Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, क्वालिफायर 2, Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad, 27 May 2022 - कमेंट्री

SIX! Jos Buttler finishes off in style! Short in length and around off. Jos Buttler stands tall and pulls it all the way over deep mid-wicket for a biggie. Rajasthan are in the final as they win by 7 wickets. 

Tossed up, spinning around middle and leg. Buttler flicks it in front of square on the leg side for a single.

Too full and angling on middle. Hetmyer tucks it to deep square leg for one more.

Quicker one, slanting on middle. Buttler tucks it to deep mid-wicket for a single. He moves to 97.

Shorter ball, on off. Hetmyer punches off the back foot to long on for a single.

Tossed up, on off. Buttler heaves it in the gap to wide long on. The long on fielder gives up but sees the ball hold in the surface and then gives a chase again. Two runs taken! Jos Buttler is on 99 now.

CENTURY FOR JOS BUTTLER! The man for the big moment! Take a bow, Jos! What an innings this has been from the Englishman! Fuller and outside off. Jos drives it through covers and takes a single. He removes his helmet and soaks all the applause from this huge Ahmedabad crowd. He deserves it all!

On a length and on middle. Padikkal dabs it to third man for a single.

In the air but falls safely! Short of a length, outside off. Buttler looks to hoick it away but gets a top edge. The ball falls behind backward point and they get two. Jos moves to 90. Can he score yet another hundred?

FOUR! Innovative! Around off, on a length. Buttler shuffles across and laps it over short fine leg for a boundary. Jos is eyeing the triple-digit score now. He deserves it.

Fuller and on off. Buttler mistimes his heave to deep mid-wicket for a single. 

OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Short ball, on middle, steep bounce as well. Devdutt Padikkal tries to play it over the keeper but gets cramped for room and the ball goes off the gloves and to Dinesh Karthik, behind the sticks who pouches it. A wicket but too late for Bangalore!

On a length and on off. Blocked out to cover.

Tossed up, on middle. Buttler nudges it past mid-wicket for a single.

Flatter and around leg. Padikkal clears his front leg and works it to deep mid-wicket for a single.

Quicker one, on middle. Buttler punches it to the left of Hasaranga who does well to stop it. 

SIX! A welcome biggie for Rajasthan! Tossed up, full and on middle. Buttler waits and smashes it over long off for a biggie. This was always coming at some point. It was just a matter of when!

Flatter ball, on off. Jos stays back and pushes it off the leading edge to point and looks for a quick single. But he is sent back as the fielder makes a good stop there.

SIX! Second of the over and Rajasthan are nearing the victory line! Tossed up again, in the slot. Jos Buttler opens his body and heaves it over deep mid-wicket for a maximum. 18 needed now.

Harshal delivers it a bit short and close to off, Devdutt Padikkal chops it down to third man and picks up a single. 

Shortish and on off, Buttler punches it from the back foot but finds the point fielder.

Width there outside off, Buttler slaps it from the back foot to deep cover and takes a run.

Fullish and wide outside off, Padikkal drills his drive to deep cover for one.

Play and a miss! Back of a length, around off, some extra bounce, Jos stands back to force it on the off side but misses.

On a length and around off, Buttler stays back and crunches it to deep cover one. Another quiet over. 32 needed off 30 balls.

Starts with a dot. Full and on off, driven back to the bowler.

Tossed up, around off, played down to the left of point for a quick run.

A touch short and on off, Buttler goes back and works it with the spin to deep square leg for a run.

Quicker and on off, punched to deep cover for one. That's all needed now for Rajasthan.

A long hop around off, Buttler forces it to the right of sweeper cover. He takes the first run slowly and then hurries back for the second.

Short and wide outside off, Buttler cuts but finds extra cover. 5 from the over.

Beaten! Josh Hazlewood angles across a length ball outside off, Devdutt Padikkal pushes inside the line and misses.

Identical to the last delivery, this time Devdutt Padikkal runs it down to third man for a run.

Beats the outside edge! Slightly short and outside off, Jos Buttler tries to punch from the back foot but gets beaten.

Uses the angle of the bowler and works a length ball to deep mid-wicket for a run. 42 needed off 44 balls.

Shortish and on off, Padikkal hangs on the back foot and punches it through cover-point for a single.

Back of a length, around off, Buttler walks across a bit and tries to guide it down to third man but finds backward point.

Flighted and full, on middle, Buttler dances down the track and clobbers it to long on for a single.

Slower through the air, a touch short and around off, Samson chops it down towards short third man. Wants a run but is sent back.

Floated and full, around off, Samson defends it off his front foot.

OUT! STUMPED! Needless from Samson. Hasaranga manages to lure the batter there. He tosses it up and lands it around off, Samson dances down the track for a big shot but misses the ball completely. A simple stumping for Dinesh Karthik. A wicket perhaps too late for Bangalore but they at least have an opening from one end. 45 needed off 50 balls. 

Quicker and flatter on middle, Devdutt Padikkal helps it towards square leg and takes a quick run.

Fuller and around off, Buttler drives through the line and Wanindu Hasaranga moves across to his left to stop the ball with a dive. 

DROPPED! This is that kind of evening for Bangalore. Harshal Patel delivers it on a length and outside off, Buttler tries to drive but edges it behind. Dinesh Karthik drops a sitter and they cross for a single. The body language of Bangalore suggests that they have already resigned.

Around off, on a length and angling in, Samson defends it to the off side.

Play and a miss! Short and wide outside off, Samson tries to cut but misses.

SIX! High and handsome! Back of a length, around middle, Sanju Samson finds this one in his range and spanks it over wide long on. Sanju flashes a smile. Rajasthan are smelling victory here. Below 50 needed now.

Short in length, around off, Samson goes back and pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a run.

Pace off, on a length and close to off, Buttler plays it with soft hands towards mid on. Takes a single, sees no one rushing towards the ball, and wants the second run. Samson declines the offer.

FOUR! Streaky! This is way outside off, shorter and Samson cuts it hard way past short third man for a boundary.

A googly, outside off. Blocked out.

A loopy ball, outside off. Samson cuts it to backward point. 

Outside off, it is slapped to deep point for a single.

Quicker and around middle, Jos rocks back and tucks it to deep square leg for a single.

Flatter and on middle. Sanju blocks it out on the deck. 6 runs off the over but the runs are flowing from the other side. Bangalore need wickets now, and that too in a heap. 

Angles it on the pads. Buttler nudges it to deep mid-wicket for a single.

SIX! Straight as an arrow! An arm ball, on a length and on middle. Samson comes down the track and dispatches it straight down over the bowler's head for a maximum.

Tossed up, way outside off, driven to deep cover for a single.

EDGED AND FOUR! Ahmed slows it up and serves it short and outside off. Jos looks to cut it but gets an outside edge fine to third man for a boundary.

FOUR! Everything is going against Bangalore right now! Tossed up, outside off. Buttler looks to punch but it goes off the splice to point and beats the diving man in the deep for a boundary.

Around off, pushed straight to covers. 16 runs off the over. 

Tossed up, full and outside off. Samson blocks it out.

Fuller and around off. Samson drives it to the left of long off for an easy single.

Serves it slow, on a length and around off. Buttler paddles it behind towards fine leg for a single.

Flatter and on off, eased down to long off for one more.

Slower through the air, around off. Buttler skips down and tucks it to mid-wicket before looking for a run. He is sent back. The fielder has a shy but Buttler gets back to his crease quickly.

Too full and on the pads, it is flicked to deep square leg for a single to end the over. Tidy start by Wanindu Hasaranga.

A full ball, outside off at 118.6 kph. Buttler looks for a big booming drive but misses.

A full toss, slanting and dipping around middle and off. Buttler forces it to mid-wicket and rotates the strike. 

Pitched up on off at 138 clicks. It is driven to mid off for a quick single. 

FOUR! Fifty for Jos Buttler! What a season this Englishman is having! He has given the perfect start to his team! Too full and too wide by Patel and Buttler drives it to deep cover for a boundary. His strike rate is above 200 at the moment, sizzling!

Fuller and on off, it's pushed to mid off. No run there.

FOUR! Not the best start from Harshal Patel! This is a freebie! A full toss, around the waist. Buttler helps it past the diving man at short fine leg for yet another boundary. 10 from the over!

OUT! TAKEN! Finally, Bangalore break the partnership! Overpitched and angling outside off. Yashasvi Jaiswal tries to drive it on the up but hits at a catchable height. Virat Kohli at cover-point leaps a bit and holds onto it. Bangalore will look to build on this. They have already leaked too many runs in the Powerplay! 97 needed off 89 balls.

Full and on middle. Samson drives it off the front foot, back towards the bowler.

MISFIELD! A length ball, outside off. Samson rocks back and punches it to mid off where Faf du Plessis fumbles and releases the pressure by allowing a single.

FOUR! Buttler is dictating terms here! A length ball, on middle. Buttler looks to work on the leg side but it goes off the inside-half, past mid-wicket for a boundary. Siraj from mid on tries to chase it but fails to keep it away.

On middle, on a length. Buttler plays with a straight bat to mid on and scampers across for a quick single.

On a length, on off. Samson drops it with gentle hands to covers. Rajasthan end the Powerplay at 67 for 1. Just the start they wanted! 91 needed in 84 balls.

IN THE AIR... Falls safely! Flighted and full, outside off, Jaiswal mistimes his slog-sweep over mid-wicket. Faf du Plessis runs across to his left from long on but it lands away from him. Two runs taken. The intent from both the batters is clear.

Flatter and around leg, Yashasvi Jaiswal punches it to long on and takes a single.

SIX! In the slot and dispatched! Floated and full, around off, Jos Buttler shows no mercy and launches it over long on for a biggie. Effortless. 50 comes up!

Quicker and shorter, on middle, Jos gets back and punches but finds the cover fielder.

SIX! Jos is in overdrive! He is firing tonight and determined to take Rajasthan home. Flighted again, full and outside off, Buttler fetches it from there and rockets it over long on for a maximum.

FOUR! 19 from the over! Flatter and shorter on middle, Jos Buttler goes deep inside the crease and hammers it over wide mid on. Rajasthan have raced to 61 in no time, needing under 100 now.

Flatter and shorter, outside off, Yashasvi Jaiswal goes back and cuts but finds the point fielder.

Flatter and on off, Yashasvi Jaiswal walks forward and pushes it down to long off for a run.

AERIAL BUT SAFE! Flatter again, short and on off, Buttler goes deep back inside the crease and punches it over mid off. Siraj runs back and dives but it falls wide of him. They get two.

Fires it in, on middle, Jos moves back and works it to deep mid-wicket for another couple of runs.

Skidding into the batter from around off, Jos shows a straight bat and it goes off the inner edge to mid-wicket.

Shortish and on off, Buttler forces it from the back foot to cover-point. Two dots to end the over, 5 from it.

Beaten! A good start from Siraj. He gets the line and length perfect. Delivers it a bit short and around off, shaping away with extra bounce, Yashasvi Jaiswal tries to punch from the back foot but misses.

Fuller and around off, Jaiswal drives it firmly, to the right of mid off, and gets a single.

Slightly short and on off, Buttler goes on his toes and pushes it defensively to covers.

FOUR! Bang! This time Siraj is too full with his length, Buttler attacks it with all his might and bludgeons it over extra cover for a boundary.

EDGY FOUR! Fortune favours the brave. Siraj goes full again, this time around off, Buttler clears his front leg for a big heave across the line but gets a massive inside edge. It beats the stumps and races away to fine leg for a boundary.

SIX! THAT'S COLOSSAL! Just the kind of shot to deflate the bowling side. Siraj bowls it on a length, around leg and angling down, Buttler again clears his front leg and this time he towers it deep into the crowd at deep square leg. 15 from the over!

Starts with a full ball, around off, Buttler covers the line and defends it to the off side.

FOUR! Crisp! Josh Hazlewood puts it on a fuller length around off, Jos Buttler leans into the drive and caresses it through the gap at cover-point.

Angles in a length ball on middle, Buttler helps it away off his pads to mid-wicket.

Well left! Full and outside off, holding its line, Buttler shoulders arms. The ball swings a lot after going past the batter.

Delivers it very full and on off, Buttler inside-edges his attempted shot and it beats the mid-wicket fielder. Mohammed Siraj chases it down from mid on and the batters get two runs.

On a length, around off, it's defended back to the bowler. 

Starts with a full ball, around off, Jaiswal drives confidently through the line but finds the fielder at cover-point.

Back of a length, around middle and off, Yashasvi Jaiswal goes on the back foot and punches it through the line but finds backward point.

SIX! Into the crowd! That is some way to open your account. Two great shots found the fielder, so Jaiswal goes aerial and sends it many a mile. Mohammed Siraj digs it in short, around leg, Yashasvi Jaiswal turns and pulls it over fine leg for a maximum.

FOUR! Excellent timing this time! Siraj serves a length ball on the pads, Yashasvi Jaiswal picks it up and flicks it delightfully in front of square on the leg side for a boundary.

Fuller and on middle, angling away, Jaiswal strokes it off his front foot but finds the cover fielder.

SIX! Dismissed! WHAT A START FOR RAJASTHAN! Mohammed Siraj once again tries to test the young man with a short ball. It's on middle and sits up nicely for the batter. Yashasvi Jaiswal rides the bounce and muscles his pull shot over mid-wicket. 16 from the opening over, Rajasthan have set a perfect tone for this chase!