| 0.0 : Hello and welcome for Match 30. Things are poised quite interestingly in the midfield battle. We're around the halfway mark of the season and there's a huge clutter in the points table. With Rajasthan and Bangalore both picking up wins in their respective last games, it's tight in there. Hyderabad are 6th in the table with 6 points, but the three teams above them are on 8 points, having played at least a game more. Delhi gained some confidence with a win against Kolkata last time out and come in |
| The Warner-Bairstow duo has been the key for Hyderabad, but it's no coincidence that the few times they failed to deliver, the team has suffered. Their middle order is largely untested still and it might just be called into action once again in this contest. Delhi are looking good, with Shikhar Dhawan finding some much-needed form as well. Combine that with their potent bowling attack and skipper Shreyas Iyer's good touch, and the visitors just might cause problems for the home side. Should be a |
| TOSS - Hyderabad win the toss and opt to field! A good call from Williamson? The team chasing has won the last 10 games in this season. Will be interesting to see how it goes. |
| Kane Williamson says they will bowl first. Laughs and states that he didn't have much about the choice as Shreyas Iyer called it wrong. Adds that both teams are strong so is looking forward to the match. On his injury, mentions that it's better now and he's ready to go. Reckons that they always enjoy playing here and adds that despite the varying surfaces, he doesn't mind. Informs that there are four changes - he himself is in, along with Ricky Bhui, Abhishek Sharma and Khaleel Ahmed for Mohamma |
| Shreyas Iyer says he's pleased with his team's performance as they have two away wins. Adds that they just have to believe in their ability. States that they've talked that whoever is the set batsman, he has to stick in and score big. Let's everyone know there are two changes as Colin Munro and Amit Mishra replace Colin Ingram and Rahul Tewatia. |
| Hyderabad XI - David Warner, Jonny Bairstow (WK), Kane Williamson (C) (in for Mohammad Nabi), Vijay Shankar, Ricky Bhui (in for Manish Pandey), Deepak Hooda, Rashid Khan, Abhishek Sharma (in for Yusuf Pathan), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Sandeep Sharma, Khaleel Ahmed (in for Siddarth Kaul). |
| Delhi XI - Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Colin Munro (in for Colin Ingram), Shreyas Iyer (C), Rishabh Pant (WK), Chris Morris, Axar Patel, Amit Mishra (in for Rahul Tewatia), Keemo Paul, Kagiso Rabada, Ishant Sharma. |
| We are ready to get this underway. Prithvi Shaw and Shikhar Dhawan, who returns to his former home, stride into the middle. Bhuvneshwar Kumar will take the ball first up. Here we go... |
| 0.1 : B Kumar to P Shaw, Some good swing into the batsman for Bhuvneshwar. Fuller and coming into the batsman, Shaw flicks it off his pads through square leg. Rashid Khan chases it down and stops it with a slide just inside the rope. The batsmen take three. |
| 0.2 : B Kumar to S Dhawan, Shaping away from the batsman, a length delivery around off. Dhawan stands his ground and taps it down with soft hands on the off side. |
| 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. |
| 0.4 : B Kumar to S Dhawan, Walks down the track to this fuller length ball and defends it with the full face of the bat. |
| 0.5 : B Kumar to S Dhawan, The angle away from the batter once more, outside off, it's blocked away square on the off side. |
| 0.6 : B Kumar to S Dhawan, Dot ball to end the over. Dhawan pushes it on the off side from inside his crease. Decent first over for Delhi, 7 runs off it. |
| Khaleel Ahmed to bowl from the other end. |
| 1.1 : K Ahmed to P Shaw, Some extra bounce for Khaleel. Outside off on a good length, Shaw plays and misses. |
| 1.2 : K Ahmed to P Shaw, Shaw opens the bat face, uses the angle away from him and taps it down in front of point for a quick single. |
| 1.3 : K Ahmed to S Dhawan, Good running between the wickets. Dhawan gives the charge and lofts it over wide mid off. Both batsmen run hard and manage to complete the third run. |
| 1.4 : K Ahmed to P Shaw, Fired full, just outside off, Shaw goes for the drive but gets it off the inner half to the right of the bowler. |
| 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. |
| Colin Munro walks in at no.3. |
| 1.6 : K Ahmed to C Munro, Cutting back in from a good length, catches Munro high on the thigh pad as he looks to play at it. It lobs over on the off side as the batsmen cross over for a leg bye. |
| Sandeep Sharma is into the attack. |
| 2.1 : S Sharma to C Munro, On a good length on middle, Munro defends it off the back foot. |
| 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. |
| 2.3 : S Sharma to C Munro, Again on a good length on off, Munro keeps it out. |
| 2.4 : S Sharma to C Munro, On a good length on off, Colin defends it out. |
| 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. |
| 2.6 : S Sharma to C Munro, On a length on middle, Munro flicks it to mid-wicket. 8 runs have come from the over. Good over for Delhi. |
| 3.1 : K Ahmed to S Dhawan, On a good length on middle, Dhawan blocks it off his back foot. |
| 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. |
| Shreyas Iyer in next. |
| 3.3 : K Ahmed to C Munro, Length delivery on middle, Munro flicks it to mid-wicket. |
| 3.4 : K Ahmed to C Munro, FOUR! Nice shot. Full on off, Munro slaps it through covers for a boundary. |
| 3.5 : K Ahmed to C Munro, SIX! Amazing shot. Length delivery on middle, Munro flicks it over square leg for a biggie. |
| 3.6 : K Ahmed to C Munro, On a good length on off, Munro defends it off the back foot. 10 runs and a wicket have come from the over. |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar is back on. |
| 4.1 : B Kumar to S Iyer, Starts with a length delivery on middle, Shreyas stands back to work it through mid-wicket for a couple of runs. |
| 4.2 : B Kumar to S Iyer, Defended off the back foot by the batsman. |
| 4.3 : B Kumar to S Iyer, Some width on offer outside off, Shreyas reaches out for it and guides it down to third man for a single. |
| 4.4 : B Kumar to C Munro, Wide called for height! Bouncer around leg, Munro ducks underneath it. |
| B Kumar to C Munro, Fine delivery. A bouncer followed by a yorker wide outside off, Colin tries his best to dig it out but fails. |
| 4.5 : B Kumar to C Munro, Direct hit but no harm done! A straighter delivery from Kumar. Munro punches it down towards mid off and crosses for a hesitant single. Shreyas stops after taking a start and that nearly cost them there. The fielder comes up with a direct hit but nothing doing. |
| 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 : 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. |
| 5.2 : K Ahmed to C Munro, Length delivery on middle, Munro flicks it towards mid-wicket for a single. |
| 5.3 : K Ahmed to S Iyer, Short and outside off, Iyer cuts it to point. |
| 5.4 : K Ahmed to S Iyer, On a good length on off, Iyer tucks it towards covers and goes for a quick run. The fielder has a shy at the stumps at the keeper's end but misses it. Munro was comfortably inside the crease though. |
| 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. |
| 5.6 : K Ahmed to C Munro, Bowls a bouncer, Colin does well to duck under it. 12 runs came from the over. A decent Powerplay for Delhi. Delhi are 51/2 after 6 overs. |
| Deepak Hooda on to roll his arm over. |
| 6.1 : D Hooda to S Iyer, Spinning in from off stump, Iyer works it in front of square leg for a single. |
| 6.2 : D Hooda to C Munro, From around the wicket now. It floated on off, Munro presses forward and defends. |
| 6.3 : D Hooda to C Munro, Full and darted on off, Munro drives it to long on and changes ends. |
| 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. |
| 6.5 : D Hooda to S Iyer, Easily done. Stays inside the crease and punches it to long on for one run. |
| 6.6 : D Hooda to C Munro, Short and around off, turning away, it's slapped through the covers for a single. |
| Abhishek Sharma is introduced into the attack. |
| 7.1 : A Sharma to C Munro, Turning in from a fuller length, outside off, Munro gets low and sweeps it through to deep mid-wicket. A single is taken. |
| 7.2 : A Sharma to S Iyer, Fraction straight in line, Iyer turns it on the leg side and jogs across to the other end. |
| 7.3 : A Sharma to C Munro, Good adjustment from both ends. Seeing the batsman charge out, Sharma shortens the length. Munro picks this up, adjusts and then punches it to long off for a single. |
| 7.4 : A Sharma to S Iyer, The batsman flicks it away with a wristy shot. The batsmen have run through for a single. |
| 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 : 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. |
| Rishabh Pant walks into the middle next. Vijay Shankar is brought into the attack as well. |
| 8.1 : V Shankar to S Iyer, Full and straight from Shankar, straightaway attacks the stumps. Iyer drives it to long on after getting behind the line. One run collected. |
| 8.2 : V Shankar to R Pant, Takes some pace off this. Just ahead of a length outside off, Pant gets off the mark with an uppish drive to long off. Single to the total. |
| 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. |
| 8.4 : V Shankar to S Iyer, Waits for the ball to come to him, plays it late as he runs it down to third man for a run. |
| 8.5 : V Shankar to R Pant, Excellent stop from Williamson. Full and wide outside off, Pant drives it crisply towards extra cover. The Hyderabad skipper dives low to his left and makes a fine stop. Saves a sure-shot boundary. |
| 8.6 : V Shankar to R Pant, Strays on the pads, it's flicked down to fine leg for a single. |
| Strategic break. Also, Rashid Khan is into the bowling attack now. |
| 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. |
| 9.2 : R Khan to R Pant, Turning in on middle and leg, Pant tries to work it on the leg side but it goes off his pads. One run taken. It actually goes off the inside edge first. |
| 9.3 : R Khan to S Iyer, Peach! Rashid flights it nicely around off, lands it just behind a driving length, Iyer is half forward to defend but gets beaten past the outside edge. |
| 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. |
| A slip comes in. |
| 9.5 : R Khan to S Iyer, This short delivery is pulled through mid-wicket for a single. |
| 9.6 : R Khan to R Pant, Quicker through the air on middle stump, Pant blocks it out from the back foot. 10 runs off the first Rashid Khan over. |
| 10.1 : V Shankar to S Iyer, A leading edge which falls in no man's land. This length ball just sticks off the surface, which makes Iyer go into the flick shot early. It pops up off the leading edge and lands in the mid-wicket area. A couple of runs are taken. |
| 10.2 : V Shankar to S Iyer, Shaping in on middle and leg, it's easily worked away square on the leg side for a run. |
| 10.3 : V Shankar to R Pant, Fraction straight in line, on a length, Rishabh clips it in front of square leg and rotates strike. |
| 10.4 : V Shankar to S Iyer, The batsman plays it with an angled bat and guides it to third man. One run added to the total. |
| 10.5 : V Shankar to R Pant, Behind a good length, close to the off stick, the southpaw keeps it out from the back foot. |
| 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. |
| 11.1 : R Khan to S Iyer, Quicker through the air, Shreyas defends with a straight blade. |
| 11.2 : R Khan to S Iyer, Another defensive shot on offer. Iyer keeps it out safely. |
| 11.3 : R Khan to S Iyer, An appeal for a leg before, turned down. Was quite close, but probably just missing the off stump. Served on middle and off, it turns away. Iyer looks to defend but it goes off his back pad and past Bairstow. The batsmen take a leg bye. |
| 11.4 : R Khan to R Pant, Pant moves inside the line of this full ball and works it through mid-wicket for a single. |
| 11.5 : R Khan to S Iyer, Fullish outside the line of off stump, Iyer plays and misses. |
| 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. |
| Sandeep Sharma on to bowl now. |
| 12.1 : S Sharma to R Pant, On a length on middle and leg, cuts back in, catches Pant high on the thigh pad as he tries to put bat on ball. It falls on the leg side and the batsmen take a leg bye. |
| 12.2 : S Sharma to S Iyer, Angling away from around off, on a length once more, Iyer loosely plays inside the line and gets beaten. |
| 12.3 : S Sharma to S Iyer, Sharp bumper on middle, Shreyas somehow pulls it to deep mid-wicket. Rashid out in the deep is quick to the ball and he fires a direct hit at the bowler's end all the way from the deep. A single is taken. |
| 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. |
| 12.5 : S Sharma to R Pant, Short of a good length around off, Rishabh offers a firm punch towards mid off and rushes to the other end. |
| 12.6 : S Sharma to S Iyer, Walks a step across, gets behind the line and turns it through the vacant mid-wicket area for a single. |
| 13.1 : R Khan to S Iyer, Loopy leg break, full and outside off, Iyer prods forward to defend. |
| 13.2 : R Khan to S Iyer, Off the edge again, a quick single is taken. Iyer tries to defend but it goes down to short third man. The batsmen pinch a quick run. |
| 13.3 : R Khan to R Pant, Spinning in from a shorter length, Pant goes with the turn and pulls it behind square leg. Another run on offer. |
| 13.4 : R Khan to S Iyer, Some extra bounce. Quicker one around off, Shreyas keeps it out safely. |
| 13.5 : R Khan to S Iyer, Leans into the tossed up ball and eases it down the ground, towards long on, for one run. |
| 13.6 : R Khan to R Pant, Goes deep inside the crease, waits for the shorter ball to come to him before pulling it to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 14.1 : S Sharma to R Pant, Well bowled. Hits the yorker around leg, Pant digs it out down to long on and picks up a single. |
| 14.2 : S Sharma to S Iyer, Sharma sees the batsman staying leg side and hence tries to follow him down there. Ends up spraying it too wide and Shreyas misses his flick shot. Called a wide! |
| S Sharma to S Iyer, Short in length delivery, outside off, Shreyas attempts to play the pull shot but fails to connect. |
| 14.3 : S Sharma to S Iyer, This is smart bowling. Showing great control over his art, Sandeep. Follows up the shorter one with a yorker on middle, Iyer squeezes it out to covers and takes one. |
| 14.4 : S Sharma to R Pant, Angles across a very full ball wide outside off, Pant forces it down off the inner half of the bat to long on for a single. |
| 14.5 : S Sharma to S Iyer, A slower delivery, full and on the pads at 112.6 kph, Shreyas knocks it down to long on for a couple of runs. 50-run stand comes up, it has taken 41 balls to come! Surely, this pair would like to better this one. |
| 14.6 : S Sharma to S Iyer, A low full toss on middle, Shreyas pushes it down to long on for a single. |
| Strategic break. The going has been a bit slow from Delhi after losing Colin Munro but the current pair has the ability to up the scoring ante. Five more overs to go and Delhi will try to push their score close to 180, at least. Hyderabad have bowled decently so far and have the overs of Bhuvneshwar (2), Khaleel(1), Sandeep(1) and Rashid(1) left to bowl at the death. Expect a good battle between bat and ball. Bhuvi is into the attack now after the mini-break. |
| 15.1 : B Kumar to S Iyer, Strays a bit with his line, spills it around leg. Iyer attempts to tickle it fine but it goes off his thigh pad. Bairstow does well to dive to his left and make a half-stop. The batsmen take a leg bye. |
| 15.2 : B Kumar to R Pant, Short of a good length outside off, Pant slaps it over covers for just a single. There is a man in the deep. |
| 15.3 : B Kumar to S Iyer, Well bowled. Takes the Delhi skipper by surprise. At 140 clicks, Bhuvi bangs it in short and takes Iyer by surprise. There's no room to free the arms, so all Iyer can do is get a soft top edge on his attempted pull shot which falls close to him. |
| 15.4 : B Kumar to S Iyer, Another superb fielding effort. This time from Shankar. On the shorter side of the length, outside off, Iyer slaps it through the covers. Vijay moves to his right and stops it with a good slide. Two runs to the total. |
| 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. |
| Chris Morris is the new man in. |
| 15.6 : B Kumar to C Morris, Off the mark. Morris opens the face of the bat and guides it to third man for a single. |
| Khaleel Ahmed returns. |
| 16.1 : K Ahmed to C Morris, The batsman has pushed it to the cover region. One run added to the total. |
| 16.2 : K Ahmed to R Pant, OUT c Deepak Hooda b Khaleel Ahmed. Delhi Capitals have lost their fifth wicket. |
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