slow and full on the stumps, he drives it down the ground for one. Harshal comes back for the second but Sarfaraz doesn't move and they get 200
RCB vs RR, 29th match at Bengaluru, IPL, Apr 29 2015 - Ball by Ball Commentary
9.47pm Sarfaraz gets a lot of punches as he walks back, Kohli greeted him first with a bow and folded his hands. Once RCB lost Gayle and Kohli early, they needed someone to stay till the end for a score close to 200. De Villiers started very well but could not carry the momentum on, he was run out and then Sarfaraz threw his bat at almost everything to make sure RCB got there. Off the edge or middle of the bat, he got runs however he could
Julious: "This will be a good contest - testing the in-form, strong & deep RR batting Line with Starc leading the lead attack from other side.. :)"
Minasco: "Considering the fact that Gayle+Kohli chipped in with only 11 runs and final score being 200 talks a lot about RCB middle order slowly getting back to form"
Piyush: "Days ahead, results might fade in memories but will remember this guy sarfaraz khan's performance for a long time. man you have earned a huge number of fans today!!"
some room on the off side and Sarfaraz smacks it on the off side past cover point, Binny puts it a great effort at deep point to save two
in the block hole outside off, Sarfaraz swings and misses the ball
angles in the short ball, Sarfaraz pulls it late and wide of fine leg as Faulkner slides to cut it in
slower yorker keeps low as Harshal makes room and misses the ball, Sarfaraz runs in for a quick single as Samson misses
short ball is pulled, it goes very very high, not from the middle of the bat. But it has enough to clear the midwicket boundary for a six
Southee for the last over
he even manages to paddle sweep a high full toss by taking his eyes off the ball, it goes fine enough and beats fine leg
Six down, here's Harshal Patel
Raghu Kokku: "Looks like Steve Smith should take up captaincy again."
slightly short, it's out there to be pulled and Wiese sends it straight to the deep-midwicket fielder for an easy catch
bangs in the short ball at 134kph, Wiese hooks and misses, slightly late on that shot
Watson having a chat for the field changes. Square leg comes in, fine leg goes deep. Third man comes up and mid off goes back
full and wide, Wiese makes room and slices it by swooping low, the ball goes high and wide of third man for four
RJ: "12, 15 & 18 in last three overs, 21 in this one?"
just inside the wide line as it shaped in slightly and Wiese decided to let it go
swinging in, and that's almost a yorker but Wiese smacks it straight down, beats the bowler and then mid-off for a four
Chaky: "This is rubbish captaincy by Watto. He should have given Tambe the earlier over and should have had his experience bowlers bowling last ones."
starts with a wide well outside off as it's left alone
18 from that over, the push that RCB needed. Two overs to go
fuller and quicker, Sarfaraz clips it to deep square leg for two
just clears long-off! He made room and unleashed an inside-out lofted drive on the off side, that went high and Southee chased it, running to his left, and threw in a slide but couldn't get there
sliding in towards the pads, it deflects to the leg side for one
wider outside the off stump, cuts it on off but point gets a hand to it
dances down the track and lofts it high and far straight down the ground over the bowler's head for a six!
short and flat as Sarfaraz makes room and then comes back to cover the stumps. He then sweeps it wide of fine leg for four
Tambe comes back, two overs he has
low full toss just outside off, driven down to long on for one