KPL 2018: Bengaluru Blasters vs Belagavi Panthers: Champs Panthers to bowl first

ALL OVER. Bengaluru Blasters complete an emphatic 67 run win over defending champions Belagavi Panthers. They end up with 161/8 after giving away 228

WICKET 6: 108/6 in 13.2 overs

WICKET 5: Sharath departs after a quick 49. 103/5 Panthers are

100 up for Panthers 11.4 overs but they still need to score somewhere around 15.5 for an improbable win.

6, 6, 6 by HS Sharath off Mitrakant Yadav as the 11th over produces 19 runs as Panthers are in 90s.

WICKET 4: Stuart Binny departs trying a big hit and Panthers are 73/4 with Mitrakant Yadav strikes

A 4, 6, 4 by Sharath as Panthers reach 73/3 after 10 overs. Still a mountain to climb

50 in around 8 overs. Panthers have seriously lost this chase here at this point

Huge Burden on skipper Stuart Binny who is out in the middle with HS Sharath

WICKET 3 AS D Negi departs as Panthers slip further to 41/3

After 6 Power Play overs Panthers are 40/2 -- need some serious pace from here on

WICKET 2: Sadiq Kirmani goes as Panthers slip to 39/2. Anand Doddamani strikes for Blasters.

14/1 after 3 overs. Not the kind of start a team wants if they are chasing 229.

WICKET NO 1: HOOVER c Brar b Koushik 0 .. gone off the first ball he faced. Panthers are 1/1 in 0.2 overs

Chase on. Stalin Hoover, a real big hitter, and Sadiq Kirmanu for Panthers.

228/5 What a good a total for Blasters and all the pressure on champs Panthers now.

WICKET 5: Pavan Deshpande c Hegde b Binny and Blasters a re 209/5 in 18.3 overs

200 up for Blasters in 18 overs. 203/4 after 18 overs

WICKET 4: Arshdeep Brar c Kiramni b Saurabh 13. Blasters a re 193/4 in 17 overs

Some good cricket all around. Deshpande is hammering some meaty blows here as Blasters hurtling fast towards the 200-run mark

WICKET 3: Uthappa c Stalin b Binny 81 and those runs came in just 38 balls. Blasters are 161/3

Another six, in fact third by Uthappa off Dikshanshu in the same over, and he has moved to 80s.

6 6 by Uthappa off Dikshanshu -- lovely shots. And those shots drag Blasters past 150 in 13.2 overs

Pavan Deshpande hammers HS Sharath for a six and Blasters have marched to 140/2 after 13 overs

After 12 overs, Blasters are 127/2 and they should capitalise this platform.

100 for Blasters in 9.5 overs and after 10 they are 106/2. Going well over 10 runs an over at this point

WICKET! Spinner Dikshanshu has trapped Vishwanath in front. Blasters are 96/2 in 9.1 overs. Pavan Deshpande is new man

Uthappa looks in good touch here - 6, 4, 6, off Avinash. He did not try to hit it hard but timed all those shots so well

Watch out for Shubang Hegde, he is all of 18 and a very promising left-arm spinner. Regarded highly in Karnataka cricketing circles.

50 in the Power Play overs and Blasters are going very well here at the moment.