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Indian T20 League 2016

Scorecard - 46th Match, Punjab vs Hyderabad at Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, India (15 May 2016)

Punjab

179/4 (20) RR:8.95

Hyderabad won by 7 wkts

MOM: Hashim Amla
Hyderabad

180/3 (19.4) RR:9.15

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19.1 - Bhuvneshwar to D Miller, FOUR, slower delivery and Miller slaps it past the bowler. Was not hit off the meat of the bat but had enough muscles to cross the fence

18.4 - Mustafizur to D Miller, FOUR, now Amla's compatriot is in action. Got underneath this fuller delivery and thumped it over extra cover, the ball almost carried all the way. Was hit with some power

17.4 - Bhuvneshwar to Amla, FOUR, this man is smart, Amla. Almost knows what is coming his way, waited on this slower delivery and then pulled it over deep mid-wicket, one bounce over the ropes

17.1 - Bhuvneshwar to Gurkeerat Singh, FOUR, Amla's brilliance has rubbed to Gurkeerat as well. He waits on this slower delivery and then helps it past short third man. This shot forces third man back, fine leg in

17.0 - Mustafizur to Amla, FOUR, Amla will cap off the over with another piece of brilliance off his bat. Moved across, allowed the yorker to dip under his bat and then scooped it over short fine leg. It is all about the time you have while executing your plans, wonderfully done by Amla

16.2 - Mustafizur to Amla, FOUR, make it 2-0 in favour of the South African. Slower length ball, Amla reads it and then hoicks it past mid-wicket, finds the gap to perfection between long-on and deep mid-wicket

16.1 - Mustafizur to Amla, FOUR, this is the battle I was looking forward to. And it's 1-0 in favour of Amla. He moved across on this low full toss and helped it past short fine leg

15.1 - Henriques to Amla, FOUR, keep mid-off in the ring and then bowls a slower good length delivery just outside off. What a plan against Amla, deserved this slap which did not waste much time crossing the long-off fence

14.1 - Mustafizur to Gurkeerat Singh, FOUR, Gurkeerat steps away from the line of the delivery and then carves this slower ball over the fielder at mid-off

13.5 - Nehra to Gurkeerat Singh, FOUR, good delivery and it got the better of Mann, induced a top edge on the pull with this bouncer. Unfortunately for Nehra, one cannot set field for a top edge over the keeper's head

13.2 - Nehra to Amla, FOUR, even a purist like Amla cannot remain immune to innovation which T20s demand. Nehra came round the wicket and angled it into Amla, he moved across and lapped it over the fielder at short fine leg with ease

12.5 - Karn Sharma to Amla, FOUR, finally Amla has arrived! He cannot be out of form for long anyway! Uses his feet and goes away from the line of the delivery and then lofts the drive over extra cover with ease. Minimum effort, maximum result

11.4 - Henriques to Gurkeerat Singh, FOUR, that will give him the confidence and also get him off the mark. Short and wide cutter from Henriques, Mann waited and cut past backward point

10.5 - Karn Sharma to W Saha, FOUR, big chase for Nehra but the ball wins the race. Saha got low and reverse lapped it past Nehra at short third man, who gave a long-chase but was not able to cut it off in the end

10.0 - Yuvraj to W Saha, FOUR, such a silky inside out lofted drive. Saha is continuing his good form. Uses his feet to get to the pitch of the ball and lifts it over extra-cover

9.4 - Yuvraj to Amla, FOUR, that's been blasted through extra-cover. Amla clears his front leg to a tossed up delivery, gets it on a length and hammers it away inside out

7.3 - Henriques to Amla, FOUR, the ball has zoomed off a thick outside edge and has left short third man helpless. Overpitched outside off, Amla grounds his back knee and goes hard at the cover-drive, almost doing a helicopter followthrough with his bat overhead, but could only manage an outside edge. Gets the desired result

5.4 - Ben Cutting to Amla, FOUR, Hashim Amla and his punches square of the wicket. It's cricketing nirvana. This is such a good Mohali track that there is no margin for error. Only slightly short outside off and Amla pounces on it

5.1 - Ben Cutting to W Saha, FOUR, very very lucky! Could have easily chopped it back on to off-stump. But instead, it whistles past the timber and into the fine leg fence. Back of a length just outside off, Saha tries to jam it into the turf from what I gathered. All he does is get a thick inside edge and leaves Warner with a wry smile

2.0 - Nehra to Amla, FOUR, oh lovely punch off the front foot. Nothing wrong with the ball, perfectly on a good length outside off, Amla steps across and packs it through the covers

1.3 - Nehra to Amla, FOUR, now this one is a bad ball. It's short, it's wide and it has been punished. Amla moves back and across and late-cuts it past backward point. Third man is too fine and stands no chance

1.2 - Nehra to Amla, FOUR, classic Amla! Not a lot of footwork but such great hand-eye coordination. Length ball outside off, Amla simply leans towards the ball and drives it on the up through extra-cover

0.2 - Bhuvneshwar to Amla, FOUR, you can't do that. Just can't. Not at his pace anyway. Short and enough width outside off for Amla to rock back and crunch it through the point region. Very ordinary effort from Karn Sharma there who dived, or rather collapsed, over the ball letting it go through

20.0 - Bhuvneshwar to D Miller, SIX, this will do. What a finish to the innings! Miller got underneath the delivery and then flogged it over deep mid-wicket, went a long way into the stands

15.5 - Henriques to Amla, SIX, what a batter he is! Read the slower delivery and then waited for it, swung across, timed it well and cleared the deep mid-wicket fence with a fair distance

3.4 - Nehra to Amla, SIX, Amla takes the aerial route. He spotted that off-cutter very early, waited for it to arrive and lofted it through the line over mid-off. He has timed it so well that it goes all the way

19.4 - Bhuvneshwar to Amla, out Caught by Warner!! Heartbreak for Amla, he fails to get to his ton. But this does not take anything away from him. Played gem of an innings. Sliced the loft on this length ball which looked like a slower one. It carried to Warner at long-off, who did not celebrate much, just threw it after catching. Amla c Warner b Bhuvneshwar 96(56) [4s-14 6s-2]

17.2 - Bhuvneshwar to Gurkeerat Singh, out Bowled!! BK kicks the turf after castling Gurkeerat. Was not pleased with the four he was hit off the previous delivery for sure. Bowled this length delivery on off and robbed the pace of it. Gurkeerat was early in the swing and the ball passed under his bat to crash on the off-pole. Gurkeerat Singh b Bhuvneshwar 27(20) [4s-4]

11.1 - Henriques to W Saha, out Caught by Deepak Hooda!! Should be out. Yes, he has to go! Length delivery with some extra bounce, Saha stepped down but was not quite to the pitch of the ball, did not even use much force behind the swing, just turned it and looped it high towards the fielder running in from deep square leg, easy one for him. A tame dismissal indeed. W Saha c Deepak Hooda b Henriques 27(23) [4s-3]

4.2 - Mustafizur to Vijay, out Caught by Warner!! And he's back! The Fizz had been wicketless in the previous two games, but you can't keep such a talent down for long. It's his trademark off-cutter which does the trick. Vijay commits the blunder of trying to fetch it from outside off and clip it against the angle through the on-side, but all he manages is a leading edge which is safely nestled by Warner at mid-off. Vijay c Warner b Mustafizur 6(12)

10.1 - Karn Sharma to Amla, 1 run, straighter delivery on the pads of Amla, clips it to short fine leg and gets to his fifty. First in the T20 League

19.4 - Mohit Sharma to Ben Cutting, 1 run, Cutting has finished it off in style. It is the fifth win for Hyderabad in six chases so far this season. Cutting flogged this full toss over mid-wicket. All smiles in the HYD dug-out

17.2 - Mohit Sharma to Yuvraj, FOUR, he is back! Yuvi is back! Touch short but not wide by any means. How does it matter? It has been cut past point with ease, Yuvi is certainly feeling at home

15.0 - Stoinis to Deepak Hooda, FOUR, predictability is an ailment, it hurts a bowler a lot more than medicority will ever do. Another short ball and Hooda waited for it before pulling it over to the fine leg fence for a four

14.3 - Stoinis to Deepak Hooda, FOUR, off-pace delivery which almost did Deepak, he was down on his knee to help the slog sweep, got a top edge which flew over short third man. A dive was not good enough in the end

13.1 - Mohit Sharma to Yuvraj, FOUR, vintage Yuvi! A sight to behold. Moves away to the leg-side on this fuller ball and crunches the drive past extra cover, sonorous sound off the bat. Everything right about it

12.3 - Axar to Yuvraj, FOUR, quicker through the air and outside off, Yuvraj cuts it past backward point, races all the way to the fence

12.0 - Anureet Singh to Deepak Hooda, FOUR, that has been slapped! Short and wide, Hooda moves a bit towards leg-side, allowing his arms enough space to cut it through backward point. The fielder there tried to put a dive but the shot was too quick to be stopped

10.3 - Sandeep Sharma to Warner, FOUR, full toss and thumped. It was wide of Warner, he thrashes it through extra cover, had enough power to beat the fielder from long-off

7.4 - Anureet Singh to Dhawan, no ball, FOUR, there is nothing good about this ball from Anureet's point of view. First he has overstepped, then he's bowled a big full toss outside off which has been laced past mid-off. And now he has a free-hit to look forward to

6.0 - Maxwell to Dhawan, FOUR, and now he goes straight down the ground! This is a flying start from the opening duo. Comes down the track and presents the full face to punch it over mid-off

5.5 - Maxwell to Dhawan, FOUR, pretty much similar to the first ball of the over where Warner picked out short fine leg. Dhawan though decides to go over the infield behind square with a crisp sweep

4.1 - Stoinis to Warner, FOUR, oh look at this! Firstly, Warner backs away to make room but Stoinis had already provided enough of it and Warner ran the risk of getting himself out of reach. So then he hops across and still generates enough power to spank it through the covers

3.4 - Anureet Singh to Dhawan, FOUR, Anureet shortens his length seeing Dhawan come at him but he is still swatted over mid-wicket. Dhawan went through with his aggressive intentions despite appearing cramped for room and got enough on it

3.1 - Anureet Singh to Warner, FOUR, length ball just outside off, and Warner has bashed it through the point region. He clears his front leg to open himself up and canes it hard. A teasing chase all the way to the fence but the ball wins

1.2 - Vijay to Warner, FOUR, smeared through the covers. A touch too full from Vijay outside off and he is punished with disdain. Warner hammers the drive right off the meat

0.4 - Sandeep Sharma to Warner, FOUR, Warner moves his front leg out of the way of a half-volley on middle to allow the bat to come down straight and punches it straight down the ground. Half-vollies to Warner, really? Is that a death wish?

19.1 - Mohit Sharma to Yuvraj, SIX, there are not many adjectives which can do justice to Yuvi's heroics when he is in full flow. Mohit missed the length and bowled length, Yuvraj cleared his leg and dispatched it over the cow corner

18.4 - Sandeep Sharma to Ben Cutting, SIX, this man is known for hitting more sixes than fours and he is living up to that reputation today. Smacked this length delivery outside off and sent it over long-off

17.4 - Mohit Sharma to Ben Cutting, SIX, Cutting does not need time to get set. That is too mainstream and T20s do not permit that. Waited for this short slow ball and heaved it over wide long-on

17.1 - Mohit Sharma to Yuvraj, SIX, not that short but enough for Yuvraj to effect the pull. Pulls it off the front foot and the next sight of the ball was in the deep mid-wicket stands

15.4 - Sandeep Sharma to Yuvraj, SIX, this has gone to sector 17 market, Chandigarh! He got underneath this delivery and then lofted it well over the bowler, got the height and the distance as well

13.0 - Axar to Deepak Hooda, SIX, this has been sent downtown. What a shot from Hooda, dances down the track and was not quite there, had to reach out with the loft, still managed to make the connection and hit it well over the long-off fence. 88 metre hit

4.5 - Stoinis to Warner, SIX, length ball outside off, right in the slot, and Warner has clubbed it into the long-off stands. This is a morale killer. Such brutality, such force, such power

16.0 - Sandeep Sharma to Deepak Hooda, out Caught by D Miller!! He was trying to match Yuvi shot by shot but there are not many who can do it, perishes in the end. Hooda hoicked this length delivery and knew straight away that he had not hit it well. Miller there was never going to make any mistake, ran to his left and pouched it safely. Deepak Hooda c D Miller b Sandeep Sharma 34(22) [4s-3 6s-1]

12.1 - Axar to Warner, out Hit Wkt!! What is with T20 League and hitwickets? Third of the season. This was bowled slower through the air on the legs of Warner, he went back and tucked through the on-side. While he was executing the shot, Warner slipped a bit and broke the stumps with his leg. Interestingly, all three hitwickets this season have been from HYD. Warner hit wkt b Axar 52(41) [4s-5 6s-1]

8.0 - Anureet Singh to Warner, out Dhawan Run Out!! 1 run completed! An absolutely stunning effort in the field from Mohit, and Dhawan isn't even waiting for the third umpire. He has given himself out. Warner drives this straight back and Anureet gets a hand to take the pace off the ball but it looked like a certain two. That's before Mohit hoverboarded in from long-on, picked the ball up and threw it in one motion to effect a direct-hit. Dhawan is not in the picture. Dhawan run out (Mohit Sharma) 25(22) [4s-4]

10.5 - Sandeep Sharma to Warner, 1 run, fifty for Warner. Length ball just outside off, Warner muscles it down the ground towards long-off. This is his 6th fifty of this season

2.2 - Mohit Sharma to Dhawan, 1 run, a direct-hit and Dhawan had given up! This is wider and shorter but Dhawan anticipates a little more bounce than there is and chops it to backward point before setting off wearing a blindfold. There was never a run there. Might have been Warner's call and Dhawan just blindly ran. Maxwell couldn't hit bulls-eye