17.4 -
Mohit Sharma to D Karthik, FOUR, Karthik blasts the pull in front of square and Gujarat taste victory in their debut T20 League game. A dominating performance by the newbies and PUN have been blown away in their own backyard
17.0 -
Johnson to D Karthik, FOUR, wow. Do they still exist? The good old days of yore. Stands tall to a short of length delivery and punches it straight past mid-off
16.4 -
Johnson to Ishan Kishan, FOUR, off-cutter and Kishan heaves it over mid-wicket. Ensured that he had a solid base, sized it up and whacked it away
16.1 -
Johnson to D Karthik, FOUR, oh my goodness! That's a blazing drive from Karthik. Steps out to Johnson, converts it into a half-volley and scorches it over extra-cover
16.0 -
Pardeep Sahu to Ishan Kishan, FOUR, hacks it down to the fine leg fence. Sahu misdirects the googly down leg, and Kishan paddles it powerfully
14.0 -
Pardeep Sahu to D Karthik, FOUR, superbly done! Yes it's premeditated, but he is so quick to get into position and reverse-sweeps it with the turn past backward point. Speeds away to the third man fence
11.4 -
Pardeep Sahu to Finch, FOUR, slapped hard and bursts through the hands of backward point. Or maybe it was over him. Shortish and turning away wide of off, and Finch doesn't hold back on the cut. Rockets away to the fence after clearing the fielder
11.2 -
Pardeep Sahu to D Karthik, FOUR, absolutely wallops the sweep through square leg. Lots of power. Sees the flight, goes on one knee and bashes it away
10.4 -
Sandeep Sharma to Finch, FOUR, short ball, and just hangs up outside off. At 126ks, it loops up off the deck rather than bursting through. Finch rises with it and ramps it past short third man
9.3 -
Pardeep Sahu to Finch, FOUR, now that was a mighty strike by Finch. Half-tracker bowled at 77ks, Finch camps back and uses the short-arm pull. It raced away to the deep mid-wicket boundary
8.0 -
Stoinis to D Karthik, FOUR, low full toss from Stoinis, Karthik drives it to long-off for another easy boundary. Poor stuff by Stoinis though
7.4 -
Stoinis to Finch, FOUR, Finch brings up a well-constructed fifty with a superbly timed shot. Another off-pace delivery from Stoinis, Finch cracks the punchy-drive straight down the ground. No need to run for those. He raises his bat to acknowledge the crowd and his teammates. He has explored every nook and corner of the ground today
7.1 -
Stoinis to Finch, FOUR, plenty of width offered by Stoinis, Finch stays back, waited for the ball to arrive and despite the fielder at backward point putting in a dive to his left, it vroomed away to the fence. In fact, it was a slower one that did not come out right from Stoinis's hand
6.5 -
Axar to Finch, FOUR, another fired in delivery from Axar, but it was drifting down leg, Finch used the pace of the bowler to clip it past the man at short fine leg and it raced away to the fence
6.3 -
Axar to D Karthik, FOUR, slower through the air, but Axar offers the width, Karthik uses the depth of the crease to go back and play a crunching cut shot to beat the fielder at backward point and collect a boundary
5.5 -
Stoinis to Finch, FOUR, mediocred with width, Finch cracks the cut and it zooms away to the sweeper cover boundary. It was timed to perfection
4.2 -
Johnson to Finch, FOUR, shortish delivery and just outside off, Finch stays slightly leg-side of the ball and eases it down to third man with an open bat face. Nice timing and placement from him
4.0 -
Mohit Sharma to Raina, FOUR, shortish delivery, but drifting down leg, Raina aims for the pull. He doesn't get it right off the middle of the bat, but it had enough legs on it to run away to the fine leg boundary
3.2 -
Mohit Sharma to Finch, FOUR, more power from Finch. Sharma lands it on a short of length and bowls it outside off, Finch heaves it across the line and despite the fielder at mid-wicket putting in a desperate dive, it raced away to the boundary boards
3.1 -
Mohit Sharma to Finch, FOUR, good length delivery and outside off, Finch biffs it across the line and the ball scurries to the mid-wicket fence
1.5 -
Johnson to Finch, FOUR, short delivery and slanted in, Finch gets on top of the bounce and pulls it to the deep backward square leg fence. It came right off the screws
1.3 -
Johnson to Finch, FOUR, fuller length delivery and outside off, Finch plonks his front foot and cracks the lofted drive to the deep backward point boundary
16.5 -
Johnson to Ishan Kishan, out Caught by Mohit Sharma!! Full and very wide outside off, Kishan stretches out to reach and slices it in the air. Straight to backward point, where Mohit nearly embarrasses himself. One juggle, two juggles .. still doesn't have it .. and luckily squeezes it between his forearm and chest. Ishan Kishan c Mohit Sharma b Johnson 11(8) [4s-2]
14.3 -
Johnson to D Karthik, out Jadeja Run Out!! Johnson likes this. He really does. Leaps and punches the air after sidefooting the ball onto the stumps. Karthik had inside edged it onto pad and it rolled away beside the pitch, they decide to take Johnson on but once the pacer's footballing skills pay off, Jadeja is well short. Yards short. Jadeja run out (Johnson) 8(12)
11.5 -
Pardeep Sahu to Finch, out Stumped!! Finch is furious. He hurls his gloves on the sidelines and barges into the dressing room. Maybe he's just disgusted with himself for being outdone by a rookie. Excellent flight on the ball from Sahu this time, lures Finch forward and out of his crease as he tries to reach the pitch but it dips on him and turns past the edge. Back foot is well out. Nevertheless, a brilliant knock from the opener. Finch st W Saha b Pardeep Sahu 74(47) [4s-12]
5.3 -
Stoinis to Raina, out Caught by Johnson!! Stoinis outfoxes the big fish, Raina with a slower one. Now, that is a key incision made by PUN as Raina was looking dangerous. The slower one that was bowled on the stumps, Raina took a step out of the crease to loft, but got it off the toe-end. His bat also turned in his hand. Johnson at mid-on back-pedalled to take a fine catch. Raina c Johnson b Stoinis 20(9) [4s-1 6s-2]
1.0 -
Sandeep Sharma to Brendon McCullum, out Stumped!! Now, don't blame me that I jinxed McCullum! He has been stumped and couldn't even get off the mark today. Good bit of captaincy by Miller, too, as he asked the keeper to come upto the stumps. McCullum charged down the track to an away-swinger, in an attempt to smash him over the off-side. However, he was beaten by the movement and Saha showed sharp reflexes to whip the bails off in a flash. The big fish has been chugged down. Brendon McCullum st W Saha b Sandeep Sharma 0(2)