0.0 : Wow! What a couple of days it has been in the history of Indian T20 league. First Rajasthan pulled an amazing chase and yesterday Mumbai almost pulled a scintillating chase only to end on the losing side courtesy of a Super Over. Today we have Delhi taking on Hyderabad in match 11. Delhi would be a happy contingent after pulling out two wins off two games. One of their wins came against Chennai and that would give them enormous confidence going ahead in the tourney. Delhi are well set with their |
Pitch Report- It is a used surface so there will be assistance for the slower bowlers. Overall it should be a good batting surface. |
Toss - It's time for the coin toss in Abu Dhabi. Warner and Iyer are out there with the match referee. Up goes the coin and it lands in favour of Shreyas Iyer. DELHI OPT TO FIELD FIRST!. |
Shreyas Iyer, Delhi skipper, says they will bowl first due to the dew factor in the second innings. Adds that their preparations are on point. Mentions that in the last game, the players showed one can bat till the end. Informs they have one change as Ishant Sharma comes in for Avesh Khan. |
David Warner, Hyderabad skipper, says they wanted to bat first however. Adds that they will look to put runs on the board. Informs Abdul Samad will make his debut and comes in for Saha, Kane Williamson comes in for Nabi. |
Delhi (Playing XI) - Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer (C), Shimron Hetmyer, Rishabh Pant (WK), Marcus Stoinis, Axar Patel, Amit Mishra, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Ishant Sharma (IN FOR AVESH KHAN). |
Hyderabad (Playing XI) - David Warner (C), Jonny Bairstow (WK), Manish Pandey, Priyam Garg, Abdul Samad (IN FOR WRIDDHIMAN SAHA), Kane Williamson (IN FOR MOHAMMAD NABI), Abhishek Sharma, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed, T Natarajan. |
We are all set to begin. The umpires are out in the middle. The Delhi players are out in the middle. David Warner and Jonny Bairstow will open the batting for Hyderabad. Ishant Sharma will start the proceedings with the ball. |
0.1 : Ishant Sharma to David Warner, Ishant starts with a length ball and gets it to move across the left hander. Warner leaves it alone. |
0.2 : Ishant Sharma to David Warner, Length ball around off, Warner punches it through cover-point for a couple. Warner is up and running and so are Hyderabad. |
0.3 : Ishant Sharma to David Warner, Full and outside off, Warner pushes it through point and gets a single this time. |
0.4 : Ishant Sharma to Jonny Bairstow, Full and around off, Bairstow pushes it past the diving mid on fielder for a couple. Jonny is off the mark too. |
0.5 : Ishant Sharma to Jonny Bairstow, Length ball outside off, Bairstow cuts it through cover-point. It is a big ground as Prithvi Shaw from third man runs to his right to save a couple. Three runs taken in the end. |
0.6 : Ishant Sharma to David Warner, Length and outside off, Warner slaps it towards extra cover for a single. 8 off the first over, a good one for Hyderabad. |
1.1 : Kagiso Rabada to David Warner, Full and on middle, Warner pushes it towards mid on. |
0.6 : Kagiso Rabada to bowl from the other end. |
1.2 : Kagiso Rabada to David Warner, FOUR! Up and over the infield! Fuller length ball on middle, Warner lofts it over mid on and gets a boundary at long on. First one of the innings. |
1.3 : Kagiso Rabada to David Warner, Good length ball around off, Warner punches it to covers. |
1.4 : Kagiso Rabada to David Warner, Short of a good length ball around off, Warner cuts it to cover-point for a quick single. The fielder there goes for a direct hit at the keeper's end but misses it. |
1.5 : Kagiso Rabada to Jonny Bairstow, Fuller length ball outside off, Jonny goes for the drive through the off side but manages to get it off the inner half of the bat towards mid-wicket. |
1.6 : Kagiso Rabada to Jonny Bairstow, Ouch! That might have hurt. Short of a length ball on off, Bairstow goes for the pull but the ball does not bounce as expected. Jonny misses his pull to get hit on the belly. |
2.1 : Ishant Sharma to David Warner, Length ball around off, Warner slaps it straight to covers. |
2.2 : Ishant Sharma to David Warner, On a good length ball around off, Warner punches it off the back foot towards mid off. |
2.3 : Ishant Sharma to David Warner, Length ball on the pads, Warner tucks it behind square on the leg side for a single. |
2.4 : Ishant Sharma to Jonny Bairstow, On a fuller length and on off, Bairstow defends it off the back foot to the leg side. |
2.5 : Ishant Sharma to Jonny Bairstow, Slightly fuller outside off, Jonny drives it towards deep point for a single. |
2.6 : Ishant Sharma to David Warner, Length ball outside off, Warner slaps it towards covers and takes a quick single. |
3.1 : Anrich Nortje to David Warner, Full and around off, Warner times his cover drive but straight to the fielder this time. |
0.0 : Anrich Nortje is into the attack. |
3.2 : Anrich Nortje to David Warner, Short of a length ball around middle, Warner pulls it towards deep square leg for a single. |
3.3 : Anrich Nortje to Jonny Bairstow, OHH! That was close! How did that miss the stumps? Lucky escape. Length ball around off, Jonny looks to push it through the off side but gets an inside edge. The ball goes past the leg pole and to the leg side as the batters sneak in a single. |
3.4 : Anrich Nortje to David Warner, Length ball on middle, Warner pushes it towards wide mid on for a single. |
3.5 : Anrich Nortje to Jonny Bairstow, Short ball around off and middle, Bairstow sights it early and ducks under it. |
3.6 : Anrich Nortje to Jonny Bairstow, Full and around off, Jonny drives it towards mid on this time. Good bowling this from Delhi. They have not given any freebies so far to the Hyderabad batters. |
4.1 : Marcus Stoinis to David Warner, Good length ball around off, Warner pushes it to mid on. |
0.0 : Marcus Stoinis is into the attack. |
4.2 : Marcus Stoinis to David Warner, Length ball on the pads, Warner tucks it towards mid-wicket for a run. |
4.3 : Marcus Stoinis to Jonny Bairstow, Fuller length ball around off, Jonny looks to flick it to the leg side but gets an inside edge onto his pads. The ball rolls to the off side. |
4.4 : Marcus Stoinis to Jonny Bairstow, Short of good length around off, Jonny goes for the pull but lack of timing meant that the ball goes to mid-wicket. The batters croos ends. |
4.5 : Marcus Stoinis to David Warner, Full and on off, Warner punches the ball to covers. Shreyas Iyer there fields the ball as the batters take off for a single. Iyer has a throw at the bowler's end only to miss it. The batters complete the run as Warner dives to get inside the crease. |
An appeal for lbw! Bairstow is the man in question! Delhi take a review. |
4.6 : Marcus Stoinis to Jonny Bairstow, A huge appeal from Stoinis but nothing from the umpire. Length ball around off, Jonny Bairstow goes for the pull but gets beaten only to get rapped on the pads. Stoinis appeal but the umpire is not interested. Iyer after thinking about the review goes for it. Replays roll in and it is a legal delivery. Next there is no inside edge. Finally the Ball Tracker comes on and tells that it is pitching outside off, impact was in line but it is umpire's call aft |
5.1 : Anrich Nortje to Jonny Bairstow, DROPPED! Full ball on middle, Bairstow lofts it uppishly towards mid on where Iyer tries to take the catch with a dive but fails to hold on. The batsmen cross ends. |
5.2 : Anrich Nortje to David Warner, Back of a length on off, Warner punches it through point for a single. |
5.3 : Anrich Nortje to Jonny Bairstow, Length delivery on off, Bairstow looks to flick but misses it and gets it off the pads. It goes towards the off side. The batsmen take a leg bye. |
5.4 : Anrich Nortje to David Warner, SIX! First maximum of the game! Full and outside off, Warner lofts it over covers for a maximum. |
5.5 : Anrich Nortje to David Warner, FOUR! Nice shot! Full delivery on middle, Warner looks to flick but gets an inside edge onto the pads. It goes towards third man for a boundary. |
5.6 : Anrich Nortje to David Warner, Full again on middle, Warner flicks it through mid-wicket for a single. |
6.1 : Amit Mishra to David Warner, Tossed up delivery on middle, Warner pushes it through mid off for a single. |
6.2 : Amit Mishra to Jonny Bairstow, Floated ball on middle, Bairstow flicks it towards fine leg. The batsmen pick up a couple. |
0.0 : Amit Mishra is on. |
6.3 : Amit Mishra to Jonny Bairstow, SIX! Amazing shot! Flighted delivery on middle, Bairstow plays a slog sweep over mid-wicket for a maximum. |
6.4 : Amit Mishra to Jonny Bairstow, Loopy ball on off, Bairstow flicks it towards the leg side for a run. |
6.5 : Amit Mishra to David Warner, On middle, Warner flicks it through mid-wicket. The batsmen get two runs. |
6.6 : Amit Mishra to David Warner, Full delivery on middle, Warner flicks it through mid-wicket. The batsmen pick up a couple. |
7.1 : Marcus Stoinis to Jonny Bairstow, Back of a length on middle, Bairstow flicks it through mid-wicket. The batsmen get two runs. |
7.2 : Marcus Stoinis to Jonny Bairstow, Full ball on off, Bairstow drives it towards covers for a single. |
0.0 : STRATEGIC TIME OUT! After being put into bat, Hyderabad have begun slowly as they got only 38 runs in the Powerplay but the good thing is that they haven't lost a wicket. Now they would look to capitalise on the partnership as they have added 52/0 for the first wicket. Delhi on the other hand, have bowled beautifully but have failed to take a wicket. After the break they would look to take a couple of wickets quickly to halt the Hyderabad run scoring. Who gets on top of whom? Let's find out afte |
7.3 : Marcus Stoinis to David Warner, Full again on off, Warner drives it through covers for a run. |
7.4 : Marcus Stoinis to Jonny Bairstow, Back of a length on middle, Bairstow flicks it through mid-wicket. The batsmen pick up a couple. |
7.5 : Marcus Stoinis to Jonny Bairstow, Full ball on middle, Bairstow lofts it over the bowler's head towards long on. The batsmen cross ends. |
7.6 : Marcus Stoinis to David Warner, Full delivery on off, Warner chips it uppishly towards mid off where it falls short of the fielder. |
8.1 : Ishant Sharma to Jonny Bairstow, WIDE! Down the leg side, Bairstow lets it go. |
0.0 : Ishant Sharma is back on. |
8.1 : Ishant Sharma to Jonny Bairstow, Full delivery on middle, Bairstow flicks it towards fine leg. The fielder in the deep does well to stop it. The batsmen get two runs. |
8.2 : Ishant Sharma to Jonny Bairstow, WIDE! Back of a length ball down the leg side, Bairstow leaves it alone. It is wided by the umpire. |
Ishant Sharma to Jonny Bairstow, Full delivery on off, Bairstow drives it through mid off for a single. |
8.3 : Ishant Sharma to David Warner, SIX! That is hammered! Full ball on middle, Warner lofts it over the bowler's head for a biggie. |
8.4 : Ishant Sharma to David Warner, Length delivery on off, Warner defends it towards the leg side and takes a quick single. |
8.5 : Ishant Sharma to Jonny Bairstow, Back of a length on off, Bairstow pushes it towards point for a single. |
8.6 : Ishant Sharma to David Warner, Full toss on off, Bairstow punches it through point for a single. 14 runs have come from the over. |
9.1 : Amit Mishra to David Warner, FOUR! Nice improvisation! Flighted delivery on off, Warner plays a reverse sweep towards third man for a boundary. |
0.0 : Amit Mishra is back on. |
9.2 : Amit Mishra to David Warner, PLAY AND A MISS! Tossed up delivery outside off, Warner looks to go big but misses it. |
9.3 : Amit Mishra to David Warner, OUT! CAUGHT! Warner departs just 5 runs short of his fifty. Credit should be given to the keeper. Mishra breaks the stand here, This is what you call as experience. He tosses one up around middle and off, Warner goes for the reverse sweep but fails to do so as the keeper collects it. The bowler and the keeper appeal instantly but the umpire shakes his head. Mishra straightaway signals the 'T'. Replays roll in and initial replays show that the ball is close to th |
9.4 : Amit Mishra to Manish Pandey, Full delivery on middle, Pandey drives it uppishly back towards the bowler where Mishra tries to get it but it goes past him. The batsmen cross ends. |
9.2 : An appeal for caught behind! David Warner is the man in question. Mishra is confident and Delhi go for the review. Ultra Edge confirms a slight spike when the ball goes past the glove. |
9.5 : Amit Mishra to Jonny Bairstow, Tossed up ball on off, Bairstow defends it off the front foot. |
9.6 : Amit Mishra to Jonny Bairstow, FOUR! Nicely played! Short delivery on off, Bairstow cuts it through point for a boundary. |
10.1 : Axar Patel to Manish Pandey, Tossed up delivery on off, Pandey plays it to covers. |
10.2 : Axar Patel to Manish Pandey, Flighted delivery on off, Pandey pushes it through mid off for a single. |
0.0 : Axar Patel is on. |
10.3 : Axar Patel to Jonny Bairstow, WIDE! Down the leg side, Bairstow looks to flick but misses it. |
Axar Patel to Jonny Bairstow, Loopy ball on off, Bairstow pushes it through mid on for a run. |
0.0 : Manish Pandey is the new man in. |
10.4 : Axar Patel to Manish Pandey, Floated delivery on off, Pandey pushes it through covers for a single. |
10.5 : Axar Patel to Jonny Bairstow, FOUR! That is put away! Short on middle, Bairstow pulls it through mid-wicket. Amit Mishra dives to stop it but it goes past him for a boundary. |
10.6 : Axar Patel to Jonny Bairstow, On middle, Bairstow flicks it through square leg for a run. |
11.1 : Amit Mishra to Jonny Bairstow, Full on middle, Bairstow pushes it through mid on for a single. |
11.2 : Amit Mishra to Manish Pandey, OUT! CAUGHT! Mishra gets his second wicket! Floated delivery on middle, Pandey plays a slog sweep over mid-wicket but does not get the distance on it. It goes towards the fielder where Rabada takes a good catch. |
11.3 : Amit Mishra to Jonny Bairstow, Googly on off, Bairstow defends it out. |
11.2 : Kane Williamson is the new batsman in. |
11.4 : Amit Mishra to Jonny Bairstow, Floated delivery on middle, Bairstow pushes it back towards the bowler. |
11.5 : Amit Mishra to Jonny Bairstow, On off, Bairstow pushes it through mid off for a single. |
11.6 : Amit Mishra to Kane Williamson, Full delivery on middle, Williamson drives it through mid on for a run. |
12.1 : Axar Patel to Kane Williamson, Flatter and outside off, Kane plasys it towards deep covers for a single. |
12.2 : Axar Patel to Jonny Bairstow, Floated on off, Jonny plays it to point and gets a single. |
12.3 : Axar Patel to Kane Williamson, Flighted on middle, Williamson tucks it to the leg side for a single. |
12.4 : Axar Patel to Jonny Bairstow, Floated on off, pushed towards cover for a single. |
12.5 : Axar Patel to Kane Williamson, Full ball outside off, Kane drives it through covers for a single. |
12.6 : Axar Patel to Jonny Bairstow, Fired on off, Jonny plays it towards mid on. The bowler runs to that side and fields it. |
13.1 : Amit Mishra to Kane Williamson, Full on off, eased to long off for a single. |
13.2 : Amit Mishra to Jonny Bairstow, Floated on off, punched off the back foot towards long off for a run. |
13.3 : Amit Mishra to Kane Williamson, FOUR! In the air... and over! Floated on off, Williamson plays the lofted cover drive and just manages to get it over the leaping fielder on the inner circle. The ball races to the fence behind. |
13.4 : Amit Mishra to Kane Williamson, Flatter and on off, played to long on for a single. |
13.5 : Amit Mishra to Jonny Bairstow, Full on leg, swept towards fine leg for a single. |
13.6 : Amit Mishra to Kane Williamson, Darted on off, Kane pushes it to long off for a run. |
14.1 : Kagiso Rabada to Kane Williamson, Fuller length ball on off, KW pushes it towards mid on and gets to the other end with a single. |
14.2 : Kagiso Rabada to Jonny Bairstow, Length ball on leg, Jonny tucks it towards deep square leg for a single. |
0.0 : Kagiso Rabada is back on. 1-0-6-0 are his figures so far. |
14.3 : Kagiso Rabada to Kane Williamson, Length ball outside off, KW drives it through cover-point for a single. |
14.4 : Kagiso Rabada to Jonny Bairstow, Full and on off, Williamson drives it to mid off for a quick single. |
14.5 : Kagiso Rabada to Kane Williamson, Fuller ball on off, KW chips it uppishly over the mid off fielder and gets a couple this time. |
14.6 : Kagiso Rabada to Kane Williamson, Full ball on the pads, KW flicks it to wide long on where Stoinis from long on runs to his right and saves a run for his side. The batters though take three runs. Good running this. |
15.1 : Anrich Nortje to Kane Williamson, Full and on middle, flicked straight to mid-wicket. |
15.2 : Anrich Nortje to Kane Williamson, Short of length ball outside off, KW cuts it through point for a single. |
15.3 : Anrich Nortje to Jonny Bairstow, Short on middle, Bairstow pulls it towards deep mid-wicket for a single only. |
15.4 : Anrich Nortje to Kane Williamson, FOUR! Excellent hit! Short ball on middle, slower too, Williamson pulls it powerfully through mid-wicket for a boundary. |
0.0 : Anrich Nortje is back on. 2-0-16-0 are his figures so far. |
15.5 : Anrich Nortje to Kane Williamson, FOUR! Consecutive hits! Length ball outside off, KW slaps it through the gap between covers and mid off for a boundary. |
15.6 : Anrich Nortje to Kane Williamson, Short ball on middle, Williamson pulls it towards deep mid-wicket for a single. |
16.1 : Marcus Stoinis to Kane Williamson, Length ball on off, KW runs it to backward point and gets a single. |
0.0 : Strategic Time-Out! Hyderabad are getting a move on here but they have lost Pandey. Delhi bowlers are keeping it tight. Williamson and Bairstow would look to up the scoring rate and score quick runs in the last 4 overs. Marcus Stoinis is back on. 2-0-10-0 are his figures so far. |
16.2 : Marcus Stoinis to Jonny Bairstow, Low full toss on middle, Bairstow whips it towards deep mid-wicket for a single. |
16.3 : Marcus Stoinis to Kane Williamson, FOUR! Beautiful stroke! Fuller length ball on middle, Kane flicks it over square leg and beats Dhawan on the fence for a boundary. |
16.4 : Marcus Stoinis to Kane Williamson, FOUR! Back to back hits! Another full ball on middle, KW lofts it over the mid on fielder and gets a boundary. |
16.5 : Marcus Stoinis to Kane Williamson, Short ball on middle, Kane pulls it towards deep square leg for a single. |
16.6 : Marcus Stoinis to Jonny Bairstow, Once again it is the short of a length ball on middle, Jonny pulls it towards deep mid-wicket for a single. |
Rabada is back on. |
An appeal for run out! Bairstow is the man in question. It looks close. It is referred upstairs. |
17.1 : Kagiso Rabada to Jonny Bairstow, NOT OUT! 50 comes up for Jonny Bairstow. What a knock he has played for Hyderabad. Rabada bowls a yorker on leg, Bairstow digs it out to square leg and goes for the run. The batters go for the second one too as the fielder throws the ball at the keeper's end. The keeper though fails to collect it as the bails to lit up. The umpire takes it upstairs and the replays roll in. The replays show that the keeper failed to collect the ball as the gloves disturb the |
17.2 : Kagiso Rabada to Jonny Bairstow, Short delivery on middle, Bairstow looks to pull but misses it. It goes safely towards the keeper. |
17.3 : Kagiso Rabada to Jonny Bairstow, NOT OUT! Williamson is safe! Back of a length on off, Bairstow pushes it through covers. The batsmen get two runs. Williamson wants the third but Bairstow does well to send him back as Rabada takes the bails off. Replays show that Williamson is well inside the crease. |
17.4 : Kagiso Rabada to Jonny Bairstow, Back of a length on middle, Bairstow looks to pull but misses it and the ball goes over middle stump into Pant's gloves. |
17.2 : An appeal for run out! Williamson is the man in question. It is referred upstairs. |
17.5 : Kagiso Rabada to Jonny Bairstow, OUT! CAUGHT! Bairstow's innings fine innings comes to an end! Good length ball on off, Bairstow lofts it over the bowler's head but does not get the timing on it. It goes towards mid off where Nortje takes a simple catch. |
17.6 : Kagiso Rabada to Kane Williamson, Length ball on off, Williamson punches it through point for a run. |
17.5 : Abdul Samad is the new batsman in. |
18.1 : Anrich Nortje to Kane Williamson, Bowls a yorker on middle, Williamson plays it towards point for a single. |
18.2 : Anrich Nortje to Abdul Samad, Length ball on off, Samad pulls it through mid-wicket for a run. |
18.3 : Anrich Nortje to Kane Williamson, Back of a length on off, Williamson pulls it towards fine leg for a single. |
0.0 : Anrich Nortje to bowl the 19th over. |
18.4 : Anrich Nortje to Abdul Samad, Length delivery outside off, Samad looks to go big but misses it. |
18.5 : Anrich Nortje to Abdul Samad, FOUR! Length delivery outside off, Samad looks to swing hard but gets a top edge. It goes over the keeper towards third man for a boundary. |
18.6 : Anrich Nortje to Abdul Samad, SIX! Nice shot! Full ball on middle, Samad lofts it over long on for a maximum. |
19.1 : Kagiso Rabada to Kane Williamson, On middle, Williamson looks to go big but misses it. It hits the body and goes towards the leg side. The batsmen take a leg bye. |
19.2 : Kagiso Rabada to Abdul Samad, PLAY AND A MISS! Slower ball outside off, Samad looks to go big but misses it. |
19.3 : Kagiso Rabada to Abdul Samad, Short ball on middle, Samad pulls it but gets it off the glove towards the keeper where Pant stops it well. The batsmen cross ends. |
19.4 : Kagiso Rabada to Kane Williamson, OUT! CAUGHT! Full ball on middle, Williamson lofts it over mid-wicket but does not get the distance on it. It goes towards mid-wicket where Axar Patel takes a comfortable catch. |
19.5 : Kagiso Rabada to Abdul Samad, On the body, Samad looks to go big but it hits the body and goes towards the leg side. The batsmen take a leg bye. |
19.6 : Kagiso Rabada to Abhishek Sharma, Short ball on middle, Sharma pulls it through square leg. The batsmen take two but Sharma does not tap his bat inside the crease as it is one run short. HYDERABAD END WITH 162/4!  |
Excellent batting display from Hyderabad. After being put into bat on a sluggish track Hyderabad started cautiously as the scored a mere 38 runs during the Powerplay. After seeing off the Powerplay without any damage Bairstow and Warner started opening up as they started to up the scoing rate. Just when it looked like the Hyderabad opening pair would continue to churn out runs Amit Mishra struck to send the Hyderabad skipper back. Soon Manish Pandey followed his skipper and 77/0 became 92/2 in t |
Delhi once again started their bowling with a plan not giving away freebies to the batsmen and keeping the line and lengths tight. Only three bowlers completed their quota of 4 overs. Rabada and Mishra were the best of the lot as they both took a couple of wickets. Other too complimented them well. Ishant on his first outing was good as all the bowlers ended up conceding at less than 9 runs an over except Anrich Nortje went of 40 in his 4 overs without taking a wicket. In the end, their brillian |
Rabada is down for an interview. He says that the pitch is two-paced and banginf the ball hard is a good option there. Further he says that the slower balls work here. Ends by saying that the total is a good one and if they bat like Hyderabad did then they would win surely. |
So the target for Delhi is 163. Can they continue their good form or will Hyderabad get their first win tonight? Join for the chase in a shortwhile. |
0.0 : We are back for the chase. Prithvi Shaw and Shikhar Dhawan will open the innings for Delhi. Bhuvaneshwar Kumar to start with the ball for Hyderabad. |
0.5 : Shreyas Iyer is the new man in. |
1.1 : Khaleel Ahmed to Shikhar Dhawan, Short and wide outside off, Dhawan cuts it uppishly towards third man as the ball bounces just in front of the fielder there. A single is what the batter gets. |
0.6 : Khaleel Ahmed to bowl from the other end. |
1.2 : Khaleel Ahmed to Shreyas Iyer, Length ball on off, played to covers this time. |
1.3 : Khaleel Ahmed to Shreyas Iyer, Full ball on off, Iyer drives it towards wide mid off and gets a single. |
1.4 : Khaleel Ahmed to Shikhar Dhawan, Length ball around off, Dhawan flicks it to mid-wicket and gets a run. |
1.5 : Khaleel Ahmed to Shreyas Iyer, BEATEN! Length ball around off, angled across Iyer there, Shreyas goes for the back foot punch through the off side. The ball goes past the outside edge though. Lucky for him and Delhi as he did not edge that one. |
1.6 : Khaleel Ahmed to Shreyas Iyer, Good length ball on middle, played to mid-wicket. |
2.1 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Shikhar Dhawan, Length ball on off, pushed to cover-point by Dhawan. |
2.2 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Shikhar Dhawan, FOUR! Beautiful timing! Length ball on off, Dhawan takes a step forward and lifts it straight over the bowler's head for a boundary. |
2.3 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Shikhar Dhawan, Short of length ball on off, played to point. |
2.4 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Shikhar Dhawan, Full and around off, Shikhar drives it straight to mid off. |
2.5 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Shikhar Dhawan, Length ball on off, Dhawan plays it towards covers for a single. |
2.6 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Shreyas Iyer, Back of a length on off, Iyer looks to flick but gets a leading edge. It goes uppishly towards the bowler where it falls short of him. |
T Natarajan to bowl now. |
3.1 : T Natarajan to Shikhar Dhawan, Length ball outside off, driven straight to the fielder at cover. |
3.2 : T Natarajan to Shikhar Dhawan, Once again around off, Shikkhar pushes it to covers. |
3.3 : T Natarajan to Shikhar Dhawan, IN THE AIR...FOUR! Fuller and on middle, Dhawan comes down the track and lofts it over the man at mid on for another boundary. |
3.4 : T Natarajan to Shikhar Dhawan, Short of a length ball outside off, Dhawan cuts it towards deep point for a run. |
3.5 : T Natarajan to Shreyas Iyer, Full on off, stroked to mid off. |
3.6 : T Natarajan to Shreyas Iyer, Full ball on middle, Iyer flicks it to mid-wicket. |
4.1 : Khaleel Ahmed to Shikhar Dhawan, FOUR! CREAMED! Full ball outside off, Dhawan drives it uppishly through covers for a boundary. |
0.0 : Khaleel Ahmed has change of ends. |
4.2 : Khaleel Ahmed to Shikhar Dhawan, Good length ball on off, punched to covers this time by Dhawan. |
4.3 : Khaleel Ahmed to Shikhar Dhawan, Good length ball on middle, tucked to mid-wicket for a single. |
4.4 : Khaleel Ahmed to Shreyas Iyer, Fuller and outside off, Iyer plays it to mid off. |
4.5 : Khaleel Ahmed to Shreyas Iyer, FOUR! Elegant! Length ball on leg, Iyer flicks it towards fine leg and fetches a boundary. |
4.6 : Khaleel Ahmed to Shreyas Iyer, NOT OUT! Dhawan is safe!Length delivery on off, Iyer punches it through covers.  The batsmen get two runs. They go for the third. The fielder fires a direct hit at the keeper's end. It is referred upstairs. Replays show that Dhawan is well inside the crease. They get the third run safely. |
4.5 : RUN OUT APPEAL! Iyer is the man in question and from the replays he looks safe. |
5.1 : T Natarajan to Shreyas Iyer, Length ball on middle, flicked to mid-wicket. |
5.2 : T Natarajan to Shreyas Iyer, FOUR! What a shot this is by the skipper! On a good length around the off stump, Iyer plays this back past the mid off fielder and it will race away to the fence for four runs. |
5.3 : T Natarajan to Shreyas Iyer, Length ball on off, pushed to covers. |
5.4 : T Natarajan to Shreyas Iyer, Short of a length ball on off, Iyer guides it to point for a single. |
5.5 : T Natarajan to Shikhar Dhawan, Full toss on off, Dhawan hits it straight down the ground. The ball its Natarajan's boots and deflects to mid on. The batters take a run. |
5.6 : T Natarajan to Shreyas Iyer, A single to end the over as Iyer plays this to the off side. Delhi are at 34/1 at the end of the Powerplay. |
6.1 : Abhishek Sharma to Shreyas Iyer, Tossed up on off, pushed to long off for a run. |
6.2 : Abhishek Sharma to Shikhar Dhawan, Floated on middle, Dhawan flicks it to long on for a single. |
0.0 : Abhishek Sharma to bowl now. |
6.3 : Abhishek Sharma to Shreyas Iyer, Tossed up on middle, flicked to mid-wicket for a run. |
6.4 : Abhishek Sharma to Shikhar Dhawan, Short ball outside off, Dhawan dances down the track but it comes off his inside edge towards the leg side and the batters run across for the single. |
6.5 : Abhishek Sharma to Shreyas Iyer, TWO WIDES! Quicker ball down the leg side and Bairstow misses this. The batters run across for the single. |
Abhishek Sharma to Shikhar Dhawan, Loopy ball outside off, driven to the off side for a single. |
6.6 : Abhishek Sharma to Shreyas Iyer, Short on middle, Iyer pulls it to mid-wicket for a single. |
7.1 : Rashid Khan to Shreyas Iyer, Beautiful delivery! Floated outside off, Iyer looks to defend but the ball spins past his outside edge. |
7.2 : Rashid Khan to Shreyas Iyer, OUT! CAUGHT! This is a massive, massive wicket. Full and outside off, Iyer looks to go over the top, on the off side. He does hit the ball quite well but it is straight to the debutant Abdul Samad at sweeper cover! He comes running in and makes it look pretty simple in the end. One of the best players of spin in this line-up goes after being kind of set in the middle. 121 more needed from 76 balls. |
7.3 : Rashid Khan to Shikhar Dhawan, Tossed up on middle, tucked to square leg for a single. |
7.4 : Rashid Khan to Rishabh Pant, Around middle, worked to the leg side. |
7.5 : Rashid Khan to Rishabh Pant, Around off, Pant plays it to the off side. |
0.6 : Rashid Khan comes on as we have spin from both ends. |
Rashid Khan to Rishabh Pant, Full and around middle, driven back to the bowler. Just 1 run and a wicket from Rashid's opener! |
8.1 : Abhishek Sharma to Shikhar Dhawan, Full and outside off, chipped down to long off for a single. |
0.6 : Rishabh Pant is the new man in. |
8.2 : Abhishek Sharma to Rishabh Pant,Punched off the back foot by the batsman. They manage to come back for the second. |
8.3 : Abhishek Sharma to Rishabh Pant, Down the leg side, worked straight to square leg. |
8.5 : Abhishek Sharma to Rishabh Pant, On middle, pushed down to long on for a single. |
8.4 : Abhishek Sharma to Rishabh Pant, Finds the fielder at square leg again, with his flick. |
8.6 : Abhishek Sharma to Shikhar Dhawan, Another tap down to long on for one more. |
0.1 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Prithvi Shaw, Kumar starts with a full ball on off, Shaw plays it to mid off. |
0.2 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Prithvi Shaw, Length ball outside off, left alone. |
0.3 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Prithvi Shaw, Length ball around off, Shaw punches it towards covers. |
0.4 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Prithvi Shaw, In the air and over! Full ball on middle, Shaw chips it over the man at mid on for a couple. Delhi are underway. |
0.5 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Prithvi Shaw, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Kumar strikes. Just the start Hyderabad wanted. Length ball outside off, Shaw goes for a wild slash but in the end manages to get a thick outside edge as Bairstow takes the catch. |
0.6 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Shreyas Iyer, Length ball on off, Iyer taps it to cover-point and looks for a run. He though comes down the track only to be sent back by his partner at the right time, |
9.1 : Rashid Khan to Shikhar Dhawan, Landed around leg, Dhawan looks to flick but misses it to get an inside edge on the pads. |
9.2 : Rashid Khan to Shikhar Dhawan, Tossed up on leg, Dhawan once again misses his flick as he gets struck on the pads. |
9.3 : Rashid Khan to Shikhar Dhawan, FOUR! The idea was good but not the execution. Rashid is aiming for the googly to pitch outside leg and hit the top of off. However, in this case, the length is too full and Dhawan sweeps it behind square on the leg side. |
9.4 : Rashid Khan to Shikhar Dhawan, Around middle, played back to the bowler. |
9.5 : Rashid Khan to Shikhar Dhawan, Pushed to long on for a single. |
9.6 : Rashid Khan to Rishabh Pant, Full and outside off, pushed past extra cover, towards long off for one more. |
10.1 : Abhishek Sharma to Rishabh Pant, Tossed up outside off, pushed to mid off. |
10.2 : Abhishek Sharma to Rishabh Pant, Floated around off, pushed to long on for a single. |
10.3 : Abhishek Sharma to Shikhar Dhawan, Tossed up outside off, Dhawan gets a top edge on the reverse sweep and gets it over the short fine leg fielder for a couple. |
10.4 : Abhishek Sharma to Shikhar Dhawan, Floated on off, whipped to long off for a single. |
10.5 : Abhishek Sharma to Rishabh Pant, Tossed up on middle. whipped to square leg for a single. |
10.6 : Abhishek Sharma to Shikhar Dhawan, Dhawan slogs it this time but it fells short of third man for a single. |
11.1 : Rashid Khan to Shikhar Dhawan, Floated on off, pulled to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
11.2 : Rashid Khan to Rishabh Pant, Floated on leg, flicked to the leg side for a single. |
11.3 : Rashid Khan to Shikhar Dhawan, OUT! CAUGHT! What a review from Bairstow primarily. The googly, outside off, Dhawan lunges and attempts the sweep. He misses, Bairstow collects and then whips the bails off. Now, Rashid has his hand over his head. He thinks he has beaten the batsman and sees Bairstow appealing. He feels it is for a stumping and looks at the square leg umpire. But Bairstow is not even looking in that direction. |
11.4 : Rashid Khan to Shimron Hetmyer, Floated outside off, driven down the ground for a run. |
11.5 : Rashid Khan to Rishabh Pant, Floated outside off, Pant goes for the sweep but misses it completely. |
11.6 : Rashid Khan to Rishabh Pant, Fuller outside off, Pant looks to go downtown but fails to get it off the middle of the bat. The ball goes to side of the pitch. |
11.3 : Shimron Hetmyer walks in at number 5, replacing Dhawan. Another left-hander. |
12.1 : Abhishek Sharma to Shimron Hetmyer, Full and down the leg side, worked through mid-wicket for a single. 99 more needed from 47 balls. |
12.2 : Abhishek Sharma to Rishabh Pant, Ooohh... Pant comes down the track and Abhishek fires it outside leg. Rishabh smartly manages to get the ball away to the leg side for a single. |
12.3 : Abhishek Sharma to Shimron Hetmyer, Outside off, punched off the back foot down the ground for a run. |
12.4 : Abhishek Sharma to Rishabh Pant, DROPPED! A sitter. Full on off, Pant drives this straight back. Sharma looks to catch but the ball pops in and then pops out. |
12.5 : Abhishek Sharma to Rishabh Pant, SIX! There comes the first penalty. Pant's first six in the 2020 edition of the League. Full and outside off, Rishabh gets down and mows a slog sweep miles over deep mid-wicket! |
12.6 : Abhishek Sharma to Rishabh Pant, SIX! And there comes the double penalty. 15 from the over and Abhishek's otherwise excellent figures become an ordinary 4-0-34-0. |
13.1 : T Natarajan to Shimron Hetmyer, Full delivery on middle, Hetmyer drives it past the bowler through mid on for a single. |
13.2 : T Natarajan to Rishabh Pant, FOUR LEG BYES! Poor delivery from Natarajan! Full toss on leg, Pant looks to flick but gets it off the pads. It goes past the keeper towards fine leg for a boundary. |
13.3 : T Natarajan to Rishabh Pant, Full again on middle, Pant hits it towards long on for a single. |
13.4 : T Natarajan to Shimron Hetmyer, Yorker on middle, Hetmyer digs it out towards long on for a run. |
0.0 : Hyderabad find themselves in a good space at the moment. Rashid has bowled just two over. This means, that the batsmen will either have to play him out and take the risk of having to do too much against the rest, or attack Rashid. Just what Hyderabad would want. Let's see how Delhi respond. |
13.5 : T Natarajan to Rishabh Pant, WIDE! Short delivery down the leg side, Pant looks to pull but misses it. |
0.0 : A massive shout for a caught behind! Not given against Dhawan and Hyderabad want a review! Nothing can be sensed from the replays. Here comes Ultra Edge. There is a spike! And Dhawan departs! |
13.5 : T Natarajan to Rishabh Pant, Full ball on off, Pant drives it through point for a run. |
13.6 : T Natarajan to Shimron Hetmyer, Natarajan bowls a yorker on middle, Hetmyer digs it out towards mid on for a single. |
14.1 : Khaleel Ahmed to Shimron Hetmyer, WIDE! Ahmed bowls it wide outside off, Hetmyer looks to go big but misses it. |
0.0 : Khaleel Ahmed is back on. |
14.1 : Khaleel Ahmed to Shimron Hetmyer, Short of a length delivery outside off, Hetmyer slaps it over covers. It goes towards the fielder where Warner dives and does well to pull it back just before the ropes. The batsmen pick up a couple. |
14.2 : Khaleel Ahmed to Shimron Hetmyer, Full delivery on middle, Hetmyer digs it towards long off for a run. |
14.3 : Khaleel Ahmed to Shimron Hetmyer, SIX! That is huge! Full toss on leg, Hetmyer lofts it over mid-wicket for a maximum. |
14.4 : Khaleel Ahmed to Shimron Hetmyer, SIX! Hetmyer is on fire! Short and outside off, Hetmyer slams it over point for a biggie. |
14.5 : Khaleel Ahmed to Shimron Hetmyer, Full ball on off, Hetmyer drives it through covers for a single. |
14.6 : Khaleel Ahmed to Rishabh Pant, Yorker on middle, Pant looks to dig it out but gets an inside edge. It misses the leg stump by a whisker. |
15.1 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Shimron Hetmyer, OUT! CAUGHT! Kumar gets his second wicket! Full ball on off, Hetmyer lofts it over covers but does not get the distance on it. It goes towards the fielder where Manish Pandey takes a comfortable catch. |
0.0 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar is back on. |
15.2 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Rishabh Pant, Back of a length on off, Pant punches it through mid off for a single. |
15.3 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Marcus Stoinis, FOUR! Cracking shot! Short and outside off, Stoinis cuts it hard through point for a boundary. |
15.4 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Marcus Stoinis, Length delivery on middle, Stoinis looks to flick but misses it. It hits the pads and goes towards the leg side. The batsmen take a leg bye. |
0.0 : STRATEGIC TIME OUT! Hyderabad well on course for a win here. Their bowlers have done an amazing job here. Especially Rashid Khan has been just brilliant out there. Natarajan and Khaleel too have been good and Bhuvneshwar Kumar has been the top one for them. Can they sneak a couple of wickets more to put Delhi out of contention? Delhi, on the other hand, need one good partnership to go over the line as they need 59 more runs. Let's see after the break as Marcus Stoinis comes out to bat. |
15.5 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Rishabh Pant, PLAY AND A MISS! Slower ball outside off, Pant looks to go big but misses it. |
15.6 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Rishabh Pant, FOUR! Good shot! Length delivery outside off, Pant punches it through covers for a boundary. |
16.1 : Rashid Khan to Marcus Stoinis, Tossed up delivery on off, Stoinis pushes it through mid off for a single. |
0.0 : Rashid Khan is back on. |
16.2 : Rashid Khan to Rishabh Pant, Flighted ball on middle, Pant sweeps it through square leg for a run. |
16.3 : Rashid Khan to Marcus Stoinis, Floated delivery on middle, Stoinis flicks it through mid-wicket for a single. |
16.4 : Rashid Khan to Rishabh Pant, OUT! CAUGHT! Big wicket for Hyderabad and Rashid gets his third wicket! Floated delivery on middle, Pant plays a slog sweep over square leg but does not get the distance on it. It goes towards the fielder where Priyam Garg takes a simple catch. |
16.5 : Rashid Khan to Marcus Stoinis, Tossed up delivery on middle, Stoinis looks to flick but gets it off the pads. It goes towards the leg side. The batsmen take a leg bye. |
16.4 : Axar Patel is the new batsman in. |
16.6 : Rashid Khan to Axar Patel, Loopy delivery on middle, Patel flicks it through mid-wicket for a single. |
17.1 : T Natarajan to Axar Patel, Full delivery on middle, Patel flicks it through mid-wicket for a run. |
0.0 : T Natarajan is back on. |
17.2 : T Natarajan to Marcus Stoinis, Full ball on leg, Stoinis flicks it through square leg. The batsmen get two runs. |
17.3 : T Natarajan to Marcus Stoinis, Natarajan bowls a yorker on middle, Stoinis digs it out towards covers for a single. |
17.4 : T Natarajan to Axar Patel, Yorker again on off, Patel digs it out towards long off for a run. |
17.5 : T Natarajan to Marcus Stoinis, NOT OUT! Stoinis is safe! Full toss on leg, Stoinis flicks it over mid-wicket. The fielder in the deep picks the ball on one bounce and throws it at the keeper's end where Bairstow takes the bails off. It is referred upstairs. Replays show that Stoinis is safe. The batsmen safely get two runs in the end. |
17.4 : Run out check sent uptairs! Stoinis is the man in question and he looks fine on the replays. |
17.6 : T Natarajan to Marcus Stoinis, OUT! LBW! Three reds and Stoinis has to depart! Full toss on middle, Stoinis looks to flick but misses it and gets hit on the pads. The bowler appeals for lbw and the umpire raises his finger. Stoinis goes for the review. Ball Tracker shows it is hitting the off stump. |
17.5 : Stoinis has been adjudged LBW! He takes the review though. He believes it is going past the off stump. NO THREE REDS IT IS! |
18.1 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Axar Patel, Full ball on off, Patel drives it through mid off for a single. |
0.0 : Kagiso Rabada is the new man in. |
18.2 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Kagiso Rabada, FOUR! Nice shot! Full toss on off, Rabada lofts it over covers for a boundary. |
18.3 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Kagiso Rabada, Yorker on middle, Rabada digs it out towards the bowler where Kumar misfields and concedes a single. |
18.4 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Axar Patel, WIDE! Down the leg side, Axar lets it go. |
Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Axar Patel, Full delivery on middle, Patel drives it through mid on for a single. |
18.5 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Kagiso Rabada, Kumar bowls a bouncer, Rabada looks to pull but misses it. It goes safely towards the keeper. |
18.6 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Kagiso Rabada, Full ball on off, Rabada drives it through mid off for a single. |
19.1 : Khaleel Ahmed to Kagiso Rabada, DROPPED! Pandey is the culprit! Full ball on off, Rabada lofts it over covers but does not get the distance on it. It goes towards the fielder where Pandey tries to take the catch but spills it. The batsmen get two runs in the process. |
19.2 : Khaleel Ahmed to Kagiso Rabada, Full again on off, Rabada pushes it through mid off for a single. |
18.6 : Khaleel Ahmed to bowl the final over of the match. |
19.3 : Khaleel Ahmed to Axar Patel, OUT! BOWLED! Khaleel gets his first wicket! Back of a length on middle, Patel looks to go big but gets an inside edge and gets bowled. |
19.4 : Khaleel Ahmed to Anrich Nortje, Good length ball outside off, Nortje looks to loft it but misses it. |
19.5 : Khaleel Ahmed to Anrich Nortje, Full delivery on off, Nortje lofts it over covers. The fielder in the deep does well to stop it. The batsmen get three runs. |
19.3 : Anrich Nortje is the new man in. |
19.6 : Khaleel Ahmed to Kagiso Rabada, SIX! Good length delivery outside off, Rabada lofts it over covers for a biggie. HYDERABAD WIN BY 15 RUNS! |
Time for the presentations.... |
Shreyas Iyer, Delhi skipper, says that 160 was a par score on this wicket to chase. Adds that Hyderabad outplayed us in all the departments. Mentions that the pitch was two paced and it was very hard to hit as he was surprised that the dew did not come in the second innings. Iyer also says that the run rate was pretty high and we did not take doubles on this wicket. Mentions that they will look to perform better in the next match. |
Bhuvneshwar Kumar is down for a chat. He starts by saying that he is happy with his performance. Adds that he has been working on his yorkers and he practiced well for that. |
Finally, we have a winner without a drama. No last 5 overs onslaught, no Super Over simply nothing and we have our winner. Hyderabad open their account in this year's Indian T20 League. A complete team performance one could say. |
Brilliant bowling from Hyderabad tonight. All applause to Rashid Khan as he finally got back to form with a 3-wicket haul. Bhuvneshwar Kumar, as usual, was superb with the new ball as he took a wicket in his very first over. Khaleel Ahmed though went for 43 but was brilliant at the start and surprise package was of Abhishek Sharma who did a good job with the ball for his skipper by bowling 4 overs. Except his last over he was right on the money. T Natarajan was just outstanding with his yorkers |
Earlier in the day, Hyderabad were put in to bat and they began slowly but later picked up pace in their innings. Though David Warner departed, Jonny Bairstow continued the good work. A rare failure from Manish Pandey looked like Hyderabad's struggle with the spin will continue but this time they had Kane Williamson in their ranks to manage the pressure and scoring. Kane along with Bairstow started scoring briskly as Jonny went past his fifty too. Williamson though departed but not before taking |
That is it from this game! The next match is between Rajasthan and Kolkata in Dubai on September 30, 2020. Join us at 1800 local (1400 GMT). Till then, take care and cheers! |
Delhi chasing a par total of 163 on this sluggish track too started watchfully and slowly as they scored only 34 runs in the Powerplay but the only difference was the wicket of Prithvi Shaw in the opening over of the chase. Then, skipper Shreyas Iyer and Shikhar Dhawan combined for a 40-run stand and just when it looked like both of them would go onto play longer innings, Iyer walked back. After 4 overs, Dhawan too followed courtesy of a brilliant review from Bairstow. Hetmyer, Pant and Stoinis |
Victorious Hyderabad skipper, David Warner, says that he is happy with the victory. Adds that after Mitchell Marsh was ruled out of the tournament he was a bit concerned with his bowling but is impressed with the performance of Abhishek Sharma. Further mentions that they have been working hard on their death bowling woes and today their efforts paid off. He says that they are proud that they can run quick between the wickets but with the heat out there he says that it takes a toll. Ends by sayin |
Rashid Khan is named the Man of the Match. He starts by saying that he is pleased with his performance. Adds that he tries to do the basics right and enjoys his game. Mentions that he tried to bowl quicker on this wicket and it paid off. He also mentions that he does not get under pressure but tries to put pressure on the opposition. He says that on such surfaces you try and bowl back of a length deliveries more. Further adds that his skipper, Warner always backs his plans and that is what pays |