| 0.0 : Kolkata have all to play for as they have to win this game in order to stand a chance for making it to the playoffs. Their batting has fired in the tournament but it is their bowling which has been a touch inconsistent. Their captain, Eoin Morgan, has been short of runs and that has hampered their batting in the middle overs. Andre Russell getting injured at such a crucial juncture has not helped them either. Will we witness another masterclass from Venkatesh Iyer? Or will Hyderabad spoil Kolkat |
| ... MATCH DAY ... |
| Hello folks! A very warm welcome to game number 49 of the Indian T20 League where Kolkata will face Hyderabad. The race for the playoffs is heating up in UAE but this game sees a slightly different scenario as one team is well and truly out of the playoffs race while Kolkata are fighting hard and are ahead in the race, courtesy of a healthy net run rate. Having said that, this one is still a must-win game for Kolkata and they would be looking to give it their all. |
| TOSS UPDATE - Hyderabad have won the toss and they have elected to BAT first. |
| Kane Williamson, the skipper of Hyderabad, is up for a chat. He says, they will bat first. It looks like a good surface. Mentions, it is an unfortunate position to be in, but as a team they want to make sure the boys get their chance to use this stage to develop. Ends by saying they have one change, Umran Malik comes in place of Sandeep Sharma. |
| We are set for the action! The players stride out to the middle. Wriddhiman Saha and Jason Roy take the crease. Tim Southee is all set to steam in. Here we go... |
| 0.2 : Kane Williamson walks out to bat. |
| 0.1 : Tim Southee to Jason Roy, What a start! Southee starts with a length ball, down leg. Roy moves across and looks to flick it away. The ball goes towards mid on. Sunil Narine though misfields and the batters take a single. |
| 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 |
| 0.3 : Tim Southee to Kane Williamson, A length ball, on off. Kane Williamson defends it to cover. |
| 0.4 : Tim Southee to Kane Williamson, Full length and on off. Kane Williamson works it to the off side. |
| 0.5 : Tim Southee to Kane Williamson, A loud appeal for LBW but turned down! A length ball, on off. The ball nips in a bit. Kane Williamson hangs back and gets an inside edge onto the pads. |
| 0.6 : Tim Southee to Kane Williamson, Full and on off. Williamson pushes it past mid on. The batters pick three, before the fielder cuts it out. An eventful for by Tim Southee. |
| Shivam Mavi to steam in from the other end. |
| 1.1 : Shivam Mavi to Kane Williamson, Full length and outside off. Kane Williamson reaches out and works it back to the bowler. |
| 1.2 : Shivam Mavi to Kane Williamson, On a length, around off. Williamson works it to the left of mid on for a single. |
| 1.3 : Shivam Mavi to Jason Roy, Good-length ball, outside off. Roy pushes it to point. |
| 1.4 : Shivam Mavi to Jason Roy, A single now! On a length, outside off. Roy hangs back and guides it towards third man. The batters cross for a single. |
| 1.5 : Shivam Mavi to Kane Williamson, Full and outside off. Williamson plays it back to the bowler. Just 2 runs off the over yet. |
| 1.6 : Shivam Mavi to Kane Williamson, A dot to end the over! A length ball, on off. Kane Williamson defends it to cover off the front foot. A solid start by Shivam Mavi. |
| 2.1 : Tim Southee to Jason Roy, A length ball, outside off. Roy comes forward and pushes it towards mid off. |
| 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 : 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. |
| 2.4 : Tim Southee to Jason Roy, Full-length ball, on off. Roy drives it to mid off, but straight to the fielder. |
| 0.0 : Hyderabad have had a season to forget as they have failed to announce themselves in the second leg of the Indian T20 League and they are languishing at the bottom of the points table. Kane Williamson and his boys would be playing for pride now and they would be eager to finish on a high. Hyderabad have given chances to some of their young blood at the fag end of the competition in the form of Abhishek Sharma and Priyam Garg. Kolkata would be wary of the fact that Hyderabad have nothing to lose a |
| 2.5 : Tim Southee to Jason Roy, Length and on off. Roy defends it to the right of the bowler off the inner half. Southee dives to his right to make the stop. |
| 2.6 : Tim Southee to Jason Roy, Three dots on the trot! Tim Southee came back well in this over. On a length, around off. Roy stays back and pushes it to cover. |
| 3.1 : Shivam Mavi to Kane Williamson, A length ball, on off. Williamson stays back and runs it down to third man. They take one. |
| 3.2 : Shivam Mavi to Jason Roy, SWING AND A MISS! Good-length ball, outside off. Roy skips down the track. He looks to heave it away but misses. The ball ends up with the keeper. |
| 0.0 : Eoin Morgan, the skipper of Kolkata, says that he is happy to bowl first. Adds that they played some good cricket in the last game and are happy to chase. Adds that he is hoping to score more runs with the bat. Further says that they have done a good job in the second phase of the competition. Informs that Tim Seifert misses out and Shakib Al Hasan comes in. |
| 3.3 : Shivam Mavi to Jason Roy, Another swing and a miss! On a length, outside off. Roy stays back and looks to drive it away but does not get any bat on the ball. The umpire signals a no ball, as the bowler oversteps. Free Hit to follow. |
| Shivam Mavi to Jason Roy, Roy does not make the most of the Free Hit! Yorker-length ball, on middle. Roy makes room and hits it back to the bowler. Excellent bowling by Shivam Mavi. |
| 0.0 : Kolkata (Playing XI) - Shubman Gill, Venkatesh Iyer, Rahul Tripathi, Eoin Morgan (C), Nitish Rana, Dinesh Karthik (WK), Shakib Al Hasan (In for Tim Seifert), Sunil Narine, Shivam Mavi, Tim Southee, Varun Chakravarthy. |
| Hyderabad (Playing XI) - Jason Roy, Wriddhiman Saha (WK), Kane Williamson (C), Priyam Garg, Abhishek Sharma, Abdul Samad, Jason Holder, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Siddarth Kaul, Umran Malik (In for Sandeep Sharma). |
| 3.4 : Priyam Garg walks out to bat. |
| 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. |
| 3.5 : Shivam Mavi to Priyam Garg, A length ball, on off. Priyam Garg keeps it out. |
| 3.6 : Shivam Mavi to Priyam Garg, Good-length ball, outside off. The ball moves in a bit. Garg leaves it alone. A great over by Shivam Mavi. A wicket and just two runs off it. |
| Varun Chakravarthy comes on now. |
| 4.1 : Varun Chakravarthy to Kane Williamson, Flatter ball, on leg. Kane Williamson clips it to short fine leg. |
| 4.2 : Varun Chakravarthy to Kane Williamson, Another ball on leg, turning late. Kane Williamson works it behind square on the leg side. |
| 4.3 : Varun Chakravarthy to Kane Williamson, Quicker ball, on a length, on middle. Kane Williamson turns it to mid-wicket for a run. |
| 4.4 : Varun Chakravarthy to Priyam Garg, Tossed up, just outside off. Priyam Garg presses foward and defends it to backward point. |
| 4.5 : Varun Chakravarthy to Priyam Garg, Well bowled! Nicely tossed up, around off, turning in sharply. Priyam Garg looks to defend but he gets an inside edge onto his pads. |
| 4.6 : Varun Chakravarthy to Priyam Garg, Loopy ball, outside off. Priyam Garg drives but finds the extra cover fielder. Just 1 run off this over! |
| 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. |
| 5.2 : Shivam Mavi to Kane Williamson, Length ball, around off. Kane Williamson skips down and flashes hard but finds Shakib Al Hasan at covers who does well to stop the ball as it was travelling. |
| 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. |
| 5.4 : Shivam Mavi to Kane Williamson, Short of a length, outside off. Kane Williamson cuts it behind square on the off side to collect a couple of runs. |
| 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 : 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. |
| Shakib Al Hasan comes in the attack. |
| 6.1 : Shakib Al Hasan to Priyam Garg, Tossed up, on off. Priyam Garg blocks it out. |
| 6.2 : Shakib Al Hasan to Priyam Garg, Good running! Loopy ball, around off. Priyam Garg pushes it to cover and takes a quick run. |
| 6.3 : Shakib Al Hasan to Kane Williamson, Nicely tossed up, on off. Kane Williamson prods forward to block it. |
| 6.4 : Shakib Al Hasan to Kane Williamson, Flatter ball, on middle. Kane Williamson turns it to wide of long on for a couple. |
| Is that a run out? Yup, Kane Williamson is short of the crease! |
| 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! |
| Abhishek Sharma walks out to bat. |
| 6.6 : Shakib Al Hasan to Priyam Garg, Flatter ball, on off. Priyam Garg drags it to long off for a single. |
| 7.1 : Sunil Narine to Priyam Garg, On a length, around off. Priyam Garg hangs back and blocks this one. |
| 7.2 : Sunil Narine to Priyam Garg, Flatter ball, on leg. Priyam Garg turns it to deep square leg for a run. |
| 7.3 : Sunil Narine to Abhishek Sharma, Loopy ball, outside off. Abhishek Sharma reaches out and taps it to backward point. |
| 7.4 : Sunil Narine to Abhishek Sharma, An appeal for LBW but the umpire says no. Fuller in length, turning in late. Abhishek Sharma looks to defend but he misses and gets hit on the pads. |
| 7.5 : Sunil Narine to Abhishek Sharma, Loopy ball, on off. Abhishek Sharma eases it to long off to collect a single. |
| 7.6 : Sunil Narine to Priyam Garg, Tossed up, outside off. Priyam Garg works it to long off for one. |
| 8.1 : Shakib Al Hasan to Priyam Garg, Flatter ball, on off. Pushed to long on for one. |
| 8.2 : Shakib Al Hasan to Abhishek Sharma, Darted on the pads. Worked to mid-wicket. |
| 8.3 : Shakib Al Hasan to Abhishek Sharma, Tossed up, on leg. Sharma pushes it to long on for one. |
| 8.4 : Shakib Al Hasan to Priyam Garg, Dropped! Tossed up, on off. Garg hits it straight back to the bowler. Shakib Al Hasan sticks his right hand out. The ball hits his hands and pops it. He gets his hand to it again but drops it in the end. |
| 8.5 : Shakib Al Hasan to Priyam Garg, Flatter ball, on leg. Worked to fine leg for one. |
| 8.6 : Shakib Al Hasan to Abhishek Sharma, Darted on the pads. Sharma works it to deep mid-wicket for one. |
| Strategic Time-Out! Kolkata are well and truly ahead in this game and Hyderabad desperately need a good partnership to get back into this game! Hyderabad would hope that their youngsters at the crease will take them to safer shores by batting deep into the innings! |
| 9.1 : Sunil Narine to Abhishek Sharma, Shorter ball, on off. Sharma hits it to long on for one. |
| 9.2 : Sunil Narine to Priyam Garg, Tossed up, on off. Pushed to covers. |
| 9.3 : Sunil Narine to Priyam Garg, Loopy ball, on off. Garg pushes it past covers for one. |
| 9.4 : Sunil Narine to Abhishek Sharma, Just a single as this is pushed to long off. |
| 9.5 : Sunil Narine to Priyam Garg, Loopy ball, on middle. Garg works it to long on for a single now. |
| 9.6 : Sunil Narine to Abhishek Sharma, Nicely tossed up, on off. Sharma pushes it to long on for one. |
| 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! |
| 0.0 : Abdul Samad walks out to bat. |
| 10.2 : Shakib Al Hasan to Abdul Samad, An appeal for LBW but turned down! Loopy ball, on leg. Samad leans forward and looks to defend it but misses. The ball hits him high on the back leg. Shakib Al Hasan puts in an appeal, but the umpire says no. Going down leg. |
| 10.3 : Shakib Al Hasan to Abdul Samad, Loopy ball, on off. Samad pushes it back to the bowler. |
| 10.4 : Shakib Al Hasan to Abdul Samad, Shorter ball, outside off. Samad punches it nicely to covers. |
| 10.5 : Shakib Al Hasan to Abdul Samad, Darted on off. Tapped past covers for a single. Samad is off the mark. |
| 10.6 : Shakib Al Hasan to Priyam Garg, Another single as this is punched down to long on. |
| 11.1 : Varun Chakravarthy to Priyam Garg, Flatter ball, on off. Garg works it to long on for one. |
| 11.2 : Varun Chakravarthy to Abdul Samad, Darted around off. Samad blocks it out. |
| 0.0 : Varun Chakravarthy (1-0-1-0) comes back to bowl. |
| 11.3 : Varun Chakravarthy to Abdul Samad, Shorter ball, on leg. Abdul Samad works it towards deep mid-wicket for one. |
| 11.4 : Varun Chakravarthy to Priyam Garg, Shorter ball, on leg. Garg pulls it to deep square leg for one. |
| 11.5 : Varun Chakravarthy to Abdul Samad, Flatter ball, on leg. Samad works it to long on for one. |
| 11.6 : Varun Chakravarthy to Priyam Garg, Shorter ball, on leg. Garg works it to short fine leg. Dot ball. |
| 12.1 : Shakib Al Hasan to Abdul Samad, Flatter ball, on off. Abdul Samad punches it to sweeper cover for a run. |
| 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! |
| 12.3 : Shakib Al Hasan to Priyam Garg, Tossed up, on middle. Priyam Garg blocks it out. |
| 12.4 : Shakib Al Hasan to Priyam Garg, Flighted ball, on middle. Priyam Garg drills it to long on for a run. |
| 12.5 : Shakib Al Hasan to Abdul Samad, Loopy ball, on middle. Abdul Samad hits it towards Shubman Gill at long on for one. |
| 12.6 : Shakib Al Hasan to Priyam Garg, Flatter and quicker, on middle. Priyam Garg goes back in his crease and turns it wide of long on for a single. |
| 13.1 : Sunil Narine to Priyam Garg, A tad short, outside off. Priyam Garg cuts it to deep point for a run. |
| 13.2 : Sunil Narine to Abdul Samad, Fuller in length, on middle. Abdul Samad lofts it to long on, on the bounce. A single taken! |
| 13.3 : Sunil Narine to Priyam Garg, Short ball, outside off. Priyam Garg reaches out and cuts hard but finds the backward point fielder. |
| 13.4 : Sunil Narine to Priyam Garg, Tossed up, on middle. Priyam Garg blocks it out. |
| 13.5 : Sunil Narine to Priyam Garg, A tad short, outside off. Priyam Garg cuts it to sweeper cover for one. |
| 13.6 : Sunil Narine to Abdul Samad, Floated, around off. Abdul Samad gets behind the line and defends it out. |
| 14.1 : Varun Chakravarthy to Priyam Garg, Flatter ball, on middle. Priyam Garg pushes it back to the bowler. |
| 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. |
| Jason Holder walks out now. |
| 14.3 : Varun Chakravarthy to Jason Holder, TWO LEG BYES! NOT OUT! Tossed up, outside off. Jason Holder gets low and looks to paddle it to fine leg but he misses and gets hit high on the pads. Kolkata's players appeal but the umpire turns it down. Eoin Morgan opts for a review but they lose it as the Ball Tracker shows that the ball was going over the stumps. |
| 14.4 : Varun Chakravarthy to Jason Holder, Flatter ball, on middle. Jason Holder tucks it to square leg for a run. |
| 14.5 : Varun Chakravarthy to Abdul Samad, Floated, around off. Abdul Samad blocks it out. |
| 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! |
| 15.1 : Sunil Narine to Jason Holder, Flighted ball, on middle. Jason Holder stays back and turns it to the leg side. |
| 15.2 : Sunil Narine to Jason Holder, Well bowled! Tossed up, around off. Jason Holder looks to play across the line and he gets a leading edge towards cover. |
| 15.3 : Sunil Narine to Jason Holder, Flatter ball, on off. Jason Holder defends it out. |
| 15.4 : Sunil Narine to Jason Holder, BEATEN! Flatter ball, just outside off. Jason Holder looks to poke at it but the ball zips past his outside edge. |
| 15.5 : Sunil Narine to Jason Holder, Loopy ball, outside off. Jason Holder pushes it to cover off the front foot. |
| 15.6 : Sunil Narine to Jason Holder, Just a single! Tossed up, outside off. Jason Holder drives it to deep cover to collect a run. Another excellent over from Sunil Narine as he concedes just 1 run off it! He finishes with figures of (4-0-12-0). |
| Strategic Time-Out! A brilliant show by Kolkata and they have a firm grip over the game at this point. Hyderabad need to play big strokes now if they are to get to a decent score on the board. Otherwise, it may be a cakewalk for Kolkata. |
| 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. |
| 16.2 : Varun Chakravarthy to Abdul Samad, Flatter ball, on off. Flicked past long on for one. |
| 16.3 : Varun Chakravarthy to Rashid Khan, Darted on the pads. Khan works it to deep mid-wicket for one. |
| 16.4 : Varun Chakravarthy to Abdul Samad, Shorter ball, outside off. Samad cuts it to the man at cover. |
| 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 : 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. |
| Tim Southee (2-0-12-1) is back on. |
| 17.1 : Tim Southee to Rashid Khan, A length ball, on the pads. Khan flicks it to mid-wicket for a single. |
| 17.2 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar walks out to bat. |
| 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. |
| 17.3 : Tim Southee to Bhuvneshwar Kumar, A length ball, on middle and leg. Kumar tucks it to square leg for a single. |
| 0.0 : Review time! Eoin Morgan takes it upstairs for an LBW review. The on-field decision is not out. The UltraEdge shows no bat is involved. The Ball Tracker shows the ball is missing the wickets. Jason Holder survives. Kolkata lose their review. |
| 17.4 : Tim Southee to Rashid Khan, A length ball, outside off. Khan hangs back and cuts it to through point for another single. |
| 17.5 : Tim Southee to Bhuvneshwar Kumar, A length ball, on off. Kumar pushes it to sweeper cover for a run. |
| 17.6 : Tim Southee to Rashid Khan, A length ball, around middle and off. Khan taps it to point for another single. |
| 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. |
| 0.0 : Shivam Mavi (3-0-22-1) is back into the attack. |
| 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. |
| 18.3 : Shivam Mavi to Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Length ball, on off. Worked past mid-wicket for one. |
| 18.2 : Siddarth Kaul is the new man in. |
| 18.4 : Shivam Mavi to Siddarth Kaul, On a length, around off. Kaul looks to block but misses the ball. |
| 18.5 : Shivam Mavi to Siddarth Kaul, Full ball, on leg. Kaul works it towards mid-wicket for one. |
| 18.6 : Shivam Mavi to Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Full ball, on the pads. Whipped to long on for one. |
| 19.1 : Tim Southee to Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Length ball, outside off. Kumar pushes it past covers for one. |
| 19.2 : Tim Southee to Siddarth Kaul, On a length, on the pads. Kaul works it to the right of the bowler for one. |
| 19.3 : Tim Southee to Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Slower ball, on a length, outside off. Kumar punches it to deep long off for one. |
| 19.4 : Tim Southee to Siddarth Kaul, Short of a length, outside off. Kaul cuts it to deep point for one. |
| 19.5 : Tim Southee to Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Just a single as this is punched to long off. |
| 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! |
| It was a good day for the bowlers. Tim Southee and Shivam Mavi set the tone early on, by taking two wickets in quick succession. Shakib Al Hasan was excellent in the field and he got Williamson run out. The bowlers did well to stem up the run flow. They also kept chipping wickets at regular intervals, which put them ahead in the game. Varun Chakravarthy, Tim Southee and Shivam Mavi all picked up a brace each. |
| Right then. Kolkata dominated with the ball. Now, the onus is on their batters to chase down the target of 116 runs, to keep their playoffs hopes alive. Will Hyderabad be able to spoil their party? To find out, do join us for the chase on the other side. |
| Kolkata were on top of their game with the ball. They look hungry for the victory and also the playoffs spot. Hyderabad never got going with the blade. Kane Williamson's decision of batting first did not work out well for them. The bowlers made it difficult for them to score runs freely. |
| The top-order struggle continued for Hyderabad. They lost Wriddhiman Saha in the very first over and soon Jason Roy departed as well. The skipper, Kane Williamson, then took Mavi for a ride and smacked 18 runs in his over. But he could not continue for long as he got run out. Priyam Garg and Abhishek Sharma had a job in their hands of taking their team to safer shores. The latter though slipped out instantly. Priyam Garg went on to smack a few runs but got skittled out, as he went for the |
| ... The Run Chase ... |
| Tim Southee says that the wicket is interesting and the ball is stopping a bit. Adds that he spent a bit of time after the WTC final and it is nice to be a part of this competition. Says that he had a couple of camps back in New Zealand and kept himself fit. Finishes by saying that it is a tough surface so he hopes that they get a good start in the Powerplay. |
| The chase is set to begin. |
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