| 0.0 : Hello and welcome to this crucial battle between Hyderabad and Punjab in the former's home ground. There are a few selection concerns for Kane Williamson. Shakib Al Hasan has left the tournament to join his national squad. This is the last home game for Hyderabad and also the last game for David Warner before he leaves, so he would look to lead from the front and take his side home. Punjab on the flip side, have a very poor record in Hyderabad and would like to end their rut, get a win here and |
| PITCH REPORT - George Bailey from the studio, says the pitch looks a typical Hyderabad wicket and it does not offer too much for the spinners nor the pacers. He reckons it is a good cricketing wicket as well as a good venue where the players will enjoy playing. |
| TOSS - Punjab win the toss and elect to bowl first. |
| Punjab skipper, Ravichandran Ashwin believes that it is a good deck and it wont change much so they would like to bowl first. He mentions that they will be trying to start afresh after a slight break. He also says that they need to not let emotions get to them while trying to put their best foot forward. Informs us that they have three changes, Mujeeb is back as he is fit, PrabhSimran Singh makes his debut and the third change, he cannot recollect. Signs off by saying the debutant is an exciting |
| Hyderabad skipper, Kane Williamson says they were looking to bowl first as well but reckons it won't matter much as it looks like a good wicket and should remain the same till the end. Kane says Warner has been outstanding this tournament but feels the batting line-up collectively needs to do well once he departs. Informs us that Abhishek Sharma, Sandeep Sharma and Mohammad Nabi have all come into the playing eleven for tonight, mentioning the changes were due to conditions as well as seeing the |
| Hyderabad XI: David Warner, Kane Williamson (C), Manish Pandey, Vijay Shankar, Mohammad Nabi (In), Wriddhiman Saha (WK), Abhishek Sharma (In), Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed, Sandeep Sharma (In). |
| Punjab XI: KL Rahul, Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, David Miller, Nicholas Pooran, Simran Singh (WK)(In), Ravichandra Ashwin (C), Mujeeb Ur Rahman (In), Mohammed Shami, Murugan Ashwin, Arshdeep Singh (In). |
| We are all set to begin. The players and umpires are out in the middle. David Warner and Wriddhiman Saha will open the batting for Hyderabad. Arshdeep Singh will start the proceedings for Punjab. |
| 0.1 : A Singh to D Warner, A good delivery first up! It is equally well played though. Goes for a yorker and it swings away from middle. Warner is squared up as he tries to play it but gets his bat down in time and jams it out. |
| 0.2 : A Singh to D Warner, Goes fuller again and lands it on middle, hint of away movement for the bowler. Warner pushes it to mid on. |
| 0.3 : A Singh to D Warner, Tries to bring it in this time but errs in line and bowls it down the leg side. Warner looks to flick but misses. Wide signaled, Hyderabad are away courtesy an extra. |
| A Singh to D Warner, FOUR! First runs off the bat and it is in form of a boundary! Once again, he falters in the attempt of bowling an inswinger. Bowls it down the leg side, easy pickings for Warner as he flicks it to the fine leg fence. |
| 0.4 : A Singh to D Warner, Goes back to shaping the ball away and immediately lands in the right area. It is on off and on a length, Warner pushes it to mid off. |
| 0.5 : A Singh to D Warner, FOUR! Easy-peasy! An over which started so well for the bowler is turning out to be a good one for the batter. A gift this, a full toss down the leg side, Warner works it fine, past short fine leg and the ball races away to the fence. |
| 0.6 : A Singh to D Warner, A single to end an expensive first by Singh! Warner works it with the angle through square leg and keeps strike. |
| Mujeeb Ur Rahman to bowl from the other end. |
| 1.1 : Ur Rahman to Warner, Mujeeb tosses this one on off, Warner drives it straight back towards the bowler. |
| 1.2 : Ur Rahman to D Warner, Floated on off, Warner plays it towards point for a quick run. |
| 1.3 : Ur Rahman to W Saha, Flighted delivery on middle, Saha flicks it through mid-wicket. The batsmen get two runs. |
| 1.4 : Ur Rahman to W Saha, Tossed up on off, Saha looks to flick but gets a leading edge. It goes towards point for a run. |
| 1.5 : Ur Rahman to D Warner, SIX! All the way! Love extension of the arms there by Warner. Mujeeb bowls it slightly full and around off, Warner plants his front foot forward and lofts it with ease over the long off fence. First of the game. |
| 1.6 : Ur Rahman to D Warner, A dot to end but 10 from the second as well! This is bowled on the pads. Warner looks to flick but closes the face of the bat a touch early. He gets a soft leading edge back to the bowler. |
| 2.1 : A Singh to W Saha, Length delivery on off, Saha drives it through covers. Murugan Ashwin chases it and does well to stop it before the ropes. It is an excellent stop by him. The batsmen get three runs. |
| 2.2 : A Singh to D Warner, On a length on leg, Warner looks to tuck but gets hit on the thigh pad. It goes towards square leg. The umpire gives it as a leg bye. The batsmen take a run. |
| 2.3 : A Singh to W Saha, FOUR! Up and over! Saha is on the charge here. Length and outside off, it is the slower one. Saha drags the flick shot over mid-wicket and it races away to the fence. |
| 2.4 : A Singh to W Saha, WIDE! Bowls a bouncer around leg, Saha lets it sail through to the keeper. The umpire gives it wide for height. |
| A Singh to W Saha, On a good length and outside off, Saha plays it towards the off side for a run. |
| 2.5 : A Singh to D Warner, On a good length on middle, Warner looks to defend but gets an inside edge. It just misses the leg stump and goes towards fine leg for a run. |
| 2.6 : A Singh to W Saha, FOUR BYES! Poor from the keeper. The young pacer bowls a very good delivery. Slower and shorter outside off, Saha is way too early in the shot as he looks to hit it through the leg side. Misses, the keeper lets it through his legs and the ball races away to the fence. 15 from this over and Hyderabad are off to a flier. |
| 3.1 : Ur Rahman to D Warner, Full on off, Warner drives it to mid off. |
| 3.2 : Ur Rahman to D Warner, FIVE WIDES! A flatter ball from Mujeeb but he has lost radar there. Warner looks to flick it fine on the leg side but fails to put bat on ball either. The keeper too does not collect the ball and the ball runs fine on the leg side for a boundary. Five wides! |
| Ur Rahman to D Warner, FOUR! Hyderabad are dealing in boundaries. Mujeeb strays on the pads, Warner goes for the sweep, he hits it well, over backward square leg and the ball races away to the fence. |
| 3.3 : Ur Rahman to D Warner, FOUR! Over cover this time! Warner stays leg side of the delivery and Mujeeb bowls a loopy ball outside off, Warner lofts it over covers and the ball races away. |
| 3.4 : Ur Rahman to D Warner, Mujeeb tossed up on off, Warner drives it towards mid off. |
| 3.5 : Ur Rahman to D Warner, Floated on middle, Warner drives it towards mid on for a run. |
| 3.6 : Ur Rahman to W Saha, FOUR! Both the batters are scoring runs in boundaries! 50 up for the hosts and they are off to a rocketing start. A poor ball by Mujeeb, it is down the leg side, Saha sweeps it fine on the leg side and bags another boundary. 18 from the over and it has not been a good start by Mujeeb. |
| Mohammed Shami is back into the attack. |
| 4.1 : M Shami to D Warner, On a length and outside off, Warner drives it to mid off. |
| 4.2 : M Shami to D Warner, Bowls a short delivery outside off, Warner looks to pull but it goes of the upper half of the bat. He is late on the shot. It goes towards mid off for a run. |
| 4.3 : M Shami to W Saha, On a length on off, Saha guides it towards third man for a single. |
| 4.4 : M Shami to D Warner, A big, big chance goes abegging here! Poor by Mujeeb again, he has not started well with the ball and now a poor effort by him in the fielder. A good delivery by Shami this, it is short and on middle, the ball gets big on Warner. He does well to defend it down towards mid-wicket. Saha is off for a run, Warner does not want one. Saha is halfway down the wicket, Warner then goes for it. Mujeeb comes running in from that position but then at the very end, takes his eyes of |
| 4.5 : M Shami to W Saha, FOUR! Lovely shot again by Saha! This is angled into his pads, he whips it with the angle over mid-wicket and the ball races to the fence. |
| 4.6 : M Shami to W Saha, SIX! This has been nailed! 10 from last two balls and 13 from this over as well. Once again the line is a little too straight. Saha plays the pick up shot, it is right off the middle and it sails into the mid-wicket stand. |
| Ravichandran Ashwin is into the attack. |
| 5.1 : R Ashwin to D Warner, SIX! Welcome to the bowling Ashwin, says Warner. A flatter one on the leg stump line and going straight on. Warner gets on one knee and heaves it over deep backward square leg. It just crosses the rope. 70 up for Hyderabad before even the Powerplay is completed. |
| 5.2 : R Ashwin to D Warner, Short delivery on middle and leg, Warner pulls it through mid-wicket for a run. |
| 5.3 : R Ashwin to W Saha, Floated on middle, Saha flicks it towards mid-wicket for a run. |
| 5.4 : R Ashwin to D Warner, Tossed up on middle and leg, Warner nudges it towards square leg for a run. Just before he started to bowl, he tried to pull out of his delivery stride. |
| 5.5 : R Ashwin to W Saha, Ashwin bowls a tossed up delivery on middle, Saha drives it towards mid on for a run. |
| 5.6 : R Ashwin to D Warner, Full on middle, Warner drives it towards mid on for a run. Hyderabad are 77 runs after 6 overs. 24 runs have come from the last two overs. An excellent Powerplay for the hosts. |
| The strategic break has been signaled! Hyderabad are off to the best possible start here! They would hope to continue in the same manner. Punjab on the other hand, have been poor with the ball, they are guilty of bowling a little too straight and have paid the price here. They need someone to step-up and break this stand first and then manage to pull things back. Will they be able to do so? We will find out. Also, Murugan Ashwin is into the attack. |
| 6.1 : M Ashwin to D Warner, Short delivery on middle, Warner pulls it towards short fine leg for a single. |
| 6.2 : M Ashwin to W Saha, OUT! No wait, is it not given? Yes, it finally is! Confused in why I have written it like that? Well I will explain. Murugan bowls this short and outside off, it turns away. Saha looks to pull it against the turn but the ball seems to have taken an underedge. Singh takes and appeals, the umpire gives no reaction at first. Murugan and Singh straightaway want the review to be taken but then the umpire is seen raising the finger. Saha starts walking back but for some reason |
| Manish Pandey is the new batsman in. |
| 6.3 : M Ashwin to M Pandey, Murugan bowls a leg break on leg, Pandey looks to play it off the back foot but gets hit on the thigh pad. |
| 6.4 : M Ashwin to M Pandey, Tossed up on off, Pandey plays it towards point for a run. |
| 6.5 : M Ashwin to D Warner, Flighted delivery on off, Warner blocks it well. |
| 6.6 : M Ashwin to D Warner, WIDE! Bowls the googly but down the leg side, Warner looks to sweep but misses. |
| M Ashwin to D Warner, WIDE! Almost an action replay of the last ball. A googly down the leg side, Warner tries to sweep again but misses. Wided. |
| M Ashwin to D Warner, A single to end! The leg spinner this time, Warner works it through mid-wicket and wants two but has to settle for one. A very good over this by Murugan, a wicket and 5 runs from it. Punjab need a few more of such overs. |
| 7.1 : R Ashwin to D Warner, WIDE! Bowls it down the leg side, Warner looks to go after it but misses it. |
| R Ashwin to D Warner, Tossed up on off, Warner drives it towards mid off for a run. |
| 7.2 : R Ashwin to M Pandey, Short on off, Pandey makes room and cuts it through point for a run. |
| 7.3 : R Ashwin to D Warner, Short and outside off, Warner makes room and cuts it to point. |
| 7.4 : R Ashwin to D Warner, Flighted delivery on middle, David flicks it towards mid-wicket for a run. |
| 7.5 : R Ashwin to M Pandey, FOUR! Excellent shot this! Not easy this one! It is tossed up around off, Pandey makes room and then manages to loft it over covers, against the turn for a boundary. |
| 7.6 : R Ashwin to M Pandey, Short on off, Pandey plays it towards covers for a single. |
| 8.1 : M Ashwin to M Pandey, Tossed up on middle, Pandey plays an inside out drive towards mid off for a run. |
| 0.0 : An appeal for a run out has been taken upstairs. Warner's dive might have saved him here. |
| 8.2 : M Ashwin to D Warner, NOT OUT! Indeed it has! Excellent commitment from Warner. He plays this with soft hands towards mid-wicket and then takes one. They go for the second. Miller runs in and throws it to the keeper. The throw is a little wide. Singh does well to collect the ball and whip the bails off. An appeal and the umpire takes it upstairs. Replays show that Warner has just about made it. A better throw and it could have been interesting. |
| 8.3 : M Ashwin to D Warner, Flighted delivery on leg, Warner flicks it towards mid-wicket for a run. |
| 8.4 : M Ashwin to M Pandey, Tossed up on off, Pandey plays it to short cover. |
| 8.5 : M Ashwin to M Pandey, Bowls a googly on middle, Pandey flicks it through mid-wicket for a run. |
| 8.6 : M Ashwin to D Warner, Short on off, Warner makes room and cuts it towards point where Mujeeb fumbles while collecting the ball. The batsmen cross ends. |
| 9.1 : R Ashwin to D Warner, Flatter and on off, Warner opens his body and then creams it through covers, there is a fielder in the deep so just a single. |
| 9.2 : R Ashwin to M Pandey, It is tossed up on off, Pandey drives it to covers where Rahul stops it and quickly throws it at the keeper's end. Simran Singh whips the bails off in a flash but Warner was comfortably in. |
| 9.3 : R Ashwin to M Pandey, Short on off, Pandey plays it towards point for a run. |
| 9.4 : R Ashwin to D Warner, Short and outside off, David cuts it through point for a run. 100 up for Punjab. |
| 9.5 : R Ashwin to M Pandey, Ashwin bowls it short on middle, Pandey pulls it through mid-wicket. The batsmen get two runs. |
| 9.6 : R Ashwin to M Pandey, Full on middle, Pandey drives it towards mid on for a run. |
| 10.1 : M Ashwin to M Pandey, Murugan bowls a flighted delivery on middle, Pandey punches it towards mid on for a run. |
| 10.2 : M Ashwin to D Warner, Tossed up on middle, Warner flicks it towards mid-wicket for a run. |
| 10.3 : M Ashwin to M Pandey, FOUR! Played that late! Brilliant stuff! This is flatter and outside off, Pandey waits for it and the guides it past point. The ball races away to the fence. |
| 10.4 : M Ashwin to M Pandey, Too short on middle, Pandey pulls it over mid-wicket for a run. |
| 10.5 : M Ashwin to D Warner, Tossed up on middle and leg, Warner nudges it towards square leg for a run. |
| 10.6 : M Ashwin to M Pandey, Full on middle, Pandey drives it straight past the bowler to long on for a run. |
| Mohammed Shami is back into the attack. |
| 11.1 : M Shami to M Pandey, DROPPED! Pandey gets a lifeline. A length ball outside off, Pandey looks to hit it over mid off where Ravi Ashwin jumps and puts out his right hand. The ball seems to have stuck but falls out at the last moment! Would have been an excellent catch but not to be. Unfortunate for Punjab, smiles for Hyderabad as the batsmen complete a single. |
| 11.2 : M Shami to D Warner, FOUR! Fifty up, he is bowing out of the tournament in style! Top, top knock by Warner. He does not get there in the best of manners but he won't care. It is the slower one and outside off, Warner looks to cut but the ball takes the outside edge and goes fine on the off side for a boundary. Need to continue. If he plays throughout, Hyderabad will cross 200. |
| 11.3 : M Shami to D Warner, Length delivery on middle, Warner flicks it through square leg. The batsmen get two runs. |
| 11.4 : M Shami to D Warner, On a length on off, Warner taps it to point. |
| 11.5 : M Shami to D Warner, Short delivery on middle, Warner pulls it through mid-wicket. The batsmen pick up a couple. |
| 11.6 : M Shami to D Warner, Short and outside off, David cuts it through point for a single. 10 runs have come from the over. |
| 12.1 : M Ashwin to D Warner, Short delivery on leg, Warner pulls it through square leg. The batsmen get two runs. |
| 12.2 : M Ashwin to D Warner, Floated on leg, Warner plays a sweep towards square leg for a run. |
| 12.3 : M Ashwin to M Pandey, SIX! Straight down the ground! Ashwin gives it air and bowls it full on middle, Pandey clears his front leg and tonks it down the ground. It goes all the way. |
| 12.4 : M Ashwin to M Pandey, Bowls it down the leg side, Pandey looks to tuck but gets hit on the thigh pad. Manish does not look too pleased because that should have been a wide. |
| 12.5 : M Ashwin to M Pandey, Full on middle, Pandey drives it towards mid on for a run. |
| 12.6 : M Ashwin to D Warner, Flighted delivery on middle, Warner flicks it towards mid-wicket. The batsmen get two runs. 22 runs have come from the last 2 overs. |
| The strategic break has been signaled! Hyderabad continue to go great guns and they have a lot of batting still left. 200 is what they should be aiming for. Punjab on the other hand, need wickets and that too 2 or 3 quickly or it will be difficult for them to make a come back. Also, Mujeeb Ur Rahman is back on. |
| 13.1 : Ur Rahman to M Pandey, Short on off, Pandey lofts it over extra cover. The batsmen get two runs. |
| 13.2 : Ur Rahman to M Pandey, Tossed up on off, Pandey plays it towards point for a run. |
| 13.3 : Ur Rahman to D Warner, Short delivery on middle and leg, Warner pulls it over mid-wicket. The fielder in the deep does well to stop it. The batsmen get two runs. |
| 13.4 : Ur Rahman to D Warner, FOUR! Top edge but a boundary! Warner brings out the reverse sweep and he is helped as Mujeeb bowls it way outside off. He swings but the ball flies off the top edge and over short third man for a boundary. |
| 13.5 : Ur Rahman to D Warner, Mujeeb bowls short and outside off, Warner looks to go big but gets an outside edge. It goes towards third man for a single. |
| 13.6 : Ur Rahman to D Warner, Floated on middle, Warner drives it towards mid on for a run. 12 runs have come from this over. Another big over for Hyderabad. |
| Arshdeep Singh is back into the attack. |
| 14.1 : A Singh to D Warner, Shorter and slower and on the body of Warner. He pulls it through square leg, it is in the gap and a couple is taken. |
| 14.2 : A Singh to D Warner, FOUR! Poor ball with fine leg up! Just needs to get bat on it and it is a boundary. Down the leg side, Warner works it past short fine leg and the ball races away. 150 up. |
| 14.3 : A Singh to D Warner, Bowls a length delivery outside off, Warner plays it towards covers for a run. |
| 14.4 : A Singh to M Pandey, FOUR! Just not learing is the youngster. He is bowling it short and on the body with fine leg up. It is easy for Pandey. He helps it on its way to the fine leg boundary. Second in the over. |
| 14.5 : A Singh to M Pandey, Arshdeep is just bowling on his pads. Length delivery on leg, Pandey flicks it towards square leg for a run. |
| 14.6 : A Singh to D Warner, Tossed up on middle, Warner flicks it towards mid-wicket for a run. 159/1is the score. How much will Hyderabad get in the end? |
| Ravichandran Ashwin is back into the attack. |
| 15.1 : R Ashwin to D Warner, Warner steps down the track but Ashwin bowls it short and outside off, Warner pushes it back to the bowler. |
| 15.2 : R Ashwin to D Warner, Tossed up outside off, Warner looks to drive but gets an inside edge. It goes just past the off stump towards short fine leg for a run. |
| 15.3 : R Ashwin to M Pandey, OUT! TAKEN! A soft, soft dismissal this! Manish Pandey is disappointed as he hits his bat into the ground. A nothing delivery to be honest, it is short and down the leg side. Pandey looks to play it very fine but he tries to do so awkwardly. A top edge is produced and Shami at short fine leg takes a neat catch moving to his right. End of an enterprising innings from Pandey, he has done his job. Punjab on the other hand, need to keep taking wickets. |
| Mohammad Nabi is the new batsman in. |
| 15.4 : R Ashwin to M Nabi, Flighted delivery on middle, Nabi flicks it through mid-wicket. The batsmen get two runs. |
| 15.5 : R Ashwin to M Nabi, Short and outside off, Nabi punches it towards covers for a run. |
| 15.6 : R Ashwin to D Warner, OUT! Two in the over for Ashwin! The skipper leading from the front. Warner though walks off to a standing ovation. He has surely done his job here. He falls in the attempt to find the boundary again. This is flatter and outside off, Warner swings hard, he is guilty of going too hard at the ball. It flies off the top edge and towards point where Mujeeb takes it by taking a few steps behind. Top, top over from Ashwin, just the 4 runs and two wickets from his last and h |
| Kane Williamson is the new batsman in. Also, Mohammed Shami is back into the attack. |
| 16.1 : M Shami to M Nabi, On the bounce to the fielder! Short and wide outside off, Nabi throws his bat at it. The ball flies off the outside edge and towards third man for a single. |
| 16.2 : M Shami to K Williamson, On a length on middle, Williamson flicks it towards mid-wicket for a run. |
| 16.3 : M Shami to M Nabi, Full on middle, Nabi drives it towards mid on for a run. |
| 16.4 : M Shami to K Williamson, Length delivery outside off, Williamson plays it towards point for a run. |
| 16.5 : M Shami to M Nabi, On a length on middle, Nabi looks to drive but it goes of the inner half of the bat towards fine leg. The batsmen cross ends. Singles is what Punjab won't mind. |
| 16.6 : M Shami to K Williamson, On a length and outside off, Williamson plays it towards point for a single. 6 runs have come from the over. Just 10 from the last two, Punjab pulling things back here a bit. |
| Mujeeb Ur Rahman is back into the attack. |
| 17.1 : M Ashwin to K Williamson, FOUR! Well, comedy of errors! Gayle has kicked it into the boundary! Mujeeb tosses this up and outside off, Williamson looks to go inside out over covers but the ball takes the outside edge and goes over short third man. Gayle hares after it, he tries to stop it with his leg but ends up kicking it over the ropes. Ideal start to the last over. |
| 17.2 : Ur Rahman to K Williamson, SIX! High and handsome! On the leg side this time. 10 from the first two balls of the 18th. Williamson makes room and Mujeeb follows him. Kane slog sweeps it and it goes all the way over the square leg stands. |
| 17.3 : Ur Rahman to K Williamson, Full on middle and leg, Williamson plays it towards mid on for a run. |
| 17.4 : Ur Rahman to M Nabi, SIX! He has picked the bones out of that one! Mujeeb has had a day to forget here. This is very full and on the stumps. Nabi lofts it over the bowler's head and it goes all the way. |
| 17.5 : Ur Rahman to M Nabi, WIDE! Bowls it wide outside off, Nabi stretches to play at that but misses it. |
| Ur Rahman to M Nabi, WIDE! Back-to-back wides from Mujeeb. Nabi looks to chase this but again misses it. |
| Ur Rahman to M Nabi, SIX! This is even bigger than the last one! Wow! What a hit! Full and on middle, Nabi with the utmost ease lofts it over the bowler's head for a huge one. 25 from the over with a ball to go. |
| 17.6 : Ur Rahman to M Nabi, Full on off, Nabi looks to drive but it goes of the bottom edge towards covers. The batsmen take a run. Mujeeb finishes his spell with figures of 4-0-66-0. An expensive spell from him. 26 runs have come from the over. |
| 18.1 : M Shami to M Nabi, Wide! Too high! Bouncer first up by Shami, the ball though goes over the head of Nabi who tried to ramp it over the keeper. Wide signalled. |
| M Shami to M Nabi, Full on middle, Nabi makes room and drives it towards covers. Ravichandran Ashwin puts in a dive and does well to stop it and saves runs for the team. The batsmen take a run. |
| 18.2 : M Shami to K Williamson, OUT! Scorcher of a catch from Murugan Ashwin. Williamson will have to depart, he is shocked. A length ball on a slower pace outside off, the Hyderabad skipper looks to loft it over covers on the back foot. He does not get the elevation though and the ball goes to cover where Murugan jumps high and takes a brilliant catch. He does really well to hold onto the ball as well as he falls down after completing the catch. Shami is happy. Hyderabad won't mind though, they |
| Rashid Khan is the new batsman in. |
| 18.3 : M Shami to R Khan, Full on leg, Khan looks to go big but gets an inside edge. It goes towards square leg for a run. |
| 18.4 : M Shami to M Nabi, OUT! Shami gets his second wicket of the over. Full and straight on middle. 'You miss, I hit' stuff. Nabi looks to smash this ball but misses the line of the ball completely and sees his stumps being rattled apart. Hyderabad lose yet another one in the process of going for the big ones. |
| Vijay Shankar is the new batsman in. |
| 18.5 : M Shami to V Shankar, Full toss on off, Shankar drives it towards covers where the fielder goes for a direct hit at the bowler's end but misses it. It goes for overthrows towards square leg. The batsmen pick up a couple. |
| 18.6 : M Shami to V Shankar, On a length on middle, Shankar flicks it through mid-wicket. The batsmen get two runs. 7 runs and 2 wickets from the over. Mohammed Shami finishes his spell with 4-0-36-2. |
| Arshdeep Singh will bowl the final over. |
| 19.1 : A Singh to R Khan, OUT! TIMBER! A corker of a yorker that and there is also a little tail away. Rashid looks to make room and then jam it out but fails to get his bat down in time and the ball uproots the leg pole. Good start to the last over this for Punjab. |
| Abhishek Sharma is the new batsman in. |
| 19.2 : A Singh to A Sharma, Bowls a full toss on leg, Sharma looks to flick but gets hit on the pads. It goes towards the leg side for a run. The umpire gives it as a leg bye. |
| 19.3 : A Singh to V Shankar, Full toss on off, Shankar plays it towards point for a run. |
| 19.4 : A Singh to A Sharma, WIDE! Bowls it down the leg side, Sharma looks to go after it but misses it. |
| A Singh to A Sharma, FOUR! First boundary in the last 10 balls! Lovely shot. Full and on off, Sharma strokes it through extra cover. Miller runs to his right from long off, tries to stop it with a dive but fails to do so. |
| 19.5 : A Singh to A Sharma, Full on off, Abhishek lofts it over mid off for a run. |
| 19.6 : A Singh to V Shankar, A couple to end and 10 runs from the last over! Shankar fails to take toll of a full toss as he hits it towards long on for two. HYDERABAD FINISH WITH 212/6! |
| What a fantastic batting performance this has been from Hyderabad! After being put into bat first by Ashwin, the hosts have piled a mountain of runs. It came mainly on the back of another terrific innings from their talismanic left-handed opener, David Warner though there were many other small and quick contributors which helped the home side get here. |
| David Warner and his new opening partner, Wriddhiman Saha blasted off their side to a brilliant start and scored the highest Powerplay score this season. That meant that Punjab were always playing catch up in the innings after that. Warner continued in his merry way and was supported by Manish Pandey who walked out to bat at number 3 and made a 30-plus score of his own. They kept the run rate up there as long as they were there and even though the runs did not flow as freely after they departed, |
| Coming to the bowling, Mujeeb Ur Rahman had a horror day as he conceded 66 runs in his quota of overs. Both the Ashwins and Shami did their bit to limit the score but that still could not keep the total from being the second one in the last two games of the League. Meanwhile, we have an interview. Mohammad Nabi is caught on the sidelines. |
| Mohammad Nabi is caught down for a chat with Kevin Pietersen. Says he knew what Mujeeb was going to do as he has played a lot of games with him at international level. Tells that he picks him off his hand and knows whether he will bowl a googly or leg spinner. Feels it is a good pitch to bat on but says the bowlers will try to defend it. On being in and out of the side and how it has affected his World Cup preparation, Nabi tells that it is important to stay fit and he always maintains his fitne |
| Thus, 213 to win. A mammoth target for the boys from the North to chase down. They will love one of their two star openers to go and get a big one but will it be possible? Let's wait and see. The second innings is not too far away... |
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