| 0.4 : 0.4: Sheldon Cottrell to Prithvi Shaw, EDGED AND FOUR! Delhi and Shaw are underway in edgy fashion. Good length ball around off, Shaw slashes at it but the ball comes in and flies to the left of third man. Sarfaraz there makes good effort as he dives and gets to the ball but cannot stop it from parrying it to the ropes. |
| 1.4: Mohammed Shami to Shikhar Dhawan, OUT! RUN OUT! Dhawan's new season is off to a terrible start. A run out is something a batsman never wants and especially in the first game of the tournamet. A feeling of respite for Punjab's skipper, KL Rahul. Short ball around leg, Dhawan looks to pull but looks like gets a glove on it to the right of Rahul. He fails to take it and parries it further to his right. Dhawan comes out for a single but Shaw sends him back. Krishnappa Gowtham manages to get to |
| 3.3 : 3.3: Mohammed Shami to Prithvi Shaw, OUT! CAUGHT! Poor batting, very poor from the young and talented Shaw. He tries to take on the experienced and dangerous Shami. Not needed so early. Shami bowls it on a good length area just outside off. Shaw loks to swipe his pull from there over mid-wicket. He goes for it but it comes off the lower half of his bat and the ball lobs it high in the air to the right of mid-wicket. Jordan is a gun fielder and he is not going to drop these. He takes a simple cat |
| 3.4 : 3.4: Mohammed Shami to Shimron Hetmyer, FOUR! In the slot and punished! Back of a length on off, Hetmyer pulls it through mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 3.6 : 3.6: Mohammed Shami to Shimron Hetmyer, OUT! Caught! Shami strikes again and Delhi are in a mess right now. Their top three are back in the dug out very early and Punjab are all over Delhi. Good length ball on middle and leg. This is bowled at pace as well. Hetmyer looks to flick it to the leg side but he closes the face of the bat early and gets a leading edge. It goes straight to short covers where Mayank Agarwal makes no mistake. |
| 4.4 : 4.4: Chris Jordan to Rishabh Pant, FOUR! Slashed! Pant is off the mark in style! Length ball outside off, Pant quickly pounces on the width and slams it through point for a boundary. |
| 8.1 : 8.1: Krishnappa Gowtham to Rishabh Pant, FOUR! Pant goes after the spinner! Floated on the pads. Pant premeditates his sweep and lofts it behind square leg for a boundary. |
| 8.4 : 8.4: Krishnappa Gowtham to Shreyas Iyer, SIX! The first biggie of the evening and it is a monster! Floated on off, Iyer keeps his balance and smashes it over the long on fence for a massive 99m biggie. New ball please! |
| 11.1 : 11.1: Ravi Bishnoi to Rishabh Pant, FOUR! Tossed up delivery on off, Pant looks to play a slog sweep but gets an outside edge. It goes towards third man for a boundary. |
| 12.4 : 12.4: Krishnappa Gowtham to Shreyas Iyer, SIX! That is huge! Floated delivery on off, Iyer lofts it over long off for a maximum. |
| 12.5 : 12.5: Krishnappa Gowtham to Shreyas Iyer, SIX! This is even better! On middle, Iyer lofts it over the bowler's head for a biggie. |
| 13.5: Ravi Bishnoi to Rishabh Pant, FOUR! Good shot! On middle, Pant lofts it over mid on for a boundary. |
| 13.6 : 13.6: Ravi Bishnoi to Rishabh Pant, OUT! BOWLED! The young Bishnoi has his first wicket in the Indian T20 League and he has got rid of the dangerous Pant! Just when Rishabh Pant was loosening up, he has to depart! A googly on off and turning away from the southpaw. Pant looks to go for the big slog sweep but ends up getting an inside edge onto the stumps. The budding stand is over and Punjab needed this wicket. |
| 14.1 : 14.1: Mohammed Shami to Shreyas Iyer, OUT! Caught! Both the set batters are out of here and the reintroduction of Shami does the trick. What a game he is having! His third of the game. The Delhi captain departs after a beautiful innings. He is not happy though as he wanted to stay there till the end. Fullish ball around off, Iyer looks to go over mid off but does not get the timing. The ball lobs up straight to Jordan. It was the knuckle ball and the Delhi skipper failed to pick it up. |
| 16.1: Sheldon Cottrell to Axar Patel, OUT! Caught! Clean as you like! Cottrell comes and strikes! Soft dismissal! Slower ball down the leg side. Patel looks to flick but gets a feather on it. The ball dies down in front of Rahul. The Punjab skipper dives in front and takes a clean catch which is confirmed by the replay.  Sheldon has his first wicket in the league! |
| 17.1: Chris Jordan to Marcus Stoinis, SIX! Slower ball deposited into the stands! Slower ball on off, Stoinis hits it off the middle of his big hat over the wide long on fence for a biggie. Good start to the over for Delhi. Just what the doctor ordered. |
| 17.2 : 17.2: Chris Jordan to Marcus Stoinis, EDGED AND FOUR! No matter how they come as long as they keep on coming. Full toss on off, Stoinis looks to hit it across the line but gets an inside edge which goes fine down the leg side for a boundary. 10 off the first two balls of the over! |
| 18.1 : 18.1: Sheldon Cottrell to Marcus Stoinis, FOUR! Good shot! Slower ball outside off, Stoinis picked it early and hits it with power through extra cover for a boundary. |
| 18.2 : 18.2: Sheldon Cottrell to Marcus Stoinis, FOUR! No fine leg in place and that is always a risky move. Slower ball on middle, Stoinis lifts his low pull over fine leg for a boundary. |
| 18.3 : 18.3: Sheldon Cottrell to Marcus Stoinis, FOUR! Three boundaries off the 3 legal deliveries of the over! Cottrell misses the yorker by a bit. He serves a low full toss, Stoinis manages to squeeze it behind point for a boundary. |
| 18.6 : 18.6: Sheldon Cottrell to Ravichandran Ashwin, OUT! Caught! The Cottrell salute is out and he finishes the over with a smile. Bouncer around off, Ashwin looks to guide it over third man but he cannot get the distance and hits it straight to Shami at third man who makes no mistake. |
| 19.1 : 19.1: Chris Jordan to Marcus Stoinis, SIX! Excellent shot! He started the previous over from Jordan with a six and he has done the same in the final over. Full outside off, it is in the slot. Stoinis lifts his flick well over the mid-wicket fence for a biggie. |
| 19.2 : 19.2: Chris Jordan to Marcus Stoinis, EDGED AND FOUR! Stoinis is getting runs left, right and centre here! Good length ball outside off, Stoinis looks to play it over long off but gets a thick outside edge which goes over the vacant slip region and to the third man fence. |
| 19.3 : 19.3: Chris Jordan to Marcus Stoinis, FOUR! What a final over this is turning out to be! Full on the pads, Stoinis flicks it away from short fine leg for another boundary. 15 off it already and 150 looks on the cards now! |
| 19.4 : 19.4: Chris Jordan to Marcus Stoinis, FOUR! Make that 19 and the Hulk is Hulk smashing the ball! Fuller outside off, Stoinis lofts it over covers for a boundary! 6, wide, and hat-trick of boundaries in this over so far. |
| 19.5 : 19.5: Chris Jordan to Marcus Stoinis, SIX! Brilliant! What a womderful half century it is for Marcus Stoinis! Brings up the fifty and Delhi's 150 in style. Full on off and middle, Stoinis smashes it across the line over mid-wicket for a 90m biggie. |
| 19.6 : 19.6: Chris Jordan to Marcus Stoinis, RUN OUT BUT ALSO NO BALL!  Full on off, Stoinis lofts it over cover and loks for two. The second one is a suicidal and Stoinis is well short of his crease as Pooran sends a good throw at the keeper's end. He is well short of the crease and the Punjab players are heading off but hold on. The umpire is having a chat with the T.V. umpire. The Punjab players need to come back because it is a NO BALL! Stoinis won't be there to face it though. |
| 1.3 : 1.3: Mohit Sharma to KL Rahul, SIX! Rahul makes good use of the Free Hit! Full delivery on middle, Rahul flicks it over mid-wicket for a maximum. |
| 3.2 : 3.2: Anrich Nortje to KL Rahul, FOUR! That is smashed! Short again on off, Rahul cuts it hard through point for a boundary. |
| 3.4 : 3.4: Anrich Nortje to KL Rahul, MISFIELD AND FOUR! Rabada is the culprit! Full again on off, Rahul looks to drive but gets an outside edge. It goes towards third man where Rabada in the deep tries to stop it but misfields and concedes a boundary. |
| 4.3 : 4.3: Mohit Sharma to KL Rahul, OUT! Bowled! The sweet sound of timber! The dangerous, the star man of Punjab, the skipper of Punjab is out of here! Excellent delivery from Mohit Sharma. Fullish delivery around off. It comes back in viciously. Rahul looks to play a big drive through on the off side but the ball takes a slight inside edge and goes onto uproot the leg pole. The only loose shot KL Rahul played so far in this innings and that is enough to bring about his downfall. |
| 5.1 : 5.1: Ravichandran Ashwin to Karun Nair, OUT! CAUGHT! The former Punjab skipper strikes in the very first ball against his former side. Ashwin is elated, so are his teammates and all the Delhi fans around the globe. Tossed up delivery on off and middle. Karun Nair goes for the big sweep across the line. He though was not in a position to play that shot. He gets a top edge which goes to the right of short fine leg. Shaw there judges the skier well. |
| 5.5 : 5.5: Ravichandran Ashwin to Nicholas Pooran,  OUT! Bowled! Two wickets in the very first over for former Punjab skipper. Delhi now on top of this game now. Three quick wickets have put the Punjab chase in jeopardy. Ashwin stops and delivers this delivery. It is a straighter one on middle. Pooran looks to defend but misses and the ball hits his pad and then goes onto hit the stumps. Pooran cannot believe it and Ashwin is up in celebration. 124 needed off 85 now and Punjab are stuttering! |
| 6.3 : 6.3: Kagiso Rabada to Glenn Maxwell, OUT! CAUGHT! Punjab are falling like nine pins and the dangerous Maxwell has gone without making much of an impact. A no show from the Big Show. Full ball bowled at pace. The ball though seems to have stuck on the surface. Maxwell looks to go over mid off but ends up chipping it straight in the air to mid off. Delhi skipper, Shreyas Iyer takes a simple catch. |
| 6.5 : 6.5: Kagiso Rabada to Sarfaraz Khan, EDGED AND FOUR! Just away from the diving keeper. Good length ball around off, Sarfaraz looks to defend but gets a thick outside edge. It goes right between wide first slip and keeper. Pant dives but to no avail. |
| 8.6 : 8.6: Marcus Stoinis to Sarfaraz Khan, FOUR! Excellent shot! Full again on off, Sarfaraz drives it through mid off for a boundary. |
| 9.6: Axar Patel to Sarfaraz Khan, OUT! CAUGHT! Another one bites the dust and Punjab have completely lost the plot in this chase. Sarfaraz needed to show some composure and take the game deep but he has looked to take the game on against Axar and fallen in doing so. Axar tosses this up on off, Sarfaraz comes down the track and looks to go over long off. These are big boundaries here and he cannot clear it. He finds Prithvi Shaw in the deep who takes a simple catch. |
| 10.5 : 10.5: Marcus Stoinis to Mayank Agarwal, SIX! Mayank continues his fight from one end! Shortish ball on off, Agarwal pulls it well over the mid-wicket fence for a biggie. |
| 12.3 : 12.3: Anrich Nortje to Mayank Agarwal, FOUR! Cracking shot! Short and outside off, Agarwal cuts it hard through point for a boundary. |
| 12.5 : 12.5: Anrich Nortje to Mayank Agarwal, FOUR! Nicely played! Length delivery on off, Agarwal guides it very fine towards third man for a boundary. |
| 14.1 : 14.1: Mohit Sharma to Krishnappa Gowtham, SIX! Just the start to the over Punjab needed! Knuckle ball on off on a length. Gowtham punches it over long on for a biggie. |
| 14.2 : 14.2: Mohit Sharma to Krishnappa Gowtham, FOUR! Good shot! Gowtham looks in the mood! Length ball outside off, Gowtham punches it through cover for a boundary. |
| 15.3 : 15.3: Kagiso Rabada to Krishnappa Gowtham, OUT! Caught! Rabada is a star in the final 5 overs and he has come and got the wicket of Krishnappa Gowtham. The KG from South Africa gets the better of KG from India. Good length ball bowled at a very high pace. In the late 140s around off. Gowtham looks to run it down to third man but ends up getting an edge which goes straight into the mitts of Pant. The power hitter departs and Punjab's hopes go down. |
| 16.1 : 16.1: Anrich Nortje to Mayank Agarwal, FOUR! Much-needed and Mayank's strike rate goes over 100 now. Back of a length ball on off, Mayank slams it over mid off for a boundary. |
| 16.3 : 16.3: Anrich Nortje to Mayank Agarwal, FOUR! Good shot and Mayank keeping that glimmer of hope alive! Fuller around off, Mayank lofts it over cover. It goes to the right of sweeper cover. Axar Patel covers the ground and dives but parries the ball into the ropes. |
| 17.1 : 17.1: Mohit Sharma to Mayank Agarwal, SIX! FIFTY FOR AGARWAL! WHAT A KNOCK! More importantly he has kept Punjab in the hunt! Full ball around off, Agarwal lofts it over point and gets a biggie to start the over in fine fashion and get to his milestone as well. |
| 17.3 : 17.3: Mohit Sharma to Mayank Agarwal, SIX! WHAT A SHOT! Just over long off. Slightly overpitched on off, Mayank goes downtown and clears long off and gets a maximum. 14 off the first 3 balls of this one. |
| 18.2 : 18.2: Kagiso Rabada to Mayank Agarwal, FOUR! Rabada misses his yorker and bowls a full ball. Agarwal hits it straight over his head and the ball goes away to the fence. |
| 19.1 : 19.1: Marcus Stoinis to Mayank Agarwal, SIX! Up and away! Agarwal you beauty! Full on off, Mayank smashes it over the long off fence for a biggie. 7 needed off 5 now! |
| 18.4 : 18.4: Kagiso Rabada to Mayank Agarwal, DROPPED AND FOUR! The captain is the guilty man and has Iyer lost the game? Back of a length ball on leg, Agarwal comes down the track and mistimes his hoick. It goes to the left of deep mid-wicket. Shreyas Iyer comes running in and looks to take the catch with his finger pointing skywards but he misses and parries it to the fence. |
| 19.3 : 19.3: Marcus Stoinis to Mayank Agarwal, FOUR! Superb shot! The scores level now! Full ball on leg, Mayank gets away from the ball and carves it wide of cover. Mohit Sharma at sweeper cover runs to his left and puts a dive but cannot stop it cleanly as the ball touches the rope. |
| 19.5 : 19.5: Marcus Stoinis to Mayank Agarwal, OUT! CAUGHT! Are we heading for a Super Over? Mayank Agarwal goes for the glory shot and perishes. 1 needed off the final ball. Short ball outside off, Agarwal goes over cover but ends up finding Shimron Hetmyer in the deep. He cannot believe it. Stoinis did it with the bat in the final over, is he about to do the unthinkable with the ball as well? |
| 19.6 : 19.6: Marcus Stoinis to Chris Jordan, OUT! CAUGHT! Stoinis has dragged this game into the Super Over! Low full toss on the pads, Jordan flicks it uppishly but straight to short mid-wicket. Rabada there takes the catch and Punjab have thrown it away. |
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