END OF OVER 14: 117/4
Chahal will stay in the attack!
13.6 - WICKET!
Hooda tries to up the ante and holes out to backward square leg.
SRK is the new man in at No. 6
Deepak Hooda c Patidar b Shahbaz Ahmed 5 (9b 0x4 0x6) SR: 55.55
END OF OVER 13: 113/3
Shahbaz Ahmed to bowl left arm spin. Virat Kohli now has spinners from both ends to slow things down
Deepak Hooda 3 (5) | KL Rahul 53 (39)
Yuzvendra Chahal 3-0-32-0 | Kyle Jamieson 3-0-32-2
END OF OVER 12: PBKS 109/3
Chahal to continue
KL Rahul 51 (36) | Deepak Hooda 1 (2)
Kyle Jamieson3-0-32-2 | Daniel Sams3-0-18-1
11.3 – WICKET!
Top edge and straight to backward point. Pooran can’t get off the mark for fourth time in this season.
Nicholas Pooran c Shahbaz Ahmed b Jamieson 0 (3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0
END OF OVER 11: PBKS 100/2
Jamieson to bowl Over 12
10.4 - WICKET!
The Boss Departs! Short and slow and Gayle gloves it to ABD!
Pooran is the new man in at No. 4
Chris Gayle c †de Villiers b Sams 46 (24b 6x4 2x6) SR: 191.66
END OF OVER 10: PBKS 90/1
Sams is back in attack! RCB desperate for a wicket!
Chris Gayle 45 (22) | KL Rahul 36 (31)
Harshal Patel 2-0-13-0 | Yuzvendra Chahal 2-0-28-0
END OF OVER 9: PBKS 83/1
Patel to bowl Over 10
8.6 - SIX!
Rahul clears the leg and hits it over deep midwicket!
8.5 - FOUR!
Rahul this time!
END OF OVER 8: PBKS 70/1
6 runs from the Over. Chahal to bowl next Over
END OF OVER 7: PBKS: 64/1
Patel to bowl Over 8
Chris Gayle 36 (13) | KL Rahul 19 (22)
Yuzvendra Chahal 1-0-15-0 | Kyle Jamieson 2-0-23-1
6.6 - SIX!
This time the boss targets the sightscreen! Straight as a bullet!
6.2 - SIX!
That's the flattest SIX ever. Non-striker was worried for a moment!
END OF OVER 6: PBKS 49/1
Chahal to bowl Over 7
Chris Gayle 22 (8) | KL Rahul 18 (21)
Kyle Jamieson 2-0-23-1 | Mohammed Siraj 2-0-18-0
5.6 – FOUR!
Mid-off has no chance of getting that out. Huge Over this! Five boundaries from the Over.
5.5 – DOT!
Gayle misses out on full toss
5.4 – FOUR!
long-on this time!
5.3 – FOUR!
Same Shot, Same result! Is Gayle doing to Jamieson what Shaw did to Mavi?
5.2 – FOUR!
This time over mid-on!
5.1 – FOUR!
Slammed over mid-off
END OF OVER 5: PBKS 29/1
Jamieson to bowl final Over of the powerplay.
END OF OVER 4: PBKS 21/1
Siraj to bowl Over 5
KL Rahul 12 (17) | Chris Gayle 0 (0)
Kyle Jamieson 1-0-3-1 | Daniel Sams 2-0-8-0
3.3 - WICKET!
Prabh holes out to extra cover.
Prabhsimran Singh c Kohli b Jamieson 7 (7b 1x4 0x6) SR: 100
END OF OVER 3
Jamieson to bowl Over 4
Prabhsimran Singh 7 (5) | KL Rahul 10 (13)
Daniel Sams 2-0-8-0 | Mohammed Siraj 1-0-10-0
2.5 - FOUR!
Prabh lofts it over the bowler's head!
END OF OVER 2: PBKS 13/0
Prabhsimran Singh 3 (2) | KL Rahul 9 (10)
Mohammed Siraj1-0-10-0 | Daniel Sams1-0-3-0
1.3 - SIX!
KL Rahul pulls it over midwicket for miximum!
END OF OVER 1: PBKS 3/0
Siraj to bowl from other end
KL Rahul2 (5) | Prabhsimran Singh1 (1)
Daniel Sams 1-0-3-0
Match Begins
Rahul and Prabhsimran are opening the batting. Daniel Sams will open the bowling.
Match Details
Venue: Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
Toss: RCB win the toss and elect to field first
Points Table Standings: RCB 3rd (10 points/6 games) | Punjab Kings 6th (4 points/6 games)
Head-to-Head: 26 matches - PBKS 14 | RCB 12
Punjab Kings not only have a slight advantage in H-2-H count, they have also won the previous two games they have played against Virat Kohli’s side.
Ahmedabad Pitch Report
Good track for batting with spinners getting the ball to grip a bit. There’s no reason why team winning the toss won’t field first considering the chances of dew coming in as the match progresses.
Par score: 180
Playing 11
Punjab Kings: KL Rahul (C&WK), Prabhsimran Singh, Chris Gayle, Deepak Hooda, Nicholas Pooran, Shahrukh Khan, Chris Jordan, Harpreet Brar, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammed Shami, Riley Meredith
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli (C), Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, AB de Villiers, Shahbaz Ahmed, Kyle Jamieson, Daniel Sams, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal