| 0.2 : 0.2: Jofra Archer to Nitish Rana, OUT! CAUGHT! Archer strikes in the first over. Rana goes back fr yet another golden duck but he also takes a review with him. Terrible, terrible review from Rana. Archer hits the deck hard around off, the ball raises and goes away from Rana. He looks to have a feel of it but gets a feather on it to the keeper. It goes straight into the mitts of Samson behind the stumps. A batter knows whether he has got something or not. By the looks Rana is unsure. He h |
| 1.3 : 1.3: Varun Aaron to Shubman Gill, FOUR! First one of the game and what a way to get it! Slightly shorter on off, Gill gets on his front foot and pulls it with class through mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 1.5 : 1.5: Varun Aaron to Shubman Gill, FOUR! Class from Gill! Full and angling in on middle and off. Gill gets on his front foot, keeps his head still and lofts his flick with delightful use of the wrists over mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 1.6 : 1.6: Varun Aaron to Shubman Gill, FOUR! Expensive start for Aaron! Releases the pressure Archer built in the first over. Aaron bangs it in short, Gill is ready for it as he pulls it over mid-wicket for a boundary. 12 off the over! |
| 3.1 : 3.1: Shreyas Gopal to Shubman Gill, FOUR! Archer can't reach it. Tosses a slower one outside off, Shubman goes inside out straightaway. He gets it over the stretched hand of Jofra at mid off and it goes for a boundary. |
| 3.2 : 3.2: Shreyas Gopal to Shubman Gill, FOUR! Good effort from Stokes though. Short ball on off, Gill rocks back and pulls it firmly in the gap between wide long on and deep mid-wicket. Ben Stokes, who was at wide long on runs to his right, dives but ends up parrying it to the ropes. It was struck really firmly. |
| 3.4 : 3.4: Shreyas Gopal to Rahul Tripathi, FOUR! Tripathi sets himself free with that. Tossed up on off, Rahul gets down and sweeps this handsomely to the deep square leg boundary. |
| 3.6 : 3.6: Shreyas Gopal to Rahul Tripathi, FOUR! Pulls this one over the infield and gets a boundary. Short ball, Rahul rocks back and pulls it over short mid-wicket for a boundary. 17 off Gopal's first over. An excellent one for Kolkata though. |
| 4.6: Ben Stokes to Rahul Tripathi, SIX! Just over the man at deep square leg. Short ball, Tripathi swivels a touch and pulls it over the leaping Tewatia at deep square leg. |
| 5.2 : 5.2: Varun Aaron to Rahul Tripathi, FOUR! Brilliant. Tripathi moves to the leg side, Varun follows with a knuckle ball. Gave Tripathi enough time to cut this in between cover-point and point. |
| 5.6 : 5.6: Varun Aaron to Shubman Gill, FOUR! Nice, nice, nice. Full and down the leg side, Shubman helps it by closing the face of his bat to flick it wide of the man at short fine leg for a boundary. End of the Powerplay and Kolkata are 55/1. |
| 6.5 : 6.5: Rahul Tewatia to Rahul Tripathi, SIX! High, high and handsome. Tossed up on off and middle, Tripathi powers it mightily over long on. |
| 8.1 : 8.1: Rahul Tewatia to Rahul Tripathi, FOUR! In the air but away from the fielder. Short ball outside off, Tripathi goes back and cuts it to the right of point. It was well to the left of sweeper cover as well. And hence a boundary results. |
| 8.3 : 8.3: Rahul Tewatia to Shubman Gill, OUT! CAUGHT! Shubman Gill did not hit it well at all. Just not what Kolkata wanted. Floated on off, Gill goes for the sweep shot. However, he hits it uppishly. He gets it off the bottom edge. It goes sky-high near deep mid-wicket. Jos Buttler runs to his right, gets under it and takes it. |
| 8.6 : 8.6: Rahul Tewatia to Sunil Narine, OUT! TAKEN! Ben Stokes is as solid a fielder as one can get. The Narine experiment fails again for Kolkata. Tossed up on off and middle, it was the googly. Narine does not read that well. He looks to slam that on the leg side and hits it against the spin. It went high in the air towards wide long on. Stokes gets under it and takes it comfortably. |
| 9.4 : 9.4: Kartik Tyagi to Eoin Morgan, SIX! BOOM! Morgan has been susceptible against short ball but Tyagi does not have the pace of Archer. Morgan expected a short one and was quick to get on his back foot and swivel his pull over the fine leg fence for a biggie. |
| 11.6 : 11.6: Shreyas Gopal to Rahul Tripathi, OUT! CAUGHT! Rahul Tripathi goes after making 39. Rajasthan need to keep taking wicket to contain the scoring rate. Tossed up on off, Tripathi sits down and looks to slog it over deep square leg. There is no fielder there but since the ball was a long time in the air, Uthappa could come from fine leg and take it comfortably. |
| 12.1 : 12.1: Rahul Tewatia to Eoin Morgan, FOUR! No chance for the fielder in the deep there. Floated on off, Morgan goes for the sweep shot. It is uppish and racing to the deep mid-wicket boundary. Parag, who was at deep mid-wicket, runs to his left, puts in a full stretch dive but it beats him to the boundary. Good effort but no chance there. |
| 12.3 : 12.3: Rahul Tewatia to Dinesh Karthik, OUT! CAUGHT! Rajasthan are slowly clawing back in this game. An inside edge and that proves to be Karthik's undoing. Tossed up on off and middle, Dinesh comes on the front foot to block. But he ends up getting an inside edge onto his pads. It lobs off the same straight into the hands of Steven Smith at short mid-wicket. |
| 13.3: Shreyas Gopal to Eoin Morgan, FOUR! Morgan had just about enough of it for a boundary. Shorter ball outside off, Eoin goes dead straight, to the left of the bowler and gets a boundary. |
| 13.4 : 13.4: Shreyas Gopal to Eoin Morgan, FOUR! Loose from Gopal. Short ball outside off, Morgan lifts it a good measure, over the covers, for a boundary. |
| 13.5 : 13.5: Shreyas Gopal to Eoin Morgan, SIX! That goes all the distance. This time it is fuller and around off, Eoin Morgan lofts it mightily over Steven Smith at long off. |
| 13.6 : 13.6: Shreyas Gopal to Eoin Morgan, SIX! High, high and long as well! Flatter ball around off, Morgan goes on the back foot and pummels it sky-high over deep mid-wicket. That soared all the way into the empty stands there. 21 runs off that Gopal over. What a one for Kolkata! |
| 14.2 : 14.2: Jofra Archer to Andre Russell, EDGED AND FOUR! Russell is lucky there. Shortish ball outside off, Andre slashes hard at it. He gets a thick outside edge and it goes just to the right of the keeper for a boundary. Samson though tried his best to pocket that. |
| 14.3 : 14.3: Jofra Archer to Andre Russell, SIX! Applause from the Kolkata dugout there. Fullish ball around off, Dre Russ swings this away loftily over deep mid-wicket. |
| 15.1 : 15.1: Kartik Tyagi to Andre Russell, SIX! Pommie, on-air, predicted that Andre Russell will unleash himself in this over and he is right. Full on off, Andre clears his front leg and powers this over long on. |
| 15.2 : 15.2: Kartik Tyagi to Andre Russell, SIX! Just over wide long off there. Full and on off, Russell clears the front foot again and this time he lofts it just over the wide long off fielder for a consecutive six. |
| 15.3 : 15.3: Kartik Tyagi to Andre Russell, OUT! TAKEN! Russell would be disappointed with himself. Kartik lets out an air of celebration, mostly out of frustration that he was smashed for a couple of sixes earlier. Full and around off, big Dre Russ clears his front foot again and this time he looks to slog it over the man at sweeper cover. However, this time, he does not get it as he would have liked. It is straight to the man at sweeper cover. The substitute fielder, David Miller, takes it comfortabl |
| 16.6 : 16.6: Ben Stokes to Eoin Morgan, FOUR! A pretty good over nonetheless from Stokes. Outside off, Morgan cuts it firmly. It is to the right of sweeper cover. The sweeper cover fielder runs towards the direction of the ball but fails to cut it off. |
| 18.2 : 18.2: Ben Stokes to Pat Cummins, SIX! Full and around off, Pat clears his front leg and launches it over long off for a maximum. A beautiful shot. |
| 18.4 : 18.4: Ben Stokes to Eoin Morgan, SIX! And that brings up Morgan's half ton as well. Full and around off, he slogs this over deep mid-wicket for a biggie. What a way to bring up your fifty! |
| 18.5 : 18.5: Ben Stokes to Eoin Morgan, SIX! Morgan is picking the slower balls easily here. Slower fuller ball around off, Eoin Morgan clears his front leg and powers this over the bowler's head for a huge maximum. |
| 18.6 : 18.6: Ben Stokes to Eoin Morgan, FOUR! Stokes is not at all happy here. Outside off, Morgan cuts it nicely, to the right of backward point, for a boundary. |
| 19.2 : 19.2: Kartik Tyagi to Pat Cummins, OUT! CAUGHT! Terrible result for Kolkata. Cummins is gone but it leaves Morgan at the non-striker's end only. Full and outside off, Cummins throws the kitchen sink at it. Gets a thick outside edge which goes to Sanju Samson behind. The Rajasthan keeper takes it with ease. |
| 19.6 : 19.6: Kartik Tyagi to Eoin Morgan, SIX! That is going, going.... gone! Full ball on off and middle, Morgan clears his front foot and absolutely clubs this over the bowler's head for a huge biggie. It went over the sightscreen as well. KOLKATA FINISH WITH 191/7. |
| 0.1 : 0.1: Pat Cummins to Robin Uthappa, SIX! What a way to start, what a way to start. Full ball on the pads, Robin swivels a touch and lofts it mightily over fine leg. |
| 0.3 : 0.3: Pat Cummins to Ben Stokes, FOUR! Stokes was very lucky there. Fullish and around off, Ben came down the track and looked to play it on the off side. However, he gets an inside edge. Luckily for him, it goes past the stumps and wide of the short fine leg fielder for a boundary. |
| 0.4 : 0.4: Pat Cummins to Ben Stokes, SIX! Cracking shot! Full ball on off, Ben Stokes moves to the off side and laps it over the keeper's head, over the fine leg boundary. |
| 0.6 : 0.6: Pat Cummins to Robin Uthappa, OUT! CAUGHT! 19 and a wicket off the first over. Robin Uthappa is the man who is gone. Full on middle and leg, Robbie looks to flick. He gets it uppishly to the left of the fielder at deep backward square leg. Kamalesh Nagarkoti though had enough time to run in that direction and take it easily, which he goes. |
| 1.5 : 1.5: Shivam Mavi to Ben Stokes, FOUR! Mavi had 4 good balls and now this one. On a good length outside off, the Big Ben cuts it in front of point and the ball races away for a boundary. |
| 2.1 : 2.1: Pat Cummins to Ben Stokes, OUT! TAKEN! What a brilliant catch from DK. Reminded us of a stunner that he took in the 2007 T20 World Cup in the slips cordon. Full and outside off, Stokes swings hard across the line. But he ends up getting an outside edge. It goes to the left of Dinesh Karthik, the keeper. It was travelling quickly and was well wide of him. But Dinesh made a 'leap of the year' to pluck it. |
| 2.4 : 2.4: Pat Cummins to Steven Smith, FOUR! Cummins vs Smith - Smith wins for now. On a good length on the thigh pad, Smith tucks it away in Smith fashion, to the deep backward square leg fence. |
| 2.6 : 2.6: Pat Cummins to Steven Smith, OUT! Dragged on! Cummins gets Smith finally. This is superb bowling from Kolkata here. Full and around off, Steven looks to drive but gets an inside edge that goes onto hit the stumps. Rajasthan still need 160 runs in 102 balls, with 7 wickets in hand. |
| 3.3 : 3.3: Shivam Mavi to Sanju Samson, OUT! TAKEN! Kolkata are all over Rajasthan here. Samson can be dangerous but this time he goes only for 1. Full ball, it lands around off and jags away a little. Sanju looks to drive on the up but gets a good outside edge. This time though it goes straight to Karthik and it is an easy take for him. |
| 4.1 : 4.1: Pat Cummins to Jos Buttler, FOUR! Sunil Gavaskar is admiring that shot a lot. Full and outside off, Jos jumps a little and opens the face of his bat to guide that through the covers. Just used the pace of the bowler. |
| 4.6 : 4.6: Pat Cummins to Riyan Parag, OUT! TAKEN! More wickets coming for Kolkata. Another great jump from DK. A well-directed short ball on the body from Cummins, Parag half-swivels and pulls at it. However there is no timing at all as the ball rushed onto him. He only manages to get it to the left of the keeper. Dinesh Karthik, jumps and takes a good catch, yet again. Rajasthan need 155 runs in 90 balls still, with only 5 wickets in hand. |
| 7.2 : 7.2: Kamlesh Nagarkoti to Jos Buttler, FOUR! Nicely played. Short ball, Jos the Boss comes down the pitch a little and pulls it handsomely to the deep square leg boundary. |
| 7.6 : 7.6: Kamlesh Nagarkoti to Rahul Tewatia, FOUR! That's going to be a boundary. Full and outside off, Rahul clears his front leg and powers it over covers for a boundary. |
| 8.1 : 8.1: Sunil Narine to Jos Buttler, SIX! He has hit it and Buttler gets a six. Full and on off and middle, Jos Buttler goes back and lofts it mightily over long on. |
| 9.4 : 9.4: Kamlesh Nagarkoti to Jos Buttler, FOUR! SHOT! Full ball down the leg side, Jos the Boss had moved down the leg side. He picks it up and lifts it over mid off. |
| 10.1 : 10.1: Varun Chakravarthy to Jos Buttler, FOUR! Off the edge and it goes away for four. Flatter ball outside off, Jos drives at it but gets it off his outside edge. It goes well wide of Karthik and runs away into the third man fence. |
| 10.4 : 10.4: Varun Chakravarthy to Jos Buttler, OUT! CAUGHT! 35 off 22 for Jos Buttler. Rajasthan have lost 6 wickets for 80. Short ball, Jos Buttler swivels a touch and pulls it firmly. But it is straight down the throat of Pat Cummins at deep mid-wicket. Rajasthan still need 112 runs in 56 balls. |
| 11.3 : 11.3: Sunil Narine to Rahul Tewatia, FOUR! That is very well played! Too short, too wide, punished by Tewatia. Cut in front of point for a boundary. |
| 11.5 : 11.5: Sunil Narine to Rahul Tewatia, SIX! Big shot, yeah, big enough. Tossed up on off and middle, Tewatia gets down and sweeps it over deep backward square leg. |
| 14.4 : 14.4: Varun Chakravarthy to Rahul Tewatia, OUT! TAKEN! What a night, Dinesh is having! Chakravarthy, well he gets one more wicket. Tossed up around off, Tewatia gets down on one knee and looks to sweep but he gets a top edge. It goes to the left of Karthik on the off side. The Kolkata keeper runs in there and collects it with ease. |
| 16.4: Sunil Narine to Shreyas Gopal, FOUR! This is an intelligent shot. Gopal moves to the leg side and reverse sweeps the fuller ball in the gap between short third man and backward point. |
| 16.6 : 16.6: Sunil Narine to Shreyas Gopal, FOUR! Another reverse sweep, another boundary. Flatter ball down the leg side, Shreyas moves there and reverse sweeps it to the deep backward point boundary. |
| 17.3 : 17.3: Kamlesh Nagarkoti to Jofra Archer, OUT! CAUGHT! Shivam Mavi with the catch. Archer did not connect it well at all. Full and on middle and leg, Archer clears his front leg and looks to slog it over long on. However, he does not get it off the meat of the bat. He ends up getting it only as far as long on where Mavi completes the catch. |
| 18.3: Shivam Mavi to Kartik Tyagi, OUT! TAKEN! Trust Mavi to take it one-handed and he does. The 9th wicket goes down for Rajasthan. Full and on middle and leg, Tyagi looks to flick it on the leg side but ends up getting a leading edge back to the bowler. Shivam Mavi was a touch surprised that it came back to him. He manages to react quickly, get a hand to it but fumbles a touch, a couple of times, before he finally holds onto it. |
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