17.5 -
Johnson to Chawla, FOUR, that would do! KOL win by 4 wickets, their second win in three games. Coming back to the ball, it was short and outside off, Chawla opens the face of the bat and guides it down to the third man fence
17.0 -
Anureet Singh to A Russell, FOUR, what power! It was very full and on the stumps, Russell drills it past the bowler and the ball rockets away to the long-on fence. That went like a tracer bullet
16.1 -
Anureet Singh to Y Pathan, FOUR, Anureet bowls it full and outside off from round the wicket, Pathan looks to drive, the ball takes the outside edge and runs past the keeper, who was diving to his right but couldn't get a hand on it
15.1 -
T Perera to A Russell, FOUR, Russell brings up his first T20 League fifty, it was dragged short by Perera, it was the slower ball as well. Russell goes down on one knee and slogs it towards long-on, who had 3 yards to move to his left and stop the ball. Even though the fielder put in the dive, the ball escapes through. Such is the power of this man
15.0 -
Anureet Singh to Y Pathan, FOUR, well played! It was banged in short and angling away outside off, Pathan knew that third man was inside the ring. He waits for the ball to arrive and guides it past the keeper after opening the face of the bat at the last moment, the ball runs away to the fence
14.2 -
Anureet Singh to Y Pathan, FOUR, on the pads once again, it's a full toss and Pathan clips it to the left of deep square leg, the fielder from deep backward square leg runs to his left, but the ball wins the race
13.3 -
Johnson to Y Pathan, FOUR, Pathan joins the act and this brings up the 50-run stand. It was full and just outside off, Pathan drives it off the front foot and gets it to the left of mid-off, who dives to his left but the ball escapes to the fence
13.1 -
Johnson to A Russell, FOUR, Russell is dealing in boundaries here. It was a short of length delivery outside off. Russell was cramped for room, but he still manages to cut it and gets it up and over and to the left of backward point, the ball hurries across the turf and crashes into the fence
12.3 -
A Patel to A Russell, FOUR, poor delivery from Patel, this time he bowls it slower and drags it well short, Russell had all the time in the world to rock back and he cuts it to the right of backward point, the ball runs away to the fence in no time
12.1 -
A Patel to A Russell, FOUR, quicker and on leg, Russell clears his front leg and works it towards the deep mid-wicket fence, he didn't get it off the middle of the bat, but the ball still runs away to the fence
11.2 -
T Perera to A Russell, FOUR, what a shot! It was another slower full ball outside off, Russell reads it well and lofts it inside-out over the deep extra cover fence, the fielder in the deep knew that there was no way he was going to stop that
10.5 -
Johnson to A Russell, FOUR, Russell hits another cracking shot! It was shortish in length and even though Russell didn't have a lot of room to free his arms, he cuts it to the left of backward point and the ball runs away to the fence in no time, third man had only a few metres to cover to his right, but the ball beat him to the fence
10.3 -
Johnson to A Russell, FOUR, pure power from Russell as he muscles the cut off this shortish delivery to the deep extra cover fence, the sweeper runs to his right but the ball was a little too far away from him
9.3 -
T Perera to A Russell, FOUR, that was hit very hard. Full and in the slot, Russell takes his front leg out of the way and muscled the drive past the diving fielder at cover, who tried to grab the ball with his right hand
6.2 -
T Perera to Suryakumar Yadav, FOUR, gee! This man is so intimidating for the bowler. Looks like he knows exactly where the fielders are. Short of a length delivery outside off stump, Yadav dabs it late and sends it fine to beat third man. It wasn't all that bad a ball but he's got four runs
5.0 -
Sandeep Sharma to Suryakumar Yadav, FOUR, clever shot to get off the mark. He knew that third man was very square, it was short and outside off stump, despite there being a fielder at slip, Yadav guides it uppishly and beats third man to the left
4.2 -
Sandeep Sharma to M Pandey, FOUR, that's a fine hit. Not all that short, but there was enough width on offer for Pandey to free his arms. Cut nicely between backward point and cover-point
4.1 -
Sandeep Sharma to M Pandey, FOUR, in the airrrr and Axar could only get his fingertips to it. Short and on the leg stump, Pandey pulls it flat and hard, deep backward square leg was a long way in, he ran to his right, jumped high but couldn't hold on
3.4 -
Anureet Singh to Gambhir, FOUR, just over the top. Good length just outside off stump, Gambhir slices the drive, hits it just over the fielder at backward point
1.3 -
Anureet Singh to Uthappa, FOUR, friendly ball and Uthappa helps it away for four to get into the double figures. Short of a length delivery down the leg-side, glanced fine and fine leg was very square
1.0 -
Sandeep Sharma to Uthappa, FOUR, good looking flick from Uthappa and it's racing away for four. Fullish and on the leg stump, Uthappa leans forward and plays it between mid-on and mid-wicket. Good finish to the over for KOL
17.4 -
Johnson to A Russell, out Bowled!! Russell goes with a single needed to win. Russell wanted to finish off in style as went for a big slog, Johnson bowls it full and on the stumps at 146.5kph, he swings hard but misses the ball and it crashes into off and middle. A Russell b Johnson 66(36) [4s-9 6s-2]
7.5 -
Sandeep Sharma to ten Doeschate, out Lbw!! Bigggg shout and the finger goes up. What a spell this is from the youngman. Four wickets for him now. ten Doeschate has bagged a golden duck in his first game of the season. Nothing but a good length delivery on the off stump, ten Doeschate gets his front foot across the line and looks to play on the on-side, misses and is struck in front. He's on a hat-trick. Oh hang on! The replay suggests that there was a big inside edge onto the pad. Unlucky for the batsman. ten Doeschate lbw b Sandeep Sharma 0(1)
7.4 -
Sandeep Sharma to Gambhir, out Caught by W Saha!! Gambhir's struggle ends and KOL are in trouble. Third wicket for Sandeep Sharma. Full and angling away from the left-hander, it was way outside off stump, Gambhir reaches out to play a booming drive, but only manages to kiss it to the keeper. The PUN players mob Sandeep Sharma. Gambhir c W Saha b Sandeep Sharma 11(19) [4s-1]
6.5 -
T Perera to Suryakumar Yadav, out Caught by W Saha!! Tries to be cheeky but he's edged this to the keeper. Perera foxes Yadav with a back-of-the-hand slower ball. The ball bounces extra, Yadav was looking to dab it fine to third man, but it's gone off the edge and Saha anticipated well by quickly moving to his right. Put in the dive and grabbed it with both hands. The glitsy cameo comes to an end. Suryakumar Yadav c W Saha b T Perera 23(10) [4s-2 6s-2]
4.3 -
Sandeep Sharma to M Pandey, out Caught by Bailey!! Oh he's hit this straight to the fielder. Soft dismissal. Short of a length delivery on the leg stump, Pandey goes for the flick, but gets hit high on the bat, Bailey takes a simple catch at short mid-wicket. The ball hit him on the outside half of the bat as well. Second wicket for Sandeep Sharma. M Pandey c Bailey b Sandeep Sharma 12(6) [4s-2]
2.2 -
Sandeep Sharma to Uthappa, out Lbw!! He has this tendency to plant his front foot right across the stumps and that's brought about his downfall once again. Good length on the off stump, Uthappa tries to flick, his head falls over as well, it was outside the line of the ball, he missed it completely, the impact was on off stump and the umpire had no doubt in his mind. Sandeep Sharma continues to impress with the new ball. Uthappa lbw b Sandeep Sharma 13(10) [4s-2]