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Yuzvendra Chahal: When I bowled my first over, I realized I need to bowl stump-to-stump line and backed myself. At one point they were batting well and I was trying to bowl loopy ones and wide of the reach which helped in building pressure. When I bowled to Pandeu I was trying to outside off-stump and with Bairstow I bowled little fuller and when Vijay came Virat and AB told me to go for a googly and it worked
Player of the Match
For bowling a game changing spell of 3/18 Yuzvendra Chahal is the Player of the Match.
Virat Kohli: It's amazing and last year we were on the other side of the results. We kept our composure tonight. Yuzi came in and changed the game for us. Tonight he showed that if you have skill, you can get purchase on any wicket and the way he came in and bowled attacking lines and he was the one in my opinion who changed the game. We started really well and Devdutt was really good and Finch was good too. AB batting in the last three overs helped us push it past 160 and as I said, the fact that we didn't let negativity slip into the bowling group was a great sign and Dube bowling those three overs was really good to see.
David Warner: I can't remember the last time I was out like that. There's four things that happened in this game that I have never seen before. A lot of courage for Mitchell to go out there and try. It doesn't look great for him, can't put any weight on his leg. Hopefully it isn't too bad, it was quite painful for him, so fingers crossed. We had the run chase in control and we knew that we had to go after their bowlers in the end. Probably the last over of Chahal was the turning point out there. We have to go back to the drawing board; we obviously can't fix what happened today but we have to go back and work hard before our next game in Abu Dhabi. There are talking points but the guys know what they have to do. Exciting times for Indian cricket and I can't wait to see what the young players produce.
SRH 153 all-out after 19.4 overs.
SRH need 18 runs from last 6 balls of the match. Steyn will bowl the last over. Natrajan is on strike.
19.1 Natrajan plays the ball to cover and takes a single.
19.2 Low full toss and Sandeep plays the ball to leg side and gets 2 runs.
19.3 FOUR! Short ball outside off. Sandeep makes room and swings his bat. The ball takes the outside edge and goes to third-man for a boundary.
19.4 WICKET! Sandeep Sharma c Kohli b Steyn 9(6)
Short ball from Steyn and Sandeep hits the ball to long-on where Kohli takes the catch.
SRH 145/9 after 19 overs.
Shivam Dube to bowl. MItchell Marsh is the new batsman. Sandeep Sharam is on strike.
18.1 Sharma plays the ball to leg side and takes a single.
Marsh is limping
18.2 WICKET! Mitchell Marsh c Kohli b Shivam Dube 0(1)
Slower ball and Marsh can only swing big. He doesn't time the ball well and Kohli takes an easy catch in the deep.
T Natrajan is the new batsman.
18.3 Fuller ball and the ball goes to the keeper.
18.4 Natrajan pushes the ball to off-side and takes a single.
18.5 Sandeep plays the ball down the ground and gets a single.
18.6 Natrajan plays the ball down the ground and takes a single.
SRH 142/8 after 18 overs.
Good news is that Rashid Khan is fine to contine.
Saini to bowl. Rashid Khan is on strike. Bhuvneshwar Kumar is the new batsman.
17.1 Saini bowls a good bouncer and Rashid ducks under the ball and lets the ball fly to the keeper
17.2 WIDE ! and FOUR! Short ball and the ball flies over the batsman's head and goes to fine-leg for a boudnary.
17.2 Fuller ball outside off and Rashid cuts the ball through backward point for a single.
17.3 Bhuvneshwar on strike. Fuller delivery and Bhuvneshwar plays the ball to the fielder at cover.
17.4 WICKET! Bhuvnehswar Kumar b Navdeep Saini 0(2)
Fuller delivery which comes back in sharply. The ball goes through BHuvneshwar's defences and kocks the stumps.
Sandeep Sharma is the new batsman.
17.5 Good yorker by Saini and Sandeep digs the ball out to leg-side for a single.
17.6 WICKET! Rashid Khan b Saini 6(5)
Full and fast delivery. The ball hits the off-stump
SRH 135/6 after 17 overs.
Shivam Dube to bowl. Garg is on strike.
16.1 Fuller delivery and Garg pushes the ball to long-on for a single.
16.2 1 Leg Bye! The ball raps on the pads and goes to leg-side. The batsman completes a single.
16.3 WICKET! Priyam Garg b Shivam Dube 12(13)
Fuller delivery and Garg tries the ramp shot. The ball hits his bat then hits his helmet on its way to the stumps.
Rashid Khan is the new batsman
16.4 FOUR! Short ball outside off and Khan cuts the ball through backward point for a bounary.
16.5 Good length ball outside off. Khan pushes the ball to cover and takes a quick single.
16.6 WICKET! Abhishek Sharma run out (U Yadav/Philippe) 7(4)
Sharma plays the ball to leg side and takes a quick single. He calls for the second run. But there is a collison between the two batsmen halfway in the middle of the pitch. The fielder from the deep throws the ball to the keeper and Sharam is short of his crease.
But Rashid Khan seems to have take a blow on his head after the collison.
SRH 127/4 after 16 overs.
Chahal to bowl out. Bairstow is on strike.
15.1 Fuller delivery and Bairstow pushes the ball to cover.
15.2 WICKET! Jonny Bairstow b Chahal 61(43)
Good flighted delivery by Chahal. Bairstow goes for a wild swing. He misses the ball and the ball hits the stumps.
Vijay Shankar is the new batsman.
15.3 WICKET! Vijay Shanka b Chahal 0 (1)
Wrong'un from Chahal. Vijay Shankar goes to push the ball. The ball goes through his defences and knocks the bails.
Chahal is on Hat-trick! Abhishek Sharma is the new batsman.
15.4 Fuller delivery and Sharma pushes the ball to long off for a single.
15.5 Fuller delivery and Garg plays the ball to leg-sidefor a single.
15.6 FOUR! Fuller delivery and Sharma comes down the track and hits the ball down the ground for a boundary.
SRH 121/2 after 15 overs.
Steyn to bowl. On strike is Garg.
14.1 Fuller delivery and Garg plays the ball to long-on for a single.
14.2 FOUR! Fuller delivery outside off. Bairstow just helps the ball to third-man for a boundary.
14.2 WIDE! Poor ball as Steyn bowls down the leg-side.
14.3 Good length ball outside off. Bairstow plays short arm pull. Padikall puts down a tough chance. The batsman takes a single.
14.4 FOUR! Good length ball and Garg hoicks the ball to leg-side for a boundary.
14.5 Fuller delivery and Garg flicks the ball to square-leg. The batsman takes 2 quick runs.
14.6 Good length delivery which swings away from Garg.
SRH 102/2 after 14 overs.
Umesh Yadav to bowl. Bairstow is on strike.
13.1 DROPPED! Short ball and Bairstow pulls the ball high in the air. Dale Steyn looks to take the catch but drops. The batsman completes 2 runs.
13.2 Good length ball and Bairstow works the ball to leg-side for another couple of runs.
13. 3 FOUR! Cracking shot by Bairstow. Short ball and Bairstow plays a short arm pull to send the ball to long-leg for a boundary.
Bairstow gets his fifty!
13.4 1 Bye! Fuller ball and the ball goes through Bairstow's defences. The batsman takes a single.
13.5 Short ball. Garg goes for a pull. The ball hits high on the bat. Garg darts down to the other end.
13.6 FOUR! Fuller delivery outside off and Bairstow plays a cracking drive through extra-cover for a boundary.
SRH 94/2 after 13 overs.
Bowling change. Shivam Dube into the attack. Bairstow is on strike. Priyam Garg is the new batsman.
12.1 Fuller delivery and Bairstow plays the ball to long-on for a single.
12.2 Short ball on leg and Garg plays the ball to fine-leg for 2 runs.
12.3 Good length ball outside off and Garg pushes the ball to cover.
12.4 2 Leg Byes! Fuller delivery which hits on the pads. The ball goes to third man as Garg completes 2 runs.
12.5 Fuller delivery outsdie off and Garg wants to drive the ball but misses his shot.
12.6 Good length ball and Garg plays the ball stright back to the bowler.
SRH 89/2 after 12 overs.
Chahal to bowl. Pandey is on strike.
11.1 Fuller delivery and Pandey hits the ball to long-on for a single.
11.2 FOUR! A good delivery fired into the pads. Bairstow goes for a big hit. The ball takes the inside edge of the bat and goes to third man for a boundary.
11.3. Fuller delivery and Bairstow plays the ball to cover.
11.4 Fuller delivery and Bairstow reverse sweeps the ball for a single.
11.5 Fuller delivery which spins away. Pandey swings his bat. The ball goes to the keeper. There is a slight noise. The keeper appeals for a caught behind. The umpire gives that as NOT OUT. Kohli takes the review. The review shows that there ios no edge.
11.6 WICKET! Manish Pandey c Navdeep Saini b Chahal 34(33)
Chahal tosses the ball up. Pandey goes for a big shot. There no timing behind the shot. The ball flies stright into the hands of Navdeep Saini at long-off.
SRH 83/1 after 11 overs.
Saini to bowl. Pandey is on strike.
10.1 Good yorker. Pandey digs the ball out and plays it to leg-side. He gets a single.
10.2 Good fuller delivery. Bairstow plays the ball to mid-wicket and takes a quick single.
10.3 Short ball. Pandey jabs his bat to play the ball to third-man and adds another run to the total.
10.4 DROPPED! Fuller delivery and Bairstow hits the ball very hard that the ball goes through Aaron Finch's fingers. Bairstow takes 2 runs.
10.5 DOT BALL.
10.6 DOT BALL.
SRH 78/1 after 10 overs.
Chahal to bowl. Bairstow is on strike.
9.1 Good length ball and Bairstow plays the ball to leg-side for a single.
9.2 Fuller delivery. Pandey pushes the ball to leg-side for another single.
9.3 Short ball spinning in. Bairstow cuts the ball through backward point. Bairstow takes 2 quick runs.
9.4 Fuller delivery and Bairstow comes down the track to block the ball.
9.5 Tossed up delivery. Bairstow pushes the ball to long-on for a single.
9.6 Short ball which spins away. Pandey hits the ball through cover and takes a single.
SRH 72/1 after 9 overs.
Umesh Yadav to bowl. Bairstow on strike.
8.1 Fuller delivery and Bairstow plays the ball to backward point for a single.
8.2 Fuller delivery and Pandey punshes the ball to long-on for a single.
8.3 Slower ball. Bairstow swings his bat but misses the ball.
8.4 SIX! Short ball outside off. Bairstow goes on one knee and scoops the ball to fine-leg for a maximum.
8.5 FOUR! Bairstow is lucky. Fuller ball outside off. Bairstow goes for a drive. The ball takes the inside edge of the bat and goes to fine=leg for a boundary.
8.6 Bairstwo plays the ball to long-on for a single.
SRH 59/1 after 8 overs.
Bowling change. Yuzvendra Chahal to bowl. Pandey is on strike.
7.1 Fuller delivery and Pandey pushes the ball to cover.
7.2 Beaten! Good length ball which turns and beats the outside edge.
7.3 Fuller delivery and Pandey plays the ball to long-on for a single.
7.4 Good length ball which turns and beats the outside edge of the bat.
7.5 Fuller delivery and Bairstow scoops the ball to fine-leg for 2 runs.
7.6 Good length ball and Bairstow plays the ball to leg-side for a single.
SRH 55/1 after 7 overs.
Bowling change. Washington Sundar to bowl. Pandey is on strike.
6.1 Fuller ball and Pandey pushes the ball to cover.
6.2 SIX! Fuller delivery outside off and Pandey swings his bat to send it over long-on bounadry for a maximum.
6.3 Fuller ball and Pandey plays the ball to short mid-wicket.
6.4 DOT BALL.
6.5 DOT BALL.
6.6 Paney pushes the ball to long-on for a single.
SRH 48/1 after 6 overs.
Saini continues. Bairstow on strike.
5.1 Bairstow pushes the ball to off-side and takes a single.
5.2 Good fast ball and Pandey punches the ball to cover.
5.3 Good length ball and Pandey pushes the ball to mid-on for a run.
5.4 FOUR! Short of length ball outside off. Bairstow plays a short arm jab to send the ball to long-leg for a boundary.
5.5 Fuller delivery outside off. Bairstow pushes the ball to short third man for a single.
5.6 Full toss. Pandey plays the ball to mid-off and takes a single.
SRH 40/1 after 5 overs.
Umesh Yadav to bowl. Manish Pandey is on strike.
4.1 FOUR! Fuller delivery drifiting into the pads. Pandey plays the ball to mid-wicket for a bounary.
4.2 FOUR! Another fuller delivery going down leg. Pandey moves across and plays the ball to fine-leg for a boundary.
4.3 DOT BALL.
4.4 1 Leg Bye! Good length ball coming back in. The ball hits the pads and goes to leg-side. The batsman takes a single.
4.5 Good length ball on off stump. Bairstow plays the ball to mid-on and darts to the oether end for a quick single.
4.6 Fuller delivery and Pandey plays the ball to the fielder at extra-cover.
SRH 30/1 after 4 overs.
Navdeep Saini to bowl. Manish Pandey is on strike.
3.1 Fuller ball outside off and Pandey plays the ball to third-man for a single.
3.2 Good length ball outside off which nips back in. The ball goes through the gap between the bat and the pad.
3.3 Fuller delivery and Bairstow plays the ball to mid-off for a single.
3.4 Short ball outside off and Pandey opens the face of the bat to play the ball to third-man for a single.
3.5 DOT BALL.
3.6 Short ball outside off and Bairstow cracks the ball to point. Good work by the fielder saves a certain boundary. The batsman gets 2 runs.
SRH 25/1 after 3 overs.
Steyn cotinues. Manish Pandey is on strike.
2.1 Fuller delivery and Pandey defends.
2.2 Another fuller delivery and Pandey blocks.
2.3 Fuller ball and Pandey plays the ball to fine-leg for a couple of runs.
2.4 DOT BALL.
2.5 FOUR! Fuller delivery and Pandey plays an uppish shot through mid-on for a boundary.
2.6 Pandey pushes the ball to mid-wicket for a single.
SRH 18/1 after 2 overs.
Umesh Yadav to bowl from the other end. Bairstow is on strike.
1.1 Fuller delivery which nips back in. The ball raps on the pads but it is going down leg.
1.1 WIDE! Poor ball as it goes down leg.
1.1WIDE! Another poor ball going down leg.
1.2 FOUR! Fuller delivery going down leg and Bairstow flicks the ball to fine-leg for a boundary.
1.3 SIX! Short ball and Bairstow whips the ball over fine-leg for a maximum.
1.4 WICKET! David Warner run out (U Yadav) 6(6)
Freak of a dismissal. Fuller ball and Bairstow hits the ball with all his might. Umesh Yadav extends his hands. The ball hits his fingers and goes to the stumps and the non-striker's end. Warner is out of his crease.
Manish Pandey is the new batsman.
1.5 Fuller delivery and Bairstow blocks.
1.6 Another fuller delivery and Bairstow defends.
SRH 6/0 after first over.
Steyn to Warner.
0.1 Good length delivery outside off and Warner leaves the ball for the keeper.
0.2 FOUR! Fuller delivery outside off and Warner cracks the ball through extra-cover for a boundary.
0.3 Fuller delivery outside off and Warner hits the ball through extra-cover but gets only 2 runs.
0.4 Fuller delivery outside off and Warner plays the ball to the fielder at point.
0.5 Fuller delivery which keeps low. The ball goes under the bat to the keeper.
0.6 Good length ball on middle. Warner pushes the ball to off-side.
Opening the bowling for RCB will be Dale Styen. On strike will be David Warner.
SRH chase is about to get underway. RCB players are in a huddler as SRH openers David Warner and Jonny Bairstow make their way to the middle.
RCB 163/5 after 20 overs.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar to bowl the last over. ABD is on strike.
19.1 FOUR! Good fuller delivery but de Villers smacks the ball stright back over the bowler's head for a boundary.
19.2 Fuller delivery outside off and ABD plays the ball to long off and takes 2 runs.
19.3 WICKET! AB de Villiers run out (Manish Pandey/Bairstow) 51(30)
Fuller delivery and de Villers plays the ball to long-off. de Villers is pushing for a second run. But it is a good throw from the deep by Manish Pandey. de Villers puts in a dive but is short of his ground.
Josh Philippe is the new batsman.
19. 4 DOT BALL.
19.5 Phillipe plays the ball to long-off and takes a single.
19.6 WICKET! Shivam Dube run out (Bairstow) 7(8)
Bhuvneshwar bowls a bumper. The ball flies over the batsman's head and to the keeper. The batsman wants a single and is out of his crease. Bairstow runs to the wickets and dislodges the bails.
RCB 155/3 after 19 overs.
Sandeep Sharma to bowl.
18.1 Good length ball outside off. Dube plays the ball to long-off and takes a single.
18.2 Slower ball. de Villers swings his bat but misses the ball.
18.3 SIX! Fuller delivery outside off. ABD swings his arm to send the ball soaring over long-off for a maximum.
18.4 SIX! Short ball outside off and de Villers lifts the ball over extra cover for another maximum.
18.5 DOT BALL.
18.6 Fuller ball and de Villers plays the ball to long-on and takes a single.
RCB 141/3 after 18 overs.
Natrajan to bowl.
17.1 Fuller delivery. Dube plays the ball to leg-side and takes a single.
17.2 FOUR! Fuller delivery and ABD plays the ball straight through the line down to long-off for a boundary.
17.3 Short ball on leg. ABD plays the ball to fine-leg for a single.
17.4 DOT BALL.
17.5 Fuller delivery and Dube flciks the ball to fine-leg for 2 runs.
17.6 Fuller delivery and Dube plays the ball to leg-side for a single.
RCB 132/3 after 17 overs.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar to bowl. ABD is on strike.
16.1 Fuller delivery outside off and ABD plays the ball to long-off for a single.
16.2 Short ball and Dube plays the ball to leg-side for a single.
16.3 Good length ball outside off. The ball takes the inside edge of the bat and goes to the keeper.
16.4 FOUR! Fuller delivery and ABD swings his bat to send the ball to long-leg for a boundary.
16.5 Fuller delivery outside off. ABD plays the ball to long-on for a single.
16.6 Fuller delivery and Dube works the ball to third-man for a single.
RCB 124/ after 16 overs.
Natrajan to bowl.
15.1 Uppish delivery and ABD plays the ball to deep mid-wicket for a single.
15.2 Back of the length ball and Kohli plays the ball for a single.
15.3 FOUR! Fuller delivery outside off and ABD swings his bat to send the ball over cover for a boundary.
15.4 Good length ball in middle and ABD plays the ball to leg-side for a single.
15.5 WICKET! Virat Kohli c Rashid Khan b T Natarajan 14(13)
Slower ball. Virat Kohli goes for a big shot. The ball goes to long-on where Rashid Khan takes an easy catch.
Shivam Dube is the new batsman.
15.6 de Villers plays the ball to long-off for a single.
RCB 116/2 after 15 overs.
Rashid to bowl out.
14.1. Short ball outside off. Kohli cuts the ball and gets a single.
14.2 Fuller delivery. ABD flicks the ball to long-on and takes 2 quick runs.
14.3 Fuller delivery and ABD pushes the ball through cover and takes a single.
14.4 Fuller delivery. Kohli punches the ball to long-on for a single.
14.5 Short ball and ABD flicks the ball to square leg for 2 runs.
14.6 Kohli pushes the ball to cover and takes a single.
RCB 108/2 after 14 overs.
Sandeep Sharma into the attack. ABD on strike.
13.1 Fuller delivery outside off and ABD pushes the ball to long-off for a single.
13.2 Slower ball and Kohli punches the ball to long off and takes a single.
13.3 Fuller ball and ABD plays the ball to backward point for a single.
13.4 Fuller delivery drifting on pads. Kohli flicks teh ball to fine-leg and takes 2 runs.
13.5 Good length delivery. Kohli comes down the track and pushes the ball. The bowler stops the ball.
13.6 Fuller delivery. Kohli plays the ball to square leg and settles for a single.
RCB 102/2 after 13 overs.
Rashid to bowl. ABD on strike.
12.1 Google and ABD plays the ball to mid-wicket and takes a single.
12.2 Kohli plays the ball to long-off and takes a single.
12.3 ABD pushes the ball to long-on and gets a single.
12.4 Googly and Kohli chips the ball to mid-wicket for a single.
12.5 ABD flicks the ball to midwicket and takes a single.
12.6 Kohli punches the ball to long-off and takes 2 quick runs.
RCB 95/2 after 12 overs.
Abhishek Sharma to bowl. FInch is on strike.
11.1 WICKET! Aaron Finch lbw Sharma 29(27)
Carrom ball by Sharma. Finch goes for a sweep shot. He misses and the ball raps on the pads.
11.2 ABD on strike. ABD pushes the ball to the keeper.
11.3 ABD pushes the ball to long-off for a single.
11.4 Kohli works the ball to mid-wicket and gets 2 runs.
11.5 Kohli pushes the ball to off-side and gets a single.
11.6 ABD plays the ball to mid-wicket for a single.
RCB 90/1 after 11 overs.
Vijay Shankar to bowl. Padikkal is on strike.
10.1 Fuller delivery outsdie off. Padikkal swings his bat to send the ball soaring high in the sky. Two fielders converge near square-leg boundary to take a catch. Neither can take the catch but they avoide a collison.
10.2 Short and slow ball. Padikkal looks to cut but misses. The ball flies to the keeper.
10.3 Fuller ball and Padikkal takes a single.
10.4 Good length ball outside off but Finch gets no run.
10.5 Fuller delivery and Finch pushes the ball to cover for a single.
10.6 WICKET! Devdutt Padikkal b Shankar 56(42)
Good length ball which nips in. Padikkal goes for a big shot but misses. The ball crashes onto the stumps.
RCB 86/0 after 10 overs.
Bowling chnage. Abhishek Sharma to bowl. On strike is Padikkal.
9.1 Fuller delivery outside off and Padikkal works the ball to leg-side and gets 2 runs.
9.2 Fuller delivery and Padikkal plays the ball to long-on and gets 2 more runs.
9.3 FOUR! Fuller delivery and Padikkal sweeps the ball to fine-leg for a boundary to complete his fifty on his IPL debut.
9.4 Fuller delivery and Padikkal pushes the ball to long-on for a single.
9.5 Fuller delivery outsdie off. Finch punches the ball to long-off and takes a single.
9.6 Short ball spinning in and Padikkal rocks back to play the ball to long-off for a single.
RCB 75/0 after 9 overs.
Rashid continues. Padikkal is on strike.
8.1 Fuller delivery. Padikkal looks for a reverse sweep but the ball hit the pads and goes to leg-side as the batsman takes a single.
8.2 Dot Ball.
8.3 Dot Ball
8.4 FOUR! Short ball and Finch pulls the ball to send it to long-on for a boundary.
8.5 SIX! Fuller delivery. Finch goes on one knee and whacks the ball over square leg for a maximum.
8.6 Fuller delivery and Finch blocks.
RCB 64/0 after 8 overs.
Natrajan to bowl. Padikkal is on strike.
7.1 Good length ball outside off and Padikkal works the ball to fine-leg for a single.
7.2 Good length delivery which moves away. Finch looks to pull but misses. The ball flies to the keeper.
7.3 Fuller delivery and Finch pushes the ball to long-on for a single.
7.4 Fuller delivery fired on leg-stump. Padikkal plays the ball to the man at sweeper cover for a single.
7.5 Good length delivery outside off and Finch plays the ball through cover for a single.
7.6 Full-toss. Padikkal plays the ball to deep mid-wicket and takes a single.
RCB 59/0 after 7 overs.
Bowling chnage. Rashid Khan to bowl. Finch is on strike.
6.1 Rashid starts off with a full-toss. Finch works the ball to long-on and takes a single.
6.2 Fuller delivery outside off. Padikkal rocks back in his crease and cracks the ball through cover for a single.
6.3 Fuller delivery outside off and Finch plays the lofted shot to long-off for a single.
6.4 Fuller delivery and Padikkal plays the ball through off-side for a single.
6.5 Fuller delivery fired on the pads. Finch pushes the ball to long-on for a single.
6.6 Fuller delivery and Padikkal punches the ball to long-on for another single.
RCB 53/0 after 6 overs.
Sandeep Sharma to bowl. Finch is on strike.
5.1 Slower delivery on pads and Finch plays the ball to short mid-wicket for a single.
5.2 Fuller delivery down leg. Padikkal plays the ball to fine-leg for 2 runs.
5.3 Good yorker and Padikkal manages to dig the ball.
5.4 Fuller delivery. Padikkal looks to play the ball but gets the inside edge of his bat and the ball goes to the fielder at short fine.
5.5 Good yorker on middle stump. Padikkal plays the ball to mid-off and takes a single.
5.6 Slow ball outside off. Finch plays the ball to cover and takes a single.
RCB 48/0 after 5 overs.
Bowling chnage. Mitchell Marsh to bowl. On strike is Aaron Finch.
4.1 Fuller delivery and Finch plays the ball back to the bowler.
4.2 Another fuller delivery and Finch pushes the ball to mid-on and takes a single.
Marsh seems to have twisted his ankle while attempting to stop that ball. He looks in some pain. Marsh is geeting some treatment. Marsh looks good to continue.
4.3 FOUR! Fuller delivery and Padikkal hits the ball straight down the ground for a boundary.
4.4 Good length delivery on middle. Padikkal works the ball to leg-side for a single.
Marsh is looking in trouble. He is shaking his head. He is going off the field. Big blow for SRH early in the match. Fabien Allen is the substitute fielder. Vijay Shankar will complete the over.
4.5 NO BALL! Fuller delivery outside off. Finch looks to hit the ball to off-side but the ball keeps low. But Vijay has overstepped.
FREE HIT!
4.5 NO BALL! SIX! Bang from the middle of the bat. Fuller delivery and Finch swings his bat to send the ball soaring over long-on for a maximum.
Another FREE HIT!
4.5 Fuller delivery and Finch swings his bat again but doesn't connect. The ball goes straight into the hands on the fielder at leg-side. But Finch is safe and he takes a single.
4.5 WIDE! Poor ball as Vijay bowsl down the leg-side
4.6 Dot ball.
RCB 32/0 after 4 overs.
Bowling change. T Natrajan to bowl. Padikkal is on strike.
3.1 Natrajan starts with a short ball just outside off and Padikkal leaves the ball for the keeper.
3.2 FOUR! Fuller delivery on middle. Padikkal flicks the ball to fine-leg for a boundary.
3.3 FOUR! Fuller ball outside off and Padikkal lifts the ball over extra-cover for another boundary.
3.4 Fuller ball and Padikkal plays the ball back to the bowler.
3.5 FOUR! And another cracking shot from Padikkal. Good length ball oustide off and Padikkal lifts the ball over mid-on for a boundary.
3.6 A good yorker and Padikkal digs it and plays to cover
RCB 20/0 after 3 overs.
Bhuvneshwar continues. Padikkal is on strike.
2.1 Fuller delivery but no pace on the ball. Padikkal plays the ball back to the bowler.
2.2 Good length ball which moves away. Padikkal swings his bat but doesn't connect.
2.3 FOUR! Fuller delivery way outside off and Padikkal crunches the ball through cover for a boundary.
2.4 Good length ball on middle. Padikkal works the ball to leg-side and takes a single.
2.5 Short ball outside off and Finch cuts the ball through backward point and gets 2 runs.
2.6 Fuller delivery fired onto the pads. Finch blocks the ball.
RCB 13/0 after 2 overs.
Sandeep Sharma to bowl from the other end. Padikkal on strike.
1.1 FOUR! Short ball. Padikkal comes down the track and cracks the ball over mid-on for a boundary.
1.2 Fuller delivery and Padikkal punches the ball straight to the fielder at mid-off.
1.3 FOUR! Fuller delivery and Padikkal works the ball to fine-leg for a boundary.
1.4 Fuller delivery which mover away. Padikkal drives. The ball takes the outsdie edge and goes to third-man. The batsman takes 2 runs.
1.5 Fuller delivery and Padikkal drives the ball to cover for a quick single.
1.6 Fuller delivery which raps on Finch's pads. There is an appeal from the bowler but Finch is long way down the track.
RCB 2/0 after first over.
Bhuvneshwar to Padikkal
0.1 Fuller delivery. The ball moves a bit. Padikkal leaves the ball for the kepper.
0.2 Fuller delivery on off. Padikkal plays the ball to the fielder at cover.
0.3 WIDE! Poor ball. The ball goes down the leg-side. First extra on the scoreboard.
0.3 Good length ball moving away and Padikkal leaves the ball for the keeper.
0.4 Fuller delivery and Padikkal plays the ball to mid-on and takes a single.
Finch on strike.
0.5 Fuller delivery which crashes on Finch's pads. But the ball is heading down the leg-side.
0.6 Fuller delivery which nips back in and takes inside edge of the bat and onto the pads.
Devdutt Padikkal and Aron Finch are the two RCB openers. Bhuvneshwar Kumar will bowl the first over of the RCB innings. Padikkal is facing the first ball.
The two umpires are out in the middle as the SRH players along with RCB openers.
Live action is now only a few minutes away.
Three debutants in this match. Devdutt Padikall and Josh Phillipe make their debut for RCB. In the opposite camp it is Priyam Garg who makes his first IPL appearace.
SRH Playing XI
David Warner(c), Jonny Bairstow(w), Manish Pandey, Vijay Shankar, Mitchell Marsh, Priyam Garg, Abhishek Sharma, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Sandeep Sharma, T Natarajan
RCB Playing XI
Aaron Finch, Devdutt Padikkal, Virat Kohli(c), AB de Villiers, Josh Philippe(w), Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Umesh Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Dale Steyn, Yuzvendra Chahal
Virat Kohli: We have made a few changes, to the setup and the team as well. We feel relaxed and balanced. One idea was to create more leaders in the time. The guys have worked really hard during the lockdown period in whatever way they could. They have taken a lot of responsibility in these three weeks as well. Lot of batting happened in the last three weeks.
David Warner: We will bowl. There is a bit of dew around. It was an interesting game last night. We know it's going to get a bit tired towards the end. We have the balance in the side.
Toss
SRH captain David Warner wins the toss and opts to bowl.
Pitch Report
Not a pitch which is conducive for batting. The track offers some movement for the new ball. There won't be much dew in the second innings. Dew makes a massive difference. It makes life easy for batsmen and horrible for bowlers in the second half, thereby pushing people to field first.
Toss coming in a short while.
Trivia Alert!
SRH opener Jonny Bairstow scored his maiden IPL ton against RCB.
Deccan Herald's Dream XI
For IPL fantasy players DH has picked the best players from both the sides and made our Deccan Herald Dream XI and this is our pick
David Warner, Devdutt Padikkal, Virat Kohli (c), AB de Villiers (wk), Shivam Dube, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Navdeep Saini, Yuzvendra Chahal, Khaleel Ahmed
Which of these players have made it in your fantasy teams?
Head to Head
Matches played: 15
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 8
Royal Challengers Bangalore: 6
No Result: 1
Impact player for RCB
Yuzvendra Chahal: In 84 IPL matches, Yuzvendra Chahal has 100 wickets to his name at an average of 23.18. On spin-friendly tracks in the UAE, Chahal could be the game-changer for RCB.
RCB Threats
The team are over-reliant on Virat Kohli and de Villiers to deliver in every match every single season. If those two don’t get going, then RCB’s campaign will fizzle out early yet again.
RCB Opportunities
A big opportunity for 20-year-old Devdutt Padikkal. The left-hand batsman has the game tailor-made for T20s. He finished as the top-scorer in the 50-over Vijay Hazare Trophy and the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy last season. His batting stats from a small sample size are stunning. In 12 T20 games, the batsman has hammered 580 runs at a strike rate of 175.75 at an average of 64.44 with a highest score of 122*.
RCB Weaknesses
If RCB play Navdeep Saini, Umesh Yadav and Chris Morris as frontline pacers, then the bowling attack will be weak in the death overs. This could prove fatal in close matches.
RCB Strengths
RCB boast of some of the best overseas players in important roles. Sample this: Aaron Finch (opener), AB de Villiers (middle-order batsman), Moeen Ali, Isuru Udana, Chris Morris (all-rounders), Dale Steyn, Adam Zampa (bowlers). These players lend a nice balance to RCB’s squad and the young players in the camp should benefit from the outside experience.
Impact player for SRH
Mohammad Nabi: The Afghan all-rounder has 267 wickets and more than 4,000 runs in his T20 career. He had a pretty good outing in the recently concluded Caribbean Premier League in which he scalped 12 wickets, including his career-best figures of 5/15.
SRH Threats
SRH have an unusual threat of underutilising the talents, skills and captaincy of Kane Williamson through the course of the tournament. The balance of the team may force Warner to bench Williamson for most of the matches. In 2018, when Warner was absent, Williamson finished as the top scorer in the league with 735 runs at an average of 52.5 hitting five fifties in the process.
SRH Opportunities
Teenager Abdul Samad is an exciting prospect for SRH. He loves to hit the ball hard and clean and treats Ranji Trophy matches like T20 contests. In the last Ranji season, Samad scored 592 runs at a strike rate of 112.97 hitting 36 sixes (the most by anyone in the season). In 11 T20 games, Samad averages 40.
SRH Weaknesses
SRH have an average pace attack. On paper, some bowlers can bowl fast but there are only a few who could be labelled as genuine T20 pacers. Bhuvneshwar Kumar (winner of back-to-back Purple Caps in 2016 and 2017) and Khaleel Ahmed (19 wickets in 9 appearances last season) are the only viable options at Warner’s disposal. Sandeep Sharma, Siddharth Kaul, Basil Thampi, T Natarajan, Mitchell Marsh and Billy Stanlake are average T20 pacers. SRH could have problems in the death overs.
SRH Strengths
The opening pair of David Warner and Jonny Bairstow amazed last season. The pair put up an opening stand of 185 runs (an IPL record) in the match against RCB last year. In IPL 2019, the Aussie-English duo became the most prolific opening pair in a season by notching up 733 runs in nine innings.
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