पंजाब vs बेंगलुरु, मैच 61, हिमाचल प्रदेश क्रिकेट एसोसिएशन स्टेडियम, धर्मशाला, 17 May 2026 - हाइलाइट्स

Wide! Rasikh Salam goes short, over middle. Too high for the umpire's liking and Singh lets it go.

Does not carry! Cross-seam ball, on a length, outside off. Shashank Singh swings with all his might. Sices it off the outer half to deep point, where Krunal Pandya runs in off the ropes but the ball drops short. The batters cross for a single.

Nails the wide yorker, outside off. Marcus Stoinis fail to squeeze it out and the ball sneaks just inside the tramline.

Another yorker, this time at the base of the off pole. Stoinis jams it out to deep mid-wicket and gets to the other end.

Bowls the back-of-the-hand slower ball, on a good length, near the guideline. Shashank Singh slaps it straight to deep cover for a single.

FOUR! Hit hard and wide enough! Rasikh goes searching for the yorker but it comes out as a low full toss, outside off. Stoinis brings his bottom hand into play and powers the drive to the left of Virat Kohli at long off for a four.

FOUR MORE! It was turning out to be a quiet over, but it ended well from Punjab's perspective. Low full toss, on middle. Stoinis takes it on the full and whips it all along the ground. He picks the gap between deep mid-wicket and long on for a boundary. 12 runs off the over. 89 needed from 36 balls.

Excellent effort in the deep from Kohli! Full toss, outside off. Shashank Singh stays put and drills it to the left of long off. Virat Kohli runs and puts in an athletic dive to his left and saves two for his team.

 SIX! Out comes the helicopter! That is some shot. Slot ball from Bhuvneshwar, on middle. Shashank Singh gets a bit across in the crease and, using his wrists, he pumps it over the cow corner fence for a big six. Quick hands and a strong bottom hand from Shashank and the belief will surely grow in that PBKS camp. 150 UP FOR PUNJAB KINGS!

Nails the yorker, on off. Singh digs it out to short third and crosses over.

FOUR! Good shot! Bhuvi nearly nails the yorker, on middle. Stoinis hangs deep in the crease and clears the front leg before whipping it in the gap between deep mid-wicket and long on. Tim David sprints to his right in the deep and dives but in vain.

Inside the tramline? The umpire thinks so, but Marcus Stoinis has challenged the call. A well-executed yorker by Bhuvi, right at the tramline. Stoinis lets it go, thinking it is a wide. Marcus is standing outside the line of the off stump, which has resulted in a revised guideline. The ball is clearly within the revised tramline. It stays as a fair delivery.

Almost a wide yorker, outside off. Marcus Stoinis plants his back knee into the pitch and powers it to deep point for a single. 14 runs from this over. 

OUT! LBW! An Aussie dismisses his fellow Aussie. A timely wicket by Hazlewood and he breaks the 67-run partnership for the sixth wicket. Hazlewood slips in a thigh-high full toss, angling onto the pads. Stoinis walks inside the line and looks to whip it over square leg, but misses to connect and the ball hits the flap of his front pad. RCB go up in appeal as one and up goes the finger. Marcus Stoinis has taken the review to challenge the on-field decision of out. UltraEdge comes up with a flat line, and the Ball Tracking shows that it is projected to clip the leg stump on umpire's call. So the on-field decision is upheld and Stoinis has to walk back. PBKS are 160/6, needing 63 more runs.

Hard length, on middle and leg. Omarzai bunts it down the pitch.

Back of a length, tailing back in on leg. Azmatullah Omarzai backs away and pulls it to deep square leg for a single.

Pinpoint yorker, on middle. Shashank Singh looks to flick, but the ball reverses a bit and squirts through the inside edge, nutmegging Shashank before rolling to deep fine leg. One run taken.

Tries the yorker, but it slips out as a low full toss. Azmatullah Omarzai tries to pick the bones out of it in an attempting of heaving across the line, but inside edges on the front pad and it rolls to point for a single.

FOUR LEG BYES! Hoff loses the radar and bowls a low full toss, on the pads. Shashank Singh misses a flick and the ball deflects off the front pad before rushing to the deep fine leg fence. 56 needed from 18 balls.

A yorker, on off. All Omarzai could do was squeeze this out to deep cover for a single.

 FOUR! Smartly done! Short of a good length, outside the off stump. Shashank Singh plays off the back foot, leans back and by using the pace of the ball, he ramps it squarer, to the right of deep third for a boundary.

Short again, wide outside off. Shashank Singh throws everything left in the tank to uppercut it over point, but misses. Shashank looks for a wide, but the umpire is unmoved.

 FOUR! Whipped into the gap! FIFTY FOR SHASHANK! Off just 22 balls, and this is his 6th IPL half century. Singh moves outside off in the crease and whips this low full toss between long on and deep mid-wicket. Bisects the fielders nicely and picks up a boundary to get to his milestone. This has been a fine fighting knock from him. But he knows the job is far from being done.

Attempted yorker on the stumps, Shashank whips it between long on and deep mid-wicket for a single only.

 SIX! CRACKING HIT! Right off the meat of the bat. Bowls a half volley, on the middle stump, does Bhuvneshwar. Azmatullah Omarzai reads the length early, dances down the track by staying leg side of the ball. He launches it inside out over extra cover for a flat six. The ball goes on to hit the display car. 40 runs needed from 12 balls.

Length ball, on middle and off, nipping in. Shashank Singh moves across in the crease to help it away to the leg side, but inside edges and the ball rolls off his pads to the off side for a single.

Decision overturned successfully! Hazlewood bowls it wide and very full, outside off, flirting with the tramline. Azmatullah Omarzai watches it closely and leaves. Wide called by the umpire. But RCB have gone upstairs for a review. It is a fair delivery to begin with. The TV confirms that the batter is standing slightly outside off at the point of release. So a revised guideline comes up. And the replay shows that the ball is passing well within that line. 

 FOUR! Off the edge, but PBKS won't mind one bit. Perfect yorker from Josh, on off. Azmatullah Omarzai tries to carve it powerfully through the cover region, but gets a fat outside edge and the ball squirts away to the deep third fence.

Well bowled! At 143.2 kph, a sharp and quick bumper, over middle. Azmatullah Omarzai swings across for the pull but the ball climbs onto him and he is also beaten for pace.

Bowls a yorker again, tailing in on leg. Azmatullah Omarzai's head falls over but he manages to flick it to deep mid-wicket for a single.

Oh my days, what an effort from Bethell! A hit-me delivery from Hazlewood, full toss on middle. Shashank moves across in the crease and whips it off the pads toward deep backward square leg. Bethell tracks it like a hawk, moves to his right, times his leap to perfection, and plucks it clean. But the moment he realises he is tumbling over the ropes, he throws it back into the playing area in a flash. Just the single taken. PBKS go upstairs for a waist-height no ball, but Ball Tracking shows it is comfortably below the waist.

WIDE! Reload! Slower bumper, but over the head height of the batter. Shashank Singh looks to pull but misses out. Wide called.

Bethell in action again! A spectacular effort. Full and tailing back into the middle stump. Shashank sits deep in the crease, shuffles across, and whips it off the bottom half of the bat. It fizzes to the left of deep mid-wicket and Bethell is off in a flash, covering the ground and hurling himself into a full-length dive. The ball yorks his fingertips and rolls around him. The batters take a couple of runs.

Wide! This is down the leg side and let through by Shashank Singh.

OUT! CAUGHT BY KOHLI! Not quite a yorker, but full and angling into the stumps. Shashank is rooted in the crease and goes for the pick-up shot again, but this time it comes off the toe of the bat and miscues straight to long on. Kohli is not dropping these. Gets down on his knees and pouches it comfortably. Kohli lets out a huge roar.

Banged in short, over middle. Harpreet Brar almost swings himself off his feet as he swings a bit too hard on the pull. The ball flies over his blade and goes behind to the keeper.

FOUR! Suyash Sharma should have done better there. Angled in at the sticks, on a length, it is the back-of-the-hand slower one. Brar has a heave across the line and it goes off a top edge to short third. Suyash Sharma moves to his right as the ball gets to him on the bounce. He fails to make the stop and the ball bounces past him for a boundary.

Nails the yorker, on middle. Harpreet Brar squeezes it out off an inside edge behind on the leg side for a run.

OUT! CAUGHT! RCB BEAT PBKS BY 23 RUNS! And with this, the defending champions become the first team to qualify for the playoffs. For Punjab Kings, it is a sixth defeat on the trot, and their grip on that playoff qualification is looking increasingly precarious. Pace off at 105.7 kph, back of a length outside the off stump. Omarzai makes room and looks to flat-bat it down the ground, but gets it off the toe end and picks out long off perfectly. Tim David takes an absolute dolly there. Smiles all around in the RCB camp but absolutely contrasting scenes in the other dugout. PBKS have lost all three of their games in Dharamsala.