| 0.2 : 0.2: Tim Southee to Wriddhiman Saha, OUT! LBW! Tim Southee is off to a flying start. He gets the ball moving this time. A dream start for Kolkata. Wriddhiman Saha walks back on a golden duck. Southee hurls a length ball, on off. The ball nips in off the deck. Saha hangs back and ends up playing all around it. He gets rapped on the pads. Tim Southee puts in an appeal and the umpire raises his finger in a flash. Jason Roy has a word with Saha. But Saha does not go for the review and he walks |
| 2.2: Tim Southee to Jason Roy, FOUR! EDGY! Jason Roy gets lucky this time. A full-length ball, around middle and leg. Roy swings hard at it. The ball takes the inside edge, scoots past the stumps and ends up in the boundary at fine leg. |
| 2.3 : 2.3: Tim Southee to Jason Roy, FOUR! Much better from Roy. Two consecutive boundaries for him. Full length and on the pads. Roy comes forwards and flicks it through mid-wicket. The ball goes through the gap and into the boundary. |
| 3.4 : 3.4: Shivam Mavi to Jason Roy, OUT! CAUGHT! Roy looked to go big, as he misses out on the Free-Hit chance. But this proved to be a costly one. Shivam Mavi gets himself into the wicket's coulmn. Mavi hurls a length ball, on off. Roy comes forward and looks to clear the infield. He lifts it towards mid on. Hoping the ball will go over the fielder, but he does not connect well. The ball goes straight to mid on where Tim Southee takes an easy catch above his head. |
| 5.1 : 5.1: Shivam Mavi to Kane Williamson, FOUR! Finally Williamson gets hold off it! Back of a length, outside off. Kane Williamson hangs back and punches it past cover for a boundary. |
| 5.3 : 5.3: Shivam Mavi to Kane Williamson, FOUR! CLASSY! Good-length ball, just outside off. Kane Williamson stays back and cuts hard through the cover region for a boundary. |
| 5.5 : 5.5: Shivam Mavi to Kane Williamson, FOUR! What a shot! Length ball, on off. Kane Williamson shimmies down and drives it past cover for a boundary. He timed it so nicely! |
| 5.6 : 5.6: Shivam Mavi to Kane Williamson, FOUR! Kane Williamson showing his range of strokes now! Good-length ball, around off. Williamson stays back and guides it past the third man fielder for another boundary. What a way to end the Powerplay! Hyderabad are 35/2. |
| 6.5 : 6.5: Shakib Al Hasan to Kane Williamson, OUT! RUN OUT! This is a huge moment in this game and Shakib Al Hasan has sent back Hyderabad's captain, courtesy of some excellent piece of fielding! Tossed up, on middle. Kane Williamson turns it to the right of the bowler and looks to steal a run. Shakib Al Hasan runs there, collects the ball cleanly and hits the stumps at the non-striker's end. Williamson is short of his crease and he has to depart! |
| 10.1 : 10.1: Shakib Al Hasan to Abhishek Sharma, OUT! STUMPED! Another one falls and Kolkata are well and truly on the top! Sharma comes down the track so Shakib Al Hasan shortens his length a bit and fires one outside off. Sharma has a wild swing but misses. Dinesh Karthik does the rest behind the stumps! |
| 12.2 : 12.2: Shakib Al Hasan to Priyam Garg, SIX! Priyam Garg breaks the shackles! Tossed up, on off. Garg dances down the track and smacks it over long on for a maximum! |
| 14.2: Varun Chakravarthy to Priyam Garg, OUT! TAKEN! Priyam Garg has to walk back now! Tossed up, around off. Priyam Garg looks to slog sweep but it goes off the top edge. The ball goes towards Rahul Tripathi at deep mid-wicket who does not make any mistake. |
| 14.6 : 14.6: Varun Chakravarthy to Abdul Samad, SIX! TOP SHOT! Floated, around off. Abdul Samad frees his arms and sends it sailing over long off for a biggie! |
| 16.1 : 16.1: Varun Chakravarthy to Jason Holder, OUT! CAUGHT! The big man goes and Hyderabad are in big trouble now! Tossed up, on off. Holder looks to go down the ground but gets more height than distance on it. Venkatesh Iyer gets across to his left from long and takes it. Rashid Khan walks out to bat now. |
| 16.5 : 16.5: Varun Chakravarthy to Abdul Samad, SIX! Smacked! Finally, Hyderabad get a maximum! Tossed up, on leg. Samad hits it over the long on fielder for a maximum. |
| 16.6 : 16.6: Varun Chakravarthy to Abdul Samad, SIX! And again! This lad can pack a punch! Tossed up, on leg. Samad clears his front leg and launches it over deep mid-wicket for a maximum. |
| 17.2 : 17.2: Tim Southee to Abdul Samad, OUT! CAUGHT! A nice little cameo by Samad comes to an end. Southee gets his second wicket. A length ball, on middle and off. Samad lifts it towards long on. He looks to clear the fence but does not get much distance on it. The fielder in the deep, Shubman Gill, catches it easily. |
| 18.1 : 18.1: Shivam Mavi to Rashid Khan, FOUR! What a shot that is! Full ball, outside off. Khan swings his bat so hard that this looks like a reverse helicopter shot! This goes past deep cover and runs to the fence. |
| 18.2 : 18.2: Shivam Mavi to Rashid Khan, OUT! TAKEN! Khan departs! Full ball, on leg. Khan plays the helicopter shot again. The ball goes sailing in the air but Venkatesh Iyer takes it at long on. |
| 19.6 : 19.6: Tim Southee to Siddarth Kaul, FOUR! Boundary to finish the innings! Back of a length, outside off. Kaul pumps it over covers. The ball runs to the fence. But this has been a brilliant show by Kolkata as they have restricted Hyderabad to 115 for 8! |
| 1.2 : 1.2: Jason Holder to Shubman Gill, FOUR! Glorious stroke! Full ball, on off. Gill takes a step down the track and drives it straight down the ground for a boundary. |
| 3.1 : 3.1: Umran Malik to Shubman Gill, FOUR! What a way to welcome the bowler! Short of a length, just outside off. Gill cuts it hard past point for a boundary. |
| 4.4 : 4.4: Jason Holder to Venkatesh Iyer, OUT! CAUGHT! Jason Holder gets the breakthrough. Venkatesh Iyer could not continue his good form of the season. He has to depart on a single digit score of 8 runs. A length ball, on off. Iyer looks to go big but does not connect well. The ball flies high in the air off the bottom of the bat. The ball goes towards mid off. Kane Williamson keeps his eyes on the ball and takes a good running catch. |
| 4.6 : 4.6: Jason Holder to Shubman Gill, FOUR! EDGY! A length ball, outside off. Gill looks to push it to the off side. The ball takes the outside edge and goes past short third man. The ball races away to the fence. |
| 5.1 : 5.1: Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Rahul Tripathi, FOUR! Rahul Tripathi gets off the mark in style. On a length, outside off. Tripathi prods and drives it through point. The ball races away to the boundary. |
| 5.4 : 5.4: Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Shubman Gill, FOUR! Into the gap! A length ball, around off. Gill hangs back and guides it past backward point. The ball ends up in the fence. |
| 6.4: Rashid Khan to Rahul Tripathi, OUT! CAUGHT! Rashid Khan means business. He comes into the attack and strikes in his very first over. Quicker. Flatter and on off. Tripathi hangs back and pulls it to mid-wicket. But he hits it staright to the fielder. Abhishek Sharma takes a sharp catch. Tripathi has to go back on just 7 runs. He could not trouble the bowlers much. Will Hyderabad build on it? |
| 10.6 : 10.6: Rashid Khan to Shubman Gill, FOUR! Lovely foot work from Gill! Tossed up, on middle. Shubman Gill shimmies down and whips it to the vacant deep mid-wicket region for a boundary. |
| 11.2 : 11.2: Jason Holder to Shubman Gill, FOUR! Nicely done! Back of a length, around off. Shubman Gill steps out and hits it to wide of long on to collect a boundary. |
| 11.5 : 11.5: Jason Holder to Shubman Gill, FOUR! BANG! Short of a length, outside off. Shubman Gill pulls it in front of square and the ball races away to the deep mid-wikcet fence! |
| 12.1 : 12.1: Umran Malik to Shubman Gill, FOUR! Nicely played. A full-length ball, on the pads. Gill hangs back and flicks it towards fine leg for a boundary. Suddenly, Gill has found his rhythm. |
| 12.2 : 12.2: Umran Malik to Shubman Gill, FOUR! Back-to-back boundaries. Back of a length, on off. Gill hangs back and pulls it through mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 13.3 : 13.3: Rashid Khan to Nitish Rana, FOUR! Finally Rana gets going now. Full and on the pads. Rana gets low and reverse-sweeps it through point for a boundary. |
| 14.4 : 14.4: Umran Malik to Shubman Gill, FOUR! Gill continues his good run in the Indian T20 League. He reaches his FIFTY in some style. A length ball, on off. Gill hangs back and gets on top of the bounce. He pulls it through mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 15.5 : 15.5: Rashid Khan to Nitish Rana, FOUR! Nicely played. Down the ground. Full and on middle. Rana drives it down the ground. The ball races away to the boundary at long on. |
| 16.3 : 16.3: Siddarth Kaul to Shubman Gill, OUT! TAKEN! Shubman Gill's innings comes to an end as Siddarth Kaul strikes for Hyderabad! He serves a slower ball, fuller in length, on middle. Shubman Gill looks to flick it but he gets a leading edge and the ball loops up in the air towards Jason Holder at long on who gulps it down! |
| 16.5 : 16.5: Siddarth Kaul to Dinesh Karthik, FOUR! WOW! Dinesh Karthik announces himself by playing a cracking shot! Length ball, around off. Karthik prods and drives it back past the bowler and into the long off fence. |
| 17.4 : 17.4: Jason Holder to Nitish Rana, FOUR! In the air, but just over the deep mid-wicket fielder! Back of a length, around off. Nitish Rana pulls hard but does not middle it and the ball goes over Rashid Khan there and goes into the fence. |
| 17.6 : 17.6: Jason Holder to Nitish Rana, OUT! TAKEN! Nitish Rana's struggle at the crease comes to an end! Holder hurls a slower ball, on a length, outside off. Rana looks to heave it away over deep mid-wicket but it goes off the top edge and the ball lobs up in the air towards the left of the batter. Wriddhiman Saha calls for it and runs forward to take the catch. |
| 18.3 : 18.3: Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Dinesh Karthik, FOUR! That will release some pressure off Kolkata! Back of a length, outside off. Dinesh Karthik hangs back and cuts it past point for a boundary. |
| 19.4 : 19.4: Siddarth Kaul to Dinesh Karthik, FOUR! SMASHED! That is it! Kolkata win the match by 6 wickets! Kaul bangs it into the deck, around off. Dinesh Karthik stays back and pulls it over mid-wicket to seal the game with a boundary! |
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