Indian T20 League 2016

Scorecard - 25th Match, Pune vs Gujarat at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune, India (29 Apr 2016)

Pune

195/3 (20) RR:9.75

Gujarat won by 3 wkts

MOM: Dwayne Smith

Gujarat

196/7 (20) RR:9.8

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20.0 - Dwayne Bravo to Dhoni, FOUR, Dhoni finishes off with a boundary. Comes down the track and cracks this yorker past a diving Ishan Kishan at mid-off, gave himself a bit of room as well to effect the shot. Finally Pune have got a score that can be considered a safe one

19.2 - Dwayne Bravo to Smith, FOUR, maiden T20 hundred for Smith. What an innings, pure masterclass. Paced it so well. Slower delivery that was a bit short, Smith waited for it and hoicked it to the deep mid-wicket fence

19.0 - P Kumar to Smith, FOUR, that is a great delivery that has gone for four. Yorker that almost did Smith, he got an inside edge as he tried to squeeze the flick, the fielder at fine-leg was beaten on the dive

18.2 - P Kumar to Dhoni, FOUR, Bravo makes a meal of it at the deep backward square leg fence. Yorker it was and Dhoni wristed the swing to the right of Bravo, who over-ran and the ball crossed the fence

12.4 - Faulkner to Smith, FOUR, Jadeja does the misfield at deep mid-wicket. Did not get low in time as he tried to pick it with one hand. Lazy effort from him, Smith had worked it from middle and off, once the ball beat Jadeja it was always going to cross the fence

11.4 - Dwayne Bravo to Rahane, FOUR, this time Rahane is served with the room and that will help. Opened the face of the bat, did not look like a cut, gets it past backward point and the ball races away to the fence

9.3 - Shivil to Rahane, FOUR, a hint of turn away from Rahane almost leads to his dismissal. Full and just outside off, Rahane looks to lift it over the off-side, but does not get to the pitch. He ekes out an outside edge to the third man fence

7.3 - Shivil to Smith, FOUR, attempted googly that goes wrong as Kaushik offers the width, Smith waits on the back foot and cuts it past backward point. The ball just zoomed away to the fence

6.0 - D Kulkarni to Smith, FOUR, the pair are certainly looking to upset the opposition ranks by using their feet. Smith backs away a touch, after dancing down the track and then cracks it past Bravo at backward point, who almost got to the ball with a dive to his left, but to no avail

5.1 - D Kulkarni to Rahane, FOUR, Kulkarni continues to bowl too straight and gets punished. Rahane flicks it wide of mid-wicket and the ball races away

4.3 - P Kumar to Smith, FOUR, sliding down leg. Now that is one area where you can't bowl to Smith. Using the flick shot is a bread and butter stroke for him. He just tucks it to the fine leg fence

4.2 - P Kumar to Smith, FOUR, PUNE' batsmen are trying to put Praveen off his length. Smith skips down the track, takes it on a length and drives it all along the carpet to the sweeper cover fence

2.4 - P Kumar to Smith, FOUR, too straight from Praveen, Smith walks around the stumps and clips it to fine leg. It rocketed to the fence

1.2 - D Kulkarni to Rahane, FOUR, glorious from Rahane! Rahane comes forward and punches a length ball straight down the ground and it races away to the fence. He took a step forward to play that shot

0.2 - P Kumar to Rahane, FOUR, this time, in an attempt to look for away-swing, he offers width, Rahane shows the required transfer of weight to rock back and usher the cut shot past the backward point fielder and into the fence

17.3 - Dwayne Bravo to Smith, SIX, mid-off was inside the ring and Smith made use of it. Picked the slower ball and flat batted it over the long-off fence. He made a bit of room as well

16.4 - Jadeja to Dhoni, SIX, and another one, this one to the long-off fence. Those trunk-like hands of Dhoni are punishing Jadeja, clobbered this tossed up quick delivery over the long-off fence

16.3 - Jadeja to Dhoni, SIX, that's flat! That's brutal! Yorker attempted, Dhoni got underneath and let his strong forearm take over on the swing, carries just over the long-on fence. Helicopter shot, vintage Dhoni

16.0 - Shivil to Smith, SIX, that will spoil the over for Kaushik. Ended up pitching it too full, Smith got underneath and smacked it over the long-off fence

14.3 - Jadeja to Smith, SIX, Jadeja ended up tossing it up a bit, Smith cleared his front leg, got underneath and hoses it down over the long-off fence

12.3 - Faulkner to Smith, SIX, Aussie vs Aussie and Smith is the winner this time. Smith read the slower delivery and flogged it over the deep mid-wicket fence. 94-metre hit that one

10.0 - Shivil to Smith, SIX, on expected lines, Smith takes a heavy toll off the free-hit by taking a step out of the crease and lifting it over the long-off fence

19.3 - Dwayne Bravo to Smith, out Bowled!! He departs just after getting his ton. But that won't take away anything from him. He has done his job. Kaushik congratulates him as he walks back. Yorker it was and Smith moved way too across, he does not miss those usually but this time it was too good to be worked away, gets an inside edge and the ball pegs back the leg-stick. Was even congratulated by McCullum. Smith b Dwayne Bravo 101(54) [4s-8 6s-5]

13.4 - Dwayne Bravo to Smith, out Rahane Run Out!! What a sad end to a good innings from Rahane. There was never a single on offer but the match has entered that phase of urgency and he wanted to push things. Another slower ball from Bravo, which Smith missed to tuck away, was rapped on the pads. The ball rolled to the right of the batsman. Rahane went for the single but Smith denied, Bravo picked it up and broke the stumps at the bowler's end with a direct hit. No chance for Rahane to get back. Rahane run out (Dwayne Bravo) 53(45) [4s-5]

2.3 - P Kumar to Rahane, out S Tiwary Run Out!! Raina is certainly one of the finest fielders going around in India. He gave a glimpse of his skills there by effecting a brilliant run-out. Rahane tried to defend a delivery that was slanted in and missed. It hit the thigh pad. Tiwary called for a leg-bye. Rahane responded. Raina from backward point, with athletic strides, ran and collected the ball and took down the stumps with a dive. Tiwary, despite looking to slide his bat in, found himself short of the crease. S Tiwary run out (Raina) 1(2)

13.0 - Faulkner to Rahane, 1 run, fifty for Rahane. Well played indeed! Another full ball and Rahane got across to work it through mid-wicket for a single

11.1 - Dwayne Bravo to Smith, 1 run, slow dipping full toss from Bravo, Smith waits and clips through mid-wicket. Rahane on strike now. He has to up the ante

8.0 - Shivil to Smith, 1 run, Smith mistimes the pull to long-on. The 50-run stand comes up with that single

19.1 - T Perera to Faulkner, FOUR, this should do! Stephen Fleming looks frustrated and so is MS behind the stumps. Perera lets out a loud grunt after offering a full toss on the pads. Faulkner knelt down and swept it behind square, beating the desperate dive of fine leg

18.5 - Dinda to Raina, FOUR, Raina backs away a long way and Dinda follows him. Length ball drifting down leg and Raina just glances it down to fine leg

18.1 - Dinda to Dwayne Bravo, FOUR, too full and would have been a wide had Bravo left that. Bravo bends low and opens the bat face to ramp it to the deep backward point fence. No fielder in the deep and the pressure is back on Pune

16.1 - Dinda to D Karthik, FOUR, 50-run stand comes up! DK shuffles early and anticipates the slower ball. To his delight, it was a low full toss. Drilled behind backward square with a well-timed sweep

15.5 - T Perera to Raina, FOUR, you slip a yorker and you pay the penalty! As simple as that, oh T20s....Who wants to be a bowler in this Hollywood version of the game? Low full toss outside off, Raina drops to one knee and swipes it out of his sight, sped away to the wide long-on fence

15.3 - T Perera to D Karthik, FOUR, DK seems to be in crash-bang-wallop mode today! He ain't sparing any dross stuff. Slower delivery with ample width on offer, DK clobbers the drive along the carpet through cover. Raced away!

15.0 - Murugan Ashwin to D Karthik, FOUR, quick and flat outside off, that's flat-batted with sheer power and aggro, straight down the ground. Take that!

14.0 - Ashwin to D Karthik, FOUR, oh, hello! Where did that come from? A left-handed version of DK, reversing his stance and heaving it through mid-wicket. Don't bother running DK...

9.4 - Ashwin to Dwayne Smith, FOUR, what was this? Turn taking it down leg, Smith turned around with his bat shaped to sweep. Then sees that he doesn't need a bat swipe, he's already there, and pats this off the toe-end to fine leg

9.3 - Ashwin to Dwayne Smith, FOUR, oh my. He's on fire. Is back in his crease already, Smith gets good bounce on this delivery pitched within the stumps and allows Smith a pull through mid-wicket

8.2 - R Bhatia to Dwayne Smith, FOUR, he's not stopping. Even with McCullum gone. Fullish, backs away a touch and heaves it over mid-wicket. Gets to his fifty with this shot

5.2 - Ashwin to Dwayne Smith, FOUR, fires this in full and Smith was ready. Gets lower and clips this uppishly (and disdainfully) over mid-wicket

5.1 - Ashwin to Dwayne Smith, FOUR, hello Ashwin! Gets one that skids on the pads from round the wicket, Smith reverse-sweeps it wide of backward point for a boundary. Now, that's a welcome

4.4 - T Perera to Dwayne Smith, FOUR, there's a competition going on. Who's more brutal? Slower delivery but the shorter length allows Smith a weight transfer back and an easy pull round the corner. Looking too easy right now

4.2 - T Perera to Brendon McCullum, FOUR, short and width provided, backs away to create some more room (read: make the ball more mediocre) and thrashed it away with a cut through cover-point. That much time

4.1 - T Perera to Brendon McCullum, FOUR, the partnership between Brendon McCullum and Dwayne Smith is now 52. Off 25 balls. Talk about racing away. Banged in, yes. McCullum was looking to come forward, then could adjust to go back and cut the air into two with this pull. Went deep and back, slashed his willow and cut the Mahogany into two

4.0 - Dinda to Dwayne Smith, FOUR, Smith can do this too. Lovely drive through mid-off. Took this fullish delivery on the up, used his hands to ping the ball off the middle and it raced away, I swear! Shouldn't this shot fetch like six runs or more?

3.2 - Dinda to Dwayne Smith, FOUR, tripe. Poor. Filthy. On the pads and full enough to be tickled through fine leg

3.0 - A Morkel to Brendon McCullum, FOUR, Morkel has made up for his first over - 24 runs off it! Signs off this spell (most likely) in worst of ways. A full toss and McCullum thumps it over his head to celebrate a big over

2.3 - A Morkel to Brendon McCullum, FOUR, edged and it's away. Dhoni doesn't even try! Stays there as this edge flies past him. Misread the length there, McCullum, looked to squeeze it out but it was full and bounced a touch too to get the outside edge. A leap to his right might from Dhoni would have made things interesting

2.2 - A Morkel to Brendon McCullum, FOUR, there's the riposte. Rub your eyes because this has been cut away from off-stump. Backed away, looked all cramped but uses the wrists to effect a cut wide of backward point

1.0 - A Morkel to Dwayne Smith, FOUR, that's a mediocre ball to cap off a very good over. Ditches the fuller length, bangs this short and wide, and Smith smears a cut through point

7.4 - Murugan Ashwin to Brendon McCullum, SIX, that's a horrible delivery. Legbreak dragged down, enough room for McCullum to stay put and swing the arms to cut it. Yes. Cut this over long-off

6.1 - R Bhatia to Dwayne Smith, SIX, you know what, this wasn't a bad ball. Intended to cramp Smith with a full ball on the pads, Smith instead was back enough for a loft over long-on. How did he manage to get under it whilst looking cramped? Don't know

2.4 - A Morkel to Brendon McCullum, SIX, oh, that length again. That length that sees McCullum straighten arms and murder balls over deep mid-wicket with a slog-pull

19.4 - T Perera to Ishan Kishan, out Ishan Kishan Run Out!! Full and wide, Kishan drills it straight to mid-off and sets off. Tiwary had all stumps to aim at. Takes his own, sweet time and clatters the stumps. Even a dive from Kishan couldn't save him. All happening here at Pune....Ishan Kishan run out (S Tiwary) 0(1)

19.3 - T Perera to Raina, out Bowled!! Oh my lord! The crowd erupt and the bails are flying high. Fullish delivery pitched on off and came back in ever so slightly, beating Raina's swing and kissing the off pole. TIMBAHHHH. In fact, replays suggest that he got an inside edge. Hence the ball deflected onto the stumps. Ishan Kishan comes in... time to become a hero, young lad! Raina b T Perera 34(28) [4s-2]

18.3 - Dinda to Jadeja, out Jadeja Run Out!! LOL moment folks! Watch this on TV and I'm sure you'll die laughing. Dinda does the Ronaldo jump. Fired full and nutmegged Jaddu as he swings and misses. He tries to sneak in a bye without consulting his partner. Raina didn't even move an inch. Jaddu was half-way down the pitch and MS waits for an eternity to dislodge the bails. Waits, waits....still waits...and still waits....and then serenly gropes the bails. Jadeja run out (Dhoni) 0(1)

18.2 - Dinda to Dwayne Bravo, out Caught by Dhoni!! And now a wicket. Is there any twist in the tale? Are we set for one of those last-ball finishes? Hurled too full and wide, would have been a wide again. Rush of blood from Bravo, he deicides to move across and throws the kicthen sink. Wanted to carve it over cover instead edges it behind. MS is delighted. Pune sense something here... Dwayne Bravo c Dhoni b Dinda 7(6) [4s-1]

16.2 - Dinda to D Karthik, out Caught by Rahane!! Finally some relief for Pune. Too late I guess. Length ball drifting in towards middle, DK with his electric movements walks across slightly and miscues the loft. Off the bottom half and straight down the throat of deep mid-wicket. Rahane has bucket hands and he ain't dropping that....D Karthik c Rahane b Dinda 33(20) [4s-4]

10.5 - T Perera to Dwayne Smith, out Bowled!! Pune roars! Perera pumps his fist and lets out a loud cry... Toe-bashing yorker swerved in on middle and off. Smith looks to jam it out with an angled bat and ends up deflecting it onto the stumps via the inside edge. Dwayne Smith b T Perera 63(37) [4s-9 6s-1]

8.1 - R Bhatia to Brendon McCullum, out Caught by A Morkel!! Next time you struggle to find a synonym for "slow", try using "Rajat Bhatia". Bowls this very slow on a length, McCullum had his sweep shot premeditated. Plays it early, squirts off the top-edge and Morkel ran across from short fine leg to catch that. Brendon McCullum c A Morkel b R Bhatia 43(22) [4s-5 6s-2]