Kumar to Avesh Khan, 1 run, short of a length outside off, Avesh has a swipe at it and mis-times it towards mid-on
Avesh Khan to face the hat-trick ball.
Kumar to Mohammed Shami, OUT, the stumps have been splayed first ball! Bhuvi delivers the perfect yorker at the base of off and middle stump, Shami is rooted to his crease and swings, off and middle stump are knocked back … Bhuvi on a hat-trick
Mohammed Shami b Kumar 0 (1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0
Kumar to Linde, OUT, another superb catch, this time by Tim David running back and to his left from deep third! Linde carved a short of a length ball, using the width on offer to free his arms, he hit it extremely high but not far enough to evade David
GF Linde c David b Kumar 7 (7b 1×4 0x6) SR: 100
Hazlewood to Choudhary, 1 wide, strays down leg side with a full delivery, Mukul misses the glance
Sara: “As a football fan, I often wonder why the IPL doesn’t adopt a football style kit system with different jerseys for home and away matches. And speaking of football, I’m really hoping that Real Madrid win their important match against Bayern Munich. Real Madrid and Royal Challengers Bengaluru die-hard fan here.”
Kumar to Linde, no run, good length on a wicket to wicket line, Linde plays towards midwicket and the bowler runs across to do the fielding
George Linde has come in as LSG’s Impact Player.
karthik siram: “I feel Rajat Patidar should be in the international mix. He is a much improved aggressive middle-order batter who plays both spin and pace well, finishes strongly, and looks every bit captaincy material. His performances, too, seem to have improved with the added responsibility.” But there’s Shreyas too.
Kumar to Pant, OUT, caught superbly by Salt running in and to his left from the deep square leg boundary! Pant got low and whipped a low full toss off his pads, that chance would have fallen short of most fielders, but not Phil Salt. He sprinted in from the boundary edge and dived forward to take a superb low catch
RR Pant c Salt b Kumar 1 (6b 0x4 0x6) SR: 16.66
Sheetal : “Rasikh proving to be a vast improvement over Abhinandan. Good course correction by RCB early in the IPL.”
