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Bangalore vs Kolkata Live Cricket Score, 30th T20, Indian Premier League 2016, May 2, 2016

RCB 185/7 (20)
Kolkata won by 5 wickets
KKR 189/5 (19.1)
Match over
Commentary :
0.0 :

Interesting change for RCB, Virat Kohli has pushed himself down the order.

Gayle's poor run continues.

6.2 :

KL Rahul has really come off age. He is turning out to be a vital player for RCB.

20.3 :

After a long time Stuart Binny is doing the talking with his bat.

After a long time Stuart Binny is doing the talking with his bat.

20.4 :
0.0 : Hello and welcome to the live coverage of match 30 of IPL2016.
The two teams fighting it tonight for a win will be Bangalore and Kolkata and the venue for the game is M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Bangalore have been struggling for a win as they have been able to win just 2 out of 6 matches. Kolkata have played 7 and won 3 matches so far
Toss and Team updates are on your way shortly.
Toss: Kohli to spin the coin. " Heads " is the call from Gambhir and the coin spins down as "Heads ". Kolkata have won the toss and elected to bowl first.
This is 100th IPL match for Gambhir as Kolkata captain
3 changes in Kolkata team from the last game. 4 changes in Bangalore team from the last match and the big news is Gayle is back
Bangalore (Playing XI): Virat Kohli(c), Chris Gayle, AB de Villiers, Shane Watson, Lokesh Rahul(w k), Sachin Baby, Stuart Binny, Varun Aaron, Sreenath Aravind, Yuzvendra Chahal, Tabraiz Shamsi
Kolkata (Playing XI): Robin Uthappa(w k), Gautam Gambhir(c), Manish Pandey, Chris Lynn, Suryakumar Yadav, Yusuf Pathan, Andre Russell, Piyush Chawla, Umesh Yadav, Sunil Narine, Morne Morkel
The umpires walks out in the middle and they are followed by the Kolkata team
0.1 : Russell to Rahul, no run, defends it from the crease
0.2 : Russell to Rahul, one run, drives it towards deep square leg and gets off the mark with a single
0.3 : Russell to Gayle, no run, drives it to the mid on fielder
0.4 : Russell to Gayle, no run, looks to defend it outside off stump but misses and gets beaten
0.5 : Russell to Gayle, no run, comes forward and defends it back to the bowler
0.6 : Russell to Gayle, one run, turns it towards square leg for a single to get off the mark.
End of over: RCB 2/0 (Rahul 1, Gayle 1)
1.1 : Morkel to Gayle, no run, gets right behind the ball and defends it back to the bowler
1.2 : Morkel to Gayle, SIX, gives the charge and smashes it back over the bowler's head for SIX
1.3 : Morkel to Gayle, OUT, no run, tries to pull but gets a top edge that goes high in the air. Uthappa calls for the catch and takes it with ease
1.4 : Morkel to Kohli, two runs, works it through backward square leg
1.5 : Morkel to Kohli, one run, turns it through square leg
1.6 : Morkel to Rahul, no run, leaves the short ball for the keeper.
End of over: RCB 11/1 (Kohli 3, Rahul 1)
2.1 : Russell to Kohli, one run, das it towards third man
2.2 : Russell to Rahul, one run, runs it towards third man for another single
2.3 : Russell to Kohli, no run, defends it towards cover
2.4 : Russell to Kohli, one run, turns it towards square leg
Russell to Rahul, wide, short ball down the leg side
0.0 : Gayle and Rahul are the Bangalore opening batsmen
2.5 : Russell to Rahul, no run, looks to swing it towards the leg side but misses
2.6 : Russell to Rahul, no run, defends it towards point.
End of over: RCB 15/1 (Kohli 5, Rahul 2)
3.1 : Morkel to Kohli, no run, Kohli defends it
3.2 : Morkel to Kohli, one run, pushes it towards point for a single
3.3 : Morkel to Rahul, FOUR, shuffles across the stumps and works it through backward square leg for a boundary
3.4 : Morkel to Rahul, one run, runs it down towards third man
3.5 : Morkel to Kohli, two runs, works it through backward square leg
3.6 : Morkel to Kohli, two runs, drives it through mid wicket.
End of over: RCB 25/1 (Kohli 10, Rahul 7)
4.1 : Russell to Rahul, one run, dabs it down towards third man for a single
4.2 : Russell to Kohli, one run, drives it through mid wicket for a single
4.3 : Russell to Rahul, two runs, drives it through mid wicket for a couple of runs
4.4 : Russell to Rahul, one run, dabs it down towards third man for a single
4.5 : Russell to Kohli, no run, ducks under the bouncer
4.6 : Russell to Kohli, no run, gives the charge and pushes it towards cover.
End of over: RCB 30/1 (Kohli 11, Rahul 11)
5.1 : Narine to Rahul, FOUR, comes forward and drives it hard through cover for a boundary
5.2 : Narine to Rahul, FOUR, bends down and sweeps it through backward square leg for another boundary
5.3 : Narine to Rahul, no run, pushes it back to the bowler
5.4 : Narine to Rahul, no run, gives the charge and pushes it back to the bowler
5.5 : Narine to Rahul, one run, pushes it towards cover point
5.6 : Narine to Kohli, one run, drives it down towards long on.
End of over: RCB 40/1 (Kohli 12, Rahul 20)
6.1 : UT Yadav to Kohli, FOUR, flicks it off his pads into the lone leg fence
6.2 : UT Yadav to Kohli, one run, cuts it towards cover point
6.3 : UT Yadav to Rahul, FOUR, pulls the short ball towards deep backward square leg for a boundary
6.4 : UT Yadav to Rahul, one run, turns it towards short fine leg
50 comes up for Bangalore
6.5 : UT Yadav to Kohli, no run, drives it to the cover fielder
6.6 : UT Yadav to Kohli, one run, drives it down towards long on for a single.
End of over: RCB 51/1 (Kohli 18, Rahul 25)
7.1 : Chawla to Kohli, one run, drives it towards deep mid wicket
7.2 : Chawla to Rahul, one run, gives the charge and drives it down towards long on
7.3 : Chawla to Kohli, no run, comes forward and defends it
7.4 : Chawla to Kohli, FOUR, pulls the short ball over mid wicket for a boundary
7.5 : Chawla to Kohli, two runs, punches Iit hard towards deep extra cover
7.6 : Chawla to Kohli, one run, flicks it towards short fine leg for a quick single.
End of over: RCB 60/1 (Kohli 26, Rahul 26)
8.1 : UT Yadav to Kohli, one run, drives it towards deep cover for a single
8.2 : UT Yadav to Rahul, no run, drives it back to the bowler
8.3 : UT Yadav to Rahul, one run, cuts it towards backward point for a quick single
8.4 : UT Yadav to Kohli, one run, turns it towards square leg for a single
8.5 : UT Yadav to Rahul, no run, looks to drive but misses
8.6 : UT Yadav to Rahul, one run, drives it towards cover.
Match State: Time Out
Gayle got out after scoring just 7 but Rahul and Kohli have done well to add 56 runs since then
Kolkata will be happy with their bowling effort conceding just 64 runs in the first 9 overs
End of over: RCB 64/1 (Kohli 28, Rahul 28)
9.1 : Chawla to Rahul, one run, pushes it towards cover point
9.2 : Chawla to Kohli, two runs, drives it towards deep extra cover. A good diving stop
9.3 : Chawla to Kohli, one run, pushes it towards point
9.4 : Chawla to Rahul, SIX, gives the charge and lofts it over long off for SIX
9.5 : Chawla to Rahul, FOUR, opens the face of the bat and drives it through backward point for a boundary
9.6 : Chawla to Rahul, one run, gives the charge and drives it down towards long on.
End of over: RCB 79/1 (Kohli 31, Rahul 40)
10.1 : Narine to Rahul, SIX, bends down on his knee and sweeps it over deep square leg for SIX
10.2 : Narine to Rahul, FOUR
3rd IPL fifty for Rahul and it has come from 29 balls wit 6 FOURS and 2 SIXES
Narine to Rahul, FOUR, reverse sweeps it into the third man boundary
10.3 : Narine to Rahul, one run, drives it through mid wicket
10.4 : Narine to Kohli, one run, cuts it towards deep cover
10.5 : Narine to Rahul, one run, drives it towards long off
10.6 : Narine to Kohli, no run, cuts it to the cover fielder.
End of over: RCB 92/1 (Kohli 32, Rahul 52)
11.1 : Chawla to Rahul, OUT, no run, makes room and slices it towards deep cover. Pathan takes the catch in the deep
11.2 : Chawla to Kohli, one run, drives it towards deep cover
11.3 : Chawla to de Villiers, two runs, drives it towards wide long off
11.4 : Chawla to de Villiers, APPEAL, no run, bends down and tries to sweep but misses and gets hit on the pad outside the line of off stump
11.5 : Chawla to de Villiers, one run, drives it towards deep cover
11.6 : Chawla to Kohli, one run, reverse sweeps it towards short third man fielder.
End of over: RCB 97/2 (Kohli 34, de Villiers 3)
12.1 : Narine to Kohli, FOUR, goes back and cuts it towards deep extra cover for a boundary
12.2 : Narine to Kohli, no run, drives it to the cover fielder
12.3 : Narine to Kohli, FOUR, bends down and slogs it towards deep mid wicket for a boundary
12.4 : Narine to Kohli, no run, cuts it towards cover
12.5 : Narine to Kohli, one run, drives it through mid wicket for a single
12.6 : Narine to de Villiers, APPEAL, no run, shuffles across the stumps and tries to flick but misses and gets hit on the pad outside the line of off stump.
End of over: RCB 106/2 (Kohli 43, de Villiers 3)
13.1 : Chawla to Kohli, one run, flicks it towards deep mid wicket
13.2 : Chawla to de Villiers, one run, bends down and sweeps it towards long leg
13.3 : Chawla to Kohli, one run, drives it down towards long off
13.4 : Chawla to de Villiers, OUT, no run, looks to flick but misses and gets hit on the pad. LBW appal is upheld
Match State: Time Out
13.5 : Chawla to Watson, no run, cuts it towards point
13.6 : Chawla to Watson, no run, turns it towards short mid wicket.
Chawla finishes with 2/32 from his 4 overs
End of over: RCB 109/3 (Kohli 45, Watson 0)
14.1 : Morkel to Kohli, one run, drives it towards long on for a single
14.2 : Morkel to Watson, one run, pushes it towards backward point
14.3 : Morkel to Kohli, one run, drives it through mid wicket for a single
14.4 : Morkel to Watson, no run, cuts it to the point fielder
14.5 : Morkel to Watson, no run, bends down and tries to scoop but misses
14.6 : Morkel to Watson, no run, cuts it to the point fielder.
End of over: RCB 112/3 (Kohli 47, Watson 1)
15.1 : Narine to Kohli, one run, drives it through mid wicket
15.2 : Narine to Watson, SIX, gets down on his knee and slogs it over deep mid wicket for SIX
15.3 : Narine to Watson, one run, pushes it towards backward point
15.4 : Narine to Kohli, one run, drives it down towards long off
15.5 : Narine to Watson, no run, tries to cut but gets a bottom edge back to the bowler
15.6 : Narine to Watson, FOUR, swings it through mid wicket for a boundary.
Narine conceded 45 runs in his 4 overs
End of over: RCB 125/3 (Kohli 49, Watson 12)
16.1 : Morkel to Kohli, one run
50 for Kohli and it has come from 42 balls with 4 FOURS
Morkel to Kohli, one run, drives it through mid wicket
16.2 : Morkel to Watson, one run, lofts it towards deep cover
16.3 : Morkel to Kohli, DROPPED, two runs, makes room and slices but gets a top edge towards deep point. Gambhir got his hands to it but drops it
16.4 : Morkel to Kohli, OUT, no run, slices it towards deep cover. Russell dives forward and takes a good catch
16.5 : Morkel to Watson, one run, drives it towards deep cover
16.6 : Morkel to Sachin Baby, one run, pushes it towards short point and takes a quick single.
Morkel finishes with 2/28 from his 4 overs
End of over: RCB 131/4 (Watson 14, Sachin Baby 1)
17.1 : UT Yadav to Sachin Baby, no run, tries to pull but gets hit on the body
UT Yadav to Sachin Baby, no ball, a beamer outside off stump. Free Hit coming up next
UT Yadav to Sachin Baby, (no ball) one run, 2nd high full toss. Baby slices it towards cover and the catch is taken but it is a no ball height
17.2 : UT Yadav to Watson, FOUR, Free Hit
17.3 : UT Yadav to Watson, one run, drives it towards long on
UT Yadav to Sachin Baby, wide, down the leg side
17.4 : UT Yadav to Sachin Baby, FOUR, lofts it back over the bowler's head for a boundary through mid on
17.5 : UT Yadav to Sachin Baby, FOUR, pulls it towards deep mid wicket for another boundary
17.6 : UT Yadav to Sachin Baby, SIX, makes room and swings it over deep mid wicket for SIX.
23 runs from 18th over. Surprising though how Umesh was let to bowl despite bowling 2 beamers in the over
End of over: RCB 154/4 (Watson 19, Sachin Baby 16)
18.1 : Russell to Watson, no run, tries to pull but gets a bottom edge that goes on the bounce to the keeper
18.2 : Russell to Watson, FOUR, slices it over the short third man fielder for a boundary
18.3 : Russell to Watson, FOUR, makes room and swings but gets a thick outside edge over short third man fielder for another boundary
18.4 : Russell to Watson, FOUR, swings it towards deep mid wicket for another boundary
18.5 : Russell to Watson, one run, pulls and gets an inside edge towards short fine leg
18.6 : Russell to Sachin Baby, OUT, no run, bends down on his knee and tries to scoop but gets a leading edge back to the bowler. Russell takes an easy return catch.
End of over: RCB 167/5 (Watson 32, Sachin Baby 16)
19.1 : UT Yadav to Watson, one run, swings it towards long on
19.2 : UT Yadav to Binny, SIX, makes room and lofts it straight down the ground over long off for SIX
19.3 : UT Yadav to Binny, FOUR, makes room and slices it over short third man fielder for a boundary
19.4 : UT Yadav to Binny, SIX, clears the front leg and lofts it over long on for SIX
19.5 : UT Yadav to Binny, OUT, no run, swings the low full toss towards long on but fails to get the distance this time. Pandey takes the catch
19.6 : UT Yadav to Watson, OUT, one run, swings it towards long on and decides to come back for the 2nd run. Pandey throws it to the keeper. Watson is found short of crease.
Bangalore finishes with 185/7 from their 20 overs. Rahul and Kohli contributed 52 runs each. Watson smashed 34 runs from 21 balls, while Binny scored 16 runs from just 4 balls
Morkel and Chawla took 2 wickets ach for Kolkata
Do join us back for the coverage of Kolkata inning shortly
End of over: RCB 185/7 (Watson 34, Aaron 0)

Royal Challengers Bangalore Squad:
Virat Kohli (c), Chris Gayle, AB de Villiers, Shane Watson, Sachin Baby, Lokesh Rahul (wk), Stuart Binny, Varun Aaron, Sreenath Aravind, Yuzvendra Chahal, Tabraiz Shamsi

Kolkata Knight Riders Squad:
Robin Uthappa (wk), Gautam Gambhir (c), Manish Pandey, Suryakumar Yadav, Yusuf Pathan, Chris Lynn, Andre Russell, Piyush Chawla, Umesh Yadav, Sunil Narine, Morne Morkel