RCB vs DC Ball by Ball Commentary

OUT! TIMBER! Yash Dayal finishes things off in style. He goes with the yorker, in the blockhole. Kuldeep Yadav tries to jam it out but misses. The ball sneaks through and crashes into the stumps. Bengaluru win the match by 47 runs.

Too full, in the blockhole as well. Ishant Sharma defends it from inside the crease.

A length ball, outside off, this one shapes back in sharply. Ishant Sharma looks to push it away but misses.

WIDE! Full but sliding down leg. Wide given.

Nails the yorker this time. Yadav taps it to point for one.

A length ball, around off, pushed out to mid off.

Slower one, on a length, angling across. Kuldeep Yadav looks to chase it but misses.

WIDE! Too full and too wide, outside off.

Length, outside off. Yadav carves it over covers for two runs.

Slower bumper, on top of leg. Ishant Sharma backs away and tries to play it late but misses.

Fuller one, on middle and leg. Ishant Sharma swings hard. It ctaches the under-edge and dies besides the stumps.

OUT! CAUGHT! A short ball, on the bodyline. Mukesh Kumar stays leg side and goes for the pull shot. It goes high in the air and does not even travel beyond the circle at mid-wicket. Mahipal Lomror takes the simplest of catches to get his side one step closer to victory.

Pace up, on a length, outside off. Mukesh Kumar looks to chase it but misses.

Shorter, around the hips. Yadav flicks it to fine leg for one.

Short one, on middle. Kumar slaps it down to long on and crosses.

Green dishes a length ball, around off, defended out.

A bumper this time, on off. Mukesh Kumar slams it down the park for one.

Back of a length, outside off, nips in a bit. Mukesh Kumar swings hard but misses.

WIDE! This is too wide and outside the tramline. Green has to reload this one.

Length, around off, blocked out.

Kuldeep Yadav pulls this short ball, to deep mid-wicket for one.

Green nails the yorker this time. Yadav jams it back to the bowler.

Slower and shorter, outside off. Yadav pushes it to backward point for one.

On the pads, clipped to the leg side for one.

OUT! CAUGHT! Yash Dayal picks up his second of the night. It is too full, wide outside off. Axar Patel throws his blade at it. The ball flies towards backward point. Faf du Plessis takes a sharp catch running back.

Good length, wide of off. Patel backs away and is unable to produce a shot here.

WIDE! Back of the hand delivery, but this one goes past the tramline outside off. Wide called.

Shortish this time, outside off. Axar Patel jams it to point, but straight to the fielder.

A juicy full toss on middle stump, this one dips and takes Axar Patel by surprise. Axar gets an inside edge into the inner thigh and that one will sting a bit.

OUT! CAUGHT! Rasikh Dar was doing a fine job until that ball and has now left Axar Patel with a lot to do. Cameron Green bowls it slightly back of a length and over the stumps, Dar comes down the pitch and looks to lift it straight back but gets a lot of height and not much distance. Will Jacks comes in a bit from long on and reverse cups it with ease. 61 needed now off 30 balls but Delhi have just three wickets in hand.

Hard length over middle and angling across, Axar Patel waits back and with a deft touch just runs it off the face of the bat down to third man for a single.

Back of a length and over off and middle, Rasikh Dar hops back and just nurdles it down on the leg side for a run.

Swing and a miss! Banged in short and outside the off stump, Rasikh Dar comes down the pitch to flat-bat it across the line but is well beaten.

In the air but it lands perfectly in the gap as well. Cameron Green bowls a heavy short ball and gets it at a difficult height over middle and off. Axar Patel is rushed as he looks to pull and miscues it badly around wide mid on. No fielder there and the batters get a single.

Good bowling! Takes some pace off this one and bowls it on a hard length around leg stump, Axar Patel backs away for the heave but is early in his shot and gets hit on the pads.

Pitched up full and quick around off stump, Rasikh Dar pushes it away to covers.

Bowled from around the stumps, on a hard length and angled into the pads, Axar Patel tucks it down to fine leg for a single.

Banged in short again over off stump, Rasikh Dar backs away and manages to play it down to third man for one more.

Quick and short trying to attack the body, Axar Patel stays back and just nudges it down on the leg side for a run.

A quick short ball over the stumps, Rasikh Dar gets inside the line of the ball and angles it down to fine leg on the bounce for a single.

FOUR! A bit untidy from Mohammed Siraj in the deep and Rasikh Dar collects a boundary. Banged in on a hard length and outside off, Dar charges down the track and flays it away behind deep point. Siraj runs around and dives it to grab the ball but his back foot touches the ropes when he rolls over.

SIX! FIFTY up for the Delhi skipper and this has been a fine lone hand so far from Axar Patel and he has just kept his team with a sliver of hope. This is tossed up quite full on off stump, Axar frees his arms and thumps it straight down the ground for another maximum. 16 off the over, a good one for Delhi.

Fired in full and outside the off stump, Rasikh Dar squeezes it away past point and rotates the strike well.

Bowled on a good length and on middle and leg, Axar Patel punches it from the crease and with a straight bat down to long on before picking up another single.

Rasikh Dar is early to give the charge and Will Jacks shortens the length, firing it outside off. Dar swats it away to deep cover-point for one more.

Dragged length on off stump, Axar Patel goes on the back foot and punches it away through covers for a single.

SIX! Swung away just over the ropes! Will Jacks starts from around the stumps and tosses it a tad full around off stump. Axar Patel sits down and fetches the slog-sweep and dumps it over deep mid-wicket for a maximum.

Nicely tossed up on middle, Rasikh Dar gets aa good stride in and blocks it off.

A tad shorter on the pads, Axar Patel rocks back and nudges it in front of square leg for an easy single.

Flighted delivery, given some more air and thrown outside the off stump, Axar Patel goes up and over covers and races back for the second run.

SIX! Axar Patel frees his arms knowing that there's not much batting to follow. On a length on middle and leg, Axar gets down on one knee and slog-sweeps it high and over deep square leg for a biggie.

A bit flatter and around off, pushed away down through mid off for a single.

Floated up full and outside off, Rasikh Dar pushes it away to covers.

OUT! RUN OUT! Uh, oh! A complete lack of communication and Tristan Stubbs has thrown his wicket away but that's great composure from Cameron Green. Bowled back of a length again and around the body, Axar Patel looks to block off the front foot but gets an inside edge onto the body and the ball falls back on the deck. Axar is busy looking for the ball meanwhile his partner is at the batter's end. Stubbs tries to scurry back but Green picks up the ball and scores a direct hit at the bowler's end and that could just be game over for Delhi. Also, Rasikh Dar is the new batter in.

Banged in a bit shorter now and around off, not much room to cut and Axar Patel stabs it straight to Virat Kohli at backward point.

Slightly back of a length, pace off and bowled on middle and leg, Axar Patel is cramped for room and gets an inside edge onto the pads as the ball rolls to backward point.

Another edge from Tristan Stubbs! This is pitched up outside off, Stubbs looks to punch it off the front foot but gets an outside edge down to third man for just one more.

Shorter in length and angling it across the off stump, Axar Patel cuts it off the back foot to deep point and collects another single.

Bowled back of a length and in the channel outside off, Tristan Stubbs looks to punch it away but gets a thick outside edge that flies down to third man for a single.

Lockie Ferguson dishes a short ball here, at 148 kmph. Axar Patel defends it solidly from inside the crease.

Tristan Stubbs opens his account nowwwith a single. Fuller one, worked towards long on for a single.

Lockie Ferguson serves a yorker-length delivery here. Stubbs with a defensive start, sensible as well.

OUT! CAUGHT! A very poor delivery but Lockie Ferguson strikes and it does not really matter how they get a wicket. A huge partnership has been broken here. It is a full toss, outside off. Shai Hope hopes for the best, as he swings hard at it. He though fails to time it well. The ball flies towards deep mid-wicket. Karn Sharma rushes in from the deep and takes a solid catch.

Lockie Ferguson fires in a yorker this time. Axar Patel jams it to backward point for one.

FOUR! Axar Patel makes the most of his pace this time. Short ball, outside off. Patel waits for it, opens the face of the bat and guides it down to deep third for a fine boundary.

Much fuller, outside off. Hope prods and pushes it back towards the bowler. Green does well to make the stop.

WIDE! A sharp bumper this time from Green. This one goes down the leg as well. The umpire extends his arms at it.

Shorter, around the hips. Hope picks it up and flicks it to deep square leg for two runs.

Back of a length, around off. Hope defends it watchfully.

Axar Patel now pushes this length ball to point and rotates the strike.

Back of a length, outside off. Patel cuts it into covers for a brace.

FOUR! Incredible shot. Axar Patel is putting up a solid fight here. It is a full one, on off. Patel stands tall and drills it towards long off for four runs.

LEG BYE! Good length, on the pads. Patel looks to tickle it away but misses. It brushes the pads and goes towards short fine. They cross for a leg bye. These two batters are making sure to not get greedy for runs here. Wickets in hand is what they need to worry about while chasing this score.

A single now as Hope works this to deep third.

On middle and leg, full as well. Hope clips it through the leg side and comes back for the second run.

Back of a length, angled into the body. Patel stays back and pushes it into covers for one.

Fuller one, on off. Hope creams it into covers but straight to the fielder here. One taken.

Shortish, outside off. Hope punches it to deep point and collects a brace. Good running.

FOUR! Axar Patel is making sure to find important boundaries here for his team. Short one, on middle. Axar Patel stays back and pulls it powerfully to deep mid-wicket for four runs.

Shorter, outside off. Hope dabs it to point for one.

Just short. It is flighted and full, on middle. Axar Patel dances down the track and flicks it aerially towards deep mid-wicket. One run taken.

Shai Hope rotates the strike now as he drives this full ball into covers.

1 run.

Floated and full, on off. Hope pushes it down the park for one.

FOUR! Axar Patel stands and delivers this time. He has the last laugh in this mini-battle. Delhi rack up 54 runs in the Powerplay. Length ball, outside off. Patel hammers it down the park for four runs.

Too straight and full this time, on middle and leg. Patel knocks it back to the bowler.

Shorter one, outside off. Patel cuts it into covers. There is a misfield and the batters take two runs.

Siraj fires it full, on off, it nips back in a bit. Patel defends it from inside the crease.

FOUR! Axar Patel keeps it simple and finds the boundary. On a good-length, wide of off. Patel stays back, plays the lofted drive and works it towards the deep point boundary.

A length ball around off, Hope pushes it to covers for one.

Back of a length again and around off, Shai Hope hops back and dabs it down past backward point for a single.

Just back of a length and over the stumps, Shai Hope defends it off the back foot.

FOUR! This is sensational from Shai Hope and he is not letting the bad balls go unpunished. Too full and outside the off stump, Hope with another cover drive, this time a lot squarer and through the gap for four more.

FOUR! Nice again from Shai Hope. Good length but on the pads and shaping in, Hope flicks it off the pads and times it nicely behind square leg for another boundary.

Gets it full enough this time on off stump and just gets it to swing in a bit, Shai Hope punches it off the front foot to mid off.

FOUR! That is so pleasing to the eye! Overpitched delivery around off, Shai Hope just gets on the front foot and leans into the cover drive, caressing it away through the inner ring and into the fence.

Full and quick again, right in the blockhole around off, Axar Patel just about jams it out behind point. Delhi in deep trouble and in serious need of some composure.

Mohammed Siraj is fired up here and bowls a spicy bumper around head height and over middle and leg stump. Axar Patel lets this one go through to the keeper.

On a hard length around off stump, Axar Patel gets nicely onto the front foot and punches it sweetly towards cover.

OUT! LBW! Plumb in front and Bengaluru are dismantling the Delhi batting line-up with ease here. Accurate from Mohammed Siraj as he steams in and bowls it quick and full on off stump, getting it to swing back in. Kumar Kushagra plays all over a straight ball and gets beaten on the inside edge as the ball hits the back leg. A loud appeal and the finger goes up instantly. Kumar has a chat with his partner but starts walking.

A bit fuller again and straight at the stumps, Kumar Kushagra blocks it off.

Nice and full on the pads, swinging in, Kumar Kushagra clips it nicely in front of square leg and into the deep for a couple of runs.

Pitched up outside the off stump and shaping away, Shai Hope leaves this one alone.

Pitched up at the stumps, pushed away towards mid on.

FOUR! Another top delivery and Shai Hope is lucky to have got a boundary there. Hard length around off stump and straightening off the deck, Hope gets squared up and edges it away wide of gully and into the fence.

Jaffa! Pitched up full and around off stump, late movement on that one as well, Shai Hope is bamboozled and plays inside the line.

OUT! RUN OUT! Oh, that's just unfortunate for Jake Fraser-McGurk but Bengaluru are in pole position now. Yash Dayal bowls this one full and straight at the stumps, Shai Hope with a firm punch back to towards the bowler and Dayal gets a left hand on the follow-through. The ball deflects onto the stumps and Jake is out of his crease. The umpires go upstairs and Jake already knew he was well out. Delhi three down inside the first three overs and this is a huge wicket.

OUT! CAUGHT! Yash Dayal amongst the wickets yet again as he gets his man on the very first delivery. Dayal runs in from over the stumps and digs it in short over off and middle stump. Abishek Porel looks to take on the pull but is hurried and completely miscues the shot. The ball goes off the top edge and lobs up in front of covers where Lockie Ferguson comes in and takes a reverse cup catch. Delhi in early trouble here.

FOUR! Jake Fraser-McGurk thumps this one away and 15 runs come off that over. Too full and outside off, Jake hits through the line and hammers it over cover-point for another boundary.

FOUR! Edged away! Goes for the wide yorker but serves a full toss instead, Jake Fraser-McGurk goes hard at it but gets a thick outside edge between the keeper and short third for a boundary.

Swing and a miss! Good length, bowled outside off and swinging away, Jake Fraser-McGurk swings across the line but is beaten by the away movement.

SIX! Well, the previous delivery was just a sighter and Jake Fraser-McGurk is back to bludgeoning the ball. Hard length over middle and angling in, Jake clears the front leg and lofts it without much timing over long on for a maximum.

Bowled back of a length and over off stump, Jake Fraser-McGurk with a rare block from the crease.

NOT OUT! A vicious yorker to begin with from Mohammed Siraj but Bengaluru have burned a review quite early on. Steams in from over the stumps and bowls an inswinger yorker onto middle, Abishek Porel is taken aback and tries to jam it out, the ball goes off the toe end of the bat past backward point and they get a single. A huge shout for LBW is turned down and the review is taken. The third umpire is happy with the first replay and concludes that the ball directly hit the bat but Virat Kohli feels that it might have hit the front boot first. Anyway, the on field decision stands.

Beautifully bowled! Flights this one up, giving it a lot more air and bowls it outside off stump. This one grips and turns away sharply, Jake Fraser-McGurk looks to sit down and swat it across the line but is beaten by a mile. End of an entertaining first over of the chase.

Nice and full on the stumps, driven back past the bowler and down to long on by Abishek Porel for a single to get off the mark.

OUT! CAUGHT! Swapnil Singh has done it again upfront for Bengaluru and that is a massive wicket. Singh bowls it full and quick and gets it to drift from leg stump to outside off, David Warner gets under the ball and looks to slog it towards deep mid-wicket but gets it a lot straighter. Will Jacks settles himself at wide long on and takes a good catch around his face. Warner departs early on his return and Delhi lose a wicket in the first over.

Bowled quick and well short outside off stump, Jake Fraser-McGurk slaps the ball away flat and down to wide long off for a single.

SIX! Did we expect any other way for Jake Fraser-McGurk to hit his first ball? Absolutely, not! Swapnil Singh switches to around the stumps for the right-hander and goes full and outside off. Jake just goes after it and hammers it over long off for a biggie.

Starts from over the stumps and tosses it full on the stumps, David Warner keeps a compact shape and punches it down to long on for a single. Warner and Delhi are off the mark right away.