Glenn Maxwell to Abhishek Sharma, Flatter ball, outside off. Sharma drops it to point.
Glenn Maxwell to Rahul Tripathi, Tossed up again. Tripathi pushes it wide of mid on for a single. Quick one.
Glenn Maxwell to Rahul Tripathi, Tossed up, on middle, pushed to mid on.
Rahul Tripathi walks in at number 3.
Glenn Maxwell to Abhishek Sharma, OUT! RUN OUT! Diamond duck for Kane Williamson! Shorter and outside off, turning away a bit! Sharma slaps it to cover and calls for a quick single. Shahbaz Ahmed with a bullet throw on the keeper's end and he scores a direct-hit. Meanwhile, Williamson is a bit slow as he rushes across. The replay shows Williamson's bat was on the line which belongs to the umpire. OUT it is. So, just like Bangalore, Hyderabad lose a wicket on the first delivery.
We are back for the chase! Bangalore players are in huddle in their green kits. They now disperse to take their respective positions. Abhishek Sharma and Kane Williamson are the openers for Hyderabad. Bangalore will also open with spin. Glenn Maxwell to start the proceedings against the left-hander Abhishek Sharma. Here we go...
...THE RUN CHASE…
Now the total is a big one, the wicket is slow and it is gripping. Hyderabad will need someone to play a blinder if they are to win this game. Bangalore on the other hand, have a really good bowling unit and they will back themselves to defend this. Join us for the chase in a bit.
Rajat Patidar is down for a chat. He says with the wicket, it feels like a really good score as it is two-paced. Adds that he was not that nervous as he was taking one ball at a time. On DK, he says it's huge to score so much in such fewer deliveries. Informs the ball is gripping a bit.
Hyderabad began well with the ball! They kept it tight in the first five overs but the 6th over was the one which shifted momentum totally. It was all Bangalore then till the 15th over. Hyderabad did manage to pull things back after that but the last over could really be the one which could well cost them the game. 6 bowlers were used by Kane but all of them bowled well in parts.
Given the wicket, 193 won't be easy to chase. It's two-paced, and will get even slower. Mindset was to build a partnership and take one ball at a time. Just playing to the merit of the ball. It's quite something that DK is finishing with such consistency every time.
The start though wasn't the best for Bangalore as they lost Kohli on the very first ball! Faf du Plessis and Rajat Patidar then put on a 100-plus stand and laid the platform for a big score. Rajat fell two short of a half-century but Faf continued. However, runs began to slow down once Patidar fell. Even Maxwell found it hard to score and Faf du Plessis was during that stand, starved of strike. The two added 50 but not at the rate they would have liked. At that point it seemed Bangalore would end with something around 175 but Karthik's cameo has taken them to over 190.
What a finisher DK has turned into! It was his innings which made the difference in the last game against Chennai and it could well be his cameo here which could be the winning factor. It surely is the difference between Bangalore ending with something under 180 and now finishing with over 190. Surely, this is a total above par on this wicket and they will be very pleased after electing to bat.
Fazalhaq Farooqi to Dinesh Karthik, SIX! Oh...that's a costly miss, not only the fielder dropped a catch but also the ball went over the fence. A short ball on off. Dinesh Karthik pulls it straight to Rahul Tripathi at deep mid-wicket. He drops a sitter and the ball goes just over the fence.
Fazalhaq Farooqi to Dinesh Karthik, FOUR! Ends the innings with a boundary! Ohh... Dinesh Karthik and his supreme finishing touches! This is a very full delivery on middle. Dinesh Karthik stays deep in his crease and smashes it straight down the ground for a boundary. Bangalore finish with 192/3 after 20 overs!
Fazalhaq Farooqi to Dinesh Karthik, SIX! Three in a row! DK is turning it on here! A short ball this time by Fazalhaq Farooqi. Dinesh Karthik who is standing deep in his crease just pulls it towards cow corner over the fence for a maximum.
Fazalhaq Farooqi to Dinesh Karthik, SIX! Another one that is just over the ropes! A full delivery, on off. Dinesh Karthik stays deep in his crease and hits it just over the jumping long on fielder for a maximum.
Fazalhaq Farooqi to bowl the final over.