New Delhi:
The Royal Challengers Bangalore slumped to yet another embarrassing defeat against Gujarat Lions on their home turf. A sloppy batting display by the RCB has put them in a dire situation in the Indian Premier League.
The Bangalore team will have to win all its remaining five matches to keep the hopes of making the knockouts alive.
With the match against Sunrisers Hyderabad called off here without a ball being bowled due to rain last night, Bangalore had to share a point. They now have just five points from eight games and are lying sixth in the points table.
Gujarat Lions, on the other hands, have gathered just four points from seven games and are languishing at the bottom of the table.
The Lions' batting has also been quite dismal with big guns making contributions only intermittently and would be desperate to arrest this slide. It would be interesting to see if Irfan Pathan, roped in as a replacement for injured Dwayne Bravo would be included in the playing XI.
Here are the highlights of the RCB vs GL match:
#10.57pm
Match over. A comfortable win for Gujarat Lions against RCB
#10.55pm
RCB look done and dusted at the moment. Gujarat Lions need 11 runs in 42 balls
#10.46pm
Negi to Finch, SIX, between midwicket and long on. Five sixes so far for the Australian
#10.45pm
Negi to Finch, SIX, straight down the ground
#10.40pm
Raina survives a scare as umpire terms it a no ball
#10.38pm
Four!!! Captain Suresh Raina this time. GL 86/2
#10.34pm
Brilliant fifty for Finch in just 22 balls
#10.33pm
Aniket Choudhary to Finch, SIX, to deep mid wicket
#10.31pm
Four!!! Finch again. Plays inside out. Thats' superb batting
#10.30pm
Four!!!! Aaron Finch again. To deep mid-wicket this time
#10.26pm
What a shot. Finch again. Six runs
#10.16pm
Aravind to Finch, FOUR, to third man
#10.13pm
HUGE!!!! Back to back sixes by Aaron Finch. That's brutal from the Australian
#10.12pm
Badree strikes again; McCullum departs, Gujarat Lions 2 wickets down
#10.02pm
First jolt for GL, Samuel Badree scalps Ishan Kishan
#10:00pm
Ishant Kishan gets another boundary, steady start for GL
#9:55pm
Ishant Kishan gets a boundary, positive start for Gujarat Lions
#9:54pm
Ishant Kishan opening with Brendon McCullum
#9.40pm
RCB have put 135-run target for Gujarat Lions
#9.35pm
Faulkner to Sreenath Aravind, out Caught by Brendon McCullum
#9.18pm
Andrew Tye removes Mandeep Singh. RCB 8 wickets down
#9.06pm
Ankit Soni to Negi, out, Caught by Basil Thampi
#9.04pm
Back-to-back sixes for Negi, RCB 100/5 in 13.3 overs
#9pm
Four, Negi punishes Faulkner for poor line
#9pm
The RCB are a worried lot now. They have lost their prime batsmen with 77 runs on board in 12 overs
#8.49pm
Ankit Soni to Mandeep, out de Villiers Run Out!!
#8.43pm
OUT!!! Bowled. Jadeja removes Kedar Jadhav
#8.40pm
SIX!!! That's brutal assault from Kedar Jadhav. 11 runs from Ankit Soni's over. RCB 56/3 in 8 overs
#8.32pm
Four!!! Three back-to-back boundaries for Jadhav
#8.31pm
Four!!! Lovely shot by Kedar Jadhav. RCB 27/3 in 5.3 overs
#8.24
This is wonderful from Andrew Tye. And afraid #RCB need a big comeback here. These two have to bat he next 10-12 overs now
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) April 27, 2017
Andrew Tye to Head, out Caught by Raina!! RCB in trouble now with just 22 runs on board
#8.19pm
OUT!!!! Virat Kohli departs. RCB 22/1
#8.14pm
Nathu Singh to Gayle, FOUR, to deep backward point
#8.10pm
Nathu Singh is keeping a tight line today. Just 3 runs so far. RCB 13/0 in 2.3 overs
#8.08pm
First six of the match off Virat Kohli's bat. Cracking shot that was
#8.04pm
A good first over by Gujarat Lions bowler Nathu Singh. Just 3 runs off it
#8pm
Chris Gayle and captain Virat Kohli are out to open RCB innings
#7.30pm
Gujarat Lions have won the toss and have opted to bowl first
Likely XI
Royal Challengers Bangalore: 1 Chris Gayle, 2 Virat Kohli (capt), 3 AB de Villiers, 4 Kedar Jadhav (wk), 5 Mandeep Singh, 6 Stuart Binny, 7 Pawan Negi, 8 Adam Milne, 9 Samuel Badree, 10 S Aravind, 11 Yuzvendra Chahal
Gujarat Lions: 1 Brendon McCullum, 2 Aaron Finch, 3 Suresh Raina (capt), 4 Dinesh Karthik (wk), 5 James Faulkner, 6 Ravindra Jadeja, 7 Ishan Kishan, 8 Andrew Tye, 9 Basil Thampi, 10 Praveen Kumar, 11 Nathu Singh
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