smashes a lollipop into the stands! Patel dumps Jaiswal's tentative legbreak over deep midwicket, sealing a four-wicket win for RCB
RR vs RCB, 13th Match at Mumbai, IPL, Apr 05 2022 - Ball by Ball Commentary
RCB won by 4 wickets (with 5 balls remaining)
11.50pm: That's a wrap for another day at the IPL. Sreshth Shah has rattled up the report and there will be more video and analysis on the site shortly. Thanks for keeping us company, we'll do it all again tomorrow. Bye!
11.40pm: Time for the presentations. RCB captain Faf du Plessis: "That's one out of the hat. To pull it out of nowhere you need some good characters, and DK is as big a character as you can get. That calmness towards the end allows others to just come in. I think we bowled really well up until the 19th, then Jos got some shots in with the bowlers under pressure. Got them a score just above par. We didn't get the start we needed, Yuzi came in and bowled well. But the belief we have, guys can come in and win games from nowhere. [Shahbaz innings] He's a skinny guy but he hits a long way, and he's got a clear gameplan. I believe he'll play a big part with the ball, too."
Dinesh Karthik is Player of the Match: "I made a conscious effort to do justice to myself. Felt I could have done better in the last few years. The way I've trained has been different. I was telling myself I'm not done yet. I have a goal and I want to achieve something. We needed 12 runs an over, so you need to figure out what to do. Stay calm, know your game and who you can take on. Made an effort to play white-ball cricket, practice matches and scenarios. Those are the hours you put in when no one sees. The real work is done in the lead-up, which is what I'll give credit to. You have to premeditate in T20, but if it's not there, you have to have the ability to change the shot."
11.27pm: So DK drives Royal Challengers across the line, with solid support from Shahbaz Ahmed, handing Royals their first defeat of this year's IPL. RCB were seemingly in all sorts of strife at 88 for 5 after 13 overs, needing 82 from 42 - but Karthik took 19 off R Ashwin's fourth over, which cost 21 in all, and suddenly the momentum flipped. Sounds like the dew did properly take effect towards the end, and RR were unable to defend a middling total, underpinned by an unbeaten 70 off 47 balls from orange cap-wearer Jos Buttler
Here's Royals captain Sanju Samson: "I can't pinpoint a moment [when the game was lost], great effort to put in that total, after losing the toss. Think it was a respectable score, but when the dew is coming up... I think it's a great effort by my team. As a bowling unit you like to take your time and set your fields. Lot of positives to take, and we can learn a lot of things, too."
Samson tosses the ball to Yashasvi Jaiswal. Three runs needed
RR take it down to the final over... but the fat lady is warming up her tonsils
beaten with a beauty! Length ball on fourth stump, 142kph and sliding past the outside edge
tonked! Slower ball, short and inviting Karthik to happy-slap it away over deep backward square leg. One-bounce four
dragged through midwicket, 140kph full-length ball outside off, DK gets enough on a meaty swing across the line. Brings the rate below a run a ball
slung down short and wide, just straying into the tramlines!
hard length, into the body and dabbed down in front of backward point. Gets Karthik back on strike
length ball wide of the stumps, 136kph and driven out to the cover sweeper
Fine leg comes up
"In the death overs, count out the side coached by Lasith Malinga at your peril," squeals Afeef
low full toss, swatted down to long-on
Krishna to bowl the 19th
leg-stump yorker, dug out calmly for one to mid-on
Harshal Patel trots out, 16 needed from 13
bowled 'im! Full and straight, tailing in as Shahbaz went across looking to scoop again. Actually deflected off the glove and then through his legs into the stumps. RR break the stand, but is it too late?
slower ball, he's waiting for it and lifts a couple more over short fine leg
smeared, flat over midwicket! Boult goes short but it sits up nicely, Shahbaz connects with a full-blooded mow to cow!
carted past long-on! Makes room and slaps a length ball into the boundary boards, fine of the man running around
nearly bowled attempting to scoop! Just clears leg stump as Shahbaz goes a long way across and fails to connect
Boult for his last over
RCB see off Chahal, leaves them needing 28 from 18. Win predictor at 75%
big-spinning legbreak angled across the left-hander, he steers it carefully down in front of backward point and takes the one
floated up wide, Karthik reaches for a slap through to the covers to the sweeper
"How good has Shahbaz has been for RCB," whoops Abhinandan. "They were trolled for getting him back. He almost guarantees 20-30 runs with bat. Can give couple of good overs and a live wire in the field."
fizzed down at 90kph on leg stump, clipped out to deep square
flighted, full on the stumps and swept firmly, straight to deep backward square leg
pushed through flat, 87kph and DK jumps back to cut, can't get it past Jaiswal in the covers
tosses up a legbreak on off, defended towards cover
Samson needs a wicket, turns back to Yuzi Chahal
Over 20 • RCB 173/6
RCB won by 4 wickets (with 5 balls remaining)