| 1.3 : 1.3: Jason Holder to Shikhar Dhawan, FOUR! Beautiful. Short and width on offer, outside off, Shikhar Dhawan comes down a touch and cuts it uppishly and over point. The ball races away for a boundary. No chance for the fielder in the deep. |
| 2.4 : 2.4: Sandeep Sharma to Marcus Stoinis, FOUR! Shouts of catch it but it was in the gap and a boundary results. Full on the pads, Stoinis wrists it over mid-wicket. It is well wide of Samad at deep mid-wicket. |
| 2.5 : 2.5: Sandeep Sharma to Marcus Stoinis, FOUR! Back-to-back boundaries. Full and on middle, Marcus closes the face of his bat to glance that through deep backward square leg for a boundary. |
| 3.1 : 3.1: Jason Holder to Marcus Stoinis, FOUR! A strong shot. Short ball, Stoinis rocks back and pulls it through mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 3.3 : 3.3: Jason Holder to Marcus Stoinis, FOUR! Banged away again. Shortish ball around off, MS comes down a touch and goes for the pull. He mistimes it but these are Powerplay conditions and it races away through the carpet to the long on fence. |
| 3.5 : 3.5: Jason Holder to Marcus Stoinis, SIX! Yes, Marcus Stoinis, that is a top shot. Full and around off, Stoinis swings for the heavens and sends the ball miles over wide long on. |
| 3.6 : 3.6: Jason Holder to Marcus Stoinis, FOUR! 18 off the over. Holder taking a pasting here. Outside off, Marcus stands still and cuts it wide of short third man and gets a boundary. |
| 4.3 : 4.3: Sandeep Sharma to Shikhar Dhawan, FOUR! And another boundary. Short and wide outside off, Shikhar cuts this wide of the point fielder and bags a boundary. |
| 4.4 : 4.4: Sandeep Sharma to Shikhar Dhawan, FOUR! When it is raining boundaries, it pours. Full on the pads, Dhawan flicks it to Natarajan at short fine leg. T Natarajan there misfields and the ball goes away to the boundary. Not good effort from him. |
| 5.1 : 5.1: Shahbaz Nadeem to Shikhar Dhawan, SIX! Goes for it straightaway, Shikhar! Arm ball around off, Dhawan gets down and mows a huge slog sweep over mid-wicket. |
| 5.2 : 5.2: Shahbaz Nadeem to Shikhar Dhawan, NO BALL AND FOUR! Full toss above the hip height, Dhawan pulls it over short fine leg and gets a boundary. FREE HIT COMING UP! Just not going Hyderabad's way here. |
| 7.5 : 7.5: T Natarajan to Shikhar Dhawan, FOUR! That's another boundary there. Full on off, Shikhar Dhawan flicks it handsomely and wide of short mid-wicket. Even deep square leg had no chance in stopping that. |
| 8.2 : 8.2: Rashid Khan to Marcus Stoinis, OUT! BOWLED! Thank you, says Rashid, to Marcus Stoinis. Rashid goes for his usual celebration, arms spread out. Tossed up around off, the googly, it pitches and comes back in, only by just though. Marcus prods forward and looks to block but misses. The ball goes onto hit the top of off. |
| 9.2: Shahbaz Nadeem to Shikhar Dhawan, SIX! Mighty blow! That's a half century for Shikhar Dhawan. A string of low scores, but he reedems himself now. Tossed up around off, he gets down and slog sweeps it mightily over deep mid-wicket. 2nd fastest 50 in the League for him. |
| 12.5 : 12.5: Shahbaz Nadeem to Shreyas Iyer, FOUR! Shreyas Iyer has put that in the gap. Sloppy fielding in the deep as well. Full on middle, Iyer flicks it in between long on and deep mid-wicket. Both the fielders run towards the ball but there is confusion as to who would dive to stop the ball. Neither dives and the ball trickles away for a boundary. In the end, it seemed right that neither did. Could have risked some injuries to both. |
| 13.6 : 13.6: Jason Holder to Shreyas Iyer, OUT! CAUGHT! Very good position Delhi are still in though. Iyer, if it is not your day, better to leave and allow the rest to do their job. And that is what the Delhi skipper does though. Full and around off, he strokes it uppishly again. This time though, it is straight to Manish at mid off. |
| 14.4 : 14.4: Shahbaz Nadeem to Shimron Hetmyer, FOUR! And Shimron starts off beautifully. Tossed up around off, Hetmyer goes inside out over covers and gets a boundary. |
| 16.2 : 16.2: T Natarajan to Shimron Hetmyer, SIX! Marvelous from Shimron Hetmyer. Fullish and outside off, Shimron Hetmyer carves it mightily over deep point. 150 up for Delhi as well. How much more can they get? |
| 17.1 : 17.1: Jason Holder to Shimron Hetmyer, FOUR! That is well struck by Shimron Hetmyer. Full and around off, the batsman clears his front leg and powers this over mid off for a boundary. |
| 17.2 : 17.2: Jason Holder to Shimron Hetmyer, FOUR! Poor effort from Shahbaz in the deep. Full and outside off, Shimron looks to go big over covers but gets a thick outside edge. It flies towards third man. Shahbaz Nadeem runs towards the ball but misjudges it. Misses the catch, fails to stop it. The ball sneaks through to the boundary. |
| 17.4 : 17.4: Jason Holder to Shikhar Dhawan, FOUR! Very good from Shikhar. Full toss on middle, Dhawan moves a touch to the off side and flicks it uppishly over mid-wicket. The ball races away to the boundary. |
| 17.6 : 17.6: Jason Holder to Shimron Hetmyer, FOUR! Full and around off, Hetmyer powers that over short mid-wicket. Abdul Samad, who was at deep mid-wicket, runs to his right. He dives but the ball is beyond his reach. It touches the ropes. The umpires want to have a look whether it touched on a bounce or on the full. On a bounce, so four runs. |
| 18.3 : 18.3: Sandeep Sharma to Shikhar Dhawan, OUT! LBW! Shikhar Dhawan decides to walk straightaway. He could have reviewed it though. Low full toss around off, Dhawan looks to reverse sweep the seamer. He though misses to get hit on the pads. Hyderabad appeal for a lbw. The umpire raises his finger but Dhawan starts walking even before. Replays are in and show that impact was outside off. Could have opted for a review, Dhawan. |
| 0.3 : 0.3: Ravichandran Ashwin to Priyam Garg, SIX! He has gone for it. Floated around off, Priyam Garg lunges forward and lets out a big slog sweep. Clears deep square leg easily. By miles. |
| 1.1 : 1.1: Kagiso Rabada to David Warner, OUT! BOWLED! Ohh.... What a start for Delhi! Has Kagiso taken Delhi to the finals? Full ball on middle and leg, it pitches and comes back in by just. Warner looks to glance but misses. The ball hits his pads and then deflects off it and goes onto hit the stumps. 178 runs needed in 113 balls still. |
| 1.3 : 1.3: Kagiso Rabada to Manish Pandey, FOUR! Good shot. Full and around off, Manish drives it to the left of the bowler. Rabada attempts to stop it but misses to do so. The ball races away to the long off boundary. |
| 2.1 : 2.1: Anrich Nortje to Manish Pandey, FOUR! What a shot! Full and around off, Pandey presents the full face of the bat. Lifts it well over the bowler, to the long off fence. |
| 2.5 : 2.5: Anrich Nortje to Priyam Garg, SIX! Excellent shot. Short ball, Garg swivels and pulls at it. He gets it off the top edge. It goes miles in the air and.... clears fine leg! |
| 4.2 : 4.2: Marcus Stoinis to Manish Pandey, FOUR! That has been put away. Short ball, Manish Pandey pulls it away easily, through fine leg. Gets a boundary. |
| 4.4 : 4.4: Marcus Stoinis to Priyam Garg, OUT! TIMBER! Marcus is pumped. The ploy to use him in the Powerplay has worked. Full and around off, Garg looks to drive it on the on side. But he ends up missing it completely. The ball sneaks through in the gap between bat and pad and hits the stumps. Hyderabad need 147 runs in 92 balls. |
| 4.6 : 4.6: Marcus Stoinis to Manish Pandey, OUT! TAKEN! In the air and that is taken. Definitely, game-changing moment from Stoinis. Full and around off, Manish looks to work it on the leg side but the bat turns in his hand. It takes the inner half and goes uppishly to Anrich Nortje at mid on. Nortje squats and takes the ball comfortably. |
| 5.5 : 5.5: Anrich Nortje to Jason Holder, FOUR! Beautiful, off the back foot. Full and outside off, Holder camps back. Cuts it fiercely and through the diving point fielder. Bags a boundary. |
| 8.1 : 8.1: Axar Patel to Kane Williamson, FOUR! Axar concedes a boundary. Tossed up on middle and leg, Kane Williamson strides across and paddles it nicely through short fine leg. No one to stop that and it trickles away into the ropes. |
| 9.3 : 9.3: Pravin Dubey to Kane Williamson, SIX! He has always been a good player of spin, Williamson. Floated around off, Kane uses his feet, dances down the track and lofts this over the bowler's head, over long on. |
| 10.5 : 10.5: Kagiso Rabada to Kane Williamson, SIX! Well, no niggles there. Full and on off, Williamson powers it mightily over deep square leg. |
| 11.1 : 11.1: Axar Patel to Kane Williamson, SIX! This is just sensational. Floated on middle, Kane comes down and thumps it over the bowler's head, over long off, a huge maximum. |
| 11.4 : 11.4: Axar Patel to Jason Holder, OUT! CAUGHT! The fielder completes the catch easily. Another goes down. Floated on middle and leg, Jason Holder comes down and looks to loft it over mid-wicket for a biggie. But it was neither a power shot nor a chip. Somewhere in between, it goes straight into the hands of Dubey, who comes running forward from deep mid-wicket. Warner's men need 100 runs in 50 balls. |
| 11.5 : 11.5: Axar Patel to Kane Williamson, FOUR! Kane Williamson is playing a lone hand here. Around off, flat, Kane punches it through the covers. It is wide of deep cover who runs to his left but cannot cut it off. |
| 12.1 : 12.1: Marcus Stoinis to Kane Williamson, SIX! There is still hope for Hyderabad as long as Williamson is out there. Kane Williamson lunges forward and converts this into a low full toss, he paddles it aerially and over fine leg for a biggie. |
| 13.5 : 13.5: Axar Patel to Kane Williamson, EDGED AND FOUR! That will be important for Hyderabad. Flatter and around off, Williamson rocks back and looks to cut but gets a thick outside edge. It goes wide of the keeper and races away to the third man fence. |
| 14.2 : 14.2: Anrich Nortje to Abdul Samad, SIX! That is the way to go Abdul. Short ball, Samad goes back and pulls it atrociously and well over deep mid-wicket. |
| 14.3 : 14.3: Anrich Nortje to Abdul Samad, FOUR! And again. Slower ball outside off, Samad clears his front leg and cuts it fiercely through point. |
| 14.4 : 14.4: Anrich Nortje to Abdul Samad, EDGED AND FOUR! Big over for Hyderabad. Full and well outside off, within the tramline though. Abdul Samad throws the kitchen sink at it. Gets a thickish and uppish outside edge. It is flying towards the third man boundary. Lands on a bounce ahead and then rolls into the fence. |
| 15.3 : 15.3: Ravichandran Ashwin to Kane Williamson, FOUR! In the gap and away for a boundary. Ashwin bowls a shorter one way outside off, it was the doosra. Williamson strokes it with the turn, over point. Nortje gives chase but the ball beats him to the boundary. |
| 16.4 : 16.4: Marcus Stoinis to Kane Williamson, FOUR! Brilliant, brilliant. Around off on a good length, Kane opens the face of his bat deliberately late, knows Rabada is there at backward point. Gets it wide of him and gets it into the boundary. |
| 16.5 : 16.5: Marcus Stoinis to Kane Williamson, OUT! TAKEN! Heartache for all the Hyderabad fans. Williamson, what an innings, 67 from 45. Full and well outside off, Williamson slices the ball while going for a drive. Would have been a wide had he left it. But he goes after it, slices it over cover. It is to the left of Rabada at deep cover. KG gets there and completes the catch. |
| 17.3 : 17.3: Ravichandran Ashwin to Rashid Khan, SIX! The license to free his arms. Floated around off, Rashid gets a huge slog sweep out. Sends the ball miles over long on. |
| 17.4 : 17.4: Ravichandran Ashwin to Rashid Khan, FOUR! Full and outside off, Rashid heaves it away over covers. It was well wide of the man at sweeper cover as well. Races away for a boundary. |
| 18.2 : 18.2: Kagiso Rabada to Abdul Samad, SIX! This game is well and truly alive. Full toss on middle, Abdul swings it into the night skies, over deep square leg. |
| 18.3 : 18.3: Kagiso Rabada to Abdul Samad, OUT! CAUGHT! The substitute fielder, Keemo Paul, takes the catch. Samad is very dejected. Full and around off, Abdul Samad clears the front leg and looks to go big over long off. However, he does not get the timing right. It is to the right of Keemo at long off. Paul gets there, slides and takes the catch comfortably. |
| 18.4 : 18.4: Kagiso Rabada to Rashid Khan, OUT! TAKEN! Hyderabad lose Rashid Khan now. Full and around off, Rashid clears his front foot and looked to power this over long on for a six. However, he does not get his timing right. Catching practice to the fielder at long on, who takes this one easily. |
| 18.5 : 18.5: Kagiso Rabada to Shreevats Goswami, OUT! TAKEN! The third wicket in the over. Short ball, Shreevats goes for the pull shot. However, he does not time it well at all. It goes high in the air and the man at mid-wicket takes it comfortably. Goswami goes for a duck. |
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