19.4 -
Watson to A Russell, FOUR, switches to round the wicket again to cut the width and ironically gives it. Cloaks it in a full toss to make matters worse and Russell slaps it over backward point. All power
16.3 -
Chahal to A Russell, FOUR, this is the legbreak turning away...going wide... Russell gets on his knee and toe-ends the cut through cover. That shouldn't have seen the fences but when you power it like that - almost like a whip - nobody can stop the ball
15.5 -
Aravind to Shakib, FOUR, that's been doctored away. Not quite in control but in T20s, it'll do. Everything does. Shuffles a touch, waits for the cutter and drives to cleave the arc between backward point and cover-point. Off the outside half as Shakib couldn't quite open the face completely
14.3 -
Chahal to Suryakumar Yadav, FOUR, shortish legbreak turning away, Yadav reaches out with the turn and slots this cut wide of backward point
13.5 -
Aravind to Y Pathan, leg byes, FOUR, cutter splayed down leg, misses the tickle and is frisked off the pads to the fine leg fence. An appeal for an LBW that would have shamed rule books and the umpire is not digressed with that. A fail of an appeal
13.1 -
Aravind to M Pandey, FOUR, that's sublime timing. Wow. He was out of the crease, sees a shortish length and almost oozes out an open-batted punch wide of a vacant point
7.0 -
Chahal to Gambhir, FOUR, and now he uses the depth of the crease. Not for no reason is Gambhir called a brilliant player of spin. Creates his own length and slices the cut past backward point
6.5 -
Chahal to Gambhir, FOUR, this is too full. Lands very close to Gambhir's crease allowing him to get under it and loft it inside out to beat long-off
6.0 -
Watson to M Pandey, FOUR, oh how expertly has he played this! Pandey stepped to leg and Watson seemed to have done a great job of cramping him up with a back of a length off-cutter, but then he unfurls his wrists and maneouvers the ball past backward point. Steered it absolutely perfectly
5.3 -
Watson to Gambhir, FOUR, it's a good short ball from Watson, I wouldn't begrudge his effort there but Gambhir has rolled his wrists beautifully on the pull. He kept his eyes on the ball till as late as possible and transferred his weight back seamlessly to crunch it in front of square. A desperate dive from Chahal isn't good enough
4.5 -
I Abdulla to Gambhir, FOUR, after seeing how this over has panned out, Gambhir has an inkling of what's coming. He shuffles towards off, gets inside the line of a dart and paddles it fine past short fine leg
4.0 -
Aravind to M Pandey, FOUR, hoicks once more and despite mistiming it off the inside half of the bat, look at how quickly its gone to the fence. The trick is to just split the infield. Races away to the mid-wicket boundary
3.5 -
Aravind to M Pandey, FOUR, one step, two steps and bam over mid-wicket. Got it perfectly in the slot and clubbed it hard. This is going to be fun
3.3 -
Aravind to Gambhir, FOUR, short and at Aravind's pace, it's too easy for someone like Gambhir. Doesn't rise more than chest high, Gambhir stands tall and pulls it along the ground through square leg
2.3 -
I Abdulla to M Pandey, FOUR, and first ball, Pandey goes down on one knee and slog-sweeps it to the wide long-on fence. Outrageous these young kids. No fear whatsoever
2.0 -
Aravind to Gambhir, FOUR, clipped away wide of Jordan at mid-on and these outfields are so lightning quick that you can't allow it to pass through. Jordan still doesn't give up. He races after it and dives headfirst but to no avail
0.5 -
Binny to Gambhir, FOUR, drilled through the covers. That's gone to the boundary quicker than you can say "blimey". Again, it's not quite a half-volley. But the bounce in this surface is so trustworthy that you can hit through the line. Driven gorgeously
19.0 -
Jordan to A Russell, SIX, power. Brutal. Murdered. Gets a fullish delivery, launches his arms and brutes the ball over long-off. The bat swing measured in tonns of wattage there. And the elbow straightening sound? Let's leave it
17.4 -
Watson to A Russell, SIX, oh, those wrists! Shuffles across and Watson fires it down leg but that doesn't hold back Russell. Winds up and whips it over fine leg. As carnivorous as a flick can get
17.2 -
Watson to Shakib, SIX, BOOM! That's really big! Gets a ball on a length to get nicely under it, sinks to one knee and slog-sweeps the bejeezus out of it. Over deep mid-wicket by a distance
15.3 -
Aravind to A Russell, SIX, holy me! He just powers it away. No back foot weight transfer drama. Just spots the length short, rises in sync with the bounce and blasts the pull off the front foot over deep mid-wicket. *Why fear when Caribbean power is here* moment
11.3 -
Watson to M Pandey, SIX, oh my! That's been manhandled. Almost premeditates the length which is short, had the room made but the bumper does not deter him. Swivels on the front foot and murders the pull over deep mid-wicket. Audacious to say the least
6.2 -
Chahal to M Pandey, SIX, "catch it" is the call from Rahul. What is he seeing? Pandey has muscled the slog-sweep well into the deep mid-wicket stands. He had lots of room as the ball lands on a length and he can get under it. Hammers it away
15.2 -
Aravind to Suryakumar Yadav, out Caught by I Abdulla!! And another wicket! And this is a very good adjustment from Aravind. Sees the shimmy and immediately pulls the length back to arrest it. Suryakumar Yadav goes ahead with the punch, arches back to power it over extra cover but couldn't. Gets more height than distance, and Abdulla runs back from mid-off in an angle and pouches it. Suryakumar Yadav c I Abdulla b Aravind 5(5) [4s-1]
14.1 -
Chahal to Y Pathan, out Stumped!! This was the craziest of dismissals you will witness. Not the shot, but the sheer reaction to the lack of it. Chahal tosses one up on a shortish length which tempts Pathan into a slog. He was waiting outside the crease for that, misses as the ball turns and Rahul takes the bails off in a jiffy. And then Pathan simply walked. Knew that he had dragged his back leg out and the replays showed that his bent back foot was inches outside. Is Yusuf the three-eyed raven or what? Y Pathan st Rahul b Chahal 6(12)
13.4 -
Aravind to M Pandey, out Caught by de Villiers!! That ball summed up T20. Pandey backs away early to give away the cards and is followed by a full ball on his toes. The intention was to make room for a drive through off-side. Now that the room isn't there, he makeshifts with a whip and doctors the ball uppishly intending to clear long-on..but the lack of room meant that he could power it only as far as de Villiers in the deep. M Pandey c de Villiers b Aravind 50(35) [4s-5 6s-2]
10.3 -
I Abdulla to Gambhir, out Gambhir Run Out!! Gautam Gambhir is livid but Kohli always will have more words. And more expressions. A tripe wide ball this was, Gambhir cut it straight to backward point and intended a run. Pandey reacts overenthusiastically, then Gambhir is forced to follow and there's a mid-pitch stutter. The two batsmen cross each other with heavy feet and Gambhir's gone as a result. Dart of a throw at the bowler's end and that was the end. Gambhir run out (Watson/I Abdulla) 51(34) [4s-7]
2.2 -
I Abdulla to Uthappa, out Caught&Bowled!! What your coaches always tell you, never play against the turn. But Uthappa thinks that he has some leeway considering the ball is still new. But he should know his home conditions better than this. There's always turn here. He pops up a leading edge to the left of Abdulla who sticks out a left arm and the ball gets lodged in it. Uthappa c and b I Abdulla 2(4)
18.0 -
Watson to Shakib, 1 run, Eden Gardens can do that to you. Aravind has dropped it at third man and the crowd noise goes up two notches. How many gears do Bengalis have? Phew. Sees a full ball drifting wide, reaches out with a crouch and throws his bat at it. Off the toe-end, not enough power, the fielder is waiting and he lets that pot out...looked more out of panic than anything else. He was nicely behind the projectile
14.4 -
Chahal to Suryakumar Yadav, no run, now was there an edge? More like glove. Looks to cut this legbreak off the keeper's glove, but waits a touch too long to play it. The ball kisses the gloves and the keeper fails to hold on to it. Too tough a chance that for the keeper
13.2 -
Aravind to M Pandey, 1 run, and he gets to a fifty. Claps. Very well played. Very full on the pads and he clips it to mid-wicket to get to the landmark
9.4 -
Jordan to Gambhir, 1 run, it's all cutters from Jordan. And mostly on a back of a length. Gambhir dabs it behind backward point and brings up fifty. He looks absolutely pumped. First punches the bat and then punches the air with an intense look