Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Delhi Capitals, मैच 27, Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, 16 April 2022 - कमेंट्री

FOUR! Easy pickings! A length ball, down the leg side. Kuldeep Yadav tickles it fine through to the fine leg region for a boundary.

Play and a miss! Angling across the batter, on a good length, Kuldeep Yadav tries to play the scoop but misses.

Another swing and a miss! A slower ball, on a length, well outside off. Kuldeep Yadav throws his bat at it but doesn't get any blade on it.

FOUR! Pulled away! A short ball, on middle. Kuldeep sits back and pulls it behind square on the leg side for a boundary.

A dipping slower ball, full and on middle. Kuldeep Yadav squeezes it out towards deep backward square leg for only a run.

A slower ball, into the wicket, on middle. Axar Patel mistimes his pull shot towards Josh Hazlewood at fine leg and the batters take a run. BANGALORE WIN BY 16 RUNS.

OUT! TAKEN! Josh Hazlewood bags his third wicket and it is the dangerous Shardul Thakur who takes the long walk back to the pavilion. Josh runs in and hits the deck hard, around off, cramping Thakur for room. Shardul looks to pull hard but he gets a top edge which goes high in the night sky towards the point region. Dinesh Karthik calls for it from behind the sticks, runs forward, settles nicely under it and takes a good catch.

A slower ball, on a length, outside off. Kuldeep Yadav swings hard but fails to make any connection.

A direct hit at the bowler's end and that could have been curtains for Kuldeep Yadav. A length ball, around off. Kuldeep taps it to covers and looks for a quick run. Wanindu Hasaranga collects the ball at covers and has a shy at the bowler's end but he misses.

FOUR! SMASHED! Back of a length, outside off. Axar Patel caresses it through the cover region and bags a boundary. Top shot!

Another overthrow and the batters take two runs. Short of a length, outside off. Axar Patel cuts it towards covers for a run. Suyash Prabhudessai there collects the ball and has a needless shy at the bowler's end. He misses and the batters take one more run.

Aerial but it falls in between the keeper and the bowler. A short ball, around off. Axar Patel looks to pull but he gets a top edge which lands in between Dinesh Karthik and Josh Hazlewood as no one called for it.

On a length, around middle. Axar Patel nudges it around the corner and takes a single.

Wide! A full ball, well outside off. Shardul Thakur lets it through to the keeper. Wided!

Falls short of the fielder yet again! A very full ball, outside off. Shardul Thakur looks to go over long off. It goes off the toe-end of the bat, in the air towards long off. Maxwell runs in from the deep but the ball lands in front of him. A single taken.

A low full toss, outside off. Axar drills it to long off for one run.

Play and a miss! A slower ball, on a length, outside off. Shardul Thakur has a wild swing at it but fails to make any connection.

SIX! UP AND OVER! Patel looks for a yorker but ends up serving a low full toss, around off. Shardul Thakur smashes it over the deep mid-wicket fence for a biggie. Is there a twist in the tale?

A slower ball, on a length, outside off. Shardul Thakur drags it towards Virat Kohli at deep mid-wicket and manages only a run. 34 runs needed from 12 balls.

A low full toss, outside off. Rishabh Pant drags it towards Glenn Maxwell at mid off, who dives to his right and half-stops it. The ball goes past him and the batters collect two runs.

SIX! WHACKED! Siraj serves a slower ball, into the wicket, around off. Pant stands tall and hoicks it over the deep mid-wicket fence for a biggie.

OUT! CAUGHT! That is a spectacular catch from Virat Kohli at extra cover and that could be it for Delhi. Siraj bowls it wider, outside off. It is a full toss, Pant reaches out and looks to go over extra cover. He gets it from the toe-end of his bat towards Kohli at extra cover. Kohli hops and takes a one-handed stunner. The crowd erupts yet again. Bangalore are well and truly on top now!

A yorker, on middle. Axar Patel digs it out to the leg side and takes a run.

A slower ball, into the deck, around off. Shardul looks to pull but he gets early into his shot and gets hit high on his body.

Aerial...but safe! A short ball, outside off. Shardul Thakur looks to whack it over deep mid-wicket. He only manages a top edge which falls well in front of Glenn Maxwell who runs in from long on. Two runs are taken!

Leg bye! A length ball, darted on the pads. Pant tries to paddle it through fine leg but he misses and gets hit on his pad. The ball rolls away to the leg side for a leg bye.

SIX! BOOM! This is tossed up, on off. Thakur tonks it way over the long on fence for a maximum.

Flatter and quicker, on a length, on middle. Shardul Thakur looks to block but it goes off a thick inside edge, past the sticks for a run.

FOUR! Innovative from Pant! That is probably the fourth time that Pant has played that shot! Floated, down leg. Pant gets low, loses his balance but still manages to help it on its way through the fine leg region for a boundary.

SIX! Not from the middle of the bat but he gets the desired result! Flighted ball, outside off. Pant skips down the track and mistimes his big shot, just over the long off fence for a maximum. 19 from the over, 56 needed off 24 balls.

Short and around off. Pant rocks back and cuts it hard towards the cover fielder. The fielder there fumbles and concedes a single. Pant will retain the strike.

OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! The chase is falling flat on its face for Delhi. Josh Hazlewood hurls across a cross-seam delivery, on a length outside off at 125.3 kph. Rovman Powell gets forward to push inside the line but only manages to edge it to the keeper. Dinesh Karthik makes no mistake and Delhi lose yet another power-hitter cheaply.

Play and a miss! Identical to the last delivery, but the pace is up by 10 kph, Lalit also pushes inside the line but he misses.

Josh Hazlewood goes short and around off, at 136 kph, Lalit Yadav steps back to cut but misses.

Short and on off at 136 kph, Yadav pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a run.

Short and outside off, at 117.5 kph, Pant punches it to deep cover for only a run.

Wide! Slips a length ball down the leg side, Yadav tries to flick but misses.

OUT! CAUGHT! Two wickets in the over have brought this game firmly in Bangalore's corner. Pace off again from Josh Hazlewood. It's short and around off, Lalit Yadav pulls but without much conviction over square leg. Suyash Prabhudessai moves swiftly across to his left and takes the catch safely. Delhi's chase has nosedived since the departure of David Warner. 75 needed off 30 balls.  

FOUR! Clever shot! Tossed up around leg, landing full, Rishabh Pant goes down and scoops it behind, wide of short fine leg, for a boundary.

Floated and full, around leg, Pant sweeps it firmly to deep mid-wicket and Josh Hazlewood makes a sliding stop near the fence. Two runs taken.

Sliding down the leg side, Pant sweeps it towards short fine leg for one.

Flighted and full, around off, Marsh slogs it to deep mid-wicket, without much timing, for a single.

FOUR! Once again well played by Rishabh Pant. Floated one, landing full around leg, Pant gets down and paddles it behind short fine leg for a boundary. 

OUT! RUN OUT! That's an unfortunate way to get out but it ends the misery for Mitchell Marsh. This wicket could be a blessing in disguise for Delhi as the Aussie was struggling big time. Fuller and around middle, Pant drills his drive straight back and Wanindu Hasaranga gets some touch on the ball as it goes on to collide with the stumps at the bowler's end. Mitchell Marsh has ventured out as he was backing up and will have to go. Bangalore are on top at the moment, 78 needed off 36 balls. 

Fuller in length and outside off, Pant drives it towards extra cover for a single.

Back of a length, around off, Marsh rocks back and pulls it to deep square leg for a couple.

Very full and around off, Marsh forces it down to wide long on and calls for two. Gets only a run.

PUT DOWN! Could be a costly miss. Short in length and wide outside off, Pant throws his bat at it and mistimes his shot aerially over point. Wanindu Hasaranga comes rushing forward from the deep, catches the ball as well but then fails to hang on as he goes down. Maybe, he got there too soon and didn't realize it. A single taken. 100 up!

Swing and a miss! Short and outside off, Marsh tries to pull but misses.

Another swing and a miss and Marsh continues to struggle. Short and outside off, Marsh tries to pull but it bounces over his blade. 90 needed off 42 balls.

Flatter and shorter on off, Marsh gets back to pull but mistimes it back to the bowler.

Flighted and full around off, Marsh drags his slog-sweep to deep mid-wicket for a run.

OUT! LBW! Wanindu Hasaranga has done it. Tossed up, landing full around middle, Warner attempts for the 'switch hit' but fails to connect cleanly. It thuds him on the back leg, they appeal but the finger stays down. Karthik is convinced, Faf du Plessis agrees and they take the DRS. The UltraEdge detects no wood and the Ball Tracking shows three reds. The crowd roars. It's a massive breakthrough for Bangalore. 96 needed off 51 balls and now Delhi will have a new batter alongside a rusty Mitchell Marsh.

Tossed up on middle, Pant goes down to sweep but mistimes it on the leg side.

Flatter and shorter around leg, Pant moves back and cuts it through point for a single.

Short and wide outside off, Marsh cuts but finds the point fielder. What an over, 2 runs and a big wicket of Warner in it.

Patel comes from 'round the wicket and delivers it from wide of the crease. It's short and on off, Warner moves back and guides it wide of backward point for a run.

Fuller and on off, Marsh forces it down to long on for a single.

SIX! That's a mighty blow! Slower one from Patel, full and on middle, Warner clears his front leg, picks it up and dumps it over mid-wicket for a biggie.

Yorker around leg, Warner digs it out down towards long on for a brisk single.

Marsh continues with his rusty batting show! Short in length and outside off, slower in pace, Marsh inside-edges his attempted pull shot towards short fine leg. They cross.

FOUR! Calmly done! Short in length and outside off, Warner sits quietly on the back foot and decides to loft it over backward point for a boundary. No power, all timing. 14 from the over, 97 needed off 54 balls.

Flatter ball, outside off. Marsh slaps hard but finds the cover fielder. No run there.

Slightly short and outside off. Marsh looks to cut but he gets an under-edge past the keeper and gets a single in the end.

Aerial...but safe! Warner backs away so Shahbaz Ahmed follows him with a loopy ball. Warner looks to heave it away but he gets a top edge, which falls short of the long on fielder. A single taken!

Floated, full and around off. Mitchell Marsh looks to sweep but it goes off the inner half of the bat, behind square on the leg side for a run.

A yorker-length ball, outside off. Warner squeezes it out behind square on the off side. The batters cross ends.

Marsh is clearly struggling with his timing out there in the middle! Ahmed serves it full and wider, well outside off. Mitchell Marsh looks to drive, away from his body but he gets a thick inside edge, onto the deck. Just 4 runs off the over!

Maxwell comes 'round the wicket and serves a flatter ball, outside off. Mitchell Marsh cuts it to deep cover and settles for a single.

FIFTY FOR WARNER! Off just 29 balls and this has been a terrific inning from the Australian. Flatter ball, on off. David Warner taps it to the off side and gets to the other end. This is his 52nd fifty in the Indian T20 League - the most by any.

A quicker ball, short and outside off. Mitchell Marsh punches hard but straight to the cover fielder.

Short and outside off. Mitchell Marsh cuts it hard through the cover region and takes a run.

An arm ball from Maxwell, that goes on with the angle from outside off. David Warner stays back to cut but he misses.

An overthrow and they get the second run in the end! Sloppy from Bangalore here! This is tossed up, outside off. Warner reaches out and drives it wide of Suyash Prabhudessai at long off. Suyash gets to the ball quickly but hurls a wayward throw at the bowler's end. Glenn fails to grab the ball and it goes past him. The fielder backing up runs in from the deep to collect the ball but he fumbles and the batters take another run. Maxwell is absolutely furious with that fielding effort.

Hasaranga starts with a flatter ball, on middle. David Warner tucks it to the leg side and settles for a single.

Tossed up, on middle. Marsh sets himself up for a heave over deep mid-wicket. However, he gets an inside edge onto his pad.

Flatter and quicker, outside off. Mitchell Marsh punches it through covers and bags a run.

SIX! Warner breaks the shackles! Full and on middle. Warner kneels and slog-sweeps it in front of square on the leg side. The ball hits the boundary cushions on the full and the umpire signals a maximum after consulting with the third umpire.

On a length, outside off. David Warner pushes it towards the cover fielder, on the bounce.

This is a quicker ball, on a length, around off. Warner keeps it out watchfully. Good comeback from Wanindu Hasaranga after conceding a six on the fourth ball.

Excellent effort from Suyash Prabhudessai. This is a full ball, on middle. Warner drives it back past the bowler. Suyash runs across to his right from long on, puts in a dive and saves a couple of runs for his side.

Warner shimmies down the track so Patel drags his length back and bowls it into the surface, around off. Warner blocks it out.

On a length, around off. David Warner works it to long on and takes a single.

A slower ball, full and outside off, Mitchell Marsh drives but finds his fellow Australian, Glenn Maxwell at extra cover.

Another slower ball that is full and around middle, Marsh strokes it to long on and gives the strike back to Warner.

An off-pace delivery, into the deck, on middle. Warner pulls it in front of square on the leg side. The fielder in the deep cuts it off and keeps it to just one. 5 runs off Harshal Patel's first over!

Josh comes 'round the wicket and serves a good-length ball, nipping back in late from middle and off. David Warner gets cramped for room as he tries to work it on the leg side. He gets hit high on his body.

FOUR! SMASHED! Warner makes room on the off side and slaps this back-of-a-length ball through the point region for a boundary.

On a length, just outside off. Warner pushes it wide of the mid off fielder and rotates the strike.

Short of a length, outside off. Marsh steers it towards third man and settles for a single.

Warner makes room on the off side and Josh Hazlewood follows him cleverly with a slower ball, on a length. Warners fails to work it through the leg side and gets hit on his thigh pad.

Slightly short and outside off. David Warner cuts it through the cover region and collects a run. At the end of the Powerplay, Delhi are 57/1.

FOUR! Shot! Fuller delivery, around off and angling away, David Warner drills it down the ground and it reaches the long off fence in a flash.

Brilliant stop at point! Angling away from the batter, outside off, Warner slaps it in front of square on the off side and Kohli makes a diving stop to prevent the boundary.

Shortish and on middle and off, Warner taps it down through point for a single. 50 up!

OUT! Shaw holes out! Smart bowling from Siraj. He follows the batter down the leg side with a short ball and Prithvi Shaw decides to take on the bowler with his pull shot. It's a slower one, holding onto the surface a bit and that has brought the false shot. It flies off the top edge and Anuj Rawat takes a simple catch at deep mid-wicket. 140 needed off 92 balls.

Siraj goes very full and arrows it around off, Marsh tries to flick but gets an inside edge onto the pads. A stifled appeal from Siraj quickly dies down.

Slower one, short and around off, Marsh is early into his pull shot and misses. He takes a blow on his body. Fine comeback over by Siraj, 5 runs and a wicket from it.

FOUR! Smart batting! Floated and full, around off, Warner goes down and across before powering it behind square leg. Once again the first ball has fetched Delhi a boundary.

Fuller and around leg, Warner flicks it to deep square leg for a single. 155 needed off 100 balls.

Flatter and on off, punched off the back foot to covers.

Goes down and sweeps a full ball to deep mid-wicket for a run.

Wide! Turning down the leg side, Warner lets it be.

SIX! High and handsome! Shahbaz Ahmed drags his length short and serves it around off, David Warner uses the depth of his crease and muscles it over long on.

Wide! Fires a full ball down the leg side, Warner leaves.

15 from the over! Quicker one, around off, David Warner walks across and works it behind square leg for one.

SIX! Warner greets another Aussie into the attack with a biggie. Hazlewood serves it short and around leg, Warner swivels on the back foot and pulls it easily over long leg for a biggie.

Back of a length, around middle, Warner hangs on the back foot and hits it across the line. Finds mid-wicket.

Around middle, on a length, Warner drops it with gentle hands to covers and pinches a quick run.

Slightly short and on off, Shaw tries to pull from the back foot but fails to middle his shot cleanly.

EDGY FOUR! Not where Shaw intended but it's a boundary nonetheless. Short and around off, Prithvi Shaw stands back to pull but it takes the top edge and flies behind short third man for a boundary.

Width outside off, short in length, Shaw plays it straight towards short third man. A dot ball to end an 11-run over.

Siraj begins with a shortish delivery outside off, Prithvi Shaw stays back and plays it down to point.

What a shot! Siraj serves it on a good length around off, Shaw punches it sweetly to deep cover and collects a couple.

The length is again on the shorter side, outside off, Shaw stays put inside the crease and guides it through cover-point for one.

Back of a length, around leg, Warner lifts his front leg and glances it to deep square leg for a single.

SIX! Tremendous! That's a shot of a man in form. Siraj delivers it on a length around off, Shaw picks it up and dispatches it over cow corner for a biggie. Effortless.

Short and outside off, Shaw plays late and tries to beat point but fails in his attempt. A dot ball to end the over, 10 off it.

Flatter and on the pads, Shaw flicks it to deep mid-wicket and takes a run. The chase is underway for Delhi.

SIX! Warner opens his account in a grand fashion. Floated and full, landing close to off, Warner goes down on one knee and smokes it over mid-wicket for a maximum. Shows no respect for his countryman.

Slower through the air, full and on middle, Warner drives it back to the bowler.

Slightly short and on off, Warner goes back and pulls but mistimes it towards mid-wicket.

EDGY! That missed the leg stump by a whisker. Fuller and on off, Warner tries to slog-sweep again but it takes the inside part of the bottom edge and runs past the stumps. The short fine leg fielder makes a sliding stop and they cross for a run.

Shortish and around leg, Shaw works it to the left side of the short fine leg fielder for a run. 9 from the first over!