IPL 2026: Raj Bawa’s final over fiasco against RCB

Raj Bawa

. 19.1 (1 wide): Bowling for the first time in the IPL, pacer Raj Bawa felt the last-over nerves, keeping the ball way outside the reach of right-handed Romario Shepherd.

. 19.1 (1 no-ball): Bawa bowls accurately and Shepherd mishits it back to him for no run, but he has oversteped so RCB get a free hit.

. 19.1 (1 run): Bawa delivers a slow, low ball and Shepherd fails to score big off the free-hit, dragging it to mid-wicket for only a single.

. 19.2 (2 wides): Bawa bowls a wide outside off and Rasikh Salam and non-striker Shepherd show great awareness to steal an extra run.

. 19.2 (dot ball): Bawa goes for a wide yorker outside the off stump and Shepherd fails to connect bat with ball.

. 19.3 (wicket): Shepherd swings at an outside-off delivery hitting it straight to backward point, where Tilak Varma takes an easy catch to ease some pressure.

. 19.4 (1 wide): Bawa bowls a bouncer to new man Bhuvneshwar Kumar who watches the ball go over his head, and the square leg umpire signals a wide.

. 19.4 (six): Bawa goes for a wide yorker, but Bhuvneshwar connects well and the ball sails over deep cover for a six.

. 19.5 (1 run): Bhuvneshwar mistimes an outside off delivery towards long-off for a single, leaving RCB needing two off the final ball.

. 19.6 (2 runs): Rasikh pushes the final ball towards Bawa, who fails to stop it, and somehow the batsmen scramble for two, including a dramatic diving finish at the wicketkeeper's end.