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RCB vs RR, 29th match at Bengaluru, IPL, Apr 29 2015 - Ball by Ball Commentary

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end of over 2012 runs • 1 wicket
RCB: 200/7CRR: 10.00 
Sarfaraz Khan45 (21b 6x4 1x6)
Tim Southee 4-0-32-2
Dhawal Kulkarni 4-0-36-1

9.47pm Sarfaraz gets a lot of punches as he walks back, Kohli greeted him first with a bow and folded his hands. Once RCB lost Gayle and Kohli early, they needed someone to stay till the end for a score close to 200. De Villiers started very well but could not carry the momentum on, he was run out and then Sarfaraz threw his bat at almost everything to make sure RCB got there. Off the edge or middle of the bat, he got runs however he could

Julious: "This will be a good contest - testing the in-form, strong & deep RR batting Line with Starc leading the lead attack from other side.. :)"

Minasco: "Considering the fact that Gayle+Kohli chipped in with only 11 runs and final score being 200 talks a lot about RCB middle order slowly getting back to form"

Piyush: "Days ahead, results might fade in memories but will remember this guy sarfaraz khan's performance for a long time. man you have earned a huge number of fans today!!"

19.6
1W
Southee to Khan, 1 run, OUT

slow and full on the stumps, he drives it down the ground for one. Harshal comes back for the second but Sarfaraz doesn't move and they get 200

Harshal Patel run out (Rahane/†Samson) 6 (2b 0x4 1x6 6m) SR: 300
19.5
2
Southee to Khan, 2 runs

some room on the off side and Sarfaraz smacks it on the off side past cover point, Binny puts it a great effort at deep point to save two

19.4
Southee to Khan, no run

in the block hole outside off, Sarfaraz swings and misses the ball

19.3
2
Southee to Khan, 2 runs

angles in the short ball, Sarfaraz pulls it late and wide of fine leg as Faulkner slides to cut it in

19.2
1b
Southee to Harshal, 1 bye

slower yorker keeps low as Harshal makes room and misses the ball, Sarfaraz runs in for a quick single as Samson misses

19.1
6
Southee to Harshal, SIX runs

short ball is pulled, it goes very very high, not from the middle of the bat. But it has enough to clear the midwicket boundary for a six

Southee for the last over

end of over 1913 runs • 1 wicket
RCB: 188/6CRR: 9.89 
Sarfaraz Khan40 (17b 6x4 1x6)
Harshal Patel0 (0b)
Dhawal Kulkarni 4-0-36-1
Pravin Tambe 3-0-39-0
18.6
4
Kulkarni to Khan, FOUR runs

he even manages to paddle sweep a high full toss by taking his eyes off the ball, it goes fine enough and beats fine leg

Six down, here's Harshal Patel

Raghu Kokku: "Looks like Steve Smith should take up captaincy again."

18.5
W
Kulkarni to Wiese, OUT

slightly short, it's out there to be pulled and Wiese sends it straight to the deep-midwicket fielder for an easy catch

David Wiese c Southee b Kulkarni 11 (8b 2x4 0x6 14m) SR: 137.5
18.4
Kulkarni to Wiese, no run

bangs in the short ball at 134kph, Wiese hooks and misses, slightly late on that shot

Watson having a chat for the field changes. Square leg comes in, fine leg goes deep. Third man comes up and mid off goes back

18.3
4
Kulkarni to Wiese, FOUR runs

full and wide, Wiese makes room and slices it by swooping low, the ball goes high and wide of third man for four

RJ: "12, 15 & 18 in last three overs, 21 in this one?"

18.2
Kulkarni to Wiese, no run

just inside the wide line as it shaped in slightly and Wiese decided to let it go

18.1
4
Kulkarni to Wiese, FOUR runs

swinging in, and that's almost a yorker but Wiese smacks it straight down, beats the bowler and then mid-off for a four

Chaky: "This is rubbish captaincy by Watto. He should have given Tambe the earlier over and should have had his experience bowlers bowling last ones."

18.1
1w
Kulkarni to Wiese, 1 wide

starts with a wide well outside off as it's left alone

end of over 1818 runs
RCB: 175/5CRR: 9.72 
Sarfaraz Khan36 (16b 5x4 1x6)
David Wiese3 (3b)
Pravin Tambe 3-0-39-0
Shane Watson 3-0-27-0

18 from that over, the push that RCB needed. Two overs to go

17.6
2
Tambe to Khan, 2 runs

fuller and quicker, Sarfaraz clips it to deep square leg for two

17.5
4
Tambe to Khan, FOUR runs

just clears long-off! He made room and unleashed an inside-out lofted drive on the off side, that went high and Southee chased it, running to his left, and threw in a slide but couldn't get there

17.4
1
Tambe to Wiese, 1 run

sliding in towards the pads, it deflects to the leg side for one

17.3
1
Tambe to Khan, 1 run

wider outside the off stump, cuts it on off but point gets a hand to it

17.2
6
Tambe to Khan, SIX runs

dances down the track and lofts it high and far straight down the ground over the bowler's head for a six!

17.1
4
Tambe to Khan, FOUR runs

short and flat as Sarfaraz makes room and then comes back to cover the stumps. He then sweeps it wide of fine leg for four

Tambe comes back, two overs he has

end of over 1715 runs • 1 wicket
RCB: 157/5CRR: 9.23 
Sarfaraz Khan19 (11b 3x4)
David Wiese2 (2b)
Shane Watson 3-0-27-0
James Faulkner 2-0-26-0
16.6
1
Watson to Khan, 1 run

low full toss just outside off, driven down to long on for one

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