat Cummins to Dinesh Karthik, 1 run. |
| 9.4 : Pat Cummins to Dinesh Karthik, An appeal for caught behind but the Umpire thinks otherwise. |
| 9.6 : Pat Cummins to Saurav Chauhan, OUT! LBW! A confident appeal for LBW and this time the Umpire raises his finger! |
| Mahipal Lomror is the new batter in. |
| 10.1 : Mayank Markande to Dinesh Karthik, No run. |
| 10.2 : Mayank Markande to Dinesh Karthik, Fuller one outside off, swept away through square leg for a single by DK. |
| 10.4 : Mayank Markande to Mahipal Lomror, WIDE! Short ball, pushed well outside off, Mahipal Lomror misses the cut and a wide is called. |
| Mayank Markande to Mahipal Lomror, Fuller one on the stumps, swept away aerially down to deep mid-wicket for just another single. |
| 10.5 : Mayank Markande to Dinesh Karthik, 1 run. |
| 10.6 : Mayank Markande to Mahipal Lomror, On the shorter side and outside off, cut away to deep point for one more. Just 5 runs off that over! |
| 10.3 : Mayank Markande to Mahipal Lomror, Another big appeal for LBW but the umpire remains unmoved. The ball seemed pretty adjacent but there might have been some glove involved. Pat Cummins has taken the review though. This is bowled fuller on middle and turning back in, Mahipal Lomror looks to get inside the line and sweep it away but misses and on the first replay the third umpire concludes that there is no bat or glove. Actually, it was the googly and it turned away a fair bit and Ball Tra |
| 11.1 : T Natarajan to Mahipal Lomror, Starts the new spell from over the wicket and bowls it shorter at the body, Mahipal Lomror stays back and just tucks it around the corner for a single. |
| 11.2 : T Natarajan to Dinesh Karthik, No timing on that one! Fraction shorter around off, Dinesh Karthik shuffles across for the pull but hits it away in front of deep mid-wicket for a run. |
| T Natarajan to Dinesh Karthik, WIDE! Goes for the slower bumper outside off but this one sails over the head for a wide. |
| 11.3 : T Natarajan to Mahipal Lomror, WIDE! A quick bumper now, around middle and this one too flies over the batter's head for another wide. |
| T Natarajan to Mahipal Lomror, WIDE! Looks to tail a yorker in at the toes but gets the line a bit wrong and it will be a third wide of the over as the ball goes down the leg side. |
| T Natarajan to Mahipal Lomror, Mahipal Lomror moves a bit in his crease and T Natarajan angles it in on a hard length, Lomror gets cramped and ends up miscuing the lofted shot to the left of mid off for just a single. |
| 11.4 : T Natarajan to Dinesh Karthik, Nicely done! Takes pace off and angles it well across the right-hander on a good length, Dinesh Karthik looks to fetch and swing across the line but misses. The crowd nhas gone silent for a few overs now as Bengaluru slip further in the game. |
| 11.5 : T Natarajan to Dinesh Karthik, 1 run. |
| 11.6 : T Natarajan to Mahipal Lomror, Solid from T Natarajan as he gets it full enough on off stump, Mahipal Lomror clears the front leg but can't get under it and hits it down to long off for a run. |
| 12.1 : Mayank Markande to Mahipal Lomror, SIX! Sliced away for a maximum! On the shorter side around off, Mahipal Lomror gets low to go downtown but gets it off the toe end of the bat and over a leaping Aiden Markram at long off for a maximum. A boundary after 16 balls! |
| 12.2 : Mayank Markande to Mahipal Lomror, SIX! Two in a row! Fuller one on the stumps and it is the googly, Mahipal Lomror picks it well and slog-sweeps it flat over deep square leg for another maximum. |
| 12.3 : Mayank Markande to Mahipal Lomror, Just a tad short and wide, cut away off the back foot to deep point for a single. |
| 12.4 : Mayank Markande to Dinesh Karthik, SIX! A real long hop and Dinesh Karthik doesn't miss out. DK moves early and Mayank Markande tries to do something different but ends up dragging it down the leg side. DK manages to reach it and pulls it a long way over fine leg for a biggie. |
| 12.5 : Mayank Markande to Dinesh Karthik, Wide! |
| Mayank Markande to Dinesh Karthik, FOUR! Top shot! 24 off the over with one ball to go! Flatter delivery on off stump, Dinesh Karthik switches early and reverse-sweeps it flat and hard over point for a boundary. And, the crowd has found its voice again. |
| 12.6 : Mayank Markande to Dinesh Karthik, Short ball over middle, pulled away firmly towards deep mid-wicket for a single. Can this over just galvanize the game? Let's find out as it is still a tall ask for Bengaluru from here. |
| 0.0 : Jaydev Unadkat (1-0-16-0) replaces T Natarajan. |
| 13.1 : Jaydev Unadkat to Dinesh Karthik, FOUR! Slashes and slashes hard does DK! Short and wide, Dinesh Karthik throws his hands at it and carves it over backward point for a boundary. |
| 13.2 : Jaydev Unadkat to Dinesh Karthik, FOUR! Slower again and thumped away by DK! Just too short and outside off, sitting up nicely and Dinesh Karthik reaches out before powering it over cover for another boundary. |
| 13.3 : Jaydev Unadkat to Dinesh Karthik, Goes a bit fuller and around off stump, Dinesh Karthik stays deep in the crease and punches it away to covers for one. |
| 13.4 : Jaydev Unadkat to Mahipal Lomror, A slower bumper now from Jaydev Unadkat bowled from over the stumps and into the pitch. Mahipal Lomror with a tennis cross-court forehand down to wide long on for just a single. |
| 13.5 : Jaydev Unadkat to Dinesh Karthik, SIX! Keeping up with the asking rate and Dinesh Karthik is playing some knock here. Slower again, full and wide but right in the slot, DK gets a hold of it and whacks it well over deep mid-wicket for a biggie. 16 off the over with one ball remaining. |
| 13.6 : Jaydev Unadkat to Dinesh Karthik, WIDE! Another slower one from Unadkat, bowled on a fuller length and pushed well outside the off stump for a wide. |
| Jaydev Unadkat to Dinesh Karthik, FOUR! Unbelievable from Dinesh Karthik and Bengaluru have racked up 46 runs in the last two overs! Full and wide from around the stumps, pace on and looking to angle it back in. DK goes right across the stumps and gets inside the line before swatting it away over short fine leg for a boundary. 107 needed now off 36 balls. |
| Pat Cummins (2-0-20-2) is back into the attack. |
| 14.1 : Pat Cummins to Mahipal Lomror, OUT! CHOPPED ON! Captain Fantastic has done it again for his side! Pat Cummins brings himself back into the attack and comes from over the wicket. Bowls this one back of a length, slightly slower and just angling it across from off stump. Mahipal Lomror tries to cut too close from the body and ends up getting an inside edge back onto the stumps. Cummins gets his third wicket and Benagluru lose their sixth. |
| 14.2 : Pat Cummins to Anuj Rawat, No hat-trick! |
| 14.1 : Anuj Rawat, the impact sub for Bengaluru is in at number 8. |
| 14.3 : Pat Cummins to Anuj Rawat, Good length around off stump and slower too, Anuj Rawat stays low and pats it away to cover for a quick single. |
| 14.4 : Pat Cummins to Dinesh Karthik, Slower bumper, gets the line and height right and Dinesh Karthik can only help the pull down to fine leg for a single. |
| 14.5 : Pat Cummins to Anuj Rawat, Straight to the fielder! Short of a length and wide of off stump, Anuj Rawat cuts it hard to point where Abhishek Sharma makes the stop. |
| 14.6 : Pat Cummins to Anuj Rawat, FOUR! Gets that one away! Short and wide, a bit more short and a bit more pace on it, Anuj Rawat hops and cuts it hard just behind point for a boundary. |
| 0.0 : Strategic Break! It's that kind of a run chase that despite of racking up 70 runs odd in the last three overs, the asking rate is hovering around 18 and 19 rpo. Then comes Pat Cummins, the Hyderabad skipper and not only does he take a wicket but just concedes 6 off it. Dinesh Karthik has been in a ridiculously fine knock but due to a dramatic collapse in mid-overs, Bengaluru find themselves in shambles. They still need 101 in the last 5 overs. |
| 15.2 : T Natarajan to Dinesh Karthik, Right on the money, aiming the boots, Dinesh Karthik flicks it to deep mid-wicket and scampers back aggressively for the double. |
| 15.1 : T Natarajan to Dinesh Karthik, SIX! There's no stopping to DK and that's hit the roof of the Chinnaswamy! MASSIVE! Misses the yorker and ends up bowling into the arc of the batter. Dinesh Karthik lifts it high and handsome over deep mid-wicket and gets a massive 108-meter six, the longest of the season so far. |
| 15.3 : T Natarajan to Dinesh Karthik, Pace off bumper, nipping away from the leg stump line, Dinesh Karthik misses out on the connection this time. |
| 15.4 : T Natarajan to Dinesh Karthik, Full, and outside off, Dinesh Karthik slices it to sweeper cover for one. |
| 15.5 : T Natarajan to Anuj Rawat, On the back of a length, around off with pace off, Anuj Rawat hops on the bounce to lift it over the thirty-yard but fails to connect. Heinrich Klaasen too, fails to stop as he fumbles to cleanly collect the ball, and allows a bye. |
| 15.4 : T Natarajan to Dinesh Karthik, Dinesh Karthik feels that it has breached the tramline. He goes upstairs and challenges the umpire's decision for a fair delivery. This is well outside off and on the yorker length. Dinesh Karthik shuffles just a bit to the off stump and tries to spank it over covers but misses. The Umpire after confirming from replay gives it as a Wide. |
| 15.6 : T Natarajan to Dinesh Karthik, Full toss outside off, Dinesh Karthik slashes hard to sweeper cover for just a single. Bengaluru need 89 off the last 24 balls now. |
| 16.1 : Pat Cummins to Dinesh Karthik, SIX! Go fetch that says DK! 200 up for Bengaluru and 50 for Dinesh Karthik! |
| 16.2 : Pat Cummins to Dinesh Karthik, Bangs it short in length, on the bodyline, Dinesh Karthik pulls it along the carpet to deep mid-wicket for a brace. Good aggressive running. |
| 16.3 : Pat Cummins to Dinesh Karthik, Varies his pace this time on the back of a length, around off, Dinesh Karthik shuffles on the off stump and hits it hard but fails to pierce the cover-point gap. |
| 16.4 : Pat Cummins to Dinesh Karthik, Slows the pace again on the off stump line, almost a half-tracker. Dinesh Karthik waits for it and pulls it through mid-wicket for a single. |
| 16.5 : Pat Cummins to Anuj Rawat, Just another hard length ball on off, Anuj Rawat drives it toward long off for only a single. |
| 16.6 : Pat Cummins to Dinesh Karthik, WIDE! Sees DK charging down the track and adjusts his length by bowling it short, it climbs well over the batter's head. Wide called. |
| 17.1 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Anuj Rawat, WIDE! Way outside off on a length. Anuj Rawat leaves and the Umpire calls it a Wide. |
| 16.6 : Pat Cummins to Dinesh Karthik, SIX! Absolute belter! Cummins bangs it short again and on the top of the wickets, Dinesh Karthik gets the length quickly and the pace is off. The ball springs from his willow as he pulls with precision over deep backward square leg for a biggie. 72 needed off 18 now. |
| 17.1 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Anuj Rawat, Short in length, going away with the angle, Anuj Rawat looks to cut it uppishly but misses. |
| 17.2 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Anuj Rawat, A loud confident appeal for LBW but the Umpire thinks otherwise. Pat Cummins, after having a detailed chat with Bhuvi challenges the umpire's decision. Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowls it full on the stumps, Anuj Rawat shuffles across to flick it away but gets a faint inside edge as the Umpire confirms. Not Out and Hyderabad lose a review here. |
| 0.0 : A really late call for the review from Pat Cummins but it is quickly rejected by the third umpire. The first replays show that there was the toe end of the bat involved and it will be NOT OUT. |
| 17.3 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Dinesh Karthik, Pin-point yorker on the stumps, Dinesh Karthik squeezes it to short third for one. |
| 17.4 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Anuj Rawat, On the back of a length around off, Anuj Rawat slices it uppishly on one bounce toward deep covers for a single. |
| 17.5 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Dinesh Karthik, WIDE! Way outside off on a hard length, Dinesh Karthik shuffles almost outside the tramline to scoop it. Wide given however. |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Dinesh Karthik, WIDE! This is another one outside the tramline. Wide given. |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Dinesh Karthik, SIX! Oh, DK! What a brand of cricket is he playing here? |
| 17.6 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Dinesh Karthik, WIDE! Fourth wide! Outside off, trying to keep it away from DK's arc. But given as a Wide. |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Dinesh Karthik, A perfectly executed yorker on off, Dinesh Karthik digs it out to widish covers for one. Finally, a long over comes to an end. Bengaluru are still in the hunt of 58 off the last couple of overs. |
| 18.1 : T Natarajan to Dinesh Karthik, SIX! Oh, hello! T Natarajan serves this one right into the arc of DK and he tonks it over deep mid-wicket for a maximum with ease. Phenomenal striking this. |
| 18.2 : T Natarajan to Dinesh Karthik, DROPPED! What an effort by Glenn Phillips though. Full and on the pads, Dinesh Karthik lifts it over the mid-wicket region but finds the fielder who shells the catch. The ball trickles behind the fielder, Nitish Kumar Reddy comes in sprinting to his left and dives it, and also saves a certain boundary. Two taken. |
| 18.3 : T Natarajan to Dinesh Karthik, FOUR! Nicely done from DK! |
| 18.4 : T Natarajan to Dinesh Karthik, Full on the stumps, Karthik hits it wide of long on for two. |
| 18.5 : T Natarajan to Dinesh Karthik, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! But, the entire crowd at Chinnaswamy salutes DK for his ruthless stroke play! 83 from 35. |
| 0.0 : Vijaykumar Vyshak walks out to bat now. |
| 18.6 : T Natarajan to Vijaykumar Vyshak, A yorker, Vijaykumar Vyshak digs it to the off side. |
| 19.1 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Anuj Rawat, FOUR! Innovative and gets the result. Way too full outside off, Anuj Rawat creatively adjusts the shot by opening the face of the bat and helps it to go through short third for four more. |
| 19.2 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Anuj Rawat, Four! |
| 19.3 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Anuj Rawat, Short in length outside off, Anuj Rawat cuts it past backward point for one. |
| 19.4 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Vijaykumar Vyshak, Yorker on the stumps and this is played to mid on for a single. |
| 19.5 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Anuj Rawat, FOUR! Nicely played! |
| 19.6 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Anuj Rawat, FOUR! 549 runs in a T20 game! A true run-fest here at Chinnaswamy and it's the team in orange that ends up on the winning side, well, by a margin of 25 runs. A low full toss on the stumps by Bhuvi, Rawat premeditates and he moves across to the offside before scooping it over short fine leg for a boundary. Bengaluru lose their sixth game now and they are in deep trouble in their journey ahead in this competition. |
| 0.0 : My, my! That is some of the best if not the very best hitting you will see overall in a T20 game and close to 550 runs were scored in the match, 549 to be exact but ultimately, Hyderabad just had too many on the board. Also, a lot of records tumbled as this has become officially the highest-scoring T20 game ever and a total of 79 boundaries hit (43 fours and 36 sixes) which just seems absurd to even hear about. The crowd inside the stadium did get their money's worth but the home team lost whic |
| Defending a massive total of 287 runs, Hyderabad couldn't pick up a wicket in the Powerplay and were a bit unlucky with the edges and ended up conceding 79 runs. It was then Mayank Markande who knocked over Virat Kohli right after the Powerplay and then skipper Pat Cummins got a couple of quick wickets to hand Hyderabad the advantage. With 5 wickets already in the bag, the visitors couldn't capitalize and seemed nervous in the death overs. Cummins did provide one more breakthrough but they ke |
| Bengaluru suffer their sixth loss in seven games and remain rooted at the bottom of the table but this just goes to show how underwhelming they have been with the ball. The batters gave it their all but 288 to get in 120 legal deliveries is almost unthinkable. Both Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis started aggressively and got a plethora of boundaries away but Kohli got out in the thirties after which Faf went on a rampage but the next three batters that came in couldn't even get into double figu |
| Faf du Plessis, the captain of Bengaluru says that the pitch was a proper T20 track and credits the batters to take it close. On being asked about the bowling, he says it is tough and they have tried a few things but the plans haven't been working clearly. He says that the game of cricket is tough when you have backs against the wall but there's no way to hide at all. Adds that as a batting lineup, they have been doing pretty well and just keeping up with the way the game has evolved with the sc |
| Heinrich Klaasen, one of the stars of Hyderabad's batting is in for a chat. Klaasen says that it was unbelievable stuff from Travis Head and for him to come in, he had some time and played sensibly at the other end and got a few bad deliveries that got him going. Adds that he isn't training a lot and just had one session in the few days and is more focused on standing still and keeping things simple and is happy that it is coming off. Mentions that they were a bit lucky a few games ago and kne |
| Earlier in the game, Faf du Plessis won the toss and finally got his wish to chase but the decision to bowl first quickly turned into a nightmare as the Hyderabad openers but on a 100-plus stand in just over 7 overs before Abhishek Sharma finally got out. However, it was Travis Head who was just in a punishing mood and went on to score the fourth-fastest century in the Indian T20 League off just 39 balls. The likes of Heinrich Klaasen and Aiden Markram did a fine job with the former notchin |
| The Presentation ceremony... |
| Pat Cummins, the captain of Hyderabad jokingly says that he wishes he was a batter. A wonderful game of cricket and says that the same happened against Mumbai and he thought it wouldn't happen again but he was proven wrong. Says that when you bowl an over of seven or eight runs, you can have a big impact on the game. Also states that at Chinnaswamy, even if it looks dry, it has given some wonderful surfaces to bat on. Adds that the batters are enjoying every bit and playing with all the freedom |
| Travis Head is the Player of the Match for his blistering ton. Head says that a nice shower and some food after the first innings and says that they were able to drag things back after the Powerplay but Dinesh Karthik played a brilliant innings at the end. Mentions that the pitch played much better than expected and the power they have in the batting lineup, they could just keep going. On batting alongside, Abhishek Sharma, he says that they complement each other well and the way he takes on |
| Right then, what a start we have had to the new week in the 2024 Indian T20 League and this game has set up the rest of the week brilliantly. Next up, table-toppers Rajasthan travel to the eastern part of India to face second-place Kolkata at the Eden Gardens in what is expected to be a huge clash. That game will be played on Tuesday, 16 April in Kolkata and will begin at 7.30 pm IST (2 pm GMT). However, you can join us a lot sooner for the build-up. Till then, take care and goodbye! |
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