19.1 -
T Perera to Faulkner, FOUR, this should do! Stephen Fleming looks frustrated and so is MS behind the stumps. Perera lets out a loud grunt after offering a full toss on the pads. Faulkner knelt down and swept it behind square, beating the desperate dive of fine leg
18.5 -
Dinda to Raina, FOUR, Raina backs away a long way and Dinda follows him. Length ball drifting down leg and Raina just glances it down to fine leg
18.1 -
Dinda to Dwayne Bravo, FOUR, too full and would have been a wide had Bravo left that. Bravo bends low and opens the bat face to ramp it to the deep backward point fence. No fielder in the deep and the pressure is back on Pune
16.1 -
Dinda to D Karthik, FOUR, 50-run stand comes up! DK shuffles early and anticipates the slower ball. To his delight, it was a low full toss. Drilled behind backward square with a well-timed sweep
15.5 -
T Perera to Raina, FOUR, you slip a yorker and you pay the penalty! As simple as that, oh T20s....Who wants to be a bowler in this Hollywood version of the game? Low full toss outside off, Raina drops to one knee and swipes it out of his sight, sped away to the wide long-on fence
15.3 -
T Perera to D Karthik, FOUR, DK seems to be in crash-bang-wallop mode today! He ain't sparing any dross stuff. Slower delivery with ample width on offer, DK clobbers the drive along the carpet through cover. Raced away!
15.0 -
Murugan Ashwin to D Karthik, FOUR, quick and flat outside off, that's flat-batted with sheer power and aggro, straight down the ground. Take that!
14.0 -
Ashwin to D Karthik, FOUR, oh, hello! Where did that come from? A left-handed version of DK, reversing his stance and heaving it through mid-wicket. Don't bother running DK...
9.4 -
Ashwin to Dwayne Smith, FOUR, what was this? Turn taking it down leg, Smith turned around with his bat shaped to sweep. Then sees that he doesn't need a bat swipe, he's already there, and pats this off the toe-end to fine leg
9.3 -
Ashwin to Dwayne Smith, FOUR, oh my. He's on fire. Is back in his crease already, Smith gets good bounce on this delivery pitched within the stumps and allows Smith a pull through mid-wicket
8.2 -
R Bhatia to Dwayne Smith, FOUR, he's not stopping. Even with McCullum gone. Fullish, backs away a touch and heaves it over mid-wicket. Gets to his fifty with this shot
5.2 -
Ashwin to Dwayne Smith, FOUR, fires this in full and Smith was ready. Gets lower and clips this uppishly (and disdainfully) over mid-wicket
5.1 -
Ashwin to Dwayne Smith, FOUR, hello Ashwin! Gets one that skids on the pads from round the wicket, Smith reverse-sweeps it wide of backward point for a boundary. Now, that's a welcome
4.4 -
T Perera to Dwayne Smith, FOUR, there's a competition going on. Who's more brutal? Slower delivery but the shorter length allows Smith a weight transfer back and an easy pull round the corner. Looking too easy right now
4.2 -
T Perera to Brendon McCullum, FOUR, short and width provided, backs away to create some more room (read: make the ball more mediocre) and thrashed it away with a cut through cover-point. That much time
4.1 -
T Perera to Brendon McCullum, FOUR, the partnership between Brendon McCullum and Dwayne Smith is now 52. Off 25 balls. Talk about racing away. Banged in, yes. McCullum was looking to come forward, then could adjust to go back and cut the air into two with this pull. Went deep and back, slashed his willow and cut the Mahogany into two
4.0 -
Dinda to Dwayne Smith, FOUR, Smith can do this too. Lovely drive through mid-off. Took this fullish delivery on the up, used his hands to ping the ball off the middle and it raced away, I swear! Shouldn't this shot fetch like six runs or more?
3.2 -
Dinda to Dwayne Smith, FOUR, tripe. Poor. Filthy. On the pads and full enough to be tickled through fine leg
3.0 -
A Morkel to Brendon McCullum, FOUR, Morkel has made up for his first over - 24 runs off it! Signs off this spell (most likely) in worst of ways. A full toss and McCullum thumps it over his head to celebrate a big over
2.3 -
A Morkel to Brendon McCullum, FOUR, edged and it's away. Dhoni doesn't even try! Stays there as this edge flies past him. Misread the length there, McCullum, looked to squeeze it out but it was full and bounced a touch too to get the outside edge. A leap to his right might from Dhoni would have made things interesting
2.2 -
A Morkel to Brendon McCullum, FOUR, there's the riposte. Rub your eyes because this has been cut away from off-stump. Backed away, looked all cramped but uses the wrists to effect a cut wide of backward point
1.0 -
A Morkel to Dwayne Smith, FOUR, that's a mediocre ball to cap off a very good over. Ditches the fuller length, bangs this short and wide, and Smith smears a cut through point
19.4 -
T Perera to Ishan Kishan, out Ishan Kishan Run Out!! Full and wide, Kishan drills it straight to mid-off and sets off. Tiwary had all stumps to aim at. Takes his own, sweet time and clatters the stumps. Even a dive from Kishan couldn't save him. All happening here at Pune....Ishan Kishan run out (S Tiwary) 0(1)
19.3 -
T Perera to Raina, out Bowled!! Oh my lord! The crowd erupt and the bails are flying high. Fullish delivery pitched on off and came back in ever so slightly, beating Raina's swing and kissing the off pole. TIMBAHHHH. In fact, replays suggest that he got an inside edge. Hence the ball deflected onto the stumps. Ishan Kishan comes in... time to become a hero, young lad! Raina b T Perera 34(28) [4s-2]
18.3 -
Dinda to Jadeja, out Jadeja Run Out!! LOL moment folks! Watch this on TV and I'm sure you'll die laughing. Dinda does the Ronaldo jump. Fired full and nutmegged Jaddu as he swings and misses. He tries to sneak in a bye without consulting his partner. Raina didn't even move an inch. Jaddu was half-way down the pitch and MS waits for an eternity to dislodge the bails. Waits, waits....still waits...and still waits....and then serenly gropes the bails. Jadeja run out (Dhoni) 0(1)
18.2 -
Dinda to Dwayne Bravo, out Caught by Dhoni!! And now a wicket. Is there any twist in the tale? Are we set for one of those last-ball finishes? Hurled too full and wide, would have been a wide again. Rush of blood from Bravo, he deicides to move across and throws the kicthen sink. Wanted to carve it over cover instead edges it behind. MS is delighted. Pune sense something here... Dwayne Bravo c Dhoni b Dinda 7(6) [4s-1]
16.2 -
Dinda to D Karthik, out Caught by Rahane!! Finally some relief for Pune. Too late I guess. Length ball drifting in towards middle, DK with his electric movements walks across slightly and miscues the loft. Off the bottom half and straight down the throat of deep mid-wicket. Rahane has bucket hands and he ain't dropping that....D Karthik c Rahane b Dinda 33(20) [4s-4]
10.5 -
T Perera to Dwayne Smith, out Bowled!! Pune roars! Perera pumps his fist and lets out a loud cry... Toe-bashing yorker swerved in on middle and off. Smith looks to jam it out with an angled bat and ends up deflecting it onto the stumps via the inside edge. Dwayne Smith b T Perera 63(37) [4s-9 6s-1]
8.1 -
R Bhatia to Brendon McCullum, out Caught by A Morkel!! Next time you struggle to find a synonym for "slow", try using "Rajat Bhatia". Bowls this very slow on a length, McCullum had his sweep shot premeditated. Plays it early, squirts off the top-edge and Morkel ran across from short fine leg to catch that. Brendon McCullum c A Morkel b R Bhatia 43(22) [4s-5 6s-2]