| 1.5 : 1.5: Ishant Sharma to Phil Salt, FOUR! Clears the 30-yard circle and gets his first boundary! On the back of a length outside off, Phil Salt stands tall on the bounce and lofts it over covers for a boundary. |
| 1.6 : 1.6: Ishant Sharma to Phil Salt, FOUR! Two in two for Salt to end the over! |
| 2.2 : 2.2: Khaleel Ahmed to Sunil Narine, FOUR! Shot! |
| 2.4 : 2.4: Khaleel Ahmed to Phil Salt, FOUR! Salt on fire! Khaleel overpitches and gives a bit of width outside off, Phil Salt latches onto it and drives it over cover-point for a boundary. |
| 2.6 : 2.6: Khaleel Ahmed to Phil Salt, FOUR! In the gap and a glorious boundary! Third four of the over. Pulls his length again, slanting it across off on a hard length, Phil Salt stays on the back foot and gloriously punches it off the back foot through the cover-point gap for a cracking boundary. 15 runs off this over and Kolkata are up and running. |
| 3.1 : 3.1: Ishant Sharma to Sunil Narine, SIX! Narine gets into the groove now! Around the wicket comes Ishant and bowls it on off on a good length, Sunil Narine keeps his head still and lofts it over mid off for a maximum. |
| 3.2 : 3.2: Ishant Sharma to Sunil Narine, SIX! Bowl short and he will mercilessly punish you! What a cracking shot! Ishant Sharma lands it short and angling on off, Sunil Narine gets in position quickly before pulling it over deep backward square leg for another six. That sounded so well off the willow. |
| 3.3 : 3.3: Ishant Sharma to Sunil Narine, FOUR! What a shot! This has been an aggressive start from Kolkata! |
| 3.5 : 3.5: Ishant Sharma to Sunil Narine, SIX! Wow, just wow! Sit back and admire this batting! Overpitched and around off, Sunil Narine stands tall and simply lofts the ball over mid off for a massive six. |
| 3.6 : 3.6: Ishant Sharma to Sunil Narine, FOUR! Not exactly where he intended but gets a boundary anyways! |
| 4.3 : 4.3: Anrich Nortje to Phil Salt, OUT! TAKEN! Finally, a breakthrough for Delhi and that dropped catch hasn't done much damage! |
| 4.4 : 4.4: Anrich Nortje to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, FOUR! Gets off the mark in style! A loosener to follow, on a hard length angling down leg, Angkrish Raghuvanshi swivels and pulls it over short fine for a boundary. |
| 4.5 : 4.5: Anrich Nortje to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Four! |
| 5.2 : 5.2: Rasikh Dar to Sunil Narine, FOUR! Slammed away by Narine! Hard length around the top of off stump, Sunil Narine stands tall and punches it sweetly in front of point for a boundary. |
| 5.3 : 5.3: Rasikh Dar to Sunil Narine, SIX! That golf swing is looking stunning from Sunil Narine. Neither full nor short, just sitting up around middle and off, Narine clears the front leg and smokes it over wide long on for a biggie. |
| 5.5 : 5.5: Rasikh Dar to Sunil Narine, FOUR! Too easy for Sunil Narine at the moment and this is quite the onslaught from Kolkata. |
| 5.6 : 5.6: Rasikh Dar to Sunil Narine, FOUR! FIFTY up for Sunil Narine in absolutely no time at all and at the end of the Powerplay, Kolkata are flying at 88/1! Banged in short and wide, Narine goes after the width and ends up slashing it over backward point for a boundary. 18 off that over and Delhi are under the pump here, the most expensive Powerplay of the season. |
| 7.1 : 7.1: Axar Patel to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, FOUR! Cheeky but effective enough! Axar starts on a dragged length on off stump, Angkrish Raghuvanshi straightaway goes for the reverse sweep and manages to get a top edge over short third man and the ball rolls away to the fence. |
| 7.3 : 7.3: Axar Patel to Sunil Narine, SIX! Up, up and away! Fuller in length and right in the swinging arc around middle, Sunil Narine keeps the front leg out of the way and slogs it over deep mid-wicket for another maximum. |
| 7.6 : 7.6: Axar Patel to Sunil Narine, SIX! Wow, Sunil Narine is making a mockery of this Delhi attack! |
| 8.5 : 8.5: Sumit Kumar to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, SIX! Stylishly done by Angkrish Raghuvanshi! A bit fuller and angled into the pads, Angkrish Raghuvanshi just picks it up and flicks it nonchalantly over deep square leg for a biggie. |
| 8.6 : 8.6: Sumit Kumar to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, FOUR! Cut away and cut away to perfection! Slightly short and wide, Angkrish Raghuvanshi latches onto the width quickly and cuts it well behind point for yet another boundary. This is some sensational batting and Delhi look out of ideas. |
| 9.1 : 9.1: Mitchell Marsh to Sunil Narine, FOUR! The bowlers keep changing but Narine keeps finding the fence. Hard length, trying to angle it across the left-hander but Narine manages to reach out and powers it uppishly through extra cover for a boundary. |
| 10.4 : 10.4: Rasikh Dar to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, SIX! No mercy whatsoever. Innovation at its best! Outside off on a length, Angkrish Raghuvanshi employs the reverse scoops it over deep third for a maximum. |
| 10.6 : 10.6: Rasikh Dar to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, SIX! He is timing the ball beautifully! 150 up for Kolkata and they are already eyeing for a gigantic total here. On the back of a length on off, Angkrish Raghuvanshi picks the length early and gets in position quickly before aerially picking it up over deep mid-wicket for a maximum. |
| 11.3 : 11.3: Anrich Nortje to Sunil Narine, SIX! Clears the ropes in style! |
| 12.3: Mitchell Marsh to Sunil Narine, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Mitchell Marsh dismisses the dangerous man Sunil Narine. But what a sensational knock from him! Marsh continues to bowl on the short length across off, Sunil Narine skips a couple of steps ahead looking to clear the in-field but he finds himself in a weird position, and the ball takes the faint outside edge of his bat. Rishabh Pant does the rest behind the wickets with a regulation grab. Sunil Narine departs on a blistering 85 off ju |
| 12.6 : 12.6: Mitchell Marsh to Andre Russell, FOUR! In the gap and Dre Russ gets his first boundary. Offers a half-volley on the stumps, Andre Russell clears his front leg and aerially plays it over mid-wicket for a boundary. The two converging fielders in the deep fail to stop the ball and the ball bisects them into the fence. |
| 13.1 : 13.1: Anrich Nortje to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, FOUR! Stylish wristy work and gets the reward! |
| 13.2 : 13.2: Anrich Nortje to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, OUT! TAKEN! Ishant Sharma was intentionally stationed in the deep and it does the trick! Bowls it short and outside off, Angkrish Raghuvanshi uses the pace of the ball and tries to guide it over deep third but he finds Ishant Sharma who doesn't move an inch and takes a good catch. A splendid inning from this young lad comes to an end. |
| 13.5 : 13.5: Anrich Nortje to Andre Russell, FOUR! You can't keep him quiet for long. This is slapped hard and in the gap! A shade fuller in length on off, Andre Russell clears his front foot and creates a strong base before slapping it through cover-point for a cracking boundary. |
| 14.4 : 14.4: Rasikh Dar to Andre Russell, SIX! A gift and Russell accepts it with both hands! Full toss on offer on off, Andre Russell picks it up aerially and deposits it into the stands behind deep mid-wicket. |
| 14.5 : 14.5: Rasikh Dar to Andre Russell, FOUR! What a shot! Overpitched outside off, Andre Russell gets low on one knee and accesses the gap towards deep backward point for a boundary. |
| 15.2 : 15.2: Khaleel Ahmed to Andre Russell, SIX! Not this time though as Andre Russell goes over the off side and manages to clear the fence. |
| 16.2: Mitchell Marsh to Andre Russell, FOUR! Streaky but will do nicely for Dre Russ and Kolkata. |
| 16.3 : 16.3: Mitchell Marsh to Andre Russell, SIX! High and long enough! Off-paced delivery, short and around offstump, Andre Russell is a bit early in his swing but that raw power of his takes the ball sailing over the head of the fielder at deep mid-wicket for a maximum. |
| 16.5 : 16.5: Mitchell Marsh to Shreyas Iyer, SIX! What a sound the ball made when it left the bat, wow! Too short again from Marsh but not much pace behind it and this is pushed outside off. Shreyas Iyer doesn't move his feet much and just drags the pull cleanly over deep mid-wicket for a biggie. |
| 17.1 : 17.1: Khaleel Ahmed to Shreyas Iyer, SIX! Oh, that's gone all the way! Misses the wide yorker and serves a low full toss instead, Shreyas Iyer just reaches out, one hand comes off the handle and the ball gets sliced over the third man fence for a maximum. |
| 17.2 : 17.2: Khaleel Ahmed to Shreyas Iyer, OUT! CAUGHT! Some relief for Khaleel Ahmed and Delhi as Shreyas Iyer departs. |
| 18.1 : 18.1: Anrich Nortje to Rinku Singh, SIX! Not a bad ball really but Rinku Singh gets a maximum. Full and wide, angling away at 137 clicks, Singh stays low and just slices it away over deep backward point, using the pace and for a maximum. |
| 18.2 : 18.2: Anrich Nortje to Rinku Singh, SIX! Slam-dunked over deep extra cover and the 250 is up for Kolkata! Goes for the wide yorker but ends up serving a low full toss, Rinku Singh stays low again and thumps it over covers for a biggie. |
| 18.4 : 18.4: Anrich Nortje to Rinku Singh, SIX! That is massive and Kolkata are inching closer to that highest total. Just too full and in the slot outside off, Rinku Singh gets under it and whacks it a long way over wide long off for a third maximum of the over. |
| 18.5 : 18.5: Anrich Nortje to Rinku Singh, FOUR! 25 off the over and there's still one ball remaining! Back of a length and outside off, enough room for Rinku Singh to get his hands through the ball and hammer it away through covers for a boundary. |
| 18.6 : 18.6: Anrich Nortje to Rinku Singh, OUT! c David Warner b Anrich Nortje. |
| 19.1 : 19.1: Ishant Sharma to Andre Russell, OUT! TIMBER! Delivery of the day and even Andre Russell has to applaud that one! |
| 19.3 : 19.3: Ishant Sharma to Ramandeep Singh, OUT! CAUGHT! Ishant Sharma is just gathering some momentum here for Delhi before the innings break. Slightly slower and bowled into the pitch, well wide of the off stump. Ramandeep Singh has to really reach for it and can't quite keep his balance whilst looking to go over covers. The ball gets sliced to the left of cover where Prithvi Shaw takes a comfortable running catch. |
| 19.5 : 19.5: Ishant Sharma to Venkatesh Iyer, FOUR! Venkatesh Iyer finally gets on strike and picks up a boundary right away. Pitched up around off stump, Iyer stays really deep in the crease and just shimmies to the off side before thumping it flat over the bowler's head for a boundary. Kolkata can still equal that 277 total with a maximum here. |
| 0.5 : 0.5: Mitchell Starc to Prithvi Shaw, FOUR! Up and away! Banged in well short and outside the off stump, Prithvi Shaw goes after it with no intention of keeping it down and gets it fine of third man for the first boundary of the chase. |
| 0.6 : 0.6: Mitchell Starc to Prithvi Shaw, FOUR! Back-to-back boundaries to end the over! |
| 1.1 : 1.1: Vaibhav Arora to David Warner, FOUR! Poor delivery to start with and David Warner helps himself to an easy boundary. Way too short and angled down the leg side, Warner just helps it fine of short fine and collects four runs. |
| 1.2 : 1.2: Vaibhav Arora to David Warner, FOUR! That one surprised David Warner but he gets away with it. Short of a length and at the hips, Warner flicks the ball off the top edge and the ball goes high and over Sunil Narine at short fine leg for another boundary. |
| 1.5 : 1.5: Vaibhav Arora to Prithvi Shaw, OUT! CAUGHT! Excellent from Varun Chakaravarthy and the lack of foot movement has cost Prithvi Shaw big time here. |
| 2.5: Mitchell Starc to Mitchell Marsh, OUT! CAUGHT! Straight to the man and Mitchell Marsh cannot believe it! |
| 3.6 : 3.6: Vaibhav Arora to Abishek Porel, OUT! CAUGHT! What a well-directed short ball that was! |
| 4.2 : 4.2: Mitchell Starc to David Warner, SIX! David Warner seems to have had enough and just picks the screws out of that one. |
| 4.3 : 4.3: Mitchell Starc to David Warner, OUT! b Mitchell Starc. |
| 4.6 : 4.6: Mitchell Starc to Rishabh Pant, SIX! Rishabh Pant gets off the mark in style! |
| 5.2 : 5.2: Vaibhav Arora to Tristan Stubbs, FOUR! Nicely played and placed! Angles in considerably from outside off on a length, Tristan Stubbs stays in the crease and punches it through point for a boundary. |
| 5.3 : 5.3: Vaibhav Arora to Tristan Stubbs, FOUR! Luckily he gets a four! |
| 6.4 : 6.4: Andre Russell to Rishabh Pant, SIX! The fielder looked interested in the deep but watches it sail over. Overpitched on the stumps, Rishabh Pant picks it uppishly over deep square leg for a six. |
| 6.5 : 6.5: Andre Russell to Rishabh Pant, SIX! Clears the fence again! Short and on the body, Rishabh Pant swivels quickly and pulls it over deep backward square leg for another maximum. |
| 8.1 : 8.1: Varun Chakaravarthy to Tristan Stubbs, SIX! BOOM! Varun Chakaravarthy gets greeted with a massive strike. Lands it right into the hitting arc on the middle, Tristan Stubbs clears his front foot before clobbering it into the stands beyond deep mid-wicket for a maximum. |
| 8.3 : 8.3: Varun Chakaravarthy to Tristan Stubbs, SIX! Up, up, and away! Wow! Short in length on the stumps, Tristan Stubbs quickly transfers the weight on the back foot and slaps it aerially down the ground for a massive six. |
| 10.6 : 10.6: Varun Chakaravarthy to Tristan Stubbs, FOUR! Too much heat on that one and even Andre Russell can't cut it off! Full and straight and well over 100 clicks, Tristan Stubbs manages to make a bit of room and drills it back past the bowler and to the left of long on for a boundary. |
| 11.1 : 11.1: Venkatesh Iyer to Rishabh Pant, FOUR! Just enough bat on it! |
| 11.2 : 11.2: Venkatesh Iyer to Rishabh Pant, SIX! How has that gone all the way? Back of a length around off and angling in, Rishabh Pant keeps his shape and muscles it against the angle, powering it over deep cover for a biggie. |
| 11.3 : 11.3: Venkatesh Iyer to Rishabh Pant, SIX! This is vintage Rishabh Pant! Comes from over the wicket now and bowls it full done leg, Rishabh Pant gets quite low and uses quick hands to just flick it away almost even without looking and gets it over fine leg for another maximum. 16 off the over with 3 balls to go. |
| 11.4 : 11.4: Venkatesh Iyer to Rishabh Pant, FOUR! Make that 20 with 2 balls to go. Misses the wide yorker and ends up serving a low full toss, Rishabh Pant throws his hands at it and hammers it square through cover-point for a boundary. |
| 11.5 : 11.5: Venkatesh Iyer to Rishabh Pant, FOUR MORE! FIFTY up for Rishabh Pant and he makes it back-to-back fifties, what a return for the southpaw! |
| 11.6 : 11.6: Venkatesh Iyer to Rishabh Pant, FOUR! Wow, a hattrick of boundaries to end the over and Delhi pick up 28 runs off it! Goes full and wide, Rishabh Pant reaches out and manages to slice the ball away through the point region for another four. That's the most expensive over of the game and Venkatesh Iyer might not get the ball again for a while. |
| 12.2 : 12.2: Varun Chakaravarthy to Rishabh Pant, OUT! CAUGHT! It was coming and eventually, Rishabh Pant does mistime one in an attempt to keep going hard. |
| 12.3 : 12.3: Varun Chakaravarthy to Axar Patel, OUT! CAUGHT! Straight in and straight out for Axar Patel as Delhi slump further. Varun Chakaravarthy tosses this one up a bit and bowls it on off and middle stump. Axar tries to take him on right away and looks to go downtown but ends up shaking it over mid on. A couple of fielders run towards it but it is the substitute fielder Manish Pandey who charges in from the deep and dives forward to take an excellent catch. |
| 13.2 : 13.2: Sunil Narine to Tristan Stubbs, Six! |
| 13.3 : 13.3: Sunil Narine to Tristan Stubbs, Six! |
| 13.6 : 13.6: Sunil Narine to Sumit Kumar, SIX! What a cracking shot that! |
| 14.4 : 14.4: Varun Chakaravarthy to Tristan Stubbs, FOUR! Solid hit! |
| 14.5 : 14.5: Varun Chakaravarthy to Tristan Stubbs, OUT! CAUGHT! Tristan Stubbs just had to keep pushing and ends up getting out in the process. |
| 15.1 : 15.1: Sunil Narine to Sumit Kumar, OUT! TAKEN! Another one falls and it is finishing quite quickly now! |
| 16.1: Vaibhav Arora to Rasikh Dar, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Vaibhav Arora gets his third and he has used his short deliveries to precision! |
| 17.2 : 17.2: Andre Russell to Anrich Nortje, OUT! TAKEN! DONE AND DUSTED! KOLKATA WIN BY A HUGE MARGIN OF 106 RUNS! This is the first time they have won the first three games on the trot in this competition. This is a well-directed bumper on the stumps, Anrich Nortje mistimes the pull shot straight into the hands of the skipper Shreyas Iyer stationed at mid on. A massive victory for Kolkata which will tremendously inflate their net run rate. They still remain unbeaten in this season and climb to t |
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