| 0.0 : TOSS - The flip of the coin lands in favour of Kolkata and they will BAT first. |
| Delhi (Playing XI) - Prithvi Shaw, David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Rishabh Pant (C/WK), Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel, Sumit Kumar, Rasikh Dar, Anrich Nortje, Ishant Sharma, Khaleel Ahmed.  |
| Impact subs nominated by Delhi -Â Abishek Porel, Kumar Kushagra, Pravin Dubey, Lalit Yadav, Jake Fraser-McGurk. |
| Kolkata (Playing XI) - Phil Salt (WK), Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer (C), Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy. |
| Impact subs nominated by Kolkata -Â Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Manish Pandey, Vaibhav Arora, Rahmanullah Gurbaz. |
| Delhi's skipper, Rishabh Pant says they would have batted first too as it might get a bit slow but isn't too worried about it. Adds that he is happy to have performed well last time but wants to take it one game at a time. Mentions that the bowlers did really well in the Powerplay last time which they would want to replicate here as well. Adds that they aren't thinking about the fact they didn't start with Prithvi Shaw and mentions that he got his opportunity when he was ready. Ends by saying |
| Shreyas Iyer, the captain of Kolkata wins the Toss and opts to bat first. He begins by saying that when he looked at the wicket, it looked like a great surface to bat. Adds that it changed drastically in the last game and that's the reason he chose to bat first. Adds that he had a great journey in Delhi and also says that it is a new journey for him in Kolkata. Adds that the staff and the management have been supportive. He says every team gives different challenges and states that it is impor |
| All in readiness for the game to begin! The umpires are out in the middle and the Delhi players can be seen in a huddle with David Warner pumping the team up with a few last words. It will be the pairing of Phil Salt and Sunil Narine to open the innings for Kolkata. Khaleel Ahmed has the new ball in hand and would look to get it swinging right away. A first slip and wide slip in place. Let's go... |
| 0.1 : Khaleel Ahmed to Phil Salt, What a dramatic start this! FOUR BYES! |
| 0.2 : Khaleel Ahmed to Phil Salt, WIDE! Short and deviating outside off on a length, Phil Salt swings for pull shot but misses. It goes beyond the tramline and it is given as a Wide. |
| Khaleel Ahmed to Phil Salt, No run. |
| 0.3 : Khaleel Ahmed to Phil Salt, No run. |
| 0.4 : Khaleel Ahmed to Phil Salt, TWO WIDES! Another sharp deviation after pitching! Back of a length, swinging way away outside off, Phil Salt misses to connect and the ball beats his outside edge. Rishabh Pant too, gets beaten and it deflects from his gloves towards gully. They cross. |
| Khaleel Ahmed to Sunil Narine, No run. |
| 0.5 : Khaleel Ahmed to Sunil Narine, No run. |
| 0.6 : Khaleel Ahmed to Sunil Narine, No run. |
| 0.0 : Ishant Sharma to operate from the other end. |
| 1.1 : Ishant Sharma to Phil Salt, Jags back on the back of a length around off, Phil Salt gets squared up and it takes his front pad before rolling to the off side. They cross for a leg bye. |
| 1.2 : Ishant Sharma to Sunil Narine, Around the wicket this time, on a length, slightly outside off, Sunil Narine clears his front foot and goes for a big shot but only meets thin air as the ball beats the outside edge of his willow. |
| 1.3 : Ishant Sharma to Sunil Narine, Ishant bowls it closer to the body this time, and keeps the length the same, Sunil Narine again looks to clear the stands but misses again. |
| 1.4 : Ishant Sharma to Sunil Narine, 1 run. |
| 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 : Ishant Sharma to Phil Salt, FOUR! Two in two for Salt to end the over! |
| 2.1 : Khaleel Ahmed to Sunil Narine, In the air...but lands safe and a good bit of work by Tristan Stubbs who saves a certain boundary! On the back of a length on off, Sunil Narine lofts it with no real timing over the bowler's head. It lands in the deep where Stubbs chases and puts in a timely dive to flick the ball before the ropes. Saves two for his team. |
| 2.2 : Khaleel Ahmed to Sunil Narine, FOUR! Shot! |
| 2.3 : Khaleel Ahmed to Sunil Narine, 1 run. |
| 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. |
| 2.5 : Khaleel Ahmed to Phil Salt, On the top of off, on the back of a length, Phil Salt misses to connect on his pull shot. The ball carries well to Rishabh Pant. |
| 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 : 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 : 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 : Ishant Sharma to Sunil Narine, FOUR! What a shot! This has been an aggressive start from Kolkata! |
| 3.4 : Ishant Sharma to Sunil Narine, On the hard length, angling in on the middle, Sunil Narine swings hard at it but this time he fails to connect. |
| 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 : Ishant Sharma to Sunil Narine, FOUR! Not exactly where he intended but gets a boundary anyways! |
| 0.0 : Anrich Nortje comes into the attack now. |
| 4.1 : Anrich Nortje to Phil Salt, Cannons it on the back of a length, aiming the off-pole, Phil Salt solidly punches it off the back foot. |
| 4.2 : Anrich Nortje to Phil Salt, In the air...and DROPPED! Would you believe it? It is David Warner who has spilled this one! Short and on off, Phil Salt mistimes his pull shot towards deep square leg where David Warner runs forward for the catch and shells it while diving to his front. The batters cross for the double. |
| 4.3 : Anrich Nortje to Phil Salt, OUT! TAKEN! Finally, a breakthrough for Delhi and that dropped catch hasn't done much damage! |
| Angkrish Raghuvanshi is in at number 3. |
| 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 : Anrich Nortje to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Four! |
| 4.6 : Anrich Nortje to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, 2 runs. |
| 0.0 : Rasikh Dar to bowl the final over of the Powerplay. |
| 5.1 : Rasikh Dar to Sunil Narine, Swing and a miss! Starts from around the wicket and bowls it full and wide outside the off stump, Sunil Narine stays put and throws his hands at it but misses. |
| 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 : 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. |
| 5.4 : Rasikh Dar to Sunil Narine, Back of a length and around off stump, Sunil Narine taps it away towards cover. |
| 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 : 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. |
| 6.1 : Sumit Kumar to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Begins from over the stumps and bowl it on a length angling it onto the stumps, Angkrish Raghuvanshi works it away through mid-wicket and turns the strike over. |
| 6.2 : Sumit Kumar to Sunil Narine, Well bowled! Banged in on a hard length and angled well across the left-hander, Sunil Narine leaves it in hopes of a wide but it is well inside the tramline. |
| 6.4 : Sumit Kumar to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, 1 run. |
| 6.3 : Sumit Kumar to Sunil Narine, Just short! Hard length again and around off stump, Sunil Narine flat-bats it over mid off and Anrich Nortje comes charging in from the boundary. The ball is always dying on him and Nortje just can't get to it but does keep it down to a single. |
| 6.5 : Sumit Kumar to Sunil Narine, A tad short and wide, Sunil Narine cuts it away hard but straight to deep point for a single. |
| 6.6 : Sumit Kumar to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, A tidy over from Sumit Kumar and Delhi will be relieved to have not conceded a boundary in that over. Fuller in length and outside off, driven nicely on the up and wide of long off for a run, just 5 singles off it. |
| 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. |
| 7.2 : Axar Patel to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, On the shorter side and over the stumps tucked away through mid-wicket for a single. |
| 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. |
| 7.4 : Axar Patel to Sunil Narine, Shortens the length and throws this one wide of the off stump, Sunil Narine has to adjust and reach for it before lofting it over covers for one. |
| 7.5 : Axar Patel to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Leg bye! More than half a shout for LBW but probably hitting outside the line. Pushed through a bit fuller and around off, straightening off the deck, Angkrish Raghuvanshi tentatively plays at it and the ball rolls off the pads to short third. They get a leg bye. |
| 7.6 : Axar Patel to Sunil Narine, SIX! Wow, Sunil Narine is making a mockery of this Delhi attack! |
| 8.1 : Sumit Kumar to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, 1 run. |
| 8.2 : Sumit Kumar to Sunil Narine, A bit fuller and bowled well wide of the off stump, Sunil Narine looks to fetch the ball and go across the line but cue-ends it towards cover for a single. |
| 8.3 : Sumit Kumar to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, On a good length around off stump, punched away to cover. |
| 8.4 : Sumit Kumar to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, 2 runs. |
| 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 : 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. |
| 0.0 : Strategic Break! |
| 9.1 : Mitchell Marsh to Sunil Narine, WIDE! Not the right start from Marsh. Banged in halfway down the track and this one loops up over the bowler's head for a wide. |
| 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. |
| 9.2 : Mitchell Marsh to Sunil Narine, Good length outside off stump, flat-batted down to David Warner at long off for a single. |
| 9.3 : Mitchell Marsh to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Takes pace off and bowls it at the body of the batter, Angkrish Raghuvanshi works it away in between deep mid-wicket and long on for just a single. |
| 9.4 : Mitchell Marsh to Sunil Narine, Back of a length over middle and leg, not much room for Sunil Narine and he forces the pull shot down to long on for a run. |
| 9.5 : Mitchell Marsh to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Slightly back of a length and angled into the legs, flicked away uppishly through the mid-wicket region for one more. |
| 9.6 : Mitchell Marsh to Sunil Narine, A rare dot to end the over! Brings out the surprise bumper and bowls it a bit outside off stump around head height. Sunil Narine leaves it for a wide but the umpire deems it fine. |
| 10.1 : Rasikh Dar to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Over the wicket on the back of a length around off, Angkrish Raghuvanshi slashes hard but only gets a thickish inside edge onto the pitch. |
| 9.6 : Rasikh Dar (1-0-18-0) is back on. |
| 10.2 : Rasikh Dar to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Straighter and on a length around off, Angkrish Raghuvanshi punches it from the middle of the willow to the cover fielder who dives and makes a good stop. Allows only a solitary run to be taken. |
| 10.3 : Rasikh Dar to Sunil Narine, WIDE! Around the wicket and outside the tramline. Sunil Narine leaves it. Wide given by the Umpire. |
| Rasikh Dar to Sunil Narine, A low full toss angling in on the middle, Sunil Narine flicks it toward deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 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. |
| 10.5 : Rasikh Dar to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, A rare dot ball! On a hard length angling in from outside off, Angkrish Raghuvanshi gets beaten on the back foot punch. |
| 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. |
| 11.1 : Anrich Nortje to Sunil Narine, Aims the woods on a yorker length on the leg stump line, Sunil Narine flicks it to deep mid-wicket for a single. This is his highest score in this competition now. |
| 11.2 : Anrich Nortje to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, On a good length at off, Angkrish Raghuvanshi whips it to deep mid-wicket for one. |
| 11.3 : Anrich Nortje to Sunil Narine, SIX! Clears the ropes in style! |
| 11.4 : Anrich Nortje to Sunil Narine, Length ball at the stumps, Sunil Narine drags it to deep square leg and gets a single. |
| 11.5 : Anrich Nortje to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Aims the off stump on a length, Angkrish Raghuvanshi guides the ball off the back foot toward deep third for a single. |
| 11.6 : Anrich Nortje to Sunil Narine, Short in length on the top of middle at 144 clicks, Sunil Narine mistimes his pull shot over mid-wicket for a couple of runs to end the over. 12 runs from this over. |
| 12.1 : Mitchell Marsh to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Over the wicket hustles Marsh, and bowls it on a nagging length angling on the pads, Angkrish Raghuvanshi waits for it and flicks it to deep mid-wicket for a single and moves on to 49. |
| 12.2 : Mitchell Marsh to Sunil Narine, Short, slanting away from outside off, Sunil Narine offers no shot at it. |
| 12.3 : Mitchell Marsh to Sunil Narine, WIDE! Way outside off on a length, Sunil Narine leaves it alone and the Umpire signals for a Wide. |
| 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 |
| 0.0 : Andre Russell is pushed up the order at number 4. |
| 12.4 : Mitchell Marsh to Andre Russell, 1 run. |
| 12.5 : Mitchell Marsh to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, A solid knock from Angkrish Raghuvanshi as he gets his fifty on his debut! He has cultivated this inning with style and responsibility. Back of a length outside off, Angkrish Raghuvanshi guides it to short third for a single. |
| 12.6 : Mitchell Marsh to Andre Russell, WIDE! A steep bumper from Marsh outside off. Wide given. |
| 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 : Anrich Nortje to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, FOUR! Stylish wristy work and gets the reward! |
| 13.2 : Anrich Nortje to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Wide! |
| 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. |
| 13.3 : Anrich Nortje to Shreyas Iyer, No run. |
| 13.2 : Skipper, Shreyas Iyer is the new man in. |
| 13.4 : Anrich Nortje to Shreyas Iyer, Short in length, on the top of the middle and off, Shreyas Iyer pulls it over square leg for a single and gets off the mark. |
| 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. |
| 13.6 : Anrich Nortje to Andre Russell, On the back of a length around off at 148 clicks, Andre Russell gets beaten on the cut shot. Another over that went for double figures, 10 from it. |
| 14.1 : Rasikh Dar to Shreyas Iyer, Short, outside off, Shreyas Iyer drags it across towards deep mid-wicket for a brace. A good effort in the deep by Sumit Kumar who sprints from the deep square leg region and stops the ball before the fence. Saves two. |
| 14.2 : Rasikh Dar to Shreyas Iyer, A muted query for caught behind from Rasikh Dar but Rishabh Pant denies to go upstairs. |
| 14.3 : Rasikh Dar to Shreyas Iyer, A low full toss on the pads, Shreyas Iyer easily flicks it to deep square leg for a single. |
| 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 : 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. |
| 14.6 : Rasikh Dar to Andre Russell, Slows down the pace a bit on the off stump line, Andre Russell goes for a big shot again but the pace off allows only a single as he mistimes it to widish mid on. |
| 15.1 : Khaleel Ahmed to Andre Russell, WIDE! The attempted slower one, bowled full and wide, a bit too wide though for the umpire's liking. |
| Khaleel Ahmed to Andre Russell, Swing and a miss! Sticks to the plan and gets it bang on. This is bowled full and wide, Andre Russell tries to fetch it and heave across the line but is well beaten. |
| 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. |
| 15.3 : Khaleel Ahmed to Andre Russell, WIDE! Changes the angle by coming around the stumps but pushes the ball outside the tramline on the off side. Left alone for a wide. |
| Khaleel Ahmed to Andre Russell, Oh, Khaleel Ahmed is lucky to have got away with that. A high full toss around the fifth stump line and Andre Russell is just surprised by it and is late to play at it. |
| 15.4 : Khaleel Ahmed to Andre Russell, Full and wide, gets it in the blockhole this time. Andre Russell jams it out to covers for a single. |
| 15.5 : Khaleel Ahmed to Shreyas Iyer, Hits the deck hard and angles it in from around the off stump, Shreyas Iyer hangs back to pull but gets it high on the bat down to long on for a run. |
| 15.6 : Khaleel Ahmed to Andre Russell, No run. |
| 16.1 : Mitchell Marsh to Shreyas Iyer, Slightly back of a length and outside off, Shreyas Iyer stands tall and slaps it away to sweeper cover for one. |
| 0.0 : Strategic Break! Time for another strategic break. Well, nothing has changed from the previous one as Kolkata batters are attacking the Delhi bowlers right, left, and center. They have already breached the 200-run mark with four overs remaining in the bank, and more importantly, with Andre Russell standing unbeaten on the crease. He has already shown glimpses of what he is intending to do in the slog overs. Delhi will aim to get him out right after the break and slow down the scoring rate. Mitc |
| 16.2 : Mitchell Marsh to Andre Russell, FOUR! Streaky but will do nicely for Dre Russ and Kolkata. |
| 16.3 : Mitchell Marsh to Andre Russell, WIDE! Another bumper, dug in short and over the stumps, Andre Russell ducks under it and a wide is signalled. |
| 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. |
| 16.4 : Mitchell Marsh to Andre Russell, Goes full and straight and nails the yorker, Andre Russell digs it out off the leading edge to mid off for an easy single. |
| 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. |
| 16.6 : Mitchell Marsh to Shreyas Iyer, Full and straight at the stumps, jammed out firmly to mid off for no run. Can Kolkata surpass that unprecedented total of 277 which was put on by Hyderabad a few days back? |
| 17.1 : Khaleel Ahmed to Andre Russell, WIDE! Full and wide outside the off stump, Andre Russell tries to reach it but fails to do so and a wide is called. Also, the ball is spilled behind the stumps and the batters pick up a late single as well which didn't quite please the Delhi players, sloppy from them. |
| 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 : Khaleel Ahmed to Shreyas Iyer, OUT! CAUGHT! Some relief for Khaleel Ahmed and Delhi as Shreyas Iyer departs. |
| 0.0 : Rinku Singh walks out to the middle at number 6 for Kolkata. |
| 17.3 : Khaleel Ahmed to Rinku Singh, WIDE! Full and wide outside off, really close to the tramline but just swinging away. Rinku Singh leaves it alone for a wide. |
| Khaleel Ahmed to Rinku Singh, No ball! Oh, dear! That was a beamer from Khaleel Ahmed and this over is getting lenghtier every ball. |
| 17.4 : Khaleel Ahmed to Andre Russell, A pacy short ball, pushed wide of the off stump, Andre Russell goes after it but only connects with thin air. |
| 17.5 : Khaleel Ahmed to Andre Russell, 1 run. |
| 17.3 : Khaleel Ahmed to Andre Russell, Delhi are feeling the heat as Sumit Kumar now fumbles in the deep. Short of a length and angled well across the off stump, Andre Russell slashes it away to deep cover-point where Sumit misfields and allows the second run. |
| 17.6 : Khaleel Ahmed to Rinku Singh, Over the wicket and outside off on a length, Rinku Singh drives it towards covers and quickly completes the single to end the over. |
| 0.0 : Anrich Nortje (3-0-34-2) to bowl the penultimate over. Khaleel Ahmed has been subbed out and Abishek Porel has taken the field in his place. |
| Adding to the misery, Delhi are running way behind the clock being 3 overs behind. An extra fielder will now have to be inside the 30-yard circle |
| 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 : 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. |
| 18.3 : Anrich Nortje to Rinku Singh, Hard length outside off, Rinku Singh goes hard at it and slashes it away over the point region, on the bounce to Axar Patel in the deep and they sprint back for two runs. |
| 18.4 : Anrich Nortje to Rinku Singh, Wide! |
| 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 : 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 : Anrich Nortje to Rinku Singh, OUT! c David Warner b Anrich Nortje. |
| 0.0 : Venkatesh Iyer walks in at number 7. It will be Ishant Sharma to bowl the final over of the first innings. |
| 19.1 : Ishant Sharma to Andre Russell, OUT! TIMBER! Delivery of the day and even Andre Russell has to applaud that one! |
| 0.0 : Ramandeep Singh is in at number 8. Will Kolkata breach 277? Let's find out. |
| 19.2 : Ishant Sharma to Ramandeep Singh, Oh, dear! That could have been nasty! |
| 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. |
| Mitchell Starc is next to bat now. |
| 19.4 : Ishant Sharma to Mitchell Starc, 1 run. |
| 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. |
| 19.6 : Ishant Sharma to Venkatesh Iyer, No, Hyderabad fans can relax as their highest total is still intact! Ishant Sharma nails the yorker this time and gets it around the off stump, Venkatesh Iyer stays deep and looks to power it away but toe-ends it towards mid-wicket for a single. Just 8 off the final over but Kolkata finish with a gigantic total of 272/7 on the board! |
| 0.0 : An anti-climatic final over after a sensational batting display throughout. What an electrifying first half, a glimpse of what we saw a few days ago in Hyderabad. Fans were treated to absolute carnage and a barrage of maximums, with 18 sixes and 22 fours lighting up the match. But unarguably, Kolkata has an upper hand as they end their innings, being just five short of the highest total in the history of this great tournament. |
| Kolkata exploded with an onslaught of aggressive strokes, spearheaded by the dynamic duo of Phil Salt and Sunil Narine. Salt played a strong quick cameo up top. Meanwhile, Narine, after a tentative start, transformed into a powerhouse, launching a ferocious assault on the bowlers with his audacious strokeplay. Narine blazed his way to a blistering fifty in the blink of an eye. He mercilessly punished all the loose deliveries that came his way and toyed around the fielding restrictions. Kolkata |
| Meanwhile, the Delhi bowlers found themselves under intense pressure from the very beginning, as they struggled to contain the flow of runs. To be frank, their bowling lacked consistency in both line and length, allowing the Kolkata batters plenty of opportunities to play their attacking strokes. Adding to their troubles was a lack of sharpness in the field, compounding their woes on what turned out to be a dismal day for the team. It seemed like nothing went according to plan, with runs being c |
| Angkrish Raghuvanshi is down for a quick chat for his fantastic 54 off 27 balls. He says that when he went out to bat, he just watched the ball and didn't think much. Adds that he just backed his instincts and it turned out to be positive and says that it was box-office stuff watching Narine at the other end. Reckons that the game isn't over and everything was coming onto the bat but believes that they have quality spinners. |
| Right then, Delhi has a mammoth total to chase, and the onus will be on how their openers initiate the innings. Kolkata will feel they have way more than enough runs on the board, but given the nature of this tournament, they can't afford to sit too close to comfort. Stay tuned for the run chase to begin! |
| ... The Run Chase... |
| We are back with the all-important run chase to commence. The two Umpires make their way out to the middle. Kolkata players are seen in the last minute-huddle before spreading out in the field. |
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