Match 52, 3-May-2025
| 6 | 19.6 | 19.6: Matheesha Pathirana to Romario Shepherd, SIX! 14-BALL 50 FOR SHEPHERD! A new hero for the Royal Challengers Bengaluru. A length ball, outside off, change in pace, but the West Indian reads that. Gives himself room to the leg side and sends it sailing over long off! Shepherd swings his bat to the RCB dugout, getting his name in the record books. The fastest fifty in the IPL belongs to Yashasvi Jaiswal in 13 balls and this is now the second fastest fifty! 54 runs come in the last 2 overs, with Shepherd making 52 of those! RCB FINISH ON 213/5! |
| 6 | 19.5 | 19.5: Matheesha Pathirana to Romario Shepherd, SIX! Make that 47 in 13! A short ball, outside off, Shepherd pulls the bones out of this one, nearly clearing the roof at the Chinnaswamy, at the mid-wicket region! |
| 4 | 19.4 | 19.4: Matheesha Pathirana to Romario Shepherd, FOUR! WHOOSH! 41 in 12 balls for Romario Shepherd, with 4 fours and 4 sixes! A length ball, on middle and off, Shepherd clears his front leg and swings this through cow corner. Dewald Brevis races to his right from long on but cannot get there! |
| 0 | 19.3 | 19.3: Matheesha Pathirana to Romario Shepherd, A slower ball, fuller in length outside off, Shepherd swings hard, but misses, for a change. Is disgusted with himself. |
| 4 | 19.2 | 19.2: Matheesha Pathirana to Romario Shepherd, FOUR! And that's why the Aussie is going off strike. A short ball, slower in pace, Romario Shepherd pulls it over mid-wicket! |
| 1 | 19.1 | 19.1: Matheesha Pathirana to Tim David, Full, on middle, for a change, Tim David is rotating the strike. Flicks this ball towards deep square leg and gives the strike back to the West Indian. |
| 4 | 18.7 | 18.6: Khaleel Ahmed to Romario Shepherd, FOUR! Not a bad ball, actually. The plan was to bowl short, away from the batter, outside off. And Khaleel did exactly that. Because fine leg and square leg, both were inside the circle. But Romario Shepherd climbed all over that short ball again and swung hard with the pull. Got the top half of the bat but the power was enough, to land beyond backward square leg and meet the fence one more time! 33 from the over and RCB have galloped to 192/5 with an over left! 3-0-65-0 for Khaleel Ahmed tonight. |
| 0 | 18.6 | 18.5: Khaleel Ahmed to Romario Shepherd, Excellent yorker on the Free Hit. Outside off, Romario tries to reach it but misses. He reviews for a wide but the third umpire finds that the ball is well within the revised wide guidelines. A rare dot ball! |
| 6 | 18.5 | 18.5: Khaleel Ahmed to Romario Shepherd, NO BALL, SIX! That's 29 in 4 balls, legally! A short ball, outside off, slower in pace, Shepherd throws his bat at it and hits it well over cover! Deepak Hooda now has a word with the bowler. How does he come off this over? |
| 6 | 18.4 | 18.4: Khaleel Ahmed to Romario Shepherd, SIX MORE! Make that 22 in 4! A full toss, outside off, Shepherd swings it over long off. He seems to have miscued it and long off thinks himself to be in contention for the catch but in the end, the power on the shot tips the ball over! Khaleel seems to be blank at the moment. |
| 4 | 18.3 | 18.3: Khaleel Ahmed to Romario Shepherd, EDGED, FOUR! 16 runs on the first three balls! And did someone say CSK need to keep Shepherd on strike? A length ball, outside off, Romario Shepherd throws his bat at it and gets a thick outside edge. To his luck, the edge flies over the leaping short third fielder and races to the ropes behind! |
| 6 | 18.2 | 18.2: Khaleel Ahmed to Romario Shepherd, SIX MORE! Shepherd is coming to the party at Chinnaswamy! A length ball, outside off, Shepherd clears his front leg and hammers this over long off, for consecutive sixes! |
| 6 | 18.1 | 18.1: Khaleel Ahmed to Romario Shepherd, SIX! WHAM! When the ball is not coming onto the bat, you need muscle. And Romario possesses plenty of that. Not a trace of subtlety. Just brute power. A short ball, outside off, angling away, Romario Shepherd climbs all over it and pulls it massively over deep mid-wicket! |
| 1 | 17.8 | 17.6: Matheesha Pathirana to Romario Shepherd, Around off, worked through square leg for a single. |
| 0 | 17.7 | 17.6: Matheesha Pathirana to Romario Shepherd, WIDE. Onfield call overturned. A short ball, wide outside off, slanting further away, Romario Shepherd reached out for the cut but missed. The umpire let it be but Shepherd reviewed for the wide call. Sure enough. The third umpire had enough evidence to find that the ball was well out of Romario's reach. |
| 0 | 17.6 | 17.5: Matheesha Pathirana to Romario Shepherd, A short ball wide outside off, left alone. |
| 0 | 17.5 | 17.4: Matheesha Pathirana to Rajat Patidar, OUT! CAUGHT! Third wicket for Pathirana, his best this season! A slower ball, outside off, on a length, Rajat Patidar backs away to the leg side and attempts to slap it over the infield on the off side. But the lack of pace does him in and he toe-ends the ball towards mid off, where Sam Curran makes no mistake. Patidar departs for 11 (15) and Royal Challengers Bengaluru are 157/5 after 17.4 overs. They were 97/0 at one stage. |
| 0 | 17.4 | 17.4: Matheesha Pathirana to Rajat Patidar, WIDE. Miles down the leg side, flick shot missed. |
| 0 | 17.3 | 17.3: Matheesha Pathirana to Rajat Patidar, Outside off, swinging away, a slash and a miss. |
| 1 | 17.2 | 17.2: Matheesha Pathirana to Tim David, DROPPED? A short ball, wide outside off, Tim David slaps it straight to point. Ayush Mhatre is unable to stop it cleanly and parries it away. The replay is a bit unclear and let's keep it to a single for now. |
| 1 | 17.1 | 17.1: Matheesha Pathirana to Rajat Patidar, A short ball, on middle, Rajat Patidar goes for the pull but is done in by the height. Miscues it off the top edge, which lands in front of deep backward square leg. A single taken. |
| 0 | 16.6 | 16.6: Noor Ahmad to Tim David, Full, around off, Tim David defends. He wanders around for a single but is sent back. Superb finish by Noor. First 7 balls, 18 runs, next 18 balls, 8 runs. He finishes with figures of 4-0-26-1. |
| 0 | 16.5 | 16.5: Noor Ahmad to Jitesh Sharma, OUT! CAUGHT! A wicket at last for Noor. A googly, although short, Jitesh Sharma looks to take the ball on and goes for the pull. But the ball turning away makes him lean for more power and he miscues his shot. Gets it between long on and deep mid-wicket with the areas being patrolled. Sam Curran races to his right from long on, takes the catch, then realizing that he is going over, parries it to Dewald Brevis just beside him. Jitesh departs for 7 (8) and Royal Challengers Bengaluru are 154/4 after 16.5 overs. They were 97/0 at one stage. |
| 0 | 16.4 | 16.4: Noor Ahmad to Jitesh Sharma, Another desperate shot. Jitesh goes for the reverse hoick again, only to miss. The ball goes past his attempt and is taken by Dhoni. |
| 2 | 16.3 | 16.3: Noor Ahmad to Jitesh Sharma, A touch short, outside off, punched through the covers for a brace. |
| 0 | 16.2 | 16.2: Noor Ahmad to Jitesh Sharma, Outside off, spinning away, Jitesh Sharma looks to cut but misses. |
| 0 | 16.1 | 16.1: Noor Ahmad to Rajat Patidar, On middle and leg, Rajat Patidar looks to play the reverse pull but misses. The ball deflects off his pads and a leg bye is taken. |
| 4 | 15.7 | 15.6: Matheesha Pathirana to Jitesh Sharma, FOUR! Super shot. A half volley, outside off, Jitesh Sharma leans and drives it between mid off and cover! 7 runs and a wicket from the over, Matheesha Pathirana's figures read 2-0-10-2. |
| 0 | 15.6 | 15.6: Matheesha Pathirana to Jitesh Sharma, WIDE. Another quick bouncer, around off, too high, left alone. Wided for height. |
| 1 | 15.5 | 15.5: Matheesha Pathirana to Rajat Patidar, A quick bumper, fended down to fine leg for a run. |
| 1 | 15.4 | 15.4: Matheesha Pathirana to Jitesh Sharma, Outside off, a miscued pull played towards deep mid-wicket, for a single. |
| 0 | 15.3 | 15.3: Matheesha Pathirana to Jitesh Sharma, Some reverse swing in, around middle and leg, Jitesh misses his flick and the ball goes between his legs to the keeper. |
| 0 | 15.2 | 15.2: Matheesha Pathirana to Jitesh Sharma, Around off, pushed towards point. |
| 0 | 15.1 | 15.1: Matheesha Pathirana to Devdutt Padikkal, OUT! CAUGHT! Pathirana gets the wicket again! Not the best of balls, mind you. It is a wide ball, but Devdutt Padikkal decides to have a go at it. The slower ball does him in, as he backs away to the leg side and throws his bat at it. Miscues it high in the air, where Ravindra Jadeja makes no mistake at deep point. Padikkal departs for 17 (15) and from 97/0, Royal Challengers Bengaluru are now 144/3, in the span of 33 balls. |
| 0 | 14.6 | 14.6: Noor Ahmad to Rajat Patidar, Quicker one, into the pitch and just darting across off. Patidar fails to pick it and look to cut but is beaten by the turn and the extra bounce as well. Well taken by Dhoni behind the stumps. |
| 1 | 14.5 | 14.5: Noor Ahmad to Devdutt Padikkal, Tossed up, a bit full and on the stumps, Padikkal sits down and brooms it away through the square leg region for a single. |
| 1 | 14.4 | 14.4: Noor Ahmad to Rajat Patidar, Goes well short and keeps the ball well outside off, Rajat Patidar goes for the cross-batted shot and muscles it to deep mid-wicket for one more. |
| 1 | 14.3 | 14.3: Noor Ahmad to Devdutt Padikkal, Another googly, Padikkal swings hard and miscues it through the leg side for a run. |
| 0 | 14.2 | 14.2: Noor Ahmad to Devdutt Padikkal, Around off, spinning in, pushed back to the bowler. |
| 1 | 14.1 | 14.1: Noor Ahmad to Rajat Patidar, The googly, wide outside off, Rajat Patidar reaches out to slap but mistimes it off the toe end of the bat towards long off. A single taken. |
| 1 | 13.6 | 13.6: Sam Curran to Rajat Patidar, Pace-off to end the over from Curran. Bowled back of a length and around off, tapped down through wide mid off for a single. |
| 1 | 13.5 | 13.5: Sam Curran to Devdutt Padikkal, Bowled short this time and over middle, Padikkal leans back and pulls it crisply to deep mid-wicket for just a single this time. |
| 6 | 13.4 | 13.4: Sam Curran to Devdutt Padikkal, SIX! BANG! Another slower one, floated up right in the slot around middle. Devdutt Padikkal hangs back in his crease and then hits through the line, smashing it back over long on for a huge six. |
| 4 | 13.3 | 13.3: Sam Curran to Devdutt Padikkal, FOUR! Up and over! A length ball, outside off, Padikkal stays leg side of the ball and whacks it over mid off, one bounce and into the fence! |
| 0 | 13.2 | 13.2: Sam Curran to Devdutt Padikkal, What happened there? A quick bouncer perhaps, Devdutt Padikkal swivelled for the pull but missed it. Now, the ball went off something and hit the back of the helmet, knocking off the added protective equiment to prevent the ball hitting the back of the head! As soon as this happened, even Sam Curran had to hold his breath, fearing the worst. Thankfully, Padikkal is okay. Hang on. The replay shows that the ball hit the wrist band. |
| 0 | 13.1 | 13.1: Sam Curran to Devdutt Padikkal, Outside off, another slower ball, punched straight to mid off. |
| 0 | 12.6 | 12.6: Noor Ahmad to Rajat Patidar, Three dots on the trot to close out the over! Back of a length again, around off, and this one holds its line. Patidar punches it from his crease but straight to mid off. |
| 0 | 12.5 | 12.5: Noor Ahmad to Rajat Patidar, Beaten again! Pulls the length back, flattening the trajectory and angles it across the right-hander again. Patidar throws his hands at it but is beaten on the angle. |
| 0 | 12.4 | 12.4: Noor Ahmad to Rajat Patidar, Nicely bowled! Good energy into the delivery, bowling it a smidge fuller on off. It is the googly that slides across the right-hander and Rajat Patidar is well beaten. |
| 1 | 12.3 | 12.3: Noor Ahmad to Devdutt Padikkal, More evidence of turn. Around off, spinning away, Devdutt Padikkal looks to defend but the turn squares him up. The ball goes off the outside edge towards short third. A run taken. |
| 1 | 12.2 | 12.2: Noor Ahmad to Rajat Patidar, Around middle, Patidar looks to drive again but gets it off the inner half of the bat through mid-wicket. A quick run taken. |
| 4 | 12.1 | 12.1: Noor Ahmad to Rajat Patidar, FOUR! BRILLIANT! A bit too full, outside off, Rajat Patidar moves to the leg side, opening up the off side, reaches out and drives it through the covers. Wide long off runs to his left, nearly gets to the ball with a dive but it slips under his effort. |
| 1 | 11.6 | 11.6: Sam Curran to Rajat Patidar, Short of a good length, around middle and angled in. Rajat Patidar awkwardly nudges it down into the leg side but manages to scamper through for the single. |
| 0 | 11.5 | 11.5: Sam Curran to Virat Kohli, OUT! CAUGHT! Straight to the fielder and a soft dismissal in the end for Virat Kohli. Sam Curran goes into the pitch and bowls it short, angling it across off. Kohli tries to stay leg side of the ball and leans back a bit to just guide it uppishly over backward point. However, Kohli ends up just pushing it towards backward point where Khaleel Ahmed takes a simple catch and throws the ball back into the deck as a sign of relief. A fast and furious knock from Kohli comes to an end at 62 (33) and RCB are now 121/2! |
| 1 | 11.4 | 11.4: Sam Curran to Devdutt Padikkal, Pitched up on a nagging length on off, Padikkal takes half a step forward and just defends it in front of extra cover for a single. |
| 1 | 11.3 | 11.3: Sam Curran to Virat Kohli, Outside off, punched through the covers for a run. |
| 4 | 11.2 | 11.2: Sam Curran to Virat Kohli, MISFIELD, FOUR! Did all the hard work, but could not complete the job. A touch fuller, outside off, Virat Kohli drove this powerfully down the ground through mid off. Deepak Hooda, a bit wide at long off, raced to his right, slid across, got to the ball but it hit his leg and deflected into the ropes behind. |
| 1 | 11.1 | 11.1: Sam Curran to Devdutt Padikkal, A short ball, outside off, Devdutt Padikkal slaps it towards deep point for a single. |
| 4 | 10.7 | 10.6: Ravindra Jadeja to Virat Kohli, FOUR! Kohli's had a look at Jadeja for a couple of overs, and has now just taken him to the cleaners. Tossed up, fuller and outside off, Kohli advances and swats it flat over covers for a boundary to end the over. 17 off it! |
| 4 | 10.6 | 10.5: Ravindra Jadeja to Virat Kohli, FOUR! FIFTY up for Kohli with a smashing shot! Fractionally short and a bit outside off, Virat Kohli is onto it in a flash and slaps the ball away just behind point for a boundary. A 62nd IPL half century for Kohli, simply staggering! 7th this season alone! |
| 1 | 10.5 | 10.4: Ravindra Jadeja to Devdutt Padikkal, A bit more round arm from Jadeja, darted full and across off, Devdutt Padikkal reaches for it and squeezes it behind point for one. |
| 0 | 10.4 | 10.3: Ravindra Jadeja to Devdutt Padikkal, Short and wide outside off, Devdutt Padikkal cuts hard but finds backward point. |
| 0 | 10.3 | 10.3: Ravindra Jadeja to Devdutt Padikkal, WIDE. Fired well outside off, left alone. |
| 1 | 10.2 | 10.2: Ravindra Jadeja to Virat Kohli, Flatter, around off, Kohli hangs back and dabs it towards short third for a single. Moves to 49. |
| 6 | 10.1 | 10.1: Ravindra Jadeja to Virat Kohli, SIX! WHAM! Fractionally flighted, outside off, Virat Kohli gets down on a knee and mows a slog sweep. There isn't much elevation, but the ball travels like a rocket, clearing mid-wicket! Six number 5 for Kohli tonight! |
| 0 | 9.6 | 9.6: Matheesha Pathirana to Devdutt Padikkal, Around off, full, Devdutt Padikkal looks to block, but the ball rolls off the thick outside edge to short third. |
| 0 | 9.5 | 9.5: Matheesha Pathirana to Jacob Bethell, OUT! IN THE AIR AND GONE! CAUGHT! The wicket will be registered in Pathirana's wicket column, but it is that man, Dewald Brevis who takes a screamer of a catch! Finally, CSK get their first breakthrough! He bowls it into the deck, on the stumps, Jacob Bethell pulls it but the timing is not that perfect on it. Goes through the shot aerially and behind square leg. Dewald Brevis stationed at deep square leg, initially misjudges the ball and takes a few steps back, but eventually sprints forward a few yards, and dives to scoop the ball before the grass with a slide.He almost plugs his left elbow on the ground, but shows good awareness to land on the back. Jacob Bethell departs for an impressive 55 off just 33 balls, and RCB are 97/1. |
| 1 | 9.4 | 9.4: Matheesha Pathirana to Virat Kohli, Attacks the stumps, full and at 127.1 kph, Virat Kohli heaves it across to deep square leg. Another single. |
| 1 | 9.3 | 9.3: Matheesha Pathirana to Jacob Bethell, Angled across off, on a fullish length, at 141.2 kph, Jacob Bethell reaches for it and works it to deep point for a single. |
| 0 | 9.2 | 9.2: Matheesha Pathirana to Jacob Bethell, Almost a half-tracker, around off, Jacob Bethell leans back and goes for the pull shot, but inside edges it onto the front pad. |
| 1 | 9.1 | 9.1: Matheesha Pathirana to Virat Kohli, Matheesha Pathirana begins with a length delivery, on off, Virat Kohli turns it away to deep square leg for a single. |
| 0 | 8.6 | 8.6: Ravindra Jadeja to Jacob Bethell, Length-delivery, drifting onto the stumps, Jacob Bethell looks to work across the line but gets an inside edge on the front pad. 7 off Jadeja's second over. 21 from the last two for RCB. |
| 1 | 8.5 | 8.5: Ravindra Jadeja to Virat Kohli, Pushed through, fuller and on the stumps, Virat Kohli lunges forward with a huge stride and clips it to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 0 | 8.4 | 8.4: Ravindra Jadeja to Virat Kohli, Nagging length, on off, punched into the off side. |
| 1 | 8.3 | 8.3: Ravindra Jadeja to Jacob Bethell, Bethell manages a run even on that! Darted on a length, around off, Jacob Bethell looks to pull but gets a thick inside edge onto his pads. The ball rolls to the vacant point region and even though MS Dhoni hares after it, the batters cross each other quickly for a run. |
| 4 | 8.2 | 8.2: Ravindra Jadeja to Jacob Bethell, FOUR! MAIDEN IPL FIFTY FOR JACOB BETHELL! Quicker and fuller, just around off, Jacob Bethell reads the length early and switches his stance, and just scoops it over short third for a boundary. A fifty off just 28 balls and he is looking in complete control. |
| 1 | 8.1 | 8.1: Ravindra Jadeja to Virat Kohli, Flat, quick, on middle and leg, Virat Kohli knocks it down to long on for a single. |
| 1 | 7.6 | 7.6: Sam Curran to Virat Kohli, Had to hurry! A bumper from Curran, on top of the stumps, Virat Kohli pulls it wide of mid-wicket and steals a quick single. There was a bit of a yes and no between the batters, but they manage to cross over. |
| 6 | 7.5 | 7.5: Sam Curran to Virat Kohli, SIX! CRACKING STROKE! A pace-off delivery, on middle and leg, Virat Kohli stands deep in the crease and just whips it over deep square leg for a six. |
| 1 | 7.4 | 7.4: Sam Curran to Jacob Bethell, Bowls it wide outside off, on a yard behind fuller length, Jacob Bethell expands his arms and hits it to deep backward point for a single. |
| 1 | 7.3 | 7.3: Sam Curran to Virat Kohli, A slower ball, on the nagging length, around leg, Virat Kohli punches it wide of mid off for a quick single. |
| 1 | 7.2 | 7.2: Sam Curran to Jacob Bethell, Goes full on off, Jacob Bethell presses forward and taps it through point for a single. |
| 4 | 7.1 | 7.1: Sam Curran to Jacob Bethell, FOUR! Englishman to Englishman and the batter begins with a bang! Back of a length, outside off, too much width, Jacob Bethell waits for it and just cuts it behind square at deep backward point for a boundary. |
| 0 | 6.6 | 6.6: Ravindra Jadeja to Virat Kohli, Darts it on the shortish length, around leg, Virat Kohli works it across to short mid-wicket. A tidy over from Jadeja. Just 2 off it. Also, the best over for CSK so far. |
| 0 | 6.5 | 6.5: Ravindra Jadeja to Virat Kohli, Quick, flat, and short, around middle, with some extra bounce. Kohli rocks back and creates room and looks to play the square cut. Gets beaten by the pace and bounce. |
| 0 | 6.4 | 6.4: Ravindra Jadeja to Virat Kohli, Back to around the stumps. An in-drifter, quick and full, at 103.5 kph, on leg, Virat Kohli gets a bit of an outside edge and it rolls to short third. |
| 1 | 6.3 | 6.3: Ravindra Jadeja to Jacob Bethell, Over the stumps to the left-hander. Short and outside off, cut away off the back foot to deep point for another run. |
| 1 | 6.2 | 6.2: Ravindra Jadeja to Virat Kohli, Floated fuller, around off, Kohli leans into it and drives with the spin, to long off for a single. |
| 0 | 6.1 | 6.1: Ravindra Jadeja to Virat Kohli, Around the stumps, some spin, on a length, around off, turning away as it lands on the seam. Virat Kohli rocks back and tries to punch on the off side, but is beaten. |
| 1 | 5.6 | 5.6: Anshul Kamboj to Virat Kohli, Kamboj goes fuller, and on the leg stump line, Virat Kohli clips it along the ground for a single at deep mid-wicket. 11 off the over, and Royal Challengers Bengaluru end their Powerplay on 71/0. |
| 0 | 5.5 | 5.5: Anshul Kamboj to Virat Kohli, Swing and a miss! Bowls to Kohli's vulnerability, does Kamboj, well outside off, on a length, inviting him for the shot, Virat Kohli does that, goes for a booming off drive, but gets beaten. |
| 0 | 5.4 | 5.4: Anshul Kamboj to Virat Kohli, Finds the fielder, but that was traveling! Fuller in length, around off, Virat Kohli dances down the track and slaps it to the left of cover. Noor Ahmad there makes a good stop. |
| 0 | 5.3 | 5.3: Anshul Kamboj to Virat Kohli, A rare, rare dot delivery! On the back of a length, angling onto the pads, Virat Kohli looks to work across off the back foot, but gets rapped on the front thigh pad. |
| 4 | 5.2 | 5.2: Anshul Kamboj to Virat Kohli, FOUR! As if these two batters are not seeing any fielders on the park! What a start this has been for RCB! Bit too full, on the leg stump, Virat Kohli charges down the track and times the on drive, to the left of the diving mid on fielder for a boundary. |
| 6 | 5.1 | 5.1: Anshul Kamboj to Virat Kohli, SIX! Poor bowling this, and it goes the distance! A marginal stray in line, on the pads, on a fuller length, Virat Kohli with a perfectly balanced stance, flicks it aerially over deep backward square leg for a six. |
| 4 | 4.6 | 4.6: Noor Ahmad to Jacob Bethell, FOUR! That's pretty ordinary bowling and Jacob Bethell has now raced into the 40s. A juicy full toss, outside off, Bethell leans into the shot a bit and hammers it through the gap at covers for a boundary. |
| 0 | 4.5 | 4.5: Noor Ahmad to Jacob Bethell, Fuller in length, sliding back into the batter, Bethell looks to drive but gets it off the inner half of the blade to mid-wicket. |
| 6 | 4.4 | 4.4: Noor Ahmad to Jacob Bethell, SIX! That's huge! A long hop from Noor, around middle and leg. Jacob Bethell picks it up really early and rocks back before pouncing on the pull shot and powers it deep into the stands over the square leg fence. That's traveled 99 meters! |
| 4 | 4.3 | 4.3: Noor Ahmad to Jacob Bethell, FOUR! 50-RUN OPENING STAND UP! In 27 balls. Flighted, around off, Bethell gets down and mows a slog sweep. Does not quite get it off the middle of the bat, but the ball still gushes off the inner half, racing through this quick outfield and meeting the mid-wicket fence. |
| 0 | 4.2 | 4.2: Noor Ahmad to Jacob Bethell, A touch short, outside off, punched towards point this time. |
| 0 | 4.1 | 4.1: Noor Ahmad to Jacob Bethell, Tossed up, outside off, Jacob Bethell drives it straight to cover, who gets a bit of a bad bounce but manages to stop the ball with his body. |
| 4 | 3.6 | 3.6: Anshul Kamboj to Virat Kohli, FOUR! Thrashed away! Short of a length and outside off, Virat Kohli stays upright and just spanks the ball away in front of square, in between point and covers and picks up yet another boundary. |
| 1 | 3.5 | 3.5: Anshul Kamboj to Jacob Bethell, Uh, oh! A DROPPED catch and a hefty collision as well! Kamboj hurls it in on a hard length around off as Jacob Bethell looks to lean back and pull. The ball flies up off the top edge and goes over the backward point region. Ravindra Jadeja chases after it from short third as Matheesha Pathirana comes charging in from deep backward point. Jadeja has the ball in his grasp but he ends up running into Pathirana and that impact makes the ball pop out of his hands. A single taken and Pathirana is down on the deck, hopefully, he is fine. Bethell seems to have the stroke of luck today. |
| 1 | 3.4 | 3.4: Anshul Kamboj to Virat Kohli, Drop and run! This is what Kohli does better than almost anyone else. Hard-length delivery, around the top of off, Kohli just pats it down gently in front of square on the off side and picks up a quick run. |
| 0 | 3.3 | 3.3: Anshul Kamboj to Virat Kohli, A bit of a rash and an odd shot. Out of nowhere, Virat Kohli jumps down the track and has a slash at a length ball, only to miss. |
| 1 | 3.2 | 3.2: Anshul Kamboj to Jacob Bethell, UPPISH, SAFE! Another slice of luck for the Englishman. On a length, around off, angling away, Bethell looks to punch but the ball suddenly extracts steep bounce and hits the splice of the bat. Flies in the air but goes wide of a diving Dewald Brevis at backward point, to his right. A single taken. |
| 4 | 3.1 | 3.1: Anshul Kamboj to Jacob Bethell, FOUR! BEAUTY! Only slightly overpitched, but the error has to be minimal on this deck. Around middle and leg, Jacob Bethell punches it straight back past the bowler, through mid on, for a boundary. |
| 6 | 2.6 | 2.6: Khaleel Ahmed to Virat Kohli, SIX! That's bread and butter for Kohli and Khaleel Ahmed has gone for 32 in his first 2 overs! Very full but drifting onto the pads, Kohli picks it up and flicks it just behind square on the leg side for another effortless six. 19 off the over! |
| 6 | 2.5 | 2.5: Khaleel Ahmed to Virat Kohli, SIX! BANG! An attempted bumper now, over middle and this one comes in at an awkward height as well, right around the badge. Virat Kohli swivels and gets on top of the bounce, pulling it deep into the stands over fine leg for a six. That was made to look too easy! |
| 1 | 2.4 | 2.4: Khaleel Ahmed to Jacob Bethell, Slashed away! Short and wide from Khaleel, Bethell reaches for it and goes hard at the cut, mistiming it towards deep backward point for only a single. |
| 0 | 2.3 | 2.3: Khaleel Ahmed to Jacob Bethell, Good comeback by the bowler. The length is held back slightly, outside off, not much width, Jacob looks to punch but misses. Nearly gets an outside edge behind. |
| 6 | 2.2 | 2.2: Khaleel Ahmed to Jacob Bethell, SIX! WHACK! Fractionally short, outside off, Bethell latches onto the width, goes back and pulls it with aplomb over mid-wicket! First six of the night. |
| 0 | 2.1 | 2.1: Khaleel Ahmed to Jacob Bethell, Around off, on a length, Jacob Bethell watchfully pushes this towards cover-point. |
| 0 | 1.6 | 1.6: Anshul Kamboj to Virat Kohli, Tidy start from Kamboj! Back of a length and around the fourth stump line, Kohli gets up on his toes and plays it down with an angled bat towards backward point. Just 3 singles off that over! |
| 1 | 1.5 | 1.5: Anshul Kamboj to Jacob Bethell, High on the bat but gets away with it, does Bethell! Kamboj bangs this one in on a hard length over middle and leg and gets it to hurry the batter. Bethell leans back to pull but miscues it uppishly and well wide of the square leg fielder for a single. |
| 1 | 1.4 | 1.4: Anshul Kamboj to Virat Kohli, Off the mark right away! On a good length and in the channel, Kohli gets forward nicely and just punches it ball down in front of covers before easing across to the other end. |
| 1 | 1.3 | 1.3: Anshul Kamboj to Jacob Bethell, Good call for the single. On a length, around off, Jacob pushes it slightly wide of mid off, to his right and calls Kohli through for a quick single, much to the cheers of the crowd. |
| 0 | 1.2 | 1.2: Anshul Kamboj to Jacob Bethell, Full and straight, this time Bethell covers the line and movement, walks down a touch and defends it back down the track. |
| 0 | 1.1 | 1.1: Anshul Kamboj to Jacob Bethell, Good start from Kamboj too. On a length, around middle and off, hint of nibble away, Jacob Bethell feels for the ball, probably aiming to guide it to deep third, but misses. Lack of footwork. |
| 1 | 0.6 | 0.6: Khaleel Ahmed to Jacob Bethell, A single to end but 13 off the first over of the game! Good length around off, angling back in, Bethell looks to work it away but gets squared up and nudges it off the leading edge behind point for a single. |
| 4 | 0.5 | 0.5: Khaleel Ahmed to Jacob Bethell, FOUR! Bethell is in a punishing mood! Overpitched from Khaleel this time, slightly outside off as well. This one doesn't swing and Jacob Bethell is able to just drive on the up, past point and to the left of Matheesha Pathirana at deep third this time to make it a hattrick of boundaries. |
| 4 | 0.4 | 0.4: Khaleel Ahmed to Jacob Bethell, FOUR! A deft touch after some brute force and Bethell is up and running now. Back of a length and on a tight line around off, Jacob Bethell presses back and just guides it down past first slip and beats the deep third fielder to his right for another boundary. |
| 4 | 0.3 | 0.3: Khaleel Ahmed to Jacob Bethell, FOUR! WALLOP! Bad ball, short and wide outside off, Jacob Bethell latches onto the room and slaps it through point for the first boundary of the game. Gets himself and the team up and running. |
| 0 | 0.2 | 0.2: Khaleel Ahmed to Jacob Bethell, This one comes in off the deck, Bethell pushes it towards point. |
| 0 | 0.1 | 0.1: Khaleel Ahmed to Jacob Bethell, Wow. What a start. A beauty if you are a new-ball bowler. You eat a banana for nutrition. And here, the very first ball has swung like a banana. Excellent landing of the delivery, targetting the angle with the lateral movement from over the wicket, targetting the middle stump, but full credit to Bethell too, as he defends it watchfully towards mid off. |
| 1 | 19.7 | 19.6: Yash Dayal to Shivam Dube, Yash Dayal has done it for RCB! A low full toss, around middle, Dube can only hit it towards wide long on and it will just be a single! ROYAL CHALLENGERS BENGALURU WIN BY 2 RUNS! |
| 1 | 19.6 | 19.5: Yash Dayal to Ravindra Jadeja, Excellent yorker, on middle, Ravindra Jadeja swings hard but gets a thick inside edge onto his pads. The ball rolls towards cover and a single is taken. |
| 1 | 19.5 | 19.4: Yash Dayal to Shivam Dube, A full toss, on the Free Hit, Dube pummels this to long off for a single. 5 needed from 2. |
| 6 | 19.4 | 19.4: Yash Dayal to Shivam Dube, NO BALL, SIX! The game swings again! A high full toss, around middle, Shivam Dube pulls it mercilessly over deep mid-wicket. He immediately looks at the square leg umpire but gets no signal. Immediately, signals for the review for the no ball and technology supports him! Well above the waist! 6 needed from 3 now, with a Free Hit to boot! |
| 0 | 19.3 | 19.3: Yash Dayal to MS Dhoni, OUT! LBW! That's a big strike but Dhoni has reviewed. Bat involved? No, as per UltraEdge. And three reds on Ball Tracking! Crucial strike by Dayal. It is not only a wicket but it is a dot ball, which means Jadeja will be off strike. A full toss, Dhoni swung but missed and was hit on the pads. It always looked dead and the umpire took little time in raising his finger. Dhoni took the review, probably more in hope. But not to be. He departs for 12 (8) and Chennai Super Kings are 201/5, needing 13 from 3 balls! |
| 1 | 19.2 | 19.2: Yash Dayal to Ravindra Jadeja, Another full toss aimed at the off stump. Ravindra Jadeja swings across the line but finds the fielder at deep mid-wicket. So far, so good from Dayal. Just two singles off the first two balls. |
| 1 | 19.1 | 19.1: Yash Dayal to MS Dhoni, A low full toss on middle and leg. Dhoni does not get under this and only hits it along the ground to long on. Just a single. |
| 1 | 18.6 | 18.6: Bhuvneshwar Kumar to MS Dhoni, Low full toss angling into off. Dhoni drags it towards deep midwicket. Just a single and CSK need 15 off the last over. |
| 6 | 18.5 | 18.5: Bhuvneshwar Kumar to MS Dhoni, SIX! INTO THE WHEELHOUSE AND DHONI DEPOSITS IT INTO THE STANDS! A much-needed strike for CSK! Around off, on a good length, sits up well for MSD and he just swings hard at it. Launches it behind deep cover for a massive six. |
| 1 | 18.4 | 18.4: Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Ravindra Jadeja, Excellent stuff this from Bhuvi! Using all his experience here! An attempted yorker around off, Jadeja can only power it down to long off for a single. |
| 1 | 18.3 | 18.3: Bhuvneshwar Kumar to MS Dhoni, A low full toss, on off, MS Dhoni swings with all his might and heaves along the ground to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 1 | 18.2 | 18.2: Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Ravindra Jadeja, An appeal for LBW, but not given. Full toss on the stumps, Ravindra Jadeja swings across the line and gets a thick inside edge onto the front pad. The ball rolls near the strip and they take a single. |
| 4 | 18.1 | 18.1: Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Ravindra Jadeja, DROPPED, FOUR! Out of all people, Virat Kohli is the culprit! Couldn't have come at a better height for Kohli there. A superb start to this over for CSK! Full and around off, Ravindra Jadeja picks it up and airs to long on, where Virat Kohli runs across to his right from long on and just loses the ball in the lights and lets the ball through to the fence. |
| 1 | 17.6 | 17.6: Suyash Sharma to Ravindra Jadeja, What a brilliant over! Fuller, on middle, Ravindra flicks it straight to wide long on and it will be just a single. Just 6 from the 18th over but overall, a sad day for Suyash Sharma, who finishes with figures of 4-0-43-0. |
| 2 | 17.5 | 17.5: Suyash Sharma to Ravindra Jadeja, Did that carry? Pace off this time, short in length, outside off, Jadeja swings hard for the pull but miscues it. The ball flies off the top edge but does not quite carry to Tim David charging across from long off to his right. He dives but the ball lands just in front. Two runs taken. |
| 1 | 17.4 | 17.4: Suyash Sharma to MS Dhoni, Beautifully bowled. Sees Dhoni charge out and fires it outside off, short in length. Dhoni is forced to adjust and punches it through cover for one. |
| 1 | 17.3 | 17.3: Suyash Sharma to Ravindra Jadeja, Outside off, another long off, hit down to long off for a run. |
| 0 | 17.2 | 17.2: Suyash Sharma to Ravindra Jadeja, Another googly, short in length, Ravindra Jadeja looks to pull but mistimes it back to the bowler, on the bounce. |
| 1 | 17.1 | 17.1: Suyash Sharma to MS Dhoni, Short, outside off, the googly, MS Dhoni punches it through the covers for a single. |
| 0 | 16.6 | 16.6: Lungi Ngidi to Ravindra Jadeja, Lovely ball. A slower one, on a length, outside off, Ravindra gets down to sweep but misses. What an over - 2 wickets, 2 singles and a six - Lungi Ngidi finishes with figures of 4-0-30-3. |
| 6 | 16.5 | 16.5: Lungi Ngidi to Ravindra Jadeja, SIX! BELLIGERENT! That is a 109-metre monster! A full toss, on middle, Ravindra Jadeja swings this into orbit over mid-wicket! |
| 1 | 16.4 | 16.4: Lungi Ngidi to MS Dhoni, Full, down the leg side, MS Dhoni flicks it uppishly and it lands just in front of short fine leg. A single taken. |
| 0 | 16.3 | 16.3: Lungi Ngidi to Dewald Brevis, OUT! LBW! Controversy at the Chinnaswamy and Ngidi has 2 in 2! A full toss, dipping onto the batter, Dewald Brevis is not quite ready to face it and misses the ball, getting hit on the pads. Ngidi appeals and the finger goes up. Now, the batters take a single while the bowler was appealing and then, Brevis has a chat with Jadeja, regarding the review. He decides to take it, but umpire Nitin Menon informs him that the clock for the review timer has run out! Apparently, Brevis chose to discuss after completing the single while the clock started to tick once the umpire gave it out. Ball Tracking shows it to be MISSING LEG STUMP! What a waste of a wicket! |
| 0 | 16.2 | 16.2: Lungi Ngidi to Ayush Mhatre, OUT! CAUGHT! CSK will have to wait for a centurion this season. End of a wonderful knock though. A slower-ball bouncer, around off, Ayush Mhatre goes for the pull but the extra bounce does him in. He miscues it off the top portion of the bat and Krunal Pandya takes it calmly at deep mid-wicket. The 114-run stand is broken and Mhatre departs for 94 (48) - the highest score by a CSK batter this season. Chennai Super Kings are 172/3 and need another 42 from 22 balls! |
| 1 | 16.1 | 16.1: Lungi Ngidi to Ravindra Jadeja, Around off, swung towards deep mid-wicket. The ball goes on the bounce to the fielder. A single taken. |
| 1 | 15.6 | 15.6: Yash Dayal to Ravindra Jadeja, DROPPED! This is going from bad to worse for the home side. A slower-ball bouncer, around leg stump, going well above the head, Ravindra Jadeja waits and waits and waits before deciding to go after the pull. He miscues it, with the ball going off the top portion of the bat. Lungi Ngidi is stationed exactly for that shot and the ball goes straight to him and he takes the catch, before shelling it down! And to rub salt into the injury wounds for his side, Ngidi smiles while Dayal is not the least bit impressed. Single taken. |
| 4 | 15.5 | 15.5: Yash Dayal to Ravindra Jadeja, FOUR! BANG! A length ball, around middle, Jadeja hits this straight back over the bowler for a boundary down the ground! |
| 1 | 15.4 | 15.4: Yash Dayal to Ayush Mhatre, Outside off, creamed through the covers for a run. |
| 2 | 15.3 | 15.3: Yash Dayal to Ayush Mhatre, DROPPED! Is that the match put down? A slower ball, on a length, around off, Ayush Mhatre throws his bat at it but ends up slicing the ball. It goes over cover and Rajat Patidar does well to keep his eyes on it while running back. He does well till the final moment, where he dives and tries to take the catch but the ball does not stick! Two more runs to the total. |
| 1 | 15.2 | 15.2: Yash Dayal to Ravindra Jadeja, Short and wide outside off, Jadeja blasts it away but straight to deep point. Yells in frustration after missing out on that ball. |
| 2 | 15.1 | 15.1: Yash Dayal to Ravindra Jadeja, Excellent fielding by Romario Shepherd! A low full toss, around off, Ravindra Jadeja swings it through mid-wicket. The ball races towards the ropes but Shepherd charges to his left from wide long on and dives towards the ball, parrying it to deep mid-wicket. Keeps the batters to a couple. |
| 6 | 14.6 | 14.6: Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Ayush Mhatre, SIX! Bhuvi cannot end the over well! The first 5 balls went for just 4. However, on the last ball, Bhuvi dishes out a half volley, wide outside off. Ayush Mhatre reaches out and carves it over extra cover! Mhatre moves to 91 (45) and this is now the HIGHEST SCORE BY A CSK BATTER THIS SEASON! Also, this beings up the 100-RUN STAND! |
| 1 | 14.5 | 14.5: Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Ravindra Jadeja, 50 FOR JADEJA! In 29 balls. His second this season and just the 5th in the whole of IPL. The sword celebration comes out. He gets there with a swing towards long on. |
| 1 | 14.4 | 14.4: Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Ayush Mhatre, Outside off, punched through cover for one more. |
| 1 | 14.3 | 14.3: Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Ravindra Jadeja, Outside off, pretty full, Jadeja opens the face of his bat and steers it through point. Krunal Pandya hares to his right from sweeper cover and sweeps it off. A run taken. |
| 0 | 14.2 | 14.2: Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Ravindra Jadeja, Perfect yorker, on middle and leg, Ravindra Jadeja can only dig it back to the bowler who stops it to his left. |
| 1 | 14.1 | 14.1: Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Ayush Mhatre, Full, outside off, Ayush Mhatre strikes this crisply, but straight to Tim David at long off. It goes on the bounce. A single taken. |
| 2 | 13.6 | 13.6: Lungi Ngidi to Ravindra Jadeja, Excellent running again! Slower ball, just short of full, on the pads, Ravindra is early into his defensive push and ends up chipping it into space near mid on. There is no one present in that position and by the time long on can get to the ball, Jadeja hares back for the second! 150 UP FOR CSK. 64 needed from 36 balls. 10 from the over, 23 in the last 2! |
| 4 | 13.5 | 13.5: Lungi Ngidi to Ravindra Jadeja, FOUR! Much-needed boundary for CSK! Ngidi targets the yorker but misses his length, trying to follow the batter down the leg side. It is a low full toss and Jadeja tickles it to the fine leg fence. 66 more needed from 37 balls. The stand moves to 90 (49). |
| 1 | 13.4 | 13.4: Lungi Ngidi to Ayush Mhatre, Around off, pace off, a full toss, swung towards deep mid-wicket for another single. |
| 1 | 13.3 | 13.3: Lungi Ngidi to Ravindra Jadeja, Fuller, around off, Ravindra Jadeja punches this down the ground. Rajat Patidar gets across to his left from wide mid off and keeps the batters to one. |
| 1 | 13.2 | 13.2: Lungi Ngidi to Ayush Mhatre, Outside off, driven towards long off for a run. |
| 1 | 13.1 | 13.1: Lungi Ngidi to Ravindra Jadeja, Ahhh... Ngidi senses that Jadeja is going to scoop and fires it in the blockhole. However, Jadeja manages to dig it to the off side and takes a quick single. |
| 4 | 12.6 | 12.6: Suyash Sharma to Ayush Mhatre, FOUR! Another short ball, around off, Ayush Mhatre rocks back and pulls it between long on and deep mid-wicket! 13 from the over and Suyash Sharma's figures read 3-0-37-0. Ayush Mhatre has now hit 20 fours this season, which is the most by any CSK player! |
| 0 | 12.5 | 12.5: Suyash Sharma to Ayush Mhatre, Is that a drop? Another short ball, outside off, Ayush looks to punch it over the off side but misses. It might be my ears ringing but I heard a noise. The keeper, Jitesh Sharma, could not hang on. |
| 2 | 12.4 | 12.4: Suyash Sharma to Ayush Mhatre, A quicker ball, on middle, Mhatre mistimes his shot through mid on. Excellent running by Jadeja to charge back for the second. 78 more needed from 44 balls. |
| 2 | 12.3 | 12.3: Suyash Sharma to Ayush Mhatre, A touch short, outside off, Ayush Mhatre hammers it down the ground. But Tim David covers good to his right from long off and gets there with a dive. Make a half stop and keeps the batters to a couple. |
| 1 | 12.2 | 12.2: Suyash Sharma to Ravindra Jadeja, Unlucky for Jadeja! Full, around middle, Jadeja blasts this straight back. Unfortunately for him, it hits the stumps at the other end and deflects towards long off. Just a single. Jadeja moves to 40 (22). |
| 4 | 12.1 | 12.1: Suyash Sharma to Ravindra Jadeja, FOUR! Finds the gap. Outside off, a touch short, Ravindra Jadeja punches it between short third and backward point. Finds the gap and the boundary. The stand moves to 73 (39). |
| 1 | 11.6 | 11.6: Yash Dayal to Ravindra Jadeja, Excellent fielding by Virat Kohli. Jadeja works this through wide long on and calls for two but Kohli is quick as a flash to attack the ball from the ropes. Keeps the batters to a single to ensure that this over goes for just 6. |
| 1 | 11.5 | 11.5: Yash Dayal to Ayush Mhatre, Another slower ball. Outside off, on a length, Ayush slashes hard and gets a thick outside edge. Lands well in front of Krunal Pandya at deep third. Just a single. |
| 1 | 11.4 | 11.4: Yash Dayal to Ravindra Jadeja, Around middle, Ravindra Jadeja works it through mid-wicket and takes a quick single. He turns blind for the second and comes halfway down but is sent back in time. |
| 1 | 11.3 | 11.3: Yash Dayal to Ayush Mhatre, Outside off, blasted through the covers for a single. |
| 0 | 11.2 | 11.2: Yash Dayal to Ayush Mhatre, Slower ball, outside off, on a length, Mhatre looks to slice it away but misses. |
| 2 | 11.1 | 11.1: Yash Dayal to Ayush Mhatre, A length ball, outside off, Ayush Mhatre punches it through the covers. Jacob Bethell races across to his right from deep point but overruns the ball. Misfields but manages to stop the ball from rolling beyond into the ropes. Two runs taken. Mhatre moves to 71 (33). |
| 1 | 10.6 | 10.6: Suyash Sharma to Ayush Mhatre, Excellent last ball. Slower through the air, a googly, Mhatre dabs it to short third and scampers a quick single. 15 from the over, 33 in the last 2! |
| 1 | 10.5 | 10.5: Suyash Sharma to Ravindra Jadeja, A touch short, around middle, spinning down, Ravindra works it through mid-wicket for a run. |
| 4 | 10.4 | 10.4: Suyash Sharma to Ravindra Jadeja, FOUR! Outside off, Jadeja blasts this through the covers. Rajat Patidar tries to stop it with a dive to his right at cover but the ball bursts through his hands and races towards the fence. Jadeja moves to 32 (17) with his 4th four. Much quicker than his other innings this season. This stand is now worth 61 (30). |
| 2 | 10.3 | 10.3: Suyash Sharma to Ravindra Jadeja, JUST SHORT! A touch short outside off this time, seam-up ball by Suyash, Jadeja looks to cut but gets an outside edge. The ball flies uppishly but just lands in front of the fielder at short third who dives to his left. Cannot stop it cleanly either and the batters get a couple. 99 more needed from 57 balls. |
| 6 | 10.2 | 10.2: Suyash Sharma to Ravindra Jadeja, SIX! AUDACIOUS! 50-STAND UP IN 28 BALLS. A short ball, around off, Ravindra Jadeja rocks back and pulls it over mid-wicket. Does not get much elevation but he finds the gap between deep mid-wicket and wide long on. The power takes the ball beyond the ropes as well. |
| 1 | 10.1 | 10.1: Suyash Sharma to Ayush Mhatre, Tossed up, around middle and leg, Ayush Mhatre works it down to long on for a single. |
| 1 | 9.6 | 9.6: Romario Shepherd to Ayush Mhatre, A short ball, outside off, Ayush throws his bat at it and gets a thick outside edge, which flies down to Yash Dayal at deep third. He fumbles but the batters are happy with the single. 18 from Shepherd's opening over! |
| 4 | 9.5 | 9.5: Romario Shepherd to Ayush Mhatre, FOUR! 17 from the over and it is not all about slogging! A length ball again, outside off, this time Mhatre stands deep in his crease and punches it between mid off and cover! 109 more needed from 61 balls. |
| 6 | 9.4 | 9.4: Romario Shepherd to Ayush Mhatre, SIX! Boy, is Shepherd getting a taste of his own medicine? 100 UP FOR CSK and what a way to bring it up! A length ball, around off, Ayush Mhatre picks it up in a trice and swings it cleanly and mammothly over mid-wicket! Moves to 62 (28), with his 4th six. This stand is now worth 43 (24). |
| 0 | 9.3 | 9.3: Romario Shepherd to Ayush Mhatre, Slower ball, on a length, around off, Mhatre defends it towards cover. |
| 6 | 9.2 | 9.2: Romario Shepherd to Ayush Mhatre, SIX! ADMONISHED! A short ball, around middle and leg, Ayush Mhatre gets inside the line, and pulls it over long leg, bringing his wrists in play. 119 more needed from 64 balls. |
| 1 | 9.1 | 9.1: Romario Shepherd to Ravindra Jadeja, A short ball, around middle and leg, Ravindra Jadeja pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 1 | 8.6 | 8.6: Suyash Sharma to Ravindra Jadeja, Length, flat and around off, cut away through cover-point for a single. |
| 1 | 8.5 | 8.5: Suyash Sharma to Ayush Mhatre, FIFTY FOR AYUSH MHATRE! The march of India's young talent relentlessly continues in the IPL! What makes this fifty more special is that it has come off in just 25 balls, at a strike rate of 200. He also becomes the third youngest batter in the IPL to get to fifty! Drifting into the leg stump, on a fullish length, Ayush Mhatre tucks it across, between mid on and mid-wicket for a single. |
| 1 | 8.4 | 8.4: Suyash Sharma to Ravindra Jadeja, Bowled from a wider angle, a googly, outside off, Jadeja taps the ball to the cover-point region for a single. |
| 4 | 8.3 | 8.3: Suyash Sharma to Ravindra Jadeja, FOUR! PULLED AWAY INTO THE GAP! A bit too short and spinning into the batter, around off, Ravindra Jadeja goes deep in the crease and pulls it over square leg for a cracking boundary. |
| 1 | 8.2 | 8.2: Suyash Sharma to Ayush Mhatre, Over the stumps to Mhatre. A googly, on top of middle, Ayush Mhatre stands tall and punches it down the ground for a single. Moves to 49, does Mhatre! |
| 1 | 8.1 | 8.1: Suyash Sharma to Ravindra Jadeja, Around the stumps, slow and on a length, outside off, Ravindra Jadeja lets it come and cuts it behind cover for a single. |
| 1 | 7.6 | 7.6: Lungi Ngidi to Ravindra Jadeja, Slows it up, on the middle stump, Ravindra Jadeja is take aback by the pace off but does well to gently push away to the left of mid off for a single. 11 off this over. |
| 4 | 7.5 | 7.5: Lungi Ngidi to Ravindra Jadeja, FOUR! TOP SHOT! Spears it in, on a length, and across middle, Ravindra Jadeja makes room for himself and cuts it past the diving backward point fielder to his right for a boundary. |
| 1 | 7.4 | 7.4: Lungi Ngidi to Ayush Mhatre, Another pace-pff delivery, outside off, full in length, Ayush Mhatre goes for a booming shot down the ground, but slices it off the bat, over cover. The ball lands between three fielders and the converging deep cover mops it up. A single taken. |
| 1 | 7.3 | 7.3: Lungi Ngidi to Ravindra Jadeja, Pace off, on middle and fuller, Ravindra Jadeja steers it beside the pitch into the leg side and calls for a single. Mhatre is quick to respond and gets home safely before the direct hit at the batter's end. |
| 0 | 7.2 | 7.2: Lungi Ngidi to Ravindra Jadeja, Hard length, around the leg stump, worked across to short mid-wicket. Jadeja initially takes a few steps for the run, but Krunal does well to dive and stop to his right. Ayush Mhatre retreats and gets home as Krunal misses to hit the stumps at the bowling end. |
| 4 | 7.1 | 7.1: Lungi Ngidi to Ravindra Jadeja, EDGED, FOUR! Bowls it on a length, across off, Ravindra Jadeja backs away and tries to smash to the off side, but gets a thick outside edge and it bounces off the grass and beats Bhuvneshwar Kumar's dive to his right, at deep third for a boundary. |
| 6 | 6.6 | 6.6: Krunal Pandya to Ayush Mhatre, SIX! More of a top edge but young Mhatre won't mind one bit! That signature short delivery from Krunal, on the leg stump. Sits up nicely for the batter. Ayush Mhatre swivels and just powers it behind deep fine leg for a six. He moves onto 47 off just 22 balls. CSK now need 146 more runs to win off 78 balls remaining. |
| 1 | 6.5 | 6.5: Krunal Pandya to Ravindra Jadeja, Length ball, on the pads, worked across to deep square leg for a single. |
| 1 | 6.4 | 6.4: Krunal Pandya to Ayush Mhatre, Flat and full, at 102.8 kph, Ayush Mhatre smashes it straight down the ground for just a single as long on cuts it off. A huge cheer from the crowd and no second thoughts, it's Virat Kohli who shows alertness there. |
| 1 | 6.3 | 6.3: Krunal Pandya to Ravindra Jadeja, Into the pitch, on a length, on off, Ravindra Jadeja guides off the back foot to the right of cover for a single. |
| 1 | 6.2 | 6.2: Krunal Pandya to Ayush Mhatre, At just 89.8 kph, fuller and on middle, Ayush Mhatre sweeps it to deep square leg for a single. |
| 0 | 6.1 | 6.1: Krunal Pandya to Ayush Mhatre, Nice and full, on off, pushed to cover. |
| 0 | 5.6 | 5.6: Lungi Ngidi to Ravindra Jadeja, Angles it across off, full in length, Ravindra Jadeja leans on it and drives it straight to the cover fielder. This has been an excellent comeback from RCB. Just one off this over, 9 off the last two. Chennai Super Kings end their Powerplay at 58/2, versus RCB's 71/0. |
| 0 | 5.5 | 5.5: Lungi Ngidi to Ravindra Jadeja, Good-length delivery, on the leg stump, Ravindra Jadeja works across to the square leg region. |
| 0 | 5.4 | 5.4: Lungi Ngidi to Sam Curran, OUT! IN THE AIR AND CAUGHT BEHIND! A great entry for Lungi Ngidi in the bowling attack. 88 in the last game, and just a run-a-ball 5 for Sam Curran this time around. He continues to bowl that heavy ball, on a nagging length, around top of middle and off, Sam Curran positions himself to play the pull shot in the air, but the ball bounces a bit more off the deck and hence, takes the top edge of the blade. Swirls up in the night sky, behind the wickets. Jitesh Sharma stations himself under the ball, calls for the catch and snaffles it easily. CSK are reduced to 58/2. |
| 0 | 5.3 | 5.3: Lungi Ngidi to Sam Curran, Banged in shorter and on middle, at 133.8 kph, Sam Curran gets on the toes and tucks it across to mid-wicket. Denies for a single. |
| 0 | 5.2 | 5.2: Lungi Ngidi to Sam Curran, Pitched around the leg stump, on a length, Sam Curran gets right behind it and blocks it off. |
| 1 | 5.1 | 5.1: Lungi Ngidi to Ayush Mhatre, Pitched wide of off, on a fuller length, Ayush Mhatre expands his arms and lofts it over cover for a single. A slight fumble from the fielder in the deep, but the ball stays within his vicinity. |
| 1 | 4.6 | 4.6: Krunal Pandya to Ayush Mhatre, Drifting into the batter, on the leg stump, Ayush Mhatre works it off the back foot to the leg side for a single. A decent over from Krunal. Just 8 off it along with the wicket of Rasheed. |
| 1 | 4.5 | 4.5: Krunal Pandya to Sam Curran, Short length again, around the pads, Curran nudges it to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 4 | 4.4 | 4.4: Krunal Pandya to Sam Curran, FOUR! Curran continues from where he left off in his last game! Short and on off, Sam Curran pounces on it and smashes the pull shot between long on and deep mid-wicket for a cracking boundary. |
| 0 | 4.3 | 4.3: Krunal Pandya to Shaik Rasheed, OUT! HIT FLAT AND TAKEN! You just cannot keep Romario Shepherd out of this game! And it has bee a dream run for Krunal Pandya with the ball as he breaks the opening stand. Fires in a yorker, wide of off, Shaik Rasheed tries to carve it over the backward point fielder, but doesn't get the bat properly under the ball, and also one hand comes off the bat, and he just hits it flat over the fielder at backward point. Romario Shepherd takes a fine catch over his head. Shaik Rasheed departs for 14 (11). |
| 1 | 4.2 | 4.2: Krunal Pandya to Ayush Mhatre, Slows it up, full and around off, Ayush Mhatre checks his cover drive to the off side for a single. |
| 1 | 4.1 | 4.1: Krunal Pandya to Shaik Rasheed, Into the stumps, on a length, Shaik Rasheed hangs back and tucks it to mid-wicket for a quick single. The 50 is up for CSK in 4.2 overs only! |
| 4 | 3.6 | 3.6: Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Ayush Mhatre, FOUR! 26 OFF THE OVER! Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowls around off, on a length, Ayush Mhatre half-blocks it and opens the bat face late, to guide the ball between backward point and short third for a boundary. This is by far the best start for CSK this season. |
| 4 | 3.5 | 3.5: Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Ayush Mhatre, FOUR! MORE RUNS! What a start this has been for the young Mhatre after initially struggling to find the middle! Angling on the leg stump line, on a good length, Ayush Mhatre stays leg side, gives himself a bit of room and powers it through covers for a cracking boundary. |
| 6 | 3.4 | 3.4: Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Ayush Mhatre, SIX! WOW, THAT IS A BRILLIANT SHOT! Bhuvi pulls the length back now, a knuckleball, on off, Ayush Mhatre stands tall, waits for it to come at him, and pulls it nonchalantly behind long on for a six. |
| 4 | 3.3 | 3.3: Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Ayush Mhatre, FOUR! PUNISHED! A low full toss, on middle and leg, Ayush Mhatre just bludgeons it past the left of mid on for a cracking boundary. |
| 4 | 3.2 | 3.2: Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Ayush Mhatre, FOUR! And again! In full control this time! Pitched right up, full in length, on off, Ayush Mhatre clears the front leg again and smashes it down the ground for a boundary. |
| 4 | 3.1 | 3.1: Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Ayush Mhatre, FOUR! AUDACIOUS! Back of a length, around off, Ayush Mhatre clears the front leg and strokes it straight behind the bowler for a cracking boundary. |
| 6 | 2.6 | 2.6: Yash Dayal to Shaik Rasheed, SIX! Even better and goes the distance! Another one that is pitched down the leg side, on a shorter length, Shaik Rasheed picks the length early, and pulls it aerially. Clears deep fine leg with ease for a six. 12 off Dayal's opening over. |
| 4 | 2.5 | 2.5: Yash Dayal to Shaik Rasheed, FOUR! A loosener from Dayal and he pays the price! A nothing delivery, way down the leg stump, on a length, Shaik Rasheed swivels and guides it with the pull to deep fine leg for a boundary. |
| 0 | 2.4 | 2.4: Yash Dayal to Shaik Rasheed, Pitched around the leg stump, on a hard length, at 140.2 kph, Shaik Rasheed charges forward to pull but inside edges it onto the thigh pad. |
| 1 | 2.3 | 2.3: Yash Dayal to Ayush Mhatre, Hard length, around off, Ayush Mhatre finds the ball a bit heavy on him and heaves it off the splice of the bat, behind the bowler for a single. |
| 1 | 2.2 | 2.2: Yash Dayal to Shaik Rasheed, Outside leg on a length, Shaik Rasheed pulls it aerially and on the bounce to deep backward square leg for a single. The ball lands and nips away from Bethell in the deep, but he does well to stop it. |
| 0 | 2.1 | 2.1: Yash Dayal to Shaik Rasheed, Across off on a length, Shaik Rasheed goes for a square cut, but inside edges it and the ball runs towards short third. |
| 0 | 1.6 | 1.6: Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Ayush Mhatre, An excellent over from Bhuvi. Just five off it. Back of a length, around off with a variable bounce. Ayush Mhatre miscues the pull shot, in front of mid on. |
| 0 | 1.5 | 1.5: Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Ayush Mhatre, Aims the stumps now, does Bhuvi, on a length, Ayush Mhatre stays leg side of the ball, and blocks it off. |
| 4 | 1.4 | 1.4: Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Ayush Mhatre, FOUR! Confident! Nagging length, not too full, around off, Ayush Mhatre waits for it, and places it between backward point and short third for a boundary. |
| 1 | 1.3 | 1.3: Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Shaik Rasheed, Hard length, just around off, Shaik Rasheed weighs on the back foot and punches it between cover and point for a single. |
| 0 | 1.2 | 1.2: Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Shaik Rasheed, A bit of shape away from off, on a length, Shaik Rasheed looks to punch into the off side, but chops off the inside edge, onto his boot. |
| 0 | 1.1 | 1.1: Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Shaik Rasheed, Back of a length, around off, punched to the cover-point fielder. |
| 1 | 0.6 | 0.6: Krunal Pandya to Shaik Rasheed, Around the hips, on a length, Shaik Rasheed clips it to the left of short fine leg for a single. |
| 1 | 0.5 | 0.5: Krunal Pandya to Ayush Mhatre, Flatter and fuller, around middle, Ayush Mhatre has an ugly swipe across the line and the ball rolls to square leg for a single. |
| 4 | 0.4 | 0.4: Krunal Pandya to Ayush Mhatre, FOUR! CSK and Mhatre are up and running. Fuller and on off, Ayush Mhatre crouches and smashes it over the bowler for a boundary. Not timed quite well, but has enough wheels to race away. |
| 0 | 0.3 | 0.3: Krunal Pandya to Ayush Mhatre, Nice and full, flatter, pushed to the left of the bowler. |
| 0 | 0.2 | 0.2: Krunal Pandya to Ayush Mhatre, Quicker again, around the leg stump, Ayush Mhatre is again beaten for pace. |
| 0 | 0.1 | 0.1: Krunal Pandya to Ayush Mhatre, Starts off on the money. Quick and full, at 116 kph, on leg, Ayush Mhatre looks to work it across but gets rapped on the front pad. |