Indian T20 League 2016

Scorecard - 51st Match, Gujarat vs Kolkata at Green Park, Kanpur, India (19 May 2016)

Kolkata

124/8 (20) RR:6.2

Gujarat won by 6 wkts

Gujarat

125/4 (13.3) RR:9.26

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18.1 - D Kulkarni to Y Pathan, FOUR, with shots like these, you may never know! Until Pathan's there and until he keeps producing shots like these. Goes wide across off-stump, sits on one knee and lap-slaps it over short fine. Go, fetch!

17.2 - Dwayne Bravo to Holder, FOUR, doesn't miss out this time. Doesn't matter as long as they squeeze runs. Bravo went full and wide, Holder throws the kitchen sink and the edge flies wide of the keeper

15.4 - Dwayne Bravo to Y Pathan, FOUR, short and that's been dispatched. Pathan and his pulls. Cleared his front leg and spanked it through mid-wicket

15.1 - Dwayne Bravo to Suryakumar Yadav, FOUR, clever from Suryakumar Yadav! Shuffles way too early outside off and lap scoops a fullish delivery over short fine

14.3 - Jadeja to Y Pathan, FOUR, 100ks and that's been treated with a butcher blade from Pathan. Makes room early and sees the full ball sprayed wide - Throws his willow and thumps it wide of extra cover. Sped away!

6.0 - D Kulkarni to Chawla, FOUR, much better! Unlike the previous ones, this is no slog. A back of a length off-cutter outside off, Chawla removes his front leg out of the way, allows it to arrive and deliberately punches it in the air over extra-cover

3.4 - D Kulkarni to Uthappa, FOUR, a flat-batted slap down the ground. Back of a length just outside off, Uthappa thwacks it hard straight of mid-off and it rockets away

2.1 - P Kumar to Uthappa, FOUR, oh, he's already looking worth a million dollars. Such lovely timing. Length ball, the only thing wrong with it is the line which is a bit too straight but it's enough for Uthappa to wrist it wide of mid-on

1.5 - D Kulkarni to Gambhir, FOUR, goes over the infield, doesn't get it as he wants but enough wood. Gambhir has already decided that anything length has to go. But the bat turns on impact and he drags the loft straighter than he wants

1.1 - D Kulkarni to Uthappa, FOUR, yes sir! Sumptuous. This is not a half-volley by any stretch of the imagination and Uthappa has driven it on the up with the movement. Pressed across to cover for the line, waited on it and caressed it past mid-off

17.5 - Dwayne Bravo to Holder, SIX, L-A-U-N-C-H-E-D! Oh! This man's got some power! Bravo follows the batsman and spears a full one in the slot, hammered into the cow corner stands

16.4 - Jakati to Suryakumar Yadav, SIX, Suryakumar Yadav has smashed a 80-metre six over extra cover! Got into nice position early and met the ball with sweetest of timings. Inside out lofted drive over extra cover, all the way!

14.4 - Jadeja to Y Pathan, SIX, and now he goes downtown! Stoops a bit low and sees the ball loop around middle and leg - Launched with sheer power over a leaping long-on. Would be harsh if I call it a half-chance

4.0 - D Kulkarni to Uthappa, SIX, a divine pick-up shot which carries all the way over deep mid-wicket. Length ball just outside off, Uthappa leans across and whips it beautifully

19.3 - Dwayne Bravo to Holder, out Caught by Finch!! Finchy nearly dropped that and look at the celebration from Deejay! Pulls out his CHAMPION dance as Holder sports a smile on his way back. The fullish off-cutter outside off, Holder made room and wanted to club that over extra cover. Bounces extra and hits the splice and Finchy from mid-off runs around to snaffle it. Took it around his chest and the ball nearly popped out of his fingers. Holder c Finch b Dwayne Bravo 13(8) [4s-1 6s-1]

18.2 - D Kulkarni to Y Pathan, out Caught by Raina!! A full toss has been powered straight to Raina at extra cover. He doesn't drop many, does he? A dipping low full toss, in the slot to be smashed. Pathan sinks to one knee and goes for a full-blooded drive. Straight to the man. Y Pathan c Raina b D Kulkarni 36(36) [4s-3 6s-1]

16.5 - Jakati to Suryakumar Yadav, out Caught by D Kulkarni!! Top-edge and Suryakumar Yadav's little cameo comes to an end. Knelt down to this fullish flighted delivery and wanted to slog sweep it fine. Is a bit early into the shot I reckon, a thick top-edge and the next thing he sees is DK (not Dinesh Karthik) settling under a sitter at deep backward square.Suryakumar Yadav c D Kulkarni b Jakati 17(14) [4s-1 6s-1]

11.3 - Dwayne Smith to Shakib, out Caught by Dwivedi!! Dwayne Smith is cock-a-hoop and so are his colleagues. Whaaday bonzer of a day he's having. Fourth wicket for him. Digs it short and offers some width which lures Shakib into the ramp shot. He hops and skews it off the bottom half perhaps. Dwivedi sets himself at third man position and gobbles it cleanly. Shakib c Dwivedi b Dwayne Smith 3(8)

9.2 - Dwayne Smith to Chawla, out Bowled!! And yet another batsman has paid the price for attempting that ill-fated angled-bat dab to third man. A back of a length delivery drifting across off, not quite sure if it was an off-cutter. No, replays suggest a normal pace delivery. Chawla has opened himself up and is in a position to angle it to third man. The ball stays only a touch low than he expects and he chops it back onto the stumps off a thick bottom edge. Chawla b Dwayne Smith 11(16) [4s-1]

6.2 - Dwayne Smith to Uthappa, out Caught by D Karthik!! Uthappa has succumbed to the same temptation as Pandey. The ball is darting around, and these attempted angled bat steers to third man are frought with risk. It nips away only slightly but it's enough to catch a faint edge through to the keeper. Uthappa c D Karthik b Dwayne Smith 25(19) [4s-3 6s-1]

4.2 - Dwayne Smith to M Pandey, out Caught by Raina!! Have you observed slip catching practice before a game? This is not much different. It's been actually steered straight off the bat face to first slip, and Raina couldn't be more grateful. A shocking dismissal. M Pandey c Raina b Dwayne Smith 1(3)

3.1 - D Kulkarni to Uthappa, out Gambhir Run Out!! A mix-up yet again with Gambhir involved, and Jakati produces a stunning direct hit from mid-wicket despite being on the floor while throwing. Gambhir just throws his head back in disappointment and walks off. Firstly, Jakati dives to his left to stop the ball and create the hesitation, that hesitation is further compounded with Uthappa slipping and loosing his footing which caused Gambhir to stop mid-pitch. By the time both batsmen decided to go through, it was too late. Gambhir run out (Jakati) 8(8) [4s-1]

2.5 - P Kumar to Gambhir, 1 run, Gambhir has been put down again, albeit a difficult chance. Tries to dab one with the angle down to third man, fails to control the bounce and the edge flies to the left of Smith who leaps across with both hands, gets fingers but can't cling on

13.1 - M Morkel to Jadeja, FOUR, Sir Jadeja says "Yes." Not too far away from the finish line. Fullish and following the batsman, Jadeja clears his front leg and bangs it over mid-on. No protection in the deep

12.4 - Y Pathan to Raina, FOUR, that's Raina at his very best! Classy left-hander's stroke. Steps to leg and lifts the inside out drive over extra cover - Those lovely extension of the arms...Also brings up his fifty, a raise of the bat and a customary handshake from Jaddu

11.0 - Holder to Raina, FOUR, yes! He is definitely thinking about that net run rate. Clears his front leg and makes Holder pay for bowling short - Pulled away nonchalantly through mid-wicket

10.5 - Holder to Raina, FOUR, shot! Raina knew this was coming. Anticipates the short delivery and creates room to pull this along the ground. Sweetly timed! No chance for the fielder at deep backward square

8.0 - M Morkel to Raina, FOUR, has that come off the back of the bat? That's the only possible explanation for a pull finding the third man fence. It's a short ball down leg, Raina is early into the pull .. so early that he knocks the ball off the back of the bat and it beats third man to his right

6.4 - Rajpoot to Raina, FOUR, GUJ are racing to the target currently, and the momentum they have built is devouring everything. Raina carries on with his adrenaline rush and tries to punch a delivery which isn't there. Fails to control the angle, and the bounce, and it zooms away off a thick outside edge to the third man fence

4.2 - Narine to Finch, FOUR, you don't get much from Narine so when you do, better make good use of it. It's been dropped short with a hint of width on offer, Finch waits on the back foot and cuts it late to send it past backward point

3.4 - M Morkel to D Karthik, FOUR, oh that's imperious! Morkel is hitting the pitch hard and generating good bounce from a short of length, but look how Karthik has stood tall and crunched it through the covers

3.2 - M Morkel to D Karthik, FOUR, Karthik jumps out of the crease, converts it into a full ball on the pads and flicks it through the mid-wicket region. The man in the deep is a lot squarer and can't cut it off

2.2 - Rajpoot to Raina, FOUR, GUJ keep playing shots, the early blows notwithstanding. Raina lines up the off-side by backing away and slices a back of a length delivery over the point region. It only has to clear the infield which it does easily

0.3 - Rajpoot to Raina, FOUR, this one he has absolutely nailed through mid-wicket! Another inswinger which is lacking direction and falls onto the pads, Raina waits on it and whips it crisply

9.3 - Narine to Finch, SIX, ventures a long way to leg, creates enough room to free his hands and lofts a leg-break with the turn over wide long-off with a giant swing

7.4 - M Morkel to Finch, SIX, it's all about NRAJ from here. I think it's safe to say that GUJ will get these runs. How quickly will they get them though, that's the question? Finch is certainly leaving no stone unturned to fast-track the process. Sees it land in his half around off and lofts it over wide mid-on. Think he was looking to go straighter but the bat turned in his hands

5.1 - M Morkel to Raina, SIX, vintage Raina! Makes room while giving the charge, gets it on a length outside off and punches it inside-out over extra cover. It's only a checked punch, not a full-blooded drive and look at the ball sailing over the boundary. What better way to bring up 4000 T20 League runs, only second batsman after Kohli to achieve the feat

0.5 - Rajpoot to Brendon McCullum, SIX, there he goes, first ball and bam! Comes hurling down the track and swings for the rafters. Anywhere close to the middle and it would have traveled and this one apparently comes right off the meat. Way way over cow corner

9.5 - Narine to Raina, out Finch Run Out!! 2 runs completed! What's happened here? What should have been an easy third, is converted into a run-out as a result of the two batsmen colliding mid-pitch. I think both had their eyes on the ball after Raina tucked it behind square and failed to detect the looming danger. Thankfully, there is no physical hurt. Can KOL still come back? Finch run out (Rajpoot/Uthappa) 26(23) [4s-1 6s-2]

3.5 - M Morkel to D Karthik, out Bowled!! Morkel thunders back after the previous ball and makes a mess of the timber. Karthik's whole innings was laced with ambition, and that's what has caused his undoing. It's a length ball, not even close to a driving length but he tries to hit it on the up. The ball nips back in, goes through the gate and clatters middle and off. D Karthik b M Morkel 12(8) [4s-2]

1.2 - Narine to Brendon McCullum, out Lbw!! Oh that's very close, in fact that's GONE! So the ploy to bring Narine early works. The seam-up delivery. Flatter on a back of a length around off, McCullum is on the back foot unsure of which way it will turn. The ball drifts back in to cramp him for room and sneaks past the inside edge of an attempted flick to hit the pad. Dead! Brendon McCullum lbw b Narine 6(3) [6s-1]

0.1 - Rajpoot to Dwayne Smith, out Caught by Uthappa!! There's a bottom edge on Smith's attempted pull, and Uthappa has finally latched onto the ball after juggling three times. Smith doesn't have the length he needs as it isn't all that short, he tries to go through but is visibly cramped. Just the start the Kolkata needed. Dwayne Smith c Uthappa b Rajpoot 0(1)