| 0.5 : 0.5: Mohammed Siraj to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, FOUR! Well, this is more like Rahmanullah Gurbaz! What a shot, top placement. On a length, wide outside off. Gurbaz plays it late and steers it down to the right of third man. The fielder in the deep runs across, puts in a dive but fumbles to see the ball touch the ropes. |
| 2.3 : 2.3: Mohammed Siraj to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, FOUR! His second boundary of the innings. Comes at the right time as well for Kolkata. Short and wide outside off. Rahmanullah Gurbaz stands tall and cuts it powerfully through the gap at covers. The ball races away to the fence. |
| 2.5 : 2.5: Mohammed Siraj to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, FOUR! Top placement. Good-length ball, wide outside off. Rahmanullah Gurbaz gets on top of the bounce and steers it down to third man. It goes through the gap and races away. |
| 3.3 : 3.3: David Willey to Mandeep Singh, OUT! CLEANED UP! David Willey is on fire. He punches his fists in the air. No Reece Topley, no problem, says David Willey. Kolkata are in a spot of bother here. Mandeep Singh trudges back on a golden duck. David Willey hurls a length ball, angled across, around middle and off. It nips away a touch with a wobble seam. Mandeep Singh tries to defend it on his front foot but gets beaten. The ball goes on to hit the off pole. Can David Willey get a hat-trick? |
| 3.2 : 3.2: David Willey to Venkatesh Iyer, OUT! Sound of timber! David Willey is elated and rightly so. Well, there is no shortage of Bangalore fans in the crowd as well. The crowd is going berserk. Venkatesh Iyer heads back into the dugout cheaply. It is a length ball, around off, nips in a touch. Venkatesh Iyer is caught inside the crease. He tries to hit it through the line, without moving his feet and pays the price. |
| 4.2: Akash Deep to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, NO BALL AND SIX! Just what the doctor ordered for Kolkata. It is a short ball, on top of leg. Gurbaz gets inside the line and smokes it over the fine leg fence. The umpire signals a new ball due to overstepping. Free Hit to follow. |
| 5.3 : 5.3: David Willey to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, FOUR! This time he gets one away! Willey bowls it short, on off. Gurbaz picks the length quickly and pulls it through the mid-wicket region for a boundary. |
| 7.5 : 7.5: Shahbaz Ahmed to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, FOUR! This time Gurbaz connects the sweep! Fuller delivery, around off. Gurbaz gets well across and sweeps it through the square leg region for a boundary. |
| 8.2 : 8.2: Michael Bracewell to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, SIX! Wow, this is the talent of the guy! Tossed up and outside off. Gurbaz gets under it and slogs it well over deep mid-wicket for a biggie. |
| 6.1 : 6.1: Michael Bracewell to Nitish Rana, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! The Kolkata skipper departs and Michael Bracewell strikes in his first delivery! Kolkata in early trouble here. This one is tossed up on off. Rana goes for the reverse-sweep but seems to have missed it. The ball though loops up in the air and Dinesh Karthik takes the catch behind the stumps. Karthik and Michael Bracewell appeal but the umpire is not interested. Faf du Plessis decides to take the DRS after Dinesh Karthik convinces hi |
| 9.2 : 9.2: Karn Sharma to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, SIX! Gurbaz gets to his fifty in style! Fantastic knock and he would be looking to get a big one here. This is full and on off. Gurbaz brings out his sweep shot again and hits it over the square leg fence for a maximum. |
| 10.6 : 10.6: Harshal Patel to Rinku Singh, FOUR! Rinku Singh now gets into the act. This boundary surely spoils the over for Patel. It is full, going down leg. Rinku Singh gets down on one knee and slogs it down to fine leg for four runs. The stand moves to 40 as well. |
| 11.2 : 11.2: Karn Sharma to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, OUT! CAUGHT! Karn Sharma is pumped up as he gets rid of the big fish. Rahmanullah Gurbaz's incredible knock comes to an end. It is looped up, outside off. Rahmanullah Gurbaz goes for the reverse sweep but it catches the outside edge. Akash Deep dives forward at short third man and takes a solid catch. |
| 11.3 : 11.3: Karn Sharma to Andre Russell, OUT! CAUGHT! Karn Sharma now picks two wickets in two balls, after David Willey. He finds himself on a Hat-Trick now. It is tossed up, full and on off. Andre Russell tries to make his intent clear, as he lofts it down the park. Although, he does not middle it and fails to get the distance he envisioned. Virat Kohli takes a dolly at long off. Bangalore right on top now. |
| 11.4 : 11.4: Karn Sharma to Shardul Thakur, FOUR! Oh, almost a hat-trick! Tossed up on off. Thakur tries to drive it but gets an inside edge that goes past the stumps to the fine leg fence for a boundary. |
| 12.2 : 12.2: Akash Deep to Shardul Thakur, FOUR! Consecutive boundaries and 100 is up for the hosts. It is a length ball, on off. Shardul Thakur hits it on the up. The ball goes over covers. One bounce and into the ropes. |
| 12.1 : 12.1: Akash Deep to Shardul Thakur, FOUR! Easy pickings! It is a length ball, sliding down the leg side. Shardul Thakur tickles it down to fine leg and gets a boundary. |
| 12.6 : 12.6: Akash Deep to Shardul Thakur, SIX! BANG! Just the end Kolkata were after. Here comes the boundary. 19 runs off the over. It is full, around middle and leg, in the blockhole. Shardul Thakur clears his front leg and tonks it over the long on fence. |
| 13.6: Karn Sharma to Shardul Thakur, FOUR! Cracking shot! It is full, outside off. Shardul Thakur gets down on one knee and sweeps it through the gap at mid-wicket. Well, he hits it like a bullet and the ball reaches the fence in no time. Another good over for the hosts. |
| 14.4 : 14.4: Michael Bracewell to Shardul Thakur, SIX! Shardul Thakur only means business tonight. What a strike. It is pitched up, outside off, turning in a touch. Shardul Thakur uses his feet and smokes it over the mid-wicket fence. |
| 14.5 : 14.5: Michael Bracewell to Shardul Thakur, SIX! BOOM! Another one. Shardul Thakur is talking with his bat here. It is a short ball, on off. Shardul Thakur dispatches it over the wide long on fence. The momentum is shifting here. |
| 15.2 : 15.2: David Willey to Shardul Thakur, FOUR! Shardul Thakur has changed the momentum of this game! Short and wide outside off. Thakur slaps it wide of mid off for a boundary. |
| 16.2: Harshal Patel to Shardul Thakur, FOUR! Shardul Thakur gets to his maiden Indian T20 League fifty! A game-changing knock this! Short and on off. Thakur pulls it firmly to deep mid-wicket for a boundary. What a knock! |
| 16.5 : 16.5: Harshal Patel to Shardul Thakur, FOUR! This man is just unstoppable today! A low dipping full toss on middle. Thakur whips it to the square leg fence for a boundary. |
| 17.2 : 17.2: Mohammed Siraj to Shardul Thakur, FOUR! Another boundary, Kolkata is moving towards 200 here! A full delivery and outside off. Thakur hammers it down the ground for a boundary. |
| 17.5 : 17.5: Mohammed Siraj to Rinku Singh, NO BALL AND SIX! A full toss and over the waist height too. Singh gets across to his left and scoops it over fine leg for a maximum. A Free Hit coming up... |
| 18.2 : 18.2: Harshal Patel to Rinku Singh, FOUR! Rinku Singh gets into the act now! On a length, on off. Singh dances down the track and hammers it down the ground for a boundary. |
| 18.3 : 18.3: Harshal Patel to Rinku Singh, SIX! WOW! What a shot! A full toss on middle. Harshal Patel need to get his length right here. Singh pumps it over deep mid-wicket for a biggie. |
| 18.4 : 18.4: Harshal Patel to Rinku Singh, SIX! Another one over the fence! This is fantastic stuff! On a length, on off. Singh dances down the track and flat-bats it wide of long on for a maximum. |
| 18.6 : 18.6: Harshal Patel to Rinku Singh, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Rinku Singh departs but he has done his job here! A slower short delivery on middle. Singh tries to pull it but gets only a glove on it and Dinesh Karthik behind the stumps takes an easy catch. 17 off the over and a wicket. |
| 19.1 : 19.1: Mohammed Siraj to Shardul Thakur, FOUR! Boundary to start the over! A full toss and outside off. Thakur slaps it through the extra cover region for a boundary. |
| 19.4 : 19.4: Mohammed Siraj to Shardul Thakur, OUT! CAUGHT! The Shardul Thakur show ends! A brilliant knock comes to an end as Shahrukh Khan in the stands applause his efforts. Short and around off. Thakur tries to pull it but gets a top edge and the ball goes straight into the hands of Glenn Maxwell at long on. He takes an easy catch. |
| 19.5 : 19.5: Mohammed Siraj to Umesh Yadav, FOUR! Up and over! Shortish and around off. Umesh Yadav slaps it just over mid off for a boundary. |
| 0.1 : 0.1: Umesh Yadav to Virat Kohli, FOUR! Virat Kohli and Bangalore are underway in style! The Eden Garden roars! This is full and on leg. Kohli flicks it through the backward square leg region for a boundary. |
| 0.6 : 0.6: Umesh Yadav to Virat Kohli, FOUR! Kohli is looking in great touch here! Shortish and outside off. Kohli waits for it and steers it through backward point for a boundary. 10 off the first over! |
| 2.5 : 2.5: Umesh Yadav to Faf du Plessis, FOUR! Faf du Plessis gets one away now! A full delivery and outside off. Faf du Plessis stays deep in his crease and lifts it over the in-field towards the long off fence. |
| 3.1 : 3.1: Tim Southee to Virat Kohli, FOUR! Great use of the feet! Short of good length, on off. Kohli dances down the track and powers it over mid on for a boundary. |
| 3.3 : 3.3: Tim Southee to Faf du Plessis, SIX! Faf du Plessis with a powerful shot this time! A fullish delivery on off. In the slot and Faf du Plessis tonks it over long on for a maximum. |
| 3.4 : 3.4: Tim Southee to Faf du Plessis, FOUR! After bowling such a good first over, Southee is leaking runs here! A fullish delivery again, this time outside off. Faf du Plessis slices it over covers for a boundary. |
| 3.5 : 3.5: Tim Southee to Faf du Plessis, SIX! What a shot! A slower full delivery on middle. Faf du Plessis picks it and just flicks it all the way over deep mid-wicket for a maximum. |
| 4.5: Sunil Narine to Virat Kohli, OUT! BOWLED! Oh, a moment of brilliance from Sunil Narine! Gets the big fish, Virat Kohli, and the Kolkata players are pumped up. Pitches it around off and gets it to turn in this time. Kohli tries to flick it but plays all around it as the ball snicks between the bat and pad. It shatters the stumps and this is a big, big wicket. |
| 5.2 : 5.2: Varun Chakaravarthy to Faf du Plessis, OUT! CHOPPED ON! The spinners are turning the game on its head here. Both the set batters out in a jiffy. It is a googly, which lands wide outside off and turns back in a long way. Faf du Plessis tries to go for an expansive drive but gets an inside edge. The ball goes through to rattle the stumps. Kolkata making early inroads, just what they were looking for. |
| 5.5 : 5.5: Varun Chakaravarthy to Glenn Maxwell, FOUR! Nicely played. It is tossed up, full and on off. Maxwell creams it through covers for a cracking boundary. |
| 7.2 : 7.2: Varun Chakaravarthy to Glenn Maxwell, OUT! TIMBER! Varun Chakaravarthy gets his second wicket. The off stump goes for a ride this time. Glenn Maxwell tries to break his shackles but could not get anywhere near the ball. Once again the googly does the trick for Varun Chakaravarthy. It is a wrong 'un, outside off. Glenn Maxwell throws the kitchen sink at it but misses. The ball goes through to damage the sticks. |
| 7.4 : 7.4: Varun Chakaravarthy to Harshal Patel, OUT! CHOPPED ON! Varun Chakaravarthy can do nothing wrong here. He gets another wicket. Harshal Patel trudges back on a 2-ball duck. The gamble to push Patel up the order has well and truly backfired. It is a googly, that lands outside off and turns in. Harshal Patel tries to drive it through the line but it catches the inside edge, and the rest is history. |
| 8.5 : 8.5: Sunil Narine to Shahbaz Ahmed, OUT! CAUGHT! Sunil Narine now picks up his second wicket. Shahbaz Ahmed goes back cheaply. It is full and on off. Shahbaz Ahmed reverse-hits it to deep point. It comes off the middle as well. Although, it is hit straight down the throat of Shardul Thakur in the deep, who makes no mistake. Bangalore are in a spot of bother. |
| 9.3 : 9.3: Varun Chakaravarthy to Michael Bracewell, FOUR! Much-needed boundary. Flatter, outside off. Michael Bracewell stands tall and punches it down to third man off his back foot. |
| 10.3: Suyash Sharma to Michael Bracewell, SIX! A much-needed maximum for Bangalore! A half-tracker on middle. Michael Bracewell pulls it all the way over deep mid-wicket for a maximum. |
| 11.1 : 11.1: Shardul Thakur to Dinesh Karthik, FOUR! Karthik welcomes Thakur with a boundary! Short and on off. Karthik pulls it to the square leg fence for a boundary. |
| 11.3 : 11.3: Shardul Thakur to Michael Bracewell, OUT! CAUGHT! Oh, you just can't keep Lord Thakur out of the game! He strikes in his first over and the dangerous Michael Bracewell is gone! Short and at 131 clicks this, on leg. Bracewell tries to pull it but gets a top edge. The ball loops up in the air in front of short fine leg and Nitish Rana takes a good low catch diving forward. |
| 12.2 : 12.2: Suyash Sharma to Anuj Rawat, OUT! CAUGHT! Another one bites the dust! The Kolkata Impact Player takes the wicket of the Bangalore Impact Player. Bowls a lovely googly again. Tossed up and outside off, a googly. Rawat goes for a slog-sweep but gets a top edge that goes straight into the hands of Narine at short third man. Kolkata all over Bangalore now. |
| 12.5 : 12.5: Suyash Sharma to Dinesh Karthik, OUT! CAUGHT! Suyash Sharma gets his second wicket and Bangalore look down and out here. Nicely tossed up and outside off. Karthik goes for a big expansive drive but only manages to get a thick outside edge. The ball loops up in the air right of short third man and Varun Chakaravarthy takes an easy catch. |
| 13.3 : 13.3: Shardul Thakur to David Willey, FOUR! Good shot! Short and wide outside off. Willey slams it through covers for a boundary. |
| 14.3: Suyash Sharma to Karn Sharma, OUT! CAUGHT! Suyash Sharma gets his third wicket! Tossed up on off. Karn Sharma tries to sweep it but seems to have missed it as there is a big appeal for an LBW. The umpire though is not interested and Kolkata decide to take the DRS. The replays roll in and the UltraEdge shows that there is a big inside edge onto the pad. However, the catch is also taken by Rana at first slip. So, it means that Karn Sharma has to walk back. |
| 14.6 : 14.6: Suyash Sharma to Akash Deep, FOUR! Well, not this time. It is tossed up, full and on off. Akash Deep gets down on one knee and slogs it to deep mid-wicket. The ball hangs in the air for a long time, eventually it lands near the ropes and goes over the fence. A great over by Suyash Sharma comes to an end. |
| 15.6: Sunil Narine to Akash Deep, FOUR! This is only thing Bangalore need, that is for these two to bat for as long as they can, so that this defeat does not take a toll on the NRR. It is flatter, outside off. Deep slashes hard. It takes the inside edge and runs down to the fine leg fence. |
| 16.2 : 16.2: Suyash Sharma to David Willey, FOUR! It is pitched up, on off. Willey lofts it down the park for a boundary. |
| 16.4 : 16.4: Suyash Sharma to Akash Deep, SIX! BANG! It is full and on off. Deep dances down the track and smokes it over the long on fence for a maximum. |
| 17.4: Varun Chakaravarthy to Akash Deep, OUT! CAUGHT AND BOWLED! Varun Chakaravarthy picks up his fourth wicket and seals the victory for Kolkata. It is tossed up, full and on off. Akash Deep tries to heave it across the line but it flies high in the air off the top edge. Varun Chakaravarthy gives it a chase and takes a sharp catch diving forward near mid on. KOLKATA WIN THE MATCH BY 81 RUNS. |
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