| 2.4 : 2.4: B Kumar to Jos Buttler, FOUR! Finds the gap! Off the mark in style is Buttler. Just the slightest of width there and Buttler makes use of it. He hits it through cover-point, past the diving fielder there and a boundary. |
| 3.2 : 3.2: R Khan to Jos Buttler, OUT! BOWLED 'EM! Buttler has been castled around his legs. This is a body blow to the visitors. Rashid Khan makes an impact straightaway. Excellent captaincy too from Williamson. You do not normally see him come into the attack so early but Williamson this time introduces him and he strikes. Buttler shuffles right across and looks to sweep but misses and the ball uproots the leg stump. The crowd here is going bonkers and Rashid Khan is delighted. |
| 3.3 : 3.3: R Khan to S Samson, FOUR! EDGY! The leg spinner outside off and Samson pushes at it with hard hands. The ball flies off the outside edge, past the diving Warner at first slip and into the fence. Samson is off the mark with a boundary but he would have had his heart in his mouth for a second. |
| 4.4 : 4.4: S Sharma to A Rahane, FOUR! This time Rahane times it to perfection. Shorter delivery on off, Rahane keeps his balance and whacks his pull through mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 6.5 : 6.5: S Nadeem to S Samson, SIX! This one is out of here. Flighted on off, Samson gets down on one knee and slog sweeps it over the square leg fence for a maximum. The sound which came after the ball hit the bat was as sweet as sugar. |
| 7.2 : 7.2: S Kaul to S Samson, SIX! JUST OVER! An excellent effort there by Shankar! The knuckle ball and it is slightly shorter in length. Samson picks the length early and then pulls it towards mid-wicket. Shankar sets himself up just ahead of the ropes and then leaps but the ball goes over him. Two maximums in two overs. |
| 8.3 : 8.3: R Khan to S Samson, FOUR! What a shot! Very clever that! Just uses the pace of Rashid Khan and paddles it very fine. Rashid is appealing but that is right off the bat and into the fine leg fence. |
| 9.5 : 9.5: S Nadeem to A Rahane, SIX! No one is stopping this one. Flighted on middle, Rahane comes down the track and lofts it straight over the bowler's head for a maximum. |
| 10.1 : 10.1: S Kaul to S Samson, FOUR! Picked his spot well there. Knew mid off was up and just lofts the ball over him for a boundary. Ideal start to the over. Runs flowing at the moment. |
| 10.5 : 10.5: S Kaul to A Rahane, FOUR! In the gap and Rahane now seems to have stepped on the accelerator. He is into the 40s. Short and on middle, Rahane stands tall, gets on top of the bounce and pulls it through backward square leg for a boundary. |
| 11.1 : 11.1: V Shankar to A Rahane, SIX! A FLAT ONE! Welcome into the attack Shankar! On the pads, a freebie for Rahane. He whips it flat but wide of the fielder at deep square leg and over the ropes. Once again a boundary to start the over. |
| 11.5 : 11.5: V Shankar to S Samson, FOUR! Delightful! The slower one and fuller in length. Samson picks it. He lofts it nonchalantly over the fielder at covers for a boundary. |
| 13.2 : 13.2: S Sharma to A Rahane, FOUR! What a shot! Good length delivery outside off, Rahane comes down the track, makes room and whips it through covers for a boundary. Rashid Khan puts in a dive to save the boundary but misses it. |
| 14.2: R Khan to A Rahane, FOUR! Reverse sweep and it has come off! It flies off the outside edge and over the point fielder. No one in the deep and a boundary. Once again early in the over. Pressure on the bowler now. |
| 15.1 : 15.1: S Nadeem to A Rahane, SIX! WHAT A SHOT! The shot of the game probably. Rahane makes room and Shahbaz fires it in. Ajinkya just lofts it over covers. The connection is such that it goes all the way. A maximum to start with, this could end up being a huge over. |
| 15.3 : 15.3: S Nadeem to S Samson, FOUR! Cheeky! Plays the paddle but it goes off the top edge and over the keeper. No fielder there and it goes to the fence. 11 from the first three balls. |
| 15.5 : 15.5: S Nadeem to A Rahane, OUT! In the air... taken! Rahane holes out. End of a brilliant innings from him and a top, top partnership comes to an end. Rahane looks to continue going after the left-arm spinner as he uses his feet to get to the pitch of it. Does not do so but still goes ahead with the shot. He only gets more height than distance and Pandey at long on takes it with ease. A much-needed wicket for both, the hosts and Nadeem as he has not had a good time with the ball. Can Hyderabad |
| 17.1 : 17.1: B Kumar to S Samson, SIX! Superb! Brilliant! That is some shot. It is the knuckle ball but Samson picks it early. He waits for it and then lofts it over covers. It is flat and cover the ropes. A maximum to start the 18th. |
| 17.2 : 17.2: B Kumar to S Samson, FOUR! 10 from the first two! Another excellent shot. Kumar bowls the yorker on middle, Samson at the very end just opens the face of the bat and guides it past point. A boundary. |
| 17.3 : 17.3: B Kumar to S Samson, FOUR! 14 from 3 now! Kumar is not sure where to bowl here. He again goes for a yorker but Samson once again plays it very late. He opens the face of the bat and then guides it past point for consecutive boundaries. |
| 17.5 : 17.5: B Kumar to S Samson, FOUR! Deft! Playing with the field here is Samson. He sees third man is up so stays leg side of the delivery. At the very end just opens the face and then guides it past short third man and another boundary. |
| 17.6 : 17.6: B Kumar to S Samson, FOUR! Boundary to end! Magnificent stuff! 24 runs from this over. Once again he has found the gap to perfection. This is full and on off, Samson plays it through covers. It is away from the fielder at deep point and sweeper cover and a boundary results. 190 looks possible now. |
| 18.2 : 18.2: S Sharma to S Samson, SIX! Easy pickings this for Samson. Full toss on the body, Samson without any trouble lofts it with flat bat over the square leg fence for a maximum. Attempted yorker gone wrong and full price paid for it. Samson into his 90's now. |
| 19.1 : 19.1: B Kumar to Ben Stokes, FOUR! Innovation at its best! Stokes initially wanted to scoop it over fine leg but then sees the ball is full and outside off. He adjusts and manages to scoop it over short third man for a boundary. 28 from Kumar's last 7 balls. |
| 19.3 : 19.3: B Kumar to S Samson, FOUR! 100 for Sanju Samson! Take a bow young man. What a knock this has been from him. He has dominated the bowlers right from the word go. His second in the Indian T20 League. He gets there in style as he flat-bats this towards the long on fence. Pandey there runs and dives to his left but can't stop it. |
| 19.5 : 19.5: B Kumar to Ben Stokes, FOUR! Cheeky from Stokes! He tries the paddle, this time it is on off so he connects with it. Goes past short fine leg and a boundary results. 194 is the score, can they touch 200? |
| 19.6 : 19.6: B Kumar to Ben Stokes, FOUR! No, they can't! They needed a biggie but they get the next best possible result. Edgy boundary. The visitors won't care though. This is bowled wide outside off. Stokes throws his bat at it. It flies off the outside edge and over short third man. 21 from the last over and RAJASTHAN FINISH WITH 198 ON THE BOARD! |
| 0.1 : 0.1: D Kulkarni to D Warner, FOUR! Ideal start to the chase for the hosts! Poor ball though. Down the leg side, easy pickings for Warner. He works it fine on the leg side and a boundary. |
| 0.4 : 0.4: D Kulkarni to D Warner, SIX! He has picked the bones out of that one. WOW! The key here was that Warner picked the length early. Slightly short and it was coming back in. Warner gets into position early and pulls it into the mid-wicket stands. Seems like Warner has come out in some mood here. |
| 1.1 : 1.1: K Gowtham to D Warner, FOUR! Too easy at the moment for Warner. It is short and angled into him. He just helps it on its way over the man at square leg and a boundary to begin the second over. |
| 1.4 : 1.4: K Gowtham to D Warner, FOUR! This is poor bowling, very poor I should say! This is down the leg side, Warner won't miss out there. He pulls it fine down the leg side and a boundary results. Second in the over. |
| 2.5 : 2.5: D Kulkarni to D Warner, FOUR! This time it is a poor ball! They brought the sweeper in this time but Kulkarni continues bowling it very wide outside off. Warner manages to get it past cover-point for another boundary. He has 30 of the 33 scored. |
| 4.1 : 4.1: Ben Stokes to D Warner, FOUR! Welcome into the attack Stokes. Too short and too slow. Warner goes back and pulls it through mid-wicket. |
| 4.2 : 4.2: Ben Stokes to D Warner, FOUR! Not off the middle but in the first six, a decent connection will fetch you a boundary. Full and on off, Warner lofts it over mid off. It seems to be off the bottom part but enough to clear the fielder and another boundary. |
| 4.4 : 4.4: Ben Stokes to D Warner, FOUR! Slapped! Third boundary in the over! Short and this one sits up to be hit. Warner transfers his weight onto the back foot and then clobbers it over covers. |
| 4.6 : 4.6: Ben Stokes to J Bairstow, FOUR! Edgy but the crowd here and the Hyderabad players do not care. Bairstow gets into the act now. Short and outside off. JB slashes but gets an outside edge which flies past Buttler and into the fence. 4 boundaries in the over. Not what Rajasthan needed. All the pressure that was built in Archer's last over has been released. |
| 5.1 : 5.1: J Archer to D Warner, FOUR! Don't bother stopping that, it will rip your arms off. Length delivery outside off, Warner gets his front foot away from the line and slaps it hard through mid off for a boundary. |
| 5.5 : 5.5: J Archer to J Bairstow, FOUR! Bairstow getting into the act now. Good length ball on middle and leg, Bairstow handsomely flicks it over square leg for a boundary. |
| 5.6 : 5.6: J Archer to J Bairstow, FOUR! This is smacked through the off side. Length ball outside off, Archer offers room to Bairstow. He makes full use of it and smacks it through covers for a boundary. At the end of Powerplay Hyderabad are 69/0. They require 130 off 84 balls. |
| 6.3 : 6.3: S Gopal to J Bairstow, Misfield and a FOUR! Kulkarni was done in by the turn there. Bairstow sweeps it hard towards deep square leg. Kulkarni tries to stop it with not a lot of conviction. Does not do so and concedes a boundary. |
| 7.1 : 7.1: K Gowtham to D Warner, SIX! There is no respite to the bowler's today. Flighted outside off, Warner smokes it over the long off fence for a maximum. |
| 7.2 : 7.2: K Gowtham to D Warner, FOUR! This is just class from Warner. Tossed up on off, Warner drives it through covers and the ball races away to the fence. |
| 8.5 : 8.5: S Gopal to J Bairstow, SIX! Don't even bother looking at that, the sound off the bat tells you that it is out of here. Short on off, Bairstow hangs back on his crease and pulls it two rows back behind the mid-wicket fence for a huge six. With that maximum Hyderabad's score goes past 100 and it is only the 9th over. |
| 9.2 : 9.2: Ben Stokes to J Bairstow, FOUR! If Warner does not hit you, Bairstow will. Short and outside off, Jonny waits for it and then cuts it through point for a boundary. |
| 9.4 : 9.4: Ben Stokes to D Warner, OUT! In the air... taken! Ben Stokes strikes! He is pumped up! A much-needed wicket as this partnership was taking the game away. An excellent short ball by Stokes to get rid of Warner. It is bowled at a good height, head height to be precise. Warner takes his eyes off the ball while pulling. Only manages a top edge towards fine leg. Dhawal Kulkarni runs in and takes it. End of a very entertaining knock from Warner. He has done his job. 89 more needed in 62. |
| 9.5 : 9.5: Ben Stokes to J Bairstow, FOUR! 85 now needed in 61! A wicket has fallen but the boundaries keep coming. Short and outside off, Jonny slashes hard at it. It goes through point, beating the dive of the fielder in the deep and a boundary results. |
| 10.6 : 10.6: S Gopal to J Bairstow, OUT! Bairstow holes out. Dhawal Kulkarni drops a regulation catch at third man in the previous over and then redeems himself by taking a blinder at long off. Flighted delivery outside off, Bairstow looks to heave it over long off. He does not time it well but for a moment it looks like he will clear the man but Dhawal Kulkarni stationed there has other ideas. He times his jump to perfection and plucks it out of thin air. Jonny Bairstow is shell shocked but he has to |
| 11.1 : 11.1: Ben Stokes to K Williamson, FOUR! Once again a wicket falls and the next ball is a boundary! Full and around off, Williamson leans into it and then strokes it square on the off side for a boundary. |
| 11.4 : 11.4: Ben Stokes to V Shankar, FOUR! Excellent pull shot! Another short ball this from Stokes. Shankar gets on top of the bounce and pulls it through mid-wicket. A boundary. |
| 13.1 : 13.1: D Kulkarni to V Shankar, SIX! Powered! Brute! Welcome back into the attack, Kulkarni. Short and on middle, Shankar flat-bats it over the long on fence. Pressure on the bowler here. 57 in 41. |
| 13.4 : 13.4: D Kulkarni to V Shankar, SIX! All the way! Second maximum in the over! This time it is over mid-wicket. The slower ball and it is picked early. Shankar pulls it over the fielder and over the fence there. |
| 14.1 : 14.1: J Unadkat to V Shankar, SIX! Slower ball on off. It is full, Shankar gets under it and hits it cleanly over mid-wicket fence for a maximum. The fielder in the deep can just watch it sail over him. |
| 14.3 : 14.3: J Unadkat to K Williamson, FOUR! Williamson wants a piece of the act as well. Short of a length outside off, Williamson cracks it through point for a boundary. |
| 14.4 : 14.4: J Unadkat to K Williamson, OUT! Unadkat has the last laugh. Length delivery outside off, Williamson looks to cut it but he does so uppishly. The ball flies to the fielder at point. Rahul Tripathi there takes a comfortable catch. Will this wicket change the tide of the game? |
| 15.3 : 15.3: S Gopal to V Shankar, OUT! Straight to long on! Very reckless this from Shankar. This was just not needed at the moment. Gopal gives it air and lands it very full. Shankar does not get under it as he looks to go downtown. Also, his bat shakes in his hand while he makes contact with the ball. Goes flat to long on and substitute, Prashant Chopra, takes it. Shankar walks back after playing a good hand but will be disappointed with the way he got out. Two new batsmen now out in the middle. The |
| 15.4 : 15.4: S Gopal to M Pandey, OUT! Two-in-two and Gopal gets his third. He is keeping the visitors in the game. The googly once again does the trick. It pitches on off, Pandey does not pick it. He looks to push it through covers once again but the ball turns in. Hits his pads first and then the bat. The players appeal and the umpire raises his finger. Half the side back in the hut and now the bowling all-rounders to follow. GAME ON! |
| 16.2 : 16.2: J Archer to Y Pathan, SIX! Eases all the pressure that was building! Powerful shot! Short and on middle, Pathan stands tall and pulls it over the mid-wicket fence. 22 needed in 22. |
| 18.5 : 18.5: J Archer to R Khan, FOUR! That is probably the shot which seals the game for the hosts. 4 in 7 now. Archer misses the yorker by just and ends up serving a half volley outside off. Rashid strokes it through covers, away from the sweeper and into the fence. |
| 18.6 : 18.6: J Archer to R Khan, SIX! Rashid finishes it off in style! What a whip that was. He shuffles across and Archer bowls it full on the pads. Khan flicks it over the square leg fence for a biggie. The crowd here are going bonkers as HYDERABAD WIN BY 5 WICKETS! |
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