Bangalore XI vs Punjab XI 3rd Match at Mumbai, 27 Mar, 2022

Toss: Punjab, who chose to bowl
Bangalore XI 205/2 (20)
Punjab XI 208/5 (19)
Punjab Kings won by 5 wickets
Man of the Match: Odean Smith

    Over 0.2 David Willey bowls a good length delivery to Shikhar Dhawan, no run, gets forward and left alone outside off through to the keeper.

    Over 0.3 David Willey bowls a good length delivery to Shikhar Dhawan, no run, gets forward and tucks his bat behind the pad and leaves

    Over 0.4 David Willey bowls a pitched up delivery to Shikhar Dhawan,1 run, gets forward and Middles it nicely but straight to deep mid-wicket

    Over 0.6 David Willey bowls a good length delivery to Shikhar Dhawan, Boundary! Gets back in the crease and  frees his arms to play a nicely cover drive off the back foot. Spoils the over for Willey. Still a decent one though

    Over 2.3: Two runs. David Willey to Shikhar Dhawan,

    Over 2.4: Single. David Willey to Shikhar Dhawan,

    Over 2.6: Single. David Willey to Shikhar Dhawan,

    Over 3.1: Single. Mohammed Siraj to Shikhar Dhawan,

    Over 6.2: Single. Akash Deep to Shikhar Dhawan,

    Over 6.3: Single. Akash Deep to Shikhar Dhawan,

    Over 6.4: Boundary!. Akash Deep to Shikhar Dhawan,

    Over 6.5: Single. Akash Deep to Shikhar Dhawan,

    Over 7.1: He is Caught. Wanindu Hasaranga to Shikhar Dhawan,

    Over 7.2: Single. Wanindu Hasaranga to Shikhar Dhawan,

    Over 7.3: Single. Wanindu Hasaranga to Shikhar Dhawan,

    Over 8.1: No runs. Harshal Patel to Shikhar Dhawan,

    Over 8.2: Single. Harshal Patel to Shikhar Dhawan,

    Over 8.5: Single. Harshal Patel to Shikhar Dhawan,

    Over 9.2: Sixer!. Wanindu Hasaranga to Shikhar Dhawan,

    Over 9.3: Boundary!. Wanindu Hasaranga to Shikhar Dhawan,

    Over 9.4: Single. Wanindu Hasaranga to Shikhar Dhawan,

    Over 9.6: No runs. Wanindu Hasaranga to Shikhar Dhawan,

    Over 10.2: Single. Akash Deep to Shikhar Dhawan,

    Over 11.1: No runs. Harshal Patel to Shikhar Dhawan,

    Punjab Kings won by 5 wickets

    Faf du Plessis (RCB) : I think the batting was really good. The catches towards the end.. Odean Smith 25 off off 8 balls.. I think we probably dropped him on 10. After that we are looking at some tailenders coming in. The cliche of catches win watches. There was a bit of dew out there, tough night for the bowlers, but I thought they were pretty decent with the wet ball. Small margins, but they chased it down really well. They had a really good powerplay. The ball skidded on a bit more in the second innings and then we pulled it back beautifully. We did a lot of good things in the middle. But you know what Odean Smith can do to you. So you got to hold on to those chances. Even the other guy, Shahrukh Khan, didn't really nail it tonight until the last couple of balls. So completely different game if you hold on to those chances. I am tired! That First innings running, ohh (smiles). I am just glad I got away without injuring myself because I spent so much time on my elbows diving. It was tough to start with the bat today. The first four overs the ball was swinging, I was 1 off 10 I guess. Clutching the bat a bit hard but pleasing to get through it.

    Mayank Agarwal (PBKS): Two points for us is very important. Good wicket. Very good wicket as both sides scored 200 plus. One or two balls held up but nothing apart from that. Credit to the way we finished. We took the right chances and am glad it came off. I think we gave them 15-20 more. Virat and Faf took the game away from us but credit to our batters to chase this down. We trust our skills. It doesn't come off, it doesn't come off but we are not going to panic and make a scene out of it.

    Odean Smith, Man of the Match: We were stressing on having a good start. We just needed to have that belief. Didn't go so well with the bowling. I need to work on a few things. Batting was good as I helped my team to win. It was all about execution and I couldn't and that's why it went haywire. Punjab hasn't won the title so far but we need to have the belief. We watched '14 peaks', 13 remain for us.