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Indian T20 League 2015

Scorecard - 14th Match, Punjab vs Kolkata at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune, India (18 Apr 2015)

Punjab

155/9 (20) RR:7.75

Kolkata won by 4 wkts

MOM: Andre Russell
Kolkata

159/6 (17.5) RR:8.92

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18.0 - U Yadav to Bailey, FOUR, full delivery on middle stump line, Bailey plays the drive wide of long-on, Suryakumar Yadav runs to his right from long-on and tries to stop the ball with his foot near the rope, he fails and Chawla too, who was running to his left from deep mid-wicket had no chance of stopping that. Bailey uses his wrists to the optimum level there

17.5 - U Yadav to Bailey, FOUR, murdered! That's a great shot from Bailey, it was slightly wide outside off and Bailey takes full toll of it. He smashes the cut square of the wicket and the ball rockets away to the fence

13.2 - A Russell to T Perera, byes, FOUR, oh dear! Uthappa has let that go right through. 141.2kph short ball from Russell, Perera was cramped on the cut as he made room, the ball zoomed past the bat and the keeper fumbled

11.2 - U Yadav to Bailey, FOUR, good effort from Russell, but it's touched the rope. Short of a length delivery outside off stump, Bailey drives powerfully off the back foot, Russell from sweeper cover runs to his right, puts in the dive and gets a hand on it but doesn't manage to flick it away properly from the boundary line as the ball rolls back on to the ad-cushions

8.5 - Narine to Maxwell, byes, FOUR, Maxwell puts the keeper off by going for the reverse-sweep. Uthappa was late to react. Maxwell missed the ball and it ran away for four byes

8.3 - Narine to Maxwell, FOUR, he's starting to hurt KOL! The carrom ball from Narine, Maxwell advances and opens the face of the bat at the last moment to drive it wide of extra-cover and it's run away for four

5.2 - M Morkel to Maxwell, FOUR, top shot. Short of a length and well outside off stump, Maxwell waits for the ball to play a lovely back foot punch through extra-cover and it races away

4.4 - A Russell to Bailey, FOUR, poor ball and it got the treatment it deserved. Short and outside off stump, Bailey rocks back and cuts in front of square through cover-point and it races away

4.3 - A Russell to Bailey, FOUR, what a start for Bailey! Short of a length outside off stump, Bailey rocks back and pulls it handsomely along the ground through mid-wicket and opens his account in style

4.1 - A Russell to Sehwag, FOUR, wonderful shot from the veteran. Good length delivery just outside off stump, Sehwag waits for the ball and drives it beautifully off the back foot through point

3.3 - M Morkel to Sehwag, FOUR, short of length delivery outside off stump, Sehwag guides it past the man at slip, Chawla runs to his left and makes a diving stop, but as he tried to get up, he touched the rope

2.3 - U Yadav to W Saha, FOUR, short ball on the leg stump, Saha hops and pulls it past backward square leg for four

19.2 - M Morkel to Bailey, SIX, full toss outside off, Bailey lofts it over long-off, who jumps right near the rope, gets two hands to it, but can't hold on. Not just that, the followthrough would have taken him over the rope anyway, Bailey now has the Orange cap

17.0 - Chawla to Bailey, SIX, tonked! You can't bowl there at this time of the innings. Too easy for Bailey as he waits for this full delivery to arrive, gets under it and hammers it over the long-off fence. Effortless hit from the PUN captain. It was the googly from Chawla, but Bailey read it well

16.2 - Chawla to Gurkeerat Singh, SIX, floated up on off and middle stump line, Mann lofts it over the long-on fence for his first maximum of the night

13.1 - A Russell to T Perera, SIX, short ball on the leg stump, Perera rocks back and hooks, the ball goes off the toe-end of the bat, but it's gone way back over deep backward square leg

9.2 - A Russell to Maxwell, SIX, just a flick of the wrists and away she goes, would say someone. Full and on the leg stump, Maxwell gets across the sticks and whips it away nicely over the backward square leg boundary for a flat six

5.1 - M Morkel to Maxwell, SIX, looked like it came off the toe-end of the bat but it has gone all the way. Slower delivery from Morkel, Maxwell goes for the slog and just clears the long-on boundary

2.5 - U Yadav to W Saha, SIX, top-edge and six! It was banged in short and outside off, Saha goes for the pull, gets a top-edge that clears the man at deep backward square leg, Saha collects six

20.0 - M Morkel to Johnson, out Caught by Gambhir!! Johnson is out on the last ball of the innings. PUN finish with 155 on the board. It was a high full toss outside off, Johnson slices it towards backward point, where Gambhir takes a good catch stretching and jumping to his left. He did really well to take that catch as the ball was travelling and had he failed to stop it, it would have costed KOL 4 runs. The umpires check for the no-ball because of the height, but it's a fair delivery. Johnson c Gambhir b M Morkel 1(2)

19.4 - M Morkel to Bailey, out Bailey Run Out!! 1 run completed. Bailey has been run-out here, trying to come back for the second run. It was a low full toss outside off, Bailey drives it towards long-off and tries to come back for the second. The fielder fires in the throw at the striker's end and Uthappa does well take the bails off even though the throw was not on top of the stumps. Uthappa had to move a long way to his left to collect the ball and then had to stretch quickly to his right to effect the run-out. Bailey run out (ten Doeschate/Uthappa) 60(45) [4s-5 6s-2]

19.0 - Narine to A Patel, out Caught by Suryakumar Yadav!! Narine picks up his first wicket of this year's T20 League. It was tossed up outside off, Patel goes for the slog sweep and ends up slicing it, he got more height than distance on it, long-off settles under it and takes it easily. A Patel c Suryakumar Yadav b Narine 2(3)

17.3 - U Yadav to Gurkeerat Singh, out Caught by Suryakumar Yadav!! Gurkeerat departs trying to up the ante. It was full and angling in on off, Mann wanted to loft it over the long-on fence, but doesn't get the desired distance. He hits it straight down the throat of Suryakumar Yadav, who takes a simple catch. Gurkeerat Singh c Suryakumar Yadav b U Yadav 11(10) [6s-1]

14.0 - A Russell to T Perera, out Caught by M Pandey!! He was never comfortable against Russell's pace. Shortish and following Perera as he makes room, Perera cuts and picks out backward point to perfection. Perera fails to do well with the bat in his first game of the season. T Perera c M Pandey b A Russell 9(8) [6s-1]

11.4 - U Yadav to Maxwell, out Caught by A Russell!! In the airrrrr and that's an excellent catch by the West Indian all-rounder. This is surely Russell's wicket. Short and wide outside off stump, Maxwell backs away and slaps hard, ends up slicing a bit, sweeper cover runs forward, dives and takes a very good catch. This is a massive wicket for KOL. Maxwell c A Russell b U Yadav 33(26) [4s-2 6s-2]

4.2 - A Russell to Sehwag, out Caught by Chawla!! That's an excellent catch by PC at square leg. Short of a length delivery on the leg stump, Sehwag flicks, but doesn't keep it down, Chawla dives to his right and takes it inches from the ground. Sehwag c Chawla b A Russell 11(10) [4s-2]

3.5 - M Morkel to W Saha, out Caught by Y Pathan!! That's a bizarre catch to slip. Short and outside off stump, Saha goes across the stumps and goes for the pull, but gets the toe-end of the bat and it goes straight to fly slip, who was a little wider. Morkel gets his reward for some good bowling. W Saha c Y Pathan b M Morkel 15(11) [4s-1 6s-1]

0.4 - U Yadav to Vijay, out Caught by A Russell!! Soft dismissal! Umesh Yadav justifies the captain's call to bowl first. Not a wicket-taking ball but Yadav will take it. Short of a length delivery on the leg stump, Vijay gently flicks it, looked like a half-hearted shot. The ball hits him high on the bat as well. Russell runs forward and takes a good catch at mid-wicket. Great start for KOL. Vijay c A Russell b U Yadav 0(4)

7.5 - A Russell to Maxwell, 1 run, oh my word! How can you drop Glenn Maxwell? It was a dolly! Short ball outside off stump, Maxwell goes for the pull, gets a top edge, Yusuf Pathan had it covered at deep square leg, got both hands to it but it popped out. How costly is this going to be? Is this the slice of luck Maxwell needed to score some big runs this season?

18.3 - Narine to Bailey, 2 runs, Bailey reaches his fifty with this couple! It was fuller and on the stumps, Bailey goes deep in the crease and drives it towards long-on, the batsmen take two as the fielder had to run a long way in to field the ball

13.4 - A Russell to T Perera, 1 run, full and outside off stump, Perera toe-ends the drive to extra-cover, a direct-hit would have been very close for Perera

11.3 - U Yadav to Bailey, 1 run, a direct-hit would have been very close. Bailey tapped this to cover and set off, Yusuf Pathan quickly gets to the ball and under-arms it at the bowler's end but misses

10.0 - A Russell to Maxwell, 2 runs, yorker on the off stump, Maxwell digs it out towards mid-on, Umesh Yadav runs to his left from mid-wicket and dives but fumbles the ball to give Maxwell an extra run

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

15.4 - T Perera to A Russell, SIX, low full toss on the stumps, Russell swings hard and sends it packing over the long-on fence. Mighty blow from the mighty Jamaican. The key to playing that was that Russell stayed low and got under it

12.2 - A Patel to A Russell, SIX, whoa! Russell definitely packs a punch! This time he goes down on one knee and slog sweeps it over the deep mid-wicket fence for a maximum

6.0 - Johnson to Suryakumar Yadav, SIX, Johnson bowled that at 146.7 kph and Yadav makes full use of the pace on the ball. This is brilliant batting. Good length delivery around the leg stump line, Yadav flicks it away over the infield and it flies over the backward square leg fence. 15 runs off Johnson's first over

5.3 - Johnson to Suryakumar Yadav, SIX, this is an outrageous shot from Suryakumar Yadav. Gee! What a hit, he exposes the leg stump to one of the fastest bowlers in the world, Johnson bowls a back of a length ball down the leg-side and Yadav helps it on its way over fine leg

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]

15.5 - T Perera to A Russell, 1 run, ohh dear! Of all people, Maxwell has dropped a dolly. It was a low full toss outside off, Russell was shuffling across at first and then went for the big slog, the bat turns in his hands and the ball goes high in the air, Maxwell gets under it at mid-on and drops a sitter. Even he can't believe that he has put that down