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Indian T20 League 2016

Scorecard - 45th Match, Kolkata vs Pune at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, India (14 May 2016)

Pune

103/6 (17.4) RR:5.83

Kolkata won by 8 wkts (DLS method)

MOM: Yusuf Pathan
Kolkata

66/2 (5) RR:13.2

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7.3 - Rajpoot to Bailey, FOUR, good from Rajpoot. Sees Bailey making room, pounds it on a length and angles it in. Bailey is cramped, looks to chop it away but ekes out an inside edge through the bat-pad gap. Runs through fine leg

7.0 - Shakib to Bailey, FOUR, that's some sixth sense into play. Pre-empts the slowish pace, chips down the track and lofts it over extra cover. Shakib didn't do much to shorten the length there, making it look all the more pretty

6.0 - M Morkel to S Tiwary, FOUR, that ball's been derided. Mocked. Not a ball ball. Angled away on a shortish length, Tiwary defies conventions to opt for the leg side and plants a front foot pull wide of mid-wicket

5.4 - M Morkel to Bailey, FOUR, on the up and away she goes. Good bounce on this length ball, Bailey lofts the back foot drive and channels it wide of Gambhir at short cover

3.1 - M Morkel to Khawaja, FOUR, that's a mermaid loft. Gorgeous mermaid loft. No feet whatsoever. Stands still, sees the width and gobbles it up over long-off

2.2 - A Russell to Khawaja, FOUR, that oozed away. Shimmies down, makes use of the shortish length and pulls off the front foot. Wide of mid-wicket to roll it all the way

1.1 - M Morkel to Khawaja, FOUR, the short ball riposte has been shamed. Stands up, swivels and picks it up with a pull over deep backward square leg

16.1 - Chawla to T Perera, SIX, Perera has cracked a mighty blow and it has gone all the way. Perera waltzes down the track, gets close to the pitch of the ball and lifts it over the long-on fence. He picked the bones out of that delivery

8.1 - Shakib to Bailey, SIX, slammed down the ground! Bailey drifts this one in, Bailey had the slide on and thumps it over long-on

16.2 - Chawla to T Perera, out Caught by M Pandey!! Chawla has been street-smart today and that has helped him to whittle away at the opposition ranks. Perera charges down the track, but he was too early into his shot. As a result, Chawla bowls a googly and wide of off. Perera gets the loft off the toe-end and Pandey at long-off snaffles it. He lost it for a moment, before pouching it. T Perera c M Pandey b Chawla 13(11) [6s-1]

13.5 - Narine to Dhoni, out I Pathan Run Out!! A horrible mix-up has resulted in Pathan's dismissal. Dhoni is furious with Pathan there. He yelled at Pathan and gave him a mouthful. Coming back to the wicket, Dhoni pushed it to point and looked to pinch in a single. Chawla swooped down on the ball quickly and fired in a throw at the striker's end. By then, Dhoni was more than half way down the pitch. Even though, the single was on, Irfan was late to respond and he had no chance of making his ground. Pathan almost put in a dive to make sure that he would cross Dhoni. Maybe he wanted to escape from the wrath of his captain. I Pathan run out (Chawla/Uthappa) 7(8)

10.3 - Chawla to Bailey, out Stumped!! What am I seeing? Chawla has got his legspinner to turn to prise out Bailey. Bailey dances down the track, looks to turn the legspinner into the on-side and connects with thin air. Easy stumping for Uthappa to effect. Bailey st Uthappa b Chawla 33(27) [4s-3 6s-1]

9.4 - Rajpoot to S Tiwary, out Caught by Uthappa!! Redemption for Oxenford! Rajpoot spears this on a back of a length and gets it to trim away. Tiwary opens himself up, looks to dab it down to third man but skirts it off the outside edge back to Uthappa. Good bounce on it doing the trick there. S Tiwary c Uthappa b Rajpoot 13(12) [4s-1]

4.3 - Shakib to Khawaja, out Caught by Suryakumar Yadav!! Oh, he's gone. Morkel breathes easy. KOL breathe easy. After that Oxenford lifeline, Khawaja could add only a couple of runs more. Tries to fetch this flatter one from outside off, ekes out a slog sweep more feeble than he would have wanted and finds deep square leg inches inside the rope. Khawaja c Suryakumar Yadav b Shakib 21(17) [4s-3]

2.4 - A Russell to Rahane, out Bowled!! That's gone and Rahane's stumps were a mess. Looks to pull a back of a length delivery, fails to fetch it from outside off and chops it onto his stumps. Rahane b A Russell 2(6)

3.3 - Murugan Ashwin to Y Pathan, FOUR, everything is going! This is such a wave from Pathan, which is devouring all in its path. Although this is not short of luck. Tries to go inside out over extra-cover but the length is such that he can't cover for the turn. Zooms away off the outside edge past short third man

3.0 - Ashwin to Y Pathan, FOUR, Ashwin darts it quicker, but it doesn't matter. Hammered over mid-on. This is nothing but Pathan's power-play which enables him to clear the infield despite not getting anywhere close to the middle

2.5 - Ashwin to Y Pathan, FOUR, Pathan is going hammer and tongs! This is like a premium rush during the peak office hours in Mumbai. Grounds his back knee and wallops the sweep through square leg

1.5 - Dinda to M Pandey, FOUR, this has just flown off the outside edge. Too much width from Dinda, and again Pandey is made to stretch every sinew. His bottom hand may have come off but doesn't matter. KOL are in a hurry

1.2 - Dinda to Y Pathan, FOUR, and now he swats this through mid-wicket through sheer muscle. A nothing ball though from Dinda, floated it up on a short of length outside off, Pathan fetches it and goes hard on the front foot. Despite not timing it well, it's enough

0.1 - Ashwin to Uthappa, FOUR, and here goes Uthappa, straightaway! Darted on a back of a length outside off, not sure if it was the carrom ball but it certainly deviated away, Uthappa goes back and across and punches it through the off-side ring

3.5 - Murugan Ashwin to Y Pathan, SIX, yes. He plants his foot down and launches it over long-off. 36 from 14 balls, is Yusuf Pathan and this is a demolition job

2.4 - Ashwin to Y Pathan, SIX, that's too full and Ashwin sees himself disappearing over long-on. Right in Pathan's zone and he swings through the line. Right off the meat

2.1 - Ashwin to Y Pathan, SIX, Pathan swipes, and all the way over wide long-on. Ventures to leg to create the room from where he can free his arms, and then swings ferociously. Flat six, don't think it got higher than 10 feet off the ground

0.3 - Ashwin to Gambhir, out Lbw!! Wow, what an over this has been so far! Ashwin loops it in from round the wicket, on a length where Gambhir isn't sure whether to come forward or go back. In the end, he's stuck on the crease. The ball skids on to beat the inside edge and hits him on the knee-roll in front of middle. Gambhir lbw b Ashwin 0(1)

0.2 - Ashwin to Uthappa, wide, out Stumped!! Ashwin hits back with a ripper! Phew, the turn on this! Slower through the air on middle, Uthappa is drawn out of the crease looking to clip it through the on-side safe in the knowledge that he is playing with the turn. But there's too much of it. The ball skirts past the face of the bat and Dhoni is quick as always. Uthappa st Dhoni b Ashwin 4(1) [4s-1]

4.2 - Zampa to M Pandey, 5 wides, the destruction has been such, that even the new bowler - Zampa - has been rattled. He darts it down leg hoping to cramp Pandey but all he does is concede five wides. Pandey never moved. Dhoni was a little slow to move across too