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Indian T20 League 2015

Scorecard - 6th Match, Delhi vs Rajasthan at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi, India (12 Apr 2015)

Delhi

184/3 (20) RR:9.2

Rajasthan won by 3 wkts

MOM: Deepak Hooda
Rajasthan

186/7 (20) RR:9.3

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18.3 - Southee to Mathews, FOUR, a slower delivery from Southee, but down leg, Mathews clips it very fine and beats fine leg who had a bit of ground to cover. Poor bowling from Southee, but Mathews is turning it on at the Kotla

17.4 - Faulkner to Mathews, FOUR, now Mathews gets a four. Waits for the slower delivery, shuffles across a little and then clips it behind square, beats short fine inside the ring. Jinks wears a sad expression on his face

17.1 - Faulkner to Mathews, FOUR, now Mathews smashes Faulkner. Length delivery outside off, blasted over the head of Faulkner

9.2 - Tambe to Shreyas Iyer, FOUR, smashed! Too full from Tambe, Shreyas Iyer drills that flat past the stumps and gives the boundary riders no chance

8.3 - Faulkner to Shreyas Iyer, FOUR, half-volley on the pads, flicked wide of mid-wicket and that will be a boundary for Shreyas Iyer. Once he hit the gap it was enough

4.0 - D Kulkarni to M Agarwal, FOUR, finesse! It was close to his off stump, but he opened the face at the very last moment and then let it run off the bat face, beats Tambe to his left, the ball scooted away to the fence. 18 off the over and Agarwal has got off to a flier

3.4 - D Kulkarni to M Agarwal, FOUR, that's the best shot of the lot. Pure timing, back of a length outside off, Agarwal opens the face of the bat and just dabs that past point, beats Tambe from third man who had no chance. The timing was top notch and that's why it kept running away from Tambe

3.3 - D Kulkarni to M Agarwal, FOUR, short fine is in and Agarwal uses that to glance it wide of him, poor delivery as it was down leg, Agarwal needed to get bat on that and he just did that

3.2 - D Kulkarni to M Agarwal, FOUR, that is a flat-batted mistimed bunt straight down the ground. Hit high on the bat but well over Kulkarni and then it races away. Kulkarni didn't even put his hand up to try and catch it

2.4 - Southee to Shreyas Iyer, FOUR, magnificent shot. A bit of Jinks in that drive from Shreyas Iyer. Hit on the rise and all timing as the ball is threaded through cover. Elegantly done by the young man

1.2 - C Morris to M Agarwal, FOUR, too straight, in fact on middle and leg, Agarwal clips that wide of square leg and the fast outfield does the rest

0.5 - Southee to M Agarwal, FOUR, that is a good stroke. Dug in short, probably Agarwal was waiting for it I guess, is quick to rock back and pulls over mid-wicket. The short ball didn't rise high enough to trouble the batsman

20.0 - C Morris to Duminy, SIX, Duminy finishes it off in style. Morris misses the yorker, offers a full toss, leathered into the stands. Duminy made room and carted it into the crowd. Two bad balls in the over and Morris gives away 17 off the final over

19.3 - C Morris to Duminy, SIX, Morris misses his yorker, it was a slower delivery, Duminy heaves it over mid-wicket, just about clears the man in the deep. Duminy cleared his front leg and swung well

17.5 - Faulkner to Mathews, SIX, Mathews is going now. Duminy punches gloves with Mathews. Another length ball and swung away over mid-wicket. Connected cleanly and the fielder at the fence was just a mere spectator

15.5 - Faulkner to Yuvraj, SIX, Yuvraj picks the back of the hand slower delivery and goes over long-on. Waits for it and stays deep in his crease, lofted high into the crowd. The crowd have suddenly come to life at the Kotla

15.1 - Faulkner to Yuvraj, SIX, that is Yuvraj at his very best. Length delivery on the stumps, Yuvraj stands and delivers. Clean swing of the bat and it goes all the way, bounces in front of the sightscreen

12.4 - Faulkner to Duminy, SIX, he plays that shot really well. It was slightly short on the stumps, Duminy gets inside the line and pulls, manages to send it over the ropes at fine leg. Delhi needed that for the runs weren't coming in the last over or so

10.1 - C Morris to Shreyas Iyer, SIX, now pulls and gets six. It was short down leg, Shreyas Iyer helped it on its way over fine leg. Cleared the fence with ease

9.1 - Tambe to Shreyas Iyer, SIX, that is a massive hit. Got under that ball and then slog-swept it way back into the stands at long-on. It was a 95-metre hit

8.5 - Faulkner to Shreyas Iyer, SIX, now Shreyas Iyer is going. Makes room slightly and goes over mid-off. Hit well to go all the way. Faulkner bowled a length ball and Shreyas Iyer got under that well

16.3 - C Morris to Yuvraj, out Caught by Nair!! Yuvraj is gone. The crowd are disappointed. Short from Morris, top-edged pull and Nair running in from fine leg, slides and completes an excellent catch. Kept his eyes on the ball all the way and took it well. Yuvraj c Nair b C Morris 27(17) [6s-2]

11.0 - C Morris to Shreyas Iyer, out Caught by Southee!! The slower delivery does it for Morris. Shreyas Iyer got it right off the toe end as he went for the lofted hit, it lobs high and Southee settles under that skier at mid-off. Takes it with fingers pointing up. Shreyas Iyer c Southee b C Morris 40(30) [4s-3 6s-3]

4.4 - Tambe to M Agarwal, out Caught&Bowled!! Agarwal gives it away. Credit to Tambe for drawing the false stroke too. Agarwal made room to go big, but the ball wasn't there for the lofted shot, he goes through with the hit and can only tamely lob it back to Tambe. Another promising innings nipped in the bud. That's Agarwal's T20 League career in short. So much promise, so little results to show for. M Agarwal c and b Tambe 37(21) [4s-6 6s-1]

17.3 - Faulkner to Mathews, 2 runs, dropped by Jinks at long-on. Brutalised by Mathews, but straight at Jinks who drops it despite getting both hands to it. Tried to take it on the rebound, failed to do so. They take two too

20.0 - Mathews to Southee, FOUR, Southee wins it for Rajasthan! DEL can't believe their luck, their losing streak continues. This is their 11th consecutive loss, equalling Pune record for most number of successive losses. Coming back to the ball, it was full and on off, Southee was expecting that and he drove it magnificently after clearing his front leg, he got it to the right of cover and long-off also had no chance of cutting that off. The ball rolls away to the fence in a flash.

19.4 - Mathews to C Morris, FOUR, Morris gets a four, Mathews wanted to bowl a yorker and misses his length by a fraction, Morris goes down after taking a stride, converts it into a low full toss and just helps it down to the fine leg fence. The fielder at fine leg was inside the circle

18.0 - Coulter-Nile to Faulkner, FOUR, slice of luck for Faulkner and he wouldn't mind it. It was the french cut from Faulkner as he backed away and wanted to go on the on-side. He though gets an inside edge on this and the ball runs past to the left of the keeper and crashes in to the fine leg fence, 17 runs came off the over

17.3 - Coulter-Nile to Deepak Hooda, FOUR, that's a brilliant fifty from the youngster! This was so well played. It was a back of a length delivery just outside off, Hooda waits for it, opens the face of the bat and runs it down to the third man fence, he knew that the third man was inside the circle and placed it to perfection

17.1 - Coulter-Nile to Faulkner, FOUR, Faulkner makes room and wanted to go inside-out over cover, but he gets a thick edge and since third man was inside the circle, the ball runs away to the fence

13.0 - Mathews to Deepak Hooda, FOUR, back-to-back boundaries to end the over, it was a length delivery outside off, Hooda hangs back, opens the face of the bat and drives it past a diving backward point, the ball hurries through the lightning outfield, this was the big over the Rajasthan needed as 19 runs came off it

12.5 - Mathews to Deepak Hooda, FOUR, now a boundary to bring the team 100, Hooda walks right across his stumps, Mathews tries to bowl a low full toss on the stumps and Hooda just works it away behind square on the on-side, the ball runs away to the fence

9.5 - Mishra to Nair, FOUR, googly from Mishra, but Nair has reverse-swept that very fine, Mathews gives chase but the ball beats him to the third man boundary

9.2 - Mishra to Nair, FOUR, down the track, inside-out, good shot. It was in the air for a while, but it was just wide of Tiwary at short extra-cover. Nair didn't try to hit it hard, just drove it nicely from the middle of the bat

7.4 - Mishra to Nair, FOUR, nice hit from Nair. Flighted delivery spinning away, Nair gets down on one knee and sweeps it along the ground through backward square leg

6.5 - Mathews to S Smith, FOUR, short and outside off stump, Smith makes a bit of room and cuts it to the right of backward point. It was in the air but in the gap

6.0 - Coulter-Nile to S Smith, FOUR, great way to open the account. Full and in the slot, Smith nails the drive to perfection, it was in the air for a while, but there was no one at extra-cover

3.4 - Coulter-Nile to Rahane, FOUR, short and wide outside off stump, can't bowl there to this man, Rahane rocks back and cuts fiercely, the fielder at backward point flies to his left as it was in the air but it went well wide of him

2.2 - Unadkat to Rahane, FOUR, classy drive from Rahane. Full and in the slot, Rahane leans forward, waits for the ball to come and crashes it between mid-off and extra-cover

1.1 - Coulter-Nile to Samson, FOUR, poor start from both the bowler and the fielder. Short of a length delivery down the leg-side, Samson glances it nicely to fine leg, Tahir runs to his right from fine leg but overruns the ball and it goes for four. That should have been just one

18.2 - Tahir to C Morris, SIX, Morris opens his account with a six! It was the googly from Tahir, Morris goes down on one knee, slog sweeps it over the deep square leg fence, brilliant shot first up from the all-rounder

15.3 - Tahir to Deepak Hooda, SIX, that's absolutely sensational! Hooda just doesn't give enough respect to anyone. It was floated up, Hooda comes down the track and clobbers it over the long-on fence. He is definitely very powerful

15.0 - Unadkat to Deepak Hooda, SIX, Hooda has been dropped! Manoj Tiwary is the culprit at deep mid-wicket. It was another full toss from Unadkat, Hooda swings across the line and Tiwary had it covered, he moves across to his right, takes the catch but parries it over the fence. Unadkat can't believe his luck here and Hooda survives

14.5 - Unadkat to Deepak Hooda, SIX, Hooda is playing brilliantly here. Unadkat misses his length and bowls another full toss, Hooda was back and across his stumps, he tonks this over the long-on fence for another maximum, great hit from the youngster

13.5 - Yuvraj to Rahane, SIX, Yuvi pays for the mistake last ball! Rahane hangs back to this shortish delivery and pulls it over the cow corner fence with ease

12.4 - Mathews to Deepak Hooda, SIX, what a shot! This man definitely packs a punch! Beautifully timed from him. It was fuller and on middle and leg, Hooda just uses his wrists to flick it over wide long-on fence, his first six of the night

3.2 - Coulter-Nile to Rahane, SIX, top shot! Good length delivery right in the slot, Rahane hits through the line and lofts it high over wide long-on. He's looking very good today

2.1 - Unadkat to Rahane, SIX, that's a top shot from Rahane. Not sure why Unadkat opted to take pace off the ball. Rahane was struggling with the left-armer's angle across him. Rahane steps out and pulls handsomely over deep square leg

18.5 - Tahir to Faulkner, out Bowled!! Tahir is running around the park as he has taken the big wicket of Faulkner. His fourth wicket of the innings. It was another googly from Tahir, Faulkner was down on his knees, trying to play the slog sweep. The ball goes under his bat and crashes into the stumps. Tahir has brought the Delhi back into the game. Faulkner b Tahir 17(11) [4s-2]

18.1 - Tahir to Deepak Hooda, out Caught by Mathews!! Tahir is ecstatic after picking up the big wicket of Hooda. It was a poor ball from Tahir though and he got lucky on this occasion. He goes on his celebratory run as Hooda went after this short and wide delivery, he wanted to dispatch it over the long-on fence, but couldn't quite get it off the middle as he had to reach out for it. In the end, he offers a simple catch to Mathews at long-on, who reverse cups it! Deepak Hooda c Mathews b Tahir 54(25) [4s-3 6s-4]

15.1 - Tahir to Rahane, out Bowled!! Tahir is on the run as he catches Rahane off guard. Rahane has been bowled here. It's another googly from Tahir and Rahane falls just short of his fifty. He came charging down the track and the ball was spinning in towards him, he missed it and the ball crashes into the leg stump. Rahane b Tahir 47(39) [4s-2 6s-3]

10.4 - Tahir to Binny, out Lbw!! ohh dear! Binny is gone! Tahir has outfoxed him and Tahir is jubilant. It was the googly from Tahir, Binny didn't pick it up and missed it completely as he was trying to push at it, he misses and the ball hits him on the pad in line with the middle stump. Doesn't get easier than this for the umpire, who raises his finger in a flash. Binny lbw b Tahir 1(2)

10.0 - Mishra to Nair, out Stumped!! One shot too many from Nair and he falls. Pretty needless having already got 11 runs off the over. Googly again from Mishy, Nair races down the track and looks to go through the off-side, misses the ball completely. Easy stumping chance for the keeper and he makes no mistake. Mishra is a delighted man and why not. Second wicket for him. Nair st K Jadhav b Mishra 20(12) [4s-3]

7.2 - Mishra to S Smith, out Caught by M Agarwal!! Googly, not hit well and it's caught at long-on. As always, Smith uses his feet and tries to take the attack to the spinner, he goes for the loft but the bat turns in his hands. No timing on that and long-on had it easy. Big wicket for the Delhi. What a start for Mishra! S Smith c M Agarwal b Mishra 10(9) [4s-2]

5.0 - Mathews to Samson, out Caught by Yuvraj!! He's picked the fielder out to perfection. Good length delivery on the leg stump, Samson flicks it nicely, it looked very good for a while but Duminy had a man stationed at deep square leg and it was an easy catch. Yuvraj was initially going back but he realised that it wasn't travelling and made the adjustment to come forward to complete the catch. The bowling change has worked for the Delhi. Samson c Yuvraj b Mathews 11(12) [4s-1]

13.4 - Yuvraj to Deepak Hooda, 1 run, ohh dear! Yuvi has missed out on a run-out chance! It was bowled in the channel just outside off, Hooda cuts it to backward point and Rahane was charging towards the other end. Hooda was late to get off the blocks as the fielder fired in a throw right in the hands of Yuvraj, who was standing besides the stumps at the non-striker's end. Yuvraj makes a mess of the take and Hooda makes his ground. The crowd is not happy either