Royal Challengers Bangalore lock horns with Kings XI Punjab in the 31st match of IPL 7 at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore. The match starts at 8 pm IST. Follow this link for live scores and updates.
Gayle and Parthiv are walking out now...
And Sandeep starts with a lovely delivery - swings away from Gayle and beats him completely.
Four! Brilliantly controlled punch through mid-on from Gayle - timing, wrist, placing - perfect shot.
Dropped! Gayle hits it hard and straight to Sandeep - those stick at times. Very tough chance.
FOUR! Short and Parthiv is quickly onto it. Swivels back and pulls it over square leg for a one bounce boundary.
4 runs off the Johnson over!
Sandeep Sharma will continue.
OUT! Gayle is caught behind, Sandeep gets the big one! A tad full outside off, Gayle looks swing across the line but gets an outside edge to the keeper. Sandeep is elated! V Kohli c Saha b Sandeep Sharma 0 (1b 0x4 0x6)
OUT! Kohli is shell shocked. He is strangled down leg side. Only keeper goes up in an extended appeal & umpire lifts his finger after ages. The umpire checks for a no ball but Sandeep's foot it fine, they check whether the catch is clean or not but the replays are inconclusive. The third umpire goes with the fielding side. Kohli had hit it, don't know why he was shocked! V Kohli c Saha b Sandeep Sharma 0 (1b 0x4 0x6)
One run off the Sandeep over plus two wickets.
Balaji into the attack. Sachin Rana is the new batsman.
FOUR! In the air but just wide! Full outside off, Rana drives it uppishly wide of point for a boundary.
FOUR! Two in two! A tad wide outside off, Rana cuts it over point for powerful boundary.
8 runs off the Balaji over.
FOUR! Just over! Full outside off, Parthiv drills it uppishly just over the leaping cover fielder.
Just 5 runs off the Johnson over.
FOUR! Smashed! Slower and full on off, Parthiv just smacks it straight back for a boundary.
Last night SRH overpowered RR by 32 runs and it was again their bowling unit that came to the fore. If you missed all the action - Here's the match report -
