39th Match

Natarajan to Virat Kohli, SIX, Virat Kohli finishes it off with a six in front of his home crowd. Axar manages a smile as he comes to greet the players. Kohli is all smiles as he chats to Nitish Rana and Kuldeep.

Natarajan to Virat Kohli, SIX, full and wide outside off, Virat Kohli has to reach for it to loft, does so and hits it straight down the ground. Clears the fence with ease. Just 5 needed now

Natarajan to Virat Kohli, no run, short of length on off, Virat Kohli goes on the back foot and punches it back to Natarajan

T Natarajan, left-arm fast medium, comes into the attack

Axar Patel to Virat Kohli, 1 run, 9000 IPL runs for Virat Kohli. It's slower and tossed up full just outside off, turns away, Virat Kohli gets forward to drive to long-off. Good cheer for that landmark

Axar Patel to Devdutt Padikkal, 1 run, tossed up full outside the leg-stump, Devdutt Padikkal sweeps and it's gloved over KL Rahul. That could've gone anywhere

Axar Patel to Virat Kohli, 1 run, good length and drifts into leg-stump, Virat Kohli gets forward to flick to deep square-leg

Axar Patel to Devdutt Padikkal, 1 run, the bouncer and it's short on the stumps, Devdutt Padikkal goes on the back foot and pulls straight to the fielder at deep mid-wicket

Axar Patel to Virat Kohli, 1 run, KL thinks it's a direct-hit and lets it go. But the ball goes wide of the stumps and Devdutt Padikkal gets away. Easy run-out chance that. It's a good length delivery on middle, Virat Kohli backs away and cuts to the left of point, Rizvi with a powerful throw and KL at the last moment lets the ball go. Even a desperate dive which Padikkal put wouldn't have saved him

Axar Patel to Virat Kohli, no run, good length on middle, flat and Virat Kohli goes on the back foot to defend it back to Axar Patel

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Axar Patel, Left arm orthodox, comes into the attack

Kyle Jamieson to Devdutt Padikkal, SIX, Kyle Jamieson is being taken to the cleaners. This is full and following Devdutt Padikkal outside the leg-stump, but the balance is there as he lofts over extra-cover. The second time he has hit a six over extra-cover and both of them stunning hits

Kyle Jamieson to Devdutt Padikkal, no run, short of length on middle, Devdutt Padikkal backs away and comes down the track to flat-bat, mistimes it to mid-off

Kyle Jamieson to Devdutt Padikkal, FOUR, the change of angle doesn't change anything. It's a slower-ball and short of length and angling into the left-hander on middle and leg, Devdutt Padikkal goes on the back foot and helps the pull, to the deep backward square-leg fence, one bounce over the ropes. Wide of Kuldeep

Kyle Jamieson to Devdutt Padikkal, FOUR, back of a length on middle, Devdutt Padikkal goes on the back foot and pulls wide of mid-wicket, bit of swag in that shot. The leg lifted a bit up when he hit that

Kyle Jamieson to Devdutt Padikkal, SIX, so easy for Devdutt Padikkal. It's full on leg-stump, can't bowl there to him. He gets forward and flicks all the way over deep backward square-leg

Kyle Jamieson to Virat Kohli, 1 run, short of length outside off, Virat Kohli goes on the back foot and punches to backward point, Kuldeep Yadav fumbles and that's again poor, should've been stopped

Dushmantha Chameera to Devdutt Padikkal, no run, slower-ball and the leg-cutter on off, Devdutt Padikkal goes on the back foot and cuts, but mistimes it to cover. There was no room

Dushmantha Chameera to Devdutt Padikkal, FOUR, easily put away. It's short of length and on the body, Devdutt Padikkal goes on the back foot and glances it fine, it runs away to the fine-leg fence

Dushmantha Chameera to Virat Kohli, 1 run, the attempted yorker, it's a low full-toss on middle, Virat Kohli gets forward to flick but straight to the fielder at deep backward square-leg

Dushmantha Chameera to Devdutt Padikkal, 1 run, slower-ball and short of length just outside the leg-stump, Devdutt Padikkal backs away and steers to backward point. It should've been stopped but the fielder slides to his right and lets it go. Poor stuff

Dushmantha Chameera to Devdutt Padikkal, SIX, that's Devdutt Padikkal at his very best. He comes down the track and takes it on a length, holds the pose as he lofts, high-elbow and the ball flies over wide long-off. That was sheer timing

Dushmantha Chameera to Devdutt Padikkal, no run, short of length and tight on middle, Devdutt Padikkal goes on the back foot and opens the face of the bat as he defends to backward point

Kyle Jamieson to Devdutt Padikkal, 1 run, full and angling into off, Devdutt Padikkal gets forward to defend, off the open-face, the ball drops just short of slip who can't stop it, ensures Padikkal is off the mark. Rana was the man at slip

Devdutt Padikkal, left handed bat, comes to the crease

Kyle Jamieson to Jacob Bethell, out Caught by Natarajan!! Superb catch by Natarajan. He runs and takes it, is heading to the cushions but manages to keep his feet away. Jacob Bethell comes down the track and has to reach for it as he lofts, off the bottom of the bat and it's straight up. Natarajan runs back from mid-on - takes it with both hands and the momentum is taking him near the cushions. He manages to skirt it so well. They check for a clean catch and it is. Some cheer for DC. Immediately Natarajan signalled that it was out but still the umps went upstairs. Jacob Bethell c Natarajan b Kyle Jamieson 20(11) [4s-1 6s-2]

Kyle Jamieson to Jacob Bethell, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

Kyle Jamieson to Jacob Bethell, no run, short of length and tight on middle and off, Jacob Bethell gets forward to defend in front of cover, wants a single but it's not there

Kyle Jamieson to Jacob Bethell, SIX, that's gone into the first-tier at deep mid-wicket. What a shot that is. Even Axar watches the flight of the ball and his mouth goes "oooohhhhhhhh" in admiration. Jacob Bethell comes down the track and takes it on a short of length, pulls and that's off the middle of the bat. Such a connection and the ball just flies

Kyle Jamieson to Jacob Bethell, SIX, short of length on off, Jacob Bethell picks the length so early, goes on the back foot and pulls meatily, easily clears the deep mid-wicket fence

Kyle Jamieson to Virat Kohli, 1 run, full outside off, Virat Kohli gets forward to drive, the bat turns on impact, quick single and Kohli beats the direct-hit

Dushmantha Chameera to Virat Kohli, 1 run, direct-hit and Virat Kohli was gone. Full outside off, Virat Kohli gets forward to drive to cover, Miller fumbles but Stubbs is there behind him, he shies and Kohli was struggling

Dushmantha Chameera to Virat Kohli, no run, slower-ball and the leg-cutter on a short of length outside off, Virat Kohli goes on the back foot and punches it straight to the fielder at point

A wide slip for Dushmantha Chameera.

Dushmantha Chameera to Virat Kohli, no run, short of length outside off, Virat Kohli goes on the back foot and cuts, but picks out Axar at mid-off

Dushmantha Chameera to Virat Kohli, FOUR, full outside off, Virat Kohli is away. He gets forward and lofts, the bat turns on impact and it's one bounce over the ropes straight down the ground. A big smile on Kohli's face

Chants of "Kohli" doing the rounds at the Arun Jaitley.

Dushmantha Chameera to Virat Kohli, no run, short of length outside off, Virat Kohli gets forward to force it, more off the thick inner half of the bat, Dushmantha Chameera with an outstretched right hand and he stops. Kohli has to retreat as he was outside his crease

Dushmantha Chameera to Jacob Bethell, 1 run, Jacob Bethell comes down the track to loft, this is a pacy length delivery on the stumps, the thick inside-edge hits the leg and rolls away to his left, brings Virat Kohli on strike

Dushmantha Chameera, right-arm fast, comes into the attack

Kyle Jamieson to Jacob Bethell, 1 run, full on off, superb straight drive, Jacob Bethell gets forward and nails the drive, Kyle Jamieson does well, sticks a left hand out and half-stops. Rolls to mid-on and they take a single

Kyle Jamieson to Jacob Bethell, 2 runs, full outside off, Jacob Bethell gets forward and lofts, more off the thick outer half of the bat, over cover-point. The ball is stopped by the fielder running back

Kyle Jamieson to Jacob Bethell, no run, full on middle, Jacob Bethell gets forward to drive, is saved by the thick inside-edge on to the leg. Rolls nears his feet

Kyle Jamieson to Jacob Bethell, no run, short of length on off, Jacob Bethell goes on the back foot and taps it to backward point, played it well and that was well-bowled

Kyle Jamieson to Jacob Bethell, no run, short of length on middle, Jacob Bethell goes on the back foot and tucks to mid-wicket

Kyle Jamieson to Jacob Bethell, FOUR, full down leg, Jacob Bethell gets forward to flick, well wide of KL Rahul to his right. UltraEdge picks up a spike and it's well wide of KL Rahul and races away. Great start from RCB

Jacob Bethell and Virat Kohli are at the crease. Jacob Bethell is on strike. Kyle Jamieson will open the attack

Welcome back. The players are out there in the middle. This should be a short chase. Axar has a word with the ump. Bethell is the impact sub. Suyash the man out. Jamieson has the ball. A wide slip.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar: I think it is swinging this year. I don't know whether it's ball or wickets or whatever, but yeah, when ball swings and you get a few wickets upfront, it makes it easier for us to bowl the back end of the series. (What was the chat with Hazlewood?) Yes, it was a good, good batting wicket, especially the ball, the way the ball coming onto the bat. Yes, there was a swing, and I think it [was] one of the good days where you bowl it because nicking or getting bowled. So yeah, we were fortunate to got those initial wickets. (Were you surprised on how the wicket played?) Definitely, especially the way wicket played in the last match, almost 250 plus in both the innings. And yes, the way ball swung away, it was, we were a bit surprised and we wanted to make the most of it, you know, taking the wickets and uh getting them out. (Didn't he ask the captain for a fourth over?) No, I wasn't saying that because it was very hot and I was tired. So I was happy with the three overs and no, didn't want to push myself, you know, considering my age. (The Purple Cap is looking good on you) It is, thank you.