END OF OVER:
20 | 9 Runs 1 Wkt | RCB: 173/6 | RR: 8.65

  • Dinesh Karthik38 (26b)
  • Tushar Deshpande4-0-47-0
  • Mustafizur Rahman4-0-29-4

9.45pm A heartening comeback for RCB with a 95-run stand off just 57 balls, but their middle overs were almost disastrous when they kept losing wickets and went 28 balls without a boundary. They have got themselves a fighting chance, but CSK will be the happier side. DK says he was a bit rusty. "Right till the end, I was just fighting my form. I was rusty, I was trying hard, Anuj, young boy, played a special knock. It is a very very good pitch for batting. I wouldn't be surprised if we are a bit under-par. We will have to field very well and bowl out of our skins. The last over, he bowled really well, but I couldn' mconnect at all. If I could have hit one six that would be the difference between 182-183 and the 173 we got. But if we field well, which we are capable of, and looks like I won't be there so even better, we can fight."

That DK interview tells you what we have been suspecting: that this is a good pitch and that CSK had caused enough damage in the middle overs. Mustafizur was atbthe forefornt of it with four wickets in his first two overs, but the spinners also shut RCB down. Ashish Pant will bring you the chase.

19.6
W
Deshpande to Karthik, OUT, wide yorker again, DK has shuffled across so it won't be called. Rawat tries to steal a bye, and Dhoni catches him short with a direct hit. "You still got it"

Anuj Rawat run out 48 (50m 25b 4x4 3x6) SR: 192.00

19.5
4
Deshpande to Karthik, FOUR, thick edge to a wide length ball, gets far enough of short third, and then outfield does the rest. Sower offcutter so the bowler has done the batter in. Hard luck
19.5
2w
Deshpande to Anuj Rawat, 2 wides, well outside leg, DK calls him through for the run as Dhoni is diving to collect the wide. Dhoni also fumbles the ball, and is not happy with himself
19.4
0
Deshpande to Anuj Rawat, no run, oh he has missed a straight length ball. No change of pace, in the slot, but he has missed it. Hit on the pad but pitched outside leg

CSK 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st38R RavindraRD Gaikwad
2nd33AM RahaneR Ravindra
3rd28AM RahaneDJ Mitchell
4th11DJ MitchellS Dube
5th66RA JadejaS Dube

Indian Premier League

TeamMWLPTNRR
KKR1493201.428
SRH1485170.414
RR1485170.273
RCB1477140.459
CSK1477140.392
DC147714-0.377
LSG147714-0.667
GT145712-1.063
PBKS145910-0.353
MI144108-0.318