19.0 -
Watson to D Kulkarni, FOUR, that's a lovely hit. Full and outside off stump, Kulkarni lofts the drive over extra cover for four crucial runs
18.5 -
Watson to D Kulkarni, FOUR, Kulkarni slogs, mistimes it completely, goes over mid-wicket, Kohli runs to his right and puts in a desperate dive but spills it. Goes for four. Expectedly, Kohli is livid with himself. Every run counts and he'd hope that this mistake doesn't prove costly
17.5 -
Jordan to Dwivedi, leg byes, FOUR, big appeal for LBW, oh that's close. Umpire Anil Chaudhary though moved away from his position. He thought it was snaking down the leg-side. Excellent yorker, Dwivedi missed it completely trying to dig it out, the ball rolls off the boot past the keeper and there's no one at third man
17.3 -
Jordan to Dwayne Bravo, FOUR, low full toss and Bravo is very good with his inside-out hits. No one at sweeper cover, Bravo opens the face of the bat and slices the drive through cover-point, not hit that well but it rolls and touches the rope
16.5 -
Chahal to Dwivedi, FOUR, cheeky shot first up and it's effective. Dwivedi gets down on one knee and paddles it fine to the fine leg boundary. Chahal goes into the 40s now
12.4 -
I Abdulla to Dwayne Smith, FOUR, now this is smashed, not from the middle of the bat, off the inside half of the bat and Smith swung so hard that long-on had no chance running to his right. This was slightly quicker and Smith went for the slog
12.1 -
I Abdulla to D Karthik, FOUR, another short delivery, this is a slow pitch and allows the batsman ample time to go back and get into position. Karthik moved across the sticks a bit as well and pulled it handsomely wide of long leg
10.1 -
I Abdulla to D Karthik, FOUR, not a good start to his new spell. Poor delivery bowled down the leg-side, Karthik goes for the sweep, gets an under edge that goes fine and beats fine leg. A much needed fifty partnership this for the Lions
10.0 -
Chahal to Dwayne Smith, FOUR, another one stays too low. Too low even for Rahul. The ball gets under Smith's attempted flash square of the wicket on the off-side, nutmegs a crouching Rahul and runs away
9.3 -
Chahal to Dwayne Smith, FOUR, nicely made room to this quicker one on the stumps. Took his front leg and launched it downtown. AB gave a chase across from long-off but it spun off the turf and raced away
4.5 -
I Abdulla to Dwayne Smith, FOUR, drifted wide and the turn made it further mediocre. Smith waited and reached out with a cut slammed through cover-point. Two boundaries make the score a little pretty now
4.4 -
I Abdulla to Dwayne Smith, FOUR, a short ball and it's been hammered away. Stayed back, swiped his bat and deposited it away round the corner. Not off the middle, but off the toe end.. but you should see that bat
1.2 -
I Abdulla to Finch, FOUR, edged and over a leaping slipper! All happening. Gets the ball to turn a touch but there's bounce. Finch throws his horizontal bat at it and the top-edge evades the lone slipper who dives up but it's too high
18.2 -
Watson to Dwivedi, SIX, Watson overcorrects and bowls a really bad ball. Tried the slower ball bouncer but Dwivedi picked that early, waited and pulled it hard over deep mid-wicket
18.1 -
Watson to Dwivedi, SIX, wow! How good is that hit from Dwivedi! Length delivery outside off stump, Dwivedi steps out and converts it into a full ball, lofts the drive over cover and this is a small ground
16.2 -
Chahal to Dwayne Smith, SIX, tossed up ball from Chahal and he continues to disappear. Smith gets under it and muscles it hard over the deep mid-wicket fence
14.3 -
Aravind to Dwayne Smith, SIX, sorry sir! Can't bowl full tosses and not to someone who's batting on 59! How crucial has this knock been for GUJ! Smith doesn't try to hit it really hard, swings across the line, connects well, goes flat over backward square leg
12.5 -
I Abdulla to Dwayne Smith, SIX, it's too full and Smith, in this form, won't miss out. Easily lofts over long-on and raises his bat to the dug-out to acknowledge the applause for his fifty. What an innings under pressure. He didn't look fluent, but he hung in there, did not attempt rash shots and stitched a crucial stand with Karthik
12.0 -
Chahal to Dwayne Smith, SIX, now Smith has no problems in nailing that one. Once again Chahal bowls short and this time Smith goes back early, waits and muscles the pull deep into the mid-wicket stand
9.1 -
Chahal to Dwayne Smith, SIX, the greed. Chahal looks for the dream delivery that spins from leg to off. Instead it does not and Smith was behind it in a jiffy. Uses a loft and powered it over long-on
6.4 -
Jordan to Dwayne Smith, SIX, that's savagely brutal. Poor ball I need to say though. Shortish and angled down leg, Smith hurried into his swivel and pulled it over backward square leg. Enough wattage to embarrass the boundaries here
20.0 -
Jordan to D Kulkarni, out D Kulkarni Run Out!! 1 run completed. At this very ground, we saw how 1 run made all the difference when India played Bangladesh not too long ago in the T20 WC and this is unacceptable from Kulkarni. Why won't you charge back for the second run even it's not fully on. Surely, could have put pressure on the fielder and you never know, there might have been a fumble by the fielder himself or the keeper or the throw being wide to effect a run-out. Kulkarni hits this low full toss wide of deep mid-wicket, Jakati always wanted two and rightly so. Kulkarni for some reason hesitated for a while and that gave Baby all the time to take aim and fire an accurate throw to the keeper, who did the rest. D Kulkarni run out (Sachin Baby/Rahul) 10(4) [4s-2]
19.3 -
Jordan to P Kumar, out Bowled!! The idea was right from Kumar, to go for the big hit that is, but you got to move your feet by at least an inch sir to get into a good position to meet the ball. Full and in the slot as Jordan misses the yorker, lack of feet from Jordan meant he doesn't make contact. The ball crashes into the off stump. P Kumar b Jordan 1(2)
18.4 -
Watson to Dwayne Bravo, out Bowled!! Number four for Watto! What did he bowl? A length from round the wicket! How did he get a wicket with a length ball at the death! I don't know. This was in the slot to be put away, Bravo swung hard and lost his shape in the process, the ball crashed into middle and leg. Now Dharmasena wants to send this upstairs as well. This time it is to check if Watson has cut the side crease with his back leg. Oh that's very close, just on the line is the toe and he gets away with it as he doesn't cross the line. So Watson is on a hat-trick. Dwayne Bravo b Watson 8(6) [4s-1]
18.3 -
Watson to Dwivedi, out Caught by Kohli!! What! How many stitches did he have? 9-10? Chuck all that! This is serious commitment from Virat Kohli. What a blinder of a catch. Oh hang on! Drama out there! Kohli is not happy with the umpire for sending this upstairs. They are checking if it's a clean catch. Kohli has his hands aloft gesturing to the umpire as to what is the problem with the catch. Umpire Kumar Dharmasena though wants to be sure. He asks Dwivedi to wait and the soft signal is NOT-OUT. So there has to be enough evidence for this to be overturned. "No problem with that," says third umpire Oxenford on air and OUT it is. Dwivedi steps out and tries to hit one out of the ground, doesn't time it well, Kohli had a bit of ground to cover running forward from long-on, he dived full length and took it inches from the ground. Kohli threw the ball hard onto the ground immediately. Probably he was angry that Dwivedi managed a couple of sixes or he felt the pain of those stitches. Dwivedi c Kohli b Watson 19(9) [4s-1 6s-2]
16.3 -
Chahal to Dwayne Smith, out Caught by Kohli!! Oh my word! That's a shocking shot and Smith knows that he's played a bad shot. Oh look at Kohli! He blows a kiss to somone! Was it to Chahal or Smith? Maybe that's one for my colleague to ask at the PC - if he comes that is! This was short and spinning away wide outside off stump, that could have been easily slapped or cut through the off-side, Smith tries to fetch the pull, toe-ends it and long-on moves forward slightly to complete a simple catch. Even the cameraman lost the ball for a while and that tells you even he didn't expect Smith to try to hit that on the on-side. Dwayne Smith c Kohli b Chahal 73(41) [4s-5 6s-6]
15.5 -
Watson to Jadeja, out Caught by Gayle!! Now that's the best Jadeja could do with the way he was dealing with Shane 'Watto' Watson. Now how well has Watson bowled for BLR! In this modern era where people talk about the back-of-the-hand slower ball, the subtle variation of the wrists, blah, blah, blah, this burly all-rounder keeps it simple even in the death overs and gets wickets. He mixes the over with simple slower ones and then bowls the yorker, this is wide outside off stump and Jadeja only manages to squeeze it straight to backward point. Jadeja c Gayle b Watson 3(7)
13.5 -
Jordan to D Karthik, out Bowled!! Why? Why would you play such fancy shots! Why can't you wait for the bad ball and put it away like Smith's been doing! This attempt doesn't make sense to me at all. Fine leg is back at the rope, not inside the ring, and he attempts the paddle/scoop. Only manages to drag it back onto the leg stump. Good yorker at normal pace, I mean it's not the slower one, Karthik moved to the off-side and tried a lazy little shot, only to have his timber shattered. Jordan roars in delight after breaking this vital 85-run stand. D Karthik b Jordan 26(30) [4s-2]
3.4 -
Watson to Raina, out Caught by Aravind!! If I could earn a penny each time Raina perishes to a short ball, I would threaten Uncle Scrooge's legacy. Was waiting on the back foot there expecting the ever so due short ball and he got one. What failed him was his inability to power that swivel. Was late as the ball rose up, managed to splice the pull away, more like a save-me shot and Kohli had a fielder there at backward square leg. Aravind, apparently not tired after his bowling stint, dives forward, stretches as far as he could and pouched it cleanly. Raina c Aravind b Watson 1(9)
1.4 -
I Abdulla to Finch, out Caught by Gayle!! Two wickets! Two, yes you read it right. Finch was opened up here like a can of pop soda. Abdulla drifts one on the stumps, Finch is lured into a leg-side single and he obliges. But, but. The ball turns, takes the leading edge and the slip in place comes into the action. Easy catch for him. Finch c Gayle b I Abdulla 4(6) [4s-1]
1.1 -
I Abdulla to Brendon McCullum, out Caught by de Villiers!! Oh look at them. Look at BLR celebrate. Huddles, roars and what not. The Iqbal Abdulla Experiment yields an early result. The bowler keeps it on a length and puffs it up with some flight which draws McCullum forward with a shimmy. Believe me, he would have shimmied to a flat iron. Fails to get hold of the minimal turn, and ends up slicing the loft to long-off. ABD doesn't drop them. Brendon McCullum c de Villiers b I Abdulla 1(4)