Chahal: Was trying to vary my pace, just tried to mix my length and pace. A few balls were turning, so I tried to bowl that ball against Hardik. I always back my skills, this is the format where you go for runs, sometimes you get wickets. There's little dew, but we need to play well in the first six overs.
21:20 Local Time, 15:50 GMT, 21:20 IST: A disappointing batting effort, but credit to the 'BBC' trio of the Royals who kept it very tight and were relentless - Boult struck twice in the 1st over, followed it up with another in the 3rd and Burger had MI reeling at 20 for 4 in the 4th when he dismissed Ishan Kishan. A brief recovery followed as Hardik Pandya and Tilak Varma counter-punched, but Chahal came into his own, dismissing both as MI once again slipped from 76 for 4 to 114 for 9. That 56-run run 5th wicket stand was the lone saving grace for the hosts who looked lost. The new ball swung and their batters looked helpless. 126 should be a cakewalk for the Royals, especially against an attack that conceded 277 in the last match, but MI will believe they can fight back if they strike early. The chase coming up shortly..
19.6
Avesh Khan to Akash Madhwal, 2 runs, to long-off
19.5
Avesh Khan to Bumrah, 1 run, yorker length delivery outside off, jammed down to long-on for a single
19.4
Avesh Khan to Akash Madhwal, 1 run, Avesh shortens the length outside off - Madhwal was late on the pull and the ball runs away past cover for a single
19.3
Avesh Khan to Bumrah, 1 run, to mid-wicket
19.2
Avesh Khan to Bumrah, FOUR, cracking shot, handy runs for MI - banged in short by Avesh, but it doesn't bounce a lot and is swatted over mid-wicket, wide of the fielder in the deep for a one-bounce boundary
19.1
Avesh Khan to Akash Madhwal, leg byes, 1 run, short of a good length and angling back into the right-hander, Madhwal swings and misses, off the thigh-pad and drops to the off-side, off for a leg-bye
18.6
Nandre Burger to Bumrah, no run, the slower bouncer, Bumrah is early into the crouched swing and missed - bounced in front of Samson who doesn't collect it cleanly, but they decide against a bye
18.5
Nandre Burger to Akash Madhwal, 1 run, banged in short and at the body, Madhwal had nowhere to go - took his eyes off as he fended and the ball dropped down off his glove, he's called through for a quick single
18.4
Nandre Burger to Akash Madhwal, no run, fuller length delivery at the stumps, blocked back at the bowler
Akash Madhwal, right handed bat, comes to the crease
18.3
Nandre Burger to Tim David, out Caught by Boult!! It's not going MI's way tonight - David was refusing the singles, looks for the boundary option and holes out to deep backward square leg. Tim David c Boult b Nandre Burger 17(24) [4s-1]
Nandre Burger to Tim David, THATS OUT!! Caught!!
18.2
Nandre Burger to Tim David, no run, fuller length delivery outside off - David clears his front-foot and clatters the drive to deep cover, refuses the single once again
18.1
Nandre Burger to Tim David, no run
Nandre Burger [3.0-0-31-1] is back into the attack
Royals have activated their impact substitute - Shubham Dubey replaces Yuzvendra Chahal. Burger, from round the wicket
17.6
Avesh Khan to Bumrah, no run, the high bouncer now - Bumrah clears his front leg and pulls it over square leg, on the bounce to the fielder in the deep
17.5
Avesh Khan to Tim David, 1 run, the slower short ball from Avesh, swatted behind square on the on-side for a single