18.2 -
Shivil to Kohli, FOUR, Kohli had to reach out to meet this ball, but somehow has managed to time it so well. How did he do it? Only he will know! Shivil bowled wide outside off stump, but was not spared, four over extra-cover
17.5 -
Dwayne Bravo to de Villiers, no ball, FOUR, oopsy! Bravo fails to control the slower delivery and bowls a waist-high full toss down the leg-side, called a no-ball and the next one will be a free-hit now, de Villiers helps it away past the man at short fine leg
17.1 -
Dwayne Bravo to Kohli, FOUR, pure power there from Kohli. What a shot! Full and outside off stump, Kohli throws everything at it, but makes sure that he doesn't lose his shape. Brilliantly lofted, rather thrashed over cover for a one-bounce four
15.4 -
P Kumar to de Villiers, FOUR, wowwww! Even Kohli didn't move after seeing that ball race off de Villiers's bat. I say even Kohli didnt move because he is the non-striker and the non-striker generally sets off for a run as soon as the contact is made by the batsman. What timing from de Villiers! Long-on was there, but this drive rocketed past him
14.5 -
Tambe to de Villiers, FOUR, wow! Incredible hit! He knew third man was inside the ring, hence opened the face of the bat at the last moment and hit it deliberately in the air over backward point. Great thinking from de Villiers. As soon as he saw some width on offer, he had the presence of mind to quickly think about the vacant third man region instead of going hard at the ball
12.4 -
Jadeja to de Villiers, FOUR, now that was not from the middle the bat, not a great sound from the bat as it made contact with the ball, yet, the class that he is, AB de Villiers manages to loft-drive this full delivery over cover for four
11.5 -
D Kulkarni to de Villiers, FOUR, that discussion hasn't worked! I am sure Baz did not ask Kulkarni to bowl short and wide, de Villiers rocks back, waits and cuts fiercely, sweeper cover was stationed but he had no chance. A gentle raise of the bat from ABdV to acknowledge the applause for his fifty
11.4 -
D Kulkarni to de Villiers, FOUR, now this is pure class! Don't take your eyes off this one folks! DK was up to the stumps to prevent de Villiers from advancing down the pitch, Kulkarni bowls short of a length on the leg stump, de Villiers was actually cramped for room a bit on the pull, looked a bit hurried as well, but he somehow manages to time it well enough to split deep mid-wicket and long-on to perfection
10.0 -
Dwayne Smith to de Villiers, FOUR, and that will cap off the over in style. de Villiers uses his feet and then drives it over extra cover, the ball raced away to the fence
9.2 -
Dwayne Smith to Kohli, FOUR, short and wide, Kohli thrashes it through cover, no chance for the fielder at sweeper cover
7.3 -
Dwayne Bravo to de Villiers, FOUR, McCullum at mid-off almost pouched this one. de Villiers moved leg-side and then lofted the drive over mid-off, McCullum leapt high but failed to get his fingers to it
6.2 -
Shivil to de Villiers, FOUR, he has been hitting good deliveries out of the park and Kaushik thought he will get away with a short delivery. Was mistaken, de Villiers went back and then pulled it to beat deep mid-wicket and long-on, hit well between them
5.4 -
Tambe to de Villiers, FOUR, this man creates shots! Moves leg-side and then opens the face of the bat on the drive to send it through the square region on the off-side
4.4 -
Shivil to Kohli, FOUR, this time Kaushik cannot get away with a bad delivery, was well short and wide of off, Kohli cuts it past cover, the ball races away to the fence
3.3 -
D Kulkarni to Gayle, FOUR, nicely done by Gayle, he waited for this slower delivery and then dabbed it fine away from the fielder at short third man
3.1 -
D Kulkarni to Kohli, 4 runs, Kohli pats this length delivery to point, where Jadeja was ready for it. Did everything right but decided to throw unnecessarily towards the bowler's end, where the ball deflected off the stumps and raced away towards the deep mid-wicket fence
2.1 -
P Kumar to Kohli, FOUR, this was coming! Not well controlled but Kohli won't mind, threw his bat on this back of a length, it was uppish but away from the reach of backward point, raced away to the fence
19.4 -
P Kumar to Kohli, SIX, now what sort of a ball was that? Kohli had to wait ages for that one to came. The slower ball bumper, came very slowly that Kohli had a lot time to adjust for the lack of pace and smash it with a pull over square leg
19.3 -
P Kumar to Kohli, SIX, he did not have a T20 hundred before the start of the season, but he has scored three now. First player to record three hundreds in a season. Friendly full toss from PK, Kohli smashes it straight down the ground and into the sightscreen. Takes the helmet off, looks at the sky, swings his bat and roars like a lion. Well done sir!
18.5 -
Shivil to Kohli, SIX, no! Shivil is not learning his lessons! Another full ball and again he disappears for six. Full and in the slot, Kohli loft-drives this hard over long-off. He doesn't want to show his emotions, but he is really enjoying this from inside. Into the 90s now
18.4 -
Shivil to Kohli, SIX, who's going to stop this bleeding? It is common sense for any bowler that you cannot afford to bowl full ball to set batsman. This is easily lofted over long-off. Boy! What entertainment for the crowd
18.3 -
Shivil to Kohli, SIX, change of angle for Shivil, but it doesn't work. Second double-hundred partnership for the duo in T20 League history! Shivil tries the yorker, Kohli slogs it hard over long-on
18.1 -
Shivil to Kohli, SIX, Kohli is not too far from de Villiers as well! Shortish from Shivil, Kohli camps on the back foot and with a strong bottom hand grip muscles this flat over long-off
18.0 -
Dwayne Bravo to de Villiers, SIX, ohhhh this is huuuggeee! Another slower ball attempted, but de Villiers has picked it. Smashes this over long-on and moves to 128 off just 51 balls
17.5 -
Dwayne Bravo to de Villiers, SIX, my word! This is insane stuff from de Villiers! Slower delivery outside off stump, de Villiers delays his assault as Bravo took pace off the ball and managed to time it well enough to deep extra-cover
17.2 -
Dwayne Bravo to Kohli, SIX, and Kohli does it even better this time. He goes over the rope! Once again a poor delivery from Bravo, can't bowl full and outside off stump to set batsmen, Kohli lofts it flat over extra-cover
17.0 -
Jadeja to de Villiers, SIX, and now he goes the other side of the pitch. Jadeja is not willing to flight the ball and he continues to disappear. Waits nicely in the crease and slogs it away over wide long-on
16.5 -
Jadeja to de Villiers, SIX, full and in the slot, de Villiers goes off-side and goes over cover, just had enough legs to clear the fence there
15.5 -
P Kumar to de Villiers, SIX, in the airrrrrrr, again a mistime from de Villiers, but's gone all the way. ABdV is on 99 now. Low full toss, de Villiers goes back on across, gets into a great position and swings really hard so that it went all the way even though the connection wasn't great
15.3 -
P Kumar to de Villiers, SIX, he's mistimed this, but this is that kind of a ground! Even mishits clear the boundary quite comfortably as this one has done! PK bowls short and pays the penalty, muscled all the away over mid-wicket with a pull
15.2 -
P Kumar to de Villiers, SIX, oh that has gone over the roof! AB de Villiers watched it all the way and enjoyed it thoroughly! Even captain Kohli sports a big smile on his face. New balls please! Low full toss, de Villiers gets down low after walking across the stumps and helps it away from the middle of the bat. Gee, how good is that willow in his hands? How did it go that far, for he did not try to hit it very hard
14.4 -
Tambe to de Villiers, SIX, that's not a big hit but this ground is small. And they travel here as well. Flighted delivery on the stumps, de Villiers goes down on one knee and slog-sweeps it over wide long-on
12.5 -
Jadeja to de Villiers, SIX, de Villiers hit the previous ball over cover and now he goes on the other-side with a slog-sweep over mid-wicket. Again not convinced that it came off the meat of the bat, but the power, the bat swing, the bat itself is very good from the master
11.3 -
D Kulkarni to de Villiers, SIX, he's raced to 43 off 23 balls now. The idea was right from Kulkarni, to take pace off the ball, but he bowled it too short, de Villiers was on the charge and had no problems in smashing this pull over the mid-wicket fence
11.1 -
D Kulkarni to Kohli, SIX, wow! Just wow! How authoritative was that? Why on earth would you bowl length and that too to someone named Virat Kohli! Kulkarni tried to shorten his length on seeing Kohli advance, but he couldn't make proper adjustment, went as a length ball in the slot, which was muscled all the way over long-on
5.5 -
Tambe to de Villiers, SIX, we have seen everything now, almost! His initial movement was towards the leg-side, forced the bowler to bowl it flat on the stumps, then moved across and lapped the pull over the fine leg fence
5.0 -
Shivil to de Villiers, SIX, hitting sixes off the back foot and hitting them well in front. Where do they teach this art? Take me there! Waits for this flatter delivery and then lofts the drive over deep extra cover, goes the distance
20.0 -
P Kumar to Watson, out Caught by D Karthik!! Edged and taken! So PK has had everything in this match. Bowled a maiden, got thrashed and now has two-in-two. Even Shane Watson sports a smile. Well, he can afford to because BLR have registered the second highest team total in the history of T20 League. Slower delivery outside off stump, oh looks like Watson is batting with someone else's bat. That is surely not his normal willow. Swung hard and only managed to outside-edge it to the keeper. Watson c D Karthik b P Kumar 0(1)
19.5 -
P Kumar to Kohli, out Caught by Dwayne Bravo!! Oh! We have a wicket here! Needed a bit of brilliance to end this stand and Bravo has pulled off a lovely catch. No emotions from the Gujarat though. They know that the damage has been done by Kohli. What a knock. Whadaa player! Fullish delivery outside off stump, Kohli walks across and sweeps, hits it in the air and Bravo times his jump to perfection at backward square leg to take it above his head. Great round of applause from the crowd as Kohli walks back with his bat raised. Kohli c Dwayne Bravo b P Kumar 109(55) [4s-5 6s-8]
3.5 -
D Kulkarni to Gayle, out Bowled!! And that's the end of Gayle. He was a bit fidgety once again. This was a normal delivery, not a slower one and rushed onto him. Gayle wanted to force it through the off-side, chopped it into the ground, the ball just clipped the leg-bail on the bounce. Nothing else moved, sad dismissal indeed. Gayle b D Kulkarni 6(13) [4s-1]
16.0 -
P Kumar to de Villiers, 1 run, take a bow AB de Villiers. This is now his fastest hundred in the T20 League. Is there anything that this man can't do? He's not human! He's a computer or something even better! The amazing thing is he does them so easily. de Villiers mistimes the drive towards cover and gets to the milestone. Big roar from the crowd. Kohli walks and pats ABdV
14.1 -
Tambe to Kohli, 1 run, fifth fifty of the season for Virat 'Champion' Kohli. Flighted delivery on the stumps, Kohli drives it along the ground to long-on and gets to the milestone. Gets a good round of applause from the crowd and the dressing room
13.4 -
Dwayne Bravo to de Villiers, 1 run, the ultimate pair bring up another century stand. Please bowlers, please, pull up your socks and do justice to the effort that these two put in for the team. Slower ball low full toss, de Villiers was foxed by the lack of pace, but manages to drag it towards mid-wicket