| 0.0 : Team update! Moises Henriques and Fabian Allen are being handed their Punjab caps they look set to make their debuts for today. It will be interesting to see which two foreign players make their way for them. |
| The Universe Boss Chris Gayle is caught for a chat. Gayle says that Rashid is a world-class bowler and this condition will suit him. Adds they need to be positive and not be too much on the back foot while playing against these guys. Gayle says that it is a tough game for both teams. Gayle says they need to be positive. Tells Hyderabad know the conditions better and they look to stick to their plans. |
| Yay! It is a double-header on a weekday! The Indian T20 League has picked up the pace and we are back with a double-header. Two teams who have been struggling in this game face off to return to the winning ways. After a hat-trick of defeats, Warner's men will be eager to open their account on the points table. Similarly, KL Rahul's boys will look to avoid a hat-trick of defeat. Which side will manage to change their fortune in this game? Our guess is the same as yours. On that note, welcome alon |
| Team update! Hyderabad are also handing a cap and it is to Kedar Jadhav. He looks set to make his debut for Hyderabad. Who will he make way for? |
| TOSS - We are all in readiness for the spin of coin. Hyderabad skipper, David Warner is out in the middle along with Punjab captain, KL Rahul. Rahul has the coin in hand. Up goes the coin. Warner calls Heads but it comes down as Tails. PUNJAB OPT TO BAT! |
| PITCH REPORT - Danny Morrison and Muralit Kartik are the pitch masters for the day. Morrison starts by telling it is hot and humid. Kartik says that this is the same track that was used for the second Test between India and England. Tells it looks dry and dark. Kartik says it is the same pitch that was used between Bangalore and Hyderabad. |
| Punjab (Playing XI) - KL Rahul (C/WK), Mayank Agarwal, Chris Gayle, Deepak Hooda, Nicholas Pooran, Shahrukh Khan, Moises Henriques (In for Jhye Richardson), Murugan Ashwin (In for Jalaj Saxena), Mohammed Shami, Fabian Allen (In for Riley Meredith), Arshdeep Singh. |
| Hyderabad skipper, David Warner, starts by saying that it is not about just him keeping the positivity and adds that the entire team and the franchise are always positive. Tells that they made a few mistakes in the last game, including his run out, which he gives to Hardik for a superb run out. Informs that Williamson is fit to play this game and he replaces Mujeeb in the side. Also tells that Abdul Samad misses out due to a hamstring issue and Kedar Jadhav replaces him. Another change for them |
| KL Rahul, the Punjab skipper, says that the reason for him to bat first is that they want to put on a good score. Informs they have 3 changes in the side. Riley, Jhye and Jalaj Saxena miss out from this game and they are replaced by Moises, Allen and Murugan Ashwin. Says that they are clear about their plans and everyone in the side has been given responsibilities. Tells that they are doing everything that they can and adds it is only a matter of time to win a couple of games to get the belief b |
| Rashid Khan is caught for a little chat before the action. He says that the ball is coming out of the hand nicely. Tells that he enjoys this league and he is enjoying his game. Adds that he keeps watching himself and tries to learn from his mistakes. Rashid says that Gayle is one of the hardest hitters of the ball and clears the boundary easily. Tells getting a batter-like him out is difficult but he will look to do the basics right as if he misses his line against such batter they will punish y |
| We are set to get underway for the first game of the doubleheader Wednesday! The two umpires make their way out to the middle. The Hyderabad players follow them out and disperse to take their respective positions in the field. Punjab skipper, KL Rahul walks out with Mayank Agarwal to open the innings for Punjab. Warner wants to start with spin so it will be Abhishek Sharma who will operate with the new ball first up. |
| Hyderabad (Playing XI) - David Warner (C), Jonny Bairstow (WK), Kane Williamson (In for Mujeeb Ur Rahman), Virat Singh, Vijay Shankar, Abhishek Sharma, Kedar Jadhav (In for Abdul Samad), Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Siddarth Kaul (In for Manish Pandey), Khaleel Ahmed. |
| 0.6 : A very exciting first over from Abhishek Sharma. Who will start from the other? It will be Bhuvneshwar Kumar! |
| 1.1 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to KL Rahul, Good length and just around off, KL pokes it towards point for one. |
| 1.2 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Mayank Agarwal, Short and wide outside off, Agarwal pokes it wide of deep point for two. |
| 1.5 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to KL Rahul, One more single! Fullish and around off, KLR drives it back to the bower. Bhuvneshwar makes a half stop. The ball goes behind down to mid off and they cross. |
| 1.6 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Mayank Agarwal, Length ball, just outside off, Agarwal punches it through covers and keeps the strike for the next over. |
| 1.3 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Mayank Agarwal, Fullish and around middle, Agarwal defends it. |
| 1.4 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Mayank Agarwal, Length ball, it is around off. Mayank tucks it wide of mid-wicket and takes one. |
| 0.1 : Abhishek Sharma to KL Rahul, Rahul is up and running on the first ball. Abhishek tosses the first ball but it is on the pads, Rahul flicks it to fine leg to open the scoring. |
| 0.2 : Abhishek Sharma to Mayank Agarwal, Floated around off, pushed to mid off. |
| 0.3 : Abhishek Sharma to Mayank Agarwal, Full again and outside off, this one is pushed back to the bowler. |
| 0.4 : Abhishek Sharma to Mayank Agarwal, Flatter and around off, Agarwal looks to defend but the ball turns a touch and takes the outside edge and goes to short third man. |
| 0.5 : Abhishek Sharma to Mayank Agarwal, Full and wide, driven hard but straight to mid off. Fine over so far. |
| 0.6 : Abhishek Sharma to Mayank Agarwal, In the air... put down! Rashid was the man in the deep. He did all the hard work and got there but fails to hold on. A dragged down ball, it is on middle, Agarwal goes for the pull. He fails to middle it though and the ball goes to the left of the man at deep mid-wicket. Rashid runs to that side and as he gets closer, puts in a slide to take the catch. The ball lands in his hands but it pops out. Two taken. |
| Change in bowling. Not sure if this is the right plan from Warner. He has taken off Abhishek Sharma after just one over. Khaleel Ahmed is introduced into the attack as the first change. |
| 2.1 : Khaleel Ahmed to Mayank Agarwal, Full and wide outside off to begin from Khaleel. Agarwal drives it well but cannot get it past the cover fielder. |
| 2.2 : Khaleel Ahmed to Mayank Agarwal, FOUR! Slashed away! Short and wide outside off, easy pickings for Agarwal. Hecuts it over point and bags the boundary. |
| 2.5 : Khaleel Ahmed to KL Rahul, Uppish but short! Fuller and wide outside off, Rahul reaches out and pokes it uppishly towards cover-point. |
| 2.3 : Khaleel Ahmed to Mayank Agarwal, Good length and around off, clipped towards mid-wicket. |
| 2.4 : Khaleel Ahmed to Mayank Agarwal, Shortish and just outside off, punched to deep cover for one. They wanted the second but Kedar was quick to return the throw to the keeper. |
| 2.6 : Khaleel Ahmed to KL Rahul, Single to end the over! A good one in the end from Khalee. Shrotish and outside off, Rahul cuts but the point fielder makes a half stop. A single taken. |
| 3.1 : The Universe Boss, Chris Gayle walks out at number 3! |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar to KL Rahul, OUT! TAKEN! Bhuvneshwar strikes! Dangerous KL Rahul has been sent packing early in this game. He wanted to take the bowlers on but perishes. A length ball, it is just outside off, Rahul looks to hammer it down the leg side. He fails to hit it off the middle of the bat and the ball goes uppishly towards the left of Jadhav at mid-wicket. There has been a lot of discussion about KLR's strike rate in this season of the tournament and maybe that played on his mind. |
| 3.2 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Chris Gayle, Lovely slower one from Bhuvneshwar Kumar to welcome the new man. It lands around off and moves away a touch. Gayle stays rooted in the crease and looks to defend but misses as the ball goes past the outside edge. |
| 3.4 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Mayank Agarwal, Good length and outside off, Agarwal pushes it towards point. He asks Gayle to wait and once the ball beats the diving point fielder, they take the single. |
| 3.3 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Chris Gayle, Good length and around off, Gayle tucks it towards the leg side and scampers back for one to get going in this game. |
| 3.5 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Chris Gayle, Another single for Gayle. Good from Gayle. A fullish ball, Gayle pushes it to the lefrt of the bowler. Agarwal calls for the single and Chris responds and makes it easily in the end. |
| 3.6 : Change in bowling! Third over from this end and it is from three different bowlers. Siddarth Kaul is into the attack now. |
| 4.2 : Siddarth Kaul to Chris Gayle, Fullish and outside off, Gayle strokes it to deep cover for a run. |
| 3.6 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Mayank Agarwal, Single to end the over! A fine one from Kumar, one that fetches them the massive wicket of KL. The last ball is around off, Agarwal taps it towards point and takes one. |
| 4.1 : Siddarth Kaul to Mayank Agarwal, Shortish and just outside off, punched towards the off side for a run. |
| 4.4 : Siddarth Kaul to Chris Gayle, Length ball, around off, pushed to cover. |
| 4.6 : Siddarth Kaul to Chris Gayle, Overpitched and outside off, Gayle nails the drive but straight to mid off. |
| 4.5 : Siddarth Kaul to Chris Gayle, FOUR! There goes the Universe Boss! A good length ball, it is outside off, Gayle takes a step or two forward and thumps it over mid on for a boundary. |
| 4.3 : Siddarth Kaul to Mayank Agarwal, Short and outside off, Agarwal punches it to sweeper cover for one. Similar to the first ball. |
| 5.2 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Mayank Agarwal, EDGED AND FOUR! Unlucky for Bhuvi but Mayank is surely riding his luck this afternoon! Slower ball pitched on the surface outside off. Mayank goes hard at it as he looks to slap it through the off side. He gets a fat outside edge which goes between the keeper and short third man for a boundary. |
| 5.3 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Mayank Agarwal, This time Mayank punches it through covers. Warner cleans it up before the ropes. Two taken. |
| 5.5 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Mayank Agarwal, On middle, Mayank goes on his back foot and defends it. |
| 5.1 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Mayank Agarwal, Fullish ball on middle. Mayank pushes it to mid off. |
| 5.4 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Mayank Agarwal, Good length delivery on off, Mayank taps it towards point and comes out for a quick run. Maybe he forgot it is not Rahul but Gayle at the other end so quick singles might not be available. The Universe Boss sends him back quickly. |
| 5.6 : Bowling change! Khaleel Ahmed is back for his 2nd over. |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Mayank Agarwal, Good length delivery on off, Mayank pushes it to mid off. Another very good over from Bhuvi. Just 6 from it. Very good start from Hyderabad. Punjab are 32/1 at the end of the Powerplay. Usually this is the best phase to bat on this pitch but Punjab have got off the blocks slowly. |
| 6.1 : Khaleel Ahmed to Chris Gayle, Khaleel starts his new spell with a length ball on off. Gayle defends it. |
| 6.5 : Khaleel Ahmed to Chris Gayle, Much better. Length ball around off, this one shoots up a bit off the deck. Gayle adjusts himself well and then taps it behind point for a run. |
| 6.2 : Khaleel Ahmed to Chris Gayle, Fuller on middle, Gayle works it to the on side for a single. |
| 6.5 : Is that a clean catch? Rashid is celebrating but Agarwal is not going anywhere. Well, replays show that he will have to go. It is a clean catch. |
| 6.6 : Khaleel Ahmed to Mayank Agarwal, OUT! CAUGHT! Clean as a whistle! Rashid dropped Mayank in the very first over for duck but this time he has taken a very good catch to send back the Punjab opener. Khaleel bangs it shorter but takes the pace off the ball. Mayank looks to pull but the lack of pace sees him hit his pull uppishly towards short mid-wicket. The ball falls on its way to Rashid Khan there. He dives and takes a good low catch. Mayanl waits for the umpire's call. No soft signal but |
| 6.3 : Khaleel Ahmed to Mayank Agarwal, Fuller on middle, Mayank nudges it away from mid on for one. |
| 6.4 : Khaleel Ahmed to Chris Gayle, FOUR! Too straight on the leg side. You never bowl there especially not to Gayle. The Universe Boss stays steady and works it fine down the leg side for a boundary. |
| 6.6 : Nicholas Pooran is in now. Also, Vijay Shankar comes to bowl now. |
| Another wicket? Hyderabad are celebrating. The third umpire has been called for. It is for a run out. Looks like Pooran is a goner here. He wasn't hanging around either but the umpires asked him to wait. A couple of replays and it is good enough for the TV umpire to give him the marching order. |
| 7.1 : Who is in next? Deepak Hooda joins Gayle in the middle now. |
| 7.3 : Vijay Shankar to Deepak Hooda, IN THE AIR AND JUST OVER! FOUR! Shortish ball on the body. It sits up well for Hooda as it is at waist height. Hooda hooks it over fine leg. Kaul there is standing well in front of the ropes. He jumps and stretches his right hand but it goes over him and bounces just inside the ropes. |
| 7.4 : Vijay Shankar to Deepak Hooda, In the air but safe again! This time Hooda goes over extra covers. Luckily for him it falls away from the man running to his left from long off. Single taken. |
| 7.1 : Vijay Shankar to Chris Gayle, OUT! RUN OUT! Fantastic piece of work from Warner. He had one stump to aim at and he has hit the bull's eye. Pooran departs for a duck for the third time this season. His horrible season continues. To make matters worse for him, this time it is a diamond duck. Length ball on off, Gayle taps it to the right of short cover and calls for a quick run. Warner gets to the ball quickly and fires a direct hit from there. Pooran is well short of his crease but the squ |
| 7.2 : Vijay Shankar to Deepak Hooda, Length ball on off, Hooda blocks it. |
| 7.6 : Vijay Shankar to Chris Gayle, INSIDE EDGE AND SAFE! Fullish ball on off, Gayle looks to flat bat it to the off side. The ball though is too close to him. It takes the inside edge and goes past the stumps to fine leg for a run. |
| 7.5 : Vijay Shankar to Chris Gayle, Good length delivery on off, Gayle taps it to point. Hooda calls a loud no for any ideas of a run. |
| 7.6 : Bowling change! Here's Rashid Khan. Gayle vs Rashid, this is going to be an exciting over. |
| 8.2 : Rashid Khan to Deepak Hooda, Floated on off and middle. Hooda sweeps it to square leg for one. |
| 8.1 : Rashid Khan to Chris Gayle, Rashid starts with a googly outside off. Gayle knocks it to long off for one. |
| 8.3 : Rashid Khan to Chris Gayle, Darted quicker on the pads. Gayle looks to flick but misses and gets hit on the pad. This one turned sharply and will put a lot of questions in the batter's mind now. |
| 8.4 : Rashid Khan to Chris Gayle, OUT! LBW! Rashid strikes in his very first over and it is the big Jamaican, it is the Universe Boss, Chris Gayle! 5th time Rashid has got the better of Gayle and Punjab are in all sorts of trouble here. Floated delivery which is fuller. Gayle leans forward to defend. He misses it completely and the ball hits him on the front pad. A huge appeal follows and umpire Nitin Menon raises his finger. Gayle has a chat with Hooda but they both seem to think Gayle is a go |
| Strategic Time Out! A superb phase for Hyderabad! They first did superbly well to keep the scoring rate under check in the Powerplay while Bhuvneshwar Kumar sending KL Rahul back to the hut. And after that, they have got the better of Agarwal, Pooran and dangerous Gayle as well. Hyderabad are clearly dictating the terms here. Bhuvneshwar was superb in his 3-over spell while Rashid has got the wicket of Universe Boss in his first over to force Punjab on the back foot. Can they get a couple more q |
| 8.6 : Bowling change! Abhishek Sharma is back on. |
| 8.5 : Rashid Khan to Moises Henriques, Appeal for LBW but turned down! Flighted outside off and this is once again the wrong 'un. Henriques looks to drag his sweep from there but misses. It hits him on the back pad but outside the line of off stump. |
| 9.1 : Abhishek Sharma to Deepak Hooda, Floated on off, Hooda glances it to the leg side for one. |
| 9.2 : Abhishek Sharma to Moises Henriques, Tossed up on middle and off. Henriques pushes it back to the bowler. |
| 9.4 : Abhishek Sharma to Moises Henriques, Tossed up on middle, Henriques knocks it to long on for one. |
| 8.6 : Rashid Khan to Moises Henriques, Another attempted sweep, another miss, and another appeal is turned down. Slightly shorter than the previous one. This too is a googly. Henriques once again tries to sweep but misses. There is a huge appeal from Rashid but umpire Nitin Menon is once again not keen. |
| 9.3 : Abhishek Sharma to Moises Henriques, Good running between the wickets! Moises Henriques gets his first runs for Punjab! Shorter on middle and leg, Henriques punches it away and in front of long on. They call for two and they get it with ease. |
| 9.5 : Abhishek Sharma to Deepak Hooda, Shorter on middle, Hooda milks it to long on and rotates the strike. |
| 9.6 : Abhishek Sharma to Moises Henriques, Floated on leg, Henriques comes down the track and strokes it to through cover and keeps the strike. Halfway of the innings done and it is the orange of Hyderabad that has dominated the game so far. Punjab are stuttering at 53/4. |
| 10.5 : Rashid Khan to Deepak Hooda, Floated on middle, Hooda pushes it to short mid-wicket. |
| 10.6 : Rashid Khan to Deepak Hooda, Dot to finish the over and Rashid has gone and said something to Hooda. Googly from Rashid to end the over. Hooda looks to defend but misses and gets hit high on the pad. |
| 10.1 : Rashid Khan to Moises Henriques, Floated on off, Moises Henriques milks it to long off for one. |
| 11.3 : Hooda has been adjudged LBW but he has opted to review it. |
| 10.2 : Rashid Khan to Deepak Hooda, Floated on off and middle. Hooda sweeps it behind point for one. |
| 10.3 : Rashid Khan to Moises Henriques, Slightly shorter around off. Henriques walks inside his stumps and sweeps it to deep backward square leg for a single. |
| 10.4 : Rashid Khan to Deepak Hooda, FOUR! Smart from Hooda! Premeditated but nicely done. Flatter outside off, Hooda gets in a good position to play the reverse sweep. He plays it well and away from backward point for a boundary. |
| 11.1 : Abhishek Sharma to Moises Henriques, Two to begin the over! Full and around middle, Henriques dances down, makes room and lofts it wide of long off for two. |
| 11.2 : Abhishek Sharma to Moises Henriques, Flatter and around off, pushed to the right side of the bowler. Sharma cannot collect and they get the single. |
| 11.3 : Abhishek Sharma to Deepak Hooda, OUT! LBW! Umpire's call on hitting the wickets. Hooda has to go. A touch unlucky maybe but he has to depart. A flatter ball, it lands on middle and spins in a touch. Hooda looks to pull but misses to get hit on the pad. An appeal and the finger is raised. Hooda has a word with his partner and then calls for the review. Time for the replays. Nothing on Ultra Edge. Ball Tracker now. Pitching in line, and clipping the wickets. So, umpire's call it is. Punjab l |
| Shahrukh Khan walks out to bat. He is a local boy from this state and Punjab will hope that the local lad can take them out of this mess. |
| 11.4 : Abhishek Sharma to Shahrukh Khan, Fullish and around middle, tucked on the leg side for one by Khan to open his account. |
| 11.5 : Abhishek Sharma to Moises Henriques, Tossed up and around off, Henriques drives it back to the bowler. |
| 11.6 : Abhishek Sharma to Moises Henriques, EDGY RUNS! Nicely tossed up and outside off, Moises looks to drive but ends up getting a thick outside edge. The ball goes towards third man. The man from the circle chases it down and keeps it to two. End of a successful over from Sharma. |
| 12.1 : Rashid Khan to Shahrukh Khan, Full and on middle, flicked towards mid-wicket for one. |
| 12.2 : Rashid Khan to Moises Henriques, Tossed up and outside off, Moises looks to drive but mistimes it back to the bowler, off the toe end of the bat. |
| 12.3 : Rashid Khan to Moises Henriques, In the air... safe! That was shortish and around middle, it landed and took off the surface. Moises was looking to pull but the ball turned away to take the top edge and land wide of short third man. Single taken. |
| 12.4 : Rashid Khan to Shahrukh Khan, Turn again! Tossed up and just outside off, it spins away after landing. Shahrukh looks to drive but misses. The keeper fumlbes and they take a bye.. |
| 12.5 : Rashid Khan to Moises Henriques, Short ball, this time Henriques pulls it wide of deep square leg and gets two. |
| Hyderabad's Jason Roy is caught for a chat. Roy says that he touched down, slept, and got the phone call so flew back in. Roy says they just tried to stay positive. Roy says it has been interesting few weeks. Roy says that he is enjoying his time. Tells he is trying to learn from the local boys and says he is trying some nice curries but nothing too spice. Roy tells that it is very good out in the middle from the boys. Adds that the pitch looks like a tough one for the batters. |
| 13.1 : Abhishek Sharma to Shahrukh Khan, Shahrukh makes room and the bowler follows him and drags the length short too. Pushed to the over region. |
| 13.3 : Abhishek Sharma to Shahrukh Khan, Full and around off, pushed to mid on for one. |
| 13.4 : Fabian Allen walks out to bat for the first time in Punjab colors. Can the former Hyderabad man comeback to haunt his old side and take his current side out of this puddle? |
| 13.6 : Abhishek Sharma to Shahrukh Khan, WIDE! Slipped down the leg side. Shahrukh misses to connect the sweep. Wided. |
| 13.2 : Abhishek Sharma to Shahrukh Khan, SIX! BANG! There goes Mr. Shahrukh! He is known for hits like these and he hits one out of the park. Tossed up and on middle, Shahrukh gets down and slog sweeps it way back into the stand over deep square leg. |
| 13.4 : Abhishek Sharma to Moises Henriques, OUT! STUMPED! Lovely from Abhishek as he gets his 2nd and Punjab lose their sixth. Sharma tosses it up and around off, Moises sees the chance of going big. He puts the dancing shoes on and looks to go down the ground. But the ball lands, turns and beats the bat of Moises. Bairstow is alert as a hawk behind the sticks as he takes the bails off in a flash. |
| 13.5 : Abhishek Sharma to Fabian Allen, Fabian is up and running on the first ball. Flat and around off, he defends it towards cover and takes a single. |
| 13.6 : Abhishek Sharma to Shahrukh Khan, Dot to end the over! Superb spell from Sharma. Short ball, Khan mistimes the pull back to the bowler. 4-0-24-2 from Abhishek. |
| Change in bowling. Rashid Khan has been replaced by Siddarth Kaul into the attack. |
| 14.3 : Siddarth Kaul to Fabian Allen, Another dot! Three in a row now. Fullish in length and around off, this is pushed to mid off. |
| 14.4 : Siddarth Kaul to Fabian Allen, Good length and just outside off, punched through point for one. Hang on. Kaul has overstepped. Free Hit for Shahrukh. |
| 14.1 : Siddarth Kaul to Fabian Allen, Good length and outside off, punched to point for nothing. |
| 14.2 : Siddarth Kaul to Fabian Allen, Play and a miss! Length ball wide outside off, Allen looks to cut but misses. |
| 14.5 : Siddarth Kaul to Shahrukh Khan, Tries to play the fancy scoop on the leg side but Kaul bowls this one outside off. Khan manages to work it otwards point for one. |
| 14.6 : Siddarth Kaul to Fabian Allen, Shahrukh is safe! Short ball, it is around off, Allen looks to tap it on the off side but the ball takes the inside edge and rolls near the stumps. It goes just behind the stumps. Shahrukh calls for the single. Bairstow, the keeper, charges to the ball and hits the stumps with some football skills. The third umpire has been called for. One replay and it confirms Khan is safe. |
| 15.1 : Rashid Khan to Fabian Allen, Rashid Khan has turned this from Chennai to Mumbai! Floated delivery pitching around off. Allen looks to defend but the bal turns away from him and beats his outside edge. |
| 15.2 : Rashid Khan to Fabian Allen, Floated on the pads, Allen turns it to the on side for one. |
| 15.3 : Rashid Khan to Shahrukh Khan, Darted fuller on middle. SRK looks to drive but it goes to the on side off the inner half of his bat for a run. |
| 15.4 : Rashid Khan to Fabian Allen, Floated on middle and leg, Fabian works it behind on the leg side for one. |
| 15.5 : Rashid Khan to Shahrukh Khan, Tossed u on middle and off, Shahrukh keeps it out. |
| 15.6 : Rashid Khan to Shahrukh Khan, Short around off, Shahrukh Khan punches it towards cover-point and takes a single to see off Rashid. Excellent day at the office for the leggie. He finishes with 1/17 from his 4! |
| Strategic Time Out! Hyderabad continue to dictate terms here! They have not allowed easy runs and at the same time have managed to pick up wickets regularly. Punjab need a flurry of boundaries in the final 4 overs. Warner's men will look to finish things off well now. Let's see who goes happier after the last 4 overs. |
| Khaleel Ahmed to bowl now! 2-0-13-1 are his numbers so far. |
| 16.2 : Khaleel Ahmed to Fabian Allen, Outside off on a length. Fabian runs it down to the right of short third man for a single. |
| 16.4 : Who is in next? It is Murugan Ashwin. |
| Khaleel Ahmed to Fabian Allen, OUT! CAUGHT! Fabian Allen departs as well. Khaleel gets his second of the day. No timing whatsoever and it was always going to be tough for Allen to make an impact with the bat n this tricky surface. Superb catch from Warner. The Hyderabad skipper is pumped up today like always. Good length delivery around off, Fabian Allen looks to flat bat it over mid off. He gets no timing on it. It goes flat to the right of mid off. Warner there puts on his cape, turns |
| 16.6 : Khaleel Ahmed to Murugan Ashwin, This time Ashwin dabs it behind point and keeps the strike. |
| 16.1 : Khaleel Ahmed to Shahrukh Khan, Good stop! Length ball outside off, Shahrukh Khan taps it to the left of point. Kedar there dives and keeps it down to one. |
| 16.3 : Khaleel Ahmed to Shahrukh Khan, Good shot but the fielding placement is good too. Shortish ball on off and middle. Shahrukh Khan pulls it in front of square on the leg side and gets a single. |
| 16.5 : Change! Here's Siddarth Kaul again. |
| Khaleel Ahmed to Murugan Ashwin, Slower ball outside off, Murugan looks to punch but misses. |
| 17.1 : Siddarth Kaul to Murugan Ashwin, Good length ball on off. Murugan Ashwin shuffles and taps it to short mid-wicket. |
| 17.2 : Siddarth Kaul to Murugan Ashwin, Length ball around off, Murugan Ashwin taps it behind point and takes a quick single as Vijay Shankar fails to hold onto the ball. |
| 17.3 : Siddarth Kaul to Shahrukh Khan, Full toss outside off. Shahrukh Khan fails to get under itl. He miscues it and slices it. Luckily over and away from Warner. Ashwin wanted the second and comes 1/3rd way for it. Shahrukh Khan screams no and sends his partner back. |
| 17.4 : Siddarth Kaul to Murugan Ashwin, EDGED AND FOUR! Good effort from Kedar Jadhav but to no avail! Good length ball wide outside off. Murugan looks to cut but the ball takes the outside edge and goes fine towards third man. Kedar Jadhav runs to his left, puts in a dive, but is unable to pull the ball back in play. |
| 17.5 : Siddarth Kaul to Murugan Ashwin, This time Ashwin taps it towards cover and gets one. |
| 17.6 : Siddarth Kaul to Shahrukh Khan, Wide yorker. Shahrukh Khan squirts it to the right of Kedar Jadahav at third man and keeps the strike with one. |
| Who will bowl the penultimate over of the innings? Khaleel Ahmed it will be. |
| 18.1 : Mohammed Shami. He can certainly swing the ball out of the park. Can he help the side get anywhere close to 130? |
| Khaleel Ahmed to Shahrukh Khan, OUT! CAUGHT! Shahrukh Khan departs as well and with that Punjab's hopes of a dashing finish as well. Khaleel gets his third of the game and Abhishek Sharma's wonderful game continues. Khaleel rolls his finger on this one and bowls it outside off. Shahrukh pulls it but does not time it well. He finds deep mid-wicket to perfection. Abhishek Sharma does not have to move an inch and he takes the catch easily. |
| 18.5 : Khaleel Ahmed to Mohammed Shami, Slammed but finds deep point. Length ball wide outside off. Shami slaps it but good captaincy by Warner. He has got the field right. There is deep point so just one. |
| 18.6 : Khaleel Ahmed to Murugan Ashwin, Excellent penultimate over from Khaleel. Just 4 from it and he finishes with 3/21 from his 4. Terrific afternoon for him. He has done his job perfectly. The last ball is run down to third man by Murugan Ashwin for a single. |
| Siddarth Kaul to bowl the last over. |
| 19.1 : Arshdeep Singh is the last man in. |
| 18.2 : Khaleel Ahmed to Mohammed Shami, On the pads, Shami turns it to the on side for one. |
| 18.3 : Khaleel Ahmed to Murugan Ashwin, Swing and a miss! Length ball outside off, Ashwin swings but connects with nothing but thin air. |
| 19.2 : Siddarth Kaul to Arshdeep Singh, FOUR BYES! Sloppy from Bairstow. Punjab will not care one bit though as these can be the differential runs. Slower ball outside off, Arshdeep looks to play but misses. Bairstow does not bend as he expects the ball to bounce. It does not. It goes right between his legs and to the fence. |
| 14.4 : Siddarth Kaul to Shahrukh Khan, SIX! Shahrukh will not miss out. Massive hit. This bloke can swing the blade for sure. A slower ball, it is on a length and outside off, Shahrukh uses his reach and slogs it deep into the stand over mid-wicket. |
| 19.3 : Review time! GONE! Bairstow did hit the stumps before the ball arrived in his hands with his pads but he has done that with the ball in his hand as well. Shami is short. |
| 12.6 : Rashid Khan to Moises Henriques, FOUR BYES! Lucky runs for Punjab. That decieved everyone. Tossed up and on middle, the googly, it lands and spins in. Moises looks to drive but misses. The ball goes past the inside edge, and past the stuck down to the fine leg fence, beating the keeper. A lovely ball but it costs a boundary for Hyderabad. |
| 19.1 : Siddarth Kaul to Murugan Ashwin, OUT! EDGED AND taken! Kaul joins the party as well. He has had a tougher outing than his teammates with the ball but he has got the wicket and has something to smile as well. Full and wide outside off. Away from Ashwin's swinging arc. Ashwin still swings but gets a thick outside edge. Bairstow jumps and takes the catch. |
| 19.4 : Excellent bowling performance from Hyderabad and they have stopped Punjab to a very low score. Superb from all the bowlers as they all chipped in and have done their job amazingly. Punjab just never got going and find themselves close to another defeat, unless their bowlers decide to do some magic. |
| 19.3 : Siddarth Kaul to Arshdeep Singh, Slower delivery on off, Arshdeep is early in his shot. He chips it over mid off but it falls in no man's land so a run. |
| 19.4 : After winning the toss, Rahul opted to bat first but couldn't do much himself and departed early. Agarwal and Gayle spent some time in the middle but couldn't free their arms. Agarwal fell and Punjab lost the way completely. They just kept losing wickets regularly and could never recover. Shahrukh Khan stayed in the middle for a while but he took could never get going. Apart from Agarwal, he was the only batter to get into the 20s. |
| Hyderabad were brilliant with the ball. Bhuvneshwar Kumar set the tone with an early wicket. Credit to the skipper Warner for effective bowling changes. Rashid was, as usual, superb in his 4 overs. He accounted for the big wicket of Gayle. Khaleel was the pick of the bowlers for Hyderabad as he picked up 3.Sharma bowled a fine 4-over spell too and got 2 wickets. Overall, a fantastic bowling performance from Hyderabad and has ensured that their batters aren't chasing a big score. |
| Abhishek Sharma is caught for a little char. He says he has been practicing to bowl with the new ball since childhood and it was his dream to bowl with the new ball in this league and he is happy to have done it. Abhishek says that his process was to bowl into the wicket and he is happy to have done it. Sharma says that Rashid tried hard to take the catch of Mayank and hopes he can get it next time. Tells he has been practicing to bowl the sliders and he is happy that it is coming off. |
| Right! Punjab do not have a big score on the board. Hyderabad will think that they have done a superb job and are in a strong position. Will they be able to open their account on the points table or will we see Punjab defending this small score. As they say, it is not over until it is over. So, wait and watch. The second innings will be on your way shortly. |
| Khaleel Ahmed to Murugan Ashwin, Slower ball around off. It is slightly shorter in length. Murugan Ashwin stays deep inside his crease and dabs it to third man for one. |
| Siddarth Kaul to Mohammed Shami, OUT! RUN OUT! Good piece of work from Jonny Bairstow. He almost made a mess of it but has done well in the end. Fullish ball outside off, Shami plays it behind point. He runs the first one hard and makes a late call for the second. Vijay Shankar gets the ball quickly and sends a good throw at the keeper's end. Bairstow disturbs the stumps with his leg initially but collects the ball in front of the stumps and disturbs the stumps. PUNJAB ALL OUT FOR 120! |
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