- Daredevils 187-5; RCB 2-0 (1.1 overs)
- Match abandoned
RCB will finish third unless the next match is a no result.
To be honest I’d be surprised if this one started again. I’m heading over to Sunrisers Hyderabad v Mumbai Indians for the effective semi final.
Someone should be along here in the unlikely event it starts again. Bye!
3.37pm BST, or 8.07pm local time. That’s the cut off time for us to get a five-over chase in.
It is still raining in Bengaluru. The weather is clear in Hyderabad ahead of #SRHvMI. #IPL#RCBvDD#RCB#DD#SRH#MI
I don’t know if Messrs Bull and Smyth are reading, but to clarify, while it’s not cowardly to pray for rain, I am resenting whoever did so.
Sky are showing highlights from an earlier match. This is never a good sign.
I like this guy.
If Rameez Raja says #RCB r the "raining champions" again, feel free to use this to pluck his toenails. #ipl#RCBvsDDpic.twitter.com/9kh0DydqMM
The covers are back on. Heavy rain now. We won’t be restarting any time soon.
Yep, starting again in five minutes. RCB still chasing 188 to win.
Hearing rumours that play will resume at 2.30pm/7pm. If there’s no more rain, that is. That means we’ll just squeeze in a full game and someone else on the sports desk is about to get the start of the second OBO thrust upon them.
Oh for crying out loud.
Clouds heading towards Hyderabad..Hope some rain and washout match between SRH v MI. Finger Crossed! #KKR#IPLpic.twitter.com/05Vz05XJwX
Inspection is now 6.45pm local time, or 2.15pm if you’re in London. We start losing overs 15 minutes after that, so it’ll be touch and go. Covers are coming off, anyway.
Pitch inspection is “likely” to be around 7pm local time. That’s in around half an hour at 2.30pm BST.
It’s stopped raining. The super soppers are on the ground sopping up the water. Super.
By my reckoning, a washout would see RCB finish third with the winner of the final match, between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Mumbai Indians finishing second. Unless that one’s also a washout, in which case RCB will finish second on net run rate.
This is the sixth time that an RCB match has been affected by rain. In the meantime, we have some football MBMs you can have a gander at, both of which feature some cracking music.
Jacob Steinberg is on Swansea v Man City, for fans of The Clash. Or there’s the Conference playoff final between Bristol Rovers and Grimsby; head this way if you like Conference football, Tom Davies or Leadbelly.
1.1 overs: RCB 2-0 (Kohli 1, Gayle 1) target 188 Zaheer from the other end, to Gayle, this is a fascinating contest. The rain’s on its way back though, so not convinced how long it’ll last. Oh, one ball (a dot). They’re going off and it’s forecast to go on for the next four hours.
1st over: RCB 2-0 (Kohli 1, Gayle 1) target 188 Spin from the off, which is a surprise given that the rain could come back at any moment. Jayant Yadav is the bowler and Kohli nurdles him away for a second-ball single. Gayle blocks out his first ball then gets hit on the pad trying to sweep – sliding down leg though. One from the last ball and that’s an excellent start for Delhi.
And the covers are off again. RCB need 188 to win.
Looks like the covers are on. Rain isn’t too heavy at the moment, so stay with us.
That was a very good, very important innings from Duminy, keeping calm amidst a bit of a collapse. We’ll be back for the chase in a few.
20th over: Daredevils 187-5 (S Tiwary 13, Duminy 67) Starc will bowl the final over, you’ll be unsurprised to hear. Tiwary takes one to fine leg, bringing Duminy on strike, and he slices the ball over cover point – it plugs in the outfield and they get a couple. A short ball is then slapped wildly to midwicket for a one bounce four. A low full toss next and it’s thumped down the ground – that’s four past any fielder other than AB de Villiers... the fielder is AB de Villiers and it’s just two. What a stunning cricketer that man is. A good yorker keeps them to one off the penultimate ball, so Tiwary comes on strike for the last. He knocks it down to long on for one.
19th over: Daredevils 176-5 (S Tiwary 11, Duminy 58) With excellent figures of 2-15 from three overs, back comes Harshal Patel and he beats Duminy with a peach of a slower ball that kept low outside off. The second ball is pants though, short and hoiked over backward square leg for an easy boundary. Duminy backs away to leg again and slashes over extra cover for four more. A single, then Tiwary is handed an inviting slow delivery, in the slot outside off and he smacks it back over the bowler’s head for six. A single to finish the over makes 16 from it.
18th over: Daredevils 160-5 (S Tiwary 4, Duminy 50) Starc again and he begins with a dot, thumping it into the batsman’s shins. The sky is dark now, and the groundstaff are readying the covers. Starc overpitches a yorker just a touch and Duminy, stepping back to leg, guides it very nicely through extra cover for four. He then pulls the final ball round the corner for the single that brings up his 50. And the TV people have now corrected Tiwary’s score – he didn’t score negative runs in that over or anything, fear not.
17th over: Daredevils 151-5 (S Tiwary 5, Duminy 40) Wiese returns for his final over. It’s all full, fairly straightish and it’s being backed up by some good fielding. Three from the first two balls, ones from each of the next three. Then Duminy changes his bat, but it’s to little effect as he cuts the final ball for one more.
16th over: Daredevils 144-5 (S Tiwary 1, Duminy 37) Another over for Chahal, even after he got smashed for 20 in his last. He gets away with a horrible full toss outside off, then gets the luckiest wicket imaginable. Duminy nudges to square leg for a single, then Tiwary gets off the mark pushing to mid on.
A full toss is driven straight back by Duminy, faintly – so faintly – brushes Chahal’s fingertips and flicks off stump. Mathews bat is just off the ground and he’s gone!
15th over: Daredevils 141-4 (Mathews 1, Duminy 35) Harshal Patel comes back with figures of 1-13 from his two overs – the first over bad, the second very good. This one starts very promisingly too, as he dismisses Jadhav for a golden duck (refresh the page and it’ll correct the score in the previous over). A full toss to the new man, Mathews, deserves to be spanked away but the Sri Lanka captain can only bunt it down to wide mid on for a single. A leg bye takes us into the timeout.
Jadhav goes first ball, slashing at a wide, full one outside off and thinning a top edge through to the keeper.
14th over: Daredevils 138-3 (Jadhav 0, Duminy 34) This is more like it from Duminy. Back-to-back slog sweeps, both of them disappearing into the crowd. The first was over midwicket, the second not particularly well struck but it’s way, way over de Villers’ head at wide long on. A single, cut to backward point, then Yuvraj joins in the fun, stepping forward and clubbing it over midwicket. The fifth ball though is slogged to Starc on the long off boundary and Yuvraj’s awful tournament comes to an end.
Slogged to long off. Hey, double figures at least!
13th over: Daredevils 118-2 (Yuvraj 5, Duminy 20) Yuvraj drives through extra cover for two, before the batsmen four singles. That’s about all there is to report from that one. Sorry.
12th over: Daredevils 112-2 (Yuvraj 1, Duminy 18) Finally the leg spinner Chahal comes on and Duminy tries to slog it, but toe ends the ball, in the air but to safety at mid on. No such luck for de Kock next though. Yuvraj is the new man and he pulls just wide of mid on to get off the mark.
DE KOCK OUT FOR 69! The commentator actually said that! He tries to go over extra cover but doesn’t get hold of it. The ball screws up in the air and Kohli turns, runs back and takes an excellent catch with the ball dropping over his shoulder.
11th over: Daredevils 109-1 (de Kock 69, Duminy 16) Ashok Dinda once again now. Still no sign of Chahal, which is a bit of a surprise. Duminy gets a big thick inside edge into his pads. Now we cut away for an interview with “One of the biggest entertainers of the tournament, Darren Sammy.” Can’t remember the last match he actually got picked for. De Kock gets a thick, deliberate outside edge down to third man for four, then smacks a length ball outside off over long on for six. Six more from the last, another easily hittable floaty ball in the same area, this time slogged over midwicket.
10th over: Daredevils 91-1 (de Kock 52, Duminy 15) Gayle again and Duminy slogs from off stump, straight back over the bowler’s head and into the stands. Other than that it’s a leg bye, a wide, a pair of singles and two from the last – that thanks to a fumble at point.
Rest of 9th over: Daredevils 79-1 (de Kock 51, Duminy 6) Apparently there were three runs taken from the first two balls, apologies. Anyway, while we were away de Kock opted to go a wee bit mad and reached his half century with a six over mid on, four back down the ground and four more over midwicket.
9th over: Daredevils 62-1 (de Kock 37, Duminy 4) It’ll be Wiese again. The South African medium pacer has been quietly impressive from what I’ve seen of him so far. A couple of singles... then we lose TV coverage. Bah! Think thunderstorms are heading towards the ground.
8th over: Daredevils 61-1 (de Kock 36, Duminy 3) Spin now and Gayle is getting a bowl for the first time in the tournament. His first delivery hits de Kock on the pad; it’s sliding down leg, but Duminy is in trouble as he sets off looking for the leg bye. Only a poor throw back to the bowler from slip saves him. De Kock bunts out to mid on for a single, then Duminy hammers it back past the bowler for another to long on; excellent sliding stop from de Villiers saving three there. The batsmen help themselves for two more singles from the last two balls.
7th over: Daredevils 57-1 (de Kock 34, Duminy 1) Harshal Patel returns. I’m a little surprised that Kohli isn’t trying spin now. I’d say that the wicket vindicates his decision, but in truth it was a rubbish ball and the bowler got lucky it went straight into Gayle’s hands. Duminy gets a single, then de Kock also cuts a filthy wide one to Gayle at gully – along the ground this time though. The batsman then backs away and drives past the fielder at mid off, but they only take a single as AB de Villiers is the man sweeping up and you don’t want to be taking on his arm.
Short and wide from Harshal Patel and Iyer cuts it straight to Gayle at point.
6th over: Daredevils 54-0 (de Kock 32, Iyer 20) Starc comes back and he beats Iyer with an absolute beauty that just seams away from the outside edge. The next ball is too full though and Iyer opens the face, somehow lifting it over backward point for a remarkable six! A single brings de Kock on strike and he picks one off his pads, over mid on for four more. One more from the over and it’s timeout time.
5th over: Daredevils 42-0 (de Kock 27, Iyer 13) Wiese into the attack now. He finds the edge of Iyer’s bat, but there’s not a lot of pace in the pitch and it bobbles along the ground to gully. Actually the lack of pace from Wiese seems to be stymying the batsman, as they’re both waiting and playing it late, but barely getting it away. Ahh the final ball isn’t so good: in the slot and slapped over long off for a one-bounce four by de Kock.
4th over: Daredevils 34-0 (de Kock 21, Iyer 11) It’s Dinda again and, after a single to Iyer, he gives de Kock a bit of width and gets cut behind point for four. Dinda doesn’t have anything like the pace needed to bowl short. De Kock sashays down the pitch to his next ball, a slower one, and gives himself room to thrash it through extra cover for another boundary. I’m not sure who the commentator is, but he gets bonus points for correcting the caption that pops up on screen – saying “fewer” when the graphic prompted “less”. De Kock pulls for a single, then Iyer pushes the final ball, another half volley, through cover for another four runs.
3rd over: Daredevils 18-0 (de Kock 12, Iyer 4) A change of bowling already, Harshal Patel into the attack. He bowls full, outside off and de Kock drills it down to long off for four – the first of the day – along the ground. He switches to round the wicket but sends down a wide ball that’s just begging to be spanked through cover point, and that it is for four more. A pair of singles, too, from the over. Without wanting to go all Andy Townsend, that’s better.
2nd over: Daredevils 8-0 (de Kock 3, Iyer 3) Dinda has the ball from the other end. I wouldn’t be surprised if these two targeted him after that tight first over. There’s a bit of swing for him, away from the right hander, but too much first ball as it’s outside the tramlines and a wide outside off. Iyer pushes to point for a single and de Kock whips square off his hips for the same. Width to Iyer and he cuts to deep backward point for one more. Then a ridiculous appeal as de Kock walks miles over to off, the bowler hits him on the pad and there’s a huge shout... it hit him about a foot outside off and was going further away. A wild slash edged down to third man for one more then a swing and a miss to finish.
1st over: Daredevils 3-0 (de Kock 1, Iyer 1) As expected, Mitchell Starc has the ball first up. De Kock gets underway first ball, just knocking it off his knees from the crease for a quick single. “He’s been quite a revelation since coming into the RCB side, Mitchell Starc,” says the commentator, who has presumably watched no one day cricket over the last couple of years or so. RCB, by the way, are wearing a green kit today, which is the same colour as the outfield. Iyer takes a single to square leg, then de Kock is tucked up and hit on the hip by a good bouncer, via the inside edge. A wide down the leg side brings the only other run of the over.
Here we go then, the penultimate match of the group stage. De Kock and Iyer will open up for Delhi.
Good news dept.: It’s pretty dry and we should start on time. There’s cloud about though.
JP Duminy loses it, so Virat Kohli elects to bowl first with rain around. RCB are unchanged, the Daredevils bring in Angelo Mathews for the ill Albie Morkel.
Are the ECB doing this too? Dear me.
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Morning folks. It’s not quite Vienna, but this match means very little. RCB are through to the play offs given that their net run rate can’t take enough of a hammering to drop them below the soon-to-be-deposed champions, the Knight Riders. The Daredevils can do what the hell they like – win, lose, reverse the batting order or just stay home – and they’re finishing second-to-last no matter what.
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