| 0.1 : 0.1: Trent Boult to Marcus Stoinis, OUT! CAUGHT! What a start, Trent Boult! Does not matter, the injury. You are a champion. Length ball around off, it comes back in intially but then shapes away, Stoinis looks to play at it but gets an outside edge. It goes to de Kock who takes it and is elated. Huge celebrations in the field as Mumbai are off to a roaring start in Dubai. That is a really good nut first up. |
| 0.4 : 0.4: Trent Boult to Shikhar Dhawan, FOUR! First runs for Dhawan in the final. Full and on middle and leg, he flicks it with ease, wide of Kishan at mid-wicket and gets a boundary. |
| 1.3 : 1.3: Jasprit Bumrah to Shikhar Dhawan, FOUR! Ohh.... just over slip there. Heart must have been in the mouth there, for Dhawan. Good short ball from Bumrah, Dhawan looks to fend it away but gets it off the shoulder. It flies over the slips and races away to the third man boundary. |
| 2.1 : 2.1: Trent Boult to Shikhar Dhawan, FOUR! Dhawan backs himself well there. Fullish and around off, he shimmies down the track and lofts it over the infield. The ball races away to the deep point fence. |
| 2.4 : 2.4: Trent Boult to Ajinkya Rahane, OUT! TAKEN! One more. Once again, it is Trent Boult. Mumbai are on fire. Full and on the pads, Ajinkya Rahane looks to flick but he does not do so well. He ends up clipping it faintly. It goes to the left of the keeper behind the stumps. Quinton moves to that direction and takes it. Mumbai appeal for a caught behind and the umpire is in unison with them, raising his finger immediately. Jinks does not want to review that, he knows he nicked that. |
| 2.5 : 2.5: Trent Boult to Shreyas Iyer, FOUR! Lucky there, Iyer. Short ball, outside off, at a searing pace. Iyer looked to play at it but then tries to pull away at the last minute. But he is a bit late, the ball takes the outside edge and flies over the slips, to third man, a boundary. |
| 3.3 : 3.3: Jayant Yadav to Shikhar Dhawan, OUT! TIMBER! Delhi are in all sorts here! Dhawan is out of here. Everything Mumbai are doing is turning into gold. They got Jayant Yadav in who has struck in his first over and he has got a huge wicket. That is a poor shot from Dhawan. This is slower through the air, it lands on middle. Dhawan looks to play the slog sweep but misses it completely. The ball pitches and then turns away a little and hits the stumps. Delhi succumbing to the pressure of the fin |
| 4.2 : 4.2: Trent Boult to Shreyas Iyer, FOUR! Finds the gap there, Shreyas Iyer. Full and outside off, he drives it on the up, between cover-point and cover. The man at cover gives chase but the ball beats him, to the ropes, for a boundary. |
| 4.5 : 4.5: Trent Boult to Shreyas Iyer, FOUR! That is nicely placed. Length ball outside off, Shreyas Iyer camps back, stands tall and punches it wide of Krunal at cover-point. The ball races away for a boundary. |
| 5.5: Nathan Coulter-Nile to Shreyas Iyer, FOUR! Delhi are slowly inching back in here. Bowling on the pads is not going to help Nathan here. Iyer tucks it away with ease, wide of the keeper, and it races away to the fine leg boundary. |
| 9.2 : 9.2: Krunal Pandya to Rishabh Pant, SIX! And Rishabh's natural instincts are coming into play here. Floated around off, he dances down and thrashes it over the bowler's head, over the long off fence. |
| 9.5 : 9.5: Krunal Pandya to Rishabh Pant, SIX! Well, Pant hits them alright, doesn't he! Floated around off, he gets down and mows a huge slog sweep. Sends it packing over mid-wicket. Miles back! |
| 11.2 : 11.2: Kieron Pollard to Rishabh Pant, FOUR! Pant is into his elements here! Width on offer and he puts it away. Short and wide outside off. Pant cuts it uppishly but past the diving backward point fielder for a boundary. |
| 11.6 : 11.6: Kieron Pollard to Shreyas Iyer, SIX! Kaboom! Iyer joins the act now! End of another huge over for Delhi. Iyer shuffles right across and this is a slower one on off from wide off the crease. Iyer goes with the angle and tonks it over the mid-wicket fence. |
| 13.6: Krunal Pandya to Rishabh Pant, FOUR! The last ball spoils the over! Really clever shot from Pant. Just uses the pace of Krunal. He fires it full and on the pads. Pant just guides it past backward square leg and it races away to the fence. |
| 14.4 : 14.4: Nathan Coulter-Nile to Rishabh Pant, FOUR! Top edge and over the keeper! Luck on Pant's side. This is short and on middle. Pant looks to pull but gets a top edge. It goes over the keeper for a boundary. |
| 14.3 : 14.3: Nathan Coulter-Nile to Rishabh Pant, FOUR! Up and over! Cometh the hour, cometh the man! What a fifty from Pant. HIs team needed him to fire, he has struggled throughout the tournament but he has come good at the big occasion. He knows his job is not done yet. This is a gift for him. Short and on the body. It is pulled over short fine leg. |
| 14.6 : 14.6: Nathan Coulter-Nile to Rishabh Pant, OUT! GONE! Pant has played into the hands of Mumbai! Big, big wicket. Pant was looking to tee off but falls in the attempt to do so. A good innings from him but his team needed him to continue. This is short and on the body. Pant once again looks to go over the fine leg fence but this time does not time it that well. The fielder too is right back at the fence. Hardik Pandya takes a good catch. Coulter-Nile gets his revenge and a wicket to end the over. |
| 15.6: Jayant Yadav to Shimron Hetmyer, FOUR! Nice inside out shot from Shimron Hetmyer. Full and around off, he comes on the front foot and lifts it over covers. It was well wide of the man at long off, the fielder runs there but to no avail. |
| 16.1 : 16.1: Jasprit Bumrah to Shreyas Iyer, FOUR! Not perfectly timed but good enough for a boundary. Short and wide outside off, Shreyas hops and strokes it over Pandya at mid off. Pandya gives it a chase but the ball beats him to the deep cover fence. |
| 16.5 : 16.5: Jasprit Bumrah to Shreyas Iyer, FOUR! CRUNCHED! Short and around off, Iyer clears his front foot and hacks it over backward point. The ball runs away to the boundary. He is very good when he clears his front foot, Shreyas Iyer. |
| 17.2 : 17.2: Trent Boult to Shimron Hetmyer, OUT! CAUGHT! Lovely slower ball from Boult. It may look simple for many of us at home but it was a difficult ball to execute. It was short and outside off, Hetmyer is done in by the lack of pace there. He fails to read it and adjust well. He looked to steer that to third man but ends up hitting it uppishly to Coulter-Nile at short third man. The Aussie squats and takes it with ease. |
| 17.4 : 17.4: Trent Boult to Axar Patel, FOUR! Pace there, Axar is off the mark with a four! Short and wide outside off, Patel cuts it fiercely through backward point, places it well wide of third man and the ball runs away into the fence. |
| 19.2 : 19.2: Nathan Coulter-Nile to Axar Patel, OUT! CAUGHT! Nathan Coulter-Nile has a wicket, second of the evening. Anukul Roy, the substitute fielder, takes it. Short and slow outside off, Axar does not read that well, he goes for the pull. Gets it uppishly but straight into the hands of Anukul at deep mid-wicket. He did not have to move an inch. |
| 19.5 : 19.5: Nathan Coulter-Nile to Shreyas Iyer, SIX! Waited this time, waited for it, slower ball dispatched. It was short as well, sits up nicely to be hit. Iyer goes back and pulls it over mid-wicket. Gets a maximum. 150 up for Delhi as well. |
| 19.6 : 19.6: Nathan Coulter-Nile to Shreyas Iyer, OUT! RUN OUT! Mumbai get a wicket on the last ball as well. Kagiso is run out when he was running back to the bowler's end, for the second. Fullish ball around off, Iyer looks to flick but gets a leading edge. It falls safely in front of the man at long off. It is the last ball and hence they try to go for the second, after taking a single. Surya was the man at long off, releases the throw to Coulter-Nile. The bowler collects and whips the bails off at |
| 0.3 : 0.3: Ravichandran Ashwin to Rohit Sharma, SIX! And Sharma goes after him, the ball sails over long on. Floated on the stumps, he comes down and lofts it over long on. The fielder runs behind and dives but ends up going beyond the ropes. A biggie! |
| 1.2 : 1.2: Kagiso Rabada to Quinton de Kock, FOUR! SHOT! Short and wide outside off, Quinton de Kock strokes it uppishly and firmly. Gets it over Ajinkya Rahane at cover-point and the ball has enough to reach the boundary. |
| 1.5 : 1.5: Kagiso Rabada to Quinton de Kock, SIX! Aaah... shot! Full and around off, Quinton powers that mightily over deep mid-wicket. Sends it miles over the boundary. |
| 1.6 : 1.6: Kagiso Rabada to Quinton de Kock, FOUR! 18 runs off Rabada's first over. Mumbai are cruising in this run chase, so far. Fullish and outside off, Quinton de Kock throws his bat at it and carves it over backward point. Nortje gives chase but in vain. |
| 2.6: Ravichandran Ashwin to Quinton de Kock, FOUR! It was an excellent over, upto this point only though. Ashwin drags it short, de Kock camps back and pulls it handsomely to the square leg fence. 7 runs off Ashwin's second and Mumbai need 124 runs in 102 balls. |
| 3.4 : 3.4: Anrich Nortje to Rohit Sharma, FOUR! You always love to see RS play the pull shot. Shortish ball on the body, Sharma swivels a touch and pulls it well, towards the fine leg boundary. The umpires want to check if it is a boundary or a maximum. Replays are in and the ball has bounced just short of the boundary. So, 4 runs. |
| 3.6 : 3.6: Anrich Nortje to Rohit Sharma, SIX! He was born to play this shot, Rohit Sharma. Short ball, he swivles inside his crease and pulls. Connects it exceptionally well and sends it well over deep square leg. |
| 4.1 : 4.1: Marcus Stoinis to Quinton de Kock, OUT! TAKEN! Got him, that's gone. Desperately needed a breakthrough, Delhi. Outside off on a good length, Quinton de Kock slashes hard at it. But he gets it off a thick outside edge. It goes to the left of Pant, who takes a good catch, getting down on one knee. Mumbai need 112 runs in 95 balls. |
| 4.2 : 4.2: Marcus Stoinis to Suryakumar Yadav, FOUR! Shot... ah yes! Short and wide outside off, Suryakumar stands tall and punches it through cover-point. Nobody moved an inch. |
| 4.3 : 4.3: Marcus Stoinis to Suryakumar Yadav, SIX! Gone again, this time for a maximum. Yadav brings up the 50 for Mumbai. Full on middle, SKY swings and sends it mightily over fine leg for a maximum. |
| 8.3: Pravin Dubey to Rohit Sharma, SIX! Something had to give and looks like Mumbai have decided to get a move on, again. Tossed up around off, Sharma clears his front foot and powers that high and well over long off. |
| 8.5 : 8.5: Pravin Dubey to Rohit Sharma, SIX! That is another biggie! Tossed up on middle and leg, Sharma slogs it mightily over long on this time. Another six. |
| 9.2 : 9.2: Axar Patel to Rohit Sharma, FOUR! Clever. Fuller on off, Rohit Sharma paddles it nicely. No 45 there, and it is too wide from Dhawan at fine leg. Races away for a boundary. |
| 10.5 : 10.5: Ravichandran Ashwin to Rohit Sharma, OUT! RUN OUT! This is brilliant from Suryakumar. Sacrifices his wicket for his skipper. Although overall, it was unnecessary. Tossed up on off, Rohit Sharma pushes it to mid off. He wants a single and comes down, almost to the other end. Yadav watches the ball all the way and says no to his skipper. But seeing that his skipper had almost made it to the bowler's end, Suryakumar decides to step out of his crease and allow his skipper in. The throw comes t |
| 11.5: Kagiso Rabada to Rohit Sharma, FOUR! Good stroke. Short ball, this is pulled over mid-wicket for a boundary. RS gets to his 50 as well. He wants to lead them to a win here. |
| 11.6 : 11.6: Kagiso Rabada to Rohit Sharma, FOUR! Take another, take another. Short and outside off, the Mumbai captain cuts it through the point region for back-to-back boundaries. |
| 12.4 : 12.4: Ravichandran Ashwin to Rohit Sharma, FOUR! That is brilliant. Another short ball, another carrom ball. Rohit cuts it between point and short third man. Nobody moved. |
| 14.4: Marcus Stoinis to Ishan Kishan, SIX! There he goes, Kishan. Full and outside off, Ishan Kishan gets down on one knee and marauds this over long off. An 88m six. |
| 15.2 : 15.2: Pravin Dubey to Ishan Kishan, FOUR! Aah.. SHOT! Short ball, around off, Ishan Kishan rocks back and punches it through the covers. The ball just raced away for a boundary. |
| 15.3 : 15.3: Pravin Dubey to Ishan Kishan, FOUR! Kishan is called a pocket dynamo and no wonder why. Another short ball, around off, Kishan strokes this firmly through the cover region. Hetmyer at wide long off, dives to his right but the ball goes through to the fence. |
| 16.2 : 16.2: Anrich Nortje to Rohit Sharma, OUT! TAKEN! That is a brilliant catch. The substitute fielder has plucked a brilliant catch. A slower bouncer, Rohit Sharma looks to pull but he does not seem to have got a control of that. It is uppish and seems to be landing in front of the fielder at deep mid-wicket. But the substitute fielder runs the yards, puts in a dive of a lifetime and takes a fantabulous catch. |
| 16.4 : 16.4: Anrich Nortje to Kieron Pollard, FOUR! It is a good sighter. Full and around off, Kieron lifts it wide and over mid off. It goes away for a boundary. |
| 16.5 : 16.5: Anrich Nortje to Kieron Pollard, FOUR! Good touch. Full on middle and leg, Pollard flicks it nicely, through mid-wicket. No chance for the fielder at deep square leg, it was well wide of him. |
| 17.1 : 17.1: Kagiso Rabada to Kieron Pollard, OUT! BOWLED! He has knocked him over, Rabada. Kieron Pollard's stay at the crease has been brief. Full and outside off, Kieron Pollard looks to play the big shot on the off side but he gets an inside edge. The ball goes onto hit the stumps. |
| 17.3 : 17.3: Kagiso Rabada to Ishan Kishan, FOUR! Brilliant touch. Full and around off, Kishan plays it with soft hands. Steers it proficiently to the third man fence by opening the face of his bat. |
| 18.3: Anrich Nortje to Hardik Pandya, OUT! TAKEN! Good use of the short ball from Anrich Nortje to Hardik Pandya. Little bit of anti-climax here. HP moves to the off side but is a touch surprised by that. He pulls but manages to get it only as far as Rahane at short mid-wicket. Jinks takes a good, safe catch. But no great worries for Mumbai. |
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