18.2 -
Dinda to N Ojha, FOUR, attempts the yorker, gets a hint of reverse but misdirects it down leg. Ojha simply tickles it on its way past short fine leg
17.0 -
T Perera to Williamson, FOUR, shuffles a bit to a ball angled in on a short of length and whips it behind square. Lovely wristwork. Useful over this. 12 off it
16.4 -
T Perera to Henriques, FOUR, uff, that ball is emitting smoke on the way to the fence. Just a tad full outside off and it's been blasted through the covers with a scorching drive
14.3 -
T Perera to Yuvraj, FOUR, oh this is ominous! Pune, be afraid. Be very afraid. He's now taking liberties. The previous match signalled his arrival back to form, and today he is taking over from where he left against Mumbai. Walks across off to get inside the line of a short ball and helps it around the corner with a delicate pull to beat fine leg
13.3 -
R Bhatia to Williamson, FOUR, deft from Williamson. He's had a miserable time out there so far but the crucial thing is that he hasn't thrown it away. Walks across off, crouches low and then paddles a leg-cutter past short fine leg
8.5 -
Ashwin to Williamson, FOUR, quicker but Ashwin missed the line and length, ended up bowling it well wide. Williamson clatters the cut past backward point, the ball rockets to the fence
5.4 -
RP Singh to Dhawan, FOUR, Dhawan stayed leg-side, the ball was a bit wide, there to be hit. Dhawan let his arms take over and drove it past extra cover, was in the air for a while but away from the reach of the fielder
3.0 -
Dinda to Dhawan, FOUR, the sound off the bat this time was a majestic one. Dhawan stepped down giving himself some room and then punched it through the cover region, two fielders ran after it but they knew why they were following it- to pick up once it had crossed the fence
19.1 -
Zampa to Deepak Hooda, SIX, but this time he himself has been delivered over wide long-on. Good use of the feet from Hooda to get to the pitch and then nails the blow
18.4 -
Dinda to Deepak Hooda, SIX, that's colossal! A 90-metre strike from Deepak Hooda. Sets himself for the low full toss by standing deep in the crease and slugs it hard over deep mid-wicket
14.2 -
T Perera to Yuvraj, SIX, just sit back and behold the majesty of this stroke! Two consecutive sixes for Yuvraj now. Perera bowls it short without any pace or height, and is hammered over deep mid-wicket with a furious pull
14.0 -
R Bhatia to Yuvraj, SIX, oh look at that batswing. My colleague Raju (a Yuvi die-hard) is salivating. Fullish off-cutter on middle, Yuvraj hauls his front leg out of the way, does a little flamingo flick and wallops it over wide long-on
9.3 -
R Bhatia to Dhawan, SIX, this man packs some power for sure. As he tried to loft this cover drive, the bottom hand came off his bat, but it still had enough on it to clear the deep extra cover fence with ease
6.0 -
RP Singh to Dhawan, SIX, if cricket matches coule be settled on the basis of shots, this one has won it for Hyderabad. What a shot this was from Dhawan. Stepped down the track and lofted the length ball over the bowler's head, timed it really well, the ball thuds into the sight-screen. Wow!
1.5 -
RP Singh to Warner, SIX, just a bit of width on offer and Warner makes use of these opportunities everyday. Flays his bat and carves it uppishly over deep extra cover, first six off the innings
20.0 -
Zampa to Bhuvneshwar, out Caught by S Tiwary!! Now he gets the sixth! Bhuvneshwar tries to slog, has to fetch it from well wide of off, and slices it off the toe-end to long-on. Superb spell from the young Aussie. Bhuvneshwar c S Tiwary b Zampa 1(2)
19.4 -
Zampa to N Ojha, out Bowled!! Zampa has five! What a magnificent spell of bowling. And you can see that he has revelled in Dhoni's confidence in him. Slips in a flipper to follow Ojha as he backs away, denies him any sort of room on the cut and he chops it onto pad off an underedge before rolling onto the stumps. N Ojha b Zampa 7(5) [4s-1]
19.2 -
Zampa to Deepak Hooda, out Stumped!! Not this time. Zampa has his revenge straightaway. Hooda tries to replicate the previous ball but this one is bowled wider and shorter. Then gets it to turn past the outside edge and crocodile-glove Dhoni does the rest. Deepak Hooda st Dhoni b Zampa 14(5) [6s-2]
17.5 -
Zampa to Henriques, out Caught by R Bhatia!! Gone again! Two in two for the leggie. Timely breakthroughs these for Pune and now there will be two new batsmen at the crease for the final two overs. Henriques runs down the pitch, can't get close enough to the ball but has no option but to go through. There is just a little bit of turn which is enough to foil the loft and he slices it down long-off's throat. Henriques c R Bhatia b Zampa 10(8) [4s-1]
17.4 -
Zampa to Williamson, out Caught by R Bhatia!! If he had left this one, it would have been a wide. But given the scarcity of overs left, Williamson felt compelled to reach out. Fired well wide of off, Williamson stretches out to club it hard so much so that the bottom hand comes off the handle. Fails to generate any power and holes out at long-off. Williamson c R Bhatia b Zampa 32(37) [4s-3]
15.2 -
Zampa to Yuvraj, out Caught by S Tiwary!! And Dhoni's punt has paid off. Well done Zampa. He slips in the googly anticipating Yuvraj to go after him. The southpaw doesn't disappoint as he hurls down the track to butcher it away but doesn't pick the wrong 'un. Goes against the turn and slices it to long-off. Excellent timing of this dismissal as far as Pune are concerned. A Time-out has been called for in the meanwhile. Yuvraj c S Tiwary b Zampa 23(21) [4s-1 6s-2]
10.2 -
Ashwin to Dhawan, out Caught by S Tiwary!! This is so smartly done by Ashwin. He held it back in flight and looped it wider after seeing Dhawan charging down, but was still courageous enough to keep it slow through the air. Dhawan can't meet the pitch and tries to go through with the slog against the turn, gets it off the toe-end and lobs it to long-on. Mind you, it's taken just a couple of yards inside the ropes. So the dangerous Dhawan is on his way back. Dhawan c S Tiwary b Ashwin 33(27) [4s-2 6s-2]
3.2 -
RP Singh to Warner, out Caught by Dhoni!! The umpire took forever to raise his finger but what matters is that he did raise it in the end. Swing, late swing has done the trick for RP. He kept it full even as Warner moved a bit towards the leg-side to free his arms on the drive, the ball moved late, kissed the edge of the bat and just about carried to Dhoni behind the stumps. The PUNE players were up in appeal straightaway but the umpire took his sweet little time before judging Warner out. Warner c Dhoni b RP Singh 11(14) [6s-1]
16.3 -
T Perera to Henriques, 2 runs, clips this through mid-wicket, and hurtles back for two. Big boundaries these, and that means that the fielders have a lot of ground to cover
15.0 -
T Perera to Yuvraj, 1 run, pitched right up and driven to mid-off for a single