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We were decent in the first game and glad we proved it today. My job is to take one to wickets at the start and then make their job easy. AfterOVERS 9 Time for Strategic time-out!
Short boundaries and high altitude make the Chinnaswamy stadium a heaven for batters in the limited over formats like Indian Premier League IPL. One's at home, so we have got the right kind of momentum. Skipper Kohli would be quite pleased at this. Autobus ball outside off, a bit of extra bounce, Agarwal goes for the drive and De Kock flies to his right to take a splendid catch. He sends in a shorter length delivery and Kohli stays in his crease as he punches it through backward point for a FOUR. Con Lokesh Rahul 47 30R Ashwin 33 21and K Nair 29 26 showed some batting efforts from Punjab. Parthiv hits consecutive boundaries off Mohit Sharma to end the over in style. Yuzvendra Chahal got rid of Ravichandran Ashwin 33.
Skipper Virat Kohli, surprisingly, played second fiddle, scoring just 31 off 33, and he would like to have a better outing against KXIP. Pacer Ankit Rajpoot 8 wickets and off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin six wickets and medium-pacer Mohit Sharma 6 wickets need to raise the bar against Bangalore, who possess a strong batting line-up. Short delivery from Moeen Ali and Finch clubs him for a maximum towards the deep mid-wicket region.
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Marcus Stoinis comes into the attack. He sends in a shorter length delivery and Kohli stays in his crease as he punches it through backward point for a FOUR. Patel pulls the 4 th ball towards midwicket and the ball lands just short of Mayank Agarwal who came charging at it from the ropes. Kohli then ends the over with a FOUR, pulling the ball through the gap between midwicket and long on. Parthiv Patel picks the 2 nd delivery bowled full and wide outside off and he unleashes a brilliant square drive sending the ball through the covers for a FOUR. Sharma sends down a slower ball on the 5 th delivery and Patel makes a good late adjustment as he sends it down fine leg for another FOUR. He then ends the over by pulling the last ball towards backward square leg for the third boundary of the over. RCB need just 35 runs from 90 balls to win. Kohli welcomes him with a beautiful shot, launching the fuller delivery over the cow corner for a SIX. Rajpoot then sends in a shorter ball and Kohli promptly pulls it wide of mid on for a FOUR.