| 0.1 : 0.1: Jofra Archer to Prithvi Shaw, OUT! BOWLED! What about that! What about that! Just the start that Rajasthan wanted. Full ball around off, a hint of away movement as well. Shaw comes on the front foot and looks to drive. Gets an inside edge and the ball goes onto hit the stumps. Just what the doctor ordered for the Men in Pink. |
| 1.6 : 1.6: Jaydev Unadkat to Shikhar Dhawan, FOUR! Shot! Finishes the second over in style. Shortish outside off, Dhawan shuffles across and launches a short arm jab. The ball races away to the mid-wicket fence. |
| 2.3 : 2.3: Jofra Archer to Ajinkya Rahane, OUT! CAUGHT! No timing, no elevation for Rahane here. He perishes. What a start for Rajasthan here. On a length around off, Rahane looked to go big on the leg side. Does not time it right. Ends up lobbing a simple catch to Robin Uthappa at mid on. |
| 3.3: Kartik Tyagi to Shikhar Dhawan, SIX! Beautifully pulled away for a six. Shortish ball on middle, Dhawan pulls it with disdain to the fine leg fence for half a dozen. |
| 4.2 : 4.2: Ben Stokes to Shikhar Dhawan, FOUR! Short ball outside off, Dhawan slaps it over covers for a boundary. It was hit powerfully. |
| 4.5 : 4.5: Ben Stokes to Shreyas Iyer, FOUR! Just over the fielder at mid on. Full and around off, Shreyas moved to the off side but manages to lift it just over the man at mid on and gets a boundary. |
| 5.2 : 5.2: Kartik Tyagi to Shikhar Dhawan, FOUR! Smashed! You will not see a shot which will feel more like a slap than this one. Length ball outside off, Dhawan smashes it through covers for a boundary. This was equivalent of a Knockout punch by a boxer. |
| 5.5 : 5.5: Kartik Tyagi to Shikhar Dhawan, FOUR! Dhawan has decided to go after Tyagi! Poor ball this from Tyagi, it is on a length and on the body. Dhawan pulls it behind square leg and gets another boundary. |
| 7.6 : 7.6: Rahul Tewatia to Shikhar Dhawan, FOUR! Just short! Samson could have never caught that though. Flatter ball outside off, Dhawan reaches out and slog sweeps it to mid-wicket. It falls just short of the diving Samson and goes into the boundary. He also did not commit himself fully though. |
| 9.2 : 9.2: Ben Stokes to Shreyas Iyer, FOUR! Not much of a timing on this one but will get a boundary. Short ball outside off, Iyer looks to pull but it comes off the top edge and goes to the long on fence for a boundary. |
| 10.3 : 10.3: Rahul Tewatia to Shikhar Dhawan, FOUR! Lovely shot! Tossed up on off, Dhawan makes a bit of room by going away from the stumps and then lofts it over extra cover for a boundary. |
| 11.1 : 11.1: Shreyas Gopal to Shikhar Dhawan, SIX! He is a special player, Dhawan. Full and around off, Dhawan gets down and mows a slog sweep over mid-wicket. |
| 11.4 : 11.4: Shreyas Gopal to Shikhar Dhawan, OUT! CAUGHT! Shikhar Dhawan is gone. A big wicket. Fullish and outside off, Dhawan switches to a right hander's stance and looked to work that over third man. A reverse sweep of sorts. He though ends up getting it off the top edge. It goes to Tyagi at short third man who takes a comfortable catch. |
| 12.5 : 12.5: Rahul Tewatia to Shreyas Iyer, FOUR! Shikhar Dhawan should have done these reckon the on-air commentators, instead of going for the unorthodox stroke. Short ball well outside off, Iyer slaps it over covers for a boundary. |
| 13.3 : 13.3: Shreyas Gopal to Marcus Stoinis, FOUR! Stoinis has got power. Short ball, he pounces on it immediately. Launches this over mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 14.4 : 14.4: Jaydev Unadkat to Shreyas Iyer, SIX! Time to launch. Full and around off, Iyer lofts it over mid-wicket for a huge maximum. Time to move on and the Delhi skipper knows it pretty well. |
| 14.6 : 14.6: Jaydev Unadkat to Shreyas Iyer, OUT! That is a simple catch to the fielder. |
| 14.6: Jaydev Unadkat to Shreyas Iyer, SIX! He did not time it that well, Iyer. Full and around off, Iyer looks to go big over mid-wicket again. He however does not time it as well as the previous occasion. This one is just looking like it might go over deep mid-wicket. But...Ben Stokes there puts in a magnificent effort. Leaps and throws the ball upwards as he was going into the ropes, to prevent a six. Stokes comes back into play and then holds it. The umpires want to have a look at whether |
| 15.6: Kartik Tyagi to Shreyas Iyer, OUT! CAUGHT! Captain Iyer departs and Rajasthan have struck gold at the right time. Good catch by Archer. He can do nothing wrong tonight. Credit to Tyagi as well. He has bowled a fantastic over and deserves this wicket. Full ball around off, Iyer swings but it is a very tired looking shot from the Delhi skipper. He ends up hitting in the air towards mid off. Archer comes running in and takes a very good catch. |
| 16.5 : 16.5: Jofra Archer to Alex Carey, SIX! Carey watches the ball really well here. On a length on top of the stumps, Carey backs away and lifts it over third man for a six. |
| 18.6 : 18.6: Jofra Archer to Marcus Stoinis, OUT! CAUGHT! What an impact Jofra Archer is having in this game. 3 wickets for him. He finishes with 4-0-19-3. Full and around off, Stoinis looks to heave that over the leg side. He however gets it only as far as mid-wicket who takes a simple catch. Tewatia it is. |
| 19.4 : 19.4: Jaydev Unadkat to Alex Carey, OUT! CAUGHT! Two simple catches in the deep for Rajasthan - Stoinis earlier, Carey now. Pace off does the trick. Slow full ball outside off, Carey looks to lift it over long off. However, he gets it off the toe end of the bat and gives catching practice to long off. Jofra Archer takes it with ease. |
| 19.5 : 19.5: Jaydev Unadkat to Axar Patel, FOUR! He can bat, Axar Patel. Full and well outside off, he creams the drive through covers for a boundary. |
| 19.6 : 19.6: Jaydev Unadkat to Axar Patel, OUT! Pace off does the trick again for Rajasthan. Unadkat gets his second wicket. Full length ball around off, Patel shuffles across and looks to slog sweep. Ends up getting a top edge towards short third man where it is taken. DELHI FINISH AT 161/7. |
| 0.1 : 0.1: Kagiso Rabada to Ben Stokes, Four! Played towards mid wicket. |
| 0.5 : 0.5: Kagiso Rabada to Jos Buttler, FOUR! Excellent shot. Full and well outside off, Buttler creams it through the covers and bags a boundary. |
| 1.2 : 1.2: Tushar Deshpande to Ben Stokes, FOUR! Full ball outside off, Stokes hammers it through the covers for a boundary. |
| 1.4 : 1.4: Tushar Deshpande to Ben Stokes, FOUR! HAMMERED! Full and well outside off, Stokes unleashes himself at it. Gets it through the covers for another boundary. |
| 2.1 : 2.1: Anrich Nortje to Jos Buttler, SIX! Greeted with a biggie straightaway. Full and around off, Buttler lifts it over wide long on for a maximum. |
| 2.4 : 2.4: Anrich Nortje to Jos Buttler, FOUR! Incredible! Full ball on middle, Buttler shuffles across and just lifts it over short fine leg for a boundary. |
| 2.5 : 2.5: Anrich Nortje to Jos Buttler, FOUR! And again. Full on off and middle, Buttler moves across his stumps and paddles it again, this time to the left of short fine leg for another boundary. |
| 2.6 : 2.6: Anrich Nortje to Jos Buttler, OUT! TIMBER! What a response from Nortje. Knocks Buttler over. Full on off and middle, Buttler swings across the line. Completely misses the ball and it crashes into the stumps behind. Nortje is pumped after going for 16 in his first over. |
| 3.6: Ravichandran Ashwin to Steven Smith, OUT! CAUGHT! A clever bowling change from Shreyas Iyer yields the result. Smith's stay at the crease is short lived. A flat off break, lands on off and spins in, Smith looked to flick that but gets an uppish leading edge back to the bowler. It is just above Ashwin. He leaps and takes it with ease. 122 runs needed in 96 balls for Rajasthan. |
| 5.2 : 5.2: Kagiso Rabada to Ben Stokes, FOUR! Stokes taking charge here. Shortish ball outside off, he pulls this to the mid-wicket fence. |
| 6.3 : 6.3: Axar Patel to Sanju Samson, SIX! How big is that? That is huge. Full ball outside off, Samson comes down and lofts it over the bowler's head for a huge maximum. |
| 7.2 : 7.2: Ravichandran Ashwin to Ben Stokes, FOUR! Stokes gets a boundary. On the shorter side on midde and leg, Stokes gets down and lifts it over short fine leg for a boundary. |
| 8.2: Axar Patel to Ben Stokes, FOUR! He will keep attacking, Stokes. Around off, flat, Stokes goes for the reverse sweep. Gets it well over short fine leg for a boundary. |
| 8.6 : 8.6: Axar Patel to Sanju Samson, SIX! That one was huge! Fullish ball on middle, Samson lofts it handsomely over deep mid-wicket for a biggie. |
| 10.2 : 10.2: Tushar Deshpande to Ben Stokes, OUT! CAUGHT! Stokes holes out and Tushar Deshpande takes his first wicket in the league on his debut! What a man to get! It is the English World Cup winning hero, Ben Stokes. A moment he will never forget in his life. Massive moment in the context of the game as well. Ben Stokes was looking so good and was motoring this chase with minimum fuss but with this wicket Delhi are back in the game. Smart bowling from the debutant. He takes the pace off the ball. |
| 10.6 : 10.6: Tushar Deshpande to Robin Uthappa, FOUR! The Free Hit ball does spoil the over! Length ball around the body, Uthappa comes down the track and looks to hit but the ball takes an inside edge and goes past the diving short fine leg fielder for a boundary. |
| 11.4 : 11.4: Axar Patel to Sanju Samson, OUT! BOWLED! Big wicket, Sanju Samson. Can Axar Patel turn this game around for Delhi? Can he be the gamechanger? Flatter ball on middle and off, the arm ball. Samson backs away and looks to cut but misses. The ball crashes into the woodwork behind. |
| 12.2 : 12.2: Anrich Nortje to Robin Uthappa, FOUR! Short and outside off, Uthappa lets out a ferocious cut. Gets it over point for a boundary. |
| 12.4 : 12.4: Anrich Nortje to Robin Uthappa, SIX! A top edge but still a biggie! Short ball, Uthappa looks to pull but gets a top edge. It still goes over fine leg for a maximum. |
| 13.2 : 13.2: Axar Patel to Robin Uthappa, OUT! The bolwer whips the bails off and appeals. The umpire raises his finger and the batsman is run out. |
| 13.5 : 13.5: Axar Patel to Robin Uthappa, FOUR! Innovative way to get a boundary. Flatter ball on off, Uthappa lets out a reverse sweep and gets it to the left of the man at short fine leg and bags a boundary. |
| 16.5: Kagiso Rabada to Rahul Tewatia, FOUR! Excellent improvisation. Back of a length ball, Tewatia sways away and uppercuts it over the keeper's head to the third man boundary. |
| 17.3 : 17.3: Anrich Nortje to Robin Uthappa, OUT! BOWLED! Uthappa goes. A big, big wicket for Delhi in the circumstances. Very full, almost a yorker, on middle. Uthappa moves to the leg side, comes down and looked to go big over covers. However, he cannot get the length of the ball right. Misses and it hits the stumps behind. |
| 13.2 : 13.2: Axar Patel to Robin Uthappa, OUT! RUN OUT! Sloppy work from Rajasthan, real sloppy. It is a wicket, 5-down for the Men in Pink. Flatter ball on middle and off, Uthappa knocks it to the right of Patel. Yes and Parag steps out but then comes the no. Too late though, Patel gets there, collects the ball and flings in a throw at the non-striker's end. Hits the stumps and catches Parag well short. |
| 18.4 : 18.4: Kagiso Rabada to Jofra Archer, OUT! CAUGHT! Some high quality death bowling this from Delhi. They have gone to their experienced bowlers - Rabada and Nortje - both have delivered. Full and in the blockhole outside off, Archer digs it out, uppishly but straight into the hands of Rahane at point. |
| 19.5 : 19.5: Tushar Deshpande to Shreyas Gopal, FOUR! Full and well outside off, Gopal throws the kitchen sink at it. Gets a thick outside edge which flies to the third man fence. |
| 19.6 : 19.6: Tushar Deshpande to Shreyas Gopal, OUT! CAUGHT! A brilliant win for Delhi. Tushar Deshpande has been excellent in the end. Full and well outside off, Gopal hits it uppishly towards backward point. The substitute fielder takes the catch. DELHI WIN BY 13 RUNS. |
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