Bangalore wins by 13 runs, stands in top 4!

ast two overs yielded 8 runs and a wicket. The fourteenth and fifteenth overs were a great pair of overs for RCB, as they scored 24 runs in each. Moeen goes for a run once more. To begin the over, Lomror smashes a FOUR straight down the ground. Patidar then mistimes his heave by a couple of seconds. There’s a WIDE and four singles, for a total of 11 runs. Patidar smacks one straight down the ground for a FOUR, and then Lomror cracks one over deep mid-wicket for a SIX after Theekshana is pulled back. Pretorius hits the first ball immediately after that. Mukesh Choudhary makes a spectacular catch to send Patidar back. Outside, it’s a slower one, and Patiday appears to heave but miscues it high in the air. Mukesh Choudhary comes charging in from deep square leg and makes a spectacular diving catch. The final two overs for RCB were a mixed bag for CSK to conclude the innings. Under duress, Theekshana bowled a magnificent 19th over. He had Lomror and Hasaranga captured at long on and long off, respectively. Then she uses a beautician to clean up Shahbaz. Only gives up two runs. Pretorius then misses his lengths, bowls a couple in the slot, and is thrashed by Karthik for a pair of sixes. There are a few twos and a Harshal Patel run out as well. They get a couple off the penultimate delivery to finish the over with 16 runs, giving RCB a total of 173/8 wickets! The openers are Devon Conway and Ruturaj Gaikwad, who come off a dismal break with everyone waiting. The proceedings will be kicked off by Shahbaz Nadeem. CSK got off to a good start. Conway presses the accelerator button after only one run off the first three balls. To make it 9 off the Shahbaz over, reverse sweep one for a FOUR and pull the last one for another FOUR. CSK scored 26 off the fifth and sixth overs, with Ruturaj Gaikwad taking charge and smashing two fours and one six, accompanied by a six from Devon Conway! In the next over, though, Ahmed flips the script when Ruturaj Gaikwad’s eyes light up once more when he sees a short ball, and he looks to pull but fails to centre it effectively. Suyash Prabhudessai, the substitute fielder, races forward and across to his right to capture a stunning diving catch after a mistimed aerial shot to wide long on. Conway raises it with 33 balls. In IPL 2022, he had two straight 50s. Pretorius begins the last over with a SIX off Harshal, bringing the total requirement to 31. Slower outside, Pretorius tries to go downtown, but he mistimes it and ends up long off, where Kohli makes a routine catch. Theekshana pulls and then misses his flick, resulting in four leg byes. Maheesh Theekshana sways away from the shooting line with a well-directed bouncer around his leg. BANGALORE WINS BY 13 RUNS! Maheesh Theekshana plays a mistimed lofted shot towards covers for just a single at the back of a length, around off. Bangalore now has two key points and is in the top four.