0.3 : 0.3: B Kumar to S Dhawan, FOUR! Edged and away! Bhuvi instantly looks at Williamson as if to indicate why didn't I have two slips. Good swing away, around off and on a length, Dhawan plays at it loosely and it goes off the edge. It flies past Warner at first slip and away to the boundary line behind. |
1.5 : 1.5: K Ahmed to P Shaw, OUT! Edged and gone this time! Khaleel comes into the side and makes an impact almost immediately. There's that extra bounce again which becomes Shaw's undoing. Some width on offer outside off, Prithvi looks to punch this on the up through the off side but the ball rises a bit too much. It takes the edge and Bairstow behind collects it easily. |
2.2 : 2.2: S Sharma to C Munro, EDGE AND FOUR! There should have been a slip. On a good length and outside off, Munro looks to cut but gets an outside edge. It goes towards third man for a boundary. |
2.5 : 2.5: S Sharma to C Munro, FOUR! Second boundary in the over. Length delivery on off, Munro drives it through covers. Rashid Khan chases it and tries his best to stop it but it goes racing away to the boundary. |
3.2 : 3.2: K Ahmed to S Dhawan, OUT! Khaleel gets his second wicket of the evening and is ecstatic. He digs in a short ball and gets some extra bounce from the surface. Dhawan takes on the challenge to pull it across the line but the bounce gets big on him and he ends up skying it in the air off the top edge. Bhuvneshwar Kumar at fine leg takes the catch in the second attempt and it's a big blow to Delhi. Their star of the last match departs cheaply today. |
3.4 : 3.4: K Ahmed to C Munro, FOUR! Nice shot. Full on off, Munro slaps it through covers for a boundary. |
3.5 : 3.5: K Ahmed to C Munro, SIX! Amazing shot. Length delivery on middle, Munro flicks it over square leg for a biggie. |
4.6 : 4.6: B Kumar to S Iyer, FOUR! Streaky boundary! A delivery outside off, Iyer outside edges his attempted cover drive past the first slip fielder for a boundary. |
5.1 : 5.1: K Ahmed to C Munro, SIX! Excellent shot from Colin Munro. Khaleel bowls a slower delivery on off, Munro comes down the track and lofts it over mid-wicket for a maximum. |
5.5 : 5.5: K Ahmed to C Munro, FOUR! Bowls a short of a length delivery, Munro looks to pull but gets a top edge on this one. It goes over the keeper's head for a boundary. |
6.4 : 6.4: D Hooda to S Iyer, FOUR! Shot. Too much width on offer and Hooda pays the price. Short and wide outside off, Iyer cuts it through point, beating the man in the deep who can't stop it even with a dive. |
7.5 : 7.5: A Sharma to C Munro, SIX! BOOM! Right off the middle. No spin on this occasion. Fullish in length on the stumps, Munro steps out of his crease, gets close to the pitch of the ball and smokes it over long on for a maximum. |
7.6 : 7.6: A Sharma to C Munro, OUT! Gone next ball! No need to chase after this. The adrenaline and the excitement have got to him. Sharma picks up his first of the evening. He fires it full and wide outside off, Munro reaches out to smash it through the off side but gets a nick behind. Bairstow takes a sharp catch and appeals. The umpire's finger follows and the Kiwi will have to make the long walk back. Delhi in some trouble here now, they've already lost three wickets. |
8.3 : 8.3: V Shankar to S Iyer, FOUR! The timing on that is so sweet. Shankar overpitches this as he lands it outside off, Iyer drives it right between extra cover and mid off, beating the dives of both fielders. It races away to the fence for a boundary. |
9.1 : 9.1: R Khan to R Pant, FOUR! And Pant welcomes the Afghan with a boundary. Short, flat and in line of the stumps, Pant stands his ground and muscles the pull through square leg for a boundary. |
9.4 : 9.4: R Khan to S Iyer, FOUR! A bit cheeky, but he's meant it fully. Good shot. Extremely full outside off, Iyer opens the bat face and slices it through short third man. It's placed quite fine, so will run away to the boundary line. |
10.6 : 10.6: V Shankar to R Pant, FOUR! Streaky runs for Rishabh Pant. Full and wide outside off, his eyes light up. So he throws everything at it, only to get a thick edge. It speeds through the vacant slip cordon and away to the third man boundary behind. |
11.6: R Khan to S Iyer, FOUR! Nice way to end the over. Short and in line of the stumps, Iyer rocks back and pulls it with complete control over mid-wicket. Nobody out there in the deep, so the Delhi skipper will pick up a boundary. |
12.4 : 12.4: S Sharma to R Pant, FOUR! Another good effort from the Afghan, in vain though this time. Back of a length outside off, Pant slaps the cut through cover-point. Khan out in the deep scampers to his right, tries to stop it with a dive but is unable to this time. |
15.5 : 15.5: B Kumar to S Iyer, OUT! GONE! This is good piece of bowling by Bhuvneshwar Kumar. It's the change-up once more, Kumar bowls it short and this time Iyer looks to play the ramp shot. Can only manage an edge, however, as it goes behind and Bairstow takes his third catch of the innings. Partnership of 56 is broken. Delhi would have wanted these two to finish the innings. |
16.2 : 16.2: K Ahmed to R Pant, OUT c Deepak Hooda b Khaleel Ahmed. Delhi Capitals have lost their fifth wicket. |
0.3 : 0.3: B Kumar to S Dhawan, FOUR! Edged and away! Bhuvi instantly looks at Williamson as if to indicate why didn't I have two slips. Good swing away, around off and on a length, Dhawan plays at it loosely and it goes off the edge. It flies past Warner at first slip and away to the boundary line behind. |
1.5 : 1.5: K Ahmed to P Shaw, OUT! Edged and gone this time! Khaleel comes into the side and makes an impact almost immediately. There's that extra bounce again which becomes Shaw's undoing. Some width on offer outside off, Prithvi looks to punch this on the up through the off side but the ball rises a bit too much. It takes the edge and Bairstow behind collects it easily. |
2.2 : 2.2: S Sharma to C Munro, EDGE AND FOUR! There should have been a slip. On a good length and outside off, Munro looks to cut but gets an outside edge. It goes towards third man for a boundary. |
2.5 : 2.5: S Sharma to C Munro, FOUR! Second boundary in the over. Length delivery on off, Munro drives it through covers. Rashid Khan chases it and tries his best to stop it but it goes racing away to the boundary. |
3.2 : 3.2: K Ahmed to S Dhawan, OUT! Khaleel gets his second wicket of the evening and is ecstatic. He digs in a short ball and gets some extra bounce from the surface. Dhawan takes on the challenge to pull it across the line but the bounce gets big on him and he ends up skying it in the air off the top edge. Bhuvneshwar Kumar at fine leg takes the catch in the second attempt and it's a big blow to Delhi. Their star of the last match departs cheaply today. |
3.4 : 3.4: K Ahmed to C Munro, FOUR! Nice shot. Full on off, Munro slaps it through covers for a boundary. |
3.5 : 3.5: K Ahmed to C Munro, SIX! Amazing shot. Length delivery on middle, Munro flicks it over square leg for a biggie. |
4.6 : 4.6: B Kumar to S Iyer, FOUR! Streaky boundary! A delivery outside off, Iyer outside edges his attempted cover drive past the first slip fielder for a boundary. |
5.1 : 5.1: K Ahmed to C Munro, SIX! Excellent shot from Colin Munro. Khaleel bowls a slower delivery on off, Munro comes down the track and lofts it over mid-wicket for a maximum. |
5.5 : 5.5: K Ahmed to C Munro, FOUR! Bowls a short of a length delivery, Munro looks to pull but gets a top edge on this one. It goes over the keeper's head for a boundary. |
6.4 : 6.4: D Hooda to S Iyer, FOUR! Shot. Too much width on offer and Hooda pays the price. Short and wide outside off, Iyer cuts it through point, beating the man in the deep who can't stop it even with a dive. |
7.5 : 7.5: A Sharma to C Munro, SIX! BOOM! Right off the middle. No spin on this occasion. Fullish in length on the stumps, Munro steps out of his crease, gets close to the pitch of the ball and smokes it over long on for a maximum. |
7.6 : 7.6: A Sharma to C Munro, OUT! Gone next ball! No need to chase after this. The adrenaline and the excitement have got to him. Sharma picks up his first of the evening. He fires it full and wide outside off, Munro reaches out to smash it through the off side but gets a nick behind. Bairstow takes a sharp catch and appeals. The umpire's finger follows and the Kiwi will have to make the long walk back. Delhi in some trouble here now, they've already lost three wickets. |
8.3 : 8.3: V Shankar to S Iyer, FOUR! The timing on that is so sweet. Shankar overpitches this as he lands it outside off, Iyer drives it right between extra cover and mid off, beating the dives of both fielders. It races away to the fence for a boundary. |
9.1 : 9.1: R Khan to R Pant, FOUR! And Pant welcomes the Afghan with a boundary. Short, flat and in line of the stumps, Pant stands his ground and muscles the pull through square leg for a boundary. |
9.4 : 9.4: R Khan to S Iyer, FOUR! A bit cheeky, but he's meant it fully. Good shot. Extremely full outside off, Iyer opens the bat face and slices it through short third man. It's placed quite fine, so will run away to the boundary line. |
10.6 : 10.6: V Shankar to R Pant, FOUR! Streaky runs for Rishabh Pant. Full and wide outside off, his eyes light up. So he throws everything at it, only to get a thick edge. It speeds through the vacant slip cordon and away to the third man boundary behind. |
11.6: R Khan to S Iyer, FOUR! Nice way to end the over. Short and in line of the stumps, Iyer rocks back and pulls it with complete control over mid-wicket. Nobody out there in the deep, so the Delhi skipper will pick up a boundary. |
12.4 : 12.4: S Sharma to R Pant, FOUR! Another good effort from the Afghan, in vain though this time. Back of a length outside off, Pant slaps the cut through cover-point. Khan out in the deep scampers to his right, tries to stop it with a dive but is unable to this time. |
15.5 : 15.5: B Kumar to S Iyer, OUT! GONE! This is good piece of bowling by Bhuvneshwar Kumar. It's the change-up once more, Kumar bowls it short and this time Iyer looks to play the ramp shot. Can only manage an edge, however, as it goes behind and Bairstow takes his third catch of the innings. Partnership of 56 is broken. Delhi would have wanted these two to finish the innings. |
16.2 : 16.2: K Ahmed to R Pant, OUT c Deepak Hooda b Khaleel Ahmed. Delhi Capitals have lost their fifth wicket. |
1.1 : 1.1: K Rabada to D Warner, FOUR! The South African speedster is welcomed with a boundary from the powerful Aussie opener. A pacey delivery, short in length and on middle, Warner loves pace on his bat and he quickly turns around to pull it across the line. It finds the inside half and runs away to the square leg fence. |
1.5 : 1.5: K Rabada to J Bairstow, FOUR! Jonny is away with a boundary. A gift by Rabada really. Bowls it short and down the leg side, Bairstow turns and glances it past short fine leg for a boundary. |
2.3 : 2.3: I Sharma to J Bairstow, FOUR! Up and over cover-point! Just a little bit of room there outside off and Bairstow goes after it. Doesn't bother to keep it down and lofts it over the infield for a boundary. |
2.4 : 2.4: I Sharma to J Bairstow, FOUR! Boom! Bairstow is motoring now. Ishant overpitches on middle and leg, right in the slot for the batsman, Jonny picks it off his pads and whips it over mid-wicket for a boundary again. |
3.4: C Morris to J Bairstow, SIX! Clean strike! And a safe shot as well, over the bowler's head. A good length delivery on off, Bairstow picks the line and length in a trice as he lofts it nonchalantly down the ground for a biggie. |
6.4: A Patel to J Bairstow, Edged and FOUR! No slip in place. An arm ball from Axar, it's a bit short and around off, skidding back in, Bairstow rocks back to punch it again but finds the outside edge. It speeds across the turf and reaches the third man fence in no time. |
8.1 : 8.1: A Patel to D Warner, SIX! Dismissed! Axar goes short with his length and darts it into the southpaw, Warner immediately picks it and dispatches it over mid-wicket for a biggie. |
8.4 : 8.4: A Patel to J Bairstow, FOUR! This is very poor bowling from Patel. Continues to bowl short and flat. This time he serves it to the right-hander and Bairstow gets back to clobber it to the deep mid-wicket fence. |
9.5 : 9.5: K Paul to J Bairstow, OUT! Against the run of play, Delhi strike! Keemo Paul has the knack to pick wickets and he has broken the 72-run opening stand. Delivers a fullish ball wide outside off, Bairstow attempts for the lofted shot over extra cover but it comes off from the lower half of his bat and goes towards Rabada at long off. He moves across a bit to his left to complete the catch. 84 needed off 61 balls. |
11.4 : 11.4: K Paul to K Williamson, OUT! Rabada has taken an outstanding catch! Moments like these just lift the team on the park. Paul strikes again, his second wicket. This one he bowls more like a top spinner. Holding up to the batsman after landing and Williamson mistimes his shot in the air at mid off. Rabada reacts quickly to his right and takes a sharp catch. Delhi are pumped up. The equation stands as 78 needed off 50 balls. |
13.1 : 13.1: C Morris to D Warner, FOUR! This will release all the pressure. Short in length and on middle, Warner rides the bounce and pulls it in front of square leg for a boundary, first in four overs. |
13.5 : 13.5: C Morris to D Warner, FOUR! This over has certainly eased all the nerves in the Hyderabad camp. A low full toss outside off, Warner hangs on the back foot and goes boom over covers for a boundary. |
15.2 : 15.2: K Paul to R Bhui, OUT! Ricky Bhui's scrappy stay in the middle comes to an end. Maybe a blessing in disguise for Hyderabad. Slower and fuller outside off, Bhui makes room and throws his bat at it. Gets a thick edge which goes towards short third man. Axar Patel from backward point moves to his left and takes a good diving catch. |
16.2: K Rabada to D Warner, OUT! Kagiso Rabada has got the danger man. Hyderabad in real trouble here. The set batsman and Hyderabad's best bet has been dismissed here. The Protea takes the pace off this one and bowls it full, Warner clears his front leg and looks to go big downtown. Mistimes it and skies it towards Iyer at mid off, who takes a safe catch settling under the ball after going back. |
16.3 : 16.3: K Rabada to V Shankar, OUT! Two in two for Rabada! Is this the game for Delhi? Exceptional bowling, this. He hits the deck hard this time at great pace, Shankar looks to pull but the bounce gets too big on him. Ends up getting a top edge which balloons behind. Pant moves to his right, gets under the ball and gobbles it up in front of short third man. |
17.2 : 17.2: C Morris to D Hooda, OUT! Bowled 'em! It's Chris Morris this time who's on the money, he's following up Rabada's good work. Arrows the yorker on leg stump, Deepak Hooda has no idea what to do about it. Too good for him, the leg pole goes for a walk. |
17.3 : 17.3: C Morris to R Khan, OUT! Gone first ball! Now it's Morris who's on a hat-trick. Back of a length delivery as the big all-rounder hits the deck hard, Khan takes the pull on and hits it over mid-wicket. Straight down Keemo Paul's throat who takes it safely. From 101/2, Hyderabad are 110/7. Unbelievable. |
17.6 : 17.6: C Morris to A Sharma, OUT! Third of the over for Chris Morris. Hyderabad have just crumbled here. Unreal collapse. Morris comes from around the wicket and bowls it full on the stumps, slower in pace. Sharma is early into the shot and ends up handing a high, yet relatively simple chance to Paul at cover. So, five wickets for 8 runs in the last two overs. Unreal. |
18.4 : 18.4: K Rabada to B Kumar, OUT! Rabada has his third of the night. Will Hyderabad even survive the 20 overs? A short ball, Bhuvneshwar Kumar backs away and tries to slap it. But it goes off the top edge and Rabada runs to the ball at the striker's end and takes it himself, just about avoiding Pant who also comes in to take the catch. |
18.5 : 18.5: K Rabada to K Ahmed, OUT! Take a bow, Kagiso Rabada. He's wrapped Hyderabad up before the game even goes into the final over. Fires an accurate yorker on the stumps, Khaleel can't do much about it. The furniture behind is rattled and that's the end of this contest. DELHI WIN BY 39 RUNS! |