HUGE comeback from Royal Challengers Bangalore just now.
RCB was chasing 183, and were at 72/3 only 1 ball away from the end of 12 overs. Chris Gayle then hits a 4 and 5 consecutive sixes in his next six balls to restore hope.
However at the end of 15 overs, RCB is still only at 117, needing 66 runs in the last 30 balls. RCB gets two 11 run overs, so at the end of 17 overs RCB requires 44 from 18 balls. The 18th over is good, as RCB gets 16, but the 19th over sees RCB only picking up 7. 21 is required from the last over.
The first ball of the over only scores 1 run for RCB, so they need 20 runs from just 5 balls. They get a four, and then two sixes in the next three balls, meaning that they need 4 from the last two balls. It then comes down to the last ball, where 3 runs are needed. Tiwary hits a six to complete the comeback, with 24 RCB runs in the last over.
RCB needed the points, with a loss, they would have fallen to 1-4, and now are 2-3.
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