18.3 -
Dwayne Bravo to W Saha, FOUR, juicy full toss from Bravo, Saha nicely tickles it to the fine leg fence for a much needed boundary
16.5 -
Dwayne Bravo to W Saha, FOUR, Bravo surprises the batsman by pulling his length back, Saha manufactures room, waits for the ball to come to him and cuts it to the deep backward point boundary. The two seemed to be playing a game of chess there
16.1 -
Dwayne Bravo to W Saha, FOUR, on a length and from round the wicket, Saha waltzes down the track and tries to biff it over the cover-region, but gets an outside edge over short third man and into the fence
15.4 -
Faulkner to W Saha, FOUR, from round the wicket, Faulkner rolls his fingers and bowls it very full, Saha looks to lift it over long-off and gets an outside edge that vrooms away to the third man fence
15.2 -
Faulkner to D Miller, FOUR, the off-pace delivery from Faulkner, Miller picks it from the hand, shuffles across the sticks and flicks it to the deep backward square leg fence
12.0 -
Shivil to Vijay, FOUR, has he done that deliberately? If he has, then it's a magnificent shot to get to fifty. Another delivery which is darted in flat outside off, only slightly short and not a lot of width either. Vijay slides back in the crease and cuts it very late. As late as it was physically possible and sends it very fine. Finer than he would have wanted owing to a semblance of a thick outside edge. But he did most things right with that
10.5 -
Dwayne Bravo to D Miller, FOUR, tries a dipping full toss which has bamboozled so many batsmen this season, but splays it on the pads and Miller helps himself to four easy runs as he glances it fine
6.1 -
Jadeja to Stoinis, FOUR, down the track comes Stoinis, doesn't reach the pitch of the ball but goes through with the hoick and hammers it straight of long-on. That rocketed off the willow
5.3 -
D Kulkarni to Stoinis, FOUR, that's sheer bullying, is what it is. Kulkarni shortens the length seeing Stoinis run at him but he pulls him anyway through mid-wicket. Soul shattering stuff
5.0 -
Jadeja to Stoinis, FOUR, and now he's waited on the back foot and nailed him past backward point. Punjab are wheeling now. Knew that Jadeja is going to fire it short, stood back and laced the cut to perfection
3.3 -
D Kulkarni to Vijay, FOUR, he's looking real good, is Murali Vijay. Those effervescent drives are flowing again. Stomps the front foot across to cover the swing and pastes it through extra-cover. In the air for a brief while, but placed in the gap
3.0 -
P Kumar to Vijay, FOUR, Vijay has put Praveen off his line. After whacking a couple of decent deliveries for boundaries, he is bestowed with a full toss on the pads which he flicks behind square for a boundary. Excellent batting
2.5 -
P Kumar to Vijay, FOUR, that's utter domination. It's another back of a length delivery outside off, Vijay maintains a firm base and roundhouses a biff straight down the ground. Intimidating stuff
2.3 -
P Kumar to Vijay, FOUR, now he imposes himself. Didn't take to the previous bouncer kindly. Charges at Praveen and bashes a length ball over his head for a boundary
0.3 -
P Kumar to Vijay, FOUR, that gives a first indication of this pitch, and it's a good one. Back of a length outside off, Vijay languidly moves forward - not a big stride - and drives it on the up through the covers. Smooth
4.2 -
Jadeja to Stoinis, SIX, that should pump some confidence into Stoinis. Excellent use of the feet .. a tough thing to do against Jadeja .. and slugs it over wide long-on. Got a lot of meat on it
19.5 -
P Kumar to Cariappa, out Bowled!! PUN have yet again slipped after what was a brisk start given by the openers. This has been PUN's story throughout the season. The razor sharp yorker and zeroing in on the stumps, Cariappa aims for a wild slog across the line and misses. His middle-stump goes for a walk in the park. Cariappa b P Kumar 1(3)
19.3 -
P Kumar to Mohit Sharma, out Bowled!! Can you believe it? This is Praveen's first scalp of T20 League 2016. He has bowled with penetration, but that is not showing in the wicket column. Sharma charges down the track and tries a wild swing across the line to a slower one and is castled. The middle-stump took a knocking. Mohit Sharma b P Kumar 1(2)
18.5 -
Dwayne Bravo to W Saha, out Bowled!! How many times does Bravo bamboozle the opposition ranks with these slow in-dipping yorkers? He is an irresistible force in this format. Saha tries to slog a slow yorker, misses and his stumps take a beating. W Saha b Dwayne Bravo 33(19) [4s-4]
18.2 -
Dwayne Bravo to Axar, out Caught by Ishan Kishan!! Kishan has grabbed an exemplary catch at mid-wicket. The off-pace delivery and zooming in on the stumps, Patel lifts it to Kishan at mid-wicket, who runs to his right, keeps his eyes on the ball and snaffles it with his left-hand at head height. Axar c Ishan Kishan b Dwayne Bravo 0(2)
17.2 -
D Kulkarni to D Miller, out Caught by Dwayne Smith!! The track seems to have slowed down a bit, as Miller loses the shape of his shot and cracks it to Smith at long-on. The slower one that is bowled just outside off, Miller backs away and attempts to lift it over the fielder at long-on, but does not get the timing. His bottom hand comes off the bat handle. Smith runs across and pouches a well-judged catch. D Miller c Dwayne Smith b D Kulkarni 31(27) [4s-2]
13.1 -
Shivil to Vijay, out Caught by Dwayne Bravo!! The young man, Kaushik, is on a roll. Take a bow. He has also chugged down the big fish - Vijay. The googly from Kaushik, Vijay sinks on one knee and attempts to sweep. However, he targets the mid-wicket boundary. Remember it is a pretty big ground. He just cracks it straight to D Bravo, who safely grabs it. Vijay c Dwayne Bravo b Shivil 55(41) [4s-6]
8.5 -
Jadeja to Gurkeerat Singh, out Gurkeerat Singh Run Out!! Looks like Punjab got too flattered by the flying start they had. Couldn't handle it. And now things are back to normalcy. This is very deflating. It's a good cut shot, waited on it but still couldn't place it past a diving Faulkner at backward point. Absolutely brilliant work. And then he returns the throw in the blink of an eye. Only Gurkeerat knows where he's going. Maybe he thought the ball had gone through. Well, it hadn't. He has enough time to dwell on it with a strategic time-out. Gurkeerat Singh run out (Faulkner/D Karthik) 0(3)
8.0 -
Shivil to Maxwell, out Caught by D Karthik!! He's gone first ball. A golden duck for Glenn Maxwell. The Aussie all-rounder looks absolutely bemused. He doesn't think he's hit it. Standing around, watching the Lions jump around in celebration. Won't help Maxi, the decision has been made. Flatter and fired on a length outside off, Maxi goes flashing at it but is beaten for pace and looks to have skirted past the toe-end, didn't make any contact. Karthik went up straightaway and the umpire's finger does so too. Maxwell c D Karthik b Shivil 0(1)
7.5 -
Shivil to S Marsh, out Caught by Raina!! Such a soft dismissal this, and Gujarat .. as they so often do .. are clawing back. Well flighted googly on middle, Marsh lazily flicks it in the air and straight to Raina at mid-wicket. A very lousy wicket. S Marsh c Raina b Shivil 1(3)
6.4 -
Jadeja to Stoinis, out Stumped!! He's been overcome by his own audacity. Time and again charging out at Jadeja like that. He slid it through quicker this time, had a hint that Stoinis will come and pulled the length back too. Manages to sneak under the attempted heave and offers a simple stumping to Karthik. Much needed this, with the way PUN seemed to be flying away. Stoinis st D Karthik b Jadeja 27(17) [4s-3 6s-1]