Spectacular! Quite spectacular from Punjab. Equally from Bangalore as well but in the end, they have to contend with a loss now. Magnificent stuff from Rahul’s men. Well done by Kohli’s men as well.
19.6 overs (6 Runs)
SIX! Just over! Nicholas Pooran has done it and Punjab almost threw it away once again but have found a way to get over the line. Tossed up on off, Pooran comes down the track and hits it over long on. Morris runs to his right and jumps but the ball is well away from him and over the ropes. PUNJAB WIN BY 8 WICKETS!
Who will walk out to face the final ball? Pooran, Maxwell or someone else? It is Pooran!
19.5 overs (0 Run)
OUT! RUN OUT! Gayle is well short of his crease and Punjab now need 1 off the final ball. Floated ball on off, Rahul drives it to cover and calls for a run. Gayle is neither the youngest nor the quickest. They take off for a run but the throw at the keeper’s end is a good one by Padikkal. De Villiers whips the bails off and Gayle is well short.
19.4 overs (0 Run)
Another dot! Flat and short around off, Rahul punches it uppishly but cannot find the gap. It is to point.
19.3 overs (1 Run)
Just a single. 1 needed off the final 3 balls. Excellent from Padikkal in the deep. Loopy ball outside off, Gayle stretches and sweeps it to the right of deep mid-wicket. Padikkal dives and saves it from going to the fence. Just a single taken.
19.2 overs (0 Run)
Another dot! 2 needed in 4 now. Loopy ball pitching outside the tramline. Gayle misses it but it turns in. Gayle leaves it thinking it to be wide but it is not.
19.1 overs (0 Run)
Dot ball! Short and spinning in, Gayle tucks it to mid-wiicket.
Who will bowl the final over? It will be Chahal. Can he do the unimaginable?
18.6 overs (1 Run)
Full toss on off, Gayle flicks it to deep mid-wicket and keeps the strike. 2 needed off the final over.
18.5 overs (1 Run)
Around off, Rahul squeezes it to deep point and takes one.
18.4 overs (0 Run)
Good over this from Udana. Very full outside off, Rahul strokes it to short extra cover.
18.3 overs (1 Run)
Full on the pads, Gayle looks to flick but misses. The ball hits his pad and goes to the on side. They take a leg bye.
18.2 overs (1 Run)
Full on middle, Rahul lifts it to the left of Morris at long on. Gets a single. 5 away from a win. Can Gayle finish with a biggie?
18.2 overs (1 Run)
WIDE! Shortish ball, seemed to have slipped out of Udana’s hand. It is well, well outside off. Rahul leaves it.
18.1 overs (0 Run)
Yorker outside off, Rahul looks to play it through on the off side but misses.
17.6 overs (0 Run)
Slower yorker outside off, Gayle jams it to cover.
17.5 overs (0 Run)
Length ball on off, Gayle taps it to point.
17.4 overs (1 Run)
Low full toss on middle, Rahul glances it to mid-wicket and rotates the strike.
17.3 overs (0 Run)
Full on off, Rahul taps it back to the bowler.
17.2 overs (1 Run)
On the pads, Gayle turns it to the on side and gets to the other end. 8 away from a win.
17.2 overs (1 Run)
WIDE! Morris misses his line and bowls one down the leg side. CG looks to flick but misses.
17.1 overs (0 Run)
Shortish slower ball, Gayle swings across the line but misses.
17.1 overs (1 Run)
WIDE! Too wide outside off, Gayle leaves it and it has been wided.
16.6 overs (1 Run)
FIFTY FOR GAYLE! The fans were asking for the Gayle storm to arrive this season and it has arrived. His first game and the Universe Boss scores a fifty like a boss. Take a bow! All his teammates and the support staff are on their feet and applauding the champion. Flat and short ball on off, Gayle punches it to long off to get to his milestone. He points to the sticker on his bat which says, ‘the Universe Boss’.
16.5 overs (1 Run)
On the pads, Rahul looks to pull but he misses. The ball hits his pad and goes to the on side. They take a leg bye.
16.4 overs (1 Run)
Flat around off, the Universe Boss pulls it to long on for one.
16.3 overs (6 Runs)
SIX! Another biggie. Not as big as the previous one but still gets half-a-dozen. Short but not that short, Gayle smashes it over long on for second maximum of the over.
16.2 overs (0 Run)
Slow and turning away from the southpaw. It is outside off, Gayle leaves it alone.
16.1 overs (6 Runs)
SIX! Monster from Universe Boss! Short and quick on off, Gayle smashes it into the roof over long on for a 96m biggie.
DRINKS! Punjab are cruising with their skipper adamant to not leave it too late and have that nervous end. The boys from North of India look well on course to do the double over Kohli’s men. They need just 26 off 24 balls. If they manage to lose it from here then it will be a disaster class from them. Only a miracle can see Bangalore win this game. Can they do the unthinkable?
15.6 overs (1 Run)
Just the one. 20 off the over. Low full toss on the pads, Gayle closes the face of his bat to glance this to backward square leg. Takes a single.
15.5 overs (1 Run)
Very full, outside off, dug out to sweeper cover for a single. 19 off the over so far.
15.4 overs (6 Runs)
SIX! Up, up and away. Short ball, Rahul swivels and pulls this mightily over deep square leg for a six.
15.3 overs (1 Run)
Very full, just outside off, driven on the off side for one.
15.2 overs (6 Runs)
SIX! 35 runs needed in 28 balls now. Full and just outside off, Gayle lofts that high and well over wide long off.
15.1 overs (4 Runs)
FOUR! Hits it firmly and gets a boundary. 50-run partnership between these two as well. Kohli is not happy that Siraj is not bowling to the plan. Full on off and middle, Gayle lifts it powerfully over the bowler’s head for a boundary.
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