RCB vs Kings XI, 50th match at Bengaluru, , May 18 2016 - Ball by Ball Commentary

RESULT
50th match (N), Bengaluru, May 18, 2016, Indian Premier League
(14/14 ov, T:203) 120/9

RCB won by 82 runs (D/L method)

Player Of The Match
113 (50)
virat-kohli
Cricinfo's MVP
102.04 ptsImpact List
virat-kohli
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KXIP
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end of over 1411 runs
PBKS: 120/9CRR: 8.57 
Sandeep Sharma5 (5b)
KC Cariappa12 (8b 1x6)
Chris Gayle 3-0-25-0
Sachin Baby 1-0-4-0

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Virat Kohli is the Player of the Match for his 50-ball 113. "When all that was happening out there, I thought surely I can't get a 100 in 15 overs. I wasn't believing that it was happening. Chris, looked dangerous in the last game, he was in the zone again today. Everything is coming together. In the previous tournaments, we panicked. But hopefully we can continue what we have been doing. My main aim is to get runs, it doesn't matter how I play. Momentum is a big thing in T20s, when you get into the zone, you feel you can hit any ball. So you just want to give yourself. I didn't hit any balls because I was injured, but when I settled down, I thought I shouldn't think about my stitches. When I got the flow going, and the pain went away, I was able to play shots. T20s is just three hours a day. You still have 21 hours away, so why relax on the field? Today was a shortened game, but I was glad we got 15 overs in. We were desperate to get onto the park. It wouldn't have mattered even if it was a five-overs game. We wanted four in four, we now have three in three. So there's no reason why we can't win. We have got to that stage, where we've stopped thinking about other teams. We are just relaxed, the guys in the dugout are doing a great job. We've got the momentum now.

M Vijay: We thought 180 could have been chased down, but credit to them for the way they played. It's difficult to bowl to those two (Gayle and Kohli), and we weren't good enough today. We want to finish on a high, we will play out heart out in our last game.

Here's a look at the points table, for those asking

12:30am It's official. That's that. Third win on the trot for RCB. Believe it or not, they've jumped from No. 7 to No. 2 in a matter of six days. It didn't look like we'd have play. For two hours, Chinnaswamy was a party waiting to take off. For a while, the crowd was on tenterhooks, but when play started, they witnessed a demolition of the kind they witnessed last week against Gujarat Lions. Incredible performance this, to get 200 plus in 15 overs and then dismantle a deflated unit as easily as they did in the end. Margin of victory: 82 runs via DLS method

It has started to pour at the Chinnaswamy. Is that it?

Keshav : "Kohli's brilliance should be enough to get RCB into the knockout stages. As long as they can play a full game against Delhi and win, they should be through. Their 2 thumping recent wins will mean that no other team with 8 wins can touch them on NRR and that will not be an issue at all for them. Plus, there match against Delhi is the last one so they will be aware of exactly what their situation demands."

13.6
1
Gayle to Sandeep, 1 run

generously tossed up on off stump, turned wide of midwicket

13.5
1
Gayle to Cariappa, 1 run

nicely tossed up, he looks to clear long on, ends up hitting it to the fielder on the bounce

13.4
1
Gayle to Sandeep, 1 run

full toss on middle and leg, worked to deep midwicket

13.3
1
Gayle to Cariappa, 1 run

flat hit down to long-off

13.2
6
Gayle to Cariappa, SIX runs

in the slot for the swing, and he gets maximum elevation. Slogged across deep midwicket

13.1
1
Gayle to Sandeep, 1 run

fires a full ball on middle, squeezed to long on

end of over 134 runs • 1 wicket
PBKS: 109/9CRR: 8.38 RRR: 51.50
Sandeep Sharma2 (2b)
KC Cariappa4 (5b)
Sachin Baby 1-0-4-0
Chris Gayle 2-0-14-0
12.6
1
Baby to Sandeep, 1 run

pushed wide of Watson at cover

12.5
1
Baby to Cariappa, 1 run

hit back over the bowler's head, excellent work by AB running to his left from long-off, lobbed the ball on the relay to Jordan who was running across from long-off

12.4
1
Baby to Sandeep, 1 run

short, has enough width for him to crunch that to deep cover

12.3
1
Baby to Cariappa, 1 run

makes room and smears it to deep cover to get off the mark

12.2
W
Baby to Mohit, OUT

punched to Watson who fires a throw to Baby from cover, he collected the throw well to beat a desperate Mohit Sharma who was trying to lunge back into the crease. He was miles outside the crease.

Mohit Sharma run out (Watson/Sachin Baby) 14 (12b 2x4 0x6) SR: 116.66
12.1
Baby to Mohit, no run

gently tossed up outside off, slapped wide of cover for an easy single

Sachin Baby into the attack

end of over 129 runs
PBKS: 105/8CRR: 8.75 RRR: 35.66
Mohit Sharma14 (10b 2x4)
KC Cariappa2 (3b)
Chris Gayle 2-0-14-0
Yuzvendra Chahal 3-0-25-4

Time-out

11.6
1
Gayle to Mohit, 1 run

gets forward and bunts it down to long on

11.5
1
Gayle to Cariappa, 1 run

through with the swing even before the full toss came to him, sliced to long off

11.4
1
Gayle to Mohit, 1 run

backs away and carves the full ball to sweeper cover

11.3
4
Gayle to Mohit, FOUR runs

juicy full toss on middle, swung away one bounce between deep midwicket and long on. Looked like it slipped out of his hand

11.2
1
Gayle to Cariappa, 1 run

driven past the bowler to long off

11.1
1
Gayle to Mohit, 1 run

defended wide of cover for an easy single

end of over 116 runs • 1 wicket
PBKS: 96/8CRR: 8.72 RRR: 29.00
KC Cariappa0 (1b)
Mohit Sharma7 (6b 1x4)
Yuzvendra Chahal 3-0-25-4
Chris Gayle 1-0-5-0
10.6
Chahal to Cariappa, no run

stays inside the crease to defend that full delivery back down the pitch

10.5
W
Chahal to Gurkeerat, OUT

swings north, ball goes south. There's turn away from off stump, bounce and Gurkeerat can only get a thick edge as he looks to go over long-off as Gayle takes a comfortable catch at slip.

Gurkeerat Singh Mann c Gayle b Chahal 18 (18b 2x4 0x6) SR: 100
Win Probability
RCB 100%
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Over 14 • KXIP 120/9

RCB won by 82 runs (D/L method)
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