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Jacob Bethell and Kohli are at the crease.

Jacob Bethell is on strike.

Khaleel Ahmed will open the attack

0.5
Khaleel Ahmed to Jacob Bethell, FOUR, hat-trick of fours. Khaleel goes searching for swing and pitches it up, but there isn't any this time, Bethell leans forward and creams the drive square of the wicket

0.4
Khaleel Ahmed to Jacob Bethell, FOUR, back to back fours. This is deft touch. Short of length delivery close to off, Bethell rides the bounce and steers it to third man, Pathirana moves to his right and dives but does not make the stop
0.3
Khaleel Ahmed to Jacob Bethell, FOUR, Bethell is off and running. Half tracker and plenty of width outside off, Bethell does not miss out, goes full throttle on the cut and pierces a packed off-side field

2.2
Khaleel Ahmed to Jacob Bethell, SIX, hammered! Short of length delivery and Bethell has picked the bones out of that, he gets into position quickly and nails the pull all the way over deep mid-wicket

2.6
Khaleel Ahmed to Kohli, SIX, massive over, 19 runs. This is a poor delivery and deserved the treatment. Khaleel makes the mistake of drifting onto Kohli's pads,
2.5
Khaleel Ahmed to Kohli, SIX, second six in the over. Once again it is the short of length delivery that has disappeared into the crowd. But Khaleel is a tad unlucky here. He got the ball to climb on Kohli and found the top-edge but the ground is so small that the ball ended up in the second tier

3.1
Anshul Kamboj to Jacob Bethell, FOUR, lovely shot! Classical stuff from Bethell. Not a bad delivery from Kamboj. Fullish delivery on off,

3.5
Anshul Kamboj to Jacob Bethell, 1 run, oh no! There's a collision and a catch goes down. Pathirana is stil down on the ground. Back of a length and angled across, Bethell looks to hack it into the leg-side and gets a top-edge over short third. Jadeja runs back and takes the catch but Pathirana comes running in from deep backward point and collides into Jadeja which makes the ball pop out. Jadeja called for it, took it and had it in his hand for a second but Pathirana didn't hear the call and came charging in

The physio is out there checking on Pathirana. Jadeja even suggests that it is a small scratch. But Pathirana is walking off the field. Hopefully it is not serious

3.6
Anshul Kamboj to Kohli, FOUR, shot! Back of a length delivery but this had a bit of width on it, Kohli stays back and gets on top of the bounce, punches it in front of square and ends the over with a boundary

4.4
Noor Ahmad to Jacob Bethell, SIX, to deep mid-wicket
4.3
Noor Ahmad to Jacob Bethell, FOUR, not off the middle but the ball races away. This was the googly and not sure Bethell picked it, he went for the big slog sweep and ended up dragging it off the inner half through mid-wicket

4.6
Noor Ahmad to Jacob Bethell, FOUR, that's a gift and Bethell cashes in. Juicy full toss outside off, Bethell just needed to pick his spot and he chooses extra cover - slaps it hard into the gap and the ball races away

RCB 66/0 (5.1) CRR: 12.77

Jacob Bethell 42(23)
Virat Kohli 18(7

5.2
Anshul Kamboj to Kohli, FOUR, to long-on
5.1
Anshul Kamboj to Kohli, SIX, third six for Kohli. He's dealing in sixes today. Kamboj makes the same mistake as Khaleel - strays onto Kohli's pads and gets picked off, whipped in front of square and the ball just clears the rope

RCB 71/0 (6) CRR: 11.83

Virat Kohli 29(13)
Jacob Bethell 42(23

7.1
Sam Curran to Jacob Bethell, FOUR, neatly done! Short and outside off, Bethell does not go hard on the cut, he waits for the ball to arrive and places the shot behind square on the off-side. No chance for the sweeper..

7.5
Sam Curran to Kohli, SIX, Curran became predictable there.

9.5
Pathirana to Jacob Bethell, out Caught by Brevis!! Brevis pulls out a stunner. The partnership is broken and CSK have their much needed breakthrough. Short of length delivery angled across, Bethell fetches the pull and gets a top-edge, the ball skies over square leg and seemed to be landing safely but Brevis charges in, dives forward and takes it inches from the ground. Just the kind of effort which lifts the fielding team.

Jacob Bethell c Brevis b Pathirana 55(33) [4s-8 6s-2]

10.6
Jadeja to Kohli, FOUR, goes up and over extra cover! Full ball at the stumps, Kohli backs away, makes room and executes the lofted drive to perfection. What stunning form he's in!

11.2
Sam Curran to Kohli, FOUR, misfield and four! Hooda isn't doing much right in this tournament. Full around off, Kohli gives a premeditated charge, gets close to the pitch and drills it down the ground. Hooda gets to it with a sliding effort but fails to cut it off

11.5
Sam Curran to Kohli, out Caught by Khaleel Ahmed!!

Kohli c Khaleel Ahmed b Sam Curran 62(33) [4s-5 6s-5]

RCB 121/2 (11.5) CRR: 10.23

15.6
Pathirana to Jitesh Sharma, wide, short outside off, it's too high and Jitesh lets it go

RCB 151/3 (16) CRR: 9.44

Jitesh Sharma 5(4)
Rajat Patidar 10(11

16.5
Noor Ahmad to Jitesh Sharma, out Caught by Brevis!! Gone! CSK pulling things back nicely through this phase. Flat outside off, googly, Jitesh looks to pull but miscues it off the toe-end. Curran takes the catch running across from long-on and passes it to Brevis before going over the ropes.

Jitesh Sharma c Brevis b Noor Ahmad 7( [4s-1]

17.4
Pathirana to Rajat Patidar, out Caught by Sam Curran!!

Rajat Patidar c Sam Curran b Pathirana 11(15) [4s-1]

RCB 157/5 (17.4) CRR: 8.89

RCB 159/5 (1 CRR: 8.83

Romario Shepherd 1(2)
Tim David 1(2

18.6
Khaleel Ahmed to Shepherd, FOUR, to backward square leg
18.5
Khaleel Ahmed to Shepherd, no ball, SIX, to sweeper cover
18.4
Khaleel Ahmed to Shepherd, SIX, straight down the ground
18.3
Khaleel Ahmed to Shepherd, FOUR, to third man
18.2
Khaleel Ahmed to Shepherd, SIX, straight down the ground
18.1
Khaleel Ahmed to Shepherd, SIX, massive from Shepherd! Slower one wide of off, back of a length,

RCB 192/5 (19) CRR: 10.11

Romario Shepherd 33(9)
Tim David 1(2

In reply to Narper

Romario Shepherd

serious lash. 4 sixes and ah four

19.2
Pathirana to Shepherd, FOUR, to deep mid-wicket

In reply to shivnotout

33 runs by Khaleel is most expensive over this season

19.4
Pathirana to Shepherd, FOUR, between mid-wicket and long-on

19.5
Pathirana to Shepherd, SIX, to long-on, the partnership between Shepherd and Tim David is now

33 runs by Khaleel is most expensive over this season

Khaleel Ahmed 3-0-65-0

19.6
Pathirana to Shepherd, SIX, 14-ball fifty from Shepherd who is absolutely overjoyed! What have we just witnessed. CSK certainly don't know what's hit them. Full in the slot again,

In reply to Narper

Romario Shepherd 53 from 14 balls 4 fours 6 sixes

RCB 213/5 (20) CRR: 10.6

CSK 50/0 (4.1) CRR: 12 REQ: 10.36
Chennai Super Kings need 164 runs in 95 balls

Ayush Mhatre36(15)
Shaik Rasheed13(9)

4.3
Krunal Pandya to Shaik Rasheed, out Caught by Shepherd!!

Shaik Rasheed c Shepherd b Krunal Pandya 14(11) [4s-1 6s-1]

5.4
Ngidi to Sam Curran, out Caught by Jitesh Sharma!!

Sam Curran c Jitesh Sharma b Ngidi 5(5) [4s-1]

CSK 58/2 (5.4) CRR: 10.24 REQ: 10.88
Chennai Super Kings need 156 runs in 86 balls

CSK 127/2 (12) CRR: 10.58 REQ: 10.88
Chennai Super Kings need 87 runs in 48 balls

Ravindra Jadeja 35(20)
Ayush Mhatre 73(36)

RCB 213/5 (20)
CSK 171/2 (16) CRR: 10.69 REQ: 10.75
Strategic Timeout - Chennai Super Kings need 43 runs in 24

Ravindra Jadeja 58(33)
Ayush Mhatre 94(47

16.2
Ngidi to Ayush Mhatre, out Caught by Krunal Pandya!!

Ayush Mhatre c Krunal Pandya b Ngidi 94(4 [4s-9 6s-5]

16.3
Ngidi to Brevis, out Lbw!! No timer shown on the screen. And by the time Brevis tries to review, Nitin Menon says the clock has run out. This will be controversial. This is a poor decision from umpire Nitin Menon. A high full-toss and sliding down leg, Brevis flicks and misses, rapped on the pads, easily missing leg-stump. But given out onfield. Brevis took his time as he checked with Jadeja and that cost him time. But still there was no timer shown on screen. Even Jadeja was having a look at the giant screen as he chatted with Brevis

Brevis lbw b Ngidi 0(1)

CSK 172/4 (16.3) CRR: 10.42 REQ: 12
Chennai Super Kings need 42 runs in 21 balls

16.5
Ngidi to Jadeja, SIX, to deep mid-wicket

CSK 179/4 (17) CRR: 10.53 REQ: 11.67
Chennai Super Kings need 35 runs in 18 balls

Ravindra Jadeja 65(36)
MS Dhoni 1(1

CSK 201/4 (19.2) CRR: 10.4 REQ: 19.5
Chennai Super Kings need 13 runs in 4 balls

Gawn !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Given out LBW. Dhoni reviews.

19.3
Yash Dayal to Dhoni, out Lbw!! Yash Dayal has done it again. He has outgunned the legend in MCS for two years in a row. Is that the game? A low full-toss on leg-stump, Dhoni flicks and misses, rapped on the pads and that's crashing into the stumps. Dhoni loses the review. Mutters something under his breath as he walks off. Is that the last time we see him at MCS?

Dhoni lbw b Yash Dayal 12( [6s-1]

Chennai Super Kings need 13 runs in 3 balls

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It has disappeared for six. Dube is reviewing for a no-ball for height. What drama. What scenes.

19.4
Yash Dayal to Shivam Dube, no ball, SIX, It has disappeared for six. Dube is reviewing for a no-ball for height. What drama. What scenes. Now on to ball-tracking to determine the height of this. Patidar is wiping the ball with a rag. So there's dew. It's a no-ball. Waist height of Dube is 1.11m, the ball is 1.14m. The game turns again. A high full-toss on off, what a strike that is from Dube first ball, sends this into the top-tier at deep mid-wicket. Did it slip out?

CSK 209/5 (19.4) CRR: 10.63 REQ: 15
Chennai Super Kings need 5 runs in 2 balls

19.5
Yash Dayal to Jadeja, 1 run, very full on the stumps, Jadeja inside-edges the drive on to pad, dribbles to cover, just one

Chennai Super Kings need 4 runs in 1 ball

RCB 213/5 (20)

CSK 211/5 (20)

Royal Challengers Bengaluru won by 2 runs