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KKR vs RCB, 33rd match at Bengaluru, IPL, May 02 2015 - Ball by Ball Commentary

RESULT
33rd match (D/N), Bengaluru, May 02, 2015, Pepsi Indian Premier League
(10/10 ov) 111/4
(9.4/10 ov, T:112) 115/3

RCB won by 7 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)

Player Of The Match
45* (18)
mandeep-singh
Cricinfo's MVP
106.37 ptsImpact List
andre-russell
New
RCB
Full commentary

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.

Sunrisers have got off to a blistering start against Super Kings in Hyderabad, so hop on over to follow that game. Thank you for all your emails tonight. I hope you enjoyed the game, cheers.

9.4
6
Russell to Mandeep, SIX runs

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.

9.3
6
Russell to Mandeep, SIX runs

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

9.2
2
Russell to Mandeep, 2 runs

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.

9.1
1
Russell to Wiese, 1 run

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.

end of over 913 runs
RCB: 100/3CRR: 11.11 RRR: 13.00
Mandeep Singh31 (15b 4x4 1x6)
David Wiese8 (6b)
Umesh Yadav 2-0-31-0
Andre Russell 1-0-7-1
8.6
4
Umesh Yadav to Mandeep, FOUR runs

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

8.5
4
Umesh Yadav to Mandeep, FOUR runs

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

8.4
1
Umesh Yadav to Wiese, 1 run

good length around off stump, the batsman tries to pull but mis-times it past the bowler

8.3
1
Umesh Yadav to Mandeep, 1 run

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

8.2
1
Umesh Yadav to Wiese, 1 run

in the blockhole, Mandeep can only dig it out to long on for a single

8.1
2
Umesh Yadav to Wiese, 2 runs

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.

end of over 87 runs • 1 wicket
RCB: 87/3CRR: 10.87 RRR: 13.00
David Wiese4 (3b)
Mandeep Singh22 (12b 2x4 1x6)
Andre Russell 1-0-7-1
Piyush Chawla 2-0-21-1
7.6
1
Russell to Wiese, 1 run

another one in the blockhole, dug out down the ground for one, Russell has done a superb job in his first over

7.5
2
Russell to Wiese, 2 runs

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

7.4
1
Russell to Mandeep, 1 run

short of a length just outside off, Mandeep pulls the ball and hits it through midwicket, but he too did not time that well

7.3
1
Russell to Wiese, 1 run

a good length ball outside off, slogs across the line and hits it through midwicket, not timed well either

7.3
1w
Russell to Wiese, 1 wide

a bouncer, but the umpire says it is too high, a wide called

Wiese is the new batsman.

7.2
W
Russell to Kohli, OUT

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 ...

Virat Kohli c SA Yadav b Russell 34 (20b 2x4 3x6) SR: 170
7.1
1
Russell to Mandeep, 1 run

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.

end of over 718 runs
RCB: 80/2CRR: 11.42 RRR: 11.00
Virat Kohli34 (19b 2x4 3x6)
Mandeep Singh20 (10b 2x4 1x6)
Piyush Chawla 2-0-21-1
Brad Hogg 2-0-23-1
6.6
6
Chawla to Kohli, SIX runs

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.

6.5
1
Chawla to Mandeep, 1 run

steps out of his crease but is not to the pitch of the ball, he adjusts and hits the ball in front of point

6.4
4
Chawla to Mandeep, FOUR runs

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

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Over 10 • RCB 115/3

RCB won by 7 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)
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