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FOUR runs
short of length outside off, Rayudu has decided to go after the bowling now, comes down the track, gives himself some room and smashes it over mid-off
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length ball on the stumps, tucked away towards midwicket, 50 of the stand comes up with that single
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short of length outside off, stays back and steers it behind point for one
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SIX runs
short again, just around off stump, Rayudu heaves it over wide long-on, clearing the boundary line for a six
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short of length on the stumps, Rayudu charges down and looks to pull, misses
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1 run
tossed up on leg stump, Rayudu comes forward and works it towards the right of long-on
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length ball around middle and off, pushed it towards covers
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beauty! Length ball, drifting on middle and leg, and spinning past the batsman to beat the outside edge. Parthiv is quick to take the bails off and they are going upstairs. Rayudu lifted his back foot but did it come down in time? It's touch and go. Numerous replays, and it looks Rayudu might not have got his foot down...
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1 run
fuller this time, around leg stump, Dhoni lunges forward and pushes it towards long-on
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1 run
short of length again, looked like a googly, Rayudu pulls it towards deep square leg
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1 run
short of length around middle, Dhoni goes back and pulls it towards long-on
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1 run
fuller on the stumps, comes forward and pushes it towards long-on
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1 run
length around off, moves across and flicks it towards midwicket
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1 run
fuller on the stumps, flicks it in front of square for one
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SIX runs
down the track to this length ball outside off, and goes over extra cover, didn't exactly middle it but it still sails all the way for a six
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length ball around off, stays back and pushed it towards the bowler
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length outside off, stays back and punches it towards cover
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1 run
misfield by AB at mid-off, slips on the field. Dew is telling. length ball that Dhoni had pushed
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1 run
drifts on the pads and is clipped to long-on off the front foot
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googly, hurried on to him, he gets his bat down and jabs it to the bowler's left
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1 run
length ball on off, chopped past point
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good length on middle, Dhoni goes back in his crease and pulls, but can't go past midwicket
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1 run
length ball on off, turning away, cut to deep point
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good length on the stumps, defended back to the bowler
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FOUR runs
whiplash pull. Too short and he's quickly on the back foot and send this crashing to the square leg boundary
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back of a length, stump to stump, Dhoni pats it back to the bowler off the back foot
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1 run
steered to third man
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1 leg bye
Kohli misses a run out chance some uncertain running there. Dhoni had inside edged onto pad and it dropped near him. They set off for a run after hesitating. Kohli is sprinting in and under-arms to the stumps but misses. Rayudu stays
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1 run
back of a length and he was coming down the track, pats it towards cover. Kohli runs past the ball while rushing in and allows the single
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1 run
strays on the pads again and punched to deep midwicket
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1 run
too much width outside off and turning away, Dhoni stays in his crease, transfers weight back and slaps it past cover
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was coming down the track again, but is quick to get his back foot back in the crease, beaten by turn and bounce outside off
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FOUR runs
smart batting Fired this down leg, poor ball and Dhoni waits and paddles it fine, very fine. No chance for any fielder
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down the track and gets to the pitch of the ball to pat it back. Negi fields and Rayudu has to scramble back to his crease at the non-striker's end
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1 run
angling into him on a length, he goes back and punches this to the bowler's right
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2 leg byes
that's a loud shout RCB have reviews left. This looked close, length ball coming in, rapped him on the pads. Not given. And in the excitement no one's backing up behind the stumps so they get overthrows
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good length, coming into him, Dhoni gets behind it and pushes it towards mid-on, takes one hand off the bat
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1 run
good length on the pads, and turned to square leg
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FOUR runs
skilfully played short outside off and Rayudu ramps this over slip and into the boundary. Stayed very still and watched the ball onto the bat all the way
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full outside off, punched to mid-off. AB's lurking there so they don't even consider the single
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full and straight, almost yorker length, homing into him, turned off his toes to midwicket
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FOUR runs
slashed past point and into the boundary. Full outside off and Dhoni perhaps instinctively went low to cut it. Gets it more aerial than he would have liked, given CSK's situation, but well wide of point
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dolly to de Villiers good length outside off and Jadhav went for a cross-batted heave. Didn't have the room to play it, wasn't the right length either. Gets a top edge that loops to AB at mid-off for an easy catch.
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FOUR runs
great shot. Umesh errs in line, on the pads and too full, Jadhav flicks it off his pads with minimal follow through, powers it to the midwicket fence
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and there's the bounce Umesh can extract. Rears up off a length and Jadhav is forced to get on his toes and pat it down from above waist height
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good length outside off, pushed to point off an open face
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1 run
goes across to play this into the legside
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FOUR runs
oh that's unfortunate for the bowler. Good length and rears up a bit, he's left jabbing at it late, it takes the glove and goes for an inside-edged four to fine leg
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shaping away from him again, back of a length outside off. And he shoulders arms
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1 run
good length on a fifth stump line, nicely out to the pitch of the ball to steer to third man
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1 run
yorker, dug out to midwicket. 144.5 kph
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down legside and Parthiv is going up in appeal. Think it flicked pad perhaps. But Kohli has gone for a review. And yes, it flicked the pad. No bat involved there. So RCB will lose a review.
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full and fast outside off, Jadhav is happy to let it go through
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Akshdeep runs into AB, but AB still holds on to the skier Faf tried to pull that, but it wasn't short enough to swat across the line and he just gets a top edge. It goes steepling high, AB runs in and has settled under it at a short mid-on position and catches it. Akshdeep is running in from midwicket and collides with...
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4 leg byes
that's a poor ball, strays on the pads, nicks them and goes fine for four leg-byes
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full on the stumps and clipped to midwicket off the toe end
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full on off, driven to mid-off
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oh my word how has that missed Shaping away from him and in fact it shaved the stump. At 141 kph, but the bails stay nailed on. Faf's lucky day. He was square up and missed it, should have been bowled, but he's still there. Umesh has a wry smile
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back of a length outside off, he was giving himself some room to flay it to the offside, but misses
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1 wide
full but down leg and that'll be a wide
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1 run
oh my that's a high full toss, but not a no-ball Caught Faf by total surprise. Pacy ball but comes full and is just about waist high. He reacts hurriedly by taking his top hand off the handle and squirting it to third man
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1 leg bye
strays on the pads and Rayudu is a bit late on it, turns it to short fine. No wonder he was late on it, that's 148kph!
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1 run
risky single an all-South African affair. Full outside off, driven to AB at mid-off and Faf takes on his schoolmate. If he had hit, Faf would have been out.
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no run
gets this to swing in to him now, and it's jabbed to mid-on
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1 run
shape away from Rayudu, on a length outside off. He stays beside the ball and guides to third man
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1 run
length ball outside off and nicely steered square by Faf. Third man runs to his right to slide and save
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full and wide outside off, Rayudu has another thrash at it and misses. Out of his reach
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almighty swing and a big miss. Back of length and moving in a touch again, that was an ill-advised shot from Rayudu, wanted to loft over the bowler's head. but difficult to do at 150 kph
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back of a length on the fifth stump channel, and he's happy to let it go through
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1 run
nipping into him off a length, pacy one at 146 kph. Pushed past the bowler for a single
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pushed into the offside
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full outside off, and driven to cover
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full, fast and bye bye Raina Make that four wickets in the Powerplay for Steyn. This is an inch-perfect yorker at 144 kph. Raina's bat is coming down an eon after the ball's got there and his stumps lie shattered. Steyn is pumped - and what a sight that is.
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got him! Steyn strikes in his first over again, and this time Stoinis holds on at slip. He had dropped Lynn against KKR in Steyn's comeback match. In the corridor and with the late swing, Watson is tempted into the expansive cover drive, but can only edge it. The ball's travelling but Stoinis does well to hold it with ...
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FOUR runs
too short and Watson is quickly on to that. Rocks back and pulls powerfully for four to square leg
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1 run
good length on off, ball's swinging away late. But Faf stays still and steers it to third man
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some shape away again, but too full and du Plessis plays a pleasing cover drive, but can't go past the fielder
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1 run
some shape away from Watson, very full, he pats it to mid-on and they run through for a quick single
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1 run
a low full toss on middle and leg, Umesh hits it towards deep midwicket for one
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length outside off, slower one at 105 kph, Moeen clears his front leg and looks to go over long-off but doesn't time it well and an easy catch for Thakur at long-off
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FOUR runs
another attempted yorker outside off, Moeen opens the face of the bat to run it past short third man for another boundary in that region
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fuller and wider outside off, Moeen looks to smash it through the off side, misses. Dhoni is appealing for a caught-behind but not out, the umpire says. Dhoni wants to review this though. Replays confirm there was clear daylight between the bat and the ball
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FOUR runs
fuller outside off and Moeen has just carved it over point for four more, crucial runs these for RCB
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2 runs
a slower one around off, Moeen swings it over the bowler's head, doesn't get the power behind it
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short of length outside off, looks to cut it away but ends up edging it towards backward point where Rayudu takes an easy catch
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2 runs
slower length ball outside off, drags it towards deep midwicket, comes back for the second
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1 leg bye
slower length ball, goes for the pull but misses and gets hit on the side, will get a leg-bye though
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FOUR runs
almost a yorker on the off stump but Moeen just opens the face of the bat to steer it past Bravo at short third man
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2 runs
lands safely. Another slower bouncer, Moeen goes for the pull but doesn't time it well, but luckily for him, it lands well short of a charging in Jadeja from deep midwicket
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no run
slower length ball outside off from around the wicket, Moeen was too early in to the pull, fails to connect
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1 leg bye
short of length on the pads, another slower ball, Moeen tucks it towards short fine leg
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1 wide
a slower length ball gone wrong, way outside off, Moeen lets it go
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1 run
short of length on middle and leg, tucked away towards square leg
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no run
length outside off, looks to dab it to third man, misses
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1 run
short again, on middle and leg this time, swivels to pull it behind square, only a single
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FOUR runs
short of length around off and middle, Moeen transfers his weight back and pulls it over short midwicket for four
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1 run
length ball on middle and leg, tapped down the wicket for a quick single
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1 run
tossed up outside off, comes forward and flicks it towards wide long-on
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1 run
length ball on the middle and leg, tucked away towards square leg
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FOUR runs
fuller on the pads, bowled at 98.7 kph, Moeen glances it fine, past short fine leg for four
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