3rd Match: Bangalore XI vs Punjab XI at Mumbai, Mar 27, 2022
Punjab Kings won by 5 wickets
Bangalore XI 205/2 (20)
Punjab XI 208/5 (19)
RR: 10.95
Last 12 Balls: 6 1wd 4 6 6 | 2 . . 4
Last Wicket: Shahrukh Khan 24(20)
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.
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.
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.
Punjab Kings won by 5 wickets
18.6
4
4
Over 18.6 Harshal Patel bowls a pitched up delivery to Shahrukh Khan, Boundary! Comes on to the front foot and slammed down the ground to long-off for a four.
18.5
0
0
Over 18.5 Harshal Patel bowls a pitched up delivery to Shahrukh Khan, no run, gets forward and jams the ball back to the bowler
