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What a finish for RCB!
Mandeep Singh played a heroic knock of 45 and stayed till the end to see off the side home.
If Virat Kohli and Chris Gayle powered the innings early on...Mandeep's blitzkreig ensured that RCB waltzed home in style.
RCB win a humdinger here by seven wickets and take two points.
SINGH IS KING!
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Over 9.4
RCB - 115 for 3 win by 7 wickets
Mandeep hits a magnificent unbeaten 45.
That six flies over the ropes...the fielder can't reach it.
SINGH IS KING!
WINNING SHOT!
AMAZING TIMING!
Whacked away to square-third man.
SIX! And Mandeep may have won this one for RCB!
Can Mandeep pull this one off...RCB are almost there.
9 from 4 needed.
Good running.
Two runs.
AMAZING KNOCK!
Mandeep on strike.
11 from 5 needed.
Russell is the bowler.
Single.
Over 9
RCB - 100 for 3
Cuts that cleverly to deep-third man.
Has Mandeepswung this one around?
FOUR! 12 from 6 needed now.
He is on 27...gem of a knock.
Smashed away to deep-midwicket.
FOUR! Can Mandeep pull this one off for RCB?
The match can go anyways from here.
20 from 8 needed.
Single again.
21 from 9 needed.
Yorker's galore.
Good bowling by Umesh.
Single.
Good yorker by Umesh.
Single.
23 from 11 needed.
Umesh is the bowler.
Two runs...good fielding by Suryakuamr in the deep.
Over 8
RCB - 87 for 3
Single to end the over.
Single converted into two runs.
Two runs..quick thinking by Mandeep.
28 from 14 needed.
Single.
Kohli's knock has take RCB this far...can the rest win this one for them?
29 needed from 15 now.
David Wiese is the new batsman.
Single.
RCB - 81 for 3
GONE! Kohli is out after a fiery 34...Russell takes the wicket....easy catch at long-on.
Over 7
RCB - 80 for 2
18 off the over.
CAPTAIN FANTASTIC!
WHADDA SHOT! Hammered down the track by Kohli.
Can RCB close this out?
38 from 19 needed.
Chawla is getting hammered.
FOUR AND FOUR! Mandeep is firing here and how.
Over 6
RCB - 68 for 2
SIX! Mandeep ends the over with a biggie over deep-mid wicket.
Kohli has to play a captain's knock now...can he do it?
Single again.
Single.
59 from 29 needed...amazing game so far!
Hogg continues with this over.
New batsman is Mandeep Singh.
Single.
Over 5
RCB - 52 for 2
Single to end the over.
KKR have shot back into the contest.
Two main batsmen gone for RCB.
RCB - 51 for 2
He goes for 2.
Chops it onto his stumps.
GONE! And ABD is out!
Youngest #Sarfaraz and the oldest player #Hogg in IPL history to play in the same match #RCBvsKKR #IPL2015
— Sreedhar P (@SreedharNP) May 2, 2015
Dot ball.
Chawla is the bowler.
Look at the crowd chanting his name every now and then!
And AB De Villiers is the new batsman in.
Over 4
RCB - 49 for 1
Single to end the over.
RCB - 48 for 1
He goes after a fine 21.
GONE! And Hogg strikes...Gayle hits it to Russell's hands at wide long off.
Hogg is looking to unleash a flipper...but will it work against a rampaging Gayle?
Dot ball.
64 from 39 needed.
That one was hoicked into the leg side....GAYLE STORM.
SMASHED AWAY! Stand and deliver by Gayle.
Dot ball.
88 meters.
That ball landed into a sea of red in the deep-cover stands.
70 from 41 needed.
SIX!
Swept away into the night sky...he is on fire!
SMASHED AWAY! Amazing shot by Gayle.
Can he weave his magic tonight?
And Brad Hogg is in to bowl.
Over 3
RCB - 36 for 0
Single to end the over.
Gayle is on strike... 350 strike rate #RCBvsKKR #PepsiIPL
— SRK UNIVERSE (@SRKUniverseMoon) May 2, 2015
Single.
Cummins is cluless here.
AMAZING SHOT!
HAMMERED! 88 meters...into the deep-mid wicket stands.
Single.
Amazing start for RCB here.
Kohli is on 17 and Gayle is on 7.
Good shot!
FOUR! Full-toss by Cummins is flicked away to deep-fine leg by Kohli.
Over 2
RCB - 22 for 0
End of Over.
SIX!
HAMMERED! Gayle ends the over with an absolute blaster down the track.
Have KKR's bowlers lost their nerve here?
WIDE!
Vital Virat hitting the ball like a football. Timing the ball like a clock-absolutely perfect! !!! #RCB #RCBvsKKR
— Piyush Choudhary. (@worshippiyush) May 2, 2015
RCB are off to a flyer here...amazing start.
Single.
Dot ball.
GO VIRAT!
FOUR! This one is flicked away to deep-backward square.
SIX! Yadav's first ball is hammered down the track..Virat on fire!
Over 1
RCB - 4 for 0
Single to end the over.
Mitchell Starc #RCBvsKKR #IPL #IPL2015 pic.twitter.com/kTqrkqe9Bl
— Troll Cricket (@TrollCricket3) May 2, 2015
Dot ball again.
No run...Cummins shouts for a lbw appeal but it well going outside leg-stump.
Dot ball.
Dot ball.
Kohli on strike.
And Gayle is off the mark.
Single.
#Gayle 73 runs away from 3000 runs in #IPL #PepsiIPL #RCBvsKKR
— Abhishek Deb Laskar (@ideblaskar) May 2, 2015
Have nerves got to Cummins?
WIDE AGAIN!
RCB have every reason in the world to hunt this down.
WIDE!
Pat Cummins to start the over.
And Chris Gayle and Virat Kohli have walked in to bat.
Amazing batting by KKR which saw them rack up a total huge enough for a T-10 game.
If Robin Uthappa's early blast set them on their way, then Andre Russell ensured that they crossed the 100-run mark with some fiery hits.
Chasing such a total in ten overs will of course not be easy...but you never know given RCB's plethora of world clas batsmen.
Over to the RCB innings now!
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Over 10
Nelson's Total!
KKR - 111 for 4
KKR end with a flourish...good batsmanship.
Single.
Another ball here now.
#RCBvsKKR bad umpiring it was out.!!
— Amogh.k (@Amogh_2001) May 2, 2015
WIDE!
Pathan on strike.
Last ball to go.
Single...Yadav's shot was a mix of scoop and sweep!
Two balls to go.
Suryakumar Yadav on strike.
Single.
Gautam Gambhir's reaction throughout the entire IPL #RCBvsKKR #IPL pic.twitter.com/MLHUKzhGhX
— Yokesh (@ImYokEsH) May 2, 2015
TAKEN! But it is a no-ball...Kohli took a simple catch...but the umpire says the ball was above waist height!
CLOSE! Pathan survives a run-out decision...Starc's throw was fantastic.
Starc has been on fire...average speed above 140 km/hr!
A brilleant inning we saw great knock Russell #pepsiipl #rcbvskkr
— pratik mayekar (@prmayekar) May 2, 2015
Single.
KKR - 102 for 4
WICKET! Ten Doeschate is out...De Villiers takes a great catch in the deep.
Over 9
KKR - 102 for 3
End of Over.
SIX! Yusuf Pathan ends the over with a massive hit
KKR - 96 for 3
Russell departs after a superb knock.
BIG WICKET! Russell is run-out for 45...Karthik's direct hit was a gem!
Good shot.
FOUR! Whacked away to deep-backward point by Doeschate.
Good ball...the slower one is used to good effect by RCB tonight.
Can RCB's batsmen do the same tonight?
KKR are flying here...what a match!
Ten Doeschate opens with a bang.
SIX! Patel is hammered first ball into the deep-mid wicket stands.
Over 8
KKR - 86 for 2
End of Over.
SIX! Smashed into the crowd by Russell....down the track.
Dot ball.
. @mandeeps12 plucks a brilliant catch #RCBvsKKR #RCB #IPL https://t.co/sRyce9wkJP
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) May 2, 2015
Wiese is the bowler.
Single.
Ten Doeschate is the new batsman on non-strike.
FOUR! Smashed to wide-long on..Russell has reached 38.
Over 7
KKR - 73 for 2
Single to end the over.
KKR - 71 for 2
Hoicks a shot straight up and Karthik takes a simple catch.
WICKET! Uthappa is gone for 23.
Single.
ANDRE POWER!
This one races away to deep-point.
FOUR AGAIN! Chahal is getting a battering here.
He has reached 27 in super quick time now.
GOOD SHOT.
FOUR! Russell whips that to deep-square leg off Chahal.
Over 6
KKR - 61 for 1
HAMMERED! Russell ends it with a monster hit down the track.
He is swinging at every ball now.
FOUR! Russell edges it behind the keeper...lucky boundary!
Oh damn!! Could have been amazing catch. #RCBvsKKR
— Ash (@ashwinikn) May 2, 2015
Good ball...a slower one beats Russell.
POWER HITTING!
Aaron is having a hard time with Russell here.
Dot ball.
Hooked away into the deep-mid wicket stands with disdain.
SIX! Huge hit....Andre the giant!
DROPPED! Kohli spills one off Uthappa in the deep.
Over 5
KKR - 44 for 1
End of Over.
GOOD SHOT! Cut away by Russell to deep-square leg.
Five more overs to go.
Uthappa has reached 21.
Single again.
Single.
He has had a fine tournament so far.
Chahal is the bowler.
This one is a special from our photographers #RCBvskKR #RCB #KKR #IPL pic.twitter.com/ThwaRa2Nf7
— IPL2015 (@IPL2015Update) May 2, 2015
Two runs...sloppy fielding by RCB.
Single.
Can Andre Russell go hammer and tongs now?
Thats an excellent one handed effort from Mandeep Singh.. #RCBvsKKR #RCB
— Shrilakshmi (@shrilakshmi_g) May 2, 2015
Over 4
KKR - 34 for 1
End of Over.
Single.
KKR - 33 for 1
Gambhir goes for 12.
GONE! Wiese strikes...Mandeep plucks that out of thin air at short-square leg.
Dot ball.
FOUR! Smashed towards mid-wicker...Gambhir looks dangerous.
CLOSE! Gambhir almost got run-out at the non-strikers end....good throw by Karthik.
#RCBvsKKR good thing for Aaron is he cannot concede more than 72 runs today!!!
— Joker (@sentil77) May 2, 2015
RCB have the opportunity to bombard KKR with variety now!
Wiese is the new bowler.
Single.
Over 3
KKR - 27 for 0
Fine shot to end the over.
FOUR! Uthappa smacks that to deep-cover.
GOOD BALL! Impressive bouncer by Harshal which Uthappa swings and misses.
No time-outs for this match!
At Bangalore Revised Playing Terms #IPL2015 #RCBvsKKR pic.twitter.com/kVTZQoMc52
— Deepak Sharma (@deepakbhlscr) May 2, 2015
Dot ball.
Single.
Dinesh Karthik appealed for a nick by Gambhir...but it is not-out.
Dot ball.
Yousuf Pathan needs to concentrate on his footwork. #RCBvsKKR pic.twitter.com/GGUV1xPJuV
— Sir Casm (@_MrAlBundy) May 2, 2015
Single.
Harshal Patel in to the attack.
Over 2
KKR - 20 for 0
End of Over.
Single.
Two runs.
FOUR! Uthappa smashes that through covers....good shot!
Dot ball.
Can RCB use this reduced contest to their advantage?
Aaron is bowling this over.
Two runs.
Single.
Over 1
KKR - 8 for 0
Dot ball to end the over.
Single.
FOUR! Punched through mid-on....Gambhir gets off mark.
WIDE!
The match is gonna be exciting #10 overs #IPL2015 #RCBvsKKR
— ritwik (@ritwikjain02) May 2, 2015
Single.
Starc is looking good here...two fire balls by him.
No run.
Dot ball.
Good start.
Starc starts with a bouncer which Uthappa evades.
Dot ball.
Mitchell Starc to Robin Uthappa.
Two overs for each bowler.
Finally the game is underway. Action time. #RCBvsKKR #Go4More #PepsiIPL #IndiaKaTyohar #eit20 @SonyMAX #KKR
— ABHISHEK BISWAS! (@IM_AB7) May 2, 2015
RCB spread out on field.
And Gautam Gambhir and Robin Uthappa have walked in to bat.
Making even a 10-overs match possible after such situations, is an incredible effort i would say. #RCBvsKKR #PlayBold pic.twitter.com/08OjILR8QN
— Sharvil Majmudar (@imsmajmudar) May 2, 2015
A 10-over game very much the possibilty here...stay tuned!
Meanwhile!
Sarfaraz Khan with Yusuf and Robin #RCBvsKKR #RCB pic.twitter.com/xjrPdfvmXE
— Sarfaraz Khan FC (@sarfarazkhanfc) May 2, 2015
Half and hour for the next inspection...stay tuned!
The rain has returned. The inspection has been delayed. #RCBvsKKR #PepsiIPL
— IndianPremierLeague (@iplscoreupdate) May 2, 2015
The Match Officials are in the middle #RCBvsKKR #RCB #KKR #IPL pic.twitter.com/Bb5T1YxzMI
— IPL2015 (@IPL2015Update) May 2, 2015
Inspection in a few minutes time...and slowly some of the covers are coming off here.
Fan reaction.
Its raining at the Chinnaswamy stadium, bt you cant dampen this crowds enthusiasm #Rcbvskkr pic.twitter.com/78FMS2nk4O
— Gary-Lee Pietersen (@GaryPietersen) May 2, 2015
And it is raining at the Chinnaswamy...phew!
#IPL #RCBvsKKR: As predicted by #SkymetWeather, it has started raining in #Bangalore SEE MORE: http://t.co/ZibLX95x62 pic.twitter.com/WsSGTlWq8u
— SkymetWeather (@SkymetWeather) May 2, 2015
Starting XI -
RCB - Gayle,Kohli*,de Villiers, Mandeep,Karthik†,S Khan,Wiese,H Patel,Starc,Aaron,Chahal
KKR - Uthappa†,Gambhir*,Pandey,Yadav,Russell,Doeschate,Pathan,Cummins,Chawla,Hogg,Yadav
TOSS TIME - RCB win the toss and are bowling first
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Welcome to LIVE coverage of Match 33 of IPL 8 which has RCB playing KKR at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore.
Here is Match Preview of the game which begins on 16:00 IST.
RCB were unlucky to get a solitary point in their previous game against RR which was washed out.
Sarfaraz Khan and AB De Villiers will be looked upon to fire against KKR given they way they dismantled the RR bowling attack.
RCB are in red-hot form coming into this match and the way they shot out DD for a paltry 95 only shows as to how good their bowling attack is.
KKR on the other hand have the Sunil Narine ban to deal with and veteran Aussie spinner Brad Hogg has proved to be more than ideal replacement.
Hogg was amazing against CSK and his four-wicket haul only proves his worth to the KKR bowling line-up.
Their batsmen are also in top-form with Robin Uthappa and Andre Russell starring in that win against CSK.
So it is going to be a battle to watch out for with two in-form teams gunning for a win.
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