IPL 2016: KKR beat RCB by five wickets in Bangalore

As it happened

2330 hrs IST: ALL OVER! KKR beat RCB by five wickets in Bangalore on Monday

2326 hrs IST: SIX! Up, and over everyone. Pathan brings up his FIFTY with a maximum

2323 hrs IST: WICKET! Russell mistimes the big hit to Binny in the deep. Chahal strikes

2321 hrs IST: TWENTY FOUR coming from the Watson over. Pathan doing all the scoring there. KKR need 23 from 18

2320 hrs IST: SIX MORE! Watson under pressure. Over so far 4 4 4 6. Kohli wears a worried look

2319 hrs IST: Pathan hits Watson for three consecutive boundaries to reduce equation to 35 from 21

2318 hrs IST: Russell-Pathan powering KKR in the stiff chase. They have scored 42 off last 14 balls

2316 hrs IST: KKR need 47 from 24 balls. Exciting finish on the cards

2312 hrs IST: Russell punishing RCB now. Moves to 38 off only 21. He’s keeping KKR in the game

2308 hrs IST: And, a boundary now. Every run Russell scores after the drop would hurt Rahul, RCB

2307 hrs IST: SIX! Pitched up no problem for Russell as he hits it even further

2306 hrs IST: SIX! Short from Shamsi and Russell does what he does best – muscle it for a maximum

2305 hrs IST: Shamsi into the attack. Required run-rate for KKR soars to 13.5 now

2304 hrs IST: Poor keeping by Rahul. Concedes four wides down the leg side

2303 hrs IST: DROPPED! Chahal creates another opportunity and Rahul makes a mess again

2302 hrs IST: MISSED! Russell charges the leggie, misses, so does Rahul behind the stumps

2301 hrs IST: What a contest! Chahal bowling to the two giants, two powerful hitters of the ball

2300 hrs IST: KKR need 93 from 42 balls. Pathan and Russell in the middle for the visitors

2254 hrs IST: SIX! Short from Aaron and Pathan power takes it to 85m. Just muscled it over the ropes

2245 hrs IST: RCB operating to a plan – the short ball plan. Mumbai used it effectively against Pune last night, and it’s RCB’s turn to do the same today

2242 hrs IST: WICKET! And, Watson strikes now as Pandey hits the Watson delivery to Baby in the deep. 69/4

2237 hrs IST: WICKET! Arvind with the big wicket as he scalps KKR skipper Gambhir

2230 hrs IST: After eight, KKR, chasing 186, are 59/2. Gambhir holds key for them in the chase

2223 hrs IST: FIFTY up for KKR in the seventh over of the innings. Gambhir and Pandey in the middle for visitors

2222 hrs IST: And, follows it up with a boundary. Sloppy effort by Aaron in the deep costs his side four crucial runs

2221 hrs IST: SIX! Gambhir takes on Shamsi early in the over and smokes it over the ropes

2220 hrs IST: Shamsi into the attack now. How he bowls to Gambhir would be crucial. The skipper would want to take his chances against the spinner

2215 hrs IST: Work to do for M Pandey and G Gambhir. RCB are pumped up, everyone’s on their toes in the middle

2212 hrs IST: WICKET! Chahal into the attack and he cleans up Lynn to give RCB their second wicket

2206 hrs IST: Gambhir advances and hits it over mid-wicket to end the over with a boundary

2204 hrs  IST: Confusion! AB, Shamsi go for the catch & both pull out.Falls in no man’s land. Lynn survives

2200 hrs IST: SIX! Lynn gets hold of that one and it travels 93m for first maximum of KKR innings

2153 hrs IST: Kohli introduces S Arvind from the other end. Important he sustains pressure

2152 hrs IST: WICKET! Binny gets a nice away shape going and Uthappa pushes to Kohli, placed at catching position. KKR 6/1

2151 hrs IST: Binny surprises Gambhir with a short one and the opener makes a good adjustment to pull it to the ropes

2150 hrs IST: KKR openers Gambhir and Uthappa out in the middle; Binny with the new ball for RCB

2134 hrs IST: RCB post 185/7 against KKR in Bangalore (Kohli 52, KL Rahul 52; Morkel 2/28)

2133 hrs IST: WICKET! The right-hander perishes after a 4-ball 16. Job well done for his side

2132 hrs IST: SIX! And he goes big again. Binny is playing a little gem for RCB

2130 hrs IST: Late adjustment and Binny gets another boundary. Yadav one short of his ‘fifty’

2128 hrs IST: SIX! Binny is away with a maximum. Swing of the bat and it sails over the ropes

2125 hrs IST: WICKET! Toe end of the bat, and Baby is out after scoring a 8-ball 16

2123 hrs IST: Russell just misses the yorker and it was enough for Watson to swing it in the gap. Just placed it in the vacant area

2122 hrs IST: Two off the edge, and both race to the ropes. Watson riding some luck in the middle

2120 hrs IST: Baby punishes Yadav in the 18th over of the innings. Hits the seamer for two fours, a six to make it a 23-run 18th over

2115 hrs IST: Too many high full-tosses by Umesh. Warned twice, bowls a free-hit ball, concedes boundary

2111 hrs IST: WICKET! Kohli offers another chance and Russell makes no mistake in the deep. RCB 129/4

2110 hrs IST: And, Gambhir drops Virat Kohli. The skipper miscued and KKR skipper made a mess in the deep

2109 hrs IST: FIFTY for Virat Kohli, off 42 balls. His impressive T20 run with the bat in 2016 continues

Virat Kohli in T20s this year
90*
59*
50
7
49
56*
41*
23
55*
24
82*
89*
75
79
33
80
100*
14
50 batting tonight#RCBvKKR

— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) 2 May 2016

2105 hrs IST: SIX! Much needed hit for RCB. Watson slog sweeps Narine. RCB are continuously attacking the ‘mystery spinner’

2102 hrs IST: Kohli, unbeaten on 47, holds key for RCB. It’s a ground with small boundaries and 180+ is par score at this venue

2100 hrs IST: Chawla ends with figures of 2/32. RCB 109/3 after 14 overs. Watson and Kohli in the middle for hosts

Piyush Chawla’s victims in #IPL – most times
4 – Suresh Raina and AB de Villiers#RCBvKKR

— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) 2 May 2016

2055 hrs IST: WICKET! Chawla with another one, traps AB in front with a flipper. RCB 109/3

2052 hrs IST: Kohli hits Narine for a couple of gorgeous boundaries. Finding the gaps with ease on those occasions

2047 hrs IST: AB de Villiers is the new man in for RCB. He would look to accelerate the scoring with skipper Kohli

2046 hrs IST: WICKET! Rahul slices the Chawla delivery to Y Pathan in the deep. Out for 52. RCB 92/2

2044 hrs IST: The reverse-sweep now. Brings up his FIFTY with a boundary, off only 29 balls

2043 hrs IST: SIX! Rahul steps on the accelerator, sweeps Narine all the way

2041 hrs IST: Follows it up with an even better shot through the off-side. Opens the face at the last moment and bisects the field with precision. At the half-way mark, RCB 79/1

2040 hrs IST: SIX! Rahul gets to the pitch of the ball and launches Chawla into the attack

2038 hrs IST: RCB are recovering with the Kohli-Rahul stand against KKR. They are 64/1 after nine overs

2033 hrs IST: End of the eighth over and Bangalore are 60/1

Boom or Bust time for KL Rahul…since #RCB has chosen to beef up their batting more, it’s imperative to score 20-30 above par. #RCBvKKR

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) 2 May 2016

2031 hrs IST: Piyush Chawla is into the attack for KKR

2030 hrs IST: A couple of fours in the Umesh Yadav over and RCB take 11 runs off it

2025 hrs IST: Narine gives 10 runs off that over. RCB 40/1 at the end of the powerplay

2023 hrs IST: KL Rahul welcomes Narine with two fours. One through covers and one behind the square-leg

2022 hrs IST: Sunil Narine is into the attack for Kolkata Knight Riders

2021 hrs IST: Bangalore still slow in the innings. Only five runs off the over and they are 30/1 at the end of the fifth over

2017 hrs IST: Russell to bowl his third and innings’ fifth over

2016 hrs IST: Morne Morkel goes for 10 runs in his second over. RCB 25/1 after 4 overs

2012 hrs IST: Four runs off that over. Kolkata keeping things tight

2008 hrs IST: Andre Russell to continue. Third over coming up

2006 hrs IST: Morne Morkel bowls a brilliant over! Nine runs but the wicket of Gayle

Chris Gayle since his 100* vs England in #WT20
4, 5, 4, 1, 0, 7#RCBvKKR

— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) 2 May 2016

2004 hrs IST: WICKET! Gayle falls the next ball. Top edges Morkel and Uthappa takes the catch

2003 hrs IST: SIX! Chris Gayle has deposited one into the sightscreen. Over the bowlers head

2001 hrs IST: Russell bowls a tidy first over. Only 2 runs off it

1958 hrs IST: KL Rahul to face Andre Russell for the first ball

1957 hrs IST: Chris Gayle and KL Rahul walk out for Bangalore

1941 hrs IST: Playing XI for Bangalore

RCB XI: V Kohli, C Gayle, L Rahul, AB de Villiers, S Watson, S Baby, S Binny, Y Chahal, S Aravind, V Aaron, T Shamsi

— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) 2 May 2016

1940 hrs IST: Playing XI for Kolkata

KKR XI: R Uthappa, G Gambhir, S Yadav, Y Pathan, M Pandey, A Russell, C Lynn, P Chawla, U Yadav, S Narine, M Morkel

— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) 2 May 2016

1935 hrs IST: Chris Gayle is back for RCB and Manish Pandey is back for KKR

1931 hrs IST: Kolkata Knight Riders win the toss in Bangalore and have decided to bowl against Royal Challengers Bangalore

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THE BUILD UP:

# We just have to sort out our bowling a bit, says KL Rahul

KL Rahul scored 51 runs off 28 deliveries which eventually went in vain. (Source: BCCI)

Four defeats in six games notwithstanding, Royals Challengers Bangalore batsman KL Rahul expressed confidence of his team bouncing back in the ongoing IPL, saying that it just needed to sort out a few grey areas in its bowling attack.

# Our spinners were nullified by Delhi batsmen, says Robin Uthappa

Robin Uthappa scored 72 runs on Kolkata’s defeat to Delhi. (Source: IPL/ BCCI)

With their spinners leaking 85 runs in nine overs on a good batting track, Kolkata Knight Riders opener Robin Uthappa today conceded that they misread the Feroz Shah Kotla pitch, which usually is slower.