The formidable opening pair of Dhawan and Warner are in the middle. Yusuf Pathan will open the proceedings. He has a lone slip in place
KOL have got the runs on the board and with the track expected to give the spinners encouragement later on in the game, the home team would be pleased with their effort. Now, they need to bowl with unremitting control to keep the lid on the scoring rate. On the other hand, one expects Warner to come out all guns blazing. Interestingly, his partner, Dhawan, known for checking in a series of shots, has generally played with a touch of calm countenance and equanimity in this T20 League
HYD have done well to restrict KOL to 171 - thanks to some brilliant death bowling in the end. Uthappa displayed a compendium of superb shots and gave the hosts a rousing start but threw his wicket cheaply to Sran. Gambhir and Munro followed soon. Kolkata were struggling at 57/3 and it was left to Manish and Yusuf to resurrect their fortunes. The duo played with a calm head on their shoulders and strung together a 87-run partnership as KOL made a smart recovery. Yusuf cracked a fine fifty. However, once Manish perished, the visitors were able to curtail the run flow and pulled things back towards the end. The wicket is slow and is assisting the spinners. Remember, this is a crucial game for Kolkata, as a win will take them through to the play-offs. Join us back in a short while for the run chase....
"We could have bowled better with the new ball. After the first over, we got to know the wicket was slow. We knew we have qualified, but we know if we win, we will finish in the top-two. It is a slow wicket and we bowled lot of slower ones. We have to adapt to chase this down. I have tried to get the basics right and I have worked on my yorkers," says the Purple Cap holder, Bhuvneshwar Kumar.
19.6 -
Bhuvneshwar to Suryakumar Yadav, 2 runs, this is an excellent recovery from Hyderabad. After 15 overs, Kolkata were 141 for 3 with Pandey and Pathan well set. Just 30 runs off the final five overs. Another slower bumper, Yadav walks across and helps it just wide of Ojha, who dived but failed to get anything on that. Third man runs across and tidies up
19.5 -
Bhuvneshwar to Suryakumar Yadav, no run, Bhuvi responds with a slower ball bouncer, Yadav was looking to pull, but bails out of the shot. Another dot in the death overs..
19.4 -
Bhuvneshwar to Suryakumar Yadav, FOUR, superb hit from Yadav. Leg-cutter on the stumps, he moves away to the leg-side, knows that the field is up on the off-side, just chips it over the infield and collects a much needed boundary
19.3 -
Bhuvneshwar to Y Pathan, 1 run, slower delivery dragged back, Pathan waits and pulls it to deep square leg, can only get it as far as deep square leg
19.2 -
Bhuvneshwar to Y Pathan, no run, yorker outside off, Pathan can't lay bat on that. Kolkata may not even reach 170 with the way Hyderabad are bowling
Suryakumar Yadav, right handed bat, comes to the crease
19.1 -
Bhuvneshwar to Shakib, out Caught by N Ojha!! Kolkata have certainly lost their way. Runs are not coming and they are losing wickets as well. Off-cutter bowled well wide of off, Shakib had to fetch that and all he could do was top-edge it straight up. Ojha called for and took it with utmost ease. Shakib c N Ojha b Bhuvneshwar 7(10)
Bhuvneshwar to Shakib, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
Bhuvneshwar Kumar [3.0-0-24-1] is back into the attack
18.6 -
Mustafizur to Y Pathan, no run, brilliant over. Just the 3 runs off it. Mustafizur after giving 20 in his first two overs, ends with 1 for 32 in his four. An off-cutter which grips and eludes Pathan's swipe across the line
18.5 -
Mustafizur to Shakib, 1 run, 141kph yorker speared at the base of leg-stump, Shakib just about manages to bring his bat down and jam it to backward point. Not much any batsman can do about that
18.4 -
Mustafizur to Y Pathan, 1 run, low full toss on off, Pathan backs away and hammers it to long-off, again only a single
18.3 -
Mustafizur to Shakib, 1 run, Shakib decides enough of hanging in the crease, shimmies down and Mustafizur is up for it as well, shortens the length and doesn't give any room to free his arms, pulled to deep square leg
18.2 -
Mustafizur to Shakib, no run, now pulls the length back. Is keeping his countryman guessing. Shakib kneels down to sweep it across the line, missed it by a long distance. Two dots to start the over..
18.1 -
Mustafizur to Shakib, no run, top yorker! Right in the blockhole, only thing wrong was it was not on target, just outside off and Shakib fails to dig it out
17.6 -
Barinder to Shakib, 1 run, six singles in the over and Hyderabad have pulled it back since the time-out. Once again no pace offered, Shakib can only mistime his heave to long-on. Sran finishes with: 4-0-31-1
17.5 -
Barinder to Y Pathan, 1 run, fifty for Pathan. A fine season for him. The most runs he has scored for KOL in a single season. Meanwhile, Unadkat walks out with a bat for Shakib. Fullish and on the stumps, driven down to long-on
17.4 -
Barinder to Shakib, 1 run, Hyderabad won't mind the singles. Off-speed delivery outside off, Shakib fetches it from there and swipes it across the line, close to deep mid-wicket to tidy up
17.3 -
Barinder to Y Pathan, 1 run, shortish and right at the batsman, Pathan is cramped for room, gets the short-arm pull away to deep square leg
17.2 -
Barinder to Shakib, 1 run, fullish and outside off, Shakib lofts it towards long-off, goes on the bounce to Hooda, who fumbles but the batsmen don't risk the second
17.1 -
Barinder to Y Pathan, 1 run, slower delivery and Pathan is made to check his loft, chips it wide of the bowler and down to long-off. Wanted two but is rightly sent back by Shakib
Barinder Sran [3.0-0-25-1] is back into the attack
16.6 -
Mustafizur to Shakib, no run, stifled appeal for LBW and caught behind from Ojha. Erasmus just walks away. Slanted across the left-hander, Shakib misses the nudge to the on-side. Ball brushes the pad on the way to Ojha. The impact was outside off and there was no inside edge, hence no interest shown by the umpire
16.5 -
Mustafizur to Shakib, 2 runs, round the wicket and targeting the stumps, Shakib nurdles it behind square leg, wide of short fine and he is off the mark with a brace
Shakib Al Hasan, left handed bat, comes to the crease
16.4 -
Mustafizur to Holder, out Caught by Henriques!! A lucky wicket for Mustafizur. A full toss on off, Holder was probably not expecting that, goes for the drive over cover, gets it high on the bat and ends up popping it to Henriques at head height. He hung around and just delayed the inevitable. Holder is a tall man and to get it above his waist, should be a real effort for any bowler. Holder c Henriques b Mustafizur 3(3)
Mustafizur to Holder, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
Holder has been caught, but he is hanging in there. The umpires are checking for a waist high no-ball. The front foot is fine. Well below the waist, Holder will get his marching orders. There it comes!
16.3 -
Mustafizur to Holder, 2 runs, off-cutter on the stumps, Holder makes room and lifts it over extra cover. For a second I thought it was heading the distance, but drops wide of sweeper and the batsmen take couple
16.2 -
Mustafizur to Y Pathan, 1 run, low full toss just outside off, Pathan eases the drive to long-off
16.1 -
Mustafizur to Y Pathan, FOUR, "catch" shouted Mustafizur, but it was well wide of square leg. Shortish and on off, Pathan shuffles across and pulls it wide of Yuvi, no chance for deep mid-wicket to cut that off. Good start to the over..
Mustafizur Rahman [2.0-0-20-0] is back into the attack
15.6 -
Bhuvneshwar to Y Pathan, 1 run, slower delivery on middle and leg, Pathan helps it along the way to deep backward square leg. Just the 5 runs and the wicket of Pandey, the over Hyderabad needed and Bhuvneshwar has delivered..
15.5 -
Bhuvneshwar to Holder, 1 run, back of a length on off, Holder presents the full face and taps it to long-off
Jason Holder, right handed bat, comes to the crease
15.4 -
Bhuvneshwar to M Pandey, out Caught by Williamson!! There's the wicket Hyderabad wanted. Pandey is disappointed, lets out a roar and looks at the base of his bat. Low full toss outside off, Pandey had already made room, had to reach out and all he could do is slice it towards backward point. Williamson takes another good catch, dived to his right and managed to hold on even though he went to ground. M Pandey c Williamson b Bhuvneshwar 48(30) [4s-2 6s-3]
Bhuvneshwar to M Pandey, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
15.3 -
Bhuvneshwar to Y Pathan, 1 run, shortish and Pathan pulls it off the front foot to deep square leg, just a single
15.2 -
Bhuvneshwar to M Pandey, 1 run, low full toss zeroed in on the stumps, worked away to long-on
15.1 -
Bhuvneshwar to Y Pathan, 1 run, too full and almost a yorker length delivery around off, Pathan squeezes the drive out to long-off
Bhuvneshwar Kumar [2.0-0-19-0] is back into the attack
Erasmus signals the time-out. One which Hyderabad desperately needed. The partnership is worth 84 runs and they are going at more than 9rpo. At this rate, Kolkata might fancy 200 or more. Warner has to find a way to stop this carnage... Bhuvi brought back to break this partnership. Plenty of hand waving from the bowler and the captain...
14.6 -
Barinder to M Pandey, no run, slanted well wide of the right-hander, Pandey tries to reach out, but fails to do so. Sran gets away with it as it was a marginal call for a wide
14.5 -
Barinder to M Pandey, SIX, there's the six for the over. Pandey was waiting for this in his crease. Sran made his job easier by bowling length, Pandey said thank you very much and smashed it over long-on, pinged the sightscreen
14.4 -
Barinder to Y Pathan, 1 run, off-pace delivery on a shortish length, Pathan mistimes the flat-bat hit to the left of Sran, who couldn't get a hand
14.3 -
Barinder to M Pandey, 1 run, steps out and converts it into a fuller length delivery, whipped down the ground to deep mid-wicket
14.2 -
Barinder to Y Pathan, 1 run, low full toss just outside off, drilled along the ground to long-off
14.2 -
Barinder to Y Pathan, wide, that's a shocker from Sran. It pitched well outside the playing surface outside off, easy call for the umpire
14.1 -
Barinder to M Pandey, 1 run, slower delivery around off, Pandey waits and steers it down to third man
Barinder Sran [2.0-0-14-1] is back into the attack
Warner and Henriques are having a chat, while Bhuvi is giving some tips to the returning Sran. Kolkata have gathered momentum, Hyderabad need a wicket or two to stop the run-flow.
13.6 -
Karn Sharma to Y Pathan, 2 runs, excellent cricket. Those two sixes had sent the fielders on the edge of the rope and Pathan nudges one with soft hands to the mid-wicket region and scampers back for the second. Pandey had to put in the dive as the throw came to his end, but he had made it in comfortably
13.5 -
Karn Sharma to Y Pathan, SIX, Karn keeps tossing them up and Pathan keeps sending them out of the park. This time creates his own room by backing away and hammers it over long-off. The crowd are finding their voice again
13.4 -
Karn Sharma to Y Pathan, SIX, first six for Pathan. And as usual it comes over long-on. Went a long way as well - 102 meters. Flighted on the stumps, Pathan dispatches it with utter disdain over long-on
13.3 -
Karn Sharma to Y Pathan, no run, follows Pathan with a full delivery, eased to extra cover
13.2 -
Karn Sharma to M Pandey, 1 run, short and outside off, slapped towards extra cover
13.1 -
Karn Sharma to M Pandey, FOUR, Pandey has taken a particular liking to Karn Sharma. Once again starts the over with a boundary. Tossed up on off, Pandey clears his front leg out of the way and tonks it towards long-on, straight enough for a one bounce four
Karn Sharma [2.0-0-20-0] is back into the attack
12.6 -
Mustafizur to M Pandey, 1 run, good length ball on off, Pandey is on the move to nudge this one to deep mid-wicket
12.6 -
Mustafizur to M Pandey, wide, starts outside off and the off-cutter goes further away from the batsman, Pandey can't reach and umpire Marais Erasmus stretches his arms out
12.5 -
Mustafizur to Y Pathan, 1 run, another one on a length and straightens a touch, Pathan's outside edge rolls straight to third man this time
12.4 -
Mustafizur to Y Pathan, FOUR, lucky boundary. Mustafizur goes round the wicket and angles the off-cutter in, the ball grips and deviates enough to catch the outside edge as Pathan pokes at it, goes fine and races to the third man fence
12.3 -
Mustafizur to Y Pathan, 2 runs, in the air and safe. Pathan is standing on off-stump and is even shuffling across to Mustafizur, he tries the inside out loft, but only manages a toe-end. The ball drops between two fielders, extra cover tracked back and sweeper cover ran forward, but the ball eluded both
12.2 -
Mustafizur to M Pandey, 1 run, cramps the batsman for room this time, much like it. Pandey adjusts and works it in front of square on the leg-side
12.1 -
Mustafizur to M Pandey, FOUR, top shot! Poor delivery though from Fizz. Short and plenty of room on offer, Pandey, who already stands on leg-stump made full use of that, cracked the cut to the left of backward point, sped away to the fence
11.6 -
Henriques to M Pandey, 1 run, sliding it onto the pads, Pandey helps it round the corner - to deep backward square leg. He wanted two but Pathan was never interested
11.5 -
Henriques to M Pandey, no run, another off-cutter outside off, Pandey was almost walking into the nudge to the on-side, the ball breaks back and beats the inside edge
11.4 -
Henriques to Y Pathan, 1 run, shortish and outside off, Pathan slaps it without much purpose to sweeper cover
11.3 -
Henriques to Y Pathan, 2 runs, no pace on this one, Pathan once again is foxed as he attempts an ambitious drive, gets it off the inner part of the bat to mid-wicket, no one inside the ring and an easy two on offer
11.2 -
Henriques to M Pandey, 1 run, drags the length back, Pandey stays leg-side of the ball and whips it to long-on
11.1 -
Henriques to Y Pathan, 1 run, fuller and outside off, Pathan walks down and across, tries to force it through cover, the ball squirts off the inside edge to backward square leg
10.6 -
Mustafizur to Y Pathan, 1 run, uppish but in the gap. The quick off-cutter outside off, Pathan is into the drive early, slices it to the right of backward point
10.5 -
Mustafizur to Y Pathan, no run, round the wicket to tuck the batsman up, Pathan hangs back and taps it to backward point
10.4 -
Mustafizur to M Pandey, 1 run, Pandey is playing him very late. He is allowing the ball to do its bit and then picking which shot to play, this time he whips one through mid-wicket
10.3 -
Mustafizur to Y Pathan, 1 run, again the length is short, Pathan has enough time to pick his spot, cuts it gently to sweeper cover
10.2 -
Mustafizur to M Pandey, 1 run, shortens the length and Pandey pulls it on the bounce to deep mid-wicket
10.1 -
Mustafizur to M Pandey, 2 runs, angled across the right-hander, Pandey waits on it and eases it square on the off-side, placed it wide of sweeper and that made him go back for the second. Dhawan sends in an accurate throw, but a full length dive saved Pandey
Run-out check sent upstairs. Pandey the man in question. The dive saves him there. Should be an easy call for the TV umpire. Not Out!
Mustafizur Rahman, comes into the attack
Finally, the Fizz is into the attack. Where was he all this while? Only Warner knows...
9.6 -
Henriques to M Pandey, 1 run, good length delivery and on off-stump, Pandey punches it to long-on
9.5 -
Henriques to Y Pathan, 1 run, slower short one, but speared down leg, Pathan pulls it to fine leg
9.4 -
Henriques to M Pandey, 1 run, Pandey backs away, but Henriques follows him with a length delivery, dabbed to sweeper cover
9.3 -
Henriques to M Pandey, 2 runs, another off-pace delivery from Henriques, Pandey punches it past the diving mid-wicket fielder and adds two more runs to the tally
9.2 -
Henriques to Y Pathan, 1 run, this time, the off-cutter from Henriques, tucked to deep mid-wicket
9.1 -
Henriques to Y Pathan, 2 runs, the cross-seam length delivery that was bowled on the stumps, Pathan clips it to fine leg and calls for a couple of runs. He makes it easily
Moises Henriques, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack
Time-Out is in place now.
8.6 -
Karn Sharma to Y Pathan, 1 run, Pathan comes well forward and drives this flatter delivery to long-on
8.5 -
Karn Sharma to Y Pathan, no run, pushed through and outside off, Pathan looks to crack it through the line and the ball whooshes past the outside edge
8.4 -
Karn Sharma to M Pandey, 1 run, Pandey clips it to backward square leg and jogs to the other end
8.3 -
Karn Sharma to M Pandey, no run, slightly shorter in length, Pandey cuts it into the off-side
8.2 -
Karn Sharma to M Pandey, SIX, this time, Karn, bowls it a touch outside off, but Pandey again sits on one knee and hammers the slog-sweep over mid-wicket with utmost ease
8.1 -
Karn Sharma to M Pandey, SIX, when it hit the sweet spot of the willow, it gave an inkling that was crunched. Pandey sinks on one knee and slog-sweeps it over the mid-wicket boundary
7.6 -
Deepak Hooda to Y Pathan, FOUR, Pathan shows the aggressive intent by skipping out of the crease, takes it on the half volley and lifts it wide of long-on
7.5 -
Deepak Hooda to M Pandey, 1 run, too straight from round the wicket, turned to backward square leg
7.4 -
Deepak Hooda to Y Pathan, 1 run, Pathan sweeps it to square leg to get off the mark
Yusuf Pathan, right handed bat, comes to the crease
7.3 -
Deepak Hooda to Gambhir, out Caught by Henriques!! I am rubbing my eyes in disbelief. KOL's batsmen, one after another, are losing the plot and gifting their wickets away on a platter. Gambhir dances down the track, makes a wee bit of room and tries to go inside-out with his lofted drive, but cracks it straight to the man at long-off, who did not have to move an inch. Gambhir c Henriques b Deepak Hooda 16(15) [4s-1]
Deepak Hooda to Gambhir, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
7.2 -
Deepak Hooda to Gambhir, 2 runs, a misfield from Williamson at cover facilitates the duo to nab a couple of runs. A hint of slow turn for Hooda, Gambhir covers for it and taps it towards the cover-region, where Williamson, with athletic strides, looks to swoop it down, but fumbles a touch and that allows the two to sneak in a couple
7.1 -
Deepak Hooda to M Pandey, 1 run, from round the wicket, Hooda bowls a low full toss, turned to deep mid-wicket
6.6 -
Karn Sharma to M Pandey, 1 run, the slider from Karn, tapped to cover-point
6.5 -
Karn Sharma to Gambhir, 1 run, the top-spinner from Karn almost did the trick for him. Gambhir attempts to turn it around the corner and gets a soft leading edge straight down the ground. Williamson from mid-wicket charged to snare the catch, but the ball landed safely
6.4 -
Karn Sharma to M Pandey, 1 run, another steer to sweeper cover off a delivery that was a bowled slower through the air
6.3 -
Karn Sharma to M Pandey, no run, tossed up delivery from Karn, Pandey pushes it to cover
6.2 -
Karn Sharma to Gambhir, 1 run, Gambhir dabs it to cover and picks up another single
6.1 -
Karn Sharma to M Pandey, 1 run, this legspinner also turned but Karn bowls it shorter in length, cut to backward point, who fumbles a touch, but no real damage done
6.1 -
Karn Sharma to M Pandey, wide, turn and bounce for Karn, Pandey tries a half-hearted cut and is beaten. Now that should encourage the bowler
Karn Sharma, right-arm leg break, comes into the attack
Manish Pandey, right handed bat, comes to the crease
5.6 -
Deepak Hooda to Munro, out Caught by N Ojha!! Munro, in an attempt to up the ante has perished. There was no need for that as KOL have made a bright start. Slower through the air and outside off, Munro looked to heave it across the line and got it off the toe-end. Ojha ran across and pouched it. Munro c N Ojha b Deepak Hooda 10(8) [4s-2]
Deepak Hooda to Munro, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
5.5 -
Deepak Hooda to Munro, FOUR, well, another full toss and this time from Hooda, Munro stays inside the crease and biffs it straight down the ground
5.4 -
Deepak Hooda to Munro, no run, Hooda belts out an appeal for LBW, but rightly turned down. Munro tries the switch-hit, but he was too early into the shot. He was hit outside the line of off-stump. Hence not given
5.3 -
Deepak Hooda to Gambhir, 1 run, Gambhir dabs it to cover-point for another single
5.2 -
Deepak Hooda to Munro, 1 run, slightly shorter in length, tapped to extra cover
5.1 -
Deepak Hooda to Gambhir, 1 run, very full from Hooda, pushed to mid-off
Deepak Hooda, right-arm off break, comes into the attack
4.6 -
Williamson to Gambhir, 1 run, Williamson, this time, looks to compensate for bowling too full. However, it turns out to be shorter in length, cut to sweeper cover
4.5 -
Williamson to Munro, 1 run, very full from Williamson, Munro nudges it to mid-wicket
4.4 -
Williamson to Munro, FOUR, oh boy! This can turn out be a bad gamble by the captain. Williamson ushers in another full toss, Munro makes use of the gift lifting it into the downtown territories
4.3 -
Williamson to Munro, no run, very full from Williamson, Munro backs away a touch, but the bowler follows him. Pushed into the off-side
4.2 -
Williamson to Gambhir, 1 run, low full toss, Gambhir whips it to deep mid-wicket
4.1 -
Williamson to Gambhir, no run, very full from round the wicket, Gambhir drives it to mid-off
Kane Williamson, right-arm off break, comes into the attack
This is a bit of surprise. Williamson has been given the ball
3.6 -
Barinder to Munro, no run, length ball that is speared down leg, Munro aims to flick it around the corner and misses
3.5 -
Barinder to Gambhir, 1 run, Gambhir steers it to third man and jogs to the other end
Colin Munro, left handed bat, comes to the crease
3.4 -
Barinder to Uthappa, out Caught by Williamson!! Why would Uthappa try to take the risk of playing with a dash of adventurism and look to pulverise Barinder over the off-side? He was playing orthodox shots and checking in a flurry of boundaries. Unfortunately, Uthappa dances down the track to a good length delivery that was angled away and made room. He tried to club it over the cover-region and gets it off the toe-end. Williamson from backward point ran backwards, kept his eyes on the ball and snaffled the catch with both hands around head height. Uthappa c Williamson b Barinder 25(17) [4s-4]
Barinder to Uthappa, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
3.3 -
Barinder to Uthappa, no run, good length delivery and outside off, Uthappa cracks the drive into the cover-region
3.2 -
Barinder to Gambhir, leg byes, 1 run, a tad fuller and slanted in, Gambhir aims to swing it across the line, but can't make the connection. Barinder belts out an appeal for LBW, but it was too high. It hit the thigh pad
3.1 -
Barinder to Gambhir, FOUR, shorter in length from Barinder, but he does not get good shoulder on it. In fact, it was a long hop, Gambhir pulls it neatly to the deep backward square leg fence after getting on top of the ball
2.6 -
Bhuvneshwar to Gambhir, 1 run, good length delivery that swings back in late, Gambhir covers for it and works it to mid-on
2.5 -
Bhuvneshwar to Uthappa, 1 run, fuller length delivery from Bhuvneshwar, Uthappa push-drives it to mid-off and sets off. Warner effects the direct-hit from mid-off at the bowler's end, but by then, the batsman was in
2.4 -
Bhuvneshwar to Gambhir, 1 run, fullish and on the stumps, Gambhir taps it to square leg for an easy single
2.3 -
Bhuvneshwar to Uthappa, 1 run, good length delivery and outside off, tapped to backward point
2.2 -
Bhuvneshwar to Gambhir, 1 run, why did Williamson fire in the throw at the striker's end?? Well, Gambhir was well in. As a result of that, the duo pinch in an overthrow. Fuller length delivery and a wee bit of curl back into the left-hander, Gambhir pushes it to Kane at point, who flings in a needless throw and the pair sneak in a run
2.1 -
Bhuvneshwar to Uthappa, 1 run, fullish and angled in, Uthappa checks his drive to mid-on
1.6 -
Barinder to Uthappa, 1 run, good length delivery and in that channel outside off, Uthappa, for the umpteenth time in this innings, uses the late cut, but sharp work by the fielder at backward point results in a few runs being saved for the team
1.5 -
Barinder to Uthappa, no run, slightly shorter in length, Uthappa can't make the connection with his short-arm pull
1.4 -
Barinder to Uthappa, 2 runs, Uthappa just stays back to this back of a length delivery and checks the late cut to third man, where Karn Sharma runs around the boundary rope and puts in a dive to save a couple
1.3 -
Barinder to Uthappa, 2 runs, speared down leg, Uthappa rolls his wrists on it and clips it to backward square leg for a brace
1.2 -
Barinder to Uthappa, no run, Barinder ushers in the short delivery and bowls it outside off, Uthappa lets it go by
1.1 -
Barinder to Uthappa, FOUR, Uthappa's sparkling spread of run-scoring continues. Barinder angles it away from the right-hander, Uthappa rides on the bounce and slices the drive past the backward point fielder. No need to run for those
Barinder Sran, comes into the attack
0.6 -
Bhuvneshwar to Uthappa, 1 run, good length delivery and a wee bit of shape back into the right-hander, Uthappa gets a soft leading edge to mid-on on his tuck
0.5 -
Bhuvneshwar to Uthappa, FOUR, Bhuvneshwar again bowls it short and wide, Uthappa camps back and late cuts it to the third man fence. The fielder was inside the ring and Uthappa breached the gap between short third man and backward point to perfection
0.4 -
Bhuvneshwar to Uthappa, no run, nice riposte from Bhuvneshwar. Good length delivery that curls away a touch, Uthappa prods half forward and has a flirty poke at it, only to be beaten
As a result of those 2 strokes, the slip has been taken off
0.3 -
Bhuvneshwar to Uthappa, FOUR, Uthappa again gets on top of the bounce. In fact, a splendid stroke from him. A tad fuller and outside off, Uthappa brings out the punchy-drive and it vrooms away to the deep extra cover fence
0.2 -
Bhuvneshwar to Uthappa, FOUR, crunching shot from Uthappa! A touch of width on offer, Uthappa prod half forward and cracks it through the diving cover-point fielder and into the fence
0.1 -
Bhuvneshwar to Uthappa, no run, back of a length delivery and a hint of shape away from Uthappa, he comes half forward and defends awkwardly
Uthappa and Gambhir are at the crease. Uthappa is on strike. Bhuvneshwar will open the attack
Let's take a moment and thank the teams for their fizzled out campaigns this year - gifted us an T20 League as open as an angry can of pop soda.. fizzing and entertaining all of us. Kolkata make it through, finally, battling past Russell's injury, a late suicidal implosion and then a Dhawan half-century. Yusuf Pathan continues to prosper as an anchor and things look headed North for Kolkata. That's it from here, Hop over to catch Kohli take on Zaheer. Good bye from Pratyush Sinha on behalf of Bharath Ramaraj, Akshay Maanay and Venkatesh, our scorer. Ta-ta!
Pathan: "Very happy that the team has been helped by my performance. We talked that 160 was a good total on this wicket because we have quality spinners. Manish batted well, took chances and made a good feast of them. I got the time to stay at the wicket, wait for the loose delivery and hit them. I look in control this season. Feel calm, given the overs I have been getting. Enjoying my bowling too, and whenever there's an opportunity, I try to do well." (translated from Hindi)
Yusuf Pathan is the Man of the Match. He's harvesting them, isn't he?
Gambhir: "Must-win game for us. Credit to the entire group. Yusuf's form is important and he's not flirting with it. His role has changed, but now we give him more overs. He's mature and takes his time. When we started, 160 looked good and we looked set for 180-185. But we were happy with 170 too, given the pitch here. The point is to stay in the present and be up for it. We have to take a lot of confidence from this match which was almost a playoff. When you lose a player like Russell, it's difficult to get the combination right but guys have put their hand up and performed well today."
Okay, the presentations are here! Hold on.. as Ravi Shastri throats it out
With this win KOL make it to the qualifiers. GUJ are comfortably placed at number 1 but numbers 2, 3 and 4 are still up for grabs. The picture will be absolutely clear after the end of the second match today with 3 teams sure to be tied at 16 points unless there is rain. So folks, its time to take out the notebooks and get down to some number crunching to calculate the net run rates!
With Yuvraj and Williamson still there, HYD would have fancied their chances of chasing it down even if it was at 10 runs per over off 8. But the spinners were not giving an inch away as a googly here, a doosra there was making the experienced batters dance to their tunes. Yuvraj did hit a few big blows but Shakib got him out as he hit one too many. That really got the crowd behind KOL and they didn't look behind from that point as they virtually strangled the HYD chase.
The pitch had slowed down considerably and Gautam Gambhir was alive to the fact as he started with an eclectic mix of slow bowlers up front. Narine got the big wicket of Warner in the third over. But Dhawan was looking well set and threatened to knock KOL out of the tourney. Gautam Gambhir definitely needed his spinners to stand up and take responsibility. The youngster Kuldeep Yadav did the trick for him as he got Dhawan caught in the deep. In the very next over Narine came back into the attack and dismissed Ojha who was going nowhere frankly.
19.6 -
Rajpoot to Karn Sharma, 1 run, there it is. KOL, Eden Gardens and 4.5 million Kolkatans dash into the playoffs! And millions of SRK supporters too. And Bengali clans all across the globe. Rajpoot does what he has been doing - going wide of the crease, firing it on a length that's just short enough to invite a loft and not leaking silly runs. Down to long-on on the bounce, where the fielder arches back to hold onto the ricochet. Deal sealed. This pitch was there for Kolkata to come out trumps and boy, they did well to tame that late batting implosion
19.5 -
Rajpoot to Barinder, 1 run, goes wide of the crease from round the wicket, fires it in fuller and Sran clips it round the corner
19.4 -
Rajpoot to Karn Sharma, 1 run, what should I call it? A Yoda full toss. Not very tall and Sharma squirts it down to third man for a single..
19.3 -
Rajpoot to Barinder, 1 run, gravitates this full toss on off-stump, Sran's bat comes down at an angle..only to mistime it to long-on. Match sealed, no?
19.2 -
Rajpoot to Karn Sharma, 1 run, a full toss, a dipping full toss and Sharma throws his hands at it. Skews it away to deep backward point on the bounce. Singles won't do
Barinder Sran, left handed bat, comes to the crease
28 needed off the last 5 balls
19.1 -
Rajpoot to Bhuvneshwar, out Caught by (sub)Sathish!! This looks like a mere formality now. Rajpoot makes for the readymade room with a full one following the batsman, Bhuvneshwar is cramped for room but the match situation ushers him into a loft. A cramped loft that only travels as far as long-off. Bhuvneshwar c (sub)Sathish b Rajpoot 5(4) [4s-1]
Rajpoot to Bhuvneshwar, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
Ankit Rajpoot [2.0-0-16-0] is back into the attack
Okay, 28 needed off the last over. Rajpoot has the ball
18.6 -
Holder to Bhuvneshwar, 1 run, shuffles across outside off early, sees a wider length ball and uses the space to dab it to deep backward point in place
18.5 -
Holder to Bhuvneshwar, FOUR, makes his own room and uses a big bat swing to loft this fuller one over extra cover. 29 off 7 needed
18.4 -
Holder to Bhuvneshwar, no run, lovely yorker outside off, Kumar is half-forward to squeeze out the drive, there's a noise but the umpire ignores the appeal. The bat hitting the ground it might be - since the drive was a squeeze given the very full length
18.3 -
Holder to Karn Sharma, leg byes, 1 run, too much theatrics for a leg bye. Bowls a cutter bumper, Sharma is early into the pull. Is hit on the grille and the ricochet nearly rolls onto the stumps. Sees the ball dead in front of the stumps and beats Holder's sprint forward with a superlative sprint for the leg bye
18.2 -
Holder to Karn Sharma, 2 runs, bowls it slow on the pad and it's a nudge to backward square leg
18.1 -
Holder to Karn Sharma, no run, shortish slower delivery, slashes and misses
Jason Holder [2.0-0-14-0] is back into the attack
Bhuvneshwar Kumar, right handed bat, comes to the crease
17.6 -
Narine to Henriques, out Bowled!! That's a blindfolded shimmy. Clueless. Just hankers out of the crease and looks to slog, Narine cleverly bowls an off-cutter that's a touch shorter and sneaks in to kill the shoulder of the leg-stump. 36 off the last 2 overs now. Henriques b Narine 11(10) [4s-1]
Narine to Henriques, THAT'S OUT!! Bowled!!
17.5 -
Narine to Karn Sharma, 1 run, oh, that's too good from Narine. Runs across all the way to mid-on, gathers this clip from Sharma and fires it at the bowler's end. Misses but why was Sharma taking it so lightly? Why? Jogs and then hurries back in
17.4 -
Narine to Henriques, 1 run, straight delivery worked to mid-wicket
17.3 -
Narine to Henriques, FOUR, that's streetsmart cricket. Is late to read it and then dabs it ever so late, off the keeper's gloved all the way to third man. A head-first dive there is inconsequential
17.2 -
Narine to Karn Sharma, 1 run, darts it on leg-stump and then gets it to dart away. Sharma waits and clips it to short mid-wicket
17.1 -
Narine to Henriques, 1 run, a sane off-break turned to backward square leg
Sunil Narine [3.0-0-18-2] is back into the attack
Hyderabad need 44 runs in 18 balls. Can they? Gambhir is off the field. Suryakumar takes over..
16.6 -
Shakib to Karn Sharma, leg byes, 2 runs, this affinity for leg-stump isn't helping. On that very fuller length again, Sharma turns around only to miss and the ball frisks the pad to sneak through the keeper. 4-0-34-1 for Shakib
16.5 -
Shakib to Henriques, 1 run, loops it in flatter and slower on the pads, helped to cow corner with a clip
16.4 -
Shakib to Henriques, no run, lovely. Bowls it shorter seeing Henriques go deep and lets him chop his cut into the off-side
16.3 -
Shakib to Henriques, 2 runs, trims the length back and Henriques tucks it off his pads to deep mid-wicket
16.2 -
Shakib to Henriques, no run, a loopy delivery that dips and turns with good bounce. Henriques is opened up, rises in sync with the bounce and a leading edge rolls to cover
16.1 -
Shakib to Karn Sharma, 1 run, this is flatter on say fourth stump down leg, Karn hurries this time and barrels the clip to short fine
16.1 -
Shakib to Karn Sharma, wide, an encore. So does the umpire
16.1 -
Shakib to Karn Sharma, wide, that's a brilliant ball.. to a right-hander. Down leg, a dipping yorker length delivery and Sharma's turn-around flick is missed
15.6 -
Kuldeep Yadav to Karn Sharma, byes, 1 run, this beat him open! Drifted in from over the wicket, pitched on middle and spun away like a spitting cobra. Karn ended up playing well inside the line and the turn away took the keeper out of the radar too
15.6 -
Kuldeep Yadav to Karn Sharma, wide, drifts this wide of the off-stump tramline
15.5 -
Kuldeep Yadav to Henriques, 1 run, too full, on the pads and clipped to mid-wicket
Karn Sharma, left handed bat, comes to the crease
15.4 -
Kuldeep Yadav to Williamson, out Caught by Suryakumar Yadav!! Sore throat pill-makers, rush to the Eden Gardens! Williamson departs too and it's time to press that metaphorical panic button. 55 off 26 needed. This turned in from the stumps, Williamson rose higher on the shuffle and clubbed it straight to deep square leg, while sliding deep in the crease to make room. Williamson c Suryakumar Yadav b Kuldeep Yadav 7(9)
Kuldeep Yadav to Williamson, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
15.3 -
Kuldeep Yadav to Henriques, 1 run, a leading edge to point. A googly with good shoulders on it. Henriques closed the bat face early, the bounce made it worse and the ball rolled to point
15.2 -
Kuldeep Yadav to Williamson, 1 run, floats this flatter one across, Williamson reaches out to clip it to a vacant mid-wicket and ran. Yadav ran across, pounced on the ball and shied at the bowler's end. Overthrows and a run ensued
Moises Henriques, right handed bat, comes to the crease
Time-out!
15.1 -
Kuldeep Yadav to Deepak Hooda, out Deepak Hooda Run Out!! 1 run completed. That's a shamble. Absolute horror. An unrequited love story. This was a drag down on leg-stump, Hooda exaggerated his shuffle across leg, got behind it and pulled it all cramped to cow corner. Had cleaved the gap between deep square leg and deep mid-wicket perfectly, thought there's a two on and just sped back to his crease. Williamson wasn't interested, maybe didn't hear the call. Maybe there wasn't a call. Shakib ran across from deep mid-wicket, speared the throw to the bowler's end and ran Hooda out, who was halfway down the track. Williamson was livid and Uthappa was clapping aggressively, I must add. Deepak Hooda run out (Shakib/Kuldeep Yadav) 2(2)
Kuldeep Yadav to Deepak Hooda, THAT'S OUT!! Run Out!!
14.6 -
Shakib to Williamson, 2 runs, makes room for the drift in on this fuller delivery and drives it wide of extra cover for a brace. 58 needed off 30
14.5 -
Shakib to Deepak Hooda, 1 run, good bound off the pitch again, Hooda gets his bat high and punches one to long-off
14.4 -
Shakib to Williamson, 1 run, rides the bounce well and closes the bat face for a push down to long-on
Deepak Hooda, right handed bat, comes to the crease
14.3 -
Shakib to Yuvraj, out Caught by (sub)Sathish!! And Yurvaj perishes now. Let me tell you, this looked headed over deep mid-wicket by a mile, then suddenly dipped and found the fielder. Darted in quicker, Yuvraj was in the mood and just lofted it across the line with a readymade closed bat. But that was too full. Too full to be powered even over an Eden Gardens, the size of which hardly mirrors its stature. Yuvraj c (sub)Sathish b Shakib 19(12) [4s-1 6s-2]
Shakib to Yuvraj, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
14.2 -
Shakib to Yuvraj, no run, drifts a full toss down leg from round the wicket, Yuvraj turns around to tickle but could only manage an edge to short fine leg. Williamson was halfway down the track, sent back before the throw arrived
14.1 -
Shakib to Williamson, 1 run, chopped the cut to cover point. Held his backing away, was cramped and the ball didn't bounce as anticipated to make it worse
Shakib Al Hasan [2.0-0-23-0] is back into the attack
13.6 -
Kuldeep Yadav to Yuvraj, SIX, even better this time. Stays put, unlike the last ball, and just frees arms with the turn. On a length, turning away and Yuvraj's bat flow roared. Over extra cover
13.5 -
Kuldeep Yadav to Yuvraj, SIX, lovely. Shimmies down, doesn't let the ball talk, renders turn irrelevant and lofts it over long-off
13.4 -
Kuldeep Yadav to Yuvraj, no run, outwitter. Turns it away from a fuller length, Yuvraj swiped against the turn and was embarrased
13.3 -
Kuldeep Yadav to Yuvraj, no run, and he misses it. Turns it with bounce, Yuvraj looks to fetch it with a cut but cannot reach out
13.2 -
Kuldeep Yadav to Williamson, 1 run, clips it to deep mid-wicket for a single as Eden Garden roars
13.1 -
Kuldeep Yadav to Williamson, no run, stumping appeal sent upstairs but it was deemed not out. The googly draws Williamson forward and then fizzes past the outside edge. The back foot never left the crease and the third umpire flashed green
Stumping appeal but no one's excited..
12.6 -
Narine to Williamson, 1 run, bowls the hanger ball. Stays in the loop forever and then dips perilously just in time. Williamson waits and nudges a single round the corner. Hyderabad need 76 runs in 42 balls
12.5 -
Narine to Williamson, leg byes, 2 runs, this ripped in ferociously. Turned from outside off, past Williamson's clip, well past it, and off the pad to fine leg
12.4 -
Narine to Yuvraj, 1 run, dragged down deliberately on leg-stump for a makeshift clip to backward square leg
12.3 -
Narine to Yuvraj, no run, pokes his front leg out and punches this away with the turn, fails to cleave the field
12.2 -
Narine to Yuvraj, no run, looks to sweep a delivery that's leg-stumpish and misses
Kane Williamson, right handed bat, comes to the crease
12.1 -
Narine to N Ojha, out Caught by Uthappa!! Another one on Narine's menu tonight. And with that turn. Drifts it in, Ojha - an edgy Ojha - looks to slog with the drift in but the turn dupes him. The top-edge pops up and the keeper jogs back to pouch it. N Ojha c Uthappa b Narine 15(25) [4s-1]
Narine to N Ojha, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
Sunil Narine [2.0-0-16-1] is back into the attack
11.6 -
Kuldeep Yadav to Yuvraj, 2 runs, too much bounce on this and the turn away was exagerrated too. Off the top-edge and it's a brace to third man
11.5 -
Kuldeep Yadav to Yuvraj, FOUR, lovely footwork. Just a baby shuffle across to make room and lofts this flattish delivery like a pancake. Ojha ducks to let it pass over him and the long-on fielder had no chance
11.4 -
Kuldeep Yadav to Yuvraj, no run, and now he loops it further up and sees a clipped dot to mid-wicket
Yuvraj Singh, left handed bat, comes to the crease
11.3 -
Kuldeep Yadav to Dhawan, out Caught by Munro!! Warner is already back and the makeshift messiah in Dhawan is now too! With Ojha struggling, Dhawan had to loosen up and he did with a slog across the line to a ball too full. Goes with the drift but powers it off the toe-end to deep mid-wicket where the sweeper shuffles across to pouch an easy one. 'Big wicket' will be an understatement. Dhawan c Munro b Kuldeep Yadav 51(30) [4s-4 6s-3]
Kuldeep Yadav to Dhawan, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
11.2 -
Kuldeep Yadav to N Ojha, 1 run, looped full and slow, Ojha slogs and mistimes one to deep mid-wicket
11.1 -
Kuldeep Yadav to N Ojha, no run, tries to sweep a ball too full and drifting down leg, and misses
10.6 -
Shakib to N Ojha, 1 run, keeps the pace slow and cleverly docks the length back seeing Ojha come down. The batsman adjusts with a tap to mid-wicket. A tame tap. Well bowled that
10.5 -
Shakib to Dhawan, 1 run, enough room away to use the bat horizontally and flash a single past point
10.4 -
Shakib to Dhawan, FOUR, that a repugnant ball. Switched the angle to round the wicket to cut the room and ends up dishing it out down leg. Dhawan just turns around and paddles it down to fine leg. Brings his fifty up!
10.3 -
Shakib to Dhawan, no run, goes round the wicket, fires it in on leg-stump and arrests Dhawan's shimmy with a block
10.2 -
Shakib to Dhawan, 2 runs, 50-run stand with a clip to deep mid-wicket
10.1 -
Shakib to Dhawan, FOUR, flatter delivery darted in, turning down leg, Dhawan holds his bat high, lets it turn as he winds up, and chops it down to fine leg. Like a close-batted jab this
Shakib Al Hasan [1.0-0-11-0] is back into the attack
9.6 -
Kuldeep Yadav to N Ojha, no run, again a wee bit of turn for Kuldeep Yadav, Ojha chips down the track and looks to flick it around the corner, but misses
9.5 -
Kuldeep Yadav to N Ojha, 2 runs, pushed through from Kuldeep Yadav, Ojha sweeps it to fine leg and scampers across for a brace
9.4 -
Kuldeep Yadav to N Ojha, no run, Ojha charges down the track and then pushes it back to the bowler
9.3 -
Kuldeep Yadav to N Ojha, no run, flatter delivery from Kuldeep Yadav, defended
9.2 -
Kuldeep Yadav to Dhawan, 1 run, turned to mid-wicket for an easy single
9.1 -
Kuldeep Yadav to Dhawan, no run, straightaway, Kuldeep Yadav gets the chinaman in that turns away from Dhawan, he adjusts for it and defends off the back foot. When the track is turning, if you can't pick it from the hand, then always look to play back and defend. The golden rule of playing spin
Kuldeep Yadav, left-arm chinaman, comes into the attack
Gambhir looks worried. He is waving his hands out there to the fielders. KOL need their spinners to stand up and be counted
Time-Out is in place
8.6 -
Holder to Dhawan, 1 run, slanted into the left-hander, Dhawan tucks it to deep mid-wicket
8.5 -
Holder to Dhawan, no run, Dhawan, though, can't make use of the free-hit. Low full toss outside off, Dhawan slices it to point, but can't breach the gap
8.5 -
Holder to Dhawan, no ball, short delivery and outside off, Dhawan lets it go by. It is given as a no-ball. Remember, this is the second short delivery he bowled in this over
8.4 -
Holder to Dhawan, SIX, ah, with a concoction of timing and placement, Dhawan shuffles across his sticks and whips a fuller length delivery over the deep backward square leg fence. He is picking the length very early today
8.3 -
Holder to Dhawan, 2 runs, Dhawan dances the track and pushes it to cover, where Suryakumar swoops down on the ball quickly and fires in a throw at the bowler's end, but misses. Anyway, the batsman was in. In fact, they snare an extra run on an overthrow
8.2 -
Holder to N Ojha, 1 run, back of a length delivery and angled in, dabbed to third man
8.1 -
Holder to N Ojha, no run, Ojha makes room, but Holder ushers in the short delivery, Ojha just lets it go by
7.6 -
Munro to Dhawan, FOUR, Dhawan backs away slightly and slices this yorker length delivery to the third man fence. In fact, his initial trigger movement suggested he was backing away. But then he shuffled across a touch to free his arms up and get to the ball
7.5 -
Munro to N Ojha, 1 run, slower one from Munro, turned to deep mid-wicket
7.4 -
Munro to N Ojha, no run, tough chance for Uthappa there, but never easy to pouch a catch on the rise. The slower one and it landed on a back of a length, Ojha tries a half-hearted cut and gets an outside edge, but Uthappa despite getting his gloves up and looking to take it with both hands, can't hold onto it
The keeper is up to the stumps now
7.3 -
Munro to Dhawan, 1 run, slower one and just outside off, Dhawan takes a step or two out of the crease and drives it to long-off
7.2 -
Munro to N Ojha, 1 run, good length delivery and on the stumps, tapped to long-on
7.1 -
Munro to Dhawan, 1 run, 104ks to start with from Munro, Dhawan drives it rather uppishly to sweeper cover
Colin Munro, right-arm medium, comes into the attack
6.6 -
Holder to N Ojha, no run, stump-to-stump line, Ojha nails the drive back towards the bowler, who makes a sharp save on his followthrough
6.5 -
Holder to Dhawan, 1 run, Dhawan skips out of the crease and slashes it towards cover-point, where the fielder fires in a throw at the bowler's end, but misses
6.4 -
Holder to Dhawan, no run, a tad fuller and slanted in, pushed towards cover
6.3 -
Holder to N Ojha, 1 run, Holder pulls his length back and extracts that patented bounce, Ojha stays leg-side of the ball and awkwardly dabs it past the keeper to third man. The keeper stretched his hands, but he had no chance there of getting to the ball
6.2 -
Holder to Dhawan, 1 run, fullish from Holder, Dhawan mistimes the drive to long-on
6.1 -
Holder to Dhawan, no run, from round the wicket, Holder bowls it a tad fuller and angled in, defended
Jason Holder, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack
5.6 -
Narine to N Ojha, 2 runs, Ojha attempts the paddle sweep, but he was playing with risk there. However, in the end, no damage done. Narine gets a hint of turn on this delivery, Ojha bends on one knee and looks to bring out the sweep. He, though, gets a top-edge that runs away towards fine leg. Gambhir from slip hares it down. Ojha was looking to fetch it from just outside off and that is always tough to do against the turning ball
5.5 -
Narine to N Ojha, no run, stump-to-stump line, turned into the on-side
5.4 -
Narine to N Ojha, no run, stifled appeal for LBW turned down. A hint of turn for Narine, Ojha misses with his tuck, but it was going down leg
5.3 -
Narine to N Ojha, no run, slightly slower the air and just outside off, Ojha drives it to cover
5.2 -
Narine to Dhawan, 1 run, Dhawan makes room and pushes it to cover-point for a quick single. Good running between the wickets there
5.1 -
Narine to Dhawan, SIX, Dhawan looks in sublime touch. He sits on one knee and sweeps a pushed through delivery over the deep backward leg boundary
4.6 -
Rajpoot to N Ojha, no run, Ojha defends this fuller length delivery
4.5 -
Rajpoot to N Ojha, FOUR, Ojha twins placement and timing to this fullish delivery and traces the line between cover-point and cover. He then uses the drive to collect a boundary
4.4 -
Rajpoot to Dhawan, 1 run, good length delivery and angled away, Dhawan push-drives it to mid-off
4.3 -
Rajpoot to Dhawan, FOUR, Rajpoot continues to lose his radar. He drifts it down leg, Dhawan just flicks it to the deep backward square leg fence. No need to run for those
4.2 -
Rajpoot to N Ojha, leg byes, 1 run, sliding down leg, Ojha aims to flick it around the corner and gets it off the pad to backward square leg
4.1 -
Rajpoot to N Ojha, no run, good length delivery from Rajpoot, Ojha pushes it to mid-on
Ankit Rajpoot [1.0-0-7-0] is back into the attack
3.6 -
Narine to Dhawan, no run, Dhawan backs away a touch and slices it to cover-point
3.5 -
Narine to N Ojha, 1 run, a hint of turn for Narine, Ojha pushes it to point and hares down to the other end
3.4 -
Narine to N Ojha, no run, Ojha turns this delivery towards mid-wicket
Naman Ojha, right handed bat, comes to the crease
3.3 -
Narine to Warner, out Bowled!! Narine, for the umpteenth time in his career, has done the trick for KOL. Warner backs away and attempts to lift it over the off-side, but Narine gets a hint of turn away from the batsman, Warner misses with his stroke and the leg-stump is pegged back. The KOL camp is ecstatic. Warner b Narine 18(16) [4s-1 6s-1]
Narine to Warner, THAT'S OUT!! Bowled!!
3.2 -
Narine to Warner, SIX, when you can play shots in front of square on both sides of the wicket, why would you try those cheeky little reverse sweeps? Fullish and just outside off, Warner sits on one knee and slog-sweeps it over the long-on fence. He picked the bones out of that delivery
3.1 -
Narine to Warner, no run, on a length and just outside off, Warner aims for the reverse sweep and misses
Sunil Narine, right-arm off break, comes into the attack
2.6 -
Shakib to Dhawan, SIX, blistering barnacles! That was one mighty strike by Dhawan. He waltzes down the track, takes a flatter delivery on the half volley and lofts it into the downtown territories
2.5 -
Shakib to Warner, 1 run, Warner pushes it to long-on and jogs to the other end
2.4 -
Shakib to Warner, no run, flatter delivery and on the stumps, Warner backs away a touch and slices it into the cover-region
2.3 -
Shakib to Warner, no run, Warner looks to slog-sweep to a flatter delivery, but can't make the connection. It was going down leg
2.2 -
Shakib to Warner, no run, again width on offer, Warner cuts it to cover
2.1 -
Shakib to Warner, FOUR, short and wide delivery, cut to deep extra cover and it vrooms away to the fence. Gift of a delivery from Shakib and the batsman takes a heavy toll of it
Shakib Al Hasan, left-arm orthodox, comes into the attack
1.6 -
Rajpoot to Dhawan, 2 runs, nice work by the giant of a man - Holder. Dhawan looks to lift a good length delivery and gets it off the toe-end. Holder, with long strides from mid-on swoops down on the ball and gets a hand on it to save a couple of runs
1.5 -
Rajpoot to Warner, 1 run, the off-pace delivery from Rajpoot, Warner turns it to mid-wicket, where Yusuf hurls in a direct-hit, but the batsman was in at the non-striker's end
1.4 -
Rajpoot to Warner, 2 runs, shortish delivery from Rajpoot, Warner pulls it to deep mid-wicket, who tidies up. The pair sneak in a brace
1.3 -
Rajpoot to Dhawan, 1 run, shorter in length, Dhawan gets on top of it and pulls it to deep mid-wicket
1.2 -
Rajpoot to Dhawan, no run, a touch of width on offer, Dhawan slashes it to cover, but can't breach the gap
1.1 -
Rajpoot to Warner, 1 run, vociferous appeal for LBW from Rajpoot, but turned down. It pitched outside the line of leg-stump and Warner might have got an inside edge on it. Length delivery that stays a touch low, Warner camps back and looks to defend, but ekes out an inside edge to short fine leg
Ankit Rajpoot, right-arm medium, comes into the attack
0.6 -
Y Pathan to Warner, 1 run, flatter delivery from Pathan, Warner mistimes the drive to mid-off
0.5 -
Y Pathan to Warner, no run, Warner push-drives it into the cover-region
0.4 -
Y Pathan to Warner, no run, too straight from Pathan, turned to short fine leg
0.3 -
Y Pathan to Warner, 2 runs, Warner looks to show his aggressive intent, but he will thank his stars that it landed in no man's land. Slower this and just outside off, Warner attempts to lift it over sweeper cover and gets it off the toe-end. Three fielders positioned at cover, point and short third man run after the ball to snare the catch, but to no avail
0.2 -
Y Pathan to Warner, no run, Warner manufactures room and cracks the pushed through delivery to cover
0.1 -
Y Pathan to Dhawan, 1 run, round the wicket and Pathan bowls it flatter through the air, driven to long-off
Dhawan and Warner are at the crease. Dhawan is on strike. Y Pathan will open the attack