| 0.3 : 0.3: B Kumar to C Lynn, FOUR! Two dot balls followed by a cracking boundary. Lynn will be feeling a lot better now. Kumar offers width on this occasion, short and wide outside off, Lynn reaches out for it and slaps it through covers. The Aussie is off the mark. |
| 0.6 : 0.6: B Kumar to S Narine, FOUR! Elegantly put away. Fractionally short in length and around leg, Narine stands on his back foot and glances it past the short fine leg fielder for a boundary. 10 from the first over, Kolkata have started well here. |
| 1.1 : 1.1: S Nadeem to C Lynn, FOUR! Too easy! Nadeem is on the shorter side first up, it's around off, Lynn gets the time to move back and power it through covers for a boundary. Good start to the over. |
| 1.3 : 1.3: S Nadeem to S Narine, SIX! As easy as it gets! You just cannot afford to drop short. It's on and around off, Narine picks it very early and pulls it massively in front of square leg for a biggie. |
| 1.6 : 1.6: S Nadeem to C Lynn, SIX! Up and just over long on. Nadeem tosses it up and lands it a little too full this time. Lynn lines it up and muscles it over the bowler's head. Shankar at the edge of the rope in the deep jumps to attempt for the catch but it goes over him for a biggie. 18 from this one, Kolkata are roaring. |
| 2.1 : 2.1: K Ahmed to S Narine, SIX! Narine is looking in scintillating form. Ahmed begins his spell with a short delivery outside off, Narine loves it there and whacks it over covers for a biggie. A cracking shot, that. |
| 2.2 : 2.2: K Ahmed to S Narine, FOUR! Why would you keep bowling short to this batsman? Yet another half-tracker and Narine has pulled it with all his power over mid-wicket. |
| 2.3 : 2.3: K Ahmed to S Narine, FOUR! Khaleel over-corrects his length now. Attempts for the yorker maybe but it turns out to be a low full toss on off. Narine anticipates it, stays leg side of this delivery and pumps it over covers for a boundary. 14 from the over, so far. |
| 2.4 : 2.4: K Ahmed to S Narine, OUT! Timberrrr... Khaleel pulled out of his delivery stride just prior to this ball and that maybe put off Narine's concentration. A clever change in pace, a slower length delivery on middle and angling in at 116.3 kph, Narine winds up for a big heave-ho across the line but swings his bat quite early. The ball arrives late and goes on to peg back the leg stump. Khaleel is pumped up, he has the last laugh in this battle against Narine. Sunil although has done his job. |
| 4.2 : 4.2: K Ahmed to S Gill, OUT! Khaleel strikes again, second wicket for him and the crowd is ecstatic. He dishes out a good length delivery outside off, angling away, Gill strides forward and flashes his blade at it. The ball flies off the outer half and goes to the right of the point fielder. Vijay Shankar stationed there quickly reacts and completes the catch with a slide. The replays show that it was a slower one and Shubman was a little bit early into his shot. Nicely deceived by Khaleel, both |
| 5.4 : 5.4: S Sharma to N Rana, FOUR! Oh Nadeem, where is the dive? A pitched up delivery outside off, Rana leans forward and executes a lovely square drive. Nadeem chases it from cover-point, should have put in the dive before the rope but hesitates and it goes for a boundary. |
| 7.1 : 7.1: B Kumar to N Rana, OUT! Inspired bowling change from Kane Williamson. He brings in Bhuvneshwar Kumar and that results in the wicket of the in-form batsman. Kumar starts his new spell with a length delivery outside off, angling away from Rana at 133.8 kph who flirts inside the line in an attempt to probably run it down towards third man. Fails to get it from the middle of his bat maybe due to some extra bounce and edges it behind. Bairstow makes no mistake behind the stumps. They appeal, the |
| 7.5 : 7.5: B Kumar to D Karthik, FOUR! Didn't intend to play it that fine but Karthik won't complain here. Width on offer outside off, Dinesh tries to play late but it catches the outside half of his bat and runs fine down to third man for a boundary. |
| 8.2 : 8.2: S Nadeem to D Karthik, OUT! Run out! Survived once, survived twice but runs out of life on the third occasion. Dinesh Karthik is on his bike. Fourth wicket down for Kolkata and they are in deep trouble now. Flighted ball on middle, Karthik nudges it in front of square leg and wants the second run. He rushes across to the other end and Shankar also attacks the ball from the deep before releasing his throw at the keeper's end. Bairstow collects it in front of the stumps and breaks it as DK pu |
| 11.2: S Sharma to C Lynn, FOUR! Fine shot! Lynn will have to take the responsibility from hereon. A slower short ball on middle at 122.6 kph, Chris gets on top of the bounce and pulls it very powerfully to the deep mid-wicket fence. |
| 11.5 : 11.5: S Sharma to R Singh, DROPPED AND SIX! Nadeem has made a complete mess near the fence. He does everything right there, times his jump well too but at the last minute it bursts out of his palms and goes over the rope. A slower good length ball outside off at 107.2 kph, Rinku heaves it across the line over square leg where all the drama mentioned above happened near the fence. A life for Rinku. |
| 14.1 : 14.1: B Kumar to R Singh, FOUR! A loosener to start the over. Short and outside off, Rinku slaps it through the covers for a boundary. |
| 15.2 : 15.2: S Sharma to R Singh, SIX! Much-needed one for Kolkata. That's more like it but they need more of these. 50-run stand comes up in 42 balls. A low full toss on middle, Rinku swings his bat across the line and smashes it handsomely over wide long on for a biggie. |
| 15.3 : 15.3: S Sharma to R Singh, OUT! The message to Rinku was clear, hit out or get out. The young man targets a length ball around off and tries to power it over mid-wicket. He fails to get enough power behind it and Rashid rushes forward from the deep to take a fine low catch. Now then, now then, how smart is that to invite a monster to bat at this stage? Only time will tell. The remaining 27 balls are going to be really exciting. |
| 16.4 : 16.4: K Ahmed to C Lynn, FOUR! Up and over the infield this time. Ahmed provides plenty of width outside off, Lynn latches onto it and slams it over backward point for a boundary. 9th fifty for Lynn, his slowest in the League, coming off 45 balls. |
| 16.6 : 16.6: K Ahmed to C Lynn, OUT! Third wicket for Khaleel and he is running in celebration. This is a fantastic catch from Kane Williamson too. A cutter from Ahmed, it's a bit short and wide outside off. Lynn shapes up for a big shot but only manages to slice it in the air towards cover-point. Williamson covers a lot of ground to his left from extra cover and then completes the catch with a fine diving effort. An uncharacteristic knock from the Aussie is over. |
| 18.2 : 18.2: B Kumar to A Russell, SIX! Bhuvi misses and Russell dismisses. A full toss, down the leg side, Russell backs away a touch and swings it over square leg! |
| 18.4 : 18.4: B Kumar to A Russell, SIX! SLAM! 'That is brutal', says Harsha Bhogle on air. A short ball, around middle and off, Russell jumps and swats it over deep mid-wicket. There is a fielder in the deep but can do nothing much with his leap. |
| 18.5 : 18.5: B Kumar to A Russell, OUT! Wow. Stop the press. Dre Russ is gone. Double stop the press. He has holed out. A rarity. Bhuvi has done what Hyderabad wanted. Sent Russell packing. It is a full toss but Russell cannot take full toll. Probably because it is low. Andre backs away to the leg side and swings hard but cannot quite hit it cleanly. Simple, flat catch to Rashid Khan at deep mid-wicket and the crowd goes bonkers. |
| 19.1 : 19.1: R Khan to P Chawla, FOUR! Good start to the over for Kolkata! 150 comes up! Short in length around leg, Chawla gets back and pulls it in front of square leg for a cracking boundary. |
| 19.3 : 19.3: R Khan to P Chawla, OUT! Chawla is done with the bat for the evening. He tries to be too innovative against a googly landing around leg. Attempts for the reverse sweep/heave but only manages to glove it behind to Bairstow. The Englishman makes no mistake and Khan gets his first wicket. |
| 19.5 : 19.5: R Khan to KC Cariappa, SIX! Boom! Rashid commits the mistake of dropping it short outside off and Cariappa thwacks it over long on for a maximum. That was a good connection from the number 10 batsman. |
| 1.2 : 1.2: P Raj to D Warner, SIX! All the way! First of this innings! Length and coming into Warner. He clears his front leg and then tonks it over the long on fence. Pressure on the bowler now as a boundary is been hit early in the over. |
| 1.5 : 1.5: P Raj to J Bairstow, In the air... DROPPED AND FOUR! That was a sitter. The new inclusion in the team, Cariappa is the culprit. The plan was executed almost perfectly. There was a sweeper cover in place and Raj bowls it short and outside off. Bairstow slaps it hard but does not keep it down. It goes towards KC who runs to his left, gets to hands to it but can't hang on. It rolls into the fence too. This could be very costly as it is the openers who score most of the runs for Hyderabad. They |
| 1.6 : 1.6: P Raj to J Bairstow, FOUR! Ends the over with a boundary! Rubbing salt into the wound this. Dropped earlier in the over and now gets hit for a boundary. Short and on the body. JB swivels and pulls it through mid-wicket for a boundary. 16 from this over and Hyderabad are off to a flier. |
| 2.1 : 2.1: H Gurney to D Warner, FOUR! Amazing shot from David Warner. Short of a length delivery, Warner makes room and hits it over extra cover for a boundary. |
| 3.3 : 3.3: P Chawla to J Bairstow, FOUR! A little too full and this is put away! It is outside off, Bairstow goes down on one knee and plays the slog sweep over mid-wicket. His one hand came off the handle but it did not make a difference. |
| 3.5 : 3.5: P Chawla to J Bairstow, SIX! New bat and the result is even better, Bairstow has hit this one out of the park. Goes with the spin this time. It is the googly, he is down on one knee and then sends it into the long on stand. |
| 4.3 : 4.3: S Narine to D Warner, SIX! It is short and Warner is quick to hit it over the ropes. He goes back and then pulls it over the mid-wicket fence. Poor delivery. Also, 50 up for the hosts. hat-trick of 50-run stands between the two. Ideal start for them once again. |
| 5.3: KC Cariappa to D Warner, SIX! Another freebie and Warner does not miss out. Short and down the leg side, David pulls it with utmost ease and over the square leg fence. |
| 5.4 : 5.4: KC Cariappa to D Warner, FOUR! Once agian pays the price for drifting it down the leg side. Warner helps it past the fielder at short fine. No one in the deep and a boundary. |
| 5.5 : 5.5: KC Cariappa to D Warner, SIX! 20 from the over with still a ball to go. Overcompensates and bowls it really full this time. Warner sends it sailing into the long on stands. |
| 6.3 : 6.3: A Russell to J Bairstow, FOUR! Into the gap! Too easy for the hosts at the moment. Short and on the body, Bairstow pulls it for a one bounce boundary in the square leg region. |
| 7.5 : 7.5: P Chawla to J Bairstow, FOUR! Poor bowling once again! Bowling it on Bairstow's pads. He goes down on one knee and sweeps it fine on the leg side. Boundary. |
| 8.1 : 8.1: KC Cariappa to J Bairstow, SIX! Welcome back into the attack! They are in a hurry to end this are Hyderabad. The slog sweep is out, it is connected well and it is into the mid-wicket stands. |
| 8.2 : 8.2: KC Cariappa to J Bairstow, FOUR! DEFT! Lovely, lovely batting! He too like this partner, moves onto 47 in 25 balls. This is bowled flatter and on off, Bairstow waits for it and then guides it past short third man. Cariappa is having a forgetful debut. |
| 11.5 : 11.5: S Narine to D Warner, FOUR! Right over the bowler's head! Makes room does Warner and then slaps it to the long off fence. |
| 11.6 : 11.6: S Narine to D Warner, SIX! BANG! 10 from the last two balls. 30 runs more needed. This is very full on middle, Warner lofts it over long on and clears the fence with ease. |
| 12.2 : 12.2: P Raj to D Warner, OUT! TIMBER! Prithvi Raj finally gets one and he is pumped up. His team is not in a great position but your first wicket is always special. He has been getting no assistance from his fielders so he does it by himself. It is the slower one on middle, stays a touch low. Warner looks to hit it across the line, the ball though sneaks under his bat and rattles the stumps. End of a top knock by Warner. He has taken his team to the brink of victory. |
| 14.4 : 14.4: P Chawla to J Bairstow, FOUR! Clever shot this! Chawla fires it fast outside off. JB goes back and then at the very end, guides it past backward point for a boundary. One more than 10 needed. |
| 14.5 : 14.5: P Chawla to J Bairstow, SIX! 5 more needed now! That has been nailed! Once again the slog sweep is out and it is hit over the mid-wicket fence. He has one ball to finish it in this over. |
| 14.6 : 14.6: P Chawla to J Bairstow, SIX! And he does so! Another slog sweep and another biggie. Once again over the mid-wicket stand. HYDERABAD HAVE STEAMROLLED KOLKATA BY 9 WICKETS! |
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