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Man focus on the West Indies game. Who cares about this

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Narps is IPL marketing office this side of the Greenwich line

Leff he alone

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I am watching WI game since game started

In reply to Halliwell

Why yuh hiding from de ODI W/Eng FL......fraid basement ?

19:27 Local Time, 13:57 GMT, 19:27 IST:

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Covers coming off! Super sopper swings into action

Umbrellas are down, so we should see covers coming off shortly. Super sopper waits for its signal.

This is frustrating. The rain is back. Groundsmen rushing to get the covers back on. The wait continues. Interestingly, they aren't using a cloth or a hessian on the pitch before putting on the main cover. PBKS players stay out for some footy. Rain is not heavy, but it's there!

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DIS DONE

In reply to Narper

How epic would it be if PBKS finally lifts the IPL trophy? After all these years, seeing a first-time champion rise would bring a whole new thrill to the league. Fresh stories, new heroes — it’s exactly the kind of shake-up the IPL needs!

Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru. Final

MI 15/0 (2) CRR: 7.5

Jonny Bairstow 10(7)
Rohit Sharma 4(5

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2.2
Stoinis to Rohit, out Caught by Vijaykumar Vyshak at deep square leg!! This is in the airrr, man back and taken. Stoinis, the man! He thumps his chest as he roars, come onnn!

Rohit c Vijaykumar Vyshak b Stoinis 8(7) [4s-1]

Tilak Varma, left handed bat, comes to the crease
2.4
Stoinis to Tilak Varma, SIX, straight down the ground
2.4
Stoinis to Tilak Varma, no ball, SIX, Tilak Varmaaaa!
2.3
Stoinis to Tilak Varma, 2 runs, No. 3 is a number he loves to bat and he straightaway gets going at the crease. Full and on the stumps, Tilak moves across and flicks, almost flew off the leading edge but cleared mid-wicket

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MI 197/6 (19.3) CRR: 10.1

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MI 203/6 (20) CRR: 10.15


Break

PBKS 27/1 (3.3) CRR: 7.71 REQ: 10.73
Punjab Kings need 177 runs

3.4
Topley to Priyansh Arya, SIX, picks the slower-ball and deposits it for six. Was a half-volley outside off, tried the back of the hand slower-ball and it did not pitch where he wanted it to, Priyansh Arya gets forward and lofts cleanly and clears the long-on fence

4.3
Bumrah to Josh Inglis, SIX, he has smashed this. A slower-ball off-cutter again, full outside off, Josh Inglis gets forward and slams it high and over long-on, picked the bones out of it
4.6
Bumrah to Josh Inglis, SIX, over Topley at third man. Bumrah has his hands on his head. 20 off the over. Not often do you see Bumrah going for 20. This is short of length outside off, Josh Inglis is on his tiptoes as he deals with the rising delivery, slashes and the top-edge just clears the leaping Topley, the tallest man on the field right now

5.1
Ashwani Kumar to Priyansh Arya, out Caught by Hardik Pandya!! Ashwani Kumar strikes first ball. A hard back of a length delivery just outside off, Priyansh Arya tries to slug it to leg, off the thick outer half of the bat and it's a simple catch to mid-off. The bat turned in his hands and that foiled all timing. Hardik takes it and does a little jig. MI break the threatening stand.

Priyansh Arya c Hardik Pandya b Ashwani Kumar 20(10) [4s-2 6s-1]

5.3
Ashwani Kumar to Shreyas Iyer, FOUR, shot!

5.6
Ashwani Kumar to Josh Inglis, FOUR, full on off, Josh Inglis gets forward and lofts over mid-off, safe shot and it's into the gap, ends the powerplay on a high

PBKS 70/2 (7) CRR: 10 REQ: 10.31
Punjab Kings need 134 runs in 78 balls

Josh Inglis 37(17)
Shreyas Iyer 7(6

7.5
Hardik Pandya to Josh Inglis, out Caught by Bairstow!! Hardik Pandya gets the big wicket. Fine call from umpire Nitin Menon. The review doesn't save Inglis too. It's a good short ball outside off, Inglis tries to get on top of it and pull, it's a top-edge and Bairstow catches and appeals immediately, Hardik joins him later belatedly. Nitin Menon though had the finger up in a flash.

Josh Inglis c Bairstow b Hardik Pandya 38(21) [4s-5 6s-2]

8.6
Santner to Nehal Wadhera, FOUR, Dhir at deep mid-wicket is in some 10 yards and the chance goes. Had he been right back, it was a catch to him, slower and it sits up short on off, Nehal Wadhera goes on the back foot and pulls it flat and hard, clears the leaping Dhir, who suggests he couldn't have done anything about it. Leapt as high as he could, but the ball clears him

BKS 81/3 (9) CRR: 9 REQ: 11.18
Strategic Timeout - Punjab Kings need 123 runs in 66 balls

Nehal Wadhera 6(4)
Shreyas Iyer 11(10

9.2
Hardik Pandya to Nehal Wadhera, SIX, the top-edge flies over deep backward square-leg. A short delivery at Nehal Wadhera and he takes it on, doesn't bother to keep it down and the ball flies

9.6
Hardik Pandya to Nehal Wadhera, FOUR, dropped by Boult at fine-leg. Such an easy catch too. A short ball outside off, Nehal Wadhera takes it on, the top-edge flies to fine-leg, Boult gets there and goes with two hands

PBKS 102/3 (11) CRR: 9.27 REQ: 11.33
Punjab Kings need 102 runs in 54 balls

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12.4
Topley to Shreyas Iyer, SIX, hat-trick of sixes. Pandya grimaces. This is another half-volley just outside off, Shreyas Iyer is lofting them beautifully, gets forward and holds his shape, lofts splendidly into the sightscreen, suddenly the pressure is on Topley
12.3
Topley to Shreyas Iyer, SIX, Shreyas Iyer picks the bones out of this. Worried looks on Hardik and the other MI players. It's a half-volley outside off, seam-up, Shreyas gets forward and lofts clean and nice over long-on, was in the slot and Shreyas did not miss out
12.2
Topley to Shreyas Iyer, SIX, Shreyas Iyer with a beauty. A short of length delivery on off, he gets inside the line slightly and flicks it up and over deep backward square-leg, plays that shot so well, flies over the man

PBKS 128/3 (13) CRR: 9.85 REQ: 10.86
Punjab Kings need 76 runs in 42 balls

Shreyas Iyer37(20)
Nehal Wadhera27(18

13.5
Boult to Nehal Wadhera, FOUR, four more. The momentum is with PBKS. Full outside off, minimal backlift and what a loft that is, mid-off was in anyway and the ball flies over the fielder, Nehal Wadhera with class written all over that shot
13.4
Boult to Nehal Wadhera, FOUR, Nehal Wadhera swings and the thick leading-edge flies over short third man. The luck is with PBKS. Length delivery and angling into leg-stump, Wadhera swings one way and the ball flies in the opposite direction

PBKS 147/3 (15) CRR: 9.8 REQ: 11.4
Punjab Kings need 57 runs in 30 balls

Nehal Wadhera 41(26)
Shreyas Iyer 41(24

15.1
Ashwani Kumar to Nehal Wadhera, SIX, Nehal Wadhera is playing a blinder. He gets under this full delivery just outside off, slams it straight down the ground and there was a lot of height on this, and the distance too

15.4
Ashwani Kumar to Nehal Wadhera, out Caught by Santner!! A twist? Such a pivotal moment this. Fullish outside off, near the tramline, Nehal Wadhera has to reach for it, miscues it and it loops up in the air, extra-cover goes back and Santner is such a safe fielder, he takes it and Pandya is all smiles. It's the timeout as well.

Nehal Wadhera c Santner b Ashwani Kumar 48(29) [4s-4 6s-2]

PBKS 156/4 (15.4) CRR: 9.96 REQ: 11.08
Punjab Kings need 48 runs in 26 balls

15.6
Ashwani Kumar to Shreyas Iyer, SIX, such a poor delivery and Shreyas Iyer won't miss out. Full delivery outside the leg-stump, almost a free-hit for him, he flicks and it's a flat six over fine-leg, there was no fielder there too

Punjab Kings need 40 runs in 23 balls

Shreyas Iyer 48(26)
Shashank Singh 1(1)

16.2
Boult to Shreyas Iyer, FOUR, 50 for Shreyas Iyer on the big night. What a captain he has been. A very full delivery outside off, he opens the face of the bat and squeezes it past the diving backward point, to his left, both short third man and backward point were insid

16.4
Boult to Shashank Singh, out Shashank Singh Run Out!! Looked like Shashank Singh had made it. But him not diving has cost him here. Tries to stretch and make it

Shashank Singh run out (Hardik Pandya) 2(3)

16.6
Boult to Shreyas Iyer, FOUR

17.2
Bumrah to Shreyas Iyer, FOUR, the shot of the innings. One of the shots of the tournament for me. A pinpoint yorker on middle, as Bumrah went wide of the crease and angled it in, Shreyas Iyer though stays low, opens the face of the bat and directs it wide of Topley at short third man, played it as late as he can and more importantly got the gap, Topley went to his left and did not dive, maybe that would have helped. Unreal shot that

18.1
Ashwani Kumar to Shreyas Iyer, SIX, Shreyas Iyer you beauty! This is a half-volley outside off, in the slot, he leans back and lofts high and over long-on, into the crowd, lots of height and well into the stands, that's the start that his side wanted, Preity Zinta is up on her feet and claps, flashing that million-dollar smile of hers

18.2
Ashwani Kumar to Shreyas Iyer, no ball, Ashwani Kumar oversteps. The pressure has got to the youngster.

18.2
Ashwani Kumar to Shreyas Iyer, SIX he can do no wrong now. This is full and wide outside off, he knows the line and shuffles across to meet this, lofts and this flies over wide long-off. Again a clean strike and that should be the game

18.4
Ashwani Kumar to Shreyas Iyer, SIX he is ending it in a blaze of glory. Again that full and wide line outside off, Shreyas Iyer is setting up for those massive lofts. He swings and it's such a clean hit, flies way back over long-on

18.6
Ashwani Kumar to Shreyas Iyer, SIX, Shreyas Iyer you absolute rockstar! He has finished this chase of 204 with an over to spare. And knocked out his Ranji side from the IPL. And no celebrations at all from Shreyas. He just hugs Stoinis and gets on with it. He is so stoic. Meanwhile Pandya is on his haunches and is left gutted. This is another slot ball outside off, Shreyas as he has done all through this over, lofts clean and high and the white-ball when it left the bat was destined for just one place and that was over the fence, flies over long-on

MI 203/6 (20)
PBKS 207/5 (19) CRR: 10.89

Punjab Kings won by 5 wkts

Shreyas Iyer 87(41