| 0.2 : 0.2: I Sharma to A Rahane, FOUR! Nicely done. Just a gentle push. Not a bad ball to be honest. Outside off, on a length, Rahane comes forward, gets to the pitch of the ball and just eases it between cover and point. |
| 1.1 : 1.1: K Rabada to A Rahane, OUT! Confusion and Samson is gone! Run out! Oh dear... what a bonus for Delhi. A communication breakdown between Samson and Rahane. On a length, around off, Rahane works it to the leg side and initially sets off for a single. Samson responds but then Rahane stops as he sees Rabada charge to the ball to his right. However, Samson does not see Rahane stopping initially. He continues to charge and then looks up and by that time, he is halfway down. He has to apply the bra |
| 1.3 : 1.3: K Rabada to A Rahane, FOUR! BRILLIANT! Rahane is up and running. Full and outside off, Rahane leans and drives it past the mid off fielder for a boundary! |
| 2.2 : 2.2: A Patel to A Rahane, FOUR! Nicely done again. Third boundary for R and R. Meaning, Rajasthan and Rahane. Jinx steps down the track, gets to the pitch of the ball and just uses his wrists to flick it over mid-wicket for a boundary! |
| 3.4 : 3.4: I Sharma to S Smith, FOUR! He dives, he flies and ALMOST GETS THERE! Who is that? An alien? An earthling? In Alan Wilkins' words, he is 'Abra ca Dabra, Kagiso Rabada!' What an effort. Take a bow. A length ball, on middle, Smith looks to go over the top but the ball holds in the surface a little bit. Hence, it hits the splice of the bat and lobs in the air. Initially it seems like it will beat the mid on fielder but Rabada makes a spectacular dive to his left, full length and tries hard. But |
| 4.3 : 4.3: A Patel to A Rahane, SIX! Up, up and away! There comes the first six of the game. Full and around middle, Rahane comes down the track and sends it sailing over the sightscreen! |
| 4.4 : 4.4: A Patel to A Rahane, FOUR! TOP EDGE again! Rahane is leading a charmed life. Full and around off, Rahane looks to sweep again and gets a top edge which flies over the keeper to the fence behind! |
| 5.2 : 5.2: K Rabada to A Rahane, SIX! SLAP! No respect. A length ball outside off, Rahane comes down the track and smashes it over long off! |
| 5.4 : 5.4: K Rabada to A Rahane, FOUR! A 153.4 kph ball has been sent to the fence! Fired in on middle, Rahane gets across and just tickles it past short fine leg for a boundary! |
| 7.4: C Morris to A Rahane, FOUR! SLAUGHTERED! What has Rahane had for a snack in the evening? A 32-ball 50 for the former skipper! Short and outside off, Rahane pounces onto the length and pulls it over mid-wicket, over the fielder, who for some reason, is standing 15 yards in. One bounce and into the ropes. Had he been back, Rahane would have been back as well - to the dugout. |
| 7.6 : 7.6: C Morris to S Smith, FOUR! Poor bowling. Full and down the leg side, on the pads, Smith says thank you very much and flicks it through mid-wicket. The ball races away to the fence. 12 from Morris' first. |
| 8.3 : 8.3: A Mishra to S Smith, FOUR! STUPENDOUS! This is called toying with the bowling. One of the toughest shots to play. That is why, he is also called Precocious. The batsman here has to first come down the track and get to the pitch of the ball. Then with his wrists, maneuver the ball against the spin. Too difficult. But Smith makes it look too easy and whips it to the mid-wicket fence. 'Asian wrists' says Murali Kartik on air. |
| 9.2 : 9.2: A Patel to A Rahane, FOUR! Classic batting! Full and outside off, Rahane comes down the track and lofts it over cover for a boundary! |
| 9.4 : 9.4: A Patel to A Rahane, FOUR! Wonderful batting. Rahane continues to takes runs off Axar. Fractionally short, around middle, Jinx gets down on a knee and pull-paddles this, past short fine leg. |
| 10.2 : 10.2: A Mishra to S Smith, FOUR! SMASH! As a bowler, Mishra did nothing wrong. But as a batsman, Smith was 200 percent excellent. Unbelievable shot. Tossed up, around middle, Smith comes down the track and whips it against the spin, over mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 10.3 : 10.3: A Mishra to S Smith, FOUR! How does he play that? Another wonderful shot. Full and outside off, Smith leans and then at the last moment, opens the face of the bat. But it is controlled and the drive goes between cover and point! |
| 11.2 : 11.2: S Rutherford to S Smith, FOUR! Poor ball. Down the leg side, tickled past the keeper to the fine leg fence. |
| 11.3 : 11.3: S Rutherford to S Smith, FOUR! Another off cutter and punished! A slower short ball, around off, Smith pulls it wide of mid on and gets a boundary! |
| 11.4 : 11.4: S Rutherford to S Smith, FOUR! Hat-trick of boundaries! Full and wide outside off, Smith leans, opens the face of the bat and guides it between point and backward point! |
| 12.2 : 12.2: C Morris to A Rahane, SIX! Improvisation! Unbelievable batting continues from both these batsmen. Full and outside off, Rahane gets down and across and then scoops it over short fine leg. It goes all the way! |
| 12.3 : 12.3: C Morris to A Rahane, FOUR! Impeccable timing! Full and outside off, Rahane comes down the track, with the intention of going over mid off. But halfway through, he checks his shot. It looks like he will hit it straight to mid off but nay, it clears Ishant Sharma comfortably! |
| 13.1 : 13.1: A Patel to S Smith, OUT! Smith holes out! 'You could have hit two more runs, sir!' yells my colleague selfy from here. Because those two runs would have meant 2000 Indian T20 League runs for him. Coming to the ball, it was fired up flat outside off, Smith came down the track and looked to go over the top. Unfortunately for him though, the ball hit the toe end of the bat. Still, it looked to clear the man stationed there. Thankfully for Delhi, it was a tall man. Chris Morris judged the catc |
| 14.2 : 14.2: I Sharma to Ben Stokes, FOUR! SMASH! That is important for Rajasthan - momentum cannot afford to dip. Full and outside off, Stokes comes down the track and powers it past mid off for a boundary! |
| 14.5 : 14.5: I Sharma to A Rahane, FOUR! Rahane moves to 87. Full and outside off, Rahane leans and carves it over cover for a boundary! |
| 15.2 : 15.2: C Morris to A Rahane, FOUR! Soft delivery from Morris but what timing from Rahane. Square leg was up in the ring and Morris offers a hit-me ball, bowling it on a length on the pads. All Rahane has to do is use his wrists and guide it over square leg. Still, the timing was excellent. |
| 15.5 : 15.5: C Morris to Ben Stokes, OUT! Caught! Stokes has holed out to a full toss. And he cannot believe it. It is a bit of a high full toss and hence perhaps Ben mistimed it. The ball barely carried towards long on where Shreyas Iyer took it comfortably, almost 15 yards inside the boundary line. |
| 16.4 : 16.4: I Sharma to A Turner, OUT! Caught! 5TH CONSECUTIVE DUCK FOR TURNER IN THE T20 FORMAT! Full and outside off, Turner comes forward and chips it away, but straight to Sherfane Rutherford at short extra cover! He cannot buy a run, this Aussie. |
| 17.3 : 17.3: K Rabada to S Binny, FOUR! Off the top edge, but Rajasthan will take it. A short ball, outside off, Binny looks to pull but the ball comes on too quickly for him. Takes the top edge and goes over the keeper. Pant and short third man hare after it, but in vain. |
| 18.6 : 18.6: C Morris to S Binny, FOUR! Clean hitting. Morris goes length and that too, at the death. Punished. Binny whips it from middle and leg over mid-wicket and gets a boundary. A fine last over from Morris, apart from that final ball but take a look at his figures - 4-0-41-1. He has taken a beating. |
| 19.3 : 19.3: K Rabada to S Binny, OUT! BOWLED! That is perfect from Rabada. A corker of a yorker. Fired in on middle, Binny is too late in getting his bat down and khadoosh! The ball goes under and uproots the stumps. That was delivered with a scrambled seam. |
| 19.5 : 19.5: K Rabada to R Parag, FOUR! Nice timing. This young kid is coming off a good game against Mumbai. A length ball, around middle and leg, Parag just turns it behind square leg and finds the boundary. |
| 19.6 : 19.6: K Rabada to R Parag, OUT! BOWLED! A wicket of a yorker earlier and now a wicket off a full toss. Rabada just continues to take wickets. Not the best of balls but it is too quick for Parag who was trying to back away and smash it over cover. But he was done in by the 151.7 kph full toss, lost it completely and the leg stump was sent for a walk. RAJASTHAN FINISH ON 191/6! |
| 1.3 : 1.3: D Kulkarni to S Dhawan, SIX! Terrific from Dhawan. First of the innings! He shuffles across once again and Kulkarni bowls it where the batter wanted him to, on the pads. Shikhar picks it over the mid-wicket fence for a biggie. |
| 1.5 : 1.5: D Kulkarni to S Dhawan, FOUR! First boundary too comes from Dhawan's bat. Kulkarni bowls it short and it has been put away. Shikhar stands tall and pulls it. It is not off the middle but still has enough to get to the mid-wicket fence. |
| 2.1 : 2.1: J Unadkat to S Dhawan, FOUR! Welcome into the attack! Dhawan going straightaway after a man who is low on confidence to dent it further. Dhawan steps down the track and it is a length ball. He smashes it past mid on and a boundary results. |
| 3.1: S Gopal to S Dhawan, SIX! All the way! A boundary to begin the over. Pressure on the bowler now. Dhawan brings out his favorite sweep shot. The ball though takes the top edge but it flies over the fine leg fence. It was the quicker one from Gopal and hence, it went all the way. |
| 3.2 : 3.2: S Gopal to S Dhawan, FOUR! Up and over the bowler's head! 10 from the first two balls. Dhawan dances down the track and gets to the pitch of the ball. He lofts it over the bowler and bags another boundary. |
| 3.4 : 3.4: S Gopal to S Dhawan, FOUR! Another sweep, another boundary. Dealing in boundaries is Dhawan. He goes down on one knee again and sweeps it through backward square leg. No fielder in the deep. |
| 4.1 : 4.1: J Archer to S Dhawan, FOUR! Third over in a row which has started with a boundary! Too easy this for Dhawan, it is on his pads and he flicks it through mid-wicket. The ball races away. Dhawan now has 37 from the 41 scored. |
| 5.1: D Kulkarni to P Shaw, FOUR! Make that 4 overs in a row that has begun with a boundary. Shaw finally gets hold of one. It is on the shorter side, Shaw stands tall and pulls it over mid-wicket. |
| 5.4 : 5.4: D Kulkarni to S Dhawan, FOUR! Innovation and it comes off. Shuffles right across the off pole. Kulkarni bowls a low full toss outside off. Dhawan still manages to scoop it in the fine leg region for a boundary. |
| 5.5 : 5.5: D Kulkarni to S Dhawan, FOUR! Consecutive boundaries and third in the over. Slightly short on middle and Kulkarni picks the length early. He pulls it hard through mid-wicket and you need not run for those. |
| 6.4 : 6.4: R Parag to P Shaw, FOUR! Poor ball and put away! Short and on middle, Shaw goes back and pulls it through square leg. It is in the gap and they get the boundary they need every over. |
| 7.2 : 7.2: S Gopal to S Dhawan, FOUR! Hammered! Poor length again, it is short and on middle, Dhawan goes back and pulls it hard through mid-wicket for another boundary. |
| 7.3 : 7.3: S Gopal to S Dhawan, OUT! STUMPED! Gopal is the man who provides Rajasthan the breakthrough. How many times have we seen him delivering for his captain this season? Clever stuff from him. He sees Dhawan come down the track so he fires it at 92.5 KPH and wide outside off. Dhawan fails to put bat on ball as he is a touch late in the shot. Samson behind, collects the ball and whips the bails off. Gopal waves him off. An excellent innings though from Dhawan, he has got Delhi off to a very good |
| 8.5 : 8.5: R Parag to S Iyer, OUT! Straight to the man! Two wickets in quick succession for the hosts and they are back on top now. The in-form Delhi skipper is walking back without making much of an impact. A nothing delivery to be honest this. It is short and on off, Iyer once again looks to pull but does not get the desired connection. He hits it flat and straight down the throat of Ben Stokes at the mid-wicket boundary. He takes a dolly. Suddenly the crowd here has come alive. |
| 10.3 : 10.3: R Parag to R Pant, FOUR! This time he pays the price for bowling short. Pant is down on one knee and he pulls it through backward square leg for a much-needed boundary. Delhi would hope, this gets Pant going. |
| 10.5 : 10.5: R Parag to R Pant, FOUR! Not learning is Parag here. He bangs it short again, Pant rocks back and hammers it through mid-wicket. It is in the gap and it is the second boundary of the over. |
| 11.1 : 11.1: S Gopal to P Shaw, FOUR! Lovely shot! The placement here is the key. Shaw uses his feet but does not get to the pitch of the ball. He though still manages to stroke it past cover and away from long off for a boundary. Ideal start to the over. |
| 11.6 : 11.6: S Gopal to R Pant, SIX! BANG! Another big over! 15 from it and 27 from the last two. This is right in the slot for Pant. Full and on middle, he tonks it over the long on fence. 84 needed in 48. The game is excellently poised at the moment. |
| 12.3 : 12.3: J Unadkat to P Shaw, FOUR! In the gap and welcome boundary for Delhi. It is short and on the body of Shaw. He pulls it towards the mid-wicket fence. The fielder there runs to his right and dives but fails to stop it. |
| 12.5 : 12.5: J Unadkat to P Shaw, SIX! He has got plenty on that one! Shaw has nailed that. Full and on middle, Shaw whips it and it sails into the wide long on stand. This is turning out to be another expensive over here. 12 from it with a ball to go. |
| 13.5: D Kulkarni to R Pant, FOUR! Seam up delivery and Kulkarni pays the price. Pant goes down on one knee and lofts it over the short fine leg fielder. The 50-run stand is also up. A very important one as the two joined association when they lost two quick wickets. They need to carry on though, the job is still not done. |
| 14.2 : 14.2: J Unadkat to R Pant, FOUR! Pace on the delivery and once again Pant hits it for a boundary. Smith is not happy as this is not what he wants his bowlers to bowl. It is also short and on the body, Pant manages to pull it over short fine leg and a boundary results. |
| 15.4 : 15.4: J Archer to R Pant, SIX! What a shot! Brings up his 50 in style. A very good innings this, he has played with responsibility and with a lot of determination. Needs to be there till the end though. He plants his front foot across and then with the angle, flicks it over the square leg fence. |
| 16.1 : 16.1: S Gopal to R Pant, NO BALL, FOUR! Oh dear... that has slipped out of the hands. A massive high full toss, outside leg, Pant swings hard, with his left hand coming off the bat. The timing is excellent and the ball almost makes it to the backward square leg ropes, beating a desperate dive from the fielder running to his left. |
| 16.1: S Gopal to R Pant, FOUR! Raw power! Full on middle, Pant just chips this down to long on but so powerfully is it chipped that it bullets to the fence! |
| 16.4 : 16.4: S Gopal to P Shaw, OUT! Caught! Shaw holes out. One might feel it was unnecessary but with Pant going on so well at the other end, it must have been difficult for Shaw to hold himself back. This was tossed up outside off and Prithvi could not resist from playing the slog sweep. But all he managed was a top edge with the ball spinning away. Simple catch for Riyan Parag at wide long on. A calculated knock from Shaw. 31 more needed from 20 balls. |
| 17.2 : 17.2: D Kulkarni to S Rutherford, SIX! Just over the ropes! Excellent effort though from the substitute Chopra. A slower ball and it is shorter in length. Rutherford pulls it hard towards the mid-wicket fence. Chopra there runs to his right and then dives with a hand stretched out but the ball evades him and goes for a maximum. 23 in 16. |
| 17.5 : 17.5: D Kulkarni to S Rutherford, FOUR! Rutherford shows what he is made of here! Excellent shot. Kulkarni bowls it full and wide outside off, this time SR holds his shape and then clobbers it through covers. Runs needed below 20 now. |
| 17.6 : 17.6: D Kulkarni to S Rutherford, OUT! This time Rutherford holes out! He throws it away. Not sure though if this was needed by him. A good delivery by Kulkarni. It was the slower one and outside off, also, the length was shorter. Rutherford looks to flat-bat it over long off. That is never easy on such deliveries as all the power needs to be generated by the batsman. He fails to do so and Parag there, makes no mistake. 13 runs from the over but a wicket. Rajasthan still hanging in there. |
| 18.6: J Archer to R Pant, SIX! BANG! Pant has probably delivered the final blow! Brilliant shot this. It is full and on middle, Pant powers it over the long on fence for a biggie. 6 needed in the last over. Delhi's game to lose now. |
| 19.2 : 19.2: J Unadkat to R Pant, SIX! Yes, that is a maximum. That has hit the ropes on the full! Pant is pumped up as he is the one who finishes it off in style. A short ball and it is once again on the slower side. Pant pulls it high towards the mid-wicket fence. It seems to have hit the ropes on the full. The umpires take it upstairs and replays confirm that. DELHI WIN BY 6 WICKETS AND WITH 4 BALLS TO SPARE! |
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