16.1 -
B Hogg to D Karthik, FOUR, Russell can't cut it off and DK gets to his 12th T20 League fifty. A googly from Hoggy and Karthik was up for it. Went too far across, knelt down and belted the sweep behind square leg. Russell came rushing in but he lets it through. Just one strike away now
15.4 -
Chawla to Finch, FOUR, Finch is turning it on here! Sees plenty of width outside off and pounces on it with a blistering drive through cover. Stop that!
15.3 -
Chawla to Finch, FOUR, drifting down leg, Finch drops to one knee and laps it fine, raced away to the fine leg fence!
14.1 -
Shakib to Finch, FOUR, and the runs keep coming! Wider of off from a short length, Finch kills the drive with a wild swing of the arms and off she goes through the covers
14.0 -
A Russell to D Karthik, FOUR, this is an example of DK's panache! He plays the ball according to its merit. Doesn't get intimidated by the situation. Short and sprayed wide, Karthik stays still and opens his bat face to ramp it wide of third man
13.2 -
A Russell to D Karthik, FOUR, short and asking to be slapped - Karthik swivels and pulls ferociously to the fine leg fence
12.4 -
M Morkel to D Karthik, FOUR, deft! How good is DK with these strokes? Waits inside the crease like a wily fox and opens the bat face at the last moment to run it fine down to third man. Oh, Morne! Can't do much about it?
9.2 -
U Yadav to D Karthik, FOUR, Karthik is playing a little blinder here. Such a cheeky little lad. His strokes are in full alignment with his appearance. So street-smart! Back of a length just outside off, Karthik opens his bat-face, uses all the pace and runs it fine of third man
8.5 -
B Hogg to D Karthik, FOUR, Karthik is racing at a strike rate of 300. Looped up full on the stumps, he powers it forcefully with a closed bat wide of long-on once more
8.4 -
B Hogg to D Karthik, FOUR, and now Karthik has Hogg thinking. Tossed up around off, he stoops low and wallops the sweep wide of long-on
8.3 -
B Hogg to D Karthik, FOUR, oh you have to love these kind of players. Second ball he faces, and he brings out the reverse sweep. It was the googly as well so it worked in his favour and simply paddled it behind backward point
6.1 -
M Morkel to Brendon McCullum, FOUR, it's a flat-batted spank through the covers. Short and wide outside off, McCullum seemed to be slightly late on the stroke but he has so much muscle, this bloke. Powered it to the fence
6.0 -
Shakib to Raina, FOUR, classic Raina. So strong through the off-side. He's got a fair idea that the ball won't be turning and he drives it with the round the wicket angle through extra-cover. Just punched it on the up
3.4 -
A Russell to Dwayne Smith, FOUR, oh filth. Mind numbing filth. Low full toss down leg-side and Smith just tickles it away fine
3.0 -
Shakib to Brendon McCullum, FOUR, I still can't figure how that's beat the field. Baz is down the track in a flash, and slogs furiously despite not getting close to the pitch of the ball. He swats it off the inside half and it has enough legs to split the field
2.4 -
Shakib to Dwayne Smith, FOUR, oh sloppy. It's Suryakumar Yadav at mid-off and he's let this one through. Driven powerfully along the turf, and it bursts through his hands
2.2 -
Shakib to Dwayne Smith, FOUR, Smith plants his back knee on the pitch, and then uses the angle to nail the sweep behind square. There is not much turn for now, that's not to say that Shakib is even trying
1.3 -
M Morkel to Brendon McCullum, FOUR, oh yeah! Short ball and McCullum slashes it over backward point. The speed of his hands is almost unfair to us ordinary beings. Belts it away so hard
1.1 -
M Morkel to Dwayne Smith, FOUR, that's authoritative from Smith. Morkel wouldn't like it one bit. Tall, lanky bowler. Runs in and bangs it in short only to be pulled well in front of square. He'll almost take it as an insult
18.0 -
Chawla to Jadeja, SIX, finally! Jaddu decides to finish the game. Was waiting for this with eagle eyes. So, KOL have been humbled at their home ground. Beating them in Kolkata is like beating Rafael Nadal in the first round of a French Open. Quite impossible, but GUJ have managed to do so. Jaddu takes his side to the top of the points table with a mighty mow over mid-wicket. GUJ's owner is seen fist-pumping and the orange flags are flying high. Go, celebrate Jaddu and console Finchy!
15.5 -
Chawla to Finch, SIX, Finch is in some hurry! Why isn't he opening? Nevertheless, he makes up for it. Full and sliding in towards leg-stump, Finch spanks it and sends it soaring into the cow corner stands
14.3 -
Shakib to Finch, SIX, that's dismissed! Looped up in the outside off zone and Finch extends his arms on a thumping lofted drive, all the way into the extra cover orbit
11.2 -
U Yadav to D Karthik, SIX, top-edge and six! GG ain't happy. DK dances down the pitch, Yadav pulls his length back and fires it fast into the batsman. Karthik is through his shot (pull) - Top-edge sails over the fine leg fence
6.4 -
M Morkel to Brendon McCullum, SIX, holy hell, where's that gone! Someone needs to launch a search party after it. Morkel again commits the crime of bowling short and he's been bombed over deep mid-wicket with a rocket launcher
6.2 -
M Morkel to Brendon McCullum, SIX, no, no, no. All this strategy from Morkel will do is that it will bring McCullum back into form. Short with a lot of width, and it's been desecrated over backward point
5.2 -
Shakib to Dwayne Smith, SIX, the previous one didn't yield the desired result .. so Smith just decides to lift it over the man. Sliding in with the arm towards leg, Smith sinks on one knee and sweeps it deep into the backward square stands
17.4 -
Chawla to Jadeja, out Finch Run Out!! What has Jaddu done? Finch is livid. Please don't get in his way. He might kill you with the way he's swinging the bat. Is hitting the turf, pads in utter frustration. Jaddu nudged this towards mid-wicket and called for a single. Stopped half-way and is ball-watching. Finch responded and is just a few steps away from the striker's end. Pandey keeps his cool and runs with the ball to effect a simple run-out. Finch run out (M Pandey) 29(10) [4s-3 6s-2]
16.3 -
B Hogg to D Karthik, out Stumped!! Not again! The wrong 'un which deceives DK again - Beats his bat swing this time Robbie had it covered. DK isn't looking back this time. D Karthik st Uthappa b B Hogg 51(29) [4s-8 6s-1]
13.5 -
A Russell to Raina, out Caught by B Hogg!! How many times have we seen Raina getting out to a short ball? Only he should know the count. This bouncer gets big on Raina as he looks to pull. Goes through with the shot and top-edge lands in the safe hands of Hogg at fine leg. He hadn't even moved an inch. Raina c B Hogg b A Russell 14(18) [4s-1]
7.5 -
Chawla to Brendon McCullum, out Caught by M Pandey!! Just when B-Mac was building some momentum, he holes out at long-on. Skipped out of the crease and seemed to have dragged the loft of the inside half as the bat twisted in his hands. Pandey positions himself a yard or so inside the ropes, cups it overhead and his foot slightly slides backward. But then he does well to stall his momentum and not encroach those cushions. Brendon McCullum c M Pandey b Chawla 29(24) [4s-3 6s-2]
5.3 -
Shakib to Dwayne Smith, out Bowled!! There's the breakthrough, and it's the in-form batsman too. Shakib must have seen him run down the track, held it back in length while still looping it up. Smith doesn't want to budge despite not reaching the pitch. Swings across the line and it sneaks under him to take leg-stump. Dwayne Smith b Shakib 27(18) [4s-4 6s-1]
16.2 -
B Hogg to D Karthik, no run, Catch dropped! Karthik steps out and goes foe the loft, was fired outside off and Robbie fails to latch onto the outside edge
13.4 -
A Russell to D Karthik, 1 run, dropped by Robbie! Short, down leg, Karthik drags the swipe and despite a well-timed dive from Uthappa (to his left), he couldn't cling on