16.5 -
Chahal to T Perera, FOUR, Akshay Maanay is furious with Chahal. He is ranting his life away about why Chahal is bowling so full. Maybe he went for the yorker, but the execution was not upto mark. Missed by about six inches and is butchered straight down the ground
16.2 -
Chahal to Rahane, FOUR, Rahane capitalizes on a half-tracker and tonks it with a forehand wide of long-off. Bounces just inside the ropes, a feet or so. Not good bowling
12.5 -
Aaron to Rahane, FOUR, rising short ball but it's down the leg-side and Rahane helps it on its way to the fine-leg fence with a well timed pull
12.2 -
Aaron to Rahane, FOUR, nothing soft about this one. He's slaughtered it over mid-wicket. Is it just me, or does Rahane actually look ungainly playing this way? Ah, never mind. It gets the job done. Plants his front leg forward and swipes it to the fence on the ball
12.0 -
P Rasool to S Tiwary, FOUR, I hate my scorer's inclination to rewind every ball. Get your act together Sreenivas. Ooops, he informs me this is a new delivery. Apologies. Tiwary once again ran down the track, and blasted it straight back with enough power to beat long-on
11.5 -
P Rasool to S Tiwary, FOUR, down the track he hurtles and whacks it straight over the umpire. Didn't get it off the meat I think, but enough to beat a diving long-on
10.4 -
Binny to S Tiwary, FOUR, this has been a shoddy spell of play for the BLR. It's a benevolent full toss dished out outside off, Tiwary chases after it and scythes it through extra-cover
10.0 -
Watson to Rahane, FOUR, sliding down leg, Rahane neatly flicks it to the fine leg fence after twirling his wrists on it. BLR look lost at the moment
8.5 -
Chahal to S Tiwary, FOUR, another pushed through delivery, Tiwary sits on one knee and sweeps it to the deep square leg boundary
7.4 -
Aaron to Rahane, FOUR, it is getting from bad to worse for BLR. Another misfield and this time around, Kohli is livid. Speared down leg, Rahane works it to fine leg, where the fielder (Rasool) lets the ball go through his hands and into the fences
7.0 -
Chahal to S Tiwary, FOUR, the flatter delivery from Chahal, Tiwary sinks on one knee and brings out the slog-sweep. Head at deep mid-wicket can't get to the ball. Lazy work from him
5.2 -
Aaron to S Tiwary, FOUR, good timing and placement by Tiwary. Fuller length delivery and on off-stump, Tiwary drives it all along the ground to the deep extra cover fence. Fast hands on display by Tiwary
5.0 -
P Rasool to Rahane, FOUR, Rahane camps back, makes room to a delivery that actually turned and then punches it to the sweeper cover fence
4.2 -
P Rasool to S Tiwary, FOUR, pushed through from Rasool, Tiwary goes inside-out with his drive and the ball zooms away to the extra cover fence
3.5 -
Watson to S Tiwary, FOUR, commentator's curse follows Watson! He uses the cross-seam bouncer this time, but does not get good shoulder on it and bowls it down leg, Tiwary pulls it to the fine leg fence
2.4 -
Jordan to S Tiwary, FOUR, a touch of width on offer, Tiwary cuts it to the deep backward point fence. No need to run for those
2.1 -
Jordan to Rahane, FOUR, short delivery and subsidized with width, Rahane goes up and over the backward point region with his upper-cut. Aaron puts in a rather lazy dive and the ball zooms away to the fence
1.4 -
P Rasool to Khawaja, FOUR, speared down leg, Khawaja uses the leg-glance and it runs away to the fine leg fence
1.0 -
Binny to Khawaja, FOUR, fuller length delivery and on the stumps, Khawaja looks to drive with cemented feet and gets an outside edge to the third man fence
0.2 -
Binny to Rahane, FOUR, half volley from Binny, Rahane essays the drive all along the carpet to the deep bakcward point fence. The fielder in the deep runs around the circumference, but to no avail
19.5 -
Jordan to R Bhatia, SIX, whoa! What a blow! A length ball outside off, right in the slot. Bhatia opens his stance and cracks it up and over extra-cover, all the way
19.1 -
Jordan to Ashwin, SIX, Ashwin doesn't usually hit sixes. So Bangalore has hit one for him. Nah, that'd be really harsh. It's gone way back into the deep mid-wicket stands. Went really deep in the crease, converted it into a full ball and slugged it hard
17.1 -
Jordan to Rahane, SIX, full toss. A rank bad full toss. And Bharath has rushed out to take a leak. Rahane makes room and launches it over long-off
17.0 -
Chahal to T Perera, SIX, this is a much better delivery. But then, it's gone further. Well, it's Perera. Grounds his back knee, fetches the googly from well outside off and dispatches it over wide long-on
15.3 -
Watson to Dhoni, SIX, Dhoni has his retribution straightaway. Seemed like he was waiting for the short ball. He's in position so early, swivels across and pulls it over fine leg
5.5 -
Aaron to Rahane, SIX, this time, Rahane waits for this back of a length delivery to arrive and ramps it over the fielder at third man fence. It clears the man in the deep with ease
1.3 -
P Rasool to Khawaja, SIX, this time, Khawaja dances down the track, takes it on the half volley and lifts it over the long-on fence for a maximum
18.5 -
Watson to Bailey, out Caught by Rahul!! Look at the scoreboard people. And then look at this bloke's figures. He's been brilliant, has Watto. And now he has some bragging rights over his compatriot. Must have known a thing or two about Bailey, spears it full and wide and Bailey can only edge it behind to the keeper. Bailey c Rahul b Watson 0(2)
18.1 -
Watson to Rahane, out Bowled!! Watson nicks out the off-bail and is delighted with his achievement. Kept it simple, pounded it on a back of a length and targeted the top of off. Rahane strides towards leg to open up the off-side, tries to mow it through point but fails to connect. On replays, it's clear that Watson rolled his fingers across the ball to gain that extra bounce. This has been a pretty breezy knock though from the opener who is often accused of going too slowly. Rahane b Watson 74(48) [4s-8 6s-2]
18.0 -
Jordan to T Perera, out Caught by Watson!! This is a big wicket at this point. There are still a couple of overs to go, and Perera could have done some real damage. But as it turns out, he's sliced an overpitched delivery straight to cover. T Perera c Watson b Jordan 14(8) [4s-1 6s-1]
15.4 -
Watson to Dhoni, out Caught by P Rasool!! Stone the crows! What did just happen? Sorry people, I'll be back in a moment to wash my eyes. A catch has been taken. And Watson is hollering with his hands in the air. Full ball outside off, and Dhoni throws the kitchen sink at it. Only that he can't reach it properly. The ball is skewed off the outside edge and sails to the left of third man. Rasool moves across, takes it and tumbles over. Now I have truly seen it all. Dhoni c P Rasool b Watson 9(8) [6s-1]
14.1 -
Chahal to S Tiwary, wide, out Stumped!! Tiwary has been completely fooled by Chahal. The bowler saw him coming and fired it wider outside off to sneak past his attempted heave. Tiwary makes a good effort of trying to plonk his bat inside by turning a full circle, but can't ground it in time. The third umpire wants to check if Rahul has collected the ball in front of the stumps, which he hasn't. So it's a legitimate stumping. Finally, Tiwary is dismissed. I repeat, Tiwary is dismissed. Didn't look like happening today after those dropped catches and missed stumping. S Tiwary st Rahul b Chahal 52(39) [4s-9]
2.2 -
Jordan to Rahane, out Khawaja Run Out!! Khawaja has a history of being involved in terrible mix-ups. Here, too, he gets into a tangle with a mix-up, resulting in his run-out. A back of a length delivery that was angled in, Rahane tries to flick it around the corner and it hits him on his thigh pad. Rahane was ball watching. Khawaja looked to nab in a leg-bye. But when Rahane responded, it was too late and both were stranded almost at the same end. Watson from slip fired in a throw and Binny took the bails off by running in from mid-on. The umpires checked whether it was Rahane or Khawaja who had to go back to the hut. Eventually, Rahane had got his bat just back in. So, Khawaja was the man who had to take the long walk back. Khawaja run out (Watson/Binny) 16(6) [4s-2 6s-1]
5.4 -
Aaron to S Tiwary, 1 run, can you believe it? Now Sachin Baby drops a sitter, too. Short and wide, Tiwary cuts it to Baby at backward point, who despite getting a few steps forward can't grab the catch as it pops out of his hands. Kohli looks bemused
5.3 -
Aaron to S Tiwary, no run, holy moly! When nothing is going your way, catches get dropped. Binny is the cuplrit, here. Very full delivery from Aaron, Tiwary slices it to Binny at cover, who moves forward, but can't hold onto the catch. It should have been taken
13.4 -
Jordan to Rahane, wide, oh this is harsh on the bowler. Yes, it's down the leg-side but Rahane has shuffled across to get inside the line and then he's missed. Cut some slack now
12.4 -
Aaron to S Tiwary, 1 run, tucks it wide of mid-wicket and hurries across for his fifty. Tell you what, this could have been close had there been a direct-hit, but Tiwary had completely zoned out all the risk factors for the milestone
8.2 -
Chahal to S Tiwary, 1 run, the 50-run stand between the pair has been raised. Flatter delivery and outside off, eased down to cover