IPL 2017 | Rishabh Pant and Sanju Samson annihilate Gujarat Lions

17.1 1 run

17.2 1 run

17.3 SIX!!! What a way to finish this off. A Dhoni-esque way to finish that off. It floats to the second-tier over long on.

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What a way to finish!!! What a match we witnessed today!! 20 sixes have been hit today!! Pant was seen smiling at the dug out. He seems to have got over his disappointment of missing out on the century. It was my pleasure bringing you the proceedings. This is Soham mukherjee, signing off today!! Good Night!!

16.1 1 run A single to long-off.

16.4 SIX!!! Corey Anderson flicks it over mid-wicket. Not a huge one but decent one to clear the fence.

16.6 SIX!!! Now Iyer joins the party. Clean striking of the ball. Smoked that one over deep square leg.

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15.4 1 run 3 dots and a single.

15.5 0 run

15.6 SIX!!! A slower one from Sangwan and dispatched over long-off.

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14.2 1 run

14.3 OUT!!! Pant edges behind. What an innings!!! 9 sixes in that. Fantastic innings. He departs for 97.

14.5 2 runs Played over cover.

14.6 He drives that to sweeper cover.

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13.2 OUT!!! Sanju Samson departs. A sliced outside edge. Faulkner made some good ground before latching onto it. 

13.3 SIX!!! He gets behind the ball and sails over long-on.

13.4 FOUR!!! Punishes this over cover. He doesn't care if a wicket has fallen on the other end.

13.6 0 run

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12.1 FOUR!!! Dwayne Smith comes and receives the same treatment. These two are in no mood to let off anyone.

12.3 1 leg bye A shout for an LBW. But would have missed the leg stump.

12.5 1 run

12.6 FOUR!!! Stunning. It was a decent over but the last ball boundary has once again tilted it towards Delhi.

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Jadeja into the attack.

11.1 SIX!!! Flighted delivery. Thank you very much. This one is the biggest. 99m.

11.2 SIX!!! He chooses to go over cover this time. Sir Jadeja is failing to answer the questions.

11.4 1 run

11.6 2 runs 

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10.1 FOUR!!! Pressure straight on to the bowler. Flicked towards backward square leg.

10.2 SIX!!! This time over mid-wicket. They are not bothered to go for singles and doubles. Dealing in boundaries.

10.5 SIX!!! Huge. Pulled that one over square leg with a lightening bat speed. 

10.6 SIX!!! Over long-on. Fantastic timing from the young man. Faulkner is distraught.

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9.1 SIX!! Pulled over square leg for another six. Samson moves on to 33 from just 16.

9.3 SIX!! It's raining sixes at the Feroz Shah Kotla. Again into the second tier. 89m.

9.4 1 run

9.6 0 run A dot to end the over. A good come back from Ankit Soni.

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8.3 FOUR!!! A miss-field from Dwayne Smith. Leaks a boundary in the deep.

8.4 2 runs Fantastic fielding from McCullum. Saved a definite boundary.

8.5 2 runs Cuts that behind point.

8.6 SIX!! Once again Pant goes for the full bounty.  Fifty comes up for the young keeper. Just 27 balls to get there.

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7.1 0 run 

7.2 1 run

7.3 1 run

7.5 SIX!!! Cut underneath the ball. Gets hold of it perfectly and packs it to the second tier.

7.6 1 run

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6.2 SIX!!  What a shot. The skipper has been hit for a maximum over mid-wicket.

6.3 1 run 

6.4 1 run

6.6 0 run Yorker outside off-stump. Pant cannot get his bat down on time.

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Faulkner now comes into attack

5.1 2 runs

5.2 0 run A back of a hand delivery and he fails to pick up the slower.

5.3 0 run

5.5 0 run Faulkner seems to have made the slower his stock delivery. His off-cutters are bang on line.

5.6 1 run

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4.1 SIX!!!  A flick of his wrist and it goes over the shortest boundary of 56 m.

4.2 SIX!!! Another one. This time over long-on. A bigger hit this time. 88m into the stands.

4.3 FOUR!!! A genuine cut. Racing past third man.

4.4 0 run

4.6 0 run Fantastic over. Delhi is not giving it up right now.

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Delhi have made a steady start but they have lost one wicket. Karun Nair has departed for 12 from 11 balls. The two young guns are on the crease Rishabh pant and Sanju Samson. They are hitting the ball cleanly. 

Pant just hit Thampi out of the ground. 

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19.1 OUT!! Faulkner departs. Wickets are going down in a hurry. But another stunner of a catch in the deep by Braithwaite. 

19.2 2 runs

19.3 1 run

19.4 1 run

19.5 SIX!!! Jadeja clears it long. Into the second tier. Misses the length and gets punished.

19.6 SIX!! A slower one, picked up early. Gives it a wild swing  and he connects well. Fantastic hitting from Jadeja.

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18.2 FOUR!!! A boundary to long-off. Finch is in some discomfort. Withdraws his bottom hand immediately after the shot.

18.3 OUT!! Finch miss-times it and Pant completes a stunner at fine-leg.

18.6 1 run

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17.1 OUT!! Ishan Kishan skies that and finally that one sticks to the palms of Iyer. 4 of 6 balls.

17.4 0 run Yorker outside off-stump. Finch misses it.

17.5 FOUR!!! Smashed all the way for four with his power. Fantastic shot.

17.6 0 run Once again a yorker outside off-stump. Finch had moved away to give himself room. Misses it.

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Rabada with the ball

16.2 1 run

16.3 2 runs Sloppy in the field and an extra run conceded. They must have gifted 10 runs to GL.

16.5 0 run Slower bouncer

16.6 FOUR!!! Finch gets lucky. A bouncer again with pace. Just gets a thick edge and races away over fine leg.

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15.2 1 run They are taking the pace off the ball. Have found the key, but very late.

15.3 2 runs DROPPED!! A difficult one for Iyer, but still a drop catch.

15.6 1 run 

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14.1 OUT!!! A jaw dropping catch from Corey Anderson. He waited and waited and timed his jump to perfection. DK departs of 65 of 34 balls.

Ishan Kishan the new man

14.2 1 run

14.3 2 runs

14.6 1 run Cummins is mixing it up. Taking the pace off the ball. Getting  the results.

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13.1 FOUR!!! A terrific shot. Hitting it on the up, with just a bit of room from Shami.

13.2 OUT!!! Rabada moved like silk on the field and a direct hit sends Raina back. It needed something spectacular to dismiss Raina today. 77 of just 43 balls

Finch walks down

13.3 FOUR!! On the pads and the strike races to mid-wicket boundary. DK is hitting it really well.

13.4 SIX!! Played a slash and that's gone over backward point for a maximum.

13.5 1 run

13.6 FOUR!! Starts of with a boundary. Digs it over the bowler's head. Fantastic hit.

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Corey Anderson into the attack.

12.1 1 run Played it to point.

12.2 1 run A change in pace. Karthik picked it up but fails to punish.

12.4 SIX!! Pulled that one over mid-wicket. 

12.6 1 run Fifty up for DK. Fantastic batting from DK.

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11.2 SIX!!!

11.3 SIX!!! Steps down the track and off it goes over long-off.

11.5 FOUR!!! Raina is taking the aerial route. Picks the gap at mid-wicket.

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10.1 SIX!!! Marlon Samuels tossed it up and Raina says thank you very much. 

10.2 1 run

10.3 0 run

10.4 1 run

10.5 2 runs Cuts it to deep-point.

10.6 SIX!!! Suresh Raina is certainly taking the charges. Another flighted delivery and another one goes flying over the bowler's head.

9.1 FOUR!! Another miss-field in the deep and  the ball scrambles to the fence.

9.3 1 run They are mixing it up pretty well. Getting a boundary and then rotating the strike.

9.5 2 runs

9.6 1 run Once again a single to finish.

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8.1 1 run

8.3 2 runs Lifts one over the off-side. Corey Anderson does good work in the deep.

8.6 2 runs Another IPL fifty for Suresh Raina. GL has been too reliant on Raina. If he gets going then GL flies.

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7.1 1 run Amit Mishra into the attack

7.4 FOUR!! A beautiful shot from Karthik. Fraction wide from Mishra and DK places it to perfection.

7.6 SIX!! 15 rows into the crowd. Clean hitting from DK.  13 runs of the over.

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6.1 1 run Driven to long-off for a single.

6.2 0 run A change of pace from Shami, foxes Raina. Outside line of stumps to get a LBW.

6.3 2 runs DROPPED!!! Raina gets dropped by Marlon Samuels. It had pace and power but was straight to him.

6.4 1 run

6.6 1 run

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5.1 1 run Pat Cummins to Raina. A quick single to long-off.

5.2 FOUR!!! Down the wicket and hitting through the line for four. Long off dives in vain.

5.3 1 run Another full delivery and DK again hits through the line.

5.4 1 run

5.5 1 run Wonderful hands from Karthik, who uses the pace to guide it to third man.

5.6 FOUR!! A beautifully timed boundary for Suresh Raina through backward square leg.

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4.1 2 runs Rabada brought back. Raina is using the field restrictions and is going over the top. Drops safely.

4.2 2 runs

4.3 SIX!! He again lifts this one. sails over the long-on boundary. 

4.4 1 run

4.6 Beautiful delivery just missing the edge of Karthik. A drive and a miss.

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3.1 SIX!!! A length ball from Shami. Raina takes his front foot out of the way and goes over mid-wicket.

3.2 FOUR!!! This time over covers. Again gives himself room. Clears the in-field.

3.3 0 run

3.4 FOUR!!! What an over for GL. Raina is going after Shami. A magnificent cover drive from him. 

3.6 1 run Ends it with a single to long-off.

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2.2 FOUR!!! Chipped through the leg-side. 147 kph from Pat Cummins. 

2.3 1 run Again the same line, with a bit of bounce. Played to deep mid-wicket.

2.4 0 run

2.5 0 run That one was a belter. Making the batsman drive and the ball coming inside. DK misses it completely.

2.6 2 runs A fullish length dispatched past fine leg. Rabada swift enough to stop it from reaching the fence.

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1.1 OUT!!! A big big wicket. Kagiso Rabada sends McCullum back. Pant behind the stumps dives full stretch to complete the catch.

Raina comes in to bat 

1.2 OUT!! Run out. Dwayne Smith departs. A direct hit from Marlon Samuels removes his compatriot. Gone for 9 of just 4 balls. 

Dinesh Karthik comes in

1.4 2 runs Just over Samuels. Should have taken that if he had timed his run better.

1.6 1 run DROPPED!!! Shreyash Iyer drops a lollipop. Raina gets a life-line.

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Shabaaz Nadeem has been brought into the attack. He bowls to Dwayne Smith.

0.1 FOUR!!! Turn, right from the first ball. It takes a thick outside edge and races past first slip.

0.2 FOUR!!! A sweep this time. Crashes over the short fine-leg boundary.

0.5 1 run A nudge to mid-wicket

0.6 0 run Defends a full delivery on middle stump

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