बैंगलोर vs मुंबई, मैच 18, महाराष्ट्र क्रिकेट असोसिएशन स्टेडियम, पुणे, 09 April 2022 - कमेंट्री

OUT! LBW! Dewald Brevis will remember this wicket for a while. His first delivery in Indian T20 League and he has got the wicket of Virat Kohli. Is there another twist in the tale? Bangalore would not hope so as they have Dinesh Karthik at the crease. Tossed up delivery from Dewald Brevis, on middle. Virat Kohli presses forward and looks to defend. He misses and gets thudded on the pads. Big appeal from Dewald Brevis and Ishan Kishan and the umpire straightaway raises his finger. Virat Kohli challenges the umpire though. UltraEdge shows no bat involved. Ball is very close to the pad so the third umpire moves onto the Ball Tracking which shows all three reds. The original decision stands. Virat Kohli doesn't like it as he thinks it was pad first but has to depart. 

FOUR! Maxwell means business! On a length, outside off. Glenn Maxwell plays the switch-hit and bags a boundary.

FOUR! SMASHED! There it is! Maxwell finishes things off in style! A short ball, outside off. Maxwell stays back and cuts it through the cover region for a boundary. Bangalore win by 7 wickets!

Two! Good-length ball, outside off. Virat Kohli punches it to backward point. The fielder there half-stops it. The batters take a single but the fielder has a shy at the striker's end and misses and the batters take a run more off overthrows. 

Good-length ball, on middle. Kohli tucks it to deep mid-wicket and takes a single.

Back of a length, outside off. Dinesh Karthik looks to defend. The ball goes off the inside edge to the left of Ishan Kishan for a single. 

A short ball, outside off. Virat Kohli looks to hook it away but fails to get any connection. He is not at all happy with that. 

Back of a length, on middle. Virat Kohli taps it through mid-wicket and calls for two and gets it easily. A wayward throw from the fielder in the deep at the bowler's end and that allows the batters to take another run as well. Should have only been two but now it's three. 

SIX! BOOM! Short and banged itno the pitch, on middle. Dinesh Karthik is in great form and he is not going to miss out on those. He rocks back and pulls it with some authority to deep mid-wicket for a maximum. Huge hit! 

Short of a length, outside off. Anuj Rawat slaps it to cover. 

SIX! This is Anuj Rawat's sixth maximum! He is putting a show here! Length delivery, on off. Too easy for Anuj Rawat as he dances down and tonks it over deep mid-wicket for a biggie. He wants to finish it quickly now. 

NOT OUT! Full and on leg, Anuj Rawat moves to the off side and looks to flick but misses. He gets rapped on the pads. Jaydev Unadkat appeals for an lbw but the umpire says no. The ball deflects to the off side and the batters take a leg bye. Rohit Sharma opts for a review though. UltraEdge shows no bat involved. Ball Tracking shows that the ball is pitching outside leg. The original decision stays. Mumbai lose a review.

Length ball, around off. Virat Kohli looks to slap it through point but the ball nips back in and beats Virat Kohli on the inside edge. 

OUT! RUN OUT! Length ball, on middle. Virat Kohli plays it softly to long on and sets off for a single. He calls back for the second run but Ramandeep Singh quickly collects the ball and fires a throw at the bowler's end. He hits the stumps and Mumbai appeal for a run out. Replay shows that Anuj Rawat is fraction out of his crease. Nonetheless, he has probably played a match-winning knock for his side and departs for a well-made 66. Dinesh Karthik walks out to bat.

Slower ball, on leg. Virat Kohli makes room for himself and taps it to point for a single. 

Short of a length, outside off. Virat Kohli cuts it very hard to backward point. The fielder there gets his fingertips on it and half-stops it. Just a single!

Length ball, on leg. Anuj Rawat steps out and eases it to long on and crosses ends. 

Full and on middle, Virat Kohli nudges it to long on for an easy single. 

WIDE! A full toss, well outside off. Left alone. Wide given.

Slower ball, outside off. Anuj Rawat shimmies down and looks to heave it on the leg side but gets beaten by the pace. 

SIX! This time Anuj Rawat connects it well and gets the desired result! Short of a length, on middle. Anuj Rawat keeps his calm, keeps his composure and pulls it over deep square leg for a maximum. Great shot! 

A full toss, wide of off. Anuj Rawat steers it to deep point for a single. Just 30 needed off 24 now!

DROPPED AND FOUR! A slower ball, into the wicket, around off. Virat Kohli whips it uppishly, straight to Dewald Brevis at deep square leg who runs forward to take it but makes a mess of it. The ball goes towards the fence.

A full ball, around middle. Virat Kohli flicks it wide of the long on fielder and takes a couple of runs.

Swing and a miss! Back of a length, around off. Virat Kohli looks to heave it away but he misses. The ball kisses the thigh pad and goes through to the keeper.

Good-length ball, just outside off. Virat Kohli flat-bats it to deep mid-wicket and settles for a single.

A short ball, and around off. Anuj Rawat looks to pull but it goes off the splice of the bat and just over the bowler for a single.

Back of a length, around off and hurrying onto the batter. Virat Kohli miscues his pull in the vacant mid on region for a single.

A yorker-length ball, on middle. Anuj Rawat skips down and tucks it to deep mid-wicket for one run. Anuj Rawat brings up his first half century! He has played a good knock here and would want to stay till the end get his side through. 

Back of a length, outside off. Virat Kohli steers it to third man for a single.

A slower ball, full and just outside off. Anuj Rawat taps it behind square on the off side and gets to the other end.

FOUR! Pulled away! Not in total control but he'll take that! A short ball, outside off. Virat Kohli stands tall and pulls it in front of square on the leg side. One bounce and over the deep mid-wicket fence.

Another quick bumper, outside off. Kohli stays back to ramp it over the keeper but he gets late on it. The ball goes past his blade.

A length ball, around leg. Virat Kohli stays back and flicks it gently behind square on the leg side. Murugan Ashwin runs across to his right from deep backward square leg, puts in a dive and saves a run for his side.

Good running between the wickets! A slower ball, into the wicket, outside off. Virat Kohli skips down and cuts it past Rohit Sharma at extra cover for a brace.

This is a length ball, around middle. Virat Kohli gets forward, tucks it towards deep mid-wicket and settles for a single this time.

Drop and run! Good-length ball, around off. Anuj Rawat defends it to the off side and takes an easy single.

Fuller in length, well outside off. Kohli drives hard but finds the fielder at deep cover. A single taken!

A slower bumper, from 'round the wicket, outside off. Anuj Rawat hops in his crease to cut it but fails to get any blade on it.

A direct hit at the striker's end and it could have been curtains for Virat Kohli! A length ball, around off. Rawat taps it towards backward point and sets off for a single. Dewald Brevis at backward point, collects the ball cleanly but misses his shy at the striker's end. Kohli dives to make it inside the crease.

FOUR! Kohli makes room on the leg side. Thampi follows him with a full ball. Kohli makes use of his wrists and whips it through the mid-wicket region for a boundary.

A slower ball, into the wicket, around off. Kohli stays back and turns it towards mid-wicket.

Clever bowling from Thampi! Kohli shimmies down the track so Thampi serves a bumper, around middle. Kohli fails to get any blade on it as he looks to pull.

Back of a length, around off. Virat Kohli bunts it back to the bowler. Thampi fails to stop it and the batters take a run.

SIX! BANG! That is an excellent shot from young Rawat! A full ball, on the pads. Rawat stays back and whips it way over the deep square leg fence for a maximum.

FOUR! Cut away! Width on offer, outside off. Rawat hangs back and cuts it uppishly, past the diving fielder at backward point for a boundary. Top over for Bangalore. They require 66 runs to win from 48 balls now.

FOUR! SMASHED! Tossed up, outside off. Anuj Rawat smacks it over the bowler's head and bags a boundary.

A quicker ball, shorter in length, on middle. Anuj Rawat mistimes his pull towards deep mid-wicket for a run.

Nicely tossed up, outside off. Virat Kohli looks for the expansive drive but he gets a thick inside edge onto the deck.

FOUR! Excellent use of the feet! Tossed up, on middle. Virat Kohli skips down the track and whips it wide of the long on fielder for a boundary. This might get him going now!

Flatter ball, on a length, outside off. Kohli hangs back and guides it towards short third man for a quick single.

On a length, around off. Anuj Rawat stays back and taps it towards point. A dot to end the over! 81 runs needed off 54 balls.

On a length, outside off. Virat Kohli drops it towards point and settles for a single. 

Slower delivery, outside off. Anuj Rawat is completely beaten by the pace there and the ball just sneaks past his blade and goes through to the keeper. 

This is worked to deep square leg for a single. 

FOUR! The required rate is creeping up so Virat Kohli decides to up the ante. Length ball, outside off. Virat Kohli shimmies down and cuts it uppishly to sweeper cover for a boundary. 

On a length, outside off. Kohli dabs it to short third man for a run.

Length ball, on leg. Anuj Rawat dances down and heaves it to long on. The fielder there collects the ball on the bounce. A single. At the halfway stage, Bangalore are 61/1. 91 needed from 60 balls!

OUT! CAUGHT! Jaydev Unadkat bags his first wicket and breaks the 50-run stand. Mumbai needed this wicket desperately. An off-paced delivery, on middle. Faf du Plessis goes for the big shot but gets undone by the change of pace. He heaves it straight down the throat of the long on fielder where Suryakumar Yadav takes a simple catch. He can do nothing wrong in this match and Mumbai have got the opening they were looking for. 

Length ball, on off. Virat Kohli chops it to point. 

Fuller, on middle. Played back to the bowler. 

On a length, on leg. Virat Kohli clips it off his pads to fine leg for a single. 

Good-length ball, around off. Anuj Rawat defends it to the off side and takes a quick run.

Drop and run! Back of a length, around off. Kohli taps it towards point and scampers through to the other end.

Short of a length, outside off. Pulled to deep mid-wicket for a single. 

Length ball, outside off. Anuj Rawat dabs it to backward point for a quick single. Anuj Rawat wasn't looking for a single initially but sees Faf du Plessis calling for it and decides to take it. He puts in a dive and clashes with Kieron Pollard in the process but seems okay. 

Short of a length, on off. Faf du Plessis dabs it to short third man and a little misfield allows the batters to take a single. 

Length ball, leg-lined. Anuj Rawat tucks it to square leg for one.

On a length, outside off. Faf du Plessis cuts it straight to backward point.

Length ball, on off. Faf du Plessis slashes it to extra cover. Rohit Sharma there dives to his right and keeps it down to just a single. 50 up for Bangalore!

SIX! Anuj Rawat decides to break the shackles! A full toss, on middle. Anuj Rawat sits down on one knee and sweeps it over deep mid-wicket. Poor ball from Murugan Ashwin and gets punished. Anuj Rawat releases the pressure with that shot. 

Full and on off, Anuj Rawat smacks it to long off. Suryakumar Yadav runs to his left and dives to stop the ball. Only a single!

FOUR! Faf du Plessis finds the gap! Overpitched, outside off. Faf du Plessis drives it crisply to long off for a boundary. 

On off, cut away to deep backward point for a couple of runs.

Loopy ball, on middle. Faf du Plessis eases it down to long on for one.

WIDE! A googly, well outside off. Murugan Ashwin will have to reload this one as it's a wide. 

Tossed up, on middle. Anuj Rawat with a solid front foot defence.

Back of a length, on middle. Anuj Rawat shimmies down and slaps it through mid off and extra cover. Kieron Pollard gives it a chase and stops the ball with his legs. Keeps it down to a brace. 

A low full toss, on middle and leg, Anuj Rawat plays it to mid on. 

These two are struggling to rotate the strike at the moment! Good-length ball, shaping away from off. Anuj Rawat looks to defend. The ball whizzes past the outside edge. 

Another dot! Length ball, on middle. Anuj Rawat keeps it out. 

Length ball, on leg. Anuj Rawat looks to defend. The ball goes off the inside half to square leg for a single. 

A dot to end the Powerplay! A yorker, outside off. Faf du Plessis squeezes it out to backward point. After the Powerplay, Bangalore are 30/0. 

Floated, full and around off. Anuj Rawat flicks it to deep mid-wicket and settles for a single.

Flatter ball, on a length, around off. Faf du Plessis defends it onto the deck.

A flat googly, on a length, around off. Faf du Plessis gets forward and defends it solidly towards the cover fielder.

An overpitched ball, on middle. Faf du Plessis digs it out back to the bowler.

Four dots in a row! This is a quicker ball, a googly, on a length, around middle and turning in late. Faf du Plessis misses his flick and gets hit on his pad. Outside the line though!

An arm ball that goes on with the angle, from off. Faf du Plessis gets cramped for room as he tries to cut it. It goes off the inner half of the bat towards mid off. Just one run off the over!

Wide! A wayward ball, down leg. Faf du Plessis lets it be and the umpire stretches his arms to signal wide.

Good-length ball, around middle. Faf du Plessis tucks it around the corner and rotates the strike.

Fuller in length, well outside off. Anuj Rawat reaches out to slog but it goes off the toe end towards the mid off fielder.

A pinpoint yorker, around off. Anuj Rawat squeezes it out watchfully.

Back of a length, just outside off. Anuj Rawat hangs back and cuts it to the backward point fielder who fumbles, and the batters steal a single.

A full ball, around leg. Faf du Plessis tickles it through the fine leg region. Jaydev Unadkat there, moves across to his right, puts in a dive and saves three runs for his side.

Uppish but safe! A length ball, around leg. Anuj Rawat flicks it uppishly just past Rohit Sharma at mid-wicket who dives to his left to grab the ball. The skipper fails to catch it and the batters take a single as the ball goes towards deep mid-wicket.

A yorker, around middle. Faf du Plessis digs it out watchfully towards mid-wicket and gets to the other end.

A full ball, around middle. Anuj Rawat gets forward and tucks it wide of Suryakumar Yadav at mid on for a brace.

Leg bye! Back of a length, around leg. Anuj Rawat misses his flick and gets hit on his thigh pad. The ball rolls to the leg side for a leg bye.

Bumrah goes for a yorker but ends up serving a low full toss, around off. Faf du Plessis works it to mid on for a single.

Leg bye! A direct hit here might have been interesting! A length ball, around leg. Rawat misses his flick yet again and gets hit high on his pad. The ball rolls to the short fine leg fielder. The batters cross for a leg bye. The fielder there misses his shy at the striker's end.

A full ball, around middle. Faf du Plessis flicks it towards deep square leg for a single.

Good-length delivery, around off. Faf du Plessis taps it towards the off side and takes off for a single. He is off the mark!

On a length, jagging back in from off. Anuj Rawat misses his flick and gets hit on his thigh pad.

Short of a length, around off. Anuj Rawat covers his off pole and defends it. Rawat is yet to open his account!

SIX! WOW! Anuj Rawat gets off the mark in some style! A length ball, around off. Anuj Rawat skips down the track and smacks it over the long off fence for a maximum.

SIX! AND AGAIN! Excellent use of the feet from Anuj Rawat! He skips down the track to this length ball and tonks it over the long on fence this time. Back-to-back sixes for the southpaw!

A length ball, just outside off. Anuj Rawat taps it towards point. 13 runs off the over, a good one for Bangalore!

A full ball, well outside off. Faf du Plessis lets it through to the keeper. Some movement early on for Thampi!

Play and a miss! Back of a length, outside off. Faf du Plessis sits back and looks to slap it through cover but gets no bat on it.

Thampi hits the deck hard, around off. Faf du Plessis taps it towards point.

Leg bye! A length ball, angling in from middle. Faf du Plessis misses his flick and gets hit on his pad. The ball rolls towards short fine leg for a leg bye. A direct hit at the striker's end but Anuj Rawat was well inside the crease.

Short of a length, outside off. Anuj Rawat lets it sail through to the keeper.

Good-length ball, around middle. Anuj Rawat prods and blocks it out. Good start from Basil Thampi, just one run off the first over.