Mumbai players are in a huddle. They will need some special ploy tonight. Now they disperse. Vijay is waiting near the boundary for his partner, Amla joins him now. Southee has the new ball, Rohit is seen chatting with him. A captain's role becomes so important, he needs to keep talking to the bowlers when there is not a big score on the board. Slip in place
Mumbai have 124 on the board and they have Harbhajan and Krunal Pandya. This is not to suggest that Southee, McClenaghan and Bumrah won't have a part to play. But the outcome of the match will depend on how Mumbai spinners bowl during the middle overs
"We were looking to practice them (death bowling) in the practice sessions. Back-of-the-hand delivery is easy to pick, so working on the cutter. It is a slow track and we were mixing it up. That's what paid off," says a a panting Mohit Sharma
On a tricky wicket, let's see how the strong MUM bowling attack defend this low score of 124. They have all the support they could have hoped for as Vizag is a sea of blue today. An interesting chase on the cards folks.
That brought the destructive pair of Buttler and Pollard together in the 11th over but the former went in the 14th over with the score reading 61/5. Some lusty blows by Pollard and Krunal Pandya in the end brought a faint degree of respectability to the MUM total, as they mustered a rollicking partnership of 42 off just 19 deliveries. Stoinis was outstanding as he removed both these batsmen and took a well deserved four-fer. The other two seamers, Sandeep and Mohit, were outstanding too as they picked up 2 wickets apiece.
It was the worst of starts that MUM could've got. The powerplay yielded just 21 runs at the cost of 2 wickets making it the worst powerplay score in this year's T20 League. The good thing though was that Rohit Sharma still kept one end up and Rana managed to hit a few blows out of the park. But that bit of hope eluded them when Axar removed the MUM skipper in the 9th over. Rana followed him back to the pavilion soon enough.
19.6 -
Mohit Sharma to Harbhajan, 1 run, Mumbai finish on 124/9. That's what they have managed after opting to bat. But mind you, this pitch is as lazy as Garfield.. Coming to the ball, a fullish ball on the stumps and a backed-away Bhajji just about manages to club it down to long-on
19.5 -
Mohit Sharma to Harbhajan, no run, lovely yorker. Curls in a touch and dips right in front of off-stump. Harbhajan manages to dig it out
19.4 -
Mohit Sharma to Harbhajan, SIX, and this time he waited a nanosecond more. Gobbles up the width not with a cut, but with a horizontal bat clobber over deep mid-wicket. Miller was there, looking to reverse cup but finds the ball swooping over him as the momentum took him over the ropes
19.3 -
Mohit Sharma to Harbhajan, no run, looked for the big heave-ho and misses. Mohit Sharma is too smart with his slower deliveries
19.2 -
Mohit Sharma to Harbhajan, no run, Bumrah wanted the run but where was it? Harbhajan had his front foot planted across the stumps as he made room, saw the back-of-the-hand slower delivery and arrested his shot to a tap to cover. Bumrah showed some urgency but Bhajji turned him down with Vijat lurking around the ball at short cover
19.1 -
Mohit Sharma to Bumrah, 1 run, pounded on a back of a length outside off, Bumrah waits and then chips it with an open bat to third man. Came off the top-half of the bat, looked like it was a defeated dab but everything will do now for MUM
Last over. Can MUM bat through?
18.6 -
Sandeep Sharma to Harbhajan, no run, cutter hurled short and wide - so you don't have the pace and you have too much to be overwhelmed with it. Happens so here. Harbhajan looked to flay it with a flat bat through cover, managed a toe-end and Saha shuffled to his right to cut it off
18.5 -
Sandeep Sharma to Bumrah, 1 run, brings his open bat down in a jiffy and dabs a single to third man
18.4 -
Sandeep Sharma to Harbhajan, 1 run, gets a full toss again and Harbhajan pulls it with a wide stance towards long-on
Jasprit Bumrah, right handed bat, comes to the crease
18.3 -
Sandeep Sharma to McClenaghan, out Caught by D Miller!! Sandeep Sharma sticks to a very full length outside off, McClenaghan shimmies out trying to loft it over mid-off. Too full a ball to get under it and pops it off the toe-end to Miller. McClenaghan c D Miller b Sandeep Sharma 4(4) [4s-1]
Sandeep Sharma to McClenaghan, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
18.2 -
Sandeep Sharma to McClenaghan, no run, gets a shearing low full toss, dips well outside off and McClenaghan blazes it back. Sandeep uses his left hand to half-stop it
18.1 -
Sandeep Sharma to Harbhajan, 1 run, perhaps overpowered it. A full toss. Yes, a full toss and Harbhajan flat-batted it over unmanned mid-off uppishly
Sandeep Sharma [3.0-0-8-1] is back into the attack
17.6 -
Mohit Sharma to McClenaghan, FOUR, wow. This is deft. Shuffles across with his bat poked in front, allows this low full toss on off to dip and ramps it over short fine leg. The fielder there ducked for cover instead of leaping up to catch it
17.5 -
Mohit Sharma to McClenaghan, no run, digs out a yorker to short cover and Mohit Sharma comes running across to fire one at the striker's end. McClenaghan turns around and hurries back in with half a dive. A direct hit and Mitch was gone
17.4 -
Mohit Sharma to Harbhajan, 1 run, Amla shuffles across from point and collects this leading edge. Harbhajan wanted it tuck this cutter, was late and hence that
17.3 -
Mohit Sharma to Harbhajan, FOUR, and he gets one rightaway! Gets the width and slaps a boundary wide of cover-point
Mitchell McClenaghan, left handed bat, comes to the crease
17.2 -
Mohit Sharma to Southee, out Caught by Gurkeerat Singh!! Southee has been cheated on here. Fair decision, not to do with the umpire, but with the slowness of this delivery. Southee assumes it to be a simpleton but boy, it was a slowish delivery from back of the hand. Southee lofts, connects well. Could say that he had read the slower delivery too but the lack of pace off the pitch meant that the ball could only carry as far as long-off. Southee c Gurkeerat Singh b Mohit Sharma 1(3)
Mohit Sharma to Southee, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
17.1 -
Mohit Sharma to Southee, no run, high bounce on this length ball, hops back and splices the defence back to Mohit Sharma
Mohit Sharma [2.0-0-9-1] is back into the attack
Here comes back-of-the-hand king
16.6 -
Stoinis to Southee, 1 run, Southee needed half a brain to give Stoinis the hat-trick on that ball. Simple full delivery on the pads is sanely tucked to mid-wicket. Now we only have one batsman on nought...with three overs to go
Tim Southee, right handed bat, comes to the crease
16.5 -
Stoinis to Pollard, out Bowled!! You know what, the middle order is evolving in reverse gear. "You miss, I hit" now applies to them too. Does to Pollard here certainly. Stoinis aims for the top of off-stump with this cutter, Pollard shimmies out with readymade room, swings but fails to connect. Stoinis is on a hat-trick! Pollard b Stoinis 27(20) [6s-3]
Stoinis to Pollard, THAT'S OUT!! Bowled!!
Harbhajan Singh, right handed bat, comes to the crease
16.4 -
Stoinis to Krunal Pandya, out Caught by Axar!! That's perfectly placed to deep mid-wicket. Cutter halfway down, Pandya had to manufacture his own wattage there and fails. Swivels around to pull, top-edges it and now has to walk back. Had the room, had swivelled early but a ramp towards third man might have earned him a longer stay at the crease. Krunal Pandya c Axar b Stoinis 19(12) [4s-1 6s-1]
Stoinis to Krunal Pandya, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
16.3 -
Stoinis to Krunal Pandya, 2 runs, gets a back of a length delivery and wields his (Valyrian steel) sword of a bat on the pull. Mistimed through mid-wicket
16.2 -
Stoinis to Krunal Pandya, FOUR, 100 up, finally! Tames an attempted yorker length delivery with an open bat and carves it over backward point. Two fielders give the chase, almost coalesce but the ball drops inside the ropes and runs away
16.1 -
Stoinis to Krunal Pandya, no run, dabbed uppishly to short third man but drops well short. And the fielder uses his body to stop the ricochet off the turf
Marcus Stoinis [3.0-0-8-2] is back into the attack
15.6 -
Axar to Pollard, SIX, measure the wood there. Measure the wood on Pollard's bat. This was mistimed and this clears the fences comfortably. A slice, can you believe? Wanted to loft over long-on, the turn gets him to slice the loft and the ball still manages to shoot over the fences by a mile
15.5 -
Axar to Krunal Pandya, 1 run, gets low and clubs this full delivery to long-on
15.4 -
Axar to Krunal Pandya, no run, was looking to sweep it into oblivion. Instead, the ball zips in and raps the pad. Pitching outside leg, I feel, and the appeal was cut down by the umpire
15.3 -
Axar to Pollard, 3 runs, speared on leg-stump, Pollard exploits the angle to tickle three runs to fine leg
15.2 -
Axar to Krunal Pandya, 1 run, walks into a clip through the vacant mid-on
15.1 -
Axar to Krunal Pandya, SIX, yes. Desperation ushers dramatics. And he's inducted it from Pollard. Swipes his bat and deposits the ball over long-on. What a hit!
Axar Patel [3.0-0-13-1] is back into the attack
14.6 -
Cariappa to Pollard, SIX, ten thousand thundering typhoons. Has there even been a more carnivorous clip? Was backing away, gets a ball sliding in to cut the room and Pollard just wrists it over long-on nonchalantly
14.5 -
Cariappa to Krunal Pandya, 3 runs, that's agile from Sandeep at short third man. Dives across to half-stop this squeeze from Krunal and then sprints back to flick it in with a head-first slide
14.4 -
Cariappa to Krunal Pandya, no run, floats it on a fuller length from over the wicket, Pandya chops it onto the side of his thighs and manages to roll it back
Some stoppage in play...
14.3 -
Cariappa to Pollard, 1 run, veering into the pads, closes himself with the angle and tickles it to fine leg
14.2 -
Cariappa to Pollard, SIX, bazinga! He can bowl the offbreak and legbreak but none effective enough when Pollard swings. Brings the bat down and clobbers it over long-on. Bat speed there, you ask? 143ks
14.1 -
Cariappa to Krunal Pandya, 1 run, looped too full on middle to trouble. Pandya waits for the dip and ticks the clip away to mid-wicket
13.6 -
Stoinis to Krunal Pandya, 1 run, razors it away to backward square leg with a hop and that will be a time-out!
Gurkeerat points something to Vijay after nearly messing that catch. The floodlights? The spider cam?
13.5 -
Stoinis to Pollard, 1 run, banged in shorter, gets his hands higher and taps it to cover-point
13.4 -
Stoinis to Pollard, no run, sticks to his front foot stride and cocks his wrists on the forward defence
Krunal Pandya, left handed bat, comes to the crease
13.3 -
Stoinis to Buttler, out Caught by Gurkeerat Singh!! One...two...three! Gurkeerat Singh Mann takes it finally and sports a big smile. And this was a very sharp delivery from Stoinis - follows a backing away Buttler with a full ball, the batsman still goes for the lofted drive but was too cramped for room to usher in the power. Mistimed to long-off where Gurkeerat lets the catch pop out the first time, recovers to catch it again but sees himself going over the long-off fence. Then come the acrobatics - throws it in the air as he steps out and hops back in to re-re-repouch it. Buttler c Gurkeerat Singh b Stoinis 9(10) [4s-1]
Stoinis to Buttler, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
13.2 -
Stoinis to Pollard, 1 run, swivels on the front foot to pull but mistimes it to deep mid-wicket
13.1 -
Stoinis to Pollard, leg byes, FOUR, was there some bat? No. Gets a yucky short of length delivery sliding down, turns around but fails to get the bat on the tickle but the pads are good enough
Marcus Stoinis [2.0-0-5-1] is back into the attack
12.6 -
Cariappa to Pollard, 1 run, keeps this one full outside off, fires it with pace and Pollard just swings his bat on the drive. To long-off
12.5 -
Cariappa to Buttler, 1 run, greets it on the front foot, making room early helped to drive this from middle stump to long-off
12.4 -
Cariappa to Pollard, 1 run, gets his bat high, makes for the ball skidding in and pushes it to long-on
Slip drops to short third man
12.3 -
Cariappa to Pollard, no run, slides in with the angle to see a sane defence back
12.2 -
Cariappa to Pollard, no run, this legbreak turns, Pollard is late to fetch it with a tuck and the under-edge rolls into the leg-side
12.1 -
Cariappa to Pollard, no run, fullish legbreak, not much turn to allow a front foot push to mid-off
KC Cariappa [2.0-0-16-0] is back into the attack
11.6 -
Axar to Buttler, FOUR, will put it as half-deliberate. Sees the arm-ball zip in but the less venom on it allowed Buttler to slide across and eke out an outside edge on his attempted glide to third man. The ball was well wide of the lone slipper and gives him a four
11.5 -
Axar to Buttler, no run, connects this reverse alright but couldn't slot it past cover-point
11.4 -
Axar to Pollard, 1 run, arm ball helped with the angle round the corner
11.3 -
Axar to Pollard, no run, slightly slower and enough turn to eke out an outside edge as Pollard pushed at it. Ball dies well in front of the slip
11.2 -
Axar to Pollard, no run, straightens on off-stump, Pollard stays back and bunts it back
11.1 -
Axar to Buttler, 1 run, clipped off the pads to deep mid-wicket
Axar Patel [2.0-0-7-1] is back into the attack
Replays show Maxwell looking at Pollard and having a good laugh after that grille-hit saga
10.6 -
Stoinis to Pollard, no run, gets forward this time but manages to mistime the defence to the right of Stoinis
10.5 -
Stoinis to Pollard, no run, someone tell Pollard that he has a bat! Or knees to duck. Slower bouncer to arrest his shimmy, Pollard does that and loses his brains there. Stood there for the ball to ping his grille and jerks his back in pain and shock
Kieron Pollard, right handed bat, comes to the crease
10.4 -
Stoinis to Nitish Rana, out Caught by W Saha!! That's a lovely catch from Saha! Rana looks to punish a full ball with a flogging drive, is defeated by the bounce and ekes out an outside edge that travels back at ultrasonic speed. Saha spots it, was left-footed and rubbers his torso with a dive to pouch it. Nitish Rana c W Saha b Stoinis 25(28) [6s-3]
Stoinis to Nitish Rana, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
10.3 -
Stoinis to Buttler, 1 run, this cuts back in a touch, Buttler hops to ride the bounce and manages to keep the inside edge on the pitch en route to square leg
10.2 -
Stoinis to Nitish Rana, 1 run, perhaps staying low as Rana crouched with an open-bat and chopped it to cover-point
10.1 -
Stoinis to Nitish Rana, no run, smidgen full outside off, Rana has to thrust some power into this drive to point. Can't breach
Marcus Stoinis [1.0-0-3-0] is back into the attack
9.6 -
Cariappa to Buttler, no run, slowish again and this has been blocked more convincingly to cover
9.5 -
Cariappa to Buttler, no run, this is bowled slow but shoots off the pitch. Buttler hops himself open as he looks to ride the bounce and manages to connect the defence into the off-side
9.4 -
Cariappa to Nitish Rana, 1 run, overpitched on the pads and an easy clip through mid-wicket
9.3 -
Cariappa to Nitish Rana, no run, and a leading edge almost begets him now! Is early to close his bat, pops the ball back but it drops short of Cariappa
9.2 -
Cariappa to Nitish Rana, SIX, wow. Cariappa has been outwitted. Looks to tease Rana by turning it away but Rana was ready. Goes with the turn away and lofts it over extra cover
9.1 -
Cariappa to Buttler, 1 run, loops and drifts across to pitch on middle and leg, Buttler clips it to long-on
This is a crawl but have you wondered what the pitch will be like in the second innings? A slip now
8.6 -
Axar to Buttler, 1 run, hops to ride the bounce in this delivery straightening on the middle stump and tucks it to mid-wicket
Jos Buttler, right handed bat, comes to the crease
Time-out!
8.5 -
Axar to Rohit, out Bowled!! That's ugly! Axar fires this one on off, gets it to hold a touch as Rohit looks for the cross-batted swipe. Is early into it and the ball slides on to peg the off-stump back! Big wicket will be an understatement. How will MUM's middle order fare tonight? Rohit b Axar 15(24) [4s-1]
Axar to Rohit, THAT'S OUT!! Bowled!!
8.4 -
Axar to Rohit, no run, sliding in quickly, extra bounce and Sharma just about blocks it out
Southee is padded up
8.3 -
Axar to Nitish Rana, 1 run, spins in to make the line on middle and leg, and Rana easily tucks it round the corner
8.2 -
Axar to Nitish Rana, no run, uses an open bat to keep the turning ball away and manages to bunt it to backward point
Now over the wicket to the left-hander
8.1 -
Axar to Rohit, 1 run, shuffle, holds up and uses the bounce to stab it to long-on
Axar Patel [1.0-0-4-0] is back into the attack
7.6 -
Cariappa to Nitish Rana, SIX, boomed away! Was on his front foot early, had the broom of a bat ready and sweeps it over deep mid-wicket
7.5 -
Cariappa to Nitish Rana, no run, off-break's turning (s)lowly. Reaches across with his body leaning too but just about manages to make contact. No power in that shot to beat backward point
7.4 -
Cariappa to Nitish Rana, no run, oh. Skids on quick and has good bounce, Rana thankfully manages to connect
7.3 -
Cariappa to Nitish Rana, no run, overpitched outside off and Rana leans across to drive it defensively
7.2 -
Cariappa to Nitish Rana, no run, good bounce on this and Rana just manages to defend it back
7.2 -
Cariappa to Nitish Rana, wide, this goes the other way! Oh Cariappa. Holds onto the pitch but turns past the tramline
7.1 -
Cariappa to Rohit, 1 run, leading edge! The ball grips and turns away, Rohit was aiming for a serene wristword and the ball pops wide of Vijay at short cover
KC Cariappa, right-arm off break, comes into the attack
6.6 -
Stoinis to Nitish Rana, no run, keeps his feet glued, crosses his bat in front of his pad and sort of arrests his push to mid-wicket
6.5 -
Stoinis to Nitish Rana, leg byes, 2 runs, looks to shave it off his pads to fine leg, is late and the ball frisks the pad en route to the fielder in the deep
6.4 -
Stoinis to Rohit, 1 run, he has to! Rohit has to! Uses his wrists, gets hold of this full ball and rolls it under a diving mid-wicket
6.3 -
Stoinis to Rohit, no run, 124ks on a length and outside off, Sharma defends it in front of mid-on
6.2 -
Stoinis to Nitish Rana, 1 run, just on a length and Rana looks for a tame tuck through mid-wicket. Closes the bat face early, sneaks a leading edge out that rolls wide of a chaperoning cover-point
6.1 -
Stoinis to Rohit, 1 run, a gentler doped with shortness and width, Rohit slaps it but Miller lets out a diving stop at cover-point to cut off a certain boundary!
Marcus Stoinis, right-arm medium, comes into the attack
Stoinis to continue the blockade
5.6 -
Mohit Sharma to Nitish Rana, no run, stays put without much feet movement and blocks this full ball (yes, Mohit is back to it) back. 21/2 is the worst powerplay score for this season. Are you surprised? Remember, Rohit opted to bat first. Oh my!
5.5 -
Mohit Sharma to Nitish Rana, SIX, that's a poor man's followup delivery! Why on earth would you bowl it short after THAT ball? Still Mohit does and sees a swivelling pull picked up over deep backward square leg
5.4 -
Mohit Sharma to Nitish Rana, no run, swing and seam. Keeps it fullish, Rana procastinates coming on the front foot, still looks for an ambitious drive and sees the ball whistle past his outside edge. Top ball
5.3 -
Mohit Sharma to Nitish Rana, no run, this length ball shoots up nicely off the pitch, Rana had to slightly hop back to make room and digs the defence in front of him. Did well to get his hands higher and ride the bounce
5.2 -
Mohit Sharma to Rohit, 1 run, readymade room invites a yorker on the exposed stumps but Rohit was ready. Gets low and squeezes it out with an open bat to third man
5.1 -
Mohit Sharma to Rohit, no run, arrests his charge seeing the slightly shorter length, ends up jabbing at it with a closed bat and the inside edge runs into the leg-side
Mohit Sharma [1.0-0-2-1] is back into the attack
Last over of the powerplay..
4.6 -
Sandeep Sharma to Nitish Rana, no run, 124ks only but dare you say that to Sandeep! Bumps the ball halfway outside off, Rana looks for a fetching pull but fails to connect - perhaps was hoping for a bouncer much slower and ended up waiting more
4.5 -
Sandeep Sharma to Rohit, 1 run, too full to swing your bat and cross-batted more so. Looks to hoick it through the vacant mid-on, gets it off the toe-end and is cut off at long-on
4.4 -
Sandeep Sharma to Nitish Rana, 1 run, lots of intent on this. Cuts jabbily as he made use of the slightly shorter length. Not much short to be fair but the width allowed him the room to slap it to third man
4.3 -
Sandeep Sharma to Nitish Rana, no run, greets this full delivery with a front foot drive, opens the face of the bat to place it squarer but finds backward point. Not much intent in that shot
4.2 -
Sandeep Sharma to Nitish Rana, no run, prefers to take this fullish delivery while staying back. Ends up stabbing it into the off-side and cover runs across and cuts it off
4.1 -
Sandeep Sharma to Nitish Rana, no run, keeps it full from over the wicket, Rana leans across and jams the drive to cover. Not much timing on that but the front foot gave heart
A slip now..
3.6 -
Axar to Rohit, no run, another slow delivery, not much turn and Rohit could push it to mid-on
3.5 -
Axar to Rohit, no run, lovely delivery. 84ks and Rohit looks to sweep it from outside off. But the ball turns and denies him
3.4 -
Axar to Nitish Rana, 1 run, smothers spin with a crouch, makes an acute angle with the ground and sweep-tucks a single round the corner
3.3 -
Axar to Rohit, 1 run, fired on the stumps, Rohit is standing a bit leg-sidish and pushes it to long-off
3.2 -
Axar to Nitish Rana, 1 run, this ball spins in with good bounce, Rana hurries into it with a closed bat and ticks it to short fine
Rana facing him should be interesting...Vijay has a chat with him. Will we see a slip or a leg slip? No.
3.1 -
Axar to Rohit, 1 run, slower delivery compared to his standards. On a length, bounds up nicely and Rohit tucks it in front of mid-wicket for a quick single
Axar Patel, left-arm orthodox, comes into the attack
2.6 -
Sandeep Sharma to Nitish Rana, no run, a slip for his welcome. Gets a fuller length delivery on the pads, is too nervous to move his feet and manages to just get his bat in front of his pad. Off the inside half towards mid-wicket was that block from Rana
Nitish Rana, left handed bat, comes to the crease
Early trouble for Mumbai here. Here's Nitish Rana to attempt a revival
2.5 -
Sandeep Sharma to Rayudu, out Bowled!! Blow me down! Who said Sandeep needs a slip? Gets this vicious inswinger going, Rayudu looks for a caressing drive through covers and leaves a gap large enough for the ball to sneak through. The middle stump's on the ground.. Rayudu b Sandeep Sharma 0(3)
Sandeep Sharma to Rayudu, THAT'S OUT!! Bowled!!
2.4 -
Sandeep Sharma to Rayudu, no run, now with the slip gone for him too, Sandeep is sticking to a back of a length. Rayudu rises with an open bat but slots the glide straight to Maxwell at cover-point
2.3 -
Sandeep Sharma to Rayudu, no run, committed too soon on the front foot, the ball swings in and he just manages to squirt the forward defence off the inside half
2.2 -
Sandeep Sharma to Rohit, 1 run, not short enough to pull but Rohit does. Drags it off the inside half through mid-wicket
2.1 -
Sandeep Sharma to Rohit, no run, fullish on the pads and clipped into the leg-side
Ambati Rayudu, right handed bat, comes to the crease
1.6 -
Mohit Sharma to Chand, out Caught by Gurkeerat Singh!! That's a tame, tame way to go and he gets a duck on his comeback. Having teased him with a back of a length delivery last ball, Sharma keeps it shortish in length. The ball jags away again, Chand looks to fetch it with a whip over mid-on. But the ball gets high on him, cuts away more than he anticipated and he ends up chipping it uppishly to the fielder he wanted to clear. Chand c Gurkeerat Singh b Mohit Sharma 0(4)
Mohit Sharma to Chand, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
1.5 -
Mohit Sharma to Chand, no run, drags the length back and gets it to seam away just a touch. Scambled seam on a back of a length, zips away and beats Chand's attempted guide to third man
Average first innings score here: 159
1.4 -
Mohit Sharma to Chand, no run, full ball curling in on the pads, Unmukt waits for the swing to disappear and then clips it into the leg-side
A short extra cover in place. They expect the pitch to hold up and the drive to go uppishly there
1.4 -
Mohit Sharma to Chand, wide, tries to bounce Chand first up but slides the bumper down leg. Chand swivels but it's wide enough to not connect
1.3 -
Mohit Sharma to Rohit, 1 run, looks to grope a length ball with flat foot, ekes out an inside edge and skews a single behind square on the leg-side
1.2 -
Mohit Sharma to Rohit, no run, gets it straighter to cut Rohit's lean-across room, keeps it on the pads and the batsman utilizes good bounce for a tuck to mid-on
Still no slip
1.1 -
Mohit Sharma to Rohit, no run, fuller length but this is far from a poker face outswinger. Swings right from the hand, Rohit leans across and drives it to cover. Rather defensively done
Mohit Sharma, right-arm medium, comes into the attack
Mohit Sharma is here! No slip
0.6 -
Sandeep Sharma to Chand, no run, gets a good first ball. Hint of inswing on it but the ball ricocheted off the pitch well. Chand had a big front foot stride to counter bombs, this was just a tame length ball. Easily done
0.5 -
Sandeep Sharma to Rohit, 1 run, keeps it on a length and the outswing gives Rohit the room to crouch across and open his bat. Pipes a single to third man
0.4 -
Sandeep Sharma to Rohit, no run, looked slightly slower than the first three balls. Looped from a length, Rohit held back his plonking front foot before plonking it and blocking the ball back
0.3 -
Sandeep Sharma to Rohit, no run, tries the outswinger wide of off, fails to get much in the air and Rohit could reach it on his front foot. Stretches out, leans in and caresses it...straight to cover
0.2 -
Sandeep Sharma to Rohit, no run, gets it fullish and outside off this time, Rohit bunts back the good bounce on it. Straight bat, high elbow and a firm defence
0.1 -
Sandeep Sharma to Rohit, FOUR, that's a lovely ball to start but alas! Gets the inswing going but fails to put the reins on it. Slides it on the pads and Rohit tickles him through a vacant fine leg
Rohit and Chand are at the crease. Rohit is on strike. Sandeep Sharma will open the attack
Time for Mumbai to press the panic button. They are not playing at Wankhede anymore and Vizag just does not behave like their homeground. It is on the slower side and the management will have to strategise keeping that in mind. As far as Punjab are concerned, they have given themselves a bit of hope. But unfortunately, their life is also dependent on how others fare. Never leave your fate in someone else's hand. With this piece of advice, this is Abhishek Chaudhary signing off on behalf of my co-commentator - an ever-smiling - Pratyush Sinha and our superfast scorer Reddy. Good night!
Stoinis (Man of the Match): "Wicket suited my bowling. Not too much but I used change of pace. Maybe it was a blessing in disguise to bat second. We took good singles. It was a team effort for sure. All the bowlers bowled well, tight and got wickets at the start. If we can win the next couple of games, you never know. It has been good, great support staff, enjoying it (on his experience so far in the T20 League)."
Vijay: "Definitely as a group we were playing good cricket. Just needed to sit and talk sense into our heads. The wicket was on the slower side. Everybody was throwing himself out. 140 was a defendable total here, we saw that in the last game. Myself and Saha were talking about that. You never know in this game. Hopefully we can do that (on winning the next three games)."
Rohit: "I thought wicket was not easy. It was sticky, it was not coming onto the bat. Having said that, we should have applied ourselves. 124 was not going to be easy to defend. Lot of credit to Punjab, they stuck to their plans. See, too much talking does not help. Players do understand what needs to be done. We have played two games here, we know the conditions. We know it is not a high scoring ground. HYD defended 136 here. I guess 140 is a good score here. We were in a similar situation last year also. Hopefully, we will regroup from here and put up a performance day after tomorrow."
And as we wait for the presentation ceremony, here's a stat. Maxwell fans might want to skip it. 3rd duck for Maxwell this T20 League, most along with Shreyas Iyer who also has 3.
It panned out quite like the inaugural match of T20 League 2016. In both the matches Rohit won the toss and elected to bat first and in both the matches his side's batting came a cropper. It looked as if they might make a fight out of it after they got Amla in the first over but an outstanding century partnership between Vijay and Saha stubbed out any such hopes for MUM. So, PUN with all but a mathematical chance to qualify have managed to tilt the tables just a bit and made MUM's journey ahead a bit tougher. Now MUM needs to win the next two games straight for a shot at the play-offs.
16.6 -
Southee to Gurkeerat Singh, FOUR, let's get this done! Enough of those slips and shortlegs, lofts this fullish delivery over the bowler's head. The ball crosses the long-on fence in no time. Vijay is congratulated by McClenaghan as the players walk out. This win spices things up. Oh, T20 League!
16.5 -
Southee to Gurkeerat Singh, no run, there is no slip. But there is a short leg. Wow! I love this! And then Southee decides to outsmart him and bowls a yorker, Mann jams it back to the bowler
16.4 -
Southee to Vijay, 1 run, another slower ball, Vijay had to wait before he decided to pull it towards long-on for a single
16.3 -
Southee to Vijay, no run, slower short ball, Vijay sways away. He certainly wants it to be a slow death
16.2 -
Southee to Vijay, 2 runs, waits for the length delivery, a slower one, cuts it past point for a couple. Sweeper did the mopping work moving to his left
16.1 -
Southee to Gurkeerat Singh, 1 run, what is optimism? Having a slip with the opposition needing 6 to win off 24. Mann moves across and then tucks off his thigh pad to fine leg, umpire reckons that there was bat involved and gives that as a run
Tim Southee [3.0-0-14-1] is back into the attack
15.6 -
McClenaghan to Gurkeerat Singh, 1 run, on the pads of Mann, he tucks it towards fine leg for a single
Gurkeerat Singh Mann, right handed bat, comes to the crease
15.5 -
McClenaghan to Maxwell, out Caught by Pollard!! Wow Maxwell! Why did you come to bat? If you did not want to bat, you could have denied the offer to hit the winning shot. Jokes apart! Length ball on the stumps, Maxwell wants to go over the fielder at mid-on, hits it off the toe end of the bat to Pollard for an easy one at mid-on. Maxwell c Pollard b McClenaghan 0(1)
McClenaghan to Maxwell, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
15.5 -
McClenaghan to Maxwell, wide, the umpire took his time as McClenaghan was appealing for a strangle down the leg-side. Did not raise his finger but instead stretched his arms and broke McClenaghan's heart. The ball, I think, might have brushed Maxwell's pad
Glenn Maxwell, right handed bat, comes to the crease
15.4 -
McClenaghan to W Saha, out Bowled!! Too late to even celebrate. Saha has done his job, slower short ball and Saha wants to pull it, gets an inside edge that crashes on the stumps. Time-out. Ah! This mandatory time-out thing! Delays the inevitable. W Saha b McClenaghan 56(40) [4s-6 6s-1]
McClenaghan to W Saha, THAT'S OUT!! Bowled!!
15.3 -
McClenaghan to W Saha, FOUR, short ball and Saha pulls it, was not in complete control but will fetch a four to the fine leg fence
15.2 -
McClenaghan to Vijay, 1 run, shortish delivery and Vijay pulls it to deep backward square leg for a single
15.1 -
McClenaghan to Vijay, 2 runs, shortish ball that was angled across Vijay, he dabbed in front of point and set off. An overthrow at the bowler's end, allowed an extra run. In fact, McClenaghan appealed for a run-out, but since the stumps were broken by a direct hit, it was too tedious to uproot the stump and catch Saha short. Green light flashes on screen
14.6 -
Bumrah to W Saha, FOUR, what a good shot to bring up his fifty. Moves to the leg-side and then lofts it over extra cover. The bottom hand came off his bat while executing the shot, but that does not matter, it was timed really well
14.5 -
Bumrah to Vijay, 1 run, Vijay has realised it was foolish to throw the kitchen sink on the previous ocassion. Waits and then dabs this slower delivery outside off to third man for a single
14.4 -
Bumrah to W Saha, 1 run, short and wide, Saha cuts to the right of third man for a single
14.3 -
Bumrah to Vijay, 1 run, whips the length delivery on the stumps towards backward square leg
14.2 -
Bumrah to Vijay, no run, human mind is weird, thinks unusual stuffs. Punjab are safe but Vijay wanted to heave it across the line, lost his shape and was beaten, why would he do that?
14.1 -
Bumrah to W Saha, 1 run, off-cutter very close to the off-stick. Saha waits and then guides it to third man
Jasprit Bumrah [1.0-0-5-0] is back into the attack
13.6 -
Krunal Pandya to W Saha, 1 run, cuts this quicker delivery to backward point. It was straight to the fielder but even that could not stop these two from stealing a single
13.5 -
Krunal Pandya to W Saha, 2 runs, this is Virat-Dhoni like, Saha uses his feet and then chips it to the right of the bowler, towards long-on. Before Pollard could come in, Saha was back with two in the bag
13.4 -
Krunal Pandya to W Saha, no run, flat and fast outside off, skidded a bit too. Saha pats in front of point
13.3 -
Krunal Pandya to Vijay, 1 run, Vijay gets across and laps this flatter delivery to short fine leg. Pandya was appealing for something but it came off the bat
13.2 -
Krunal Pandya to Vijay, FOUR, Pandya was forced to bowl it short, that is what Vijay wanted. Rocked back and then pulled it through mid-wicket, the ball raced along the turf
13.1 -
Krunal Pandya to Vijay, SIX, surprise, surprise! Vijay clears his front leg and then flogs it over deep mid-wicket, had a lot of mass behind it
Krunal Pandya [3.0-0-18-0] is back into the attack
12.6 -
Harbhajan to W Saha, FOUR, this has been swept well, very well. Gets it away from short fine and just in the gap to beat a dive from the deep backward sqaure leg fielder as well
12.5 -
Harbhajan to Vijay, leg byes, 1 run, Vijay uses his feet but Harbhajan is smart enough to chop down the length. Padded away towards silly mid-on
12.4 -
Harbhajan to Vijay, no run, Saha wanted a single but was sent back, Vijay had clipped this tossed up delivery towards mid-wicket
12.3 -
Harbhajan to W Saha, 1 run, gets a long-way forward and then steers it towards backward point for a single
12.2 -
Harbhajan to W Saha, SIX, what did I tell you? He is not afraid, used his feet and then chipped it, did not try to hit it hard, timed it so well that it cleared the long-off fence with ease
12.1 -
Harbhajan to W Saha, 2 runs, Saha is not afraid to take on Harbhajan as well, uses his feet and inside outs the chip over cover for a single
11.6 -
Southee to Vijay, no run, Southee is not willing to give him any pace, Vijay backed away and tried to slap it. Lack of pace meant that he could only chop it into the ground, the ball rolled towards mid-off
11.5 -
Southee to Vijay, no run, might have been an off-pace delivery, Vijay opens the blade on the push, cannot beat point
11.5 -
Southee to Vijay, wide, well down the leg-side, some exercise for the umpire
11.4 -
Southee to W Saha, 1 run, waits for the length delivery and then fences it past backward point for the third man to field. In the meantime, gets to the other end
11.3 -
Southee to W Saha, FOUR, this will do for sure. This was a back of a length and Saha picked it up over deep mid-wicket, one bounce over the ropes. They have to take on the pacers and they are doing so. Smart cricket from the Punjab duo
11.2 -
Southee to Vijay, 1 run, good length delivery on the stumps, Vijay drives to long-on
11.1 -
Southee to W Saha, 1 run, Saha wanted to drop it in front of him, almost chopped it back. The extra bounce causing the discomfort this time, luckily the ball bouned over the stumps and towards the keeper for a single
Tim Southee [2.0-0-6-1] is back into the attack
A little late to tell you this. But better late than never. 53 - fewest runs in Powerplay in a match this T20 League. Previous one was: 59 (34+25) HYD v PUNE at Vizag
10.6 -
Harbhajan to W Saha, 1 run, too easy for Saha, nimbles down and runs with the shot even as the ball rolls along the carpet to long-on
10.5 -
Harbhajan to Vijay, 1 run, Vijay waits and opens the face of the bat on the push-drive, finds gap through point
10.4 -
Harbhajan to W Saha, 1 run, what an awful throw, Rohit was the fielder, Saha nudged to mid-wicket and sent off. Vijay was that quick, a good throw and Vijay would have been gone for sure
10.3 -
Harbhajan to Vijay, 1 run, short and wide, Vijay would think he missed out, slaps it towards sweeper cover
10.2 -
Harbhajan to W Saha, 1 run, does the same thing, this time by staying in the crease, gets it away from the fielder too
10.1 -
Harbhajan to W Saha, no run, Saha dances down and works to mid-wicket, straight to the fielder
9.6 -
Krunal Pandya to Vijay, FOUR, oh! All of a sudden, Vijay decides to clear his front leg and then thumps it over the bowler's head. We need these, otherwise this has been a diazepam dose
9.5 -
Krunal Pandya to W Saha, 1 run, turns this one softly through the gap at square leg, single on offer
9.4 -
Krunal Pandya to W Saha, no run, Saha sinks low and sweeps it, cannot beat short fine leg
9.3 -
Krunal Pandya to W Saha, 2 runs, Saha opened the face of the bat on the drive and sent it wide of sweeper cover for a couple. There was a run-out appeal at the striker's end. But it was just to wake the third umpire from slumber
9.2 -
Krunal Pandya to Vijay, 1 run, uses his feet to get to the pitch of the ball, eases it down to long-on
9.1 -
Krunal Pandya to Vijay, no run, Pandya tosses up, Vijay drives to the right of extra cover, diving effort and no run
Time-out in place. Mumbai have definitely compensated for a horrible over-rate from Punjab. 40 minutes into the innings and they have finished 9 overs
8.6 -
Harbhajan to Vijay, 1 run, Vijay uses the depth of the crease and flicks it uppihsly. Tell you what, it was not far from the fielder at mid-wicket
8.5 -
Harbhajan to Vijay, no run, Vijay gets a big stride forward and turns it towards mid-wicket
8.4 -
Harbhajan to Vijay, 2 runs, Vijay clips it with the turn, was not away from the fielder at leg-slip, rolled away towards fine leg
8.3 -
Harbhajan to Vijay, no run, Vijay goes for the reverse sweep, connects but cannot beat short third man
8.2 -
Harbhajan to W Saha, leg byes, why would you go back when it is turning big? Saha was caught in the crease as he tried to nudge it away, height saved him
8.1 -
Harbhajan to W Saha, 2 runs, turn and bounce, woooh! Saha manages to tuck it away from short fine leg for a couple
7.6 -
Krunal Pandya to W Saha, 1 run, Saha gets low and across for the sweep, did not get it off the meat of the bat. Sends it off the inner part of the bat to short fine leg for a single
7.5 -
Krunal Pandya to Vijay, 1 run, uses his feet and gets close to the pitch of the ball, drills down the ground to long-on
7.4 -
Krunal Pandya to W Saha, 1 run, Saha almost emulated his partner, did exactly the same thing and stole a single
7.3 -
Krunal Pandya to Vijay, 1 run, fired just outside off, Vijay wrists the push to point and sprints
7.2 -
Krunal Pandya to Vijay, no run, fullish but not tossed up, Vijay drives it back to the bowler
Slip in place
7.1 -
Krunal Pandya to W Saha, 1 run, allows Saha some time by bowling it flat, he works it to mid-wicket and steals a single
Krunal Pandya [1.0-0-5-0] is back into the attack
The Indian KP from the other end
6.6 -
Harbhajan to W Saha, 1 run, Harbhajan is varying them well, shortened the length a bit, Saha nudges behind square on the on-side for a single
6.5 -
Harbhajan to W Saha, no run, this is better, tossed up delivery just outside off, Saha wants to dab, cannot get it away and the ball rolls to the keeper
6.4 -
Harbhajan to W Saha, 2 runs, for some reason Harbhajan kept it flat on the pads of Saha, who tucked it to short fine leg. An overthrow resulted at the bowler's end as there was no one backing up
6.3 -
Harbhajan to Vijay, 1 run, another flighted delivery, Vijay wrists it towards mid-wicket for a single
6.2 -
Harbhajan to Vijay, byes, FOUR, what was that. Looped and turned in, beat the batsman and then the keeper, missed everything and raced to the fine leg fence
6.1 -
Harbhajan to Vijay, 2 runs, tossed up delivery on the stumps, Vijay works it wide of long-on, has enough time to come back for the second as well
Harbhajan Singh, right-arm off break, comes into the attack
Powerplay done. Punjab are well on course
5.6 -
Bumrah to Vijay, 1 run, full toss and Vijay cannot fetch bullions off it, drives it to the left of the fielder at mid-off for a single
5.6 -
Bumrah to Vijay, wide, fullish again but well wide of off, has to be called a wide
5.5 -
Bumrah to Vijay, no run, well played but cannot beat the big man Pollard. Fullish delivery just outside off, Vijay drove on the up to the left of Pollard at cover, who dived and saved a few runs for his team
5.4 -
Bumrah to W Saha, 1 run, pacy delivery outside off, Saha steers it fine and almost beats the fielder at third man, it all happened so quickly that there is only a single on offer
5.3 -
Bumrah to Vijay, leg byes, 1 run, extra bounce again, the line on this back of a length delivery was down the leg-side. Vijay gets it off his thigh pad to short fine leg
5.2 -
Bumrah to W Saha, 1 run, Saha waits for the length delivery and then guides it to third man
5.1 -
Bumrah to Vijay, 1 run, inside edge on this one, the ball nips off the surface and kissed the inner part of the blade and then ricochets of his back leg towards point
Jasprit Bumrah, right-arm medium, comes into the attack
4.6 -
Krunal Pandya to W Saha, no run, Pandya keeps it slow just outside off, Saha pats softly in front of short cover
4.5 -
Krunal Pandya to W Saha, no run, was beaten by turn a bit, the ball rolled off the outer part of the bat towards point. Saha is looking a bit itchy out there, the captain needs to have a word with him, this is not a big target
4.4 -
Krunal Pandya to W Saha, no run, Vijay was ball watching and sent Saha back as he clipped this to short mid-wicket, wanted a single which was not there
4.3 -
Krunal Pandya to W Saha, no run, Pandya cuts the pace off and teases Saha outside off, he drives towards extra cover
4.2 -
Krunal Pandya to W Saha, FOUR, short ball and Saha is not missing out, went back and pulled it over mid-wicket. One bounce over the ropes there
4.1 -
Krunal Pandya to Vijay, 1 run, flatter on the middle and leg, Vijay tucks in front of mid-wicket and scampers across to the other end
Krunal Pandya, left-arm orthodox, comes into the attack
3.6 -
McClenaghan to Vijay, 1 run, taps this shorter delivery towards backward point and hares to the other end
3.5 -
McClenaghan to Vijay, no run, three-quarter and outside off, Vijay gets on his toes and punches to point
3.5 -
McClenaghan to Vijay, wide, McClenaghan is not getting them right, hurls it down the leg-side, Vijay missed the glance and has been called a wide
3.4 -
McClenaghan to Vijay, no run, McClenaghan comes back to back of a length, knowing what his strengths are. Vijay defends back to the bowler
3.3 -
McClenaghan to Vijay, FOUR, give him a dollar for that. Majestic this was. Could have been timed better but as long as it goes to the fence it should not hurt anyone. Touch short and angled across Vijay, he waited and caressed it through the covers with ease
3.2 -
McClenaghan to Vijay, FOUR, now where did this come from? Short ball and Vijay was ready for it, the fine leg was inside the ring and Vijay helped the pull over him
3.1 -
McClenaghan to Vijay, no run, McClenaghan has realised and has realised early that cutters are the key here. This one kept low as it slanted across Vijay, he missed the drive off the front foot
2.6 -
Southee to W Saha, FOUR, commentators curse work the other way as well. This time Saha finds the gap past mid-off, he deserved that, the world is not so cruel, a well-timed off drive on a length delivery should go for fours
2.5 -
Southee to W Saha, no run, well timed punch again, this time off the bat of Saha, just like his partner, he too is not great with finding the gap. Straight to the fielder at point
2.4 -
Southee to Vijay, 1 run, cutter, off cutter, came pretty late to Vijay, who waited and tucked in front of square leg for a single
2.3 -
Southee to Vijay, no run, Vijay moves leg-side as he steps down the track, timed the drive to perfection, was not lucky with the gap though. Hit it straight to the fielder at cover, nonetheless timed it well
2.2 -
Southee to Vijay, no run, another straightish delivery just outside off, Vijay punches it towards the cover region, straight to the fielder
2.1 -
Southee to Vijay, no run, interestingly there is not much swing for Southee, everything is going on with the angle, this one did too. Vijay waited and nudged towards mid-wicket
1.6 -
McClenaghan to W Saha, no run, Saha was tentative for sure, expecting a short ball, it was not. Rather a length delivery on the stumps, Saha got his bat down in time and defended back to the bowler
1.5 -
McClenaghan to Vijay, 1 run, finally McClenaghan decides to give Vijay some breather, goes full on the stumps. Clipped to the right of mid-on for a single
1.4 -
McClenaghan to Vijay, no run, McClenaghan does not want Vijay to come on the front foot, sticks to the short line and gets it around Vijay's chest area. Defended with a straight bat and high elbow
1.3 -
McClenaghan to Vijay, FOUR, this time the bounce decided to help Vijay, there was a bit of width on offer, enough that was. Vijay rocked back and cut it past backward point with ease. Well played indeed, some timing
1.2 -
McClenaghan to Vijay, no run, the Kiwi is getting some extra bounce for sure, another one which angled away from Vijay, he almost poked at it from the crease, lucky that the ball did not kiss the blade
1.1 -
McClenaghan to Vijay, no run, fly slip for McClenaghan, shortens the line and angles away from Vijay, he pushes it towards the cover region. Did well to get on top of the bounce
Mitchell McClenaghan, left-arm fast medium, comes into the attack
Wriddhiman Saha, right handed bat, comes to the crease
0.6 -
Southee to Amla, out Lbw!! Amla goes for a duck. What a blow for Punjab. Was it a bit high? The umpire does not think so. Southee went wide of the crease and angled it into Amla, who went back to play it but missed the line, was rapped just above the knee roll. The Mumbai fielders went up in appeal and the umpire did not disappoint them. The start which Mumbai needed, Southee has given them. Amla lbw b Southee 0(5)
Southee to Amla, THAT'S OUT!! Lbw!!
0.5 -
Southee to Amla, no run, Amla moved a long way across on this bumper, did not connect with the pull shot though. Well directed bouncer indeed
0.4 -
Southee to Amla, no run, touch fuller around off, Amla drops in front of cover, cannot steal a single anyway
0.3 -
Southee to Amla, no run, Southee sticks to the same length, changes the line a bit and keeps around off, Amla punches towards extra cover
0.2 -
Southee to Amla, no run, similar delivery for Amla as well, he too opts for the tuck shot. Cannot beat the fielder behind the umpire
0.1 -
Southee to Vijay, 1 run, back of a length delivery that went with the angle, Vijay tucks off his hips to backward square leg
Vijay and Amla are at the crease. Vijay is on strike. Southee will open the attack