Mandeep has done it, Russell has been KKR's best player on the night but he wasn't able to defend 12 in the final over. Mandeep seals the game with two balls to spare with a withering pull, smashing the shorter ball over the backward square leg boundary. The Chinnaswamy erupts in a burst of noise.
KKR vs RCB, 33rd match at Bengaluru, IPL, May 02 2015 - Ball by Ball Commentary
RCB won by 7 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)
8.45 There was a lot of rain earlier but the crowd stayed to watch, and they have been rewarded with a compressed high-octane ten over game. RCB have leapt up the table, past KKR, to third spot. These two teams are level on points but RCB have the better run rate. Mandeep Singh, 45 off 18 balls to win the game, when everyone expected Kohli, Gayle and AB to be the stars of the chase. Brilliant.
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a sensational strike from Mandeep! He makes room outside leg to get under a full ball and flays at it, slicing the ball while down on one leg, carving it over the backward point boudnary
short of a length and straight, the batsman charges and swings, hitting it through midwicket, they race back for the second
12 off 5 balls, Mandeep on strike.
in the blockhole again, good ball, played to long on for a single
Russell has done plenty for KKR so far in this game and now he has to do it all, he has 13 to defend. RCB need 12 to take the game to a super over.
edged and another boundary, to third man! Mandeep simply made room to hit on the off side and swung hard, the ball flew off the outside edge and raced away
fine leg is in the circle and Mandeep sends the ball high over that fielder with a scoop, the ball bounces off the practices pitches and goes over the boundary as Cummins comes racing in from long leg and dives desperately
good length around off stump, the batsman tries to pull but mis-times it past the bowler
another blockhole delivery on middle stump, superb stuff from Yadav, the batsman tries to make room and then has to hurry to dig it out on the off side
in the blockhole, Mandeep can only dig it out to long on for a single
a full ball outside off and Weise drills the ball hard towards wide long off with a fluent drive, Suryakumar sprints to his left and dives to save the boundary. He gets on his feet quickly and releases the ball swiftly too, top fielding
How many runs can Yadav leave for Russell to defend in the final over? RCB need 25 off 12 balls.
another one in the blockhole, dug out down the ground for one, Russell has done a superb job in his first over
in the blockhole, pinpoint accuracy from Russell, but the batsman manages to dig it out and because there is no infielder at midwicket they manage to run two as the fielder has to run in from the deep
short of a length just outside off, Mandeep pulls the ball and hits it through midwicket, but he too did not time that well
a good length ball outside off, slogs across the line and hits it through midwicket, not timed well either
a bouncer, but the umpire says it is too high, a wide called
Wiese is the new batsman.
Russell can do anything! He's got Kohli now. It was just short of a length and hurried Kohli a bit, he mis-timed the loft straight to the fielder at long-on ...
nearly in the blockhole, an accurate start, played of the pads through square leg
RCB need 32 off three overs and with eight wickets in hand they are just ahead at the moment. Andre Russell finally has the ball.
Kohli finishes the over perfectly by lofting a full ball clean over long on for six, the game has swung again, RCB steaming towards the target.
steps out of his crease but is not to the pitch of the ball, he adjusts and hits the ball in front of point
waits in his crease for a flatter and shorter ball and pull so hard into the gap on the midwicket boundary, just beats the diving fielder
Over 10 • RCB 115/3
RCB won by 7 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)