Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Sunrisers Hyderabad, 51st Match, May 17, 2018 - Full Commentary
Commentary
Over 19
06:07 PM
Siraj to Manish Pandey, 1 run, RCB are still in this. They move to 12 points. Whatta game of cricket. Again got the heartbeats pulsating at a break neck pace. That was a low full toss and tailing in, the batsman with a closed face of the bat drags the ball away to long-on for a single
over-break06:07 PM
Siraj to Manish Pandey, 2 runs, miscues the ball over backward point for a brace
06:06 PM
Siraj to Deepak Hooda, 1 run, dropped! How many dropped catches tonight? And second drop for the skipper. The length ball was delivered for the batsman to send it to the moon. But the batsman lifted it up without any distance for the man at long-off to come in but he dropped it
DROPPED06:05 PM
Siraj to Manish Pandey, leg byes, 1 run, full toss and the batsman fails to connect on this. The ball thuds the pad away and bobbles away into the on-side. They take a leg-bye amidst the huge appeal. The fans erupt as they know that even three sixes won't be enough
06:04 PM
Siraj to Manish Pandey, no run, what was he trying to do? 20 off 4 balls now. The batsman tries to be cheeky and looks to hit it off the back of his bat and misses it. Pressure on the batting side now
06:03 PM
Siraj to Williamson, out Caught by de Grandhomme!! The swirler has been taken at deep fine leg, inches inside the fence. The batsman shuffled across the sticks and swept the ball away high up in the air. The ball went skywards and when it came down, it had a nervous Kiwi under it. The fielder took it really away from his body. He was inches inside the fence though and that played on his mind. Williamson c de Grandhomme b Siraj 81(42) [4s-7 6s-5]
WICKETKey Moments
06:21 PM
ABD getting an award for taking the catch of the match. Did I hear it right? Might have been the catch of the season. Scroll through the game just to check how on earth, an alien type effort got ABD taking the catch.
06:17 PM
And what about the atmosphere at the Chinnaswamy? The fans rightly acted as the 12th man for the home team to help them hold their nerves. Got to feel for Manish Pandey. He started off a little late in a game which never allowed him the liberty to get his eye in. But at the end of it, SRH have been humbled twice. And the RCB juggernaut rolls on.
06:10 PM
All smiles in the RCB camp. They managed to do the jail-break this time after being prisoned during the death overs many times. Siraj was a relieved man. Kohli can afford a beaming smile now. The hugs amongst the RCB boys are warm. They know they are still in it. Another rip roaring game. Full of boundaries and runs. And in the end, how much do you credit Tim Southee for bowling that 17th over, when he conceded only 6 runs. That for me was the speed breaker for SRH, which put off the equation a bit and left them a bit more to do in the last over. But my word, the innings from Kane who choke-slammed every bowler that came his way and the catch from ABD. A highlights package is what the game looked like as almost every ball kept taking the full journey. And yes, dropped catches only added more to the theater called T20. Who is your Man of the Match? Wait a bit to find out who takes the award away.
06:02 PM
Siraj then, under the swinging axe.