The players are out there, and this is such a pressure chase for DEL. A loss leaves them on the brink of elimination, so it's all right here in the now. Moment of truth!
Right through the innings, whenever the momentum seemed to be building, HYD stuttered with the loss of a wicket. It happened at the start, when Dhawan was left flummoxed by a stunning bit of fielding off his own bowling from Brathwaite. It happened when the Warner-Henriques partnership was about to take off. And then towards the end with both Warner and Morgan. DEL have kept themseleves in this courtesy some excellent fielding and bowling (for the most part). Carlos Brathwaite easily the pick of them with his added height fetching disconcerting bounce from a short of length. That being said, there is enough in there to keep the bowlers interested and it might be a tricky chase, given HYD's superior attack.
"It came at a crucial stage as they seemed to be getting away in the first six overs (the run-out). Pitch suited me well and I got extra bounce from a good length. I tried to stick to my guns. If you bend your back, there is something on offer. It's about guys putting their hands up, we don't have many superstars per se but if we can get a good partnership, that will be good," says Carlos Brathwaite. Wasn't he omnipresent on the field tonight!
19.6 -
Coulter-Nile to Bhuvneshwar, out Bhuvneshwar Run Out!! 1 run completed! Drills one down to long-on, and you can't blame him for intent as he tries his best to make it back for the second but the throw is a good one and de Kock whips the bails off quickly to find him 6 inches short. Bhuvneshwar run out (Nair/de Kock) 13(7) [4s-2]
Coulter-Nile to Bhuvneshwar, THAT'S OUT!! Run Out!!
19.5 -
Coulter-Nile to Bhuvneshwar, 2 runs, full ball wide of off stump from round the wicket, Bhuvi swipes hard but slices it down to mid-off where the captain misfields
19.4 -
Coulter-Nile to N Ojha, 1 run, pacy short of length delivery tucking Ojha up as he is crammed on the attempted pull, mistimes it through square leg
19.3 -
Coulter-Nile to Bhuvneshwar, 1 run, oh Zaheer, you have to give it to him. Didn't look the most elegant but cuts it off all the same. Full toss driven to the left of mid-off, Zaheer lumbers across and dives to stop
19.2 -
Coulter-Nile to Bhuvneshwar, no run, NCN pulls the length back and gets it to whistle over the attempted slog. Bhuvi was down the track but got nowhere near it
19.1 -
Coulter-Nile to Bhuvneshwar, FOUR, the 150 is crossed as Bhuvi backs away, creates enough room and smacks a length ball over mid-off. Handy runs!
18.6 -
Zaheer to Bhuvneshwar, 1 run, short of length delivery outside off, Bhuvi pats it down to third man and will keep strike for the final over
18.5 -
Zaheer to Bhuvneshwar, FOUR, mid-on is up and Bhuvi has flat-batted it over him. He has sliced it more than anything to rob the timing but has enough wood to clear the infield and also beat long-off running across
18.4 -
Zaheer to N Ojha, 1 run, back of a length just outside off, chopped in front of backward point
18.3 -
Zaheer to N Ojha, no run, cramps the batsman this time. Ojha wanted to get the cut away but is denied the space and fails to connect
18.2 -
Zaheer to N Ojha, 2 runs, off-cutter on a good length just outside off, Ojha drives it uppishly through the covers and is always going for the second. Has to put in the dive in the end, but a direct-hit would have still had him
18.1 -
Zaheer to N Ojha, SIX, Zaheer tries the short ball strategy and is pummeled over deep backward square. It's the pace which is the difference here, easily around 10 clicks slower than NCN. Ojha rocks back and nails the pull
17.6 -
Coulter-Nile to N Ojha, byes, 1 run, slower back of a length delivery outside off, Ojha swings and misses but the keeper has failed to collect and allows an extra
17.5 -
Coulter-Nile to N Ojha, no run, rising short ball just outside off, Ojha tries to ramp it away but fails to connect
17.4 -
Coulter-Nile to N Ojha, 2 runs, short again and it's working. Ojha mistimes the pull off the splice and hits it in the air over the square leg region. The man in the deep is more towards mid-wicket, so an easy two
Bhuvneshwar Kumar, right handed bat, comes to the crease
17.3 -
Coulter-Nile to Eoin Morgan, out Caught by Brathwaite!! DEL are doing so well here to keep gnawing away at the wickets. Just when Morgan gave the impression of breaking free, he is dismissed. Another pacy short ball just outside off, Morgan is a bit tardy in the pull and gets it high on the bat to lob it straight towards long-on where Brathwaite isn't dropping them. Eoin Morgan c Brathwaite b Coulter-Nile 14(10) [6s-1]
Coulter-Nile to Eoin Morgan, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
17.2 -
Coulter-Nile to Eoin Morgan, 2 runs, pacy short of length delivery which skids on and hits Morgan high on the bat as he is rushed into the pull. Skews it to the left of long-off who cuts it off
17.1 -
Coulter-Nile to Eoin Morgan, SIX, it's not a bad ball at all. A fullish off-cutter which NCN has pushed well wide of off. But such is the power of this man. Stretches out and absolutely clobbers it into the long-on stands
Nathan Coulter-Nile [2.0-0-17-0] is back into the attack
16.6 -
Zaheer to N Ojha, no run, fullish and driven to mid-on. They think about the single but decide otherwise
16.5 -
Zaheer to Eoin Morgan, 1 run, jumps out of the crease to find himself at the receiving end of a full toss, he is hurried into a flick straight to mid-wicket
16.4 -
Zaheer to Eoin Morgan, no run, oh so close! Morgan has shuffled well across to get inside the line of a back of a length slower ball and misses it altogether. Nearly shaved the leg-stump
16.3 -
Zaheer to N Ojha, 1 run, back of a length delivery around leg, clipped wide of mid-wicket
16.2 -
Zaheer to Eoin Morgan, 1 run, oh Rishabh Pant, only if! He's dropped one at cover! Morgan is completely duped by a slower ball, he's early into the drive and goes reaching out for it. Despite his best attempts to check the shot by removing the bottom hand, he can't keep it down. It's to the left of Pant who dives across with both hands but the ball hits the heel of his palms and pops out
With two new batsmen at the crease, and with the no. of wickets which have been lost, HYD might be a bit subdued at a stage when they should be aiming for the cleaners
16.1 -
Zaheer to N Ojha, 1 run, uses the angle to his benefit and runs it down to third man with an open bat-face
Zaheer Khan [2.0-0-8-0] is back into the attack
15.6 -
Brathwaite to N Ojha, 1 run, back of a length outside off, Ojha steers it down towards third man. They ponder a second run but the fielder is quick to swoop in
15.5 -
Brathwaite to Eoin Morgan, 1 run, Brathwaite is generating good bounce and he is peppering the short of length region, Morgan rides it by getting on his toes and pats it in front of backward point
15.4 -
Brathwaite to N Ojha, 1 run, back of a length delivery on the hips, Ojha tucks it down to fine leg
15.3 -
Brathwaite to N Ojha, no run, short of length delivery which makes Ojha jump as he drops it at his feet with soft hands
Naman Ojha, right handed bat, comes to the crease
15.2 -
Brathwaite to Warner, out Caught by Mishra!! Brathwaite continues to shine and he gets big on Warner this time with the extra bounce. Warner sees the width and flashes hard, aiming more towards backward point. But the ball climbs off the deck, gets him more towards the top-edge and skews away straight to third man. Warner c Mishra b Brathwaite 73(56) [4s-8 6s-1]
Brathwaite to Warner, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
15.1 -
Brathwaite to Warner, 2 runs, one step towards the off-side allows Warner access to a short ball which is very wide, and he cuts it through the cover region. He's absolutely speeding between the wickets
Carlos Brathwaite [3.0-0-22-1] is back into the attack
14.6 -
Mishra to Warner, 1 run, another one fired in with the seam upright, it's on leg stump and leaves Warner cramped so he works it down to long-on
14.5 -
Mishra to Eoin Morgan, 1 run, loopy leg-break on middle and leg, gently nudged with the turn through square leg
14.4 -
Mishra to Warner, 1 run, looked like the seam-up quicker one from Mishy, skids on from a back of a length and is tapped down to long-off
14.3 -
Mishra to Warner, 2 runs, a googly turning from outside leg, Warner softly clips it through the square leg region and is looking for two straightaway. This is where he is exploiting the size of the ground so well
14.2 -
Mishra to Eoin Morgan, 1 run, this one has been fired full and wide of off, Morgan leans across and drives it to long-off
14.1 -
Mishra to Warner, 1 run, you can see how the spinners are staying away from dropping it in his half. Everything is on a back of a length and Warner doesn't have the room with this one either. Tamely cuts it wide of cover
Amit Mishra [2.0-0-14-0] is back into the attack
13.6 -
Duminy to Warner, 1 run, flatter and quicker through the air, slightly short outside off which is enough to prompt Warner into hopping back and he chops it through the covers
13.5 -
Duminy to Eoin Morgan, 1 run, tossed up around off, Morgan wades forward and pushes it with the turn down to long-off
13.4 -
Duminy to Warner, 1 run, this is what he has done so well against the spinners. Just clears his front leg to a ball drifting in as close as off and flat-bats the drive. Straight to extra-cover this time, but he hares across for a single
Eoin Morgan, left handed bat, comes to the crease
13.3 -
Duminy to Henriques, out Caught by Negi!! This is a very timely breakthrough, with the duo being on the charge. Let me tell you, on most Indian grounds this would have cleared the ropes. But these are mammoth boundaries and Henriques chose the biggest one of them all. He seemed to have timed the slog-sweep well, but not well enough apparently. Negi pedals back at cow corner, keeps his eyes transfixed on the ball and cups it overhead. The time-out has been asked for. Henriques c Negi b Duminy 18(13) [4s-2]
Duminy to Henriques, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
13.2 -
Duminy to Henriques, 2 runs, quicker through the air, a bit too full though and Henriques has drilled it through the extra-cover region. An easy couple as sweeper cover has a lot of work to do
13.1 -
Duminy to Henriques, FOUR, that's a pumping swing of the arms and it's landed just a yard inside the wide long-on ropes. Henriques had the room to play with as the ball was drifting across from round the wicket and allowed Henriques a free swing
Jean-Paul Duminy, right-arm off break, comes into the attack
12.6 -
Jayant Yadav to Henriques, 1 run, prefers to stay back and steers this shortish delivery towards third man
12.5 -
Jayant Yadav to Warner, 1 run, helps him with the line, Warner swipes to short fine
12.4 -
Jayant Yadav to Warner, no run, beaten again! Lovely offspinner just outside off, Warner pokes and misses
12.3 -
Jayant Yadav to Warner, no run, rippah! Looked like the seam-up delivery. Pitched around off, lured Warner into the front foot, nipped away beating his outside edge. Warner did well to keep his balance despite falling over
12.2 -
Jayant Yadav to Warner, FOUR, touch short and Warner says "Thank you" as he rocks back and nails the pull wide of mid-on. Battered!
12.1 -
Jayant Yadav to Warner, 2 runs, bowls it straight on off-stump, Warner with his electric movements, decides to drill this through the covers. Brathwaite is too deep and the duo run a couple
Jayant Yadav [3.0-0-29-0] is back into the attack
11.6 -
Brathwaite to Henriques, FOUR, slower short ball asking to be punished. Down leg, Henriques swivels and pulls nonchalantly behind square. Sweetly timed!
11.5 -
Brathwaite to Warner, 1 run, all arms and wrists is David Warner as he spanks this full ball through extra cover
11.4 -
Brathwaite to Warner, SIX, slower full delivery and Warner has picked the bones out of it. Dropped to one knee and delivered it into the long-on planet with a thumping swing of the willow. Fetch that!
11.3 -
Brathwaite to Warner, no run, splice-jarring length outside off, Warner rises on his toes and pushes awkwardly into the off-side
11.2 -
Brathwaite to Henriques, 1 run, off pace delivery bowled a little too straight, wristily worked towards mid-wicket
11.1 -
Brathwaite to Warner, 1 run, fifty for David Warner - Quite a common term in this T20 League, isn't it? Gets there with a tuck to mid-wicket, just a decent handshake from his partner. He knows there's still job to be done
10.6 -
Mishra to Henriques, no run, prods forward to drive one on the up, slices it off the outside edge towards cover
10.5 -
Mishra to Warner, 1 run, keeps Warner honest with a lovely flighted delivery on the stumps, Warner is content with a single to deep square
10.4 -
Mishra to Warner, FOUR, that's a right-hander's sweep and boy! Didn't Warner place it perfectly? Awesome stuff from the HYD skipper. Knelt down and swapped his arms to slot it wide of a diving short third man
10.3 -
Mishra to Henriques, 1 run, waits inside the crease and checks his uppish drive, drops well in front of deep mid-on
10.2 -
Mishra to Henriques, 2 runs, the googly on middle, Henriques works it square on the leg-side
10.1 -
Mishra to Henriques, 2 runs, edged and past the leg-stump. Tossed up viciously on off, Henriques goes hard on the swipe, drags it off the thick inside edge which escapes past the stumps
Amit Mishra [1.0-0-4-0] is back into the attack
9.6 -
Brathwaite to Henriques, 1 run, in the air and falls in no-man's land! The slower off-cutter dancing in towards middle and leg, Henriques shuffles and looks to flick one over square leg. Ekes out a soft leading edge which drops well in front of square leg
9.5 -
Brathwaite to Henriques, no run, goodish length curling in around off, forward and across again, to the same fieldsman
9.4 -
Brathwaite to Henriques, no run, walks forward and across and keeps the attempted drive down, in front of short mid-wicket
9.4 -
Brathwaite to Henriques, wide, welcomes Moises Henriques with a bumper on leg-stump, too high as Henriques hunkers under it
Moises Henriques, right handed bat, comes to the crease
9.3 -
Brathwaite to Yuvraj, out Bowled!! Chopped on! Carlos is on fire. Hopping and jumping wildly and he has every reason to do so. From over the wicket, angles it away from a length. Was well wide of off and Yuvi with his laden feet, tries to puch through the off-side. All arms rather than feet - Off the thick inside edge and "CLahoreLIINNGG" go the timbers. Yuvraj b Brathwaite 10(11) [4s-1]
Brathwaite to Yuvraj, THAT'S OUT!! Bowled!!
9.2 -
Brathwaite to Warner, 1 run, short and just outside off, Warner jumps and powers it wide of cover
9.1 -
Brathwaite to Warner, 2 runs, full and dished outside off, cracking drive through extra cover and some good running
Carlos Brathwaite [1.0-0-4-0] is back into the attack
A forced Strategic time-out. DEL have done well by stemming the run flow after Warner's early blitz. Sometimes, those energy in the field to effect run outs might just act as a momentum shift. Zak to recommence, is busy in controlling the field traffic. Nope! It's Carlos Brathwaite
8.6 -
Jayant Yadav to Yuvraj, 2 runs, allows Yuvi to go back and work one off his pads, a couple of runs to deep square
8.5 -
Jayant Yadav to Warner, 1 run, tad short around middle, nurdled away in front of mid-wicket
8.4 -
Jayant Yadav to Yuvraj, 1 run, dances down the pitch and gets some confidence as he drives a flighted delivery down to long-off
8.3 -
Jayant Yadav to Yuvraj, FOUR, ah ha! Left-handers and their late-cuts, such a pleasing sight. Yuvi sees the ball loop wider off his zone and cuts it ever so late, piercing the gap through short third man and backward point. Neatly done!
One slip for Yuvi
8.2 -
Jayant Yadav to Warner, 1 run, full at the toes, clipped to wide long-on
8.1 -
Jayant Yadav to Yuvraj, 1 run, flighted invitingly around off, Yuvi leans into a drive and slots it jussssst wide of the man at cover
Jayant Yadav [2.0-0-19-0] is back into the attack
7.6 -
Coulter-Nile to Yuvraj, leg byes, 1 run, bustles into the crease and hits the back of a length area and extracts extra bounce. Drifting down leg - to bring that short fine into play. Yuvi is late on his glance, off the thigh pad and wide of the fielder
7.5 -
Coulter-Nile to Yuvraj, no run, good length again, Yuvi can't do much, meekly pushed towards cover
7.4 -
Coulter-Nile to Yuvraj, no run, Yuvraj is planting his back foot inside the crease and perhaps waiting for the short delivery. Coulter-Nile is a clever customer, bangs it around that uncertain length and hits the splice of Yuvi who is into that tentative hopping dance
7.3 -
Coulter-Nile to Warner, 1 run, sits deep inside the crease and plays with an open-bat face to run one down to third man
7.2 -
Coulter-Nile to Yuvraj, 1 run, similar length but a little too leg-sidish, Yuvi tucks it to square leg
A short fine leg in for Yuvi
7.1 -
Coulter-Nile to Yuvraj, no run, hits the deck hard on a length and generates extra bounce, Yuvi hops and defends
Nathan Coulter-Nile [1.0-0-15-0] is back into the attack
6.6 -
Mishra to Yuvraj, 1 run, the wrong 'un? Yuvraj stays back and chops it into the off-side
6.5 -
Mishra to Warner, 1 run, quicker outside off, lifted over mid-off for a single
Yuvraj Singh, left handed bat, comes to the crease
6.4 -
Mishra to Warner, out Deepak Hooda Run Out!! DEL are finding their way to get wickets. Another terrific run out. Not as good as the previous one, but nice presence of mind from Mishy. Warner bunted this hard into the pitch and it sprung off to the right of Mishra who half-stops in his followthrough. The ball rolls to his right and Deepak Hooda is going nowhere with his running. Took a couple of steps forward and got stuck. Mishy takes his own, sweet time - Aims and hits the timber. Deepak Hooda run out (Mishra) 1(1)
Mishra to Warner, THAT'S OUT!! Run Out!!
6.3 -
Mishra to Deepak Hooda, 1 run, legspinner outside off, Deepak Hooda opens the bat face late and skews it off the outside edge, short and wide of the lone slip
6.2 -
Mishra to Warner, 1 run, allows the ball to curl in, nudges it through mid-wicket
6.1 -
Mishra to Warner, no run, punched solidly into the off-side
Amit Mishra, right-arm leg break, comes into the attack
Deepak Hooda, right handed bat, comes to the crease
5.6 -
Brathwaite to Dhawan, out Dhawan Run Out!! Excellent from Carlos Brathwaite. Need these kind of efforts to lift your side. Dhawan just pushed this half-heartedly to the left of Brathwaite and thought of a quick single. Little did he know that the big man will block that by sliding down and follows it up with a flat, bullet like throw (All in one motion). Warner sent him back early, but Dhawan was too far down the pitch. Wasn't even in the frame. Dhawan run out (Brathwaite) 10(8) [4s-2]
Brathwaite to Dhawan, THAT'S OUT!! Run Out!!
5.5 -
Brathwaite to Warner, 1 run, crashed this one towards extra cover, only for a single
5.4 -
Brathwaite to Warner, no run, back of a length outside off, Warner flat-batted this to the right of the bowler who sticks his right hand but fails to cling on. CoulterNile rushes in from mid-off but it dies well in front of him
5.3 -
Brathwaite to Warner, 2 runs, takes the pace off and lures Warner to fetch it from outside off, Warner lost his shape but managed to drag the pull to deep mid-wicket
5.2 -
Brathwaite to Warner, no run, drifts it in off a length, Warner steps to leg and is cramped for room, chops it back onto his pads
HOWZSTAT: Warner has now completed 600 T20 League runs this season
5.1 -
Brathwaite to Dhawan, 1 run, starts off with a full ball in the corridor, driven to deep mid-off for an easy single
No slips for Carlos
Carlos Brathwaite, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack
4.6 -
Jayant Yadav to Warner, no run, another dart in the same region, chopped into the off-side
4.5 -
Jayant Yadav to Warner, no run, quicker just outside off, goes back and drills it straight to cover
4.4 -
Jayant Yadav to Warner, FOUR, and again! Cannot bowl there to Warner. Sees the ball slide in and forces his willow into an exuberant drive down the ground, wide of mid-on and the ball finds the fence in no-time
4.3 -
Jayant Yadav to Warner, FOUR, "That's a bottom hand smash" chunters Scotty Styris. Need terms like that to describe Warner's shots. Just half-turned and went deep inside the crease to biff it wide of mid-on. No one in the deep
4.2 -
Jayant Yadav to Warner, 2 runs, shortish and straight, punched with hard hands wide of long-on
4.1 -
Jayant Yadav to Warner, no run, looped up around off, Warner smothers it into the off-side
Jayant Yadav [1.0-0-9-0] is back into the attack
3.6 -
Coulter-Nile to Dhawan, FOUR, just over a diving short fine! Things are going HYD's way at the moment. Slanted into the pads on a length, Dhawan flicks in the air and it evades the man, only slightly
3.5 -
Coulter-Nile to Warner, 1 run, bowls it full around his pads, Warner closes the bat face on the drive, a tricky single to mid-on
3.4 -
Coulter-Nile to Warner, no run, the customary fast bowler's response! Bangs it in short outside off, skids off the pitch and beats Warner's attempted ramp shot
3.3 -
Coulter-Nile to Warner, FOUR, boom goes Warner! He's clearly trying to unsettle Coulter-Nile here. Makes room early and dispatches the length ball over extra cover with a lovely extension of the arms. Stand and admire that lofted inside out drive!
3.2 -
Coulter-Nile to Warner, 2 runs, shortens his length on middle, Warner is quick to camp on the back foot, brings that bottom hand into play by pulling it along the ground through mid-wicket
3.1 -
Coulter-Nile to Warner, FOUR, Warner into the act again! He's playing with a nothing-to-lose attitude. Pitched up + Width = Warner crouches low and slices the cut over a leaping backward point. Go, solve that Nathan....
Nathan Coulter-Nile, right-arm fast, comes into the attack
2.6 -
Zaheer to Dhawan, no run, stifled appeal for leg before! But that's clearly missing leg. A toe-smashing yorker speared down leg, Dhawan was surprised and is late to bring his bat down. Hit on the front pad, but could have easily missed leg
2.5 -
Zaheer to Warner, 1 run, greyhounds down the pitch in a bid to smack one over the bowler, but ends up dragging it off the toe towards wide mid-on
2.4 -
Zaheer to Warner, no run, sees Warner backing away and angles it in on leg-stump, Warner opens the bat face and checks his drive at the last instant
2.3 -
Zaheer to Dhawan, 1 run, back of a length on off, Dhawan stabs it on front of point and settles for a single
2.2 -
Zaheer to Dhawan, FOUR, steps down the pitch, sits on one knee and slices the drive over cover. Neatly done from SD. Zaheer helped him with the length and width
2.1 -
Zaheer to Warner, 1 run, lands it fuller and around fifth stump channel, played hurriedly towards mid-off for a quick single
1.6 -
Jayant Yadav to Warner, 1 run, flatter on the stumps, tucked away towards mid-on
1.5 -
Jayant Yadav to Warner, FOUR, top-class! Width on offer and Warner is in no mood to spare. Driven elegantly through the covers. No need to run for that...
1.4 -
Jayant Yadav to Warner, FOUR, typical David Warner! There's that smidgen width he's looking for. Hung back and executed the late-cut to perfection. Nearly played it inches in front of QDK's gloves. Once it went past backward point, was always going to be a boundary
1.3 -
Jayant Yadav to Warner, no run, keeps it tight around off, eased to the right of the bowler who fields in his followthrough
A wide slip has been added. Pressure building...
1.2 -
Jayant Yadav to Warner, no run, pulls his length back slightly and tosses it up just outside off, more assertive forward push from Davey Warner
1.1 -
Jayant Yadav to Warner, no run, superb first ball! Not much of turn, but tilts it in around middle and leg denying room for Warner, forward and defended
One slip for Jayant and DEL's tactics are very clear
Jayant Yadav, right-arm off break, comes into the attack
0.6 -
Zaheer to Dhawan, no run, and again! This time he angles it in and gets a wee bit of movement around off-stump, Dhawan is forced to stay back and stab it towards cover. Fantastic first over from Zak
0.5 -
Zaheer to Dhawan, no run, absolutely no feet from Shikhar Dhawan! Crackerjack from Zak, bowls a lovely outswinger in the corridor of uncertainty. Dhawan looks to grope, but is lucky not to have nicked that. Classical Test match bowling!
0.4 -
Zaheer to Warner, 1 run, cramps Warner for room by darting it in late, around off and middle, Warner opens the bat face and glides it sligtly wide of backward point and sets off for a quick single
0.3 -
Zaheer to Warner, no run, bowls it further wide of off from a length, Warner chops off the back foot, straight towards backward point
0.2 -
Zaheer to Warner, no run, offers a bit of width with little bit of away swing, Warner drives with soft hands and finds Samson at cover
0.1 -
Zaheer to Warner, no run, gentle length ball with a hint of inswing, straight at the stumps, Warner hops and bunts it back to Zak
Warner and Dhawan are at the crease. Warner is on strike. Zaheer will open the attack
What. A. Game. A T20 on a bunsen this was, given the high stakes involved. A win keeps Delhi in the fray and a loss for Hyderabad tests the patience of their scintillating campaign further. Nth time that we have missed out on a bowl out.. err.. super over. What's an T20 League without that, eh? And with that redundant query, this irony-spotter, this sarcasm-seeker in Pratyush Sinha bids you good night on behalf of Raju Peethala and Sagar Chawla. And our forever in-the-zone scorer Naga. Ta-ta!
Karun Nair: "No words to describe it but it's up there with my best T20 League knocks. I have played a couple of seasons of T20 League now and I am used to adjusting from the longer formats. Don't change much, just the mindset changes. I wasn't connecting it very well; happy that I did tonight but happier that the team won."
Karun Nair is the Man of the Match
Zaheer: "Too much anxiety and pressure. Amazing how the boys fought out there - not only in batting but fielding too. Everyone wanted this win badly. Before the game, I said that we have had a great campaign and irrespective of the result, we will smile out there. We needed to win those crucial situations but we knew that we were going to hang in there till the end. Rahul (Dravid) is a bit intense in the dugout and I am a bit more relaxed. This season has been about the young guys who have been amazing (talking about Karun Nair). You have to enjoy the moments out there and embrace tough moments. This young side has been amazing. Carlos put his hand up after Warner and Dhawan started well, and he did it with a brilliant piece of fielding. It was about staying in the game for 20 overs. Not going to bed tonight early for sure (chuckles)."
Sanjay Manjrekar is on with the presentations..
"Fielding was sloppy. If you miss the chances, you pay. We thought 150 was par and sure it held up but it's a hard ground to defend. Big boundaries and Karun Nair played an exceptional knock. We have another game coming up and we have to refresh. We are in good form and we have to keep the momentum on," says Warner who I tell you is not smiling!
So, DEL stay in the hunt now. One more win and in all probability they will get through. The Hyderabad, well they would have liked to win this to be in the top two but that's how the cookie crumbles, I suppose.
It all depended on how DEL tuned their chase in the last 8 overs. And they were aided very well by the butter fingers of the HYD fielders with Warner and Bhuvneshwar dropping one each. Warner did eventually lap up Duminy. Then, Sran turned up a blinder at short third man to send back the dangerous Brathwaite. The last two overs bowled by Mustafizur and Bhuvi were gems. It was 2 off 1 with Nair on strike and he struck a four to win it for DEL.
The pitch had some bounce on offer. The saving grace for the bowlers also being the long square boundaries unlike some other grounds where even mishits and top-edges go for sixes. The strong seam attack of HYD did well to restrict DEL to 37/1 in the powerplay. With de Kock back in the hut inside the first six, HYD would have felt that the game could be steered in their control. But a good partnership of 73 ensued between Nair and Pant and that turned the screws on the HYD attack a bit. A stunner of a direct hit from Bhuvneshwar in the deep found the lazy Pant short of the crease. It was still a tough ask with the required rate hovering around 9 runs an over.
19.6 -
Bhuvneshwar to Nair, FOUR, how ironical! How ironical! This mistimed pull rolls under a diving Warner at mid-on and denies us a Super Over. Another missed chance for T20 League! Only if Warner had latched onto it, we could have been in for some fun. But.. Bhuvi had cleverly cut the length back, followed Nair with bounce to deny the room and Nair somehow managed to splice the pull under Warner -- who slammed himself hard into the pitch side-on and roared in disgust to see the ball scoot under his cupped and extended palms. What a top innings from Karun Nair this! As a result, Delhi stay alive and Hyderabad will have to wait a touch longer to seal a berth in the playoffs!
Warner is uber active in the middle. Delhi's dugout looks stunned in silence as Bhuvi has a chat with Warner.. VVS and Tom Moody manage a smile
19.5 -
Bhuvneshwar to Nair, FOUR, is that the moment? Warner sprints across from long-on, dives but the ball had wheels. Nair had flat-batted the shortish delivery down the ground and Warner, despite that effort, fell short. Super over? 2 needed off 1 ball..Wow. My fingers are shaking.. somebody get me on pills
19.4 -
Bhuvneshwar to Samson, leg byes, 1 run, slides this in on a very full length, Samson looks to clip it away but frisks it away off his pad. Was early into the shot and the fuller length cramped his bat swing. 6 needed off 2!
19.3 -
Bhuvneshwar to Nair, 1 run, another brilliant ball. Follows and handcuffs Nair with a short ball looping in at him. Nair arches back and does some more, but couldn't put in much on this makeshift ramp that drops towards short third man. Just a single. 7 off 3 needed
19.2 -
Bhuvneshwar to Samson, leg byes, 1 run, that's a lovely ball. Spears in the yorker in front of leg-stump given Samson's readymade room. The batsman attempts a squeeze-out, the ball ricochets onto the back boot and rolls to be cut off by deep backward square leg
19.1 -
Bhuvneshwar to Samson, 2 runs, not much pace on this short of length delivery darting across to leg. Samson turned around and uppishly pulled it between backward square leg and the fine leg fielder. More mistimed but it fetched two important runs. Gold dust to say the least
11 runs off the last over! What high stakes on this. Who do you think will win? A loss makes equation polygonal for DEL and a win for HYD guarantees them a top-two spot. Bhuvi has the ball..
18.6 -
Mustafizur to Nair, 2 runs, gets behind the line of this cutter bowled on a length outside off. Did well to shuffle across and punch this for a brace to long-on
18.5 -
Mustafizur to Nair, 2 runs, clipped to deep mid-wicket this, early call for two and Nair had made it back in time. A run out appeal sent upstairs but Nair had breezed into the crease there
Another run out appeal sent upstairs! These two teams are giving their all. Looks not out to my naked eyes (sheathed by thick glasses).. Not out it is!
18.4 -
Mustafizur to Nair, no run, that's Mustafizur's USP. Nair backs away to make room and Mustafizur cleverly pings it full and wide outside off. A deception of the highest order.. and a definite embarrassment for Nair. Delhi need 15 runs in 8 balls
18.3 -
Mustafizur to Samson, 1 run, this clip was uppish. Leg-stump delivery and Samson was early into it. Fell well wide and short of a shuffling Warner at long-on
Sanju Samson, right handed bat, comes to the crease
18.2 -
Mustafizur to Brathwaite, out Caught by Barinder!! That Superman moment for Sran! What a catch this is! A certain posterboy moment. Brathwaite looked to take on the cutter but the dart off the pitch was superlative to whatever Brathwaite had planned. Still threw his hands at it, eked out a top-edge and then Sran at short third man swooped into my TV screen from nowhere - flew to his left and pouched the ball mid-air. Brathwaite c Barinder b Mustafizur 10(7) [4s-2]
Mustafizur to Brathwaite, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
18.1 -
Mustafizur to Brathwaite, no run, was there an edge that I heard? No appeal, so my ears are ringing perhaps. The cutter jags across viciously from round the wicket, Brathwaite is opened up with the slide across, pokes his bat out looking to glide and misses..
Mustafizur Rahman [3.0-0-19-0] is back into the attack
17.6 -
Bhuvneshwar to Brathwaite, 1 run, and now he teases Bhuvneshwar with a deft tuck to square leg. Hops himself closed, face mid-on while doing so and eased a single to make the equation: 16 off the last two overs
17.5 -
Bhuvneshwar to Brathwaite, FOUR, oh my! That's brutal luck for Hyderabad. Brathwaite was on the hop and looked cramped on this swivelling tuck. No room but he still went for it, the ball shot back off the under-edge and Ojha's throw to his left couldn't stop that ball from drilling holes in the fine leg fence
Third man and fine leg go back... 21 runs in 14 balls needed
17.4 -
Bhuvneshwar to Nair, leg byes, 1 run, looks to swivel around and flash this ball away with a short arm pull. The bounce isn't there and Nair crouches as this low-bouncing ball pings the thigh pad
17.3 -
Bhuvneshwar to Nair, no run, and now he defies physicality with a bumper that zooms over Nair looking to swivel-pull
17.2 -
Bhuvneshwar to Brathwaite, leg byes, 1 run, tucks him up for room with a shortish delivery down leg-side. Brathwaite hops himself around, drops it mid-pitch and runs. Bhuvi resorts to all the Dhoni-implemented footer skills, runs ahead and tries to kick the ball at the stumps.. and it nearly paid off. Had it hit, Nair would have been football'd out
17.2 -
Bhuvneshwar to Brathwaite, wide, good that it's a wide outside off because this premeditated swing was going downtown. Had his back pad kissing the turf, his front knee bent and the bat looking to swash the ball away
17.1 -
Bhuvneshwar to Brathwaite, FOUR, that's been slapped. Full and wide outside off, Brathwaite slams his bat and flogs it wide enough and in front of backward point
Bhuvneshwar Kumar [2.0-0-12-0] is back into the attack
16.6 -
Barinder to Nair, SIX, and another one. Every ground's a Tyrion Lannister if you power them so ruthlessly. Stands tall with his weight in front, swipes his bat and shames another short ball over deep mid-wicket. The ball was outside off, Nair reaches out with a shuffle - a baby shuffle rather - and swatted the ball well over the ropes there. 28 runs off the last 3 overs needed
16.5 -
Barinder to Brathwaite, 1 run, waits for the fullish delivery and then sees it kick up off the turf. Gets the soft wrists into play, taps it to backward point and runs. A misdirected throw at the bowler's end and but for that, things could have been interesting
16.4 -
Barinder to Nair, 1 run, crashes a single to long-on
16.3 -
Barinder to Nair, SIX, how well does he play that? Sran has been humiliated with this. Stood on the front foot, took this short ball head-on and pulled it over deep square leg. Lovely shot
16.2 -
Barinder to Nair, no run, goes full and wide, just inside the tramline and there's an appeal as Nair looks to fetch it
Carlos Brathwaite, right handed bat, comes to the crease
16.1 -
Barinder to Duminy, out Caught by Warner!! Here's the wicket! Here's the catch, finally! Warner poches it after a long run-up from long-off and bangs it into the ground in frustration. Duminy looked to play across the line, swiped his bat and the toe-end ballooned high enough for Warner to come into the action. Duminy c Warner b Barinder 17(15) [4s-1]
Barinder to Duminy, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
15.6 -
Mustafizur to Duminy, 1 run, oh no. Bhuvi, you canker blossom! Warner's bug is on to him. It's everywhere. Bhuvi has now dropped one at deep cover! Duminy played it really well. Takes this off-pace banged on a short of length, made enough room to go inside out but Bhuvi drops it.. looked more in panic. And then struggles to even pick the ball from the ground, so nervous he looked
15.5 -
Mustafizur to Nair, 1 run, is late to pull it away, gets pinged on the under-side of his glove as he looks to execute the shot and robs a single to square leg
15.4 -
Mustafizur to Nair, FOUR, now that's a redemption. The key was to time the shuffle and he did that. Sees the length short outside off, gets into his shuffle and hoicks it wide of the short fine leg in place. 'Not pretty but effective' cliche in play
15.4 -
Mustafizur to Nair, wide, too full and too wide outside off, given as a wide as the umpire asks someone for a hug..
15.3 -
Mustafizur to Nair, no run, now that's something surreal. Had shuffled forward and across to play the Dhoni-like whip, had even followed through with his bat making a full pretty circle in the air the bounce ditched him. Off the top-edge of that whipping bat and the ball rolls to backward point
15.2 -
Mustafizur to Duminy, 1 run, here's the pace. More to hold the batsman in his crease. Drops it on a short of length and Duminy jumps back to dab it to third man. Used the pace well there to riposte back in style
15.1 -
Mustafizur to Duminy, 2 runs, slower (when is it not?) on the pads, and the fullish length allows a clipped brace to deep mid-wicket
Mustafizur Rahman [2.0-0-9-0] is back into the attack
14.6 -
Barinder to Duminy, 1 run, takes his left leg further outside the line of off and pats this open-batted to point. Wide cutter that
14.5 -
Barinder to Duminy, no run, slower short ball again Duminy ducks this time
14.4 -
Barinder to Duminy, no run, sliding down leg, takes the pad as Duminy misses his flick and Nair hurries back home from mid-pitch seeing the keeper in action
14.3 -
Barinder to Nair, 1 run, I was alive when Warner dropped a catch. To put it simply. Sran had pinged the ball short as an invitation for Nair to create some of his own power and Nair couldn't quite. Thrusted the pull off the front foot, Warner comes running in to pouch the mistimed pull but overruns it.. and drops it as a result
14.2 -
Barinder to Duminy, 1 run, keeps the length short outside off, makes Duminy wait for the pace and sees a single dabbed down to third man (the fielder trending right now)
14.1 -
Barinder to Nair, 1 run, would have wanted to go over cover, on this shortish ball. But was perhaps late and ends up slapping it down to squarish third man for a single
Barinder Sran [2.0-0-16-1] is back into the attack
56 off 36 needed as there's a time-out! Karun Nair evokes hopes but Fizz does more so for HYD. Who named him Fizz? The mundanest of creativity, that nomenclature, but apparently simplicity sells..
13.6 -
Karn Sharma to Duminy, 2 runs, makes that iota of a room to execute that inside-out gorgeous loft. Goes with the turn on this googly and launches himself into the shot like a ballerina
13.5 -
Karn Sharma to Nair, 1 run, tossed up delivery to test Nair on 49 and he does well to hold his nerve and clip a sane single to backward square leg. Fifty up for him!
13.4 -
Karn Sharma to Duminy, 1 run, pokes his front leg forward and eases into a push to long-off
13.3 -
Karn Sharma to Duminy, 2 runs, wristed to long-on. Fullish length, laden feet and soft hands to get that brace
13.2 -
Karn Sharma to Duminy, FOUR, if Warner can't, nobody can. Almost sprints across from deep mid-wicket, puts on the jet to fly forward but the ball was hit just too well. Duminy had fetched his googly with a sweep and slotted it wide enough for Warner to fail
13.1 -
Karn Sharma to Nair, 1 run, too full that. Sweeps, rather knives his bat across, and the top-edge falls well short of deep square
12.6 -
Deepak Hooda to Nair, 1 run, crashes this through cover and retains strike. 67 off 42 needed
12.5 -
Deepak Hooda to Nair, FOUR, that's a charity ball! Dipping full toss bowled shamelessly at the waist and Nair just had to power-pack the pull shot. One bounce and over the deep mid-wicket ropes
12.4 -
Deepak Hooda to Duminy, 1 run, sees the leg-stumpish line and reverse-sweeps it to cover-point for a single
12.3 -
Deepak Hooda to Nair, 1 run, arrests his shimmy seeing the length shortened, widened his legs to get in sync with the bounce and pulls it down to long-on
12.2 -
Deepak Hooda to Duminy, 1 run, drops it on a very full length and Duminy has to squeeze it out to long-off for an ugly single
12.1 -
Deepak Hooda to Nair, 1 run, goes very wide in the crease and trims the length short seeing the shimmy. Nair adjusts with a tuck to long-on
Deepak Hooda [1.0-0-7-0] is back into the attack
11.6 -
Karn Sharma to Duminy, no run, fizzes the googly past the outside edge. Duminy was playing inside the line to save the edge and the blushes, almost. 76 needed off 48 now!
11.5 -
Karn Sharma to Nair, 1 run, clipped to deep mid wicket for a single
Jean-Paul Duminy, left handed bat, comes to the crease
11.4 -
Karn Sharma to Nair, out Rishabh Pant Run Out!! 1 run completed. And Nair has sold Rishabh Pant for pennies. At the Friday flea market. Clips this ball to mid-wicket, Bhuvi comes running from deep square leg, attacks the bowler's end and pays dividends. The call for the two was early and all but the throw too good. Rishabh Pant run out (Bhuvneshwar) 32(26) [4s-3]
Karn Sharma to Nair, THAT'S OUT!! Run Out!!
Run out appeal and Karn looks jubilant. Yeah, direct hit and he looks gone. OUT, on the big screen and the confused crowd cheers.. Sometimes, you just pay for cricket
11.3 -
Karn Sharma to Rishabh Pant, 1 run, resorts to his googly but Pant read it off the hand, I think. Backs away early and places the cut through cover. Yes, that much time
11.2 -
Karn Sharma to Rishabh Pant, FOUR, this is a rank bad ball. Back-spins from a shortish length and Pant had the room, the time and the skills to pull this through cow corner
11.1 -
Karn Sharma to Nair, 1 run, almost shuffles into his delivery stride, pings a fullish length with a flatter arc and sees a drive-push to cover
84 off the last 9 overs now! Delhi need this win more than Hyderabad but HYD have a disciplined military of bowlers. Looks tough
10.6 -
Yuvraj to Nair, 1 run, dragged back length and an even slower pace allows Nair to stay still, just spindle on frozen feet and clip it to mid-wicket
10.5 -
Yuvraj to Nair, 2 runs, slowish but on a fuller length, Nair drives off the front foot through cover
10.4 -
Yuvraj to Nair, no run, this is a good ball. Javelin'd in the blockhole outside off, Nair almost falls off trying to mine that out
10.3 -
Yuvraj to Rishabh Pant, 1 run, pie'd on a length should I say? *KP smirks* Darted, I say, on short of length, Pant tucks it round the corner
10.2 -
Yuvraj to Nair, 1 run, quicker this time on a short of length, Nair tucks it off the front foot to mid-on
10.1 -
Yuvraj to Nair, 2 runs, greets it with a pre-empted front foot stance and lofts it down the ground. Long-on shuffles to his left does the laundry
Yuvraj Singh, left-arm orthodox, comes into the attack
9.6 -
Karn Sharma to Rishabh Pant, 2 runs, looped on leg-stump which looks like a ploy to me. Deny the room and all that. Clipped to mid-wicket and they go for the second. A throw swoops in at the striker's end and Pant had to dive back to make it in. Third umpire was pestered for a review but if that was out, then.. Can't think of a metaphor
9.5 -
Karn Sharma to Nair, 1 run, smothers this quicker legbreak with a fetching sweep around the corner. Had the front leg out and did well to keep that on the ground
9.4 -
Karn Sharma to Rishabh Pant, 1 run, slower in pace and shortish in length on leg-stump, Pant had the room to spindle on his tippy toes and tucks it round the corner
9.3 -
Karn Sharma to Nair, 1 run, now that's flatter and fuller, on that sweeping length and Nair obliges by piping one to deep square leg
9.2 -
Karn Sharma to Rishabh Pant, 1 run, now a googly pitched short enough to give away the cards early. Pant takes a step across, makes further room and slaps the pull to deep mid-wicket
9.1 -
Karn Sharma to Rishabh Pant, no run, poor man's legbreak. Hint of turn in from over the wicket, Pant gets his bat straight and bunts the defence back
Karn Sharma, right-arm leg break, comes into the attack
Time-out! Sri Lanka are 91/9 if you missed it. Here's the guy who replaced Ashwin for the Adelaide Test (because we are talking about Test matches, no?)
8.6 -
Henriques to Rishabh Pant, 1 run, short of length delivery again, Pant goes for something more brutal. Opts for the pull and rolls his wrists overwhelmingly as he buries his head down in the process. Round the corner to make the equation read: Delhi need 97 runs in 66 balls
8.5 -
Henriques to Nair, 1 run, short of length delivery tucked behind square on the leg-side
8.4 -
Henriques to Nair, SIX, audacious. Pulls this short delivery off the front foot and put enough mileage on that for it to carry over cow corner. Fetch that!
8.3 -
Henriques to Nair, no run, loud appeal and the umpire asks the players to calm down. Did I hear something? Yes. A definite edge. A bottom edge. This length ball didn't have the room to be sliced or cut or to be flirted with. Nair goes for it, slants towards the leg-side to make room but manages to under-edge it back to Ojha who dives in front to pouch that cleanly. Oh umpire!
8.2 -
Henriques to Rishabh Pant, 1 run, short ball but ballooning off the turf (rather than going for the head) and Duminy was initially looking to upper-cut. Then sees that he's too quick to even attempt that and has a stopgap pat to third man in place
8.1 -
Henriques to Nair, 1 run, allows this cutter to do its thing and makeshifts last minute with a wristy clip through mid-wicket. The slow pace and pitch's poor riposte mainly giving him that luxury
7.6 -
Deepak Hooda to Nair, 1 run, tosses it up on leg-stump, Nair half-turns just in time before the ball could dip to threaten and clips it to mid-wicket. 107 off 72 needed (because I have to)
7.5 -
Deepak Hooda to Rishabh Pant, 1 run, similar shot and gets a single to deep mid-wicket yet again
7.4 -
Deepak Hooda to Rishabh Pant, 2 runs, that's a full-fledged swat. 90 degress ferocious bat swivel to slot this shortish delivery to deep mid-wicket
7.3 -
Deepak Hooda to Nair, 1 run, Hooda goes wider and slides the ball on quicker this time. Nair has a front foot stride and clubs it to long-on
7.2 -
Deepak Hooda to Rishabh Pant, 1 run, bowled slow but flat wide of off, Pant frees arms on the cut but slaps the ball straight to the sweeper in the deep
7.1 -
Deepak Hooda to Nair, 1 run, good bounce as the ball skids on, Nair covers for it and tucks it to mid-wicket
Deepak Hooda, right-arm off break, comes into the attack
Delhi need 114 runs in 78 balls. Hooda starts from round the wicket, slip don't exist for part-timers
6.6 -
Henriques to Rishabh Pant, FOUR, there you go. It was all going well and then Pant decided to put the skates on. Henriques did shorten the length a touch but that, ironically, allowed Pant to pack a punch on the up. Over mid-off to scoot to the fences
6.5 -
Henriques to Rishabh Pant, no run, now that's some wastage of horsepower. Too much force in this leaden-footed drive to mid-off. All along the pitch this one
6.4 -
Henriques to Rishabh Pant, no run, shortens the length but doesn't oblige with pace. Still slow and Pant could take his time to rise up seeing the length, open his bat and slice it with a pendulum swing of the bat to backward point
6.3 -
Henriques to Nair, 1 run, even slower and drifting across to dip on leg-stump, Nair turns around for a clip placed again to Dhawan at deep mid-wicket
6.2 -
Henriques to Rishabh Pant, 1 run, turns the bat on impact and channels this fullish delivery from over the wicket to long-on
6.1 -
Henriques to Rishabh Pant, 2 runs, looped slow and fullish, the batter pokes his front leg out and drives with force. Dhawan has some shuffling to do at deep cover to keep it to a brace
Moises Henriques, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack
5.6 -
Mustafizur to Nair, no run, on a good length outside off, Nair taps it in front of cover-point before striding out for a single. Not there
5.5 -
Mustafizur to Nair, no run, very full ball outside off, Nair aims for the off-drive but doesn't quite get it. Chops it back down the pitch
5.4 -
Mustafizur to Nair, no run, a bit fuller than the previous one which invites Nair into drive but he fails to crunch it past the cover fielder
5.3 -
Mustafizur to Nair, no run, cuts away from a length, it pitched outside leg and ended up just outside off with the angle, Nair watches it all the way and blocks into the off-side
5.2 -
Mustafizur to Nair, no run, good length off-cutter just outside off, Nair steers it with the angle to point
5.1 -
Mustafizur to Rishabh Pant, 1 run, the cutter on a good length on middle, Pant twirls his wrists and flicks it through mid-wicket
4.6 -
Barinder to Nair, no run, there's the off-cutter, on a good length outside off and Nair slices it towards point
4.5 -
Barinder to Nair, FOUR, his bottom hand came off as he reached out on the drive but Nair has creamed it through the fence all the same. Might have just stopped on him from a length, and Nair did so well to adjust and place it along the carpet
4.4 -
Barinder to Nair, FOUR, it's just a half-hearted short ball from Barinder, doesn't quite get the height he needs to ruffle some feathers, and Nair slaps the pull from outside off well in front of square
4.4 -
Barinder to Nair, wide, dangles his bat at a ball well wide of off, can't quite reach out and collects the wide
4.3 -
Barinder to Nair, no run, another crisp on-the-up drive but straight to cover this time
4.2 -
Barinder to Nair, FOUR, that's such a good shot! It's not a half-volley at all, but Nair leans across, gets on top of the bounce and steers the drive through the point region
4.1 -
Barinder to Rishabh Pant, 1 run, length ball down leg, Pant misses out with a glance and it rolls away off the thigh pad towards short fine leg
Barinder Sran [1.0-0-2-1] is back into the attack
3.6 -
Mustafizur to Rishabh Pant, 1 run, good comeback from Mustafizur, who would be mindful that Pant has one-up on him. I'm not talking about just the previous ball, but the reverse-fixture as well where the 18-year old had butchered The Fizz. Rising short ball around off, Pant reflexively arches his back as it gets big on him, loosens his grip and keeps it down behind backward point
3.5 -
Mustafizur to Rishabh Pant, FOUR, he's just stood there and slashed it through the point region with disdain. Believe me, his feet didn't move at all. He saw the length, saw the width and buried it with some ferocity
3.4 -
Mustafizur to Rishabh Pant, no run, length ball outside off, Pant is not shying away from driving on the up. Hits it to cover
3.4 -
Mustafizur to Rishabh Pant, wide, there is a little "click" as the ball crosses Pant. A flick of the trousers maybe? I'm not sure. The umpire certainly doesn't think so and calls it a wide
3.3 -
Mustafizur to Nair, 1 run, clips this off his tummy to the right of mid-on
3.2 -
Mustafizur to Rishabh Pant, 1 run, short of length just outside off, Pant punches it firmly wide of cover
3.1 -
Mustafizur to Rishabh Pant, no run, and first ball, he fizzes right through Pant. It has bounced over the top of off! Good length delivery angling in from over the wicket, for some reason Pant is playing inside the line or maybe the ball held its line slightly. Whatever it is, the bounce saves him
Mustafizur Rahman, comes into the attack
Here's The Fizz, one slip in place..
2.6 -
Bhuvneshwar to Nair, no run, length ball bending in towards off, pushed softly into the off-side
2.5 -
Bhuvneshwar to Nair, FOUR, pulled away wide of mid-on. Didn't quite get it perfectly but it's enough to race away. Short ball in line with off, Nair is a bit late in transferring his weight back and hits it uppishly but it's wide of the fielder
2.4 -
Bhuvneshwar to Nair, no run, on a length wide of off, Nair doesn't really move his front foot across to cover the line and just throws his bat on the drive. Chops it straight to short cover
2.3 -
Bhuvneshwar to Nair, no run, and again. Three outswingers. Short of length just outside off, Nair stands tall and guides it to backward point
2.2 -
Bhuvneshwar to Nair, no run, another one swirled away from the right-hander, on a back of a length outside off, steered to backward point
2.1 -
Bhuvneshwar to Nair, no run, good ball. The length isn't full enough to drive and it's curling away from Nair who gets only half-forward and defends it from off-stump
1.6 -
Barinder to Nair, 1 run, back of a length delivery angling across off, Nair pats it wide of cover-point to open his account
Karun Nair, right handed bat, comes to the crease
1.5 -
Barinder to de Kock, out Caught by N Ojha!! This is a huge wicket at the start as de Kock can take the game away in a jiffy. It's the extra bounce again which has been so apparent all evening. de Kock backs away and slashes at a short of length delivery trying to thrash it through the point region. Doesn't cover for the bounce and nicks behind. de Kock c N Ojha b Barinder 2(9)
Barinder to de Kock, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
1.4 -
Barinder to de Kock, no run, back of a length delivery slipping on the leg-side, de Kock defensively turns it into the on-side
1.3 -
Barinder to de Kock, no run, lovely shape away from the left-hander, de Kock is driving on the walk and is opened all ends up. Skirts past the outside edge
1.2 -
Barinder to Rishabh Pant, 1 run, plenty of confusion between the batsmen, but no damage done. There is a misfield at backward point despite Pant cutting the ball straight to him, the ball rolls away behind the fielder and allows a single. de Kock is happy with it, but sees Pant striding down and responds by taking a couple of steps himself. But Pant stops abruptly and sends him back in time
1.1 -
Barinder to Rishabh Pant, no run, short of length and headed towards the rib-cage, Pant nudges it into the on-side
Barinder Sran, comes into the attack
A slip in place for Sran..
0.6 -
Bhuvneshwar to de Kock, no run, a flowing movement towards the full ball outside off before driving it to cover
0.5 -
Bhuvneshwar to de Kock, no run, short of length delivery denying de Kock any width, tucked defensively into the on-side
0.4 -
Bhuvneshwar to de Kock, 2 runs, on a back of a length outside off, de Kock stands tall and punches it straight down the ground. Couldn't get much power behind it and it's been chased down
0.3 -
Bhuvneshwar to de Kock, no run, he's slapped this hard but finds point. Sees the width and slashes at it, got it right off the middle. Unlucky
0.2 -
Bhuvneshwar to de Kock, no run, back of a length around middle and off, de Kock stays in the crease and blocks
0.1 -
Bhuvneshwar to de Kock, no run, more like it. Fullish and pushed across the off-stump, de Kock's feet are a bit lazy as he pushes it on the move to mid-off
0.1 -
Bhuvneshwar to de Kock, wide, and now in the opposite direction. So unlike Bhuvi to be struggling with the swing. Slants it well wide of off, de Kock does chase after it but it's a very half-hearted poke and he misses
0.1 -
Bhuvneshwar to de Kock, 5 wides, this is such a morale shattering start from HYD's point of view. Bhuvi slips this well down leg and past a diving Ojha. Five wides
de Kock and Rishabh Pant are at the crease. de Kock is on strike. Bhuvneshwar will open the attack