19.3 -
U Yadav to Binny, FOUR, now, Binny shows some finesse. The crowd roars in the background. The shortish ball from Yadav, Binny backs away a touch and ramps it over the keeper's head
18.4 -
A Russell to Watson, FOUR, finally, Watson gets it off the sweet spot of the bat and on this fast outfied, it just rockets to the boundary boards. Very full and on leg-stump, Watson slogs it to the mid-wicket boundary
18.3 -
A Russell to Watson, FOUR, this is an unfair game! Just unfair on the bowlers. Full and on the stumps, Watson again manufactures room and tries to hammer it over the off-side and the outside edge zoots away to the third man boundary
18.2 -
A Russell to Watson, FOUR, Watson makes room and looks to loft it over long-off, but gets a thickish outside edge and the ball races away to the third man fence
17.5 -
U Yadav to Sachin Baby, FOUR, Yadav yanks his length back on this delivery, Baby plonks his front foot and pulls it to the deep mid-wicket fence. It is raining fours and sixes at the ground now. Yadav is under extreme pressure
17.4 -
U Yadav to Sachin Baby, FOUR, fuller length delivery and on the stumps, Baby lifts it over the bowler's head and into the downtown territories
17.2 -
U Yadav to Watson, FOUR, full toss and outside off, Watson cracks the drive to the sweeper cover boundary. It was a meaty blow from him
16.0 -
Narine to Watson, FOUR, Watson buries a full toss to the deep mid-wicket fence. It was hit with brute force
12.3 -
Narine to Kohli, FOUR, this time, Kohli stoops on one knee and cracks the slog-sweep, it races away to the deep mid-wicket fence. It beat two fielders in the deep with perfection
12.1 -
Narine to Kohli, FOUR, the off-spinner from Narine, but it does not turn, Kohli rocks back and cuts it to the sweeper cover fence. He nailed that one
10.2 -
Narine to Rahul, FOUR, Rahul reaches his fifty in style with a reverse sweep. He takes on a flatter delivery and uses the reverse sweep and it runs away to the third man boundary. He raises his bat to acknowledge the crowd. Kohli pats him
9.5 -
Chawla to Rahul, FOUR, oh brilliant. He was lining up for a sweep, you know. Then saw the ball was full and wide outside off so he opened the bat-face and sliced it between backward point and short third man
7.4 -
Chawla to Kohli, FOUR, how often do you see this with leggies! Them dropping it short now and again is more common than seeing sapiosexuals on Tinder. Kohli slides back in the crease and hammers the pull through mid-wicket
6.3 -
U Yadav to Rahul, FOUR, he's getting back into that groove, into that zone in which he was in the previous game. Rocks back quickly to a short ball and pulls it emphatically along the carpet behind square
6.1 -
U Yadav to Kohli, FOUR, is there some magnet driving these bowlers towards Kohli's pads today? Yadav is guilty of feeding Kohli with a half-volley there, and is mercilessly flicked through square leg
5.2 -
Narine to Rahul, FOUR, this doesn't happen very often. Back to back boundaries to welcome Narine to the crease. Rahul grounds his back knee, uses his long reach to good effect and wallops a sweep past a diving backward square
5.1 -
Narine to Rahul, FOUR, thrashes a drive past a diving extra-cover where Chawla is impaired with a bad bounce. It was too full from Narine, allowed Rahul to get to the pitch and force it through
3.3 -
M Morkel to Rahul, FOUR, short ball which didn't seem to have THAT Morkel venom on it. Laboured off the deck and is pulled away wristily behind square. Kept it all along the ground and fine leg is up in the ring
19.4 -
U Yadav to Binny, SIX, in his last 10 balls, Yadav has gifted away 40 runs! BLR's batsmen have explored every nook and cranny of the ground against Yadav's bowling. The slower one from Yadav, biffed over the long-on fence
19.2 -
U Yadav to Binny, SIX, when the ball met the willow, it gave an inkling that Binny got it right off the screws. The slower one from Yadav, Binny just clears his front leg and lifts it over long-off. It cleared the fence with utmost ease
18.0 -
U Yadav to Sachin Baby, SIX, 23 runs off Yadav's over! Baby uses his feet and pulverises it over the deep square leg boundary. Crackerjack shot from him
15.2 -
Narine to Watson, SIX, now that is what Watson is good at. He slog-sweeps a pushed through ball over the mid-wicket fence. Russell jumps in the air to pouch the catch, but even he had no chance there
10.1 -
Narine to Rahul, SIX, Rahul is firing on all cylinders today. Narine slides it down leg, Rahul sinks on one knee and slog-sweeps it over the deep backward square leg fence. He is in prime form
9.4 -
Chawla to Rahul, SIX, this is a facet of his game which has improved drastically by the looks of it. The ability to hit sixes. Steps out to the leggie, gets close enough to the pitch of the ball and levitates it over long-off
1.2 -
M Morkel to Gayle, SIX, there he goes! Hurls down the track, and Morkel must have been unnerved seeing him charge. Drops it on a length and gets spanked over his head. Off and running
20.0 -
U Yadav to Watson, out Watson Run Out!! 1 run completed. Another full toss from Yadav and eventually, has resulted in a wicket. Watson works it to mid-wicket and sets off for a second run. However, Manish fires in a throw at the striker's end and Uthappa whips the bails off. In the final three overs, 54 runs were collected. Now that gives you an inkling that KOL's bowlers were taken to the cleaners. Watson run out (M Pandey/Uthappa) 34(21) [4s-5 6s-1]
19.5 -
U Yadav to Binny, out Caught by M Pandey!! Finally some respite for Yadav. The full toss from Yadav, but it was below waist height. Binny lifts it to Manish at long-on and he pouches it. The umpire confirms the same that Yadav was fine there. Binny c M Pandey b U Yadav 16(4) [4s-1 6s-2]
19.0 -
A Russell to Sachin Baby, out Caught&Bowled!! Well, what happened there? Baby could have been dismissed in two ways. Eventually, given as caught and bowled. Baby tries to scoop and it comes off the toe-end. Russell takes a simple caught and bowled chance on offer. He also hits the stumps and Baby was caught short of the crease. However, given as caught and bowled. Sachin Baby c and b A Russell 16(8) [4s-2 6s-1]
16.4 -
M Morkel to Kohli, out Caught by A Russell!! Well, Morkel will thank his stars that the missed opportunity by Gambhir did not result in KOL bleeding a lot of runs. Kohli tries to lift a length ball over the long-off region and slices it to Russell at sweeper cover who keeps his eyes on the ball and snaffles it. Kohli c A Russell b M Morkel 52(44) [4s-4]
13.4 -
Chawla to de Villiers, out Lbw!! The flatter delivery has done the trick for Chawla. de Villiers camps back to a ball that he should have been forward. He tries to tuck it and misses. On expected lines, Chawla dishes out an appeal for LBW. The umpire answers the appeal in the affirmative. It was crashing into middle and leg-stump. It might have been a seam up ball on replays. de Villiers lbw b Chawla 4(6)
11.1 -
Chawla to Rahul, out Caught by Y Pathan!! Rahul's sparkling spread of run-scoring comes to an end. He is a disappointed man as he almost thuds his bat onto the ground. Flatter delivery and on off-stump, Rahul slices the loft to Yusuf at sweeper cover, who keeps his eyes on the ball and pouches it. He was looking to lift it over long-off. Rahul c Y Pathan b Chawla 52(32) [4s-6 6s-2]
1.3 -
M Morkel to Gayle, out Caught by Uthappa!! What a way to hit back! Excellent short ball with some good shoulder behind it. Climbs awkwardly around shoulder height and rushes Gayle on the pull. He's in no control at all and skies it off a thick top edge. Some hesitation between the bowler and keeper as to whose catch it is, but then Morkel backs out well in time. Gayle c Uthappa b M Morkel 7(7) [6s-1]
16.3 -
M Morkel to Kohli, 2 runs, well, Gambhir has pretty much dropped a sitter at backward point. Kohli waltzes down the track and tries to hammer it over the cover-region, but gets it off the toe-end towards Gambhir, who takes a few steps backwards but can't hold onto the catch
16.1 -
M Morkel to Kohli, 1 run, short of length delivery and outside off, Kohli taps it to mid-wicket. He cracks yet another fifty in this T20 League. It has become a routine affair for him these days
7.5 -
Chawla to Kohli, 2 runs, short ball turning away outside off, cut ferociously in front of square and Pathan is compelled into a sprint at sweeper cover. Does well to dive and cut it off