De Grandhomme accelerates the innings
May 17, 2018 21:23
RCB 163-4 (16 ovs) vs SRH | Scorecard
Thampi comes back into the attack and De Grandhomme starts with a couple to deep mid-wicket.
The batsman then slashes at the ball and gets a four over backward point.
Slower ball, ball cut to backward point where Carlos Braithwaite misfields to hand 2 runs to the batsman.
Full and fast and De Granadhomme pummels the ball over the bowler's head for a six!
Two dot balls to end the over as 14 come off it.
New man Mandeep Singh on strike and plays out two dot balls.
De Grandhomme is the new batsman but they had crossed so Moeen keeps strike and he clobbers Rashid for a four just the next ball after the wicket of AB.
Moeen is out next ball, caught behing by the keeper Goswami. He is gone for 64 as RCB lose both their set batsmen inside the 15th over.
Rashid brought back into the attack and he gets the big man.
Moeen starts with a single but in an effort to accelerate the innings, AB slog sweeps and the ball goes straight into the hands of Dhawan at backward square leg. AB gone for 69.
Sharma continues and the partnerships just keeps growing.
Moeen starts with a single to short third man.
Sharma then bowls a wide.
AB then gets a four through backward point.
He then gets a single.
After a dot ball, Moeen brings up the 100-run partnership with a huge six over the bowler's head as the ball bisects the fielders at long-off and long-on. Slower ball and Moeen just creams it into the sightscreen.
Moeen takes a single to end the over as 14 come off it.
Thampi briought back into the attack and what an audacious shot to bring up his 1st IPL half-ton.
Low full toss, Moeen middles the ball and plays it through covers for a four.
Short ball and Moeen pulls but the Manish Pandey drops it in the deep. One run.
Next ball is a wide.
AB then walks into the line and pulls it over deep fine leg for another four.
Again! AB walks into the line of the ball, goes down on one knee and plays it out of the stadium for another six!
A yorker and well dug out by AB for a single as another 18 come off the over.
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