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Indian T20 League 2016

Scorecard - 52nd Match, Delhi vs Hyderabad at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, Raipur, India (20 May 2016)

Hyderabad

158/7 (20) RR:7.9

Delhi won by 6 wkts

Delhi

161/4 (20) RR:8.05

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19.1 - Coulter-Nile to Bhuvneshwar, FOUR, the 150 is crossed as Bhuvi backs away, creates enough room and smacks a length ball over mid-off. Handy runs!

18.5 - Zaheer to Bhuvneshwar, FOUR, mid-on is up and Bhuvi has flat-batted it over him. He has sliced it more than anything to rob the timing but has enough wood to clear the infield and also beat long-off running across

13.1 - Duminy to Henriques, FOUR, that's a pumping swing of the arms and it's landed just a yard inside the wide long-on ropes. Henriques had the room to play with as the ball was drifting across from round the wicket and allowed Henriques a free swing

12.2 - Jayant Yadav to Warner, FOUR, touch short and Warner says "Thank you" as he rocks back and nails the pull wide of mid-on. Battered!

12.0 - Brathwaite to Henriques, FOUR, slower short ball asking to be punished. Down leg, Henriques swivels and pulls nonchalantly behind square. Sweetly timed!

10.4 - Mishra to Warner, FOUR, that's a right-hander's sweep and boy! Didn't Warner place it perfectly? Awesome stuff from the HYD skipper. Knelt down and swapped his arms to slot it wide of a diving short third man

8.3 - Jayant Yadav to Yuvraj, FOUR, ah ha! Left-handers and their late-cuts, such a pleasing sight. Yuvi sees the ball loop wider off his zone and cuts it ever so late, piercing the gap through short third man and backward point. Neatly done!

4.4 - Jayant Yadav to Warner, FOUR, and again! Cannot bowl there to Warner. Sees the ball slide in and forces his willow into an exuberant drive down the ground, wide of mid-on and the ball finds the fence in no-time

4.3 - Jayant Yadav to Warner, FOUR, "That's a bottom hand smash" chunters Scotty Styris. Need terms like that to describe Warner's shots. Just half-turned and went deep inside the crease to biff it wide of mid-on. No one in the deep

4.0 - Coulter-Nile to Dhawan, FOUR, just over a diving short fine! Things are going HYD's way at the moment. Slanted into the pads on a length, Dhawan flicks in the air and it evades the man, only slightly

3.3 - Coulter-Nile to Warner, FOUR, boom goes Warner! He's clearly trying to unsettle Coulter-Nile here. Makes room early and dispatches the length ball over extra cover with a lovely extension of the arms. Stand and admire that lofted inside out drive!

3.1 - Coulter-Nile to Warner, FOUR, Warner into the act again! He's playing with a nothing-to-lose attitude. Pitched up + Width = Warner crouches low and slices the cut over a leaping backward point. Go, solve that Nathan....

2.2 - Zaheer to Dhawan, FOUR, steps down the pitch, sits on one knee and slices the drive over cover. Neatly done from SD. Zaheer helped him with the length and width

1.5 - Jayant Yadav to Warner, FOUR, top-class! Width on offer and Warner is in no mood to spare. Driven elegantly through the covers. No need to run for that...

1.4 - Jayant Yadav to Warner, FOUR, typical David Warner! There's that smidgen width he's looking for. Hung back and executed the late-cut to perfection. Nearly played it inches in front of QDK's gloves. Once it went past backward point, was always going to be a boundary

18.1 - Zaheer to N Ojha, SIX, Zaheer tries the short ball strategy and is pummeled over deep backward square. It's the pace which is the difference here, easily around 10 clicks slower than NCN. Ojha rocks back and nails the pull

17.1 - Coulter-Nile to Eoin Morgan, SIX, it's not a bad ball at all. A fullish off-cutter which NCN has pushed well wide of off. But such is the power of this man. Stretches out and absolutely clobbers it into the long-on stands

11.4 - Brathwaite to Warner, SIX, slower full delivery and Warner has picked the bones out of it. Dropped to one knee and delivered it into the long-on planet with a thumping swing of the willow. Fetch that!

20.0 - Coulter-Nile to Bhuvneshwar, out Bhuvneshwar Run Out!! 1 run completed! Drills one down to long-on, and you can't blame him for intent as he tries his best to make it back for the second but the throw is a good one and de Kock whips the bails off quickly to find him 6 inches short. Bhuvneshwar run out (Nair/de Kock) 13(7) [4s-2]

17.3 - Coulter-Nile to Eoin Morgan, out Caught by Brathwaite!! DEL are doing so well here to keep gnawing away at the wickets. Just when Morgan gave the impression of breaking free, he is dismissed. Another pacy short ball just outside off, Morgan is a bit tardy in the pull and gets it high on the bat to lob it straight towards long-on where Brathwaite isn't dropping them. Eoin Morgan c Brathwaite b Coulter-Nile 14(10) [6s-1]

15.2 - Brathwaite to Warner, out Caught by Mishra!! Brathwaite continues to shine and he gets big on Warner this time with the extra bounce. Warner sees the width and flashes hard, aiming more towards backward point. But the ball climbs off the deck, gets him more towards the top-edge and skews away straight to third man. Warner c Mishra b Brathwaite 73(56) [4s-8 6s-1]

13.3 - Duminy to Henriques, out Caught by Negi!! This is a very timely breakthrough, with the duo being on the charge. Let me tell you, on most Indian grounds this would have cleared the ropes. But these are mammoth boundaries and Henriques chose the biggest one of them all. He seemed to have timed the slog-sweep well, but not well enough apparently. Negi pedals back at cow corner, keeps his eyes transfixed on the ball and cups it overhead. The time-out has been asked for. Henriques c Negi b Duminy 18(13) [4s-2]

9.3 - Brathwaite to Yuvraj, out Bowled!! Chopped on! Carlos is on fire. Hopping and jumping wildly and he has every reason to do so. From over the wicket, angles it away from a length. Was well wide of off and Yuvi with his laden feet, tries to puch through the off-side. All arms rather than feet - Off the thick inside edge and "CLahoreLIINNGG" go the timbers. Yuvraj b Brathwaite 10(11) [4s-1]

6.4 - Mishra to Warner, out Deepak Hooda Run Out!! DEL are finding their way to get wickets. Another terrific run out. Not as good as the previous one, but nice presence of mind from Mishy. Warner bunted this hard into the pitch and it sprung off to the right of Mishra who half-stops in his followthrough. The ball rolls to his right and Deepak Hooda is going nowhere with his running. Took a couple of steps forward and got stuck. Mishy takes his own, sweet time - Aims and hits the timber. Deepak Hooda run out (Mishra) 1(1)

6.0 - Brathwaite to Dhawan, out Dhawan Run Out!! Excellent from Carlos Brathwaite. Need these kind of efforts to lift your side. Dhawan just pushed this half-heartedly to the left of Brathwaite and thought of a quick single. Little did he know that the big man will block that by sliding down and follows it up with a flat, bullet like throw (All in one motion). Warner sent him back early, but Dhawan was too far down the pitch. Wasn't even in the frame. Dhawan run out (Brathwaite) 10(8) [4s-2]

16.2 - Zaheer to Eoin Morgan, 1 run, oh Rishabh Pant, only if! He's dropped one at cover! Morgan is completely duped by a slower ball, he's early into the drive and goes reaching out for it. Despite his best attempts to check the shot by removing the bottom hand, he can't keep it down. It's to the left of Pant who dives across with both hands but the ball hits the heel of his palms and pops out

18.2 - Zaheer to N Ojha, 2 runs, off-cutter on a good length just outside off, Ojha drives it uppishly through the covers and is always going for the second. Has to put in the dive in the end, but a direct-hit would have still had him

11.1 - Brathwaite to Warner, 1 run, fifty for David Warner - Quite a common term in this T20 League, isn't it? Gets there with a tuck to mid-wicket, just a decent handshake from his partner. He knows there's still job to be done

20.0 - Bhuvneshwar to Nair, FOUR, how ironical! How ironical! This mistimed pull rolls under a diving Warner at mid-on and denies us a Super Over. Another missed chance for T20 League! Only if Warner had latched onto it, we could have been in for some fun. But.. Bhuvi had cleverly cut the length back, followed Nair with bounce to deny the room and Nair somehow managed to splice the pull under Warner -- who slammed himself hard into the pitch side-on and roared in disgust to see the ball scoot under his cupped and extended palms. What a top innings from Karun Nair this! As a result, Delhi stay alive and Hyderabad will have to wait a touch longer to seal a berth in the playoffs!

19.5 - Bhuvneshwar to Nair, FOUR, is that the moment? Warner sprints across from long-on, dives but the ball had wheels. Nair had flat-batted the shortish delivery down the ground and Warner, despite that effort, fell short. Super over? 2 needed off 1 ball..Wow. My fingers are shaking.. somebody get me on pills

17.5 - Bhuvneshwar to Brathwaite, FOUR, oh my! That's brutal luck for Hyderabad. Brathwaite was on the hop and looked cramped on this swivelling tuck. No room but he still went for it, the ball shot back off the under-edge and Ojha's throw to his left couldn't stop that ball from drilling holes in the fine leg fence

17.1 - Bhuvneshwar to Brathwaite, FOUR, that's been slapped. Full and wide outside off, Brathwaite slams his bat and flogs it wide enough and in front of backward point

15.4 - Mustafizur to Nair, FOUR, now that's a redemption. The key was to time the shuffle and he did that. Sees the length short outside off, gets into his shuffle and hoicks it wide of the short fine leg in place. 'Not pretty but effective' cliche in play

13.2 - Karn Sharma to Duminy, FOUR, if Warner can't, nobody can. Almost sprints across from deep mid-wicket, puts on the jet to fly forward but the ball was hit just too well. Duminy had fetched his googly with a sweep and slotted it wide enough for Warner to fail

12.5 - Deepak Hooda to Nair, FOUR, that's a charity ball! Dipping full toss bowled shamelessly at the waist and Nair just had to power-pack the pull shot. One bounce and over the deep mid-wicket ropes

11.2 - Karn Sharma to Rishabh Pant, FOUR, this is a rank bad ball. Back-spins from a shortish length and Pant had the room, the time and the skills to pull this through cow corner

7.0 - Henriques to Rishabh Pant, FOUR, there you go. It was all going well and then Pant decided to put the skates on. Henriques did shorten the length a touch but that, ironically, allowed Pant to pack a punch on the up. Over mid-off to scoot to the fences

4.5 - Barinder to Nair, FOUR, his bottom hand came off as he reached out on the drive but Nair has creamed it through the fence all the same. Might have just stopped on him from a length, and Nair did so well to adjust and place it along the carpet

4.4 - Barinder to Nair, FOUR, it's just a half-hearted short ball from Barinder, doesn't quite get the height he needs to ruffle some feathers, and Nair slaps the pull from outside off well in front of square

4.2 - Barinder to Nair, FOUR, that's such a good shot! It's not a half-volley at all, but Nair leans across, gets on top of the bounce and steers the drive through the point region

3.5 - Mustafizur to Rishabh Pant, FOUR, he's just stood there and slashed it through the point region with disdain. Believe me, his feet didn't move at all. He saw the length, saw the width and buried it with some ferocity

2.5 - Bhuvneshwar to Nair, FOUR, pulled away wide of mid-on. Didn't quite get it perfectly but it's enough to race away. Short ball in line with off, Nair is a bit late in transferring his weight back and hits it uppishly but it's wide of the fielder

17.0 - Barinder to Nair, SIX, and another one. Every ground's a Tyrion Lannister if you power them so ruthlessly. Stands tall with his weight in front, swipes his bat and shames another short ball over deep mid-wicket. The ball was outside off, Nair reaches out with a shuffle - a baby shuffle rather - and swatted the ball well over the ropes there. 28 runs off the last 3 overs needed

16.3 - Barinder to Nair, SIX, how well does he play that? Sran has been humiliated with this. Stood on the front foot, took this short ball head-on and pulled it over deep square leg. Lovely shot

8.4 - Henriques to Nair, SIX, audacious. Pulls this short delivery off the front foot and put enough mileage on that for it to carry over cow corner. Fetch that!

18.2 - Mustafizur to Brathwaite, out Caught by Barinder!! That Superman moment for Sran! What a catch this is! A certain posterboy moment. Brathwaite looked to take on the cutter but the dart off the pitch was superlative to whatever Brathwaite had planned. Still threw his hands at it, eked out a top-edge and then Sran at short third man swooped into my TV screen from nowhere - flew to his left and pouched the ball mid-air. Brathwaite c Barinder b Mustafizur 10(7) [4s-2]

16.1 - Barinder to Duminy, out Caught by Warner!! Here's the wicket! Here's the catch, finally! Warner poches it after a long run-up from long-off and bangs it into the ground in frustration. Duminy looked to play across the line, swiped his bat and the toe-end ballooned high enough for Warner to come into the action. Duminy c Warner b Barinder 17(15) [4s-1]

11.4 - Karn Sharma to Nair, out Rishabh Pant Run Out!! 1 run completed. And Nair has sold Rishabh Pant for pennies. At the Friday flea market. Clips this ball to mid-wicket, Bhuvi comes running from deep square leg, attacks the bowler's end and pays dividends. The call for the two was early and all but the throw too good. Rishabh Pant run out (Bhuvneshwar) 32(26) [4s-3]

1.5 - Barinder to de Kock, out Caught by N Ojha!! This is a huge wicket at the start as de Kock can take the game away in a jiffy. It's the extra bounce again which has been so apparent all evening. de Kock backs away and slashes at a short of length delivery trying to thrash it through the point region. Doesn't cover for the bounce and nicks behind. de Kock c N Ojha b Barinder 2(9)

16.0 - Mustafizur to Duminy, 1 run, oh no. Bhuvi, you canker blossom! Warner's bug is on to him. It's everywhere. Bhuvi has now dropped one at deep cover! Duminy played it really well. Takes this off-pace banged on a short of length, made enough room to go inside out but Bhuvi drops it.. looked more in panic. And then struggles to even pick the ball from the ground, so nervous he looked

14.3 - Barinder to Nair, 1 run, I was alive when Warner dropped a catch. To put it simply. Sran had pinged the ball short as an invitation for Nair to create some of his own power and Nair couldn't quite. Thrusted the pull off the front foot, Warner comes running in to pouch the mistimed pull but overruns it.. and drops it as a result

17.2 - Bhuvneshwar to Brathwaite, leg byes, 1 run, tucks him up for room with a shortish delivery down leg-side. Brathwaite hops himself around, drops it mid-pitch and runs. Bhuvi resorts to all the Dhoni-implemented footer skills, runs ahead and tries to kick the ball at the stumps.. and it nearly paid off. Had it hit, Nair would have been football'd out

16.5 - Barinder to Brathwaite, 1 run, waits for the fullish delivery and then sees it kick up off the turf. Gets the soft wrists into play, taps it to backward point and runs. A misdirected throw at the bowler's end and but for that, things could have been interesting

13.5 - Karn Sharma to Nair, 1 run, tossed up delivery to test Nair on 49 and he does well to hold his nerve and clip a sane single to backward square leg. Fifty up for him!