| 0.2 : 0.2: Glenn Maxwell to Shikhar Dhawan, FOUR! Poor effort from Pooran and Dhawan gets going with a boundary. Shortish and outside off, Dhawan cuts it off his back foot towards point. Pooran is the fielder who makes a mess of the simple chance and allows the ball to go to the fence. |
| 0.5 : 0.5: Glenn Maxwell to Shikhar Dhawan, SIX! BOOM! Signs of the man in form. Loopy ball outside off, Dhawan sits down, uses his long reach and slog sweeps it over deep mid-wicket for a biggie. First one of the game. |
| 2.3 : 2.3: Arshdeep Singh to Prithvi Shaw, FOUR! First boundary for Shaw. Not from the middle of the bat but he will take it. Arshdeep bangs it short and bowls it on middle, Shaw goes for the pull but gets it off the gloves. It flies over the keeper and into the fine leg fence. |
| 2.5 : 2.5: Arshdeep Singh to Shikhar Dhawan, FOUR! Dhawan is in mood, again! He is continuing from where he had left last time. A length ball outside off, Dhawan comes down the track and lifts it over extra cover for a boundary. 2nd boundary in the over. |
| 3.2 : 3.2: James Neesham to Prithvi Shaw, OUT! CAUGHT! Shaw's poor run continues. Number of his shots went in the air but dropped short but this one went little too high and Maxwell had enough time to settle under it and pouch it. Short and wide outside off, Shaw looks to launch it over extra cover but gets it off the toe end. It goes high in the air towards extra cover. Maxwell settles under it and takes the skier easily. |
| 3.6 : 3.6: James Neesham to Shreyas Iyer, SIX! The skipper is off the mark in style! Shortish and wide outside off, pretty similar to the ball that helped Neesham get Shaw's wicket. However, this time it is skipper Iyer on strike. He smokes it over extra cover and clears the fence easily. Still a very good over from Neesham. |
| 4.2 : 4.2: Mohammed Shami to Shikhar Dhawan, EDGY FOUR! Luck going with Dhawan. A length ball outside off, Dhawan looks to cut but gets a thick outside edge. It flies over the empty slip cordon and goes to the third man fence. |
| 4.4 : 4.4: Mohammed Shami to Shikhar Dhawan, FOUR! SHOT! Full and outside off, in the slot for the southpaw. He lifts it over mid off and finds the fence. |
| 4.5 : 4.5: Mohammed Shami to Shikhar Dhawan, FOUR! Third boundary in the over! Yes, Dhawan is certainly in mood. A length ball down the leg side. Dhawan walks across the off pole a touch and then pulls it over short fine leg and the ball races away to the fence. Dhawan's 5th boundary already. |
| 5.2 : 5.2: Arshdeep Singh to Shikhar Dhawan, FOUR! Nicely done! Didn't go for the power but timing and placement. Short ball on middle, Dhawan swivels and help pulls it over square leg and once again the ball races away to the boundary. Runs coming thick and fast for Dhawan. He moves to 33 off 18 balls. |
| 7.5 : 7.5: James Neesham to Shikhar Dhawan, FOUR! Call was for two but they get more than that. On the pads, Dhawan tickles it towards the fine leg boundary. The man at fine leg cannot cut it away. A boundary results. |
| 8.1 : 8.1: Murugan Ashwin to Shikhar Dhawan, FOUR! Taken on the full and into the gap. Full toss on off, Dhawan gets down and sweeps it forcefully in front of square leg for a boundary. |
| 8.3 : 8.3: Murugan Ashwin to Shreyas Iyer, OUT! CAUGHT! Shreyas Iyer, dangerous Iyer, goes for 14. The plot has worked for Punjab. Flatter ball down the leg side, Iyer looks to help it down to fine leg but gets a fine edge. Rahul, the keeper, anticipates well and moves to his left well ahead and takes the catch. Punjab appeal for a caught behind and the umpire concurs. Would have been a wide had Iyer decided not to flirt with that. |
| 9.4 : 9.4: Glenn Maxwell to Shikhar Dhawan, FOUR! Beautifully played. Flatter ball down the leg side, Dhawan helps it on its way by tapping it gently to the right of Rahul to the fine leg fence. |
| 10.1 : 10.1: Ravi Bishnoi to Rishabh Pant, FOUR! Slammed! Poor start from Bishnoi. Short and wide outside off, Pant slams it to the left of the cover fielder. He is late in moving to that side and the ball races away to the fence in the deep. |
| 12.3 : 12.3: Ravi Bishnoi to Shikhar Dhawan, SIX! 100 up in style! Tossed up ball on middle, Dhawan sits down and nails the slog sweep over square leg for a biggie. Fine shot. 5,000 runs for Dhawan in the Indian T20 League. |
| 13.4 : 13.4: Glenn Maxwell to Rishabh Pant, OUT! CAUGHT! Pant holes out! Maxwell gets the big fish. Maxwell fires a fuller ball on middle, Pant jumps out of his crease and looks to launch it over long on but fails to time it. He does well to get under the delivery but ends up hitting it straight to Agarwal at long on. Pant didn't really get going and he wanted to take on the spinner in his last over. You got to credit the captain too, for the fact that he persisted with Maxwell. |
| 14.3 : 14.3: Murugan Ashwin to Shikhar Dhawan, FOUR! Just the wrong length to a man in very good form. Short ball on off, Dhawan pulls it firmly over mid-wicket and gets a boundary. |
| 15.1 : 15.1: Ravi Bishnoi to Shikhar Dhawan, FOUR! Don't bowl there to Dhawan. Fullish ball on leg, Dhawan moves a touch to the leg side and lofts it over mid-wicket, well to the left of wide long on. |
| 16.1: Murugan Ashwin to Shikhar Dhawan, SIX! BOOM! Floated on middle, Dhawan sits down and pumps it over deep square leg for half a dozen. The fielder there for a moment must have thought that he was in with a chance but it went well over him. |
| 17.3 : 17.3: Mohammed Shami to Marcus Stoinis, OUT! TAKEN! Big wicket! Not a wicket-taking ball though but Shami and Punjab won't mind. Shami runs in and ends up dishing a full toss on middle, Stoinis looks to flick but the bat turns in his hand and he ends up hitting it high in the air towards the off side. Agarwal settles under the ball and takes it easily. |
| 17.5 : 17.5: Mohammed Shami to Shikhar Dhawan, FOUR! Cut away! Short and wide outside off, Dhawan flays it through point and finds the fence. There was a fielder in the deep but he hardly got time to move to his left. |
| 18.6 : 18.6: Arshdeep Singh to Shimron Hetmyer, SIX! BOOM! Full ball around off and middle, Hetmyer powers it over long on for a maximum. 12 runs off the penultimate over. How much can Delhi get on the last over? Can they go over 175? |
| 19.6: Mohammed Shami to Shimron Hetmyer, OUT! TIMBER! What a way to end the innings from Shami. Full, fast and straight, Hetmyer swings hard but fails to connect. The ball shatters the stumps behind. Top last over from Shami. Delhi end with 164/5. |
| 0.3 : 0.3: Daniel Sams to KL Rahul, SIX! BOOM! And Rahul makes him pay for the mistake. A full ball, slower one. Rahul launches it over the bowler's head for a biggie. It went high, way high but long as well. |
| 2.1 : 2.1: Axar Patel to KL Rahul, FOUR! Brilliant shot! Fullish and outside off, Rahul stays back and slams it through backward point and it races away to the fence. |
| 2.2 : 2.2: Axar Patel to KL Rahul, OUT! CAUGHT! Strikes on the next ball. Not sure if that stroke was needed though. Axar has been brilliant this season with the ball and he once again proves his mettle here. He spots that Rahul is giving him the charge, he slows the ball down. His previous ball was nearly 100 kph but not this one. Rahul eventually fails to get to the pitch and ends up mistiming it straight to the mid on fielder. Sams there takes it easily. A rare failure for Rahul in this season of t |
| 4.1 : 4.1: Tushar Deshpande to Chris Gayle, FOUR! Welcome into the attack, young man says the Universe Boss! Shortish and outside off, he punches it through extra cover and finds the fence. |
| 4.2 : 4.2: Tushar Deshpande to Chris Gayle, FOUR! Back-to-back boundaries! Short ball on the body, Gayle swivels and helps it wide of the short fine leg fielder. Once it goes past, it races away to the fence. |
| 4.3 : 4.3: Tushar Deshpande to Chris Gayle, SIX! BOOM! This one goes all the way! Short ball on middle, Gayle stays back and pumps it over deep mid-wicket for a biggie. |
| 4.4 : 4.4: Tushar Deshpande to Chris Gayle, FOUR! Another one that rolls the fence. Another short ball outside off, Gayle looks to launch it over the off side again but this time he ends up slicing it over cover-point. Two fielders give it a chase but the ball wins the race. |
| 4.5 : 4.5: Tushar Deshpande to Chris Gayle, SIX! SLAMMED! 24 from the over! Universe Boss telling everyone what they have been missing! Tushar continues banging it short, this time he takes the pace off. Gayle goes back and thumps it over long on for a biggie! |
| 5.2 : 5.2: Ravichandran Ashwin to Chris Gayle, OUT! TIMBER! Wow! Universe Boss is out of here! Ashwin had a wood over Gayle in the past and that continues here. The carnage has been cut short by Ashwin. Top class stuff from Ashwin. A loopy ball around middle, dipping in. Gayle sits down and looks to slog sweep but he misses. The ball thumps the middle stump. |
| 5.3 : 5.3: Ravichandran Ashwin to Nicholas Pooran, FOUR! Pooran is off the mark in style! Tossed up, full and wide outside off, Pooran drills it through the cover and opens his account with a boundary. |
| 5.5 : 5.5: Ravichandran Ashwin to Nicholas Pooran, OUT! RUN OUT! Agarwal is hopping too. Moment of madness from Punjab here. 2nd wicket in the over. Agarwal is livid with Pooran. Tossed up and around off, Pooran pushes it to the right of the ball. He takes off for the run. However, Agarwal is ball-watching and hesitates for a moment. However, Pooran keeps running. Agarwal eventually gives up and responds and goes for the run but it is too late as Ashwin quickly gets to the ball and fires the throw tow |
| 7.1 : 7.1: Ravichandran Ashwin to Nicholas Pooran, FOUR! Short and wide outside off, Pooran slams it through point and finds the gap. A boundary. |
| 8.3 : 8.3: Tushar Deshpande to Nicholas Pooran, SIX! WOW! Shortish ball on the stumps, Pooran swivels and hooks that spectacularly over deep backward square leg for a maximum. |
| 8.4 : 8.4: Tushar Deshpande to Nicholas Pooran, EDGY FOUR! Good length ball around off, Pooran looked to play that on the off side but gets an inside edge. It goes past the leg pole and to the right of Pant. The keeper dives in that direction but fails to take it. It was a tough chance. The ball goes through to the fine leg boundary. |
| 8.5 : 8.5: Tushar Deshpande to Nicholas Pooran, FOUR! Back-to-back boundaries. Short ball, Pooran pulls it towards deep mid-wicket. It does not race away, Prithvi Shaw at deep square leg comes running to his right, dives and gets under the ball but fails to cut it off. A boundary results. |
| 9.2 : 9.2: Marcus Stoinis to Nicholas Pooran, FOUR! What a shot! Full ball, outside off, Pooran lifts it over mid off and gets a boundary. Super shot. |
| 9.3 : 9.3: Marcus Stoinis to Nicholas Pooran, SIX! KL Rahul stands and applauds that shot. Fullish ball just outside off, Pooran picks it up and launches it over wide long on for a maximum. |
| 10.2 : 10.2: Axar Patel to Nicholas Pooran, SIX! That is a big one. Floated around off, Pooran picks it up and sends it soaring miles over deep square leg. A huge one it was. |
| 12.2: Kagiso Rabada to Nicholas Pooran, EDGED AND FOUR! Does not matter at this stage for Punjab though. Pooran gets to his 50, his second in the League. He needs to continue though, there is a long way to go for Punjab in the chase still. Outside off on a good length, Pooran slashes hard at it. It comes off a thick outside edge and goes to the left of Pant. Rishabh Pant dives in that direction but it goes past him to the third man fence. |
| 12.3 : 12.3: Kagiso Rabada to Nicholas Pooran, OUT! CAUGHT! Classic seamer's wicket here. A superb bowling change from Iyer. The game is now coming back in Delhi's favour. Shortish ball just outside off, Pooran watches and seeing the short length, looks to sway away from the line. He does everything right except to pull back his hands in time. The ball takes the glove and goes to Rishabh Pant, the keeper, who takes it with ease. They appeal for a caught behind and it is given. A very soft dismissal to |
| 12.6 : 12.6: Kagiso Rabada to Glenn Maxwell, FOUR! Important boundary! A length ball around middle, Maxwell moves a touch to the off side and flicks it powerfully. The fielder at fine leg tries to catch with a dive to his right but it is beyond his reach. 35 needed in 7 overs. |
| 13.6: Daniel Sams to Glenn Maxwell, FOUR! Pressure released, if there ever was any! Full and wide outside off, Maxwell drills it to the left of the mid off fielder. No chance for him to stop that. Fine way to end the over. 28 needed in 6 overs. |
| 15.4 : 15.4: Kagiso Rabada to Glenn Maxwell, FOUR! Stand and deliver stuff from Maxwell. Short and wide outside off, Maxwell slams it over mid on and finds the fence. |
| 15.5 : 15.5: Kagiso Rabada to Glenn Maxwell, OUT! CAUGHT! Maxwell throws it away! A stunning running catch from Pant. Is there any twist in this game? A good length ball outside off, Maxwell looks to launch it out of the ground over the leg side. However, he fails to time it and it goes high in the air towards backward square leg. Pant who has returned in this game after nusring his hamstring injury covers a lot of ground and takes a fine tumbling catch. Surely a needless stroke from the Aussie. |
| 17.5: Axar Patel to Deepak Hooda, FOUR! Nicely done! Axar drags it short and on middle, Hooda thumps it over mid-wicket and finds the fence. |
| 18.6 : 18.6: Daniel Sams to James Neesham, Six! BOOM! Neehsham says I will finish it in style! He gets a fuller ball in his slot and slams it over the deep mid-wicket fence for a biggie! The winning runs! Punjab win by 5 wickets. |
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