19.5 -
C Morris to Faulkner, FOUR, one bad ball and it has been punished. Missed the yorker and ended up dishing a full toss, Faulkner flogged it to beat the man scouting the deep mid-wicket fence. Duminy was the man who ran to his right but could not stop it from crossing the fence
18.0 -
C Morris to Faulkner, FOUR, low full toss and Faulkner was backing away, carves it away in the end, there was no sweeper cover and gets a four as a result
13.3 -
Mishra to D Karthik, FOUR, how beautifully was that done! Shortish ball and played the cut well in front of square on the off-side, more of a flat batted shot to find the gap
8.5 -
Tahir to Brendon McCullum, FOUR, this is the 21st century. You don't use the width on legbreak to flash a cut. You switch around and reverse-sweep it uppishly (and nonchalantly) through third man
7.4 -
Mishra to Brendon McCullum, FOUR, fired flat but not much wide. McCullum shuffles across, protracts his hands on the sweep and slots it through mid-wicket
7.2 -
Mishra to Brendon McCullum, FOUR, French Open's here. Dragdown that's mediocre enough and McCullum rocks back to thump it over Mishra. Uses his forehand, bottom hand and everything to power it off his bazooka
6.3 -
S Nadeem to Brendon McCullum, FOUR, that's absolute filth. Gives width, the length's short and and it's been cut....but wait...there's Pant in the deep. What has he done? Misfields it at sweeper cover. Lets the ball slip through. Oh my. And then lets the ball slip as he collects the ball and tries to throw back in. Nerves, people call it
6.2 -
S Nadeem to Brendon McCullum, FOUR, drifts it on leg with the intention to cut the room but McCullum doesn't cut the slack. Straightened from a length and McCullum rocked back in a hurry to pull it through deep square leg
5.2 -
Zaheer to Dwayne Smith, FOUR, no other way to put it. That's been dismissed. Imagine a flick shot with the swagger you execute a pull shot. Swings his bat, razors it off his pad with a high followthrough and dismisses it round the corner
5.0 -
C Morris to Brendon McCullum, FOUR, it's a highball day, fellas! Get in the game. Short ball, McCullum uses his bat like a push iron, pulls it nonchalantly and the ball just dips inside the long-on ropes to make it 12 runs off the over
1.0 -
Zaheer to Dwayne Smith, FOUR, that's a good over which has leaked 18 runs. On a length and robbed of pace, angling away, and this is deliberate from Smith. Opens the bat face, glides it wide of the gully and shaves it through to the third man fence
0.4 -
Zaheer to Dwayne Smith, FOUR, edged and wide of the fielder! Duminy was motionless. Gets it to bounce off the turf, Smith raises his bat to punch it, couldn't make up for the bounce and it flies to the left of slip to give him another boundary
0.3 -
Zaheer to Dwayne Smith, FOUR, he's India's very own version of Mustafizur. *slow claps* Rolls his fingers, gets it to dart away from a length and Smith's leg-side tuck ekes out an outside edge. Wide of the diving gully and through the gap for a boundary
0.1 -
Zaheer to Dwayne Smith, FOUR, that's a starter for Smith. Full ball pitched wide enough for Smith to lean into it and flog it through the covers. Was expecting it to come in, didn't, and Smith could middle it to perfection
16.2 -
Tahir to D Karthik, SIX, that will do for Gujarat. This one has come after a long break. Gets underneath this delivery and flogs it over the bowler, the ball just about clears the long-off fence
9.5 -
Mishra to Dwayne Smith, SIX, that hasn't been hit, this has been couriered. Straight down the ground. Deliciously flights this, Smith feasts on it and lofts it over Mishra in the most humiliating of ways. It's carnage, as Alan Wilkins calls it
4.3 -
C Morris to Brendon McCullum, SIX, try telling McCullum that his methods are flawed. 100th T20 League six for Brendon McCullum. This length ball skids on with the angle, McCullum gets under it, takes it on the up and massacres it into the downtown territories
3.3 -
S Nadeem to Dwayne Smith, SIX, this is a short ball and guess what, it's been murdered. With feet glued to the pitch and a bat-swing that could swat flies. Gets the swing going and pulls over deep mid-wicket
2.5 -
Zaheer to Brendon McCullum, SIX, open the tin cans! Popeye! Shortish ball, sitting up pretty, McCullum swings across the line and clobbers it over deep mid-wicket. Oh boy, is it the seatbelt day or what?
2.3 -
Zaheer to Brendon McCullum, SIX, drama! Length ball angled across to allow enough width, McCullum flogs it with a cut shot. Had enough time to play it in front of square, thumps it uppishly and there Samson was. At sweeper cover. Leaps high, may be a tad late and tips it over. Oh...
1.5 -
S Nadeem to Dwayne Smith, SIX, Smith has a bazooka. Not a willow. Hint of turn from middle, Smith gets under it and lofts it nonchalantly over long-off. Smooth this. So un-Smith this
16.5 -
Tahir to D Karthik, out Caught by Duminy!! Good catch by Duminy at short fine leg, dives in front and takes it inches off the ground. Nothing bad with the intention of Karthik, he had to go anyway. Moved across the line, eyeing to find the gap through fine leg on the sweep. Did not place it well and Duminy dived in front to make it two in two. Hat-trick ball coming up. D Karthik c Duminy b Tahir 19(17) [4s-1 6s-1]
16.4 -
Tahir to Ishan Kishan, out Caught by Duminy!! He looked fidgety ever since he arrived and has to depart. Misery comes to an end. Tahir flighted this goggly that went across the left-hander, he wanted to go up and over the cover region, could only manage to slice it off the toe part of the bat, the ball skied high at cover and an easy catch for the fielder. Ishan Kishan c Duminy b Tahir 2(6)
14.3 -
Duminy to Jadeja, out Caught by de Kock!! Amazing captaincy, how well has Zaheer planned things today! Quicker delivery that had some room to flay the cut, Jadeja did that but not with perfection. Got a faint edge and de Kock gobbled that up. Delhi are delighted. They should be, the ploy has worked for them. Jadeja c de Kock b Duminy 4(7)
12.0 -
C Morris to Raina, out Caught by Nair!! This is what happens when you have a bowler as the captain. That fielder at short backward square leg was kept for this shot by Raina, where he hops back and tucks the shortish ball around the corner. The ball was short hurled towards the rib-cage area, Raina played it straight to the fielder there. Brilliant field placing by Zaheer Khan. Raina c Nair b C Morris 2(5)
11.2 -
C Morris to Brendon McCullum, out Bowled!! The notion that the full toss is a bad delivery is a fallacy. At least on this occasion. It was a slower full toss, that dipped in as well, McCullum swung across and missed it. The ball hit the base of the leg-stick and McCullum's heroics see an end. He grimaces in pain as he walks back. Perhaps that back continues to trouble him. Brendon McCullum b C Morris 60(36) [4s-6 6s-3]
10.4 -
Tahir to Dwayne Smith, out Lbw!! Tahir has struck, finally a wicket for Delhi. Respite in the end! Flipper, quicker than Smith expected, was trying to work it around the corner from his crease, failed to get any bat and the umpire obliged the appeal. Smith was not happy with the decision though. He even showed his bat to the umpire. Might have to lose a chunk of his match fees. Was there an inside edge? Replays showed that there was no inside edge and the ball would have clipped the leg-stump. Dwayne Smith lbw b Tahir 53(30) [4s-5 6s-3]
9.0 -
Tahir to Brendon McCullum, leg byes, 1 run, gets the googly out of his armoury, like Mishra. Raps the pads, like Mishra. And gets away as the turn would have taken it down leg. Off the pads to allow a leg bye
8.1 -
Tahir to Brendon McCullum, 1 run, and Brendon McCullum gets a full toss to get to his fifty. A tip of a hat. Lovely innings. Why has he retired, again? On the pads and McCullum opts for sanity, tucks it to long-on and runs for the milestone
3.5 -
S Nadeem to Dwayne Smith, 1 run, nudged off the pads to deep mid wicket to bring the fifty run stand, the fastest one this T20 League