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Harshal's hat-trick gives RCB a 54-run win

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23.23 PM IST: We'll see you Tuesday at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium for the next game.

 

23.16 PM IST: Adam Milne falls off the first ball of the final over to Harshal Patel. MI's fight has come to an end and RCB win by 54 runs. 

 

23.15 PM IST: Chahal ends with a wicket maiden. MI are at 111-9 in 19 overs.

 

23.14 PM IST: Kohli and wicketkeeper Bharat appeal for a stumping for Boult. Boult looks to flick the ball away, but is beaten. However, he is safely inside the crease, and doesn't lose his wicket.

 

23.12 PM IST: Bumrah departs in the over's third delivery after two dots. Chahal's ball finds Bumrah's off stumps and the ninth wicket is down for MI. Trent Boult walks in.

 

23.11 PM IST: Yuzvendra Chahal comes to finish his four overs. Starts with a dot.

 

23.10 PM IST: FOUR from Bumrah. A fine shot over the wicket-keeper's head to get MI four precious runs. Ends the over with a single to keep the strike. 

 

23.05 PM IST: Rahul Chahar faces the hat-trick ball, and he too has to walk away after an LBW ball from Patel. Bumrah comes out to bat now. MI 106-8 now, and need 60 in 21 balls. 

 

23.04 PM IST: Pollard is bowled. He's gone for 7(10) after Harshal gets his leg stump with a slower ball, full and dipping on. Patel on a hat-trick.

 

23.02 PM IST: Hardik Pandya's stay doesn't last too long. He launches a skier and Kohli runs back at extra cover to get it. 3 (6) for Pandya, and MI has lost its sixth wicket. Adam Milne is the new man in.

 

23.01 PM IST: It's Harshal Patel with the ball once more. Starts with a wide.

 

23.00 PM IST: Two more singles there, with the last one coming from Hardik and he will keep strike. Just six have come off that, and MI are at 105-5 in 16 overs. 

 

22.58 PM IST: Two singles, one from Pollard and Hardik each, follow the double.

 

22.57 PM IST: A couple of runs from the next ball, and it's 100 up for MI. An uphill task from here, but Polly and the team has been here, done that.

 

22.56 PM IST: Dan Christian has come in. Starts with a dot to Polly. 

 

22.55 PM IST: Just two runs from that over, and Surya's wicket. Siraj has one more over left, and has given only 15 runs so far.

 

22.52 PM IST: Hardik Pandya is the new man in, walking into a game for the first time since IPL 2021 resumption. It's two dots and a single for Hardik so far.

 

22.49 PM IST: Mohammed Siraj comes back into the attack. Surya has to depart in the first delivery. An offcutter urges Surya to get the top edge, landing the ball in Chahal's hands.

 

22.46 PM IST: Two more singles to end the over. Four runs and a wicket in the last six balls. Maxwell ends with 4-0-23-2. MI are at 97-4 in 14 overs. It's time-out now.

 

22.44 PM IST: An LBW shout loud from the RCB contingent for Pollard, the umpire does not signal so and RCB have opted for a review. The ball has not hit the stumps on the tracker, and Polly remains safe for now.

 

22.42 PM IST: Big Man Pollard walks in. Maxi comes around the wicket for Polly. Gets off the mark with a single. It is followed by a single from Surya.

 

22.41 PM IST: Maxwell comes in to finish off his four-over quota. He ends Krunal Pandya's stay off the very first delivery. Krunal's off stump is uprooted and he has to depart after 5 (11).

 

22.39 PM IST: Three more single to close the curtains on that over. Seven have come off it and MI are at 93-3 in 13 overs.

 

22.37 PM IST: 1lb, 0, 1w so far to Krunal, with the wide coming with some excitement of a possible caught behind. However, there was no edge off the bat, and Krunal is safe.

 

22.34 PM IST: Harshal Patel comes back into the attack. Surya gets a couple of runs off the first delivery.

 

22.33 PM IST: Four singles from that over. MI are at 86-3 at the end of the 12th.

 

22.30 PM IST: Maxwell continues from the other end. A dot and a single to Krunal to start with.

 

22.29 PM IST: Two dots and a single in the last three balls. MI are at 82-3 at the halfway mark. Just three runs off this Chahal over, and a wicket.

 

22.26 PM IST: Ishan gets a leading edge and holes out to the third man to depart. He's gone for 9 (12), and MI are at 81-3. Krunal walks in at number five.

 

22.25 PM IST: Suryakumar Yadav is the new man in. Chahal continues his spell. Ishan and Surya take a single each to begin.

 

22.23 PM IST: Out, Rohit has to walk back. An innings of 43 (28) comes to and end as his shot lands in Devdutt Padikkal's hands.

 

22.20 PM IST: Ishan smashes one directly at Rohit, who puts his left hand ahead to protect his face from the ball. Slightly tense atmosphere here and the physio checks on him. Ro gives a smile and looks good to go.

 

22.19 PM IST: Three singles off the first three balls in Maxwell's second over.

 

22.17 PM IST: 0, 1, 0, 1 from the last four deliveries. MI at 75-1 in nine overs. 

 

22.15 PM IST: Chahal to Ishan, FOUR! Great timing, good power and excellent results. Ishan sends the ball down the ground for four runs in the second delivery of the over, after a dot.

 

22.14 PM IST: Ro makes the extra delivery count and how! A BIG SIX over deep midwicket to end the eighth over with 11 runs. MI move to 69-1 in 8 overs.

 

22.13 PM IST: 0, 1, 2, 1w - four have come so far with an extra delivery.

 

22.11 PM IST: Maxwell comes in with bowling duties for RCB. A single for Rohit and a dot from Ishan in the first two balls.

 

22.09 PM IST: Ishan Kishan has come out to bat. A dot and a single to Rohit here and he keeps strike. Just two have come off this over with the loss of Quinny's wicket.

 

22.08 PM IST: Two dots later, Quinny has to walk back. A knock of 24 (23) comes to an end when he hoicks Chahal's flighted ball to Maxwell at deep midwicket.

 

22.05 PM IST: Yuzvendra Chahal comes into the attack, starts with a single to Rohit.

 

22.02 PM IST: 2, 1w, 1, 0 - Five runs come off Harshal's first over. MI stack up 56 runs in the powerplay with Rohit sitting at 29* (17) and Quinton not far behind at 24* (20). Strategic time-out has been opted.

 

22.00 PM IST: A single to de Kock and a dot so far. Three more deliveries to go.

 

21.56 PM IST: Purple cap holder Harshal Patel comes into the attack. A dot to QdK to begin with.

 

21.55 PM IST: Four more from Rohit to end the over! Shabaz has misfielded and allowed the ball the reach the boundary at deep square leg. A couple of runs and a single came in between too, to bring MI 15 runs in this over. Healthy start, MI sit pretty at 51-0 in five overs.

 

21.52 PM IST: FOUR more for MI, this time to sweeper cover from QdK, and RCB fielders don't bother chasing after it. It speeds away to the boundary.

 

21.51 PM IST: Daniel Christian enters the attack a little earlier than expected, and QdK welcomes him with a pump down the ground to FOUR!

 

21.50 PM IST: FOUR! A splendid shot down the ground finds the boundary for Rohit. It is followed by a dot and MI end the fourth over with 36-0 on their scorecard.

 

21.49 PM IST: A leg byes single from Siraj, some run-out drama and leaning towards a possible LBW here to de Kock. However, it's landed outside off, and Siraj misses the direct hit. It is followed with a dot from Ro.

 

21.47 PM IST: FOUR MORE FOR MI! This time it comes from Quinton. A cracking shot, reaching out to the delivery, to send it between cover and cover point.

 

21.46 PM IST: Siraj continues the bowling attack. A dot from de Kock in the first delivery.

 

21.45 PM IST: A hat-trick of fours from the Hitman to finish the over! MI are at 27-0 in three overs, with Rohit looking strong at 18* (10). 

 

21.44 PM IST: Another four from captain Ro here! A beautiful shot, nice and low to a wide ball, to put it away behind point!

 

21.43 PM IST: FOUR! Makes full use of the free-hit to belt it down the ground for his first boundary.

 

21.43 PM IST: Jamieson's overstepped! While Siraj saved a boundary, MI have run three, and the no-ball ensures a free hit for Rohit Sharma.

 

21.42 PM IST: A single and a dot in the next two deliveries. A swing and a miss from Rohit in that dot ball here.

 

21.41 PM IST: Kyle Jamieson continues his spell, starts, again, with a single to Rohit.

 

21.40 PM IST: Four! A blissful boundary at deep square leg from de Kock to finish an otherwise quiet over. Five have come off of it to put MI at 10-0 in two.

 

21.36 PM IST: Siraj shares the new ball from the other end. Starts with a dot and a single.

 

21.35 PM IST: One over up. Two more singles off that over and Rohit keeps strike. Five runs from the first over for MI. Cautious start.

 

21.33 PM IST: A dot, with an lbw appeal for a ball that pitched outside leg, followed by a couple of runs from QdK.

 

21.31 PM IST: A single off Ro to get off the mark in the very first delivery.

 

21.30 PM IST: Rohit Sharma takes the strike and Kyle Jamieson begins with the ball for RCB. MI need 166 runs in 120 to win.

 

21.29 PM IST: Rohit and Quinton are walking out into the middle. The RCB team is in a huddle and Virat has a few words for the team.

 

21.23 PM IST: How do you see things moving forward now, Paltan?

 

 

21.20 PM IST: A comeback to remember by the MI bowlers here! Bumrah finishes with three wickets with two coming in the 19th over, and Boult has given away only 17 runs, despite bowling two of his overs in the death and the other two in the powerplay.

 

21.16 PM IST: RCB looked well-poised for a 175+ score, but Jasprit Bumrah and Trent Boult not only took out their middle order, but also ensured they gave away only nine runs in the last 12 balls. RCB finish with 165-6.

 

21.15 PM IST: JUST THREE SINGLES IN THE LAST FOUR BALLS. Top class from the Thunder-Boom pair to end things on MI's side eventually. 

 

21.12 PM IST: Kyle Jamieson comes in, and it's a Kiwi to Kiwi contest here. One run from Jamieson's first.

 

21.11 PM IST: YORKED! A 136kmph delivery goes under Shabaz Ahmed's bat to knock off the off-stump. He leaves for 1 (3). Exceptional death bowling from the Men in Blue and Gold here.

 

21.10 PM IST: Boult is here to finish off in the last over. Starts with a dot to Ahmed.

 

21.09 PM IST: Dan Christian and Shabaz Ahmed are in. A single and a dot ends this fantastic over from Bumrah, who pulled things back like he always has for MI. Just six runs and two massive wickets off the 19th over. 162-5 here for RCB. What would be a competitive total after breaks being applied like that?

 

21.07 PM IST: ABD LEAVES! BOOM ON A HAT-TRICK. A thick edge off a short-length Bumrah ball lands in the 'keeper's gloves. He departs for 11 (6).

 

 

21.06 PM IST: BOOM DOES IT AGAIN! He gets Maxwell for the seventh time in 15 meetings, this time with a yorker on off. Maxwell looks to hoick that, but doesn't middle it and lands in Boult's hands. He walks off for 56 (37).

 

21.05 PM IST: 4, 1w, 0 so far. That third ball was a beauty from Boom, wide of off, and Maxwell fails to connect.

 

21.03 PM IST: Jasprit Bumrah comes in to bowl his last over, the all-important penultimate over. Bumrah has dismissed Maxwell six times in 14 meetings.

 

21.02 PM IST: A couple of runs and a single from Maxwell brings up his fifty, and Adam Milne ends his four over quota of the match with 4-0-48-1. 

 

21.00 PM IST: A dot and another four from Maxwell. Fourteen off the over so far, two balls more to go in the 18th over.

 

20.58 PM IST: Adam Milne comes in to bowl his last over. Maxwell begins with a six. It is followed by a four.

 

20.56 PM IST: 6, 1, 1, 1w, 4, 0 - big over for RCB with 13 coming off it. They are at 139/3 in 17 overs. Bumrah and Boult both have one more over to go.

 

20.51 PM IST: Bumrah to AB de Villiers now. Over the wicket. Starts with an excellent yorker, resulting in a dot. 

 

20.50 PM IST: AB de Villiers is the next man in. A dot ball ends the over with seven runs and a big wicket for MI. RCB are at 126-3 in 16 overs.

 

20.48 PM IST: OUT! And it's RCB captain Virat Kohli who walks back after 51(42). The pressure of the dot balls got to him, and he top-edges his pull off an excellent knuckle ball from Milne to Anukul Roy, who comes running in to take an excellent catch.

 

20.46 PM IST: Adam Milne comes into the attack. Two singles off Maxwell and Kohli respectively to start the over.

 

20.44 PM IST: Four dots and a single off the last ball. Very very neat bowling from Boult here, putting the pressure on RCB as the last quarter of their innings approaches. Just two off the over here, and RCB are at 119-2 in 15 overs.

 

20.41 PM IST: Trent Boult returns to the attack. A single off the first ball to Kohli brings him a half-century.

 

20.40 PM IST: MI review for Maxwell's wicket off Chahar's last delivery of the match. The ball has pitched outside leg, and Chahar ends with numbers 4-0-33-1. 

 

20.39 PM IST: A single from Kohli gives Maxwell back his strike, who switch-hits another maximum over deep point. Another dot follows.

 

20.34 PM IST: Chahar comes in to bowl his final over. Over the wicket to Maxwell, who starts with a dot and passed the strike to Kohli.

 

20.31 PM IST: 1nb, 4(free-hit), 0, 1lb, 2, 0 - Milne goes for 12 runs in the 13th over. It's 109-2 in 13 overs for RCB, and the team opts for a strategic time-out. 

 

20.27 PM IST: Pace enteres the bowling as Milne comes into the attack. Maxwell starts with a boundary. 

 

20.26 PM IST: 1, 6, 1 in the last three deliveries of the game from Krunal, with Maxwell switch-hitting a six and taking a single to keep strike. 12 come off this over, and RCB end at 97-2 in 12 overs. Krunal finishes with numbers 4-0-27-0.

 

20.24 PM IST: Krunal comes to finish off his spell. 1w, 1, 0, 2 so far.

 

20.22 PM IST: Just three off that over, and Chahar has done well to keep the runs from flowing into RCB's scoreboard. It's 85-2 in 11 overs.

 

20.19 PM IST: Chahar continues. A dot and a single to Maxwell to begin the 11th over.

 

20.18 PM IST: Seven runs come off that tenth over. Krunal has given away only 15 runs in his three overs. RCB are at 82-2 at the halfway mark.

 

20.15 PM IST: Krunal Pandya continues. A single to Kohli to begin with.

 

20.14 PM IST: Maxwell is the new batter in. A dot the end the eventful over and RCB are at 75-2 in nine overs.

 

20.13 PM IST: TAKEN! Rahul Chahar brings in a much needed wicket. Bharat lofts the delivery well, but it lands just in front of Suryakumar Yadav at deep cover, who takes a smooth catch to dismiss the batter. Bharat leaves for 32 (24). 

 

20.12 PM IST: 4, 1, 6, and with the last maximum coming off Bharat, landing in the top tier at deep square.

 

20.09 PM IST: Rahul Chahar continues. Bharat starts with a single.

 

20.08 PM IST: Yet another great over from Krunal. Just five come off it and RCB are at 63-1 at the end of the eight over.

 

20.06 PM IST: It's Krunal with the ball again, starting off with a single to Kohli. 

 

20.05 PM IST: 1, 0 off the last two from Rahul here. 10 runs have come off this over and RCB are at 58-1 in seven overs.

 

20.04 PM IST: 4, 3 - Bharat's boundary brings up the fifty for RCB.

 

20.02 PM IST: Rahul Chahar starts from after the time-out. Two dots from Srikar Bharat so far.

 

19.58 PM IST: 1lb, 0, 0, 1, 1 - An economical start from Krunal Pandya here, with just four coming off the over. Kohli and Co. have stacked up 48 runs in the powerplay at the loss of Padikkal's wicket. Startegic time-out has been opted for.

 

19.56 PM IST: Krunal Pandya comes in to bowl the final powerplay over. Starts with a single to Kohli.

 

19.55 PM IST: 4, 6, 1 - The last three deliveries didn't go right for Milne. RCB notched up 13 in that over, and sit at 44-1 at the end of the fifth.

 

19.53 PM IST: 1, 1, 0 - steady from Milne so far. Three more balls to go.

 

19.51 PM IST: Adam Milne has been brought into the attack. He starts off with a single to Virat Kohli.

 

19.50 PM IST: 1, 4, 0 in the next three balls. 16 come off this over and RCB catapult themselves to 31-1 in four overs. Virat on strike for the next one.

 

19.48 PM IST: 4, 6 - the next two balls have been good for RCB with Virat going off. He touches 10,000 runs in T20 cricket.

 

19.46 PM IST: Burmah continues his spell from the other end. A single to Bharat on the first ball.

 

19.45 PM IST: 0, 4, 1, 0 from the last four balls. MI have kept RCB on a tight leash so far. The batting team is at 15-1 in three overs.

 

19.42 PM IST: Boult continues from the other end and begins with two dots against Bharat.

 

19.41 PM IST: A single from the new batter Srikar Bharat and two leg byes from Kohli later, Bumrah completes an excellent first over. RCB sit at 10-1 in two overs.

 

19.39 PM IST: And edge and Padikkal has to walk back! A great catch from Quinton de Kock from behind the stumps to send an in-form RCB opener back. Three dots and a wicket in four deliveries off Bumrah's over so far.

 

19.36 PM IST: Jasprit Bumrah comes in with the next ball from the other side. He has some liking for RCB. Starts with a dot.

 

19.35 PM IST: Just a wide apart from the six in that first over from Boult. It's seven without loss for RCB.

 

19.32 PM IST: Virat Kohli gets off the mark in the second delivery with a maximum, it's a tough missed chance for Rahul Chahar.

 

19.30 PM IST: The blockbuster is underway. Trent Boult to Virat Kohli, dot.

 

19.29 PM IST: Trent Boult is warming up with the ball to start things for the MI side.

 

19.28 PM IST: MI is in a huddle, and the captain has some words of encouragement for the team. The men trickle into the field to take positions. Virat Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal have walked out too.

 

19.25 PM IST: Look who's back in Blue and Gold!

 

  

19.22 PM IST: All smiles!

 

 

19.20 PM IST: Meanwhile, tell us what you're excited for:

 

19.10 PM IST: The Men in Blue and Gold are READY!

 

 

19.05 PM IST: This is what MI's playing XI for tonight against RCB looks like:

 

 

19.03 PM IST: Some sweet news at the start of the night from Ro:

 

 

19.00 PM IST: Rohit calls it right at the toss and MI opt to field first! 

 

18.55 PM IST: MI opener, Quinton de Kock, had a few words to say ahead of the encounter.

"It's a big game and it would be nice if we get a win tonight. It will be a strong contest today and hopefully we will be the ones that come out on top."

 

18.50 PM IST: 10 minutes to toss time. What do you think our Playing XI will look like tonight?

 

 

18.45 PM IST: Hello, Paltan, and welcome to the LIVE coverage of an exciting encounter between RCB and MI lined up to cap off a weekend of fun cricket!