Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore: IPL 2022 Live Cricket Score, Live Score Of Today's Match on NDTV Sports

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We are back for the chase.

... THE CHASE....

Punjab started nicely but once Bangalore found their foot, they were toying with the field. The bowlers started nicely but as the game went through, they started to fade away. Too many looseners and freebies were hit to cleaners. Sharukh Khan dropped Faf du Plessis on 7 and that proved very costly. Only Rahul Chahar ended with the economy under 6 and that tells you the story. The pitch looks like it loves batters and Punjab have a few big guns as well. They need to take the game till the deep if they want to start the season on a high. An exciting second session coming up...

A South African putting a big stand with Kohli! Yeah...We have seen that before. AB de Villiers will be proud of it. It was Rawat who gave a good start while Faf du Plessis was struggling but once the former got out. Kohli and Faf started to find the gaps and rotate the scores quite quickly. Faf du Plessis struggled earlier but once he found his groove, the bowlers started to struggle and it was raining sixes and fours. Kohli was playing the second fiddle and enjoying the show. After doing the damage, Karthik came in and played a superb cameo to post a score above 200.

First game for Bangalore and they start with a bang. 200 plus scores to start the campaign and they will be very happy going into the break. A slow start but a demolishing finish, started from Faf du Plessis and ended with Dinesh Karthik.

19.6 overs (1 Run) Bye! Just a bye to end a brilliant display of batting from Bangalore. Dinesh Karthik shuffles across the off stump again and Sandeep Sharma follows him with a full and wide one. The ball is beyond the tramline but the line moves with the batter's movement. DK misses the heave leg side and Bhanuka Rajapaksa does well to get a glove on it. Bangalore finish with 205/2!

19.5 overs (4 Runs) FOUR! Slog-sweep off a seamer and DK has gone berzerk! Full and angled across off stump. Karthik picks it up and shuffles across the stumps to heave it into the cow corner fence.

19.4 overs (0 Run) Dot ball! Sharma comes 'round the wicket and nails the yorker, going across the off stump. Karthik looks to jam it out on the off side but gets beaten.

19.3 overs (4 Runs) FOUR! Out comes the lap shot! Full and wide, DK gets inside the line of the ball and lifts it over short fine leg for a boundary. The 200 is up for Bangalore.

19.2 overs (6 Runs) SIX! All the way! A good-length ball, outside off. Dinesh Karthik hangs back and punches it over the extra cover fence for a biggie.

19.1 overs (1 Run) This is dug in short and over off. Virat Kohli pulls it down towards deep mid-wicket for a single.

Sandeep Sharma to bowl the final over.

18.6 overs (0 Run) A rare dot ball to end the over. Dinesh Karthik pre-meditates and shuffles way across his stumps. Smith follows him with a full ball and Karthik misses the scoop shot.

18.5 overs (6 Runs) SIX! It's carnage out there from DK! Pitched up on off. Karthik picks up the slower ball and thumps it right back over the bowler's head for a biggie. Odean Smith brings up his half-century as well.

18.4 overs (1 Run) Shorter in length, on the body. Kohli pulls it behind square on the leg side for a single.

18.3 overs (1 Run) Leg bye! Fuller in length, angled into leg stump. Karthik misses the heave leg side and the ball rolls off the pads towards covers. They get a leg bye.

18.2 overs (4 Runs) FOUR! Now Smith bangs it in halfway down the track and this is pummeled away. Over middle, sets up nicely for the batter. Dinesh Karthik pulls it into the mid-wicket fence.

18.1 overs (6 Runs) SIX! It's been a forgetful debut for Odean Smith. This is angling down leg with fine leg inside the ring. Karthik picks it up and dispatches it over the fine leg fence for a maximum.

Odean Smith to bowl the penultimate over.

17.6 overs (1 Run) A diving effort but it's out of reach. A short ball, at the body. Karthik looks to pull but mistimes it just over the fielder at square leg and picks up a single. Just 3 runs and a wicket off Arshdeep Singh's final over.

17.5 overs (0 Run) Arshdeep Singh bowls another slower bouncer, this is way outside off and almost never arrives. Dinesh Karthik goes fetching but can only manage to edge it down towards short third man.

17.4 overs (0 Run) Full and curving into off stump. Karthik can only jam it back towards the bowler.

17.3 overs (1 Run) Slower bouncer from Singh, around off. Kohli pulls it down well in front of square on the leg side for a run.

17.2 overs (1 Run) A full toss, on off and dipping on the batter. Karthik eases it down to long on for one.

Dinesh Karthik is the new man in.

17.1 overs (0 Run) OUT! TAKEN! Shahrukh Khan with a sensational catch and Faf du Plessis has to depart. Arshdeep Singh changes the angle of attack as he comes from 'round the wicket. This is fuller and angling in from outside off. The bat twists in Faf's hands as he tries to clear long off and ends up chipping it well in front. Khan races in and dives forward to pouch it just before the ball hits the turf. Khan has made up for his dropped catch but du Plessis has done a lot of damage. End of a fabulous knock from the Bangalore skipper.

16.6 overs (2 Runs) A low full toss, sliding into the pads. Virat Kohli clips it behind square on the leg side for a couple of runs.

16.5 overs (1 Run) Very full again, at the toes. This is jammed out on the leg side for a single.

16.4 overs (1 Run) Full and straight, driven down to long off for one more.

16.3 overs (1 Run) Nails the yorker this time does Sandeep Sharma. Faf keeps it out back onto the deck but they still manage to scamper through for one.

16.2 overs (4 Runs) FOUR! Full and wide, Faf creams it with exquisite timing over extra cover for a boundary.

16.1 overs (1 Run) Sharma pushes it wide, Kohli advances but has to adjust and works it towards long off for a single.

Sandeep Sharma is back into the attack.

15.6 overs (6 Runs) SIX! How many maximums is this man going to hit tonight? Arshdeep Singh misses the yorker once again and serves a juicy full toss on off. Du Plessis makes a bit of room and thumps it over the long on fence. He has raced away into the 80s.

15.5 overs (1 Run) Another full toss, on off. Kohli looks to drive it straight back but toe-ends it down to long off for just a run.

15.4 overs (1 Run) Singh gets it into the blockhole this time. Du Plessis works it through square leg for a single.

15.3 overs (6 Runs) SIX! Faf du Plessis is relentless! Singh pushes it full and wide, du Plessis waits for it and launches it over the long off fence for another biggie.

15.2 overs (1 Run) Shorter in length, around middle and leg. Kohli pulls it down towards long on for a run.

15.1 overs (1 Run) A high full toss, angling across off. Du Plessis slashes at it and gets it towards deep cover for just a single.