IPL 2016 final: SRH beat RCB by 8 runs, crowned champions

2331 hrs IST: SRH win! They beat RCB by 8 runs to become first time champions of IPL

2327 hrs IST: Baby hits one out. SIX! RCB need 18 off the last over

2322 hrs IST: Binny is run-out! Going for the second run but a good throw from the deep from Hooda. RCB struggling

2320 hrs IST: Baby manges a four off the last ball of Bhuvneshwar’s over. RCB need 30 off 12 balls

2313 hrs IST: WICKET! Shane Watson mistimes a slower one from Mustafizur and is caught

2310 hrs IST: Mustafizur to bowl the 17th over

2309 hrs IST: 4 runs and a wicket from that Cutting over. RCB need 47 runs off last 24 balls

2306 hrs IST: WICKET! Cutting with a wicket! KL Rahul misses the off-cutter and is bowled. RCB need 49 more

2300 hrs IST: 15 overs are done. RCB are 158 for 3. Need 51 off last 5 overs. Time for time-out

2255 hrs IST: WICKET! Ab de Villiers is heading back to the pavillion. Bipul Sharma slows it down and AB mistimes it. Henriques takes the catch

2249 hrs IST: WICKET! Inside edge and it just clips the stumps. He won’t get to 1000 runs but RCB still need 69 runs to win

2247 hrs IST: FIFTY! Virat Kohli scores a fifty. RCB need 73 runs more

2244 hrs IST: Virat Kohli takes over from Gayle. Dealing in boudnaries

2238 hrs IST: WICKET! Finally Gayle’s innings is over for 76. Bipul Sharma catches at third-man

2231 hrs IST: Gayle is 74* and RCB have reached 100 after 9 overs

2227 hrs IST: Kohli attacks, sends it straight to long-off. It falls just short off Warner! It also goes for four!

2224 hrs IST: In the slot for Gayle, he clears the front-leg and sends it back over the ropes

2222 hrs IST: Ben Cutting to bowl after the time-out

2219 hrs IST: RCB are 69/0 after 7 overs in chase of 209. Time for time-out

2217 hrs IST: FIFTY! Gayle has reached his half-century off 25 balls. With a six. RCB are 63/0

2215 hrs IST: Four runs from Mustafizur in the sixth over. RCB 59/0 after 6 overs

2211 hrs IST: Mustafizur Rahman into the attack for the last over of powerplay

2210 hrs IST: After five overs, RCB are 55/0. Kohli has scored only 7 runs

2208 hrs IST: Cutting to Gayle, over third man for six. Cutting to Gayle, over mid-wicket for four!

2206 hrs IST: Gayle goes boundaries. 2 sixes, 1 four and 16 runs off the fourth over

2202 hrs IST: Chinasamy chants “Aaaaaar-Ceeeeee-Beeee” as Kohli and Gayle up the ante

2158 hrs IST: A six from Gayle and it’s 13 off the second over. RCB 18/0

2155 hrs IST: A four from the over and RCB 5/0

2152 hrs IST: RCB openers Virat Kohli and Chris Gayle out in the middle

2130 hrs IST: Ben Cutting finishes the innings with another six! SRH finish with 208/7

0 0 0 6 0 4 0 1 4 1 4 6 6 1 6 Cuttings’ 15-ball innings. SRH post 208/7

2129 hrs IST: Another one. Cutting sends it over the ropes. SRH have 200 up

2128 hrs IST: Ben Cutting has sent one out of the stadium. Over the stadium roof for a 117 m six

2127 hrs IST: Last over coming up. SRH are 184/7

2122 hrs IST :WICKET! Sunrisers Hyderabad could have done far more better. Jordan bowls a short one to Bipul Sharma who pulls but gets a top edge. Chahal takes the catch

2119 hrs IST: Ben Cutting hitting some lusty blows. First a big six then a four over third man

2116 hrs IST: WICKET! Naman Ojha is run-out! Ben Cutting takes a couple of steps after the ball hits his pads. Ojha sprints. Watson picks up the ball and runs out Ojha, who is sent back by Cutting

2109 hrs IST: WICKET! RCB have got that one big wicket! Yuvraj Singh plays a drive on the up and straight to Watson at covers

2105 hrs IST: WICKET! Aravind has another! Hooda tries to send a slower one out of the park but manages it straight to Kohli. SRH 147/4. Time-out

2102 hrs IST: Yuvraj Singh is keeping SRH in game. Some vintage shots from him

2059 hrs IST: Outside off from Chahal and Yuvraj drives it between long-off and sweeper for four!

2058 hrs IST: In the slot for Yuvraj and he sends it over long-off for a big big six

2053 hrs IST: WICKET! David Warner is gone. Aravind picks up the wicket. Warner cuts but gets an edge that flies to short third-man

2044 hrs IST: SIX! Yuvraj pick-up shot sails over the ropes. He’s flowing today

2040 hrs IST: Flowing Yuvraj drive through covers brings up the 100 for SRH

2038 hrs IST: Yuvraj Singh, playing his first IPL final in 108 matches, is the new man in

2036 hrs IST: WICKET! Henriques miscues, and Chahal takes a neat catch. Jordan strikes. RCB 97/2

2034 hrs IST: Warner is on FIRE! Hits Jordan for consecutive boundaries now

2033 hrs IST: Jordan into the attack. Strays on Warner’s pads and the skipper has no problems clipping it fine to the ropes

2032 hrs IST: FIFTY for David Warner, ninth off the season. This one coming off 24 balls

2029 hrs IST: Short and wide from Chahal and Warner times it beautifully to the ropes

2027 hrs IST: SIX! Going, going, gone. Loss of wicket not affecting Warner. Launches Abdulla into the stands

2025 hrs IST: Spin from both ends. Iqbal Abdulla into the attack now

2022 hrs IST: WICKET! Dhawan with the slog sweep but he miscues it to Jordan in the deep. RCB 63/1

2021 hrs IST: Chahal into the attack. He’s bowling to left-handers, who are on song at the moment

2018 hrs IST: SIX! Gayle tosses it up and Warner ends the powerplay with a maximum. 59/0

2017 hrs IST: Gayle fires one down the leg-side and Dhawan gets some bat on that one. FIFTY for SRH

2016 hrs IST: With that single, that’s 800 runs for Warner this season

2015 hrs IST: Shane Watson, first change, concedes 19 off his first. SRH 46/0 after five

2013 hrs IST: SIX! Dhawan joins the act now. Goes straight, and it goes the distance

2012 hrs IST: SIX! Warner welcomes Watson with a big hit over covers

2011 hrs IST: Shane Watson replaces Arvind. SRH 27/0 after four overs

2010 hrs IST: Pitched up and Dhawan hits it straight over Gayle’s head for a boundary

2008 hrs IST: Gayle gets a second over. Kept it tight in the first, almost had Dhawan off the last ball

2007 hrs IST: Short deliveries from Arvind and Warner hammers him for consecutive boundaries

2003 hrs IST: Almost! Dhawan miscues but the diving Gayle fails to hold on to the return catch

2001 hrs IST: Interesting! Two left-handers in the middle, and Gayle to bowl the second over

2000 hrs IST: FOUR! Arvind drifts on Dhawan’s pads and he clips it fine to the ropes. SRH 7/0

1957 hrs IST: Bounce is true off the wicket. The extra grass would help it come on to the bat better

1956 hrs IST: RCB were in a lengthy huddle before walking out. AB delivering the pep talk ahead of the big game

1955 hrs IST: SRH openers Dhawan and Warner are out in the middle. Arvind with the ball for RCB

1945 hrs IST: Yuvraj reckons pressure would be on RCB since they are yet to win a title, and are playing at home

1934 hrs IST: Chennai Super Kings are the only side to win IPL final at home. Can RCB be the second?

1932 hrs IST: The teamsheets are out. Here’s a look at the two XIs

SRH XI: D Warner, S Dhawan, M Henriques, Y Singh, D Hooda, B Cutting, N Ojha, B Sharma, B Kumar, B Sran, Mustafizur Rahman

RCB XI: C Gayle, V Kohli, AB de Villiers, L Rahul, S Watson, S Baby, S Binny, C Jordan, I Abdulla, Y Chahal, S Aravind

1930 hrs IST: RCB are unchanged for this fixture while Mustafizur returns for SRH

1929 hrs IST: TOSS! SRH elect to bat against RCB in Bangalore. Both captains happy with the outcome as Kohli was looking to field first

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1927 hrs IST: Five out of the eight IPL finals have been won by teams batting first

1926 hrs IST: Virat is 81 shy of a record – first man to score 1, 000 runs in a single IPL season

1925 hrs IST: Captains of both sides are in red hot form and have led their sides terrifically to the final

1924 hrs IST: 195 is average score at this venue. But SRH have been very good with the ball – less than 7 in the powerplay and less than 9 at death

1923 hrs IST: Weather is very good for cricket. No forecast for rain. We are certain to have a new champion today

THE BUILD:

RCB or SRH, who will be the first time winner?

Virat Kohli will lead RCB into the IPL final against SRH. (Source: PTI)

With a fair sprinkling of star dust on either side — Chris Gayle, Virat Kohli, Shane Watson and AB de Villiers of the Royal Challengers and David Warner, Yuvraj Singh and Shikhar Dhawan of Surnisers Hyderabad, the outcome of the IPL final — with both sides eyeing their first title — could be fashioned by a singular demonstration of genius by one of them.

It’s Virat Kohli vs David Warner, here their twain shall meet

David Warner and Virat Kohli have won one game each against the other in the group phase of this season’s Indian Premier League. (Source: BCCI)

IT WAS a scene so unexpected; it seemed chimerical. Virat Kohli and David Warner in the middle of a cricket ground sharing a laugh if not a guffaw. That’s not what we expect from those two after all. Generally whenever the two spirited, bordering on combustible, stars have shared TV time together near a cricket pitch, they’ve been in the midst of an impassioned verbal dust-up.

Four money shots that have made Virat Kohli intimidating

Virat Kohli has been Bradmanesque in T20s this year.

Virat Kohli has been Bradmanesque in T20s this year. Unlike others who have opted for the fanciful, his conventional shot selection allows him to react, and not pre-determine.

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