| 0.0 : Pitch Report - Sunil Gavaskar is presenting the Pitch Report. There is a little bit of grass and some turn was visible the other day. It is a good pitch, there is something in it for the bowlers. The bowlers can bend their backs and get the odd ball to bounce. A very well-balanced pitch, neither in favour of the batsmen nor in favour of the bowlers. |
| Delhi or Hyderabad? Earlier, it was Hyderabad or Bangalore in the Eliminator. But with the former coming good towards the end, sealing the other spot for Qualifier 2, against Delhi, the first question beckons us now. Though not an eliminator in the formal sense, given that the winner goes through to face Mumbai in the finals, both teams would be looking at this match as so. |
| Coming to Delhi first, they received a sound hammering at the hands of Mumbai in Qualifier 1, in all the departments. To shake that off would be very difficult but given the stage of play they are in, Iyer's men would have quickly overcome that. Their singular focus now would be to defeat Hyderabad and storm into the finals. After that, they would be looking to pay Mumbai a heavy price for the continued defeats to them this season. |
| Hyderabad have been absolutely clinical in the last few games, including in the Eliminator. Yes, they did have to slog it out in the latter, but never were they in a position where the match had slipped out of their hands. Their batting and bowling is complementing each other well and that is what one requires when playing in the decider phases. Can they marshall their troops and surmount the Delhi challenge? We'll find out as the toss gets underway shortly... |
| TOSS - The two captains are out in the middle for the all-important toss. The team winning should bowl first but let's see. The match referee gives the coin some air. It comes down in Delhi's favour. THEY WILL BAT FIRST! |
| Shreyas Iyer, Delhi's captain, says they had two outings against Hyderabad and they feel it is better to bat first and it looks a good wicket so they will want to bat first. States they need to do their homework right and hopes to play well in this game. Credits Rashid for the way he has bowled and says he will be a challenge today. Informs that Dube and Hetmyer come in. States it is all about doing the basics right. |
| David Warner, Hyderabad's captain, says they would have bowled first, had they won the toss. Is therefore happy with the outcome, on the toss. States that the team has backed themselves. Each individual knows their responsibilities well and backs themselves to their hilt. Says that Wriddhiman is still not fit and the team is unchanged from the last game. |
| Delhi (Playing XI) - Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Iyer (C), Rishabh Pant (WK), Shimron Hetmyer (IN PLACE OF DANIEL SAMS), Marcus Stoinis, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Praveen Dubey (IN PLACE OF PRITHVI SHAW), Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje. |
| Hyderabad (Unchanged Playing XI) - David Warner (C), Shreevats Goswami (WK), Manish Pandey, Kane Williamson, Priyam Garg, Jason Holder, Abdul Samad, Rashid Khan, Shahbaz Nadeem, Sandeep Sharma, T Natarajan. |
| All set to begin then, the Zayed stadium is looking wonderful. The on-field umpires, S Ravi and Paul Reiffel, are making their way to the crease first. Following them are the Hyderabad players, through the fireworks-studded red carpet. Delhi's openers are Shikhar Dhawan and Marcus Stoinis. Yes, the latter has opened in the Big Bash and is no stranger to opening the batting. Sandeep Sharma to begin with the ball for Hyderabad. HERE WE GO... |
| 0.1 : Sandeep Sharma to Marcus Stoinis, And some swing straightaway. Full and swinging into middle, blocked to the off side. |
| 0.2 : Sandeep Sharma to Marcus Stoinis, Another inswinger, this time on the pads, flicked to short mid-wicket. |
| 0.3 : Sandeep Sharma to Marcus Stoinis, Full and swinging into middle and leg, glanced to mid on for a single. First runs on the board for Delhi and Stoinis is up and running as well. |
| 0.4 : Sandeep Sharma to Shikhar Dhawan, A fullish outswinger, outside off, Shikhar lets it be. |
| 0.5 : Sandeep Sharma to Shikhar Dhawan, Fullish and swinging away to outside off, dabbed to the off side for a quick single. Both the openers are now off the mark. |
| 0.6 : Sandeep Sharma to Marcus Stoinis, Sharp inswing there! Sandeep lands a fullish ball around off, it pitches and comes back into middle sharply, Stoinis pushes it to the left of mid on and takes one. 3 runs off the first over. |
| Who will bowl from the other end? Jason Holder it is. |
| 1.1 : Jason Holder to Marcus Stoinis, On the pads, tucked to deep backward square leg for a run. |
| 1.2 : Jason Holder to Shikhar Dhawan, Outside off, Dhawan cuts it wide of deep point. The fielder has some work to do and the batters get a couple. |
| 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. |
| 1.4 : Jason Holder to Shikhar Dhawan, Around off on a length, SD looks to play at it but gets an inside edge onto his pads. |
| 1.5 : Jason Holder to Shikhar Dhawan, Fullish on the stumps, pushed back to the bowler. Jason flicks a throw to the keeper's end but it is well wide of the stumps. The keeper collects that. |
| 1.6 : Jason Holder to Shikhar Dhawan, Fullish on middle and leg, Gabbar tucks it to square leg and gets to the other end. |
| 2.1 : Sandeep Sharma to Shikhar Dhawan, Outside off, punched to point for a single. |
| 2.2 : Sandeep Sharma to Marcus Stoinis, Fullish inswinger on middle, Stoinis dabs it to the off side. Shikhar wants a single but Stoinis is not interested. |
| 2.3 : Sandeep Sharma to Marcus Stoinis, DROPPED! That is precisely why that fielder was there. Full on off, Marcus closes the face of his bat to flick. It was uppish and goes to Holder at short mid on. Puts it down. |
| 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 : 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. |
| 2.6 : Sandeep Sharma to Marcus Stoinis, A single and 10 runs off the over. A good one for Delhi. Full on middle, Stoinis closes the face of his bat to wrist it in front of square on the leg side and exchanges ends with Dhawan. |
| 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. |
| 3.2 : Jason Holder to Marcus Stoinis, BEATEN! Lovely from Jason Holder. Length ball around off, Marcus Stoinis looks to have a poke at it but misses. |
| 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. |
| 3.4 : Jason Holder to Marcus Stoinis, Full on middle, flicked to short mid-wicket. |
| 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 : 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. |
| 4.1 : Sandeep Sharma to Shikhar Dhawan, Fullish and around off, glanced to square leg for a single. |
| 4.2 : Sandeep Sharma to Marcus Stoinis, Full and swinging into the pads, stabbed to mid-wicket for one. |
| 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 : 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. |
| 4.5 : Sandeep Sharma to Shikhar Dhawan, Full and around off, dabbed to the off side for a quick single. 50 up for Delhi. In no time! |
| 4.6 : Sandeep Sharma to Marcus Stoinis, A dot but 11 runs off the over. Very full on off and middle, pushed back to the bowler. |
| Shahbaz Nadeem into the attack now. |
| 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 : 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. |
| Shahbaz Nadeem to Shikhar Dhawan, Full on leg, Dhawan misses his flick. It comes off the pads to the leg side and Delhi take a leg bye. Nothing off the Free Hit then. |
| 5.3 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Marcus Stoinis, Floated on middle and leg, pushed back to the bowler. |
| 5.4 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Marcus Stoinis, Around off, driven to the left of cover for one. |
| 5.5 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Shikhar Dhawan, Very full on off, dug out through mid-wicket for a run. |
| 5.6 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Marcus Stoinis, A single. 15 runs off the over. Quicker one on middle and leg, hurriedly stabbed towards long on for a single. Shahbaz was disciplined towards the end but was expensive at the start of his over. |
| Here comes the champ! Rashid Khan to bowl now. |
| 6.1 : Rashid Khan to Marcus Stoinis, Tosses the googly around off, pushed down to long on for a single. |
| 6.2 : Rashid Khan to Shikhar Dhawan, Dhawan moves to the leg side and Rashid follows him with a fuller one. Flicked to square leg for one. |
| 6.3 : Rashid Khan to Marcus Stoinis, Flatter on off and middle, punched down to long on for one. |
| 0.0 : DRINKS! Delhi are off to a flier! Their new opening stand has worked wonders but with Rashid still having four overs in the bag, a lot will depend on how they play him. Hyderabad will hope their best bowler can grab a few wickets for them or they can well be chasing a huge score. |
| 6.4 : Rashid Khan to Shikhar Dhawan, OVERTHROWS! 6 RUNS. Short ball, Dhawan pulls it wide of long on and takes a couple. The throw from the deep comes to Khan. The bowler throws it quickly in frustration to the striker's end. It is wide of the keeper and goes away to the third man boundary. Unnecessary. |
| 6.5 : Rashid Khan to Shikhar Dhawan, Full on middle and leg, glanced to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 6.6 : Rashid Khan to Marcus Stoinis, On middle, Marcus chips it safely over mid on and takes a single. 11 runs off Rashid Khan's first over. |
| T Natarajan to bowl now. |
| 7.1 : T Natarajan to Marcus Stoinis, Good stop. Around off on a length, Stoinis dabs it to the left of Pandey at point. Manish Pandey stops the ball well. Keeps it down to just the single. |
| 7.2 : T Natarajan to Shikhar Dhawan, Dhawan comes down the track and looks to heave the fuller ball on the leg side. Ends up mistiming it through the carpet to long on. Just the single. |
| 7.3 : T Natarajan to Marcus Stoinis, Very full on the pads, flicked to short mid-wicket for a single. |
| 7.4 : T Natarajan to Shikhar Dhawan, WIDE! Natarajan overcooks the short ball. Shikhar looked to lift it over the keeper's head, to the third man boundary, but misses. |
| T Natarajan to Shikhar Dhawan, Fullish on the stumps, Dhawan comes down the track and pushes it back to the bowler. |
| 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. |
| 7.6 : T Natarajan to Shikhar Dhawan, Short and outside off, punched to deep point for one. 9 off the over, another productive one for Delhi. |
| 8.1 : Rashid Khan to Shikhar Dhawan, On the pads, clipped in front of square leg for a single. |
| 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. |
| Shreyas Iyer comes out to the middle now. |
| 8.3 : Rashid Khan to Shreyas Iyer, And a good positive start from Shreyas. Full and outside off, he drives it firmly through the man at cover-point and gets a couple. |
| 8.4 : Rashid Khan to Shreyas Iyer, Flatter and outside off, Iyer looks to cut but misses. He must not allow Rashid to dominate him here. |
| 8.5 : Rashid Khan to Shreyas Iyer, Flat on off, pushed down to long on for one. |
| 8.6 : Rashid Khan to Shikhar Dhawan, BEATEN! It is a completely different game all of a sudden. Tosses the legbreak around off, Shikhar comes forward and looks to defend but misses it. |
| 9.1 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Shreyas Iyer, On middle, clipped to the leg side for a run. |
| 0.0 : Shahbaz Nadeem is back. Expensive first over of 14. |
| 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. |
| 9.3 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Shikhar Dhawan, Tossed up around off, swept to deep square leg for two. |
| 9.4 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Shikhar Dhawan, Tossed up around off, Shikhar sweeps it between deep mid-wicket and deep square leg. Samad, who was at deep mid-wicket, runs to his left, dives and does well to prevent it from going into the ropes. Saves 2 for his side. |
| 9.5 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Shikhar Dhawan, On the pads, tucked to short fine leg for a single. |
| 9.6 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Shreyas Iyer, Flatter on off, pushed down to long off for one. |
| 9.3 : Is that a boundary? Replays are in and the umpires are having a look. Not a boundary. But looks like Holder has injured himself there. The medical staff are out. Jason is bandaged up and will continue. |
| 10.1 : Rashid Khan to Shreyas Iyer, Full and on middle, Iyer looks to flick but gets a safe leading edge. It goes in front of point for a single. |
| 10.2 : Rashid Khan to Shikhar Dhawan, On middle, clipped to short fine leg for one. |
| 10.3 : Rashid Khan to Shreyas Iyer, On the pads, tucked to square leg for a run. |
| 10.4 : Rashid Khan to Shikhar Dhawan, Floated on off, Dhawan comes on the front foot and blocks it to the on side. |
| 10.5 : Rashid Khan to Shikhar Dhawan, Quicker one around off, Dhawan goes back and dabs it to the off side for a quick single. |
| 10.6 : Rashid Khan to Shreyas Iyer, Fullish on middle, stroked down to long on for one. |
| T Natarajan is back. |
| 11.1 : T Natarajan to Shreyas Iyer, Fullish on middle, stroked back to the bowler. |
| 11.2 : T Natarajan to Shreyas Iyer, WIDE! Down the leg side, Shreyas Iyer misses his flick. |
| T Natarajan to Shreyas Iyer, Slower ball on off, driven down to long off for a single. |
| 11.3 : T Natarajan to Shikhar Dhawan, Shortish ball around off, Shikhar comes down the track and looks to cut but ends up chopping it off the track. It goes to the off side and the batsmen take a single. |
| 11.4 : T Natarajan to Shreyas Iyer, Fullish and around off, Iyer gives room and cuts it through the diving point fielder. Gets one. |
| 11.5 : T Natarajan to Shikhar Dhawan, Full and outside off, Shikhar covers his stumps and drives it down to long off. A single. |
| 11.6 : T Natarajan to Shreyas Iyer, Shouts of catch it but it does not carry. Full on the pads, Iyer flicks it uppishly. The ball though lands on a bounce to the mid-wicket fielder. |
| 12.1 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Shikhar Dhawan, Floated around off, pushed to the right of the bowler for a dot. |
| 0.0 : Shahbaz Nadeem is back. 2-0-27-0 so far. Needs a quiet over here. |
| 12.2 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Shikhar Dhawan, Around off, swept to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 12.3 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Shreyas Iyer, Fuller on off, Iyer lifts it over mid on. It lands safely ahead of long on for one. |
| 12.4 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Shikhar Dhawan, On middle, wristed to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 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. |
| 12.6 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Shreyas Iyer, A single. On middle, tapped through mid-wicket for a run. |
| Jason Holder is back. 2-0-26-0 for the big West-Indian so far. |
| 13.1 : Jason Holder to Shreyas Iyer, Full on middle, flicked to mid-wicket for a single. |
| 13.2 : Jason Holder to Shikhar Dhawan, Full toss on off, bunted down to long on for a single. Dhawan would feel he missed out there. |
| 13.3 : Jason Holder to Shreyas Iyer, Well bowled. Bumper, Iyer looks to pull but the ball goes above him. |
| 0.0 : DRINKS! Delhi continue to rule the roost! They are going great guns, yes the run rate has come down a little but that is quite expected in the middle overs. They still have 9 wickets in hand so they will be aiming for that 200-run mark. Hyderabad, on the other hand, need to keep taking wickets if they are to stem the run-flow. |
| 13.4 : Jason Holder to Shreyas Iyer, Around off, glanced to the right of long on. Shreyas Iyer calls for two and gets it. |
| 13.5 : Jason Holder to Shreyas Iyer, Full on middle, Iyer clears his front foot and strokes it uppishly and wide of Williamson at cover-point. Williamson dives and tries to grab it but the ball pops out. Delhi take a couple. But what an effort it was from the Kiwi. |
| 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. |
| Who's in next? Shimron Hetmyer it is. |
| 14.1 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Shikhar Dhawan, Low full toss on off, stroked in the gap between long on and deep mid-wicket for a couple. |
| 14.2 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Shikhar Dhawan, Full and around off, driven past the bowler, to long off. A couple. |
| 0.0 : What has happened here? Looks like Priyam Garg has injured himself a touch when fielding the last ball. He is off the field and the physio is attending to him. |
| 14.3 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Shikhar Dhawan, Flighted around off, a firm slog sweep from Dhawan, through the carpet. But it was straight to deep mid-wicket though. So, just the single. |
| 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. |
| 14.5 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Shimron Hetmyer, Very full and around off, jammed back to the bowler. |
| 14.6 : Shahbaz Nadeem to Shimron Hetmyer, 2 runs, the batsman goes back in his crease and flick it away through mid wicket, for a couple. |
| Shahbaz Nadeem to Shimron Hetmyer, NO BALL! Nadeem oversteps here. Very full on off, Shimron Hetmyer closes the face of his bat to flick it to the vacant mid-wicket region. The bowler has to give a chase and Shreyas' men get an easy two. FREE HIT COMING UP! |
| Shahbaz Nadeem to Shimron Hetmyer, Nothing much off it though. Very full and around off, driven through point for a single. 13 off Nadeem's last over. He finishes with 4-0-48-0. A forgettable day in the office for him. |
| 15.1 : Rashid Khan to Shimron Hetmyer, Around off, pushed through the covers for a single. |
| 14.6 : Rashid Khan to bowl out. 3-0-20-1 for him so far. |
| 15.2 : Rashid Khan to Shikhar Dhawan, Flat on off, Shikhar camps back and manages to pull it to deep square leg. Just the single though. |
| 15.3 : Rashid Khan to Shimron Hetmyer, Too full and around off, driven down to long off for a single. |
| 15.4 : Rashid Khan to Shikhar Dhawan, Around off, pushed to deep cover for one. |
| 15.5 : Rashid Khan to Shimron Hetmyer, Flat on off, Shimron comes on the front foot and nudges it through short mid-wicket. A single. |
| 15.6 : Rashid Khan to Shikhar Dhawan, Floated around off, Dhawan gets down on one knee and slog sweeps this over mid-wicket. Just the single though. Rashid Khan finishes with 4-0-26-1. |
| Shahbaz Nadeem is done for the day. Yorker master, T Natarajan, is back. 2-0-14-0 for him. |
| 16.1 : T Natarajan to Shikhar Dhawan, Full and outside off, Shikhar Dhawan moves to the off side and flicks it away to fine leg. A single. |
| 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? |
| 16.3 : T Natarajan to Shimron Hetmyer, Full and outside off, stroked uppishly over mid off. It lands safely ahead of long off. The batters run a good couple. |
| 16.4 : T Natarajan to Shimron Hetmyer, WIDE! Natarajan tries to go for the wide yorker but goes too wide outside off, Hetmyer lets it be. Wided. |
| T Natarajan to Shimron Hetmyer, Full and around off, swung down to the right of long on. An easy couple. |
| 16.5 : T Natarajan to Shimron Hetmyer, Full toss outside off, stroked firmly but straight to deep point. So, just the single. |
| 16.6 : T Natarajan to Shikhar Dhawan, SD moves to the off side, Natarajan follows with a low full toss. Gabbar tries to flick it but gets an outside edge. It goes safely to the keeper though. |
| 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. |
| 16.6 : Rashid Khan is done. Holder to bowl out. 3-0-32-1 are his figures. |
| 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. |
| 17.3 : Jason Holder to Shimron Hetmyer, Full toss outside off, Shimron mistimes it through the carpet to mid-wicket. A single. |
| 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. |
| 17.5 : Jason Holder to Shikhar Dhawan, Very full and around off, Shikhar Dhawan looks to work it on the leg side. But he gets an inside edge. The ball falls flat on the pitch and Delhi sneak in a quick single. |
| 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. |
| 17.5 : Is that a six? Has the ball hit the advertising triangle on the full? Replays are in and a four is signalled. |
| 18.1 : Sandeep Sharma to Shikhar Dhawan, DROPPED! Has just been that kind of a day for Hyderabad. Full and around off, Dhawan strokes it uppishly towards deep mid-wicket. It goes straight to Rashid there who spills a sitter. Delhi sneak in a single. |
| 18.2 : Sandeep Sharma to Shimron Hetmyer, Full and around off, driven to sweeper cover for a single. |
| 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. |
| 18.4 : Sandeep Sharma to Rishabh Pant, Yorker, around off, dug out to the leg side for a single. |
| 18.3 : Who's in now? Pant? Yes, Rishabh Pant it is. |
| 18.5 : Sandeep Sharma to Shimron Hetmyer, Very full and around off, Hetmyer looks to slog it over mid-wicket but mistimes it through the carpet. It is in front of square leg and they take an easy two. |
| 18.6 : Sandeep Sharma to Shimron Hetmyer, Fires in the yorker outside off, jammed out to deep point for one. |
| 19.1 : T Natarajan to Shimron Hetmyer, Good old-fashioned yorker around off, driven down to long on for a single. Shimron wanted two but it was just not possible. |
| 19.2 : T Natarajan to Rishabh Pant, Yorker outside off, Rishabh gets across and looks to paddle but misses. It comes off his pads to the off side and Delhi take a leg bye. |
| 19.3 : T Natarajan to Shimron Hetmyer, Full and around off, stroked to the vacant short mid-wicket region for a quick single. |
| 19.4 : T Natarajan to Rishabh Pant, Yorker outside off, Pant looks to slam that on the off side but ends up getting it off the inner half. It goes back to the bowler and Iyer's men take a quick one. |
| 19.5 : T Natarajan to Shimron Hetmyer, Full and around off, stroked to the right of sweeper cover. Hetmyer calls for two and gets that. |
| 19.6 : T Natarajan to Shimron Hetmyer, Magnificent from Natarajan. Yorker around off, Shimron Hetmyer comes down the track and looks to slam it on the leg side but ends up missing it badly. It goes to the keeper and Delhi manage to sneak in a bye. THEY FINISH ON 189/3. |
| 2 outstanding overs at the death has ensured Delhi do not get to the 200-run mark but it is still a brilliant performance by the Delhi batting line-up and they will surely be the happier side of the two. First it was their new opening stand who got them off to a flier. Stoinis departed but Dhawan continued. He had a decent stand with Iyer, who struggled a touch and Hetmyer who played a handy innings. He though fell 22 short of a ton and after his wicket, Delhi failed to score a boundary and henc |
| Warner and Williamson will probably be the key for them, one of the two have to play a big innings. Delhi will back themslves to defend this. All to play for after the break but for now Hetmyer is up for an interview. |
| Shimron Hetmyer is up for a chat. Is happy to be back out there. Was working in the gym and nets. States that it is a challenge to be in and out of the team. Says that the boys have to just come out, execute the plans and do their best. On the Dhawan LBW, Hetmyer feels it was outside off but seems like Dhawan felt the other way. |
| Hyderabad will feel they are in the game! Most of the time in the first innings, it seemed like Delhi would score over 200 but they have managed to keep them 11 short. Natarajan, Rashid and Sharma had a decent day with the ball but Holder and Nadeem did not have a good outing. Also, they were poor in the field, a few misfields, a few dropped chances, they just looked a little shaky. They need to be that all behind now and concentrate on their batting. |
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