Right, here it is. The all important chase. A loss here would leave BLR vulnerable to mathematical equations. Needless to say, Kohli is absolutely huge. But if his opening partner finds his straps, as he does so often at the Eden, it will be fun to watch. Russell has a slip in place...
Manish Pandey: "I think I played well. Things have been on and off in the season so far. When I got a chance, I made full use of it. Eden's always very loud and it's difficult to hear things. We had to take the extra runs; unlucky that the ball went straight to the fielder (talking about the run out). I think we batted well and it's a good total on this wicket. The spinners should come to use here."
Andre Russell and Shakib pressed the pedals in the last 5 overs and added 59 runs in that period. So, KOL will be happy to post that total and will look to spin a web around the strong BLR batting with their array of tweakers. Join us back for the chase!
On a sticky wicket, KOL did really well to get 51 for the loss of only one wicket in the powerplay. The only wicket to fall was of Uthappa but after that Gambhir and Pandey did well to steer the KOL ship. The good run continued after the powerplay and Gambhir reached his 31st T20 League fifty in the process. A horrible mix-up between the two batsmen resulted in Gambhir getting run out. Pandey also reached his fifty but got out in trying to up the tempo in the latter stage of the innings. Regular wickets between the 10th and 15th over put brakes on the KOL scoring rate.
Kohli was furious after that wide call. Was all in the face of the umpire to mouth out his frustration and the mouthing out with Kohli is never a pleasant sight. Vettori was furious on the sidelines too - was seen talking animatedly to the umpire in a long chat. The disappointment is fair but Bangalore have to ensure that they don't go overboard with this. It was just a wide and Jordan made sure that it only cost them a penny
19.6 -
Watson to A Russell, 2 runs, Jordan is leaping all around, making batsmen fall and all. This time, the brilliance is at deep square leg. Russell had slotted the whippy sweep off this low full toss round the corner, the ball was looping away and Jordan pulls out a last minute mini-dive up and over to slap that ball back in. And then recovers to throw it back in style
19.6 -
Watson to Shakib, 2 wides, how is that a wide? Where's the eye doctor? That's inside the line by a mile. Angled away from over the wicket, Hasan looks to fetch it with a swipe and misses.. And then runs to make matters worse
19.5 -
Watson to A Russell, 1 run, a full toss again, Russell is excited and thrusts too much into his swing too early. Off the inside edge to fine leg
19.4 -
Watson to A Russell, FOUR, switches to round the wicket again to cut the width and ironically gives it. Cloaks it in a full toss to make matters worse and Russell slaps it over backward point. All power
19.3 -
Watson to Shakib, 1 run, back to over the wicket for Shakib, gets a wide yorker length delivery going and Shakib pushes it to point meekly. More importantly a single
19.2 -
Watson to A Russell, 1 run, oh, lovely ball. Goes wide from round the wicket, fires it on the fringes of the left pad and Russell's turn-around tickle only rolls to square leg
19.1 -
Watson to Shakib, 1 run, a full toss dips, Shakib waits and sweeps a single to deep mid-wicket. Russell is back on strike
18.6 -
Jordan to A Russell, SIX, power. Brutal. Murdered. Gets a fullish delivery, launches his arms and brutes the ball over long-off. The bat swing measured in tonns of wattage there. And the elbow straightening sound? Let's leave it
18.5 -
Jordan to A Russell, no run, what a ball. Jordan is having a moment - a get-the-batsmen-down moment. Again looks to back away, then looks to sweep this very full ball and then falls again. Right on the ground. Skews it onto his pad, the ball ricochets onto his midriff as Russell was on his descend to the pitch..
18.4 -
Jordan to Shakib, 1 run, makes room too early and gets a wide yorker. Reaches out to toe-end the cut to point
Some voting system in place at the Eden Gardens and over 50 percent had voted the Pathan's wicket not out
18.3 -
Jordan to A Russell, 1 run, another one cutting in from a yorker length, Russell makes a bit of room and squeezes out a drive through cover
18.3 -
Jordan to A Russell, wide, sees Russell's back leg kick back side on and looks for a wide-full ball outside off. But he overdoes it and is wided. Rahul is not happy. When keepers are?
18.2 -
Jordan to Shakib, 1 run, makes room for this yorker dipping in and whips it to deep mid-wicket
18.1 -
Jordan to Shakib, no run, Shakib is on the ground. Jordan has floored him with the USP that bought him an T20 League berth. A dipping yorker, looks to squeeze into the leg side and overbalances...and drops to the pitch all embarrassed
Chris Jordan [2.0-0-12-0] is back into the attack
Kohli is back on the field with taped fingers
17.6 -
Watson to Shakib, 1 run, Eden Gardens can do that to you. Aravind has dropped it at third man and the crowd noise goes up two notches. How many gears do Bengalis have? Phew. Sees a full ball drifting wide, reaches out with a crouch and throws his bat at it. Off the toe-end, not enough power, the fielder is waiting and he lets that pot out...looked more out of panic than anything else. He was nicely behind the projectile
17.5 -
Watson to A Russell, 1 run, thumps a full toss with a flat bat to long-on. Uppish but falling well short and AB does well to spear the ball back
17.4 -
Watson to A Russell, SIX, oh, those wrists! Shuffles across and Watson fires it down leg but that doesn't hold back Russell. Winds up and whips it over fine leg. As carnivorous as a flick can get
17.3 -
Watson to Shakib, 1 run, attempts it again but Watson had the length shortened. Ends up flat-batting it and the ball drops well in short of long-off
17.2 -
Watson to Shakib, SIX, BOOM! That's really big! Gets a ball on a length to get nicely under it, sinks to one knee and slog-sweeps the bejeezus out of it. Over deep mid-wicket by a distance
17.1 -
Watson to A Russell, 1 run, almost gets off his feet in trying to make room for clipping this yorker. Does so without losing his stumps. To fine leg
Shane Watson [2.0-0-18-0] is back into the attack
16.6 -
Chahal to A Russell, 1 run, and Gayle runs across (with heavy feet) from backward point and flings himself to cut this slap from Russell
16.5 -
Chahal to A Russell, 2 runs, ah, redemption for Kohli. Had let a single leak away but this time dives in front at deep cover to block this ball that fell short of him. Short and wide delivery this was, Russell throws his bat at it and it falls well short of Kohli there. And Kohli seems to have split his webbing and is off the field
16.4 -
Chahal to A Russell, no run, reaches out further this time to middle the cut, plays it well in front of square but slots it straight to cover
16.3 -
Chahal to A Russell, FOUR, this is the legbreak turning away...going wide... Russell gets on his knee and toe-ends the cut through cover. That shouldn't have seen the fences but when you power it like that - almost like a whip - nobody can stop the ball
16.2 -
Chahal to A Russell, no run, teases him with the flight, draws the front foot across but Russell misses the flat-batted whoosh
16.1 -
Chahal to Shakib, 1 run, lets it turn and crunches the punch to long-off
15.6 -
Aravind to Shakib, 1 run, clips a low full toss to deep mid-wicket and keeps strike
15.5 -
Aravind to Shakib, FOUR, that's been doctored away. Not quite in control but in T20s, it'll do. Everything does. Shuffles a touch, waits for the cutter and drives to cleave the arc between backward point and cover-point. Off the outside half as Shakib couldn't quite open the face completely
15.4 -
Aravind to A Russell, 1 run, makes room for this full delivery on the stumps and canes this drive to long-off. That was powerfully timed, if that's a thing
15.3 -
Aravind to A Russell, SIX, holy me! He just powers it away. No back foot weight transfer drama. Just spots the length short, rises in sync with the bounce and blasts the pull off the front foot over deep mid-wicket. *Why fear when Caribbean power is here* moment
Shakib Al Hasan, left handed bat, comes to the crease
Time-out!
15.2 -
Aravind to Suryakumar Yadav, out Caught by I Abdulla!! And another wicket! And this is a very good adjustment from Aravind. Sees the shimmy and immediately pulls the length back to arrest it. Suryakumar Yadav goes ahead with the punch, arches back to power it over extra cover but couldn't. Gets more height than distance, and Abdulla runs back from mid-off in an angle and pouches it. Suryakumar Yadav c I Abdulla b Aravind 5(5) [4s-1]
Aravind to Suryakumar Yadav, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
15.1 -
Aravind to A Russell, 1 run, cutter on a fuller length from over the wicket, Russell closes himself and tips it to long-on
14.6 -
Chahal to A Russell, 1 run, gets the width and gently slaps the ball to point for a quick single
14.5 -
Chahal to Suryakumar Yadav, 1 run, drills this curling in full ball with a shuffle across leg to long-off
14.4 -
Chahal to Suryakumar Yadav, no run, now was there an edge? More like glove. Looks to cut this legbreak off the keeper's glove, but waits a touch too long to play it. The ball kisses the gloves and the keeper fails to hold on to it. Too tough a chance that for the keeper
14.3 -
Chahal to Suryakumar Yadav, FOUR, shortish legbreak turning away, Yadav reaches out with the turn and slots this cut wide of backward point
14.2 -
Chahal to Suryakumar Yadav, no run, defends this slider off the inside half of the bat
Suryakumar Yadav, right handed bat, comes to the crease
14.1 -
Chahal to Y Pathan, out Stumped!! This was the craziest of dismissals you will witness. Not the shot, but the sheer reaction to the lack of it. Chahal tosses one up on a shortish length which tempts Pathan into a slog. He was waiting outside the crease for that, misses as the ball turns and Rahul takes the bails off in a jiffy. And then Pathan simply walked. Knew that he had dragged his back leg out and the replays showed that his bent back foot was inches outside. Is Yusuf the three-eyed raven or what? Y Pathan st Rahul b Chahal 6(12)
Chahal to Y Pathan, THAT'S OUT!! Stumped!!
Wait, what? A stumping appeal and Pathan is walking back to the pavilion! Third umpire going through the motions... But wait..He doesn't seem to have anything behind the line but was the bails flicked with ball lodged in the gloves? Yes.
Yuzvendra Chahal [2.0-0-24-0] is back into the attack
13.6 -
Aravind to Y Pathan, 1 run, buries his head forward, swivels and flicks the ball to backward square leg
13.5 -
Aravind to Y Pathan, leg byes, FOUR, cutter splayed down leg, misses the tickle and is frisked off the pads to the fine leg fence. An appeal for an LBW that would have shamed rule books and the umpire is not digressed with that. A fail of an appeal
Andre Russell, right handed bat, comes to the crease
13.4 -
Aravind to M Pandey, out Caught by de Villiers!! That ball summed up T20. Pandey backs away early to give away the cards and is followed by a full ball on his toes. The intention was to make room for a drive through off-side. Now that the room isn't there, he makeshifts with a whip and doctors the ball uppishly intending to clear long-on..but the lack of room meant that he could power it only as far as de Villiers in the deep. M Pandey c de Villiers b Aravind 50(35) [4s-5 6s-2]
Aravind to M Pandey, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
13.3 -
Aravind to Y Pathan, 1 run, drops it very full on say middle, Pathan gets lower on this clip and rolls the ball to deep mid-wicket
13.2 -
Aravind to M Pandey, 1 run, and he gets to a fifty. Claps. Very well played. Very full on the pads and he clips it to mid-wicket to get to the landmark
13.1 -
Aravind to M Pandey, FOUR, that's sublime timing. Wow. He was out of the crease, sees a shortish length and almost oozes out an open-batted punch wide of a vacant point
Sreenath Aravind [2.0-0-21-0] is back into the attack
12.6 -
I Abdulla to Y Pathan, 2 runs, a run-out appeal but it's an easy decision. Pathan is in by a mile. Taps to a vacant mid-wicket region and Pathan immediately called for two. Abdulla has to do all the work himself, runs across, gets hold of the ball and fires a throw to the striker's end. But Pathan knew the danger and had managed to drag the bat in
12.5 -
I Abdulla to M Pandey, 1 run, low full toss, Pandey gets lower with the dip, all in sync and sweeps it to deep square leg
12.4 -
I Abdulla to Y Pathan, 1 run, gargantuan front foot stride, leans into this flog of a drive and flashes it to deep cover
12.3 -
I Abdulla to M Pandey, leg byes, 1 run, tries to sweep but the length is short. Off the pad again round the corner
12.2 -
I Abdulla to Y Pathan, leg byes, 1 run, looks to use his feet, sees the length shortened and then pads it away into the off side. Pathan power in the pad too. Allows a leg bye
12.1 -
I Abdulla to M Pandey, 1 run, shuffles and then holds himself, and then reaches out to tap this to backward point
11.6 -
Watson to Y Pathan, no run, low full toss drifting down leg, turns around but misses the clip. Off the pads to Rahul behind
11.5 -
Watson to Y Pathan, no run, lovely delivery. On a length and exploits the lack of movement perfectly. Gets this cutter to trim away, Pathan reaches out with a poke and misses
11.4 -
Watson to M Pandey, 1 run, backs away to make room for the curl in, allows it to dip and then taps it to long-on
11.3 -
Watson to M Pandey, SIX, oh my! That's been manhandled. Almost premeditates the length which is short, had the room made but the bumper does not deter him. Swivels on the front foot and murders the pull over deep mid-wicket. Audacious to say the least
11.2 -
Watson to Y Pathan, 1 run, slow alright but this held up on the pitch on a fuller length and then kicked up. Pathan was pushing at it, did well to play with soft hands and popped it off the splice short of point
11.1 -
Watson to M Pandey, 1 run, slowish on a fullish length, Manish waits for it and whips it through mid-wicket
Shane Watson [1.0-0-9-0] is back into the attack
10.6 -
I Abdulla to Y Pathan, no run, this time the length is fuller and Pathan drives it off the front foot. Kohli throws the ball from short cover and Pathan had to back away to allow the keeper to take that. Pathan never left the crease and has a smile to offer
10.5 -
I Abdulla to Y Pathan, no run, this full ball held in the pitch, Pathan is early in an ugly flat-footed push and defends it uppishly to the left of Abdulla
10.4 -
I Abdulla to M Pandey, 1 run, shuffles into a wide stance and slaps a wide ball to deep cover
Yusuf Pathan, right handed bat, comes to the crease
10.3 -
I Abdulla to Gambhir, out Gambhir Run Out!! Gautam Gambhir is livid but Kohli always will have more words. And more expressions. A tripe wide ball this was, Gambhir cut it straight to backward point and intended a run. Pandey reacts overenthusiastically, then Gambhir is forced to follow and there's a mid-pitch stutter. The two batsmen cross each other with heavy feet and Gambhir's gone as a result. Dart of a throw at the bowler's end and that was the end. Gambhir run out (Watson/I Abdulla) 51(34) [4s-7]
I Abdulla to Gambhir, THAT'S OUT!! Run Out!!
10.2 -
I Abdulla to M Pandey, 1 run, flatter one pitted full, waits for the turn and closes the face of the bat on this tap to mid-off
10.2 -
I Abdulla to M Pandey, wide, loops this wide of the tramline and is wided
10.1 -
I Abdulla to Gambhir, 1 run, makes room to dangerously cut this ball spinning in from off and manages to cramp it out to cover-point
Iqbal Abdulla [2.0-0-13-1] is back into the attack
9.6 -
Jordan to M Pandey, no run, off-cutter down leg, deflects off Pandey's thigh pad to the keeper as he misses the flick
9.5 -
Jordan to M Pandey, no run, this time he is left cramped for space after walking out, Pandey is restricted to a punch back to the bowler
9.4 -
Jordan to Gambhir, 1 run, it's all cutters from Jordan. And mostly on a back of a length. Gambhir dabs it behind backward point and brings up fifty. He looks absolutely pumped. First punches the bat and then punches the air with an intense look
9.3 -
Jordan to Gambhir, 2 runs, good length off-cutter outside off, Gambhir chips it inside out over cover for a brace. Don't think he hit it as well as he liked to but got it in the gap
9.2 -
Jordan to M Pandey, 1 run, so at home here, is Pandey. Steps out to find the bowler shortening his length and still goes through with a front foot pull down to long-on
9.1 -
Jordan to Gambhir, 1 run, back of a length off-cutter outside off, punched through the covers
8.6 -
Chahal to M Pandey, no run, there is definite turn. Back of a length outside off, and rips away as Pandey tries to follow to beat the edge
8.5 -
Chahal to M Pandey, 2 runs, plants the foot down and eases it with the turn square of the wicket on the off-side, sweeper cover is a bit too straight so there's an easy couple
8.5 -
Chahal to M Pandey, wide, flatter and very wide outside off, left alone
8.4 -
Chahal to Gambhir, 1 run, pulls the length back and fires it quicker outside off, Gambhir expects more bounce while looking to cut and ends up chopping it off a thick bottom edge
8.3 -
Chahal to Gambhir, 2 runs, Gambhir shuffles to off, gets inside the line once more and glances it fine. Fine enough to allow a couple before deep backward square tidies up
8.2 -
Chahal to M Pandey, 1 run, nice trajectory on the leg-break just outside off, driven down to long-off
8.2 -
Chahal to M Pandey, wide, fired too wide outside off, perhaps weary of bowling it in Pandey's vicinity
8.1 -
Chahal to M Pandey, no run, false shot. Pandey is trying to fetch the sweep from well wide of off. The length isn't conducive either as it's too full and so the ball sneaks under his willow
7.6 -
Jordan to M Pandey, 1 run, one hell of a mix-up and both batsmen almost end up at the same end. But the throw ... the throw is at the wrong end and Pandey might have got away here. By the time Jordan takes the bails off, his bat is an inch or two inside the crease. NOT OUT it will be. Short ball outside off, Pandey swats it with a forehand straight of mid-off where the fielder dives to stop the ball cleanly. Pandey is nearly at the other end while Gambhir is caught ball watching. By the time the ball is thrown to the keeper, Gambhir gets his act together and hurries through
7.5 -
Jordan to Gambhir, 1 run, slower short of length delivery outside off, Gambhir gets on top of the bounce and drops it with soft hands in front of backward point
7.4 -
Jordan to M Pandey, 1 run, Pandey is deceived by the lack of pace and plays it too early in front of the body, bunts it in the air in front of mid-wicket
7.3 -
Jordan to Gambhir, 1 run, might have been the off-cutter, back of a length outside off, patted in front of backward point
7.2 -
Jordan to Gambhir, 2 runs, it's not the worst ball in the T20 format. Short of length on the hips to tuck the batsman up. Gambhir clips it behind square for a couple
7.1 -
Jordan to M Pandey, 1 run, upon seeing Pandey giving the charge, Jordan cleverly bowls it short and wide outside off forcing him to reach for it. Pandey skews it off the bottom of the bat through the covers
Chris Jordan, right-arm medium, comes into the attack
6.6 -
Chahal to Gambhir, FOUR, and now he uses the depth of the crease. Not for no reason is Gambhir called a brilliant player of spin. Creates his own length and slices the cut past backward point
6.5 -
Chahal to Gambhir, FOUR, this is too full. Lands very close to Gambhir's crease allowing him to get under it and loft it inside out to beat long-off
6.4 -
Chahal to M Pandey, 1 run, flatter and shorter outside off, chopped through the covers
6.3 -
Chahal to M Pandey, no run, excellent comeback from Chahal. But Gambhir, at the other end, must be salivating. The turn. Tossed up on a length outside off, rips away to beat Pandey
6.2 -
Chahal to M Pandey, SIX, "catch it" is the call from Rahul. What is he seeing? Pandey has muscled the slog-sweep well into the deep mid-wicket stands. He had lots of room as the ball lands on a length and he can get under it. Hammers it away
6.1 -
Chahal to Gambhir, 1 run, oh Kohli. King Kohli has let one through him. Flicked innocuously to short mid-wicket and there should never have been a run there, but Kohli is a bit lackadaisical
Yuzvendra Chahal, right-arm leg break, comes into the attack
It's the strategic time-out! Pandey has come out firing and has built up a lot of momentum for the home team after the early loss of Uthappa. That's the thing with KOL, they bat so deep that it frees you up
5.6 -
Watson to M Pandey, FOUR, oh how expertly has he played this! Pandey stepped to leg and Watson seemed to have done a great job of cramping him up with a back of a length off-cutter, but then he unfurls his wrists and maneouvers the ball past backward point. Steered it absolutely perfectly
5.5 -
Watson to M Pandey, no run, off-cutter on a good length, follows Pandey in his shuffle to leg and he can do nothing but clip it to mid-wicket
5.4 -
Watson to Gambhir, 1 run, another near yorker outside off, this time Gambhir is well in his crease and he slices it to deep point
5.3 -
Watson to Gambhir, FOUR, it's a good short ball from Watson, I wouldn't begrudge his effort there but Gambhir has rolled his wrists beautifully on the pull. He kept his eyes on the ball till as late as possible and transferred his weight back seamlessly to crunch it in front of square. A desperate dive from Chahal isn't good enough
5.2 -
Watson to Gambhir, no run, Gambhir dances out of the crease presumably looking to open up the off-side but he's yorked outside off, tries to reach out and squeeze it away but can't lay bat on ball. Kohli gets excited into a loud appeal as he hears the bat hammer down on the pitch
5.1 -
Watson to Gambhir, no run, Watson introduces himself with a nice good length off-cutter outside off which is softly pushed to Kohli at short cover
Shane Watson, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack
4.6 -
I Abdulla to Gambhir, 1 run, this one is slanted across off on a shortish length, Gambhir allows it to go across him and punches it crisply but can't clear backward point
4.5 -
I Abdulla to Gambhir, FOUR, after seeing how this over has panned out, Gambhir has an inkling of what's coming. He shuffles towards off, gets inside the line of a dart and paddles it fine past short fine leg
4.4 -
I Abdulla to M Pandey, 1 run, a big lunge forward before reaching out for the ball - it wasn't quite there in his half - and bunting it in the air in front of mid-on
4.3 -
I Abdulla to Gambhir, 1 run, slightly slower through the air, greater flight on this one, Gambhir is lured forward and he flicks this with the turn through square leg
4.2 -
I Abdulla to M Pandey, 1 run, back of a length, fired in once more on the stumps, Pandey is happy to go back and nurdle a single through mid-wicket
4.1 -
I Abdulla to Gambhir, 1 run, flatter around off from round the wicket, Gambhir slides back in the crease and clips it wide of mid-on
3.6 -
Aravind to M Pandey, FOUR, hoicks once more and despite mistiming it off the inside half of the bat, look at how quickly its gone to the fence. The trick is to just split the infield. Races away to the mid-wicket boundary
3.5 -
Aravind to M Pandey, FOUR, one step, two steps and bam over mid-wicket. Got it perfectly in the slot and clubbed it hard. This is going to be fun
3.4 -
Aravind to Gambhir, 1 run, Gambhir takes a couple of steps down the ground and short arm jabs one wide of mid-on
3.3 -
Aravind to Gambhir, FOUR, short and at Aravind's pace, it's too easy for someone like Gambhir. Doesn't rise more than chest high, Gambhir stands tall and pulls it along the ground through square leg
3.2 -
Aravind to M Pandey, 1 run, "This is your life and it's ending one minute at a time," Pandey seems to be inspired by this quote from Fight Club. Walks at Aravind who shortens his length and restricts him to a soft punch back to him. But he can't stop it cleanly with his right hand and Pandey cashes in by charging to the other end
3.1 -
Aravind to Gambhir, 1 run, length ball outside off, and look at how Gambhir is pressing forward to it. Pats it with an open face to the right of cover-point for a well judged run
2.6 -
I Abdulla to M Pandey, no run, Abdulla pulls the length back around off and it stops on Pandey who is careful on the backfoot and he nudges it beside the pitch
2.5 -
I Abdulla to M Pandey, no run, looped up outside off, Pandey prods across and gently pushes to cover
2.4 -
I Abdulla to M Pandey, no run, taps it wide of cover and there is a bit of hesitation for a brief while before Gambhir sends him back
2.3 -
I Abdulla to M Pandey, FOUR, and first ball, Pandey goes down on one knee and slog-sweeps it to the wide long-on fence. Outrageous these young kids. No fear whatsoever
Manish Pandey, right handed bat, comes to the crease
2.2 -
I Abdulla to Uthappa, out Caught&Bowled!! What your coaches always tell you, never play against the turn. But Uthappa thinks that he has some leeway considering the ball is still new. But he should know his home conditions better than this. There's always turn here. He pops up a leading edge to the left of Abdulla who sticks out a left arm and the ball gets lodged in it. Uthappa c and b I Abdulla 2(4)
I Abdulla to Uthappa, THAT'S OUT!! Caught&Bowled!!
2.1 -
I Abdulla to Uthappa, no run, a loud scream for LBW, and this looks close in real time. Uthappa shapes for the reverse sweep straightaway to the spinner but misses and the impact is marginal with respect to off stump. That's what the umpire seems to suggest. Could have gone either way to be honest
Iqbal Abdulla, left-arm orthodox, comes into the attack
1.6 -
Aravind to Gambhir, FOUR, clipped away wide of Jordan at mid-on and these outfields are so lightning quick that you can't allow it to pass through. Jordan still doesn't give up. He races after it and dives headfirst but to no avail
1.5 -
Aravind to Gambhir, no run, again, the back of a length to Gambhir and close to off. Blocked calmly
1.4 -
Aravind to Gambhir, no run, oh careful now. He wouldn't have forgotten how he got out recently. Not quite sure against whom but Gambhir's reaction to it is very vivid in my mind. The ball had stuck in his thigh pad and it rolled onto the stumps. This time he hops across off to get inside the line and is late on the flick, the ball deflects off his thigh pad to the keeper
1.3 -
Aravind to Uthappa, 1 run, full ball on middle, Uthappa plants his leg across running the risk of having to play round his front pad. But the key is that he hardly misses from there. Works it wide of mid-on
1.2 -
Aravind to Gambhir, 1 run, closer to the body looking to deny Gambhir the room to free his arms, he rises on his toes and tucks it from his chest through square leg
1.1 -
Aravind to Gambhir, no run, kisses the pitch on a back of a length just outside off, Gambhir stays in the crease and blocks it back
Sreenath Aravind, left-arm fast medium, comes into the attack
Aravind...Again, a wide slip in place. I'm guessing it's to stop Gambhir's dab down to third man
0.6 -
Binny to Gambhir, 1 run, very full outside off, Gambhir jams it wide of the man at cover but doesn't time this one well enough. Only a single
0.5 -
Binny to Gambhir, FOUR, drilled through the covers. That's gone to the boundary quicker than you can say "blimey". Again, it's not quite a half-volley. But the bounce in this surface is so trustworthy that you can hit through the line. Driven gorgeously
0.4 -
Binny to Gambhir, 2 runs, slower ball on leg, it's very full. Gambhir flicks it in front of fine leg who is a bit too enthusiastic and his dash of momentum results in a misfield allowing a second
0.3 -
Binny to Gambhir, no run, back of a length delivery outside off, Gambhir wants to cut. You could see him shaping for it trying to lace it away, but the lack of width leaves him handcuffed and he tamely hits it to backward point
0.2 -
Binny to Gambhir, no run, leaves the left-hander with the angle, no swing at all which diminishes a lot of Binny's potency, but Gambhir is happy to allow himself a sighter and leave it alone
0.1 -
Binny to Uthappa, 1 run, full outside off, it's shorter than a half-volley so Uthappa doesn't really force on the drive. He gets a big stride forward and pushes it gently in front of mid-off
Uthappa and Gambhir are at the crease. Uthappa is on strike. Binny will open the attack
So, Kolkata hunted down in its own colosseum courtesy another Kohli-de Villiers dream partnership that was, for a change, aided by a Gambhir shell-saga tonight. Bangalore stays alive as a result. Kohli doesn't mind those stitches as long as BLR wins and I don't mind torturing my typing fingers as long as he scores. Oh, those flicks! With that, and a bit of overdose of Game of Thrones references, it's a good night from Pratyush Sinha on behalf of Sagar Chawla and our scorer Venkatesh. Ta-ta!
Kohli, who's also the Man of the Match: "It was a tricky run chase because the wicket was sticky and the spinners were gripping it. I knew I had to stay in. We spoke about a good partnership and I had one with AB - another 100-run stand - to take the team home. We haven't played well in Kolkata, so this win feels very sweet. Right time to go to Bangalore and really happy that Chris (Gayle) is back in form. Important to respect the sport and do the same things again and again. Was afraid that I had split my webbing badly but I told the physio that I want to play anyhow. A bit of injury gives extra motivation and it feels sweeter to do that extra bit for the team. We love the situation and we are not taking things easy, which is the greatest mindset to be in as a cricketer. Playing one ball at a time and we have the momentum at the right time. Wonderful again (p'ship with AB) and I told (AB) that we have to take the team home. He said, 'We will'. He runs so hard between the wickets and he runs for me, I run for him. We click in the middle overs where we run so well and that's the main game - to unsettle the opposition in the middle overs so that they start panicking. The split is big and I will go for stitches, 7 or 8 maybe, now as it's starting to pain now. I don't mind even 10 stitches as long as we win the next two games."
Ramiz Raja is on air with the presentations (and his booklet of adjectives and adverbs). Gayle deservedly getting a few awards for the the few sixes he blasted out of the ground!
King Kohli - Lord of the Seven Kingdoms and Protector of the Realm. Eater of run-chases and changer of worlds. Need I say more? There's a period in a sportsman's career where he is at his peak, where he has a purple patch. But Kohli has gone beyond all that. 184 on this pitch looked a treacherous task to me, but what did I know! Gayle and Kohli came out firing, in a mood to kill. No one was spared. The fifty came up in no time and Gambhir had no one to go to as even his top bowlers were going the distance. Narine managed to surprise Gayle with one that spun back in to trap him LBW. But nothing changed. AB came out and played a blinder himself, and this pair started from where they had left against Gujarat to hand KOL a humbling at home.
"Was a good wicket and we needed something around 180-190. We got 183, so thought that I was in the game. If I had taken that crucial chance (Kohli's drop), we could have put more pressure on them. We knew they would come hard at us on this good wicket, and one side of the ground had short boundaries, but they are a good quality chasing side too. They had given it their everything. Have not gone inside and checked on Russell but he's very crucial for us. Hope it's not serious because we have two crucial games coming up," says a sweating Gambhir
18.4 -
Chawla to de Villiers, FOUR, BLR are prospering in this precarious situation. Needed a win tonight and they have it. And a win that put Eden Gardens on tranquilizers. Kohli said that he enjoys such situations and gosh, didn't he tonight. Gayle blasted away at the top - miraculously persisted with for the day - and then it was tough to get past AB de V(irat)illiers. Coming to the ball: drifts down leg, de Villiers winds up on his back knee and shames it with a paddle-sweep through fine leg
Piyush Chawla [3.0-0-28-0] is back into the attack
Yes, Russell has his arm around a team player with the yellow vest on and walks out. Who will complete the over? Chawla!
18.3 -
A Russell to Kohli, 1 run, drills this very full ball to long-off...and Russell is on the ground prostrating. Got through his delivery stride and fell hands-first on the ground. Not sure what the matter this..the team surrounds him, the physio is out and looks like he will hobble out of the ground. Right-ankle, points Srivathsa
Only 3 needed!
18.2 -
A Russell to Kohli, 2 runs, backs away to let this yorker curl in and jams it out to cover-point. A wild throw at the bowler's end and the duo run an extra. Can someone hug Gambhir?
18.1 -
A Russell to Kohli, SIX, that bottom hand! Oh, that bottom hand! Took the ball on a journey that clocked over 90 meters. Gets it on a floggable length and swings it over deep mid-wicket
Andre Russell [2.0-0-23-0] is back into the attack
17.6 -
Rajpoot to de Villiers, FOUR, and now he's been nutmegged. Don't ask me if this was intentional, might well be. Had his legs wide -with his right leg planted well down leg - and tries to squeeze it out with a clip. Between the legs and and the angle took Uthappa out of the equation. 11 off the last 2 overs needed
17.5 -
Rajpoot to de Villiers, 2 runs, gets to his fifty now. If I would get a penny for every stunning partnership between Kohli and AB, I would own the Casterly Rock! The front leg was out to make room for the swing and the ball is clubbed to deep mid-wicket. The fielder was squarer and runs across well to cut it off
17.4 -
Rajpoot to Kohli, 1 run, gravitates this full toss well in time to get the whip going...only as far as long-on
17.4 -
Rajpoot to de Villiers, no ball, 1 run, a free-hit to de V(irat)illiers? Are you in your senses? And it was a full toss for someone's sake! Flat-batted to long-off tamely or this could have been more brutal
17.3 -
Rajpoot to Kohli, 1 run, tries his luck with a dipping full toss and survives. Kohli opts for sanity and a drive to long-off off the front foot. He knows it's not a tough prospect from here
17.2 -
Rajpoot to Kohli, 2 runs, charges down and skews this attempted loft off the inside edge to deep mid-wicket. Sees the fielder well deep and shoplifts two runs. 6 runs off 2 balls already!
17.1 -
Rajpoot to Kohli, FOUR, he's just too much for Rajpoot. To put it bluntly. Had the room already, walks across to take on this off-cutter bowled on a length from round the wicket and bottom-hands the whip wide of long-on
Ankit Rajpoot [2.0-0-12-0] is back into the attack
Looks a stroll to me with two set batsmen. Narine and Shakib have bowled out too...Onus on Ankit Rajpoot who has the ball now
16.6 -
Shakib to de Villiers, 2 runs, waits for this slow full ball to dip and then powers this slog sweep - along the ground - to deep mid-wicket. Hurries on for the second and makes it easily...Kohli and AB always do. 27 runs in 18 balls
16.5 -
Shakib to de Villiers, FOUR, that's so, so harsh. Loops this brilliantly wide, de Villiers cuts if off the keeper's glove but is not in control. Off the bottom-edge and it runs away to the third man fence
16.4 -
Shakib to Kohli, 1 run, leans across, frees arms but this slap finds cover again
16.3 -
Shakib to de Villiers, 1 run, shortish length but the slowness of that delivery robbed the time on that cut shot to cover
16.2 -
Shakib to Kohli, 1 run, driven off the front foot to long-off this time
16.1 -
Shakib to Kohli, FOUR, there's some panache. Greets it with a reverse sweep and places it well wide of backward point to get away
15.6 -
Narine to de Villiers, SIX, oh my! This was drifting down leg, de Villiers is onto it in a blink of an eye. Goes with the drift, goes with the bat swing and swats it over deep square leg
15.5 -
Narine to Kohli, 1 run, slaps it to sweeper cover and runs
15.4 -
Narine to Kohli, no run, not very sharp from Kohli. Misses the slog-sweep, is hit on the box and has no idea where the ball is. Tries to sneak in a run but sees Uthappa swooping on to the ball and aborts it
15.3 -
Narine to de Villiers, 1 run, legbreak that straightens within the stumps, and has good bounce. de Villiers tucks it away through mid-wicket
15.2 -
Narine to Kohli, 1 run, slower, straighter and clipped to deep mid-wicket
15.1 -
Narine to Kohli, no run, shortened length on this off-break allows Kohli to adjust with an open-batted pat into the off-side
Sunil Narine [3.0-0-25-1] is back into the attack
14.6 -
Shakib to de Villiers, SIX, and de Villiers celebrates it for him. The fifty, I mean. Shuffles forward and across his off, fetches this with a sweep and channels it over backward square leg
14.5 -
Shakib to Kohli, 1 run, sigh! Yawn. Kohli has another fifty! Gets an overpitched delivery and puts in a lot of bottom hand on this drive to the deep cover fielder
Shakib has to reload
14.4 -
Shakib to de Villiers, 1 run, shuffles across to make room on the cut and the deep sweeper intervenes
14.3 -
Shakib to Kohli, 1 run, opens the bat face and pipes this fullish delivery to backward point
14.2 -
Shakib to Kohli, no run, brilliant. Slows this down and gets it to rip away. Kohli was perhaps expecting no spin and had the room made for the arm-ball. It goes the other way and beats the makeshift slap
14.1 -
Shakib to de Villiers, 1 run, not that short but de Villiers explores the depth of his crease and pulls wide of long-on
Time-out it is. 59 off the last six overs looks very on. The pitch has actually surprised me - this was the same pitch that was used for the last game and that took turn. Now though, it looks settled to prompt lovely strokeplay.. Also, remember Kohli getting a lifeline on 32? And remember who dropped him? Yeah, yeah. Gambhir at backward point
13.6 -
Chawla to de Villiers, 1 run, takes out the front foot stride, drives and keeps the strike with a single to deep cover. Equation down to 59 off 36 balls
13.5 -
Chawla to Kohli, 1 run, mistimes a pull to deep mid-wicket and is livid with himself
13.4 -
Chawla to Kohli, SIX, thundering! Skips out this time and plants a smoothie loft over long-on. That flew off the bat. Lovely bat swing and lovely followthrough of the bat to pat Kohli's own back
13.3 -
Chawla to Kohli, 2 runs, that's a brilliant side-on somersault from Pandey at long-on and betters the effort with a quickfire throw back. This was drilled by Kohli. Smoked to say the least and but for that effort, this was drilling holes in the ad cushions
13.2 -
Chawla to de Villiers, 1 run, is the speedometer tipsy? 122ks from Chawla and de Villiers punches it to long-on
13.1 -
Chawla to de Villiers, 2 runs, de Villiers is safe. Tries to fetch this with a sweep, the bounce beats him and the underedge raps his pad and rolls away dangerously close to the leg-stump
12.6 -
Shakib to de Villiers, 1 run, slows the pace down and shortens the length within the stumps, de Villiers rises up and crashes it to long-on. 72 off the last 7 overs now
12.5 -
Shakib to de Villiers, no run, a stumping appeal. Slowish delivery outside off, de Villiers goes for the reverse-sweep, misses but makes sure that his back leg doesn't leave the crease. Bails flicked, stumps lighted but the third umpire (virtually) puts the bails back in
12.5 -
Shakib to de Villiers, wide, tries the slow loop but drifts it wide outside off
12.4 -
Shakib to de Villiers, no run, drives off the front foot seeing it pitch further up but finds the fielder
12.3 -
Shakib to de Villiers, 2 runs, he's just spinning them in with his arm. Easy tap to deep cover this
12.2 -
Shakib to de Villiers, SIX, that's been kissed away! Make room for the drifts and lifts it inside-out over covers. The fielder in the deep might have been lured into interest but alas
12.1 -
Shakib to Kohli, 1 run, arm-ball dropped short, Kohli takes his front leg out to make room and pulls it to long-on
Bangalore need 83 runs in 48 balls. Looks gettable as long as the 'Lord of Chases' is out there
11.6 -
Chawla to Kohli, 1 run, stays his ground, gets his bat high and taps this leisurely turning legbreak to deep mid-wicket
11.5 -
Chawla to de Villiers, 1 run, comes down the track and clubs this to long-on with a bat swing
11.4 -
Chawla to de Villiers, no run, was on the front foot, had to wait for the ball to turn away and Gambhir had to dive to his left at backward point to stop this
Eden Gardens is noisy as ever
11.3 -
Chawla to Kohli, 1 run, spins it from a good length on middle, Kohli makes room and slaps it through cover
11.2 -
Chawla to Kohli, 2 runs, pushes forward, makes use of the pitched up length and wrists it to deep mid-wicket
11.1 -
Chawla to Kohli, no run, pokes his front leg out to drive this fullish legbreak and mistimes it back to Chawla
Piyush Chawla [1.0-0-10-0] is back into the attack
10.6 -
Shakib to Kohli, 1 run, another crash through the leg-side, places it finer through mid-wicket this time to keep strike
10.5 -
Shakib to de Villiers, 1 run, shortish length allows de Villiers to pull this to long-on
10.4 -
Shakib to Kohli, 1 run, what have you done Gambhir? A drop at backward point. The width lures Kohli into a cut shot, he obliges but fails to keep it down. Gambhir shuffles to his lelft, tries to take it with his fingers upwards, panics, switches the fingers around and drops it. How much will that cost? Ho ho
10.3 -
Shakib to de Villiers, 1 run, when you see them as mellons, you make room for an arm-ball and crash it through cover
10.2 -
Shakib to Kohli, 1 run, splays it shortish and outside off, a cut shot slotted to deep cover
10.1 -
Shakib to Kohli, no run, quicker on middle, Kohli backs away a touch and defends to cover
Shakib Al Hasan, left-arm orthodox, comes into the attack
9.6 -
Narine to Kohli, 1 run, darts this one slightly short outside off, this time Kohli dabs it to short third man for a single
9.5 -
Narine to Kohli, FOUR, he's hammered this through the point region. Shortish outside off, Kohli goes back and across and kills it square of the wicket
9.4 -
Narine to Kohli, 2 runs, if there's even a sniff of a second, Kohli will detect it. Such a fierce runner between the wickets. Clipped through the pocket of mid-wicket and realizes the opportunity to hare back
9.3 -
Narine to Kohli, no run, quicker through the air on a back of a length, Kohli is playing for the one turning away as he sizes up the off-side but it spins back in to catch a thick glove and didn't miss leg-stump by much
9.2 -
Narine to Kohli, no run, the length is not quite there to be driven, but Kohli - with the form that he is in - still goes through with it and mistimes it to cover
9.1 -
Narine to Kohli, 2 runs, loops it up on the stumps, Kohli has the pitch covered with a big lunge and wrists it wide of long-on for a couple
The strategic time-out has been enforced...
8.6 -
Rajpoot to de Villiers, no run, mistimes the cut into the covers. Went too hard on the ball and lost his shape
8.5 -
Rajpoot to de Villiers, FOUR, it's like BLR have decided that there's just one gear. Slower ball on a fuller length around off, and AB has slapped it straight back down the ground. Beats long-off comfortably
8.4 -
Rajpoot to de Villiers, no run, tries an encore but chops it off a thick underedge on this occasion. Straight to backward point
8.3 -
Rajpoot to de Villiers, FOUR, AB into the act. Only slightly short, but there's enough width, and he slashes it away past backward point
8.2 -
Rajpoot to Kohli, 1 run, comes down the track and works a back of a length delivery down to long-on
8.1 -
Rajpoot to de Villiers, 1 run, a hint of an appeal from Rajpoot but it dies down as the realization hits him that AB got a thick inside edge. Tucked behind square
7.6 -
Narine to Kohli, no run, in the air for a brief while but it drops short of Narine. Kohli tries to force it off the back foot but there's extra bounce and he isn't able to ride it completely. Gets away
7.5 -
Narine to de Villiers, 1 run, darts in a quick off-break and is clipped with the turn through mid-wicket
7.4 -
Narine to de Villiers, no run, the fast carrom ball on middle which opens AB up slightly in defence
AB de Villiers, right handed bat, comes to the crease
7.3 -
Narine to Gayle, out Lbw!! Huge appeal, and the umpire nods before putting his finger up. Narine has struck the jackpot, and Gayle falls - one short of a fifty. It's the wrong 'un which is darted slightly short on middle, leaves Gayle cramped as it snakes back and raps the pad. He is so far back in the crease that height is not an issue. In fact, there is no issue here. It's plumb. KOL can breathe... Gayle lbw b Narine 49(31) [4s-5 6s-4]
Narine to Gayle, THAT'S OUT!! Lbw!!
7.2 -
Narine to Gayle, no run, he's let one go! He wants a breather. Flat off-break on a back of a length outside off, left alone
7.1 -
Narine to Gayle, SIX, this is ridiculous. It's cold-blooded ruthlessness. Narine fools Gayle by darting it short as he saw him come down, but Gayle doesn't bother. He hops back and flat-bats the extra-cover drive over wide long-off
Sunil Narine [1.0-0-9-0] is back into the attack
6.6 -
Rajpoot to Kohli, no run, excellent over from Rajpoot. Just two singles. Caps it off with another back of a length off-cutter which Kohli tries to defend with an angled bat and is lucky not to have chopped it back on
6.5 -
Rajpoot to Gayle, 1 run, tries to heave a length ball into outer space but can only drag it off the inside half of the bat along the turf to deep mid-wicket
6.4 -
Rajpoot to Gayle, no run, loopy slow and low full toss on the pads, certainly surprises Gayle with the lack of pace and he softly nudges it to mid-wicket
6.3 -
Rajpoot to Gayle, no run, short of length delivery which cramps Gayle for room. But he's a defiant guy. Still tries to go through with some flat-batted swat and chops it to mid-off
6.2 -
Rajpoot to Gayle, no run, slower back of a length off-cutter around leg, hits Gayle on the thigh pad and dribbles towards backward point
6.1 -
Rajpoot to Kohli, 1 run, slightly fuller than a good length just outside off, Kohli leans over the ball and pushes it down to long-off
Ankit Rajpoot, right-arm medium, comes into the attack
5.6 -
Chawla to Gayle, SIX, Chawla can only shake his head. It's mayhem! Gayle sees a hint of flight and that's enough for him to open his shoulders. Don't think he got this one at all, out of the sweet spot I mean, in fact he skied it off the toe-end to have long-on interested. But in the end he is rendered irrelevant. As irrelevant as the toothpick they use to hold my burger
5.5 -
Chawla to Gayle, no run, Gayle hasn't picked this at all. A wrong 'un from Chawla which turns the other way to beat the outside edge by a mile
5.4 -
Chawla to Kohli, 1 run, loops this leg-break very full just outside off, driven down to long-off
5.3 -
Chawla to Kohli, no run, flatter googly on middle, Kohli goes back in the crease and tucks it to square leg
5.2 -
Chawla to Kohli, 2 runs, flatter and turning away from a length outside off, Kohli marauds a flat-batted drive. That was hit so well that he expected four straightaway. But that's when Surya threw himself across and got a hand to take the pace off
5.1 -
Chawla to Gayle, 1 run, Gayle is looking to flick this with the turn, but the ball simply slides on, catches a thick leading edge and rolls away wide of cover
Piyush Chawla, right-arm leg break, comes into the attack
Now Chawla. And Eden Gardens is ringing with "BLR, BLR" chants..
4.6 -
Narine to Gayle, 1 run, opts to weave back in the crease and nudge it wide of mid-on
4.5 -
Narine to Gayle, no run, darts this one in, fullish and punched back down the pitch
4.4 -
Narine to Gayle, FOUR, and now through the off-side. Too full from Narine in trying to get it away from Gayle's reach. Gayle drives the overpitched delivery through the covers
4.3 -
Narine to Gayle, FOUR, he's seen two balls and now unleashes. Grounds his back knee, gets a big stride forward and sweeps it over square leg
4.2 -
Narine to Gayle, no run, the line is similar but it's fired quicker and shorter, blocked from the crease
4.1 -
Narine to Gayle, no run, slower off-break which pitches on leg and extracts fair turn, Gayle prods forward and defends
Sunil Narine, right-arm off break, comes into the attack
Gambhir is forced into bringing Narine this early..
3.6 -
M Morkel to Kohli, SIX, this is open-fire from both ends. Where do KOL go? Kohli jumps out of the track, converts it into a full enough ball and swings it inside out over extra-cover. Wow
3.5 -
M Morkel to Gayle, 1 run, stands upright and punches a back of a length delivery to mid-off
3.4 -
M Morkel to Gayle, FOUR, save yourselves. Save yourselves you KOL bowler, the boss is here. Short off-cutter outside off, Gayle arches his back to make some room and flays it over backward point. Just one bounce and into the ropes
3.3 -
M Morkel to Kohli, 1 run, short of length delivery outside off, Kohli plants an open face and skims it down to third man
3.2 -
M Morkel to Kohli, no run, slower bouncer which loops up outside off. Kohli, in an effort to get on top of the bounce, overdoes his attempt and chops it off a thick bottom edge into the on-side
3.1 -
M Morkel to Kohli, no run, length ball around off, Kohli wades forward and punches it back to the bowler
2.6 -
A Russell to Gayle, SIX, Gayle is here! A couple of missiles from his bat to finish a productive over. Short ball in line with the stumps, Gayle backs away and pulls it hard into the deep mid-wicket stands. Russell was down on the floor in his followthrough, almost to symbolize a knockout blow. BLR off to a flier..
2.5 -
A Russell to Gayle, SIX, a flat-batted mow down the ground, and Russell must be sweating. The only thing which he did wrong was that he provided enough width on offer for the big man to swing his arms, and boy .. didn't he do that!
2.4 -
A Russell to Gayle, no run, back of a length delivery outside off, Gayle punches it hard but straight to short cover
2.3 -
A Russell to Kohli, 1 run, short of length and into the rib-cage, tucked through mid-wicket
2.2 -
A Russell to Kohli, FOUR, oh no, you don't do that to Kohli. Not when he is playing like a lord. Full ball on the pads and he flicks it through mid-wicket nonchalantly
2.1 -
A Russell to Kohli, no run, Kohli skips out of the crease, he is looking to loft it inside out over extra-cover but the ball skids in quicker and he chops it off the inside edge onto pad
1.6 -
M Morkel to Gayle, no run, another big swing and a miss. Gayle is leaving no stone unturned with his effort. Fails to connect as the ball leaves him
1.5 -
M Morkel to Gayle, FOUR, Morkel is forced into yanking his length back, and Gayle pounces all over it. Transferred his weight back and pulled it well in front of square. Rocketed to the fence
1.4 -
M Morkel to Gayle, FOUR, it's as if Gayle only has to connect slightly to clear the infield. Only some contact, but it will do. Full ball around off, Gayle aims a monstrous loft, the bat turns in his hands and he skews it over wide mid-on and into the fence
1.3 -
M Morkel to Gayle, no run, back of a length off-cutter on middle, there is a hint of cut off the pitch and Gayle steers it with the angle to backward point
1.2 -
M Morkel to Gayle, no run, that batswing is right out of the Dothraki book of savagery. It's a very full ball just outside off, and Gayle wants to slay it away with a powerful swipe. But he doesn't cover for the angle and is beaten on the edge
Morkel has a slip in place too..
1.1 -
M Morkel to Gayle, no run, fraction full than a good length outside off, Gayle slices it to backward point. Didn't try to go hard
Morne Morkel, right-arm fast, comes into the attack
0.6 -
A Russell to Gayle, leg byes, 1 run, good slower short ball which hoodwinks Gayle into an early pull. He is through with it too early and the ball deflects off his bicep wide of backward point
0.5 -
A Russell to Kohli, 1 run, short of length delivery outside off, Kohli hops in the crease and glides it down to third man
0.4 -
A Russell to Kohli, FOUR, my word! Is he in some form or what! Russell tries to surprise him with a short ball first up and he has been pulled away to the deep backward square leg fence. That sped off the willow
0.3 -
A Russell to Gayle, 1 run, off-cutter on a good length outside off, Gayle opens the bat-face and steers it in front of backward point. No hesitation between the batsmen results in an easy single
0.2 -
A Russell to Gayle, no run, oh what a corker! Russell slams it right into the blockhole on middle and Gayle had to be sharp to get the bat down. Digs it out in the end
0.1 -
A Russell to Gayle, no run, spears a length ball just outside off, a hint of curl back in but not enough to force Gayle into a stroke. Left alone
Gayle and Kohli are at the crease. Gayle is on strike. A Russell will open the attack