Rahul wraps up a clinical SRH win with a six. Juicy full toss on middle and leg, picked away over backward square leg. Wristy stuff from Rahul
RCB vs SRH, 8th match at Bengaluru, IPL, Apr 13 2015 - Ball by Ball Commentary
SRH won by 8 wickets (with 16 balls remaining)
That is that for the day. Do read, Karthik's report. Also watch out for Al Muthu's feature. This is Deva Muthu and Gopi Rangarajan signing off. Ciao ciao..
David Warner, SRH captain and Man of the Match: What a performance from the bowlers. The ball was swinging and the bowlers did well to pull things back. The spell from Boult and Bhuvi was brilliant. We pride ourselves on fielding, it is 50% percent of the game. If we get our fielding right, bowling and batting will take care of itself. Credit to the bowlers, they gave us a nice total to chase. I played with freedom and it was great knock from Dhawan. We are in a good place now and ready for our home games.
Virat Kohli, RCB captain: We were just not good enough with the ball. Maybe 20 runs short with the bat. The guys were off the button today. Hopefully, we can pull our socks up and come back stronger. We have a lot of freebies. I think the bowlers themselves will know that they were not good enough. With the bat we got close to 170, maybe it was a 180-185 wicket. We will have to improve with the ball. I guess Adam Milne will be fit for the next game and Starc will be coming in to boost the attack. As long as the boys are willing to improve, its all good.
Warner set up the chase with a flurry of boundaries before he was undone by Yuzi. The legspinner also had Williamson stumped for 5. However, Dhawan and KL Rahul combined well to seal with chase with ease. The RCB bowlers lacked rhythm and sprayed the ball all round the shop; their profligacy let them down.
Andy: "Karnataka boy slams RCB in karnataka"
length on leg, Rahul, having backed away, has enough leverage to slap it straight down the ground, beats mid-off comfortably
AB has hobbled off the field. Has serious is the twisted ankle?
Abu Nechim hurls in a yorker at the base of off, Dhawan angles his bat and digs it out
very full and on off, Dhawan picks it up from there after shuffling across and launches it over deep midwicket. Collects his fifty
Free-hit coming up for Dhawan
very short and hurries on off, Rahul looks for a pull but reins in his impulse. Loops over mid-off off leading edge. That's a big no-ball
banged in short and on the leg stump, Dhawan lifts one feet in the air and controls a pull in front of deep backward square
AB is hobbling. He is still on the field, though.
back of a length and on middle, tucks Rahul up for room, turned to midwicket. AB tries to intercept the ball with his right boot, does so but lands on the outside of his foot after stopping the ball. Oops, he may have twisted his foot
drifting down leg, DK dives across to his left, but can't stop the ball. Sneaks away to the fine-leg boundary. Kohli is frustrated. That's five wides
the pair look for two and pick it. On a fuller length and on off, Rahul comes forward and lasers a drive to long-off
yorker at the base of off, dug out in front of the covers for a speedy single
overpitched and outside off, Rahul flays it to the covers. Kohli half-stops it and wrings his hands in pain
25 needed off 24 balls.
pushed through on middle, sort of stops on Rahul, who checks his attempted drive and chips it in front of long-on
pushed through on middle, Dhawan advances down the track and slugs it away to long-on
avi: "comeon...give AB the ball!!! "
slid through quick and on off, he can only jerk it away to the covers. They take on AB again and pinch a single. AB has a shy at the striker's end but can't throw the stumps down
leggie on middle from Yuzi, Dhawan reverse-sweeps it in front of short third. He did not get hold of the stroke
Yuzi gives this more air, chipped over mid-off
tossed up, Rahul is down the track, does not get close to the pitch of the ball. Drags it to the left of Kohli at midwicket off the inside half of the bat
Yuzi's back..
back of a length, this one skids on off. Dhawan does not have enough room to free his arms and chops it in front of point
dug in short and outside off, not enough pace to trouble Dhawan. He rocks back and pummels it over the square leg boundary with a pull
back of a length and punched tamely to the covers
Over 18 • SRH 172/2
SRH won by 8 wickets (with 16 balls remaining)