18.0 -
Pollard to Sachin Baby, FOUR, and that's the icing on the cake. Slower back of a length delivery, Baby pulls across and beats Bhajji's dive at the deep mid-wicket fence. 23 runs off the over
16.2 -
Southee to Sachin Baby, FOUR, that's not bad! That's awesome in fact. Waited for the back of a length delivery and swung across the line to beat long-on to his right, one bounce and over the ropes
14.5 -
McClenaghan to Rahul, FOUR, this will get him going. Slower short ball from the Kiwi, Rahul had to wait a bit on the pull, but that actually worked for him as it went towards deep square leg. Had he played that early, it would have gone to deep mid-wicket instead
14.2 -
McClenaghan to Rahul, FOUR, finally something off Rahul's bat, fine leg was inside the ring and it helped. Short ball and Rahul was late on the pull, begot a top edge which flew over the fielder there
13.2 -
Southee to Watson, FOUR, this is the problem with fast outfield, it becomes too cruel for the bowlers. Shortish ball around off, Watson backs away and mistimes the slap, Pollard from long-off gave it all but the effort was not enough to prevent it from crossing the fence
9.0 -
Bumrah to Rahul, FOUR, special. That's a special stroke. Fullish outside off, Rahul deliberately presents an angled bat and marinades it inside out over extra-cover to leave Bumrah scratching his head
5.1 -
McClenaghan to de Villiers, FOUR, this is too easy for a man of AB's class. Half-volley outside off and he dismisses it from his presence with a scorching extra-cover drive
3.3 -
Southee to Gayle, FOUR, now this one just drifts across with the arm and ends up as a half-volley outside off. As soon as Gayle's bat comes down from above his head, you know that it only has to make decent contact. Skims away through the covers
19.3 -
McClenaghan to Rahul, SIX, Rahul is injured but he is playing like a lone wolf, making use of everything that is coming his way. Moved outside his crease and clipped it over the fine leg fence, the ball just about cleared the fence there
17.5 -
Pollard to Sachin Baby, SIX, Pollard decided to pitch it full this time, did not help the cause though. Baby cleared his front leg and lofted it over the long-on fence, Southee was interested there, might have tipped it over the fence
17.4 -
Pollard to Sachin Baby, SIX, this is the over the hosts needed. Good length is not good any more, Baby swings across and thrashes it over the deep mid-wicket fence
17.1 -
Pollard to Rahul, SIX, welcome to Bangalore Mr Pollard. Bowls a back of a length delivery, did not have pace behind it, Rahul swung across and put it over the deep backward square leg fence
15.2 -
Bumrah to Watson, SIX, was it a slower delivery? Does not really matter for it has been dispatched off the sight. Watson read it well and thumped it over the long-on fence, second tier hit
14.4 -
McClenaghan to Rahul, SIX, this is how he answers McClenaghan, fullish ball outside off and Rahul clears his front leg like most of these batters do, muscles it over the long-off fence
9.1 -
Harbhajan to de Villiers, SIX, AB has decimated this over cow corner! Nothing elegant about it. Just lined up for the heave, got the length he wanted and brutalized it in the air
8.2 -
Bumrah to Rahul, SIX, that's completely come out of nowhere! All of a sudden, Rahul decides to break the shackles. Picks a length ball and flogs it behind square with a clean swipe. He hit that one sweet and got the crowd on its feet
0.5 -
Southee to Kohli, SIX, take that! If I can't clear the fielders, I'll go over them. Kohli steps to leg while advancing, creates his own width and carves the outswinger over the covers. Looked to have got it off the bottom of the bat but it clears the ropes
15.3 -
Bumrah to Watson, out Watson Run Out!! And the captain sends Watson back. He is not even in the frame, that will save some time. Bumrah went full outside off and Watson jammed the drive towards Rohit at extra cover, who picked it up and threw in one motion, hit the bull's eye and the Aussie has to go back. This is a big wicket at this moment as Watson had started to open up. Watson run out (Rohit) 15(14) [4s-1 6s-1]
10.1 -
Krunal Pandya to de Villiers, out Caught by Rayudu!! And now, BLR are in a soup. Their three GUN players are back in the hutch. A near half-tracker has done the trick for Pandya, and when AB gets out to one of these, you know it's your day. AB camps back looking to pull it in the stands but ends up top-edging it in the air. Rayudu runs forward and to his left from deep mid-wicket and hangs on to it despite being on the move. de Villiers c Rayudu b Krunal Pandya 24(27) [4s-1 6s-1]
3.4 -
Southee to Gayle, out Caught by Rohit!! Oh this is a chance. It's a real steepler this as Gayle mistimes the lofted drive. Rohit takes a few steps back from mid-off, looks composed under the ball as it keeps swirling in the air and pouches it safely. Another failure for Chris Gayle whose T20 League keeps turning from bad to worse. He lost his mind upon seeing the ball land as full as it did, tried to fetch it from outside off and sliced it off the bottom of the bat. Excellent start from the Mumbai. BLR's two top guns have been disarmed. Gayle c Rohit b Southee 5(6) [4s-1]
1.1 -
McClenaghan to Kohli, out Caught by Harbhajan!! McClenaghan strikes first ball to dismiss Kohli. An innocuous back of a length delivery slanted across off, did Kohli not spot Bhajji there at an unusual deep third slip position? He dabs it straight to him without bothering to keep it along the ground. What a blow early on! Kohli c Harbhajan b McClenaghan 7(7) [6s-1]
9.2 -
Harbhajan to de Villiers, no run, fingertips! Bhajji got fingertips on this but couldn't cling on! Excellent dip on the off-break which made AB reach out for it, still couldn't get to the pitch and bunted it softly in the air to Bhajji's left who put in a stupendous dive but couldn't hold on
19.4 -
McClenaghan to Rahul, leg byes, 1 run, this time McClenaghan succeeds in foxing Rahul. Bowls it on the pads after seeing Rahul back away, off Rahul's pads towards fine leg
16.1 -
Southee to Rahul, 1 run, fifty for Rahul. Another one this season. Southee tried to go for the yorker, ended up serving a half-volley on his legs, Rahul clips it to deep mid-wicket