So it ends. Another critic-shattering season for T20 League - this time evolving along and rising up, like an inflatable PVC punch bag toy to win new fans, to impress upon a generation and to counter-punch inhibitors. T20 League will return and your wait certainly won't be longer than what Harper Lee's fans had to for her second novel. Just a year. And T20 League will continue to live, fighting through the growing ideals of nationalism to let your alter-ego want to chant for a South African Messi, de Villiers. For a Caribbean maverick, Gayle. And for an Indian pupil, Kohli, too. The players will keep shuffling, the home grounds may remain a function of the monsoon but the brand will live. Because T20 League chose to be brave and that's the greatest lesson of all. We had a ball bringing the entire tournament to you. Hope you enjoyed our coverage. Good night from the entire team: Ramakrishnan, Raju Peethala, Sagar Chawla, Pratyush Sinha, Shashwat Roy, Vineet Anantharaman, Naga, our scorer, and the doesn't-want-to-be-named genius. Ta-ta!

"Unbelievable feeling. It was 8 years for me till the T20 League trophy. It's a great feeling. Great effort from the boys. I'm lost for words. We all know Chris Gayle is a great player. We thought of early wickets, but we knew if we get one wicket we can always get back into the game. Gayle got out and Kohli also got out soon. AB getting out early was the key moment (smiles and shows his dance moves). Winning the WC was something else. It was a very emotional moment. With T20 League you don't know where you end up with so many teams playing well. But we played well as a team and we deserve it. I would like to dedicate this win to Ashish Nehra. He really bowled well in the tournament. So, this is for ASH. I did 15 push-ups in the gym today and I told my team, I will do the remaining five if we win. We are going to have a few drinks - Fat-free drinks, coconut water, milkshakes (smiles)" an absolutely exultant Yuvraj Singh who seems to be on cloud nine at the moment.

A season of T20 League is a celebration. A celebration of cricket, of entertainment, of India's diversities, of batsmen, of sixes and fours, and sometimes wickets. This year, it was a celebration of Kohli, of Mustafizur, of Warner, of Bhuvneshwar, of blinding catches. We celebrated some CHANGING TRENDS as well:

We had a new T20 League champion, first time a team outside the top two won the title (since the play-offs were introduced), PUN stayed glued to the bottom (oh sorry, I'm doing changing trends, I forget), bowlers made merry plenty of times, HYD bowlers made death bowling rise like a phoenix, Nehra rolled back the years - but forwarded them again by picking an injury, MUM failed in their late-blooming act, there were two new teams in the form of GUJ and PUNE, a drought took cricket out of Maharashtra, Raina proved to be a revelation as a leader, KOL - for once - couldn't handle the pressure in a knockout, the fight for the play-offs went right to the final league game, Barinder Sran took fielding to the 1950s, teams chasing won nearly everything - at least in the first half, and Kohli batted like a phenom to establish himself as an absolute champion. Also, he kept his temper in check and handled himself with a lot of class.

Warner walks towards that big stage where BCCI president Anurag Thakur is waiting to hand over the trophy. Warner gets it and his team-mates mob him on the stage. Yuvi Singh enters the stage in his own style with a "Bhangra". He then takes a moment to do push-ups, probably imitating Chris Gayle, when West Indies won the T20 WC. Dhawan takes the trophy, twirls his moustache as he poses for the camera.

David Warner: "It's a fantastic team achievement. It's overwhelming for me to lead this side, thanks to the chairman and the team for giving me this opportunity. The credit goes to all the guys in the team. I was happy that I led by example with the runs. It was a team effort. To have that perfect game and gel as a side, it's really hard to get the combinations right. It was a team effort. They have a phenomenal squad. Look at the way Kohli led from the front. He's a great leader. India are in a great place for the next few years when he's playing for sure. He set the benchmark for all the guys in the tournament. To win three games to win the tournament, to come to Bangalore and do this was special. We were true underdogs. The boys batted, bowled and fielded well. And off the field, the support staff, the marketing team, everyone deserves credit. I am off to the Caribbean after 24 hours."

HYD get the winner's cheque of Rs. 15 crore.

Kohli: "I am really proud of the way we played as a team this season. This was for the crowd and we wanted to do it for them. The support was great from them. I feel gutted that we didn't do it for them. We were walking around to thank the crowd. Dan (Vettori) mentioned that we scored 200 and we lost, we were just short by 8 runs, but that's how it is. Sometimes luck doesn't go your way. They (HYD) capitalized on the key moments. I want to congratulate the Hyderabad, they are the deserving winners."

The match officials get their medallions, before BLR are awarded a cheque of Rs. 10 crore for being the runners-up.

Kohli: "I don't want to bore the winning team too much. They deserve to talk more (smiles). I mean the winning team and the captain."

Kohli is the Man of the Series for scoring 973 runs with four hundreds. 973! Yes you read that right! Never had a T20 hundred before the T20 League and now has four! A pity though that the mountain of runs couldn't help his side win the T20 League

Bhuvi: "I wasn't happy with the way I started the tournament, but I would like to appreciate myself for the way I picked up. Also credit to VVS Laxman who came to me and said after the first two matches, 'It doesn't matter, you are the one who will win us matches.' I was focusing on improving my death bowling. It helped to have Mustafizur at the other end because he's difficult to hit."

Bhuvneshwar Kumar takes the "Purple Cap." - for taking the most number of wickets (23).

Kohli: "It's a nice incentive for the way we've gone about this season, but not that nice to be standing on the other side of the result. As a personal achievement, this is really special when considering that you have eight teams with world-class players. The reason why HYD won was because they had a strong bowling attack. I knew I was hitting the ball well, so I wanted to contribute with the bat as much as I could and really lucky that I was able to do that. Why not? Records are meant to be broken. Someone with a better season can break this (record of 973 runs). Previous 770 odd was thought to be massive. This is a classic example of not trying to break records. If you just want to score runs for your team you end up doing special things. To be honest, I was surprised myself to score four hundreds. We have to consider that I opened the batting and someone batting at No. 3 or down the order would not have had that much opportunities to score big."

Virat Kohli wins the "Orange Cap." - for the most number of runs (973).

David Warner gets a cheque for Rs. 10 lakh and a car for hitting the shot of the season

Virat Kohli gets an award for scoring the most number of sixes (38) in the season.

Hyderabad have bagged the fair play award as well. Meanwhile, Mustafizur Rahman is declared the "Emerging Player" of the season.

Cutting: "It was exciting to play in front of such a big crowd. It was nice to get a few out of the middle tonight. Bhuvi was fantastic for us throughout with the purple cap and to finish it off in that way was good. That's the beautiful thing about Bangalore. You can go the distance as batsman and as a bowler as well."

Ben Cutting is the Man of the Match for his all-round show

Okay, finally, time for the presentations. This is going to be a long party folks!

Boult: "I don't know whether I did (fill in for Mustafizur in the last game). Mustafizur played a massive role tonight."

Boult: "I don't know whether I did (fill in for Mustafizur in the last game). He has a lot of skills. Mustafizur played a massive role tonight."

Morgan: "That's the real challenge of being an overseas player (on keeping the form). Absolute privilege to be here, we keep raving about it."

Williamson: "The guys are really hydrated very well anyway (laughs, when asked how it was to watch from the sidelines). Special performance from the boys. Bangalore are a strong team and it was a complete performance from the team."

VVS Laxman: "He (Warner) is leading from the front. Today even under pressure, when Gayle and Kohli were batting, he was calm and encouraged the bowlers and allowed them to bowl to their plans and that's what you want from a captain. We are fortunate to have him. Every single player, be it junior or the senior is very important for us and that's why it was great to part of the HYD family."

Muralitharan: "We tried very hard, worked very hard and planned very well. Every game was tough for us, started off by losing the first two games, but regrouped well and came back strongly."

Tom Moody: "They (the team) deserve to be off the chains and we will sing the team song again tonight (on the team singing it without him). We will make sure everyone in the side knows the words to the team song."

Yuvraj: "It's great. Had the WC and now have the T20 League trophy too. Gayle was going strong but a few wickets let us in. Great finish by Bhuvneshwar in the end. I am happy with the injury and as long as the trophy comes, it's good. Great team effort from the boys."

Hooda: "Barinder has bowled well. The strike bowlers and death bowlers played their parts perfectly. My performance was not good but it was a team effort. Today, we will sing the team song."

Sran: "It was a pressure game, but we backed ourselves. Warner supports the bowlers with the fielder that he wants."

Cutting: "Just feels really good get to get out there and get swinging a few for the boys. It's absolutely unbelievable. I just cannot express the feeling of playing an T20 League final. It's just unbelievable."

Ojha: "Absolutely brilliant by our bowling unit, they bowled their hearts out. (On how they kept their nerves at the Chinnaswamy) Just told ourselves to focus on the ball."

Henriques: "That was a lot of fun (talking about the win). There's a lot of cricket and travel, but you get to make a lot of friends. It was such good fun and such a good tournament to have with both internationals and the domestic players."

Bhuvi: "I had to keep myself composed. I knew if I get it right, it will be difficult to score runs. Yorkers are the best way to stop runs. He was just asking me to stay calm and composed (when asked what Warner told him during the final over)."

Dhawan: "A great season for me and for the team. Davy lead us from the front, hats off to him. Great support from the support staff and all the players. I think our team is quite balanced. We did not start well, but managed to gain momentum through the journey."

A lot of player interviews are being done, we'll get them done for you. Meanwhile, the BLR players are doing a lap of honour around the ground thanking the crowd for their loyal support. HYD form a circle and take selfies.

And then Bipul Sharma held de Villiers before the crowd could even get seated. 6 balls it took for Chinnaswamy to sleep again. The match was lost then, again. BLR didn't lose this right away, specially after being 112/0 at the halfway mark; they lost it in installments that were too late and too short-distanced to hand BLR a way back from destitution. The triumvirate of Gayle, Kohli and de Villiers departed, in that order, when Watson's bad day was supposed to be get better after figures of 0/61. Just that it didn't. Ben Cutting's did. Watson's messiah visa looked expired, had with the ball earlier but Mustafizur made sure that it did with the bat too. Binny's shortest of cameos and a Baby rearguard meant BLR needed 18 off the last over. But the crowd cheers, Chinnaswamy's chasing charm surrendered to Bhuvneshwar's acquired death choke. Warner's bold call at the toss goes rewarded.. not acting timid always does.

There's a reason why T20 League tempts you to defy nationalism - more significantly in this age where the coinage continues to grow potent - and chant "ABD, ABD" for someone so foreign. Just can't be de Villiers's charm alone. Well can be, we know, but let's credit T20 League for parading charm in a bee-line, like tonight. A Warner blitzkrieg. A Cutting finish. A Watson dry wash. A Gayle blizzard. A Kohli fifty.. yes, another. This night had it all. In addition to Chinnaswamy's crowd which measured in joules instead of numbers, the bowling had two subtle heroes: Barinder Sran and Bipul Sharma. Gayle's assault was always coming. It arrived, it dazzled for a 38-ball 76 and it abated. Kohli's evolution threatened then - from playing Gayle's tinfoil to unroll into the burper of chases - when Sran outwitted him. The match looked gone. Then.

Coming to the victory celebrations: Warner had his hands aloft as he ran towards the pitch, Bhuvi had his fingers pointing up towards the sky gesturing that he has done it for his team. The HYD team including the management staff form a circle near the pitch in their celebrations. Warner jumps onto Moody, who pats the left-hander on the back. Lots of hugs and handshakes. And the BLR players walk out too. Kohli and Warner hug each other as both teams exchange customary handshakes.

19.6 - Bhuvneshwar to I Abdulla, FOUR, HYD are the 2016 T20 League champions. What a performance from them. Warner is absolutely elated and the entire HYD team runs to the middle to join their heroes. Before this ball, Sachin Baby, after getting to the non-striker's end, was seen crying - was literally sobbing it must be said. This is a heart-break if I may call that so, after that sort of a start by BLR and many would have expected this power-packed batting line-up to hunt this down easily but HYD have been rewarded for not panicking. Now look at that, Morgan, an Englishman, is hugging Warner, the Aussie. That's what the T20 League is all about. So coming back to the ball. This was the yorker on the stumps, Abdulla moved across and scooped it to fine leg for a four which won't change the eventual result

19.5 - Bhuvneshwar to Sachin Baby, 1 run, Bhuvneshwar goes for the yorker again, bowls a low full toss outside off stump, crashed straight to backward point. And Warner roars again shouting "Come onnnn, Come onnnn", runs to Bhuvi and pats him on the head. Contrasting mood in the BLR dug-out. AB and Watto look dejected and looks like AB is a bit emotional as well

19.4 - Bhuvneshwar to I Abdulla, leg byes, 1 run, low full toss from Kumar, Abdulla swings and misses, two legitimate deliveries will take HYD home now. Warner runs forward and roars in delight. A HYD fan in the stands imitates Dhawan by twirling his moustache - well he didn't have one like the left-hander though

Iqbal Abdulla, left handed bat, comes to the crease

19.3 - Bhuvneshwar to Sachin Baby, out Jordan Run Out!! What a ball from Bhuvneshwar. He's bowled another stunning yorker that almost knocked Baby down. Hit his left boot and rolled towards the keeper, Bhuvneshwar yells for LBW, but it pitched outside leg I guess. They try to steal a bye, Ojha removes his right glove like Dhoni and hit the bulls eye to catch Jordan short. Oh look at that reaction from Bhuvneshwar. He's angry at Ojha that he was not trying to gather the deflection off the stumps. Roars like anything and Yuvi calms him down saying it is out. Jordan run out (N Ojha) 3(4)

Bhuvneshwar to Sachin Baby, THAT'S OUT!! Run Out!!

Looks like Jordan is run-out. Oh yes! OUT it is.

19.2 - Bhuvneshwar to Sachin Baby, 2 runs, second full toss in a row and Baby's mistimed it as well. He gets down on one knee and tries to flick it away, no one at backward square leg and it lands safely

Warner and Bhuvi have a chat to get the field right. Third man inside. Fine leg, deep mid-wicket and long-on back. Will we see a lap?

19.1 - Bhuvneshwar to Jordan, 1 run, oh that's a full toss, and Jordan has missed it. I was looking for it in the stands. Jordan mistimes it wide of long-on. BLR won't mind though as Sachin Baby will be back on strike

Over: 19	1,W 2 0 1L 2 6	BLR 191/6
Sachin Baby 15(7)	Jordan 2(3)	Mustafizur 4-0-37-1

18.6 - Mustafizur to Sachin Baby, SIX, take a bow Sachin Baby! What a timely blow. From 24, it's come down to a doable 18 runs off the last 6 balls. Is this a turning point? We'll get to know a few balls later. And Mustafizur missed the yorker, bowled a juicy full ball, Baby got under it and lofted it over long-on for a Baby six, I mean it just cleared the fielder

18.5 - Mustafizur to Sachin Baby, 2 runs, brilliant fielding by captain Warner at long-on. He runs like a cheetah and dives and stops the ball, relays it to Hooda who comes close to the him and it's only two. This was a full toss that was hit straight down the ground

18.4 - Mustafizur to Jordan, leg byes, 1 run, optimistic appeal for LBW, full toss, hit outside leg, they steal a run as it rolls to mid-wicket

18.3 - Mustafizur to Jordan, no run, slower delivery from Mustafizur, Jordan swings and misses and it almost shaves the off stump

18.2 - Mustafizur to Jordan, 2 runs, in the airrrrrr, dropped. It's Sran the culprit. Slower delivery outside off stump, Jordan mistimes the loft, slices it, sweeper cover ran forward and had it covered, probably was a bit lethargic that it was an easy catch and it came out even before he knew about it

Chris Jordan, right handed bat, comes to the crease

18.1 - Mustafizur to Binny, out Binny Run Out!! 1 run completed. "two, two, two," shouts Binny. Oh my god! What has he done? Why would you look back when you are sure that you want the second run! That surely slowed him a bit and he's short despite a full length dive. Even the big-hitting Binny is gone! HYD are doing this nicely. Very full slower delivery, worked wide of long-on, not sure if he would have been home even if he was charging hard because he's not that swift between the wickets. The throw was wide from the keeper and Ojha did well to reach out, collect and break the stumps. Binny run out (Deepak Hooda/N Ojha) 9(7) [6s-1]

Mustafizur to Binny, THAT'S OUT!! Run Out!!

Over: 18	0 1 1 0 1L 4	BLR 179/5
Sachin Baby 7(5)	Binny 8(6)	Bhuvneshwar 3-0-17-0

17.6 - Bhuvneshwar to Sachin Baby, FOUR, they needed this badly did the BLR boys. Just three runs off five balls and a boundary off the last ball makes life a little easier. Only a little though as still 30 runs are needed off the last two overs. Bhuvneshwar tries the yorker and bowls a low full toss, which is excellently reverse-lapped past the diving fielder at short third man by Baby

17.5 - Bhuvneshwar to Binny, leg byes, 1 run, Binny knows that Bhuvneshwar is going to go for the yorkers and walks across the stumps to paddle this fine past short fine leg, but misses and it rolls to short third man off the pad

17.4 - Bhuvneshwar to Binny, no run, and another brilliant yorker, even Kohli appreciates it from the dug-out with a wry smile. Binny digs it out to the right of the bowler

Just 2 singles off the first three balls and the BLR fans in the stands are very tensed. One guy is praying and not even looking at the action.

17.3 - Bhuvneshwar to Sachin Baby, 1 run, full toss, should have been put away, Baby swings and loses his shape, hit wide of long-on

17.2 - Bhuvneshwar to Binny, 1 run, gets the yorker right, drilled down to long-on

17.1 - Bhuvneshwar to Binny, no run, wowww! What a delivery, 136kph yorker and I am not sure how that missed the leg stump. Brilliant delivery. Binny was surely beaten for pace and his bat came down late, just whizzed past the leg stump. A precious dot to begin with

Bhuvneshwar Kumar [2.0-0-11-0] is back into the attack

Three overs to go, 37 to get. Pressure on BLR. It's all about holding the nerve.

Over: 17	0 2 W 1 6 1	BLR 172/5
Binny 7(2)	Sachin Baby 2(3)	Mustafizur 3-0-26-1

16.6 - Mustafizur to Binny, 1 run, full toss, Binny gently works it through backward square leg

16.5 - Mustafizur to Binny, SIX, ohh! What a start and that too against the Fizz. Slower delivery landed very full, Binny lofts through the line, hits well and hits it over the long-on fence. This is a bonus, that they have already got 9 off Fizz's over with one more to go. Don't have to do anything silly now. Just knock it around and wait for the next bowler. Surely anyone apart from Fizz would be easier to hit at the death

16.4 - Mustafizur to Sachin Baby, 1 run, full toss, swung away to deep mid-wicket

Stuart Binny, right handed bat, comes to the crease

16.3 - Mustafizur to Watson, out Caught by Henriques!! This is surely not clearing the rope. Yuzi Chahal is biting his nails in the dug-out. They are feeling the pressure in that BLR dug out! Gee, this guy Mustafizur Rahman is like a diamond. They missed him in the last game badly and thankfully he was fit enough for this big encounter. The asking rate gets to Watson, who doesn't pick the slower-cutter and goes for the loft, gets it on the outside half of the bat and hits it straight up in the air, Moises settles under it at extra-cover and makes no mistake. Look at that roar from Warner, he knows the value of this wicket for Watson can strike them big. Watson c Henriques b Mustafizur 11(9) [6s-1]

Mustafizur to Watson, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!

16.2 - Mustafizur to Watson, 2 runs, Mustafizur goes for the yorker, just misses his mark, drilled hard straight down the ground, long-on tidies up

16.1 - Mustafizur to Watson, no run, yorker just outside off stump, Watson digs it out

Ben Cutting was practicing really hard at the HYD nets even when he wasn't playing. Was always in a conversation with Trent Boult with whom he was sharing the nets discussing wrist positions and the lengths to bowl. Boy, he's turning it on on a big night.

Mustafizur Rahman [2.0-0-16-0] is back into the attack

Over: 16	1 1 W 0 1 1	BLR 162/4
Watson 9(6)	Sachin Baby 1(2)	Ben Cutting 4-0-35-2

15.6 - Ben Cutting to Watson, 1 run, oh ho ho ho. Cutting thrashed Watson earlier and he almost got rid of his fellow countryman now. Another well disguised slower delivery on the off stump, Watson slogs early, gets an inside edge that rolls towards short fine leg

15.5 - Ben Cutting to Sachin Baby, 1 run, back over the wicket and bowls a short slower delivery wide outside off stump, Baby cuts but picks out sweeper cover

15.4 - Ben Cutting to Sachin Baby, no run, round the wicket, fullish delivery outside off stump, Baby drives it back to the bowler

Sachin Baby, left handed bat, comes to the crease

15.3 - Ben Cutting to Rahul, out Bowled!! Look at that jump and the punch in the air from Ben Cutting. He scored a breezy cameo and now he's bagged a couple of poles. From 140/1, BLR have been reduced to 160/4. Sure momentum shift, but there's still a bit of batting left. The off-cutting slower delivery on a good length, Rahul obviously did not read it and swung his bat very early, the off stump was disturbed and that was good enough for the stumps to ignite. Rahul b Ben Cutting 11(9) [4s-1]

Ben Cutting to Rahul, THAT'S OUT!! Bowled!!

15.2 - Ben Cutting to Watson, 1 run, slower ball wide outside off stump, Watson went hard at it, but hit it straight to long-off. Was uppish for a while

15.1 - Ben Cutting to Rahul, 1 run, on the leg stump, Rahul goes back and pushes it to long-on

Ben Cutting [3.0-0-31-1] is back into the attack

Time-out. There was talk of dew from both camps, but with the way the ball has been gripping, HYD will be very happy. Two overs of Fizz in the bank. How would BLR want to play him? 51 off 30 and even 7-8 off a Fizz over would be good when they can target the others with short boundaries. Don't underestimate Bhuvi though, for he's been very good at the death. We are in for an exciting finish for sure!

Over: 15	1 1 1 0 6 0	BLR 158/3
Watson 7(4)	Rahul 10(7)	Henriques 3-0-40-0

14.6 - Henriques to Watson, no run, now a wild swing, only connects with thin air though. That was bowled at normal pace, Watson tried to go straight this time

14.5 - Henriques to Watson, SIX, that's a mistime and you can't place a fielder right behind the bowler's arm. I am pretty sure Watson didn't want to hit that towards the sightscreen, he targetted long-off, the bat turned in his hands on impact with the ball and just cleared the rope. It was the slower ball from the bowler

14.4 - Henriques to Watson, no run, this is crunched nicely off the back foot, that lovely Watson back foot drive on one foot, but straight to Yuvi Singh at backward point

14.3 - Henriques to Rahul, 1 run, well, well, well. All of a sudden, the batsmen are finding it hard to middle the ball. Another cutter bowled full and outside off stump, Rahul wants to go off-side after backing away, but gets an inside edge that rolls into the on-side

14.2 - Henriques to Watson, 1 run, Watson gently pushes this to cover and gets off the mark

14.1 - Henriques to Rahul, 1 run, a man at mid-wicket would have swallowed that. Rahul checked the flick, probably was surprised by the lack of pace on this one and got away with it as it rolled to long-on

Moises Henriques [2.0-0-31-0] is back into the attack

Over: 14	4 1 1 1 W 1	BLR 149/3
Rahul 8(5)	Watson 0(0)	Bipul Sharma 2-0-17-1

13.6 - Bipul Sharma to Rahul, 1 run, flatter and on the off stump, Rahul goes back and punches it to long-on

Shane Watson, right handed bat, comes to the crease

13.5 - Bipul Sharma to de Villiers, out Caught by Henriques!! This was on the cards. AB de Villiers wasn't middling Bipul Sharma when it was short and it spun a bit and BLR have lost Gayle, Kohli and de Villiers is quick succession. Wow! That's three big wickets. This was bowled once again floated up by the bowler and it turned to fox the South African super star, who went for the loft over long-off, ended getting it on the outside half of the bat and slicing it. Moises runs back from extra-cover and reverse-cups the ball. There is a lot of belief in that HYD camp now. de Villiers c Henriques b Bipul Sharma 5(6)

Bipul Sharma to de Villiers, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!

13.4 - Bipul Sharma to Rahul, 1 run, this is a good looking inside-out lofted drive after stepping out, but there is protection at deep extra-cover

13.3 - Bipul Sharma to de Villiers, 1 run, short and spinning away outside off stump, de Villiers waits and cuts to sweeper cover

13.2 - Bipul Sharma to Rahul, 1 run, this is chopped to the right of point, where Yuvi dives full length to his right (his wrong side) and stops the ball

13.1 - Bipul Sharma to Rahul, FOUR, good cricket from Rahul. He wants to keep the momentum going, gets down on his knees and sweeps, finds the gap at backward square leg and splits the two fielders in the deep

Over: 13	1 6 2 2 W 1	BLR 141/2
Rahul 1(1)	de Villiers 4(4)	Barinder 3-0-41-1

12.6 - Barinder to Rahul, 1 run, Rahul gets on top of this short of length delivery and taps it to point for a single

Lokesh Rahul, right handed bat, comes to the crease

12.5 - Barinder to Kohli, out Bowled!! Kohli can't believe that he's dragged this back onto the stumps. Oh my word! He misses the 1000-run mark by 27 runs. He deserved that four digit figure. But Sran won't mind it one bit. Look at that elation from him. He punches the air in delight and runs across the field. This is a massive, massive wicket for HYD. Credit to the bowler though for having the presence of mind to cramp the batsman for room. Kohli, who hit an inside-out six earlier in the over, tried to repeat the shot. He had width on that but Sran bowled this back of a length delivery very close to the body. Kohli didn't mind and went for glory, only to get an inside edge onto leg stump. So two quick wickets have got HYD back. Kohli b Barinder 54(35) [4s-5 6s-2]

Barinder to Kohli, THAT'S OUT!! Bowled!!

12.4 - Barinder to Kohli, 2 runs, with these two at the crease, it's not all about power, these two find the gaps, even on this small Chinnaswamy outfield, run the fielders ragged. Slower delivery on the leg stump, Kohli works it into the vacant mid-wicket region and races across for the second

12.3 - Barinder to Kohli, 2 runs, poor delivery, was there to be put away, Kohli flicks it past short fine leg, Dhawan has a bit of ground to cover in the deep and it's good enough for two

12.2 - Barinder to Kohli, SIX, wowww! Just wowww! What a shot and look at that pose after recording another fifty this season. Slower delivery outside off stump, Kohli steps out and crashes the inside-out drive hard over extra-cover and it travels all the way. AB de Villiers congratulates his skipper

12.1 - Barinder to de Villiers, 1 run, slower delivery on the stumps, de Villiers turns it to deep square leg

Barinder Sran [2.0-0-29-0] is back into the attack

Now that Bipul is getting turn and with two right-handers at the crease, will Warner go to Yuvi? Not yet! He goes for Sran.

Over: 12	1 4 1 1 1 1	BLR 129/1
de Villiers 3(3)	Kohli 44(31)	Bipul Sharma 1-0-9-0

11.6 - Bipul Sharma to de Villiers, 1 run, once again short from Bipul Sharma, looks like he's expecting the pitch to do untoward - I mean one to stay really low to trouble the batsman, de Villiers pulls it to deep mid-wicket off the inside half of the bat

11.5 - Bipul Sharma to Kohli, 1 run, short and Bipul Sharma is getting it to turn, but it's slow turn and the batsman is able to adjust, pulled off the back foot through mid-wicket

11.4 - Bipul Sharma to de Villiers, 1 run, slower through the air, de Villiers gets down low and paddles it to fine leg

11.3 - Bipul Sharma to Kohli, 1 run, Kohli gently taps this to point and sets off

11.2 - Bipul Sharma to Kohli, FOUR, this is almost a punchy-pull from Kohli and that strong bottom hand grip does it for him. Hit really hard and the man at deep mid-wicket had no chance. Poor ball I must say as it was dragged short

11.1 - Bipul Sharma to de Villiers, 1 run, shortish and on the leg stump, de Villiers goes back and punches it wide of long-on

Bipul Sharma, left-arm orthodox, comes into the attack

Over: 11	1 1 W 4 2 0	BLR 120/1
Kohli 38(28)	de Villiers 0(0)	Ben Cutting 3-0-31-1

10.6 - Ben Cutting to Kohli, no run, back of a length delivery on the stumps, Kohli defends

10.5 - Ben Cutting to Kohli, 2 runs, Kohli steps out and flat-bats it along the ground to deep extra-cover

10.4 - Ben Cutting to Kohli, FOUR, now that's clever from Kohli. Stepped out, on seeing Cutting cut pace off the ball, adjusts his bat swing, delays the cut and beats backward point to pick up four

AB de Villiers, right handed bat, comes to the crease

10.3 - Ben Cutting to Gayle, out Caught by Bipul Sharma!! Now that's in the airrrr again and this time it's taken. It's not Kohli but the big wicket of Gayle, who was looking all set for a hundred. Good catch I must say running forward from third man. Similar to Kohli, the previous ball, Gayle goes hard at it looking for a maximum, but gets an outside edge. Gayle's bat is surely bigger than Kohli's and everyone knows that. Hence it had enough legs to carry to the man rushing forward. End of a brilliant innings. He was under pressure early in the tournament and was even dropped for a few games, but come the business end, the big Jamaican has turned it on and put up a stellar show for his side in the all important final. Expectedly, Gayle wears a dejected look as he walks back. Gayle c Bipul Sharma b Ben Cutting 76(38) [4s-4 6s-8]

Ben Cutting to Gayle, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!

10.2 - Ben Cutting to Kohli, 1 run, in the airrr, ohhh it pops out. Very tough chance though. This has a lot of width on it outside off stump, Kohli throws his bat at it and gets a thick outside edge, unlike Warner's edge which went straight to short third man, this one has a bit more height, Fizz moves back, jumps and gets both hands to it above his head but the momentum of him falling back meant he couldn't control the catch, much to the delight of this vociferous Chinnaswamy crowd

10.1 - Ben Cutting to Gayle, 1 run, oh, Gayle swings hard, but that has just cleared the infield and rolls to long-on. For a moment I thought that was headed to the sightscreen. Was the slower ball from Ben Cutting and Gayle toe-ended for a run

Ben Cutting [2.0-0-23-0] is back into the attack

Over: 10	4 6 1 0 1 0	BLR 112/0
Kohli 31(24)	Gayle 75(36)	Mustafizur 2-0-16-0

9.6 - Mustafizur to Kohli, no run, he's getting a bit too carried away now. Has to tighten up. I mean, not in a defensive sense but get rid of this ugly slogging. Dances down and tries to heave an off-cutter across the line. An off-cutter which is well outside off. Misses

9.5 - Mustafizur to Gayle, 1 run, almost a yorker just outside off, squeezed wide of cover

9.4 - Mustafizur to Gayle, no run, short ball around off, Gayle is softened by all the punishment he's dished out, lets it go this time by swaying inside the line

9.3 - Mustafizur to Kohli, 1 run, in the air, and drops safely once more. They can't buy a wicket tonight. Almost a repeat of the previous ball where Kohli slices the loft. This time there is a long-off but even he can't get there. Drops to his left

9.2 - Mustafizur to Kohli, SIX, might have been the off-cutter and caused a mistake from Kohli, but it's still gone the distance. Ridiculous this. He had stepped out, went searching in front of the body for the loft, sliced it. But what he did well was pick his spot over mid-off

9.1 - Mustafizur to Kohli, FOUR, and even he's disappearing. Look away kids, don't get dissuaded from bowling as a profession. Rather, follow the Durham Test. Kohli steps out, gets a full toss with width and crashes it to the cover boundary

Mustafizur Rahman [1.0-0-4-0] is back into the attack

100 is up! And the Fizz is back.

Over: 9	4 1 0 6 6 4	BLR 100/0
Gayle 74(34)	Kohli 20(20)	Henriques 2-0-31-0

8.6 - Henriques to Gayle, FOUR, another one which he has got off the bottom of the bat and it's just skimmed to the fence. That's a bat full of sweet-spots. Shortish and wide outside off, Gayle flays it through the extra-cover region

8.5 - Henriques to Gayle, SIX, 250th six for Gayle in the T20 League, or was it the previous one. Let me check. Ok whatever. Short ball at the body, Gayle stands tall and pulls it off the front foot well in front of square and into the stands

8.4 - Henriques to Gayle, SIX, creamed over wide long-off! Henriques can't push this one as wide as he wants and the length is right in the slot. Gayle hits it blisteringly

8.3 - Henriques to Gayle, no run, there's that line again, well wide of off on a short of length, Gayle tries some sort of a flat-batted thwack but the bounce disappoints him

8.2 - Henriques to Kohli, 1 run, looked like the back of the hand slower ball, dipped into the blockhole just outside off, sliced in front of backward point

8.1 - Henriques to Kohli, FOUR, did that carry? I'm not sure that it did. It's a full ball which Kohli tries to bludgeon down the ground, his bat tilts and he skews it flat in the air in front of long-off. Warner attacks the ball, but it dips on him and reaches on the half-volley before bursting through the palms

At this rate, we'll be home by bedtime. Oh wait, the presentations...

Over: 8	0 1 Wd 6 0 1 1	BLR 79/0
Kohli 15(18)	Gayle 58(30)	Ben Cutting 2-0-23-0

7.6 - Ben Cutting to Kohli, 1 run, half-volley on the pads, flicked to deep mid-wicket

7.5 - Ben Cutting to Gayle, 1 run, better. Looks a decent ploy when executed right. Short of length off-cutter well wide of off, and Gayle is only swinging towards the leg-side. Fetches it and swats it off the bottom of the bat limply to deep mid-wicket

7.4 - Ben Cutting to Gayle, no run, slants it well wide of off, Gayle expects another wide. Not to be

7.3 - Ben Cutting to Gayle, SIX, I don't know what to say. So little margin for error. Cutting tries the yorker, misses his mark by around six inches and is clubbed over long-on. Oh get Gayle out, just mankad him

7.3 - Ben Cutting to Gayle, wide, strays it well wide of off, Gayle leaves it alone after loading up his bat well above the shoulders

7.2 - Ben Cutting to Kohli, 1 run, back of a length delivery just outside off, normal pace, tapped from the crease in front of point

7.1 - Ben Cutting to Kohli, no run, Cutting runs his fingers along the side of the ball and cleverly bowls the leg-cutter wide of off to take it out of Kohli's reach as he is backing away slightly

Ben Cutting [1.0-0-13-0] is back into the attack

We'll have the strategic time-out! HYD need a wicket, they need to see past this pair. That will be a start towards clawing back. Where is it coming from? The only option I can fathom is the Fizz. But this is where it gets tricky. Warner wants to hold him back for the death, but with this pair going like it is, he won't be allowed to. Or will he do that anyway? We'll find out...Okay, so he's gone with the latter option.

Over: 7	6 0 1 0 2 1	BLR 69/0
Kohli 13(15)	Gayle 51(27)	Henriques 1-0-10-0

6.6 - Henriques to Kohli, 1 run, skips out now, makes enough room for himself and drills it to sweeper cover

6.5 - Henriques to Kohli, 2 runs, with this, he goes the complete opposite way. Doesn't move his feet at all. At all. It's a full ball around off, the lack of footwork allows Kohli to stay inside the line and he punches it crisply to the right of sweeper cover

6.4 - Henriques to Kohli, no run, too close, gets too close to the pitch of the ball after using his feet. He had stepped to the leg-side for his favourite inside-out loft, but ends up jamming it to cover

6.3 - Henriques to Gayle, 1 run, drives a normal pace full toss down to long-off for a single

6.2 - Henriques to Gayle, no run, oh he's almost lost his footing. Off-cutter outside off which doesn't get up much off the deck and scoots below Gayle's attempted slog-sweep

6.1 - Henriques to Gayle, SIX, there's just no stopping him tonight. Brings up fifty with a full fledged biff straight of long-on. Henriques had tried the slower ball and disappears

Moises Henriques, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack

Powerplay done, and BLR off to a flier....

Over: 6	0 0 1 0 1 2	BLR 59/0
Kohli 10(12)	Gayle 44(24)	Mustafizur 1-0-4-0

5.6 - Mustafizur to Kohli, 2 runs, decent start for the Fizz. Flicks an off-cutter through the mid-wicket region for a brace

5.5 - Mustafizur to Gayle, 1 run, no, no, no Mustafizur, Gayle has smashed it onto pad off the inside edge. That puts paid to the loud appeal and they pick a single in front of cover-point

5.4 - Mustafizur to Gayle, no run, drifts the cutter on the pads, Gayle fails to clip it away and the ball dribbles down to short fine leg off the thigh pad

5.3 - Mustafizur to Kohli, 1 run, fullish off-cutter just outside off, driven gently to mid-off

Here's the crowd again with the BLR chants. Just can't stop with it. So customary here that I think they'll scream "Aaaar ceee beeee" even when The Rock is wrestling the Undertaker here.

5.2 - Mustafizur to Kohli, no run, there's that indiscernable off-cutter, Kohli pats it to cover

5.1 - Mustafizur to Kohli, no run, length ball, tilting away wide of off, Kohli plants his foot across and drives on the up to cover-point

Mustafizur Rahman, comes into the attack

It's been exhilarating stuff, and expect it to continue all the way... Panic stations for HYD, their messiah called upon.

Over: 5	0 1 6 4 1 1	BLR 55/0
Kohli 7(8)	Gayle 43(22)	Ben Cutting 1-0-13-0

4.6 - Ben Cutting to Kohli, 1 run, very full outside off, might have been the slower cutter, Kohli slices it wide of third man. Settles for the single

4.5 - Ben Cutting to Gayle, 1 run, takes it on the full with another dance down the pitch, swats it wide of deep mid-wicket. Easy two there, but he's tired. What with all the hitting

4.4 - Ben Cutting to Gayle, FOUR, down the track, full ball, and heaved away wide of deep mid-wicket. What to do? He's mis-hit this one too, you know. It's not a bat, it's a chainsaw

4.3 - Ben Cutting to Gayle, SIX, Gayle is teeing off! He's just unloading at the Chinnaswamy. Cutting doesn't want to stray in his half, bowls it short just outside off but there's no respite. Gayle stays inside the line and upper-cuts it over the third man fence

4.2 - Ben Cutting to Kohli, 1 run, he's ready for the short ball and pulls it all along the carpet down to deep backward square

4.1 - Ben Cutting to Kohli, no run, short of length delivery around off, Kohli gets on top of the bounce and punches it softly down the pitch

Ben Cutting, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack

Over: 4	0 6 0 0 4 6	BLR 42/0
Gayle 32(19)	Kohli 5(5)	Barinder 2-0-29-0

3.6 - Barinder to Gayle, SIX, oh dear, on a scale of Theon Greyjoy to 10 of self-esteem..Ah, picked the wrong parameters, but you get my point. Sran must be intimidated like heck here. Bowls a poor full ball on the pads, and is flogged over deep backward square with a pick-up off the wrists

3.5 - Barinder to Gayle, FOUR, slower ball, Gayle picks it, waits on it, and then smites it over mid-wicket. Gotta mix and match Sran, gotta mix and match. Can't become predictable

3.4 - Barinder to Gayle, no run, he has blindly swung at that. Back of a length delivery, good fizz off the deck and scoots under Gayle's attempted slog

3.3 - Barinder to Gayle, no run, good comeback! Back of the hand slower ball, it's on a fuller length just outside off and Gayle is too early with his hands reaching out leading away from the body. Does well to check his shot and pat it to cover

3.2 - Barinder to Gayle, SIX, if cricket ever has assassins, Gayle is The Mountain. Such brutality. Length ball around off, Gayle kicks his front leg out of the way and simply extends his arms. Generates so much power to clear wide long-on

3.1 - Barinder to Gayle, no run, a fearsome heave, but no connection. The length isn't quite there to pull and so the ball sneaks under him through to the keeper

Over: 3	0 1L Wd 1 4 0 1	BLR 26/0
Gayle 16(13)	Kohli 5(5)	Bhuvneshwar 2-0-11-0

2.6 - Bhuvneshwar to Gayle, 1 run, short of length, trying to tuck him up, Gayle opens his stance and pats it past extra-cover towards long-off

2.5 - Bhuvneshwar to Gayle, no run, back of a length delivery on leg, defended after moving inches forward

2.4 - Bhuvneshwar to Gayle, FOUR, okay, they'll settle for four! So now Gayle has mis-hit a six, and inside edged a four. Good going Chris! Full ball slanting across off, Gayle is lining up the off-side for a drive but skims it off a thick edge past short fine leg

The crowd is getting edgy, they want a sixer..

2.3 - Bhuvneshwar to Kohli, 1 run, he's always pressing forward, knows that Bhuvi doesn't have the pace to trouble him, drives it on the up to sweeper cover

2.3 - Bhuvneshwar to Kohli, wide, sees Kohli stepping out and digs it very short, perhaps in his half of the pitch and the ball sails well over Kohli's head to the keeper

2.2 - Bhuvneshwar to Gayle, leg byes, 1 run, another similar ball, and missed again but this time it has trickled away off the thigh pad behind square

2.1 - Bhuvneshwar to Gayle, no run, Gayle is beaten by the skid of this back of a length delivery, and hence ... despite the ball being on the pads ... he's missed out. No chance of LBW as it has pitched outside leg

A 13-run over, which should settle the dug-out..

Over: 2	Wd 0 2 6 Wd 0 2 1	BLR 18/0
Gayle 11(8)	Kohli 4(4)	Barinder 1-0-13-0

1.6 - Barinder to Gayle, 1 run, full toss, full toss, and it's been simply nudged wide of mid-on. What's going on?

1.5 - Barinder to Gayle, 2 runs, Gayle has pulled it off the front foot, which suggests that the length isn't all that short. Doesn't quite time it but it's been swatted wide of Dhawan at a squarish deep mid-wicket. He sprints across and cuts it with a dive

1.4 - Barinder to Gayle, no run, length ball, it's been driven on the up towards mid-on. No run, because it's Gayle. Or maybe otherwise too

1.4 - Barinder to Gayle, wide, another one down leg, Sran is rattled

1.3 - Barinder to Gayle, SIX, a maximum off the toe-end! Oh yes. Not quite the toe-end, but towards the bottom of the bat. But it's a half-volley and Gayle is always going to go for it. He is slightly early into the loft and skews it over mid-on, all the way

1.2 - Barinder to Gayle, 2 runs, shimmies at the bowler and converts it into a half-volley on his pads, then gets his bat across to clip it through the mid-wicket region. There is protection there in the deep but he's a little squarer

1.1 - Barinder to Gayle, no run, lovely ball! Angles it in on a good length, Gayle has no option but to play at it given the original angle but there's late swing away which beats his outside edge

1.1 - Barinder to Gayle, wide, slips one down the leg-side, well down leg

Sran too has a slip in place..

Barinder Sran, comes into the attack

An early boundary, some sighters, and plenty of nerves. Excellent concoction...

Over: 1	0 1L 0 0 4 0	BLR 5/0
Kohli 4(4)	Gayle 0(2)	Bhuvneshwar 1-0-4-0

0.6 - Bhuvneshwar to Kohli, no run, full ball around off, pushed with a closed bat-face to mid-on

0.5 - Bhuvneshwar to Kohli, FOUR, this man, he's on a dose of Felix Felicis. Remember, Liquid Luck from Harry Potter? Comes down the track to find the length cleverly shortened, but he still tries to go for the ambitious inside-out drive. The ball climbs on him, takes a thick edge and flies away wide of that third slip in place - to his left

0.4 - Bhuvneshwar to Kohli, no run, oh, you can feel the nerves. Kohli is just waiting. Waiting on anything to pounce. Punches a back of a length delivery to backward point, softly

0.3 - Bhuvneshwar to Kohli, no run, a hint of curl away from off, on a good length, Kohli lunges across and smothers it to mid-wicket

Now Kohli. A widish slip - kind of a third slip in place..

0.2 - Bhuvneshwar to Gayle, leg byes, 1 run, no swing this time, ends up down leg and deflects off Gayle's thigh pad behind square as he's late to get the bat across

0.1 - Bhuvneshwar to Gayle, no run, lots of swing away from the left-hander, Gayle sees it early and plays inside the line quite deliberately

Gayle and Kohli are at the crease. Gayle is on strike. Bhuvneshwar will open the attack