We are ready to go again. After a customary huddle, HYD's players are taking their respective fielding positions. Bhuvneshwar, the swing-merchant, will open the proceedings. He can make the ball to go this way and that way with a cocked wrist. He has a slip in place
They say that you can't keep a good man down for long. Today was a concert of two out of favour batsmen (with most Indian fans) which made the Mumbai dance around in helplessness. Dhawan has been gaining in momentum as this T20 League has gone on, but it was a delight to see Yuvraj in full flow again. And it was much needed too especially at the crucial juncture it came in. The dismissal of a belligerent Warner - whose intriguing back-and-forth battle with Bhajji was a delight to watch - had threatened to derail the innings. After being toyed around by Warner, Harbhajan got his act together and got his retribution towards the end of his spell by removing both Warner and Williamson. But then the two left-handers took over and launched a scathing assault resulting in 75 runs off the final 6 overs. It might still not be enough, you know, the way Mumbai have been chasing of late.
Mitch McClenaghan: "Warner got off to a great start. Hopefully we can dominate with the new ball. The pitch is holding up and Bumrah bowled a few good slower ones. It is sticking up a bit. But we did not bowl well with the new ball. It is about showing up and preparing for every game. We also credit the backroom staff for the work they do for us."
19.6 -
McClenaghan to Henriques, 1 run, slower one from McClenaghan, Henriques works it to deep square leg, but slips while looking to sneak in another run. As a result, the pair could not pinch in the second run
19.5 -
McClenaghan to Henriques, no run, the off-pace ball from McClenaghan, Henriques misses with his hoick
Moises Henriques, right handed bat, comes to the crease
19.4 -
McClenaghan to Yuvraj, out Hit Wkt!! Holy moly! In his 100th T20 League game, Yuvraj has been dismissed hit-wicket. However, he has played a breezy innings and certainly lifted HYD's tempo. Yuvraj's tendency to move across the sticks too much perhaps cost him his wicket there. McClenaghan sees Yuvraj shuffling around and bowls it full and outside off, Yuvraj goes too far back and chops it onto his stumps. Yuvraj hit wkt b McClenaghan 39(23) [4s-3 6s-2]
McClenaghan to Yuvraj, THAT'S OUT!! Hit Wkt!!
19.3 -
McClenaghan to Dhawan, 1 run, the cross-seamer and outside off, Dhawan bunts it down to long-off
19.2 -
McClenaghan to Yuvraj, 1 run, full and straight, Yuvraj pulverises it to deep mid-wicket
19.1 -
McClenaghan to Yuvraj, FOUR, deft touch from Yuvraj! He shuffles across the sticks to a fuller length delivery that was bowled from round the wicket by McClenaghan and laps it to the fine leg fence. Wristy wizard on show?
Mitchell McClenaghan [3.0-0-31-0] is back into the attack
18.6 -
Bumrah to Dhawan, FOUR, the slower one from Bumrah, Dhawan helps it around the corner after making room to the fine leg fence. The ball just vroomed away
18.5 -
Bumrah to Dhawan, SIX, low full toss from Bumrah, Dhawan brings out the pick-up shot to clear the mid-wicket boundary. He got nice elevation on that stroke and that helped his cause
18.4 -
Bumrah to Yuvraj, 1 run, full toss from Bumrah, Yuvraj lifts it towards long-on. It lands in front of the fielder though
18.3 -
Bumrah to Yuvraj, no run, the off-cutter from Bumrah, Yuvraj backs away and tries to cut, but gets a bottom edge to the keeper
18.2 -
Bumrah to Dhawan, 1 run, Parthiv was certainly anticipating the scoop shot from Dhawan, but he needs to be a few inches taller to get to that one. The slower one from Bumrah, Dhawan awkwardly scoops it over the keeper to steal a single
18.1 -
Bumrah to Yuvraj, 1 run, the slower one from Bumrah, Yuvraj nurdles it to square leg
17.6 -
Southee to Dhawan, no run, from slightly wide of the crease, Southee bowls the razor sharp yorker, Dhawan just about guards it out. Southee runs across to keep Dhawan at the batsman's end. 55 have been cracked in the last 24 balls.
17.5 -
Southee to Dhawan, FOUR, another banged in bumper from wide of the crease, Dhawan gets inside the line of the ball and crunches the pull to the fine leg fence
17.4 -
Southee to Yuvraj, 1 run, the slower short one from Southee, Yuvraj pulls it to fine leg
17.3 -
Southee to Yuvraj, SIX, Yuvraj is exploring every crevice of the ground. Shorter in length. Maybe Southee rolled his fingers on it, Yuvraj pulls it over the mid-wicket boundary. He kept his head very still and did not lose the shape of his shot, on that occasion
17.2 -
Southee to Dhawan, 1 run, very full and outside off, Dhawan thumps it to long-off
17.1 -
Southee to Dhawan, 2 runs, the scrambled seam change up delivery from Southee, Dhawan tries to bury it across the line and ekes out an inside edge to fine leg. Excellent running between the wickets help the two to pinch a couple of runs
Tim Southee [3.0-0-21-0] is back into the attack
16.6 -
Bumrah to Dhawan, 1 run, well, I have lost count now related to the number of slower ones that have been bowled today. This time around, Dhawan eases it to deep backward point
16.5 -
Bumrah to Dhawan, no run, slower one from Bumrah, Dhawan backs away and looks to flog it across the line and misses
16.4 -
Bumrah to Dhawan, FOUR, low full toss from Bumrah, Dhawan helps it around the corner to deep backward square leg. Runs are coming thick and fast
16.3 -
Bumrah to Dhawan, FOUR, Dhawan is bringing out his pyrotechnics now. Another off-pace ball from Bumrah, Dhawan just scoops it to the fine leg fence
16.2 -
Bumrah to Dhawan, no run, the toe-crusher from Bumrah, Dhawan makes room and looks to keep it out, but it goes through him
16.1 -
Bumrah to Dhawan, FOUR, slower one and very full, Dhawan makes his own width and slices it over the fielders positioned at short third man and backward point
Jasprit Bumrah [2.0-0-9-0] is back into the attack
15.6 -
McClenaghan to Yuvraj, 2 runs, fullish and just outside off, Yuvraj flogs it past the diving extra cover fielder. Exemplary running between the wickets facilitate the pair to nab in a couple
15.5 -
McClenaghan to Yuvraj, FOUR, roll-of-the-finger slower delivery from McClenaghan, Yuvraj picks it right from the hand and drives it all along the carpet into the deep extra cover fence
15.5 -
McClenaghan to Yuvraj, wide, short delivery and outside off, Yuvraj backs away and brings out the upper-cut, but connects with thin air
15.4 -
McClenaghan to Dhawan, 1 run, shorter in length and angled in, Dhawan pulls it to deep mid-wicket. With it, Dhawan has cracked yet another fifty this season
15.3 -
McClenaghan to Dhawan, FOUR, fuller length delivery and outside off, Dhawan tries to squeeze it out and gets an edge to the third man fence. Hands on head moment for McClenaghan
15.2 -
McClenaghan to Yuvraj, 1 run, the cross-seam back of a length delivery from McClenaghan, Yuvraj pulls it to deep square leg, where Buttler puts in a fine effort to stop the pair from nabbing another run
15.1 -
McClenaghan to Dhawan, leg byes, 1 run, McClenaghan rolls his fingers on this back of a length delivery, Dhawan shuffles across and aims to pull, but misses. McClenaghan belts out an appeal for LBW, but it was too high. It was likely going to miss the off-stump
Mitchell McClenaghan [2.0-0-18-0] is back into the attack
14.6 -
Pollard to Yuvraj, no run, slower delivery from round the wicket and outside off, Yuvraj looks to cut and misses
14.5 -
Pollard to Yuvraj, 2 runs, very slow bouncer from Pollard and that almost befuddles Yuvraj. He aims to pull and gets a top-edge over the keeper's head. Mitch McClenaghan tidies up in the deep. Now, all the action was in slow motion there
14.4 -
Pollard to Dhawan, 1 run, fuller length delivery from Pollard, Dhawan drives it to long-off
14.3 -
Pollard to Yuvraj, 1 run, eventually, a quicker delivery from Pollard and he bowls it on a shorter length, Yuvraj pulls it to short fine leg
14.2 -
Pollard to Yuvraj, SIX, Pollard goes sideways and bowls from wide of the crease another off-pace delivery, Yuvraj picks it up easily from the hand and deposits it into the deep mid-wicket fence with a loft
14.1 -
Pollard to Yuvraj, FOUR, fitting riposte by Yuvraj. The slower one and outside off, Yuvraj, with a touch of royal flourish, drives it to the sweeper cover fence. He did not move his feet, but his quick hands did the trick for him
Kieron Pollard [1.0-0-9-0] is back into the attack
Well, Pollard had to reload again. Maybe he stopped as he wanted to see Yuvraj's feet movement
Time-Out is in place now
13.6 -
Southee to Dhawan, no run, the slower one from Southee, Dhawan tries a half-hearted cut shot and misses
13.5 -
Southee to Dhawan, 2 runs, low full toss from Southee, Dhawan backs away and slices it to deep backward point. He also used his feet there
13.4 -
Southee to Yuvraj, 1 run, Yuvraj skips down the track, takes it almost on the full and drives it to long-on
13.3 -
Southee to Yuvraj, no run, the short delivery from Southee and he gets good height on it, Yuvraj sits under it. Southee has a fine surprise bouncer. Even if we take a trip down the memory lane, he used it to chug down T Kohli in the Under-19 WC semifinal in 2008
13.2 -
Southee to Yuvraj, 2 runs, a touch of width on offer, Yuvraj cuts it to deep backward point and sneaks in a couple of runs
13.1 -
Southee to Dhawan, 1 run, the scrambled seam change up delivery from Southee, Dhawan pushes it to mid-off
Tim Southee [2.0-0-15-0] is back into the attack
12.6 -
Bumrah to Yuvraj, no run, the slower one and outside off, Yuvraj dabs it into the off-side
12.5 -
Bumrah to Yuvraj, no run, oh boy! If Bumrah had effected a direct-hit, Dhawan would have been on his bike there. Good yorker from Bumrah on leg-stump, Yuvraj shuffles across and squeezes it out to the left of the bowler, but Bumrah charges across the ground and flings in a throw at the bowler's end. By then, Dhawan had run half way down the pitch, but he got back in as Bumrah missed with his throw
12.4 -
Bumrah to Dhawan, 1 run, the slower short one from Bumrah, Dhawan is slightly late on it, but helps it around the corner to deep backward square leg. With his action, it can sometimes become difficult to pick him
12.3 -
Bumrah to Dhawan, no run, the off-pace delivery from Bumrah, Dhawan saunters down the track and awkwardly pushes it to mid-off
12.2 -
Bumrah to Yuvraj, 1 run, back of a length delivery and outside off, Yuvraj eases it to down to third man
12.1 -
Bumrah to Dhawan, 1 run, the cross-seamer that is bowled outside off, Dhawan cuts it through the left of the fielder at backward point and pinches a single
Jasprit Bumrah [1.0-0-6-0] is back into the attack
11.6 -
Harbhajan to Dhawan, 1 run, Dhawan adjusts for a wee bit of turn and nudges it to deep backward square leg and leisurely jogs to the other end
11.5 -
Harbhajan to Dhawan, no run, flatter delivery from Harbhajan, Dhawan taps it back towards the bowler
11.4 -
Harbhajan to Yuvraj, 1 run, Yuvraj sits back and eases it down to sweeper cover
Yuvraj Singh, left handed bat, comes to the crease
11.3 -
Harbhajan to Williamson, out Caught by Rohit!! The usually calm and collected Williamson has been sent back to the hutch by a street-smart piece of bowling from Harbhajan. With an impish guile, Harbhajan flights it tantalisingly and gets it to dip on Williamson, the batsman is early into his tuck and works it to Rohit at mid-wicket, who dives forward and pouches the catch inches above the ground. Williamson c Rohit b Harbhajan 2(5)
Harbhajan to Williamson, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
11.2 -
Harbhajan to Williamson, no run, Williamson camps back and taps it back towards the bowler
11.1 -
Harbhajan to Dhawan, 1 run, from round the wicket, Harbhajan slows it up in the air, Dhawan drives it past the bowler for an easy single
10.6 -
Krunal Pandya to Dhawan, 1 run, slower through the air from Pandya, Dhawan push-drives it to long-off
10.5 -
Krunal Pandya to Dhawan, no run, Pandya bowls it wide of off, Dhawan pushes it back towards the bowler after dancing down the track
10.4 -
Krunal Pandya to Williamson, 1 run, too straight from Pandya, Williamson works it to mid-wicket, where Rohit runs around and makes a good save with a dive
10.3 -
Krunal Pandya to Dhawan, 1 run, Dhawan takes a step out of the crease to get more to the pitch and drives it to long-off
10.2 -
Krunal Pandya to Williamson, 1 run, fuller length delivery and just outside off, dabbed down to short third man
10.1 -
Krunal Pandya to Dhawan, 1 run, shorter in length, Dhawan punches it past the bowler to long-off
Krunal Pandya, left-arm orthodox, comes into the attack
9.6 -
Harbhajan to Williamson, no run, skews it off the inside edge back to the bowler
Kane Williamson, right handed bat, comes to the crease
9.5 -
Harbhajan to Warner, out Caught by Pollard!! Oh, he perishes now. This over the wicket angle to Warner has paid dividends. Slides it wide outside off, Warner - instead of going squarer - aims for a thrash extra cover. Mistimes it, fails to pack a punch and holes out to long-off. Warner c Pollard b Harbhajan 48(33) [4s-7 6s-1]
Harbhajan to Warner, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
9.4 -
Harbhajan to Warner, FOUR, that's been murdered down the ground. Bit of air on this one, Warner clears his front leg and drills it straight back, Harbhajan withdraws his hand and the ball goes through his legs
9.3 -
Harbhajan to Warner, no run, goes outside off again, Warner cuts and misses, was undone by the lack of bounce
9.2 -
Harbhajan to Warner, FOUR, Bhajji was bowling outside off all this while to Warner, he gets it around off-stump this time and pulls it in front of square, between deep mid-wicket and long-on
9.2 -
Harbhajan to Warner, wide, and Warner now does not bother. Holds his bat up as the ball splays across the tramline
9.1 -
Harbhajan to Warner, no run, widens his stance and reaches out this drag down with a cut
It's sunny again in Visakhapatnam. Anything but rains, please. This partnership looks like a ticking bomb. How long till Mumbai yield?
8.6 -
Pollard to Warner, 1 run, stays still and that allows him to watch the ball dart away and helps it with a dab to short third man
8.6 -
Pollard to Warner, wide, that was a roller ball. 111ks, full and drifts wide of the tramline
8.5 -
Pollard to Dhawan, 1 run, pats it to cover and runs
8.4 -
Pollard to Dhawan, FOUR, and Pollard has bowled it from way behind the popping crease. Go figure. Hurled wide and slow, Dhawan was looking to back away, then holds himself and reaches out to slice it uppishly over backward point. A dive, a tag-team work attempted in the deep but all of it is not good enough
Bumrah is back on the field
8.3 -
Pollard to Warner, 1 run, off-pace and Warner jerks his back leg away to thrust it with power. Chipped over mid-off for a single
8.2 -
Pollard to Dhawan, 1 run, lofts this inside out over cover. Not too convincing but good enough for a single
Sun's gone
8.1 -
Pollard to Dhawan, no run, from over the wicket and no pace at all. Smidgen on a length and just shaving the inside of the wide tramline, Dhawan shoulders arms
Kieron Pollard, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack
7.6 -
Harbhajan to Dhawan, 1 run, takes it on the up and whips it through mid-wicket
7.5 -
Harbhajan to Dhawan, FOUR, "it split the two Pandyas for a four!" shouts Ravi Shastri on air. Harbhajan was round the wicket to Dhawan, cuffs him for room but Dhawan slides across, fabricates room and gets it past a diving Krunal Pandya at short third man
7.4 -
Harbhajan to Warner, 1 run, fires this wide outside off, Warner wasn't shuffling across and allowed him to chop this to short third man
7.3 -
Harbhajan to Warner, no run, rips this and gets it to backspin with bounce, Warner lifts his bat and lets it go
7.2 -
Harbhajan to Warner, no run, oh, missed out. Had made too much room, Harbhajan hurls it wide outside off and Warner chops his cut
7.1 -
Harbhajan to Warner, no run, slides it across, Warner arrests his shimmy and cuts it to backward point. A diving stop to cut the boundary off
Harbhajan Singh [1.0-0-11-0] is back into the attack
Bhajji from over the wicket
Time-out!
6.6 -
Hardik Pandya to Dhawan, 2 runs, that's three in a row. Just copy paste all of it. Jerks his wrists as he trims this full ball on the pads, round the corner to get a brace
Bumrah is off the field
6.5 -
Hardik Pandya to Dhawan, 2 runs, another one on the pads, another wrist work from Dhawan but places it a lot squarer this time. To deep mid-wicket who cuts it off without theatrics
6.4 -
Hardik Pandya to Dhawan, FOUR, that was brilliant from Bumrah at fine leg - ran across, stretched forward with a dive, used a hand to flick it back in but couldn't. This was a butterscoop from Dhawan. On the pads and flicked with lots of bottom hand
6.3 -
Hardik Pandya to Dhawan, no run, allows this slowish delivery to come and sort of pushes this away with a closed bat to mid-wicket. Doesn't run
6.2 -
Hardik Pandya to Dhawan, 2 runs, could see the effort as Hardik Pandya pounds this on a back of a length, Dhawan swivels before you could say Jack Robinson and short-arm pulled it round the corner
6.1 -
Hardik Pandya to Dhawan, no run, fullish on leg-stump (yucky!), Dhawan turns around but the ball frisks the pad and the keeper cleans up
Hardik Pandya, right-arm medium, comes into the attack
Some gymnasts out there along the ropes..Here's Hardik without a slip
5.6 -
McClenaghan to Dhawan, 1 run, turns it to mid-wicket off the toe-end and keeps the strike. Handled this full ball on the back foot and had to hunch to make a connection here. The score after powerplay reads 51/0
5.5 -
McClenaghan to Warner, 1 run, crashed to sweeper cover to bring the 50 up
5.4 -
McClenaghan to Warner, FOUR, he's split the field again! More holes in there than a Swiss cheese. Gets the room (but he doesn't need any, does he?), straightens his elbows and flashes a cut wide of cover. A dive but the shot's much superlative
5.3 -
McClenaghan to Warner, FOUR, length ball and Warner goes a full monty after it. Not well-timed agreeably but gosh it ran away. Stayed put and rammed it over extra cover
5.2 -
McClenaghan to Warner, no run, if yesterday was a horror day in fielding, today's making up for it. Rayudu dives sideways at backward point and intercepts this brute of a cut from Warner
5.1 -
McClenaghan to Dhawan, 1 run, good shot for just a run. Mitch bangs it shortish but denies him the room, Dhawan arches his back, makes some of his own and glides it to third man uppishly
Mitchell McClenaghan [1.0-0-7-0] is back into the attack
One more over to go in the Powerplay. Bhajji replaced
4.6 -
Bumrah to Dhawan, 1 run, zips off the turf this time, Dhawan had his bat closed and chops it onto the pitch off the inside edge. Ball rolls to square leg allowing a single
4.5 -
Bumrah to Dhawan, no run, gets the full length to drive and does to, straight to extra cover who has a shy but misses. The duo don't risk a run
4.4 -
Bumrah to Dhawan, no run, lovely bowling. An off-cutter short enough to entice a short-arm swipe but the ball almost loops off the turf slowly. Dhawan is into his shot and then sees the ball pootle under his bat. On the bounce to the keeper
4.3 -
Bumrah to Dhawan, no run, slower again. He's not giving them pace after that boundary. Dhawan blocks it square on the off-side
4.2 -
Bumrah to Warner, 1 run, rolls his wrists and pings it outside leg-stump, it darts in and Warner crouches to turn it round the corner. Does it off the splice as the ball held up and zooted to hit the splice
4.1 -
Bumrah to Warner, FOUR, he's looking sublime. Admittedly gets the room outside off as Bumrah welded this length ball with some width. Warner freed his arms and piped the cut between backward point and cover-point
Jasprit Bumrah, right-arm medium, comes into the attack
3.6 -
Harbhajan to Warner, 1 run, and he still steals a single. Despite some heroics from the captain at cover. Had his room readymade again, gulped the width on this but Rohit dives and cuts it off. Looked certain to cleave the off-ring but Warner could still rob a single. A 11-run over from Harbhajan
Rohit Sharma is active...Harbhajan asks for one more man in the off-ring
3.5 -
Harbhajan to Warner, no run, bunts it square on the off-side rather defensively
3.4 -
Harbhajan to Warner, FOUR, Harbhajan bowled it as well as he could. On the off-stump, no room and got good shoulders on it. But Warner backs away, makes his own room and cuts it from perilously in front of the stumps - through backward point. Lovely stroke
3.3 -
Harbhajan to Warner, no run, hurls it wider to deny him and Warner crashes him to cover-point
3.2 -
Harbhajan to Warner, SIX, holy smoke! Loops this up outside off, gets good bounce but Warner is Warner. Swung his bat like an axe and slog-swept it over cow corner
3.1 -
Harbhajan to Warner, no run, just spins in with the angle, and Warner bashes it to cover
Harbhajan Singh, right-arm off break, comes into the attack
This is a sane start. 23/0 doesn't excite though. Here's Turbanator who has a slip
2.6 -
Southee to Warner, 1 run, full and dipping on the leg-stump, Warner crouches and whips his blade to steal a single to deep mid-wicket
2.5 -
Southee to Warner, 2 runs, length ball on the pad, Warner tucks it round the corner and puts in more effort to get one extra run
2.4 -
Southee to Dhawan, 1 run, on the pads but Dhawan doesn't bend his elbows to play the flick. Behind square on the leg side
2.3 -
Southee to Warner, 1 run, shorter in length, Warner hops and cuts it uppishly to third man
2.2 -
Southee to Dhawan, 3 runs, Rohit Sharma has set a standard for the day. Runs back from mid-off, slides behind the ball and stops a certain four. Coming to the minutiae of the shot: Full ball in the slot to be driven and Dhawan had the form to execute that. Leans in and shaves a drive through extra cover
2.1 -
Southee to Warner, 1 run, rolls his fingers and gets it to dart from leg to off, Warner waits on it and dabs it to third man with an open blade
1.6 -
McClenaghan to Dhawan, FOUR, there are a few markers to suggest Dhawan's form. This is one of them. The bouncer. Gentle by all means and down leg too, but Dhawan saw it early. Swivelled around and pulled it through fine leg gently
1.5 -
McClenaghan to Warner, 1 run, McClenaghan goes fuller on the pads, Warner closes the bat face on impact to dig it into the pitch. The ricochet runs down to mid-on to allow a single
1.4 -
McClenaghan to Dhawan, 1 run, stands taller, follows the trajectory of this slightly shortish ball and runs it down to third man
1.3 -
McClenaghan to Dhawan, no run, forces this length ball off the back foot to cover...who flings a throw at the bowler's end to arrest Warner's attempted run. Mid-on cleans up the wide throw
Mitch is setting his own field
1.2 -
McClenaghan to Warner, 1 run, this time Warner dupes them. Plays it with soft hands in front of cover-point and runs a quick single
1.1 -
McClenaghan to Warner, no run, allows this good length delivery to bound off the turf, lets it come in and then belatedly taps it to cover. No run as the fielders around swoop onto the ball (and into my screen)
Mitchell McClenaghan, left-arm fast medium, comes into the attack
Gokul Gopal informs that the stadium looks 80 percent full. One slip for Mitch too
0.6 -
Southee to Dhawan, no run, come Dhawan, come the fuller length. Gets it very full on the stumps again, Dhawan is not forward. At all. Just bends in front and squeezes it out towards mid-off
0.5 -
Southee to Warner, 1 run, he's been shorter to Warner for some reason. Biffs this length ball wider and Warner opens the face of the bat for a dab to third man
0.4 -
Southee to Dhawan, 1 run, it took three balls for Southee to get it right. Bowls it full, gets it to curl in slowly and gets it to dip right in front of Dhawan's toes. The batsman takes his boot out of the way, almost falls over but manages to clip it through mid-wicket
0.3 -
Southee to Dhawan, no run, trims out from a length making it leg-stumpish, Dhawan tucks it to short fine
We look ready. Tailoring's over...phew!
Some delay! Can't figure out why. Ah, the sightscreen issues. The rustiness of not hosting matches regularly on display. Some guy is up there, trying to stitch two large black canvases together..the white wall behind that's showing through the gap is making it difficult for Dhawan.
0.2 -
Southee to Warner, leg byes, 1 run, back of a length again, cuts back in and pings Warner high on the thigh as he looks to tuck it away. Now the interesting part: Southee appealed...while tumbling post his followthrough. If only decisions depended on the dramatics of the appeal. Who would win then? Jadeja? Broad?
0.1 -
Southee to Warner, FOUR, no swing given the short length. Bangs it in on a short of length, Warner stays put and slaps it through cover. Easy. That's a gift for Warner
Warner and Dhawan are at the crease. Warner is on strike. Southee will open the attack
This was as one-sided as it can be. Well, it could have been worse, given this was only MUM's second-lowest total in T20 League, but we're playing optimist-optimist here, aren't we? T20 League has a new table-topper now, Visakhapatnam has bored souls exiting the stadium and Warner has all the glory. And with that attempted humour, it's a good bye from Pratyush Sinha on behalf of Bharath Ramaraj and our scorer Venkatesh. Hops tabs to travel (through your data cables) to the iconic Eden Gardens. Dhonnobaad and Ta-ta!
Ashish Nehra: "I was trying my best. Everybody knows that we have a good bowling attack. I had a slight groin strain in the first game of the season. You need 1-2 games to get in. The wicket was on the slower side and it was important to pick wickets early. In that bargain, we were prepared to go for runs. Everybody knows what FIZZ (Mustafizur) can do and hopefully nobody can pick him for the next couple of weeks too. Sran is a good bowler too. I will try to learn that grip from Mustafizur (laughs)."
Ashish Nehra is the Man of the Match
David Warner: "Very clinical performance. Fantastic knock by Dhawan and good knock by Yuvraj. With the good start, 180-190 looked on the cards. Shikhar didn't start the tournament well. We (he and Dhawan) have executed our skills together well at the top. Exceptional job by the old fellow Nehra and good bowling by Bhuvneshwar again. We have swing at the top and change of pace in the middle. With the momentum, we have to keep going. Thanks to the crowd for coming out."
Rohit Sharma: "They bowled really well. Got early wickets and it was going to be difficult after that. Not much in the wicket, didn't apply ourselves. When you lose a couple of wickets, you just bat out to see what happens. We will try to leave this game behind. We bowled okay. Didn't start off well, did okay in the middle - picking wickets is always important - but leaked 70 runs in the last few overs, something which I didn't expect from our bowlers. Nothing went well for us. Fielded well which is a good sign. Had struggled with it but not today; so that's a positive to take home."
"It's an absolute ROUT" bellowed Alan Wilkins on air as wickets kept pegging at the pace of a horse gallop. Couldn't have put the Mumbai implosion any better. Bhuvi inaugurated the mission and the rest followed suit - Nehra being the pick of the bowlers. To be brutally honest, there is nothing threatening about the surface. Poor shot selection and lack of patience to cope up with the extra bounce cost the home team dear. HYD capitalized and kept pinging the wickets column to hand Mumbai a shattering defeat - Also MUM's joint-second lowest total in T20 League.
16.3 -
Barinder to Bumrah, out Caught by N Ojha!! That's it. Hyderabad win by a whopping 85 runs. And this is not a loss for Mumbai, it's a mortification. Cutter slid across the batsman, Bumrah flirts with it looking for a run-down to third man, skews it off the outside edge and Ojha dives to collect it. Courtesy this win, Hyderabad helicopter their way to the top of the points table. Only fair. Bumrah c N Ojha b Barinder 6(9) [4s-1]
Barinder to Bumrah, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
16.2 -
Barinder to Bumrah, no run, opens up seeing the width and slices the ball to backward point
16.1 -
Barinder to Bumrah, no run, goes round-armish and darts a yorker at his toes. Bumrah gets low and jams it out
15.6 -
Bhuvneshwar to Harbhajan, FOUR, that's an early Christmas gift. Full toss serving into the pads, Harbhajan just flicks it away through mid-wicket and Dhawan fails to intercept it in the deep. 86 runs in 24 balls (Sigh!)
15.5 -
Bhuvneshwar to Harbhajan, no run, planted his front foot across the off and middle, backed away and looked to play squarer. Not to be. Bhuvneshwar had taken the pace off it and foxes him altogether
15.5 -
Bhuvneshwar to Harbhajan, wide, bangs in, the ball zooms over Harbhajan's head who swayed out of the way. Wide called
15.4 -
Bhuvneshwar to Bumrah, 1 run, shuffles inside the line and clips it to fine leg
There's gloom in the MUM's dressing room. All the more reason for Ponting to not sport a smile
15.3 -
Bhuvneshwar to Harbhajan, 1 run, pitched up wider, some use of the long handle and a single driven through cover
15.2 -
Bhuvneshwar to Harbhajan, no run, gets good bounce, Harbhajan hops to defend and does so off the inside edge onto his body
15.1 -
Bhuvneshwar to Harbhajan, no run, backs away to a length ball and chops it out to cover-point
Bhuvneshwar Kumar [2.0-0-16-1] is back into the attack
Last 5 overs...93 to get. Here's Bhuvi
14.6 -
Barinder to Bumrah, no run, is on the front foot to drive, the pitched up delivery cuts away and zooms over the desperate blade
14.5 -
Barinder to Bumrah, no run, looks to run it down to third man but is late. 130ks that
14.4 -
Barinder to Bumrah, no run, blocks it to cover
14.3 -
Barinder to Harbhajan, 1 run, gets a fullish length delivery, Singh stands up and flashes it past cover
14.3 -
Barinder to Harbhajan, wide, tries to bowl it slower, loops it and drifts it way outside the tramline
14.2 -
Barinder to Bumrah, 1 run, allows it to cart away off the pitch and the lack of pace allows him to push a single to third man
14.1 -
Barinder to Bumrah, FOUR, loops this slow and across the batsman...who allows it to dip and then squeezes it out to the third man fence
Barinder Sran [2.0-0-11-1] is back into the attack
We are back...100 runs off 36 balls now. Even Afridi won't do..
Time-out it is
Jasprit Bumrah is the new batsman
13.6 -
Mustafizur to McClenaghan, out Caught by Henriques!! This was always coming. One wicket away, Hyderabad now. Mustafizur takes the pace off this one, McClenaghan looks to flick it away. Closed the bat face early to make it worse, popped a leading edge and mid-wicket backtracked to pouch it reverse-cupped. Henriques had called it early there. McClenaghan c Henriques b Mustafizur 8(9) [4s-1]
Mustafizur to McClenaghan, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
13.5 -
Mustafizur to McClenaghan, no run, shimmies out, Mustafizur plonks it slow and wide to beat McClenaghan's fetch-it square drive
13.4 -
Mustafizur to Harbhajan, 1 run, gets good bounce on this back of a length delivery, Harbhajan turns around and tucks it to deep square leg
13.4 -
Mustafizur to Harbhajan, wide, this time a wide outside off. The ball cuts away viciously, stays low for Harbhajan to crouch and shoulders arms. Was that even a wide? Not in my book. Inside the line, comfortably
13.4 -
Mustafizur to Harbhajan, wide, a stretch of arms to signal a side down leg
13.3 -
Mustafizur to Harbhajan, no run, slower ball darting away across Harbhajan. He chases it by opening himself up and then jabs his bat out and up
13.2 -
Mustafizur to McClenaghan, 1 run, thumps it down to long-on and runs for his life...not enough
13.1 -
Mustafizur to McClenaghan, FOUR, this is a good shot. Mustafizur sees the batsman making room and hurled wide of off, McClenaghan switches around and ramps it through fine leg
108 runs in 42 balls (because I have to..)
12.6 -
Henriques to McClenaghan, 1 run, charges down to allow the bowler to drag the length back. Swatted away to deep mid-wicket as a stopgap arrangement
12.5 -
Henriques to McClenaghan, no run, I have seen it all. McClenaghan reversed his stance again, Henriques banged in short and McClenaghan played a pull as he lowered into the ground. Not timed, obviously
12.4 -
Henriques to Harbhajan, 1 run, uses the bounce and yaps a single round the corner
12.3 -
Henriques to Harbhajan, FOUR, sees the width, throws his bat at it and ekes out an inside edge that shaves the leg-stump
12.2 -
Henriques to McClenaghan, 1 run, just short of Warner at long-on! Or has he dropped it? Backed away a touch and thrashed it down the ground. Mistimed and Warner runs in, I think it dips in early and Warner does well to get his body behind it
12.1 -
Henriques to Harbhajan, 1 run, shuffles a touch, lets the length ball arrive and jams it into the pitch with a closed bat
11.6 -
Mustafizur to Harbhajan, 1 run, this fuller one speared away less but held in a touch. Harbhajan ends up chipping it uppishly through a vacant cover
11.5 -
Mustafizur to Harbhajan, no run, this cutter pitches on leg and darts off the pitch, literally. Harbhajan read it early, had his arms shouldered and then takes his bat out of the line...like how you would wipe a windshield *swipe*
11.4 -
Mustafizur to Harbhajan, 2 runs, full toss dips and Harbhajan hunches to wrist it away to long-on... Mustafizur takes his position seeing that the batsmen are risking a two...but the throw is high and slow. Easy two in the end
11.3 -
Mustafizur to McClenaghan, 1 run, ticked off the pads to deep mid-wicket
11.2 -
Mustafizur to McClenaghan, no run, what was that? Switches around way before Mustafizur delivered, tries to fetch the away-going off-cutter but fails to connect
Mitchell McClenaghan, left handed bat, comes to the crease
11.1 -
Mustafizur to Southee, out Caught by N Ojha!! You know what, this isn't a match. This is a startup that deals in wickets. 58/8, can you believe? Mustafizur rolls his fingers across on this cutter that's bowled full, Southee throws his bat at it - looking to go across the line - and edges it behind to the keeper. Didn't hear a noise, thanks to the crowd, but the umpire almost raised his finger instantaneously. Southee c N Ojha b Mustafizur 3(4)
Mustafizur to Southee, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
120 runs in 54 balls needed. Hmm. Here's the FIZZ!
10.6 -
Henriques to Harbhajan, no run, off-pace again and staying low, Harbhajan was initially on the back foot trying to slog, then adjusts and makeshifts with a crouched whip
10.5 -
Henriques to Southee, 1 run, slows it on a fuller length, Southee taps it to extra cover and runs
10.4 -
Henriques to Harbhajan, 1 run, pushed wristily to long-on
10.3 -
Henriques to Harbhajan, no run, lovely delivery. Gets it to seam away just a touch, Harbhajan pushes with statue-like feet and is beaten
10.2 -
Henriques to Harbhajan, 2 runs, fullish ball with an iota of width - enough for Harbhajan to free arms on the loft. Chipped between deep cover and long-off
10.1 -
Henriques to Harbhajan, no run, plonks his front leg across, leans and pushes it to cover
Mumbai is in shambles. A traffic jam is better than this..
9.6 -
Mustafizur to Harbhajan, 1 run, very full and on the stumps, driven to long-off
9.5 -
Mustafizur to Southee, 1 run, another crackerjack off-cutter from Mustafizur, Southee walks down the pitch and gets a soft leading edge to long-on
9.4 -
Mustafizur to Harbhajan, 1 run, too straight from Mustafizur, worked to deep square leg
9.3 -
Mustafizur to Harbhajan, no run, the famed off-cutter from Mustafizur, it drops on the batsman and then he extracts a touch of bounce, Harbhajan has a flirty poke at it to be beaten
9.2 -
Mustafizur to Southee, 1 run, Southee pushes it to long-on for another single
Tim Southee, right handed bat, comes to the crease
9.1 -
Mustafizur to Hardik Pandya, out Caught by N Ojha!! Pandya is bemused with the decision. He has no other option, but to take a slow walk back. Back of a length delivery and angled away, Pandya tries to guide it to third man and perhaps got an inkling of an outside edge to the keeper, who moved to his right to grab it gleefully. It was the left-armer's angle that paid rich dividends for the bowler. Hmm, the snicko now does not show much. Maybe a tickle? Hardik Pandya c N Ojha b Mustafizur 7(16)
Mustafizur to Hardik Pandya, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
Mustafizur Rahman, comes into the attack
8.6 -
Henriques to Hardik Pandya, 1 run, Henriques pulls his length back a touch on this delivery, Pandya attempts to pull, but does not get it anywhere near the sweet spot to long-on
8.5 -
Henriques to Hardik Pandya, no run, fullish and on the stumps, Pandya drives it to mid-off. Henriques looked to stop it on his followthrough with a leap, but could not succeed
Harbhajan Singh, right handed bat, comes to the crease
Time-Out has been called by the umpire now.
8.4 -
Henriques to Pollard, out Caught by Barinder!! With a slightly round arm action, Henriques ushers in a good length delivery and outside off, Pollard attempts to lift it over long-on, but gets it off the toe-end. Barinder settles under it to snaffle the catch at shoulder height. HYD are all over MUM like a rash. Pollard c Barinder b Henriques 11(13) [4s-2]
Henriques to Pollard, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
8.3 -
Henriques to Pollard, no run, fuller length delivery from Henriques, Pollard drives it forcefully to extra cover, but can't scissor the gap
8.2 -
Henriques to Hardik Pandya, 1 run, Henriques yanks his length back on this slower one, pulled to deep mid-wicket
8.1 -
Henriques to Hardik Pandya, no run, the off-cutter from Henriques, Pandya drives it mid-off
7.6 -
Barinder to Hardik Pandya, 1 run, very full and just outside off, Pandya drills it to long-off, where the fielder runs around in an arc and tidies up
7.5 -
Barinder to Pollard, 1 run, angled away from Pollard, peckered to third man
7.4 -
Barinder to Pollard, no run, fuller length delivery from Barinder, Pollard gets an inside edge on his drive to mid-wicket. The fine leg is up in the circle
7.3 -
Barinder to Pollard, FOUR, shorter in length, Pollard takes a step out of the crease and pulls it to the deep backward square leg fence. It tailored between two fielders in the deep with clockwork precision
7.2 -
Barinder to Pollard, no run, the slower one from Barinder, Pollard dabs it to backward point
7.1 -
Barinder to Pollard, FOUR, Barinder bowls it across the seam and outside off, Pollard does not get the loft anywhere near the sweet spot of the willow, but it races away to the long-off fence
Barinder Sran [1.0-0-1-1] is back into the attack
6.6 -
Henriques to Hardik Pandya, no run, the outswinger from Henriques, Pandya plays a half-hearted drive with his feet stationed in clay and the ball zoots past the outside edge
6.5 -
Henriques to Pollard, 1 run, the leg-side saga continues, Pollard clips to deep backward square
6.4 -
Henriques to Pollard, leg byes, 2 runs, drifts this down leg, Pollard fails to get bat on the glance, brushes the pad and trickles down to fine leg
6.3 -
Henriques to Hardik Pandya, 1 run, full and drivable width on offer, Pandya prods forward and extends his arms on the drive, up and over extra cover, there is protection in the deep though
6.2 -
Henriques to Pollard, 1 run, back of a length at the hips, Polly half-turns and tucks behind square for a single
6.1 -
Henriques to Hardik Pandya, 1 run, a wee bit of width on offer, Pandya flogs it to sweeper cover
Moises Henriques, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack
5.6 -
Nehra to Pollard, no run, Nehra is using the crease superbly to prey on unsuspecting batsmen today. From mid-crease, he pounds it on a shorter length and surprises Pollard for a bit of pace. He pulls it to short fine with his bottom hand off the bat handle
5.5 -
Nehra to Pollard, no run, the slower one from Nehra, Pollard misses with his clip. He attempts to pinch in a leg-bye, but to no avail
5.4 -
Nehra to Pollard, no run, Nehra lands it on a good length and it turns out to be a cross-seamer, defended off the front foot with bat and pad tucked in together
5.3 -
Nehra to Hardik Pandya, 1 run, short delivery and Nehra follows the batsman, Pandya pulls by taking his eyes off the ball to deep backward square leg. Nehra is bowling with zest and vigour, here
5.2 -
Nehra to Hardik Pandya, no run, short and subsidized with width, Pandya mistimes the cut more towards mid-off
5.1 -
Nehra to Hardik Pandya, no run, a tad fuller from Nehra, Pandya defends it into the off-side and thinks of stealing a single, but sent back just in the nick of time
4.6 -
Barinder to Hardik Pandya, 1 run, short of length delivery and outside off, slashed to third man
4.5 -
Barinder to Hardik Pandya, no run, the inswinger from Barinder, Pandya gets an inside edge on his clip and onto his pads. The stifled appeal for LBW turned down
4.4 -
Barinder to Hardik Pandya, no run, short of length delivery from Barinder, defended
4.3 -
Barinder to Hardik Pandya, no run, back of a length delivery and angled away, Pandya has a flirty poke at it to be beaten. Only after he was beaten, he got his bat inside the line of the ball
Hardik Pandya, right handed bat, comes to the crease
4.2 -
Barinder to Krunal Pandya, out Caught by Dhawan!! MUM's batsmen are virtually falling like nine pins now! Back of a length delivery and Barinder gets good height on it, Pandya goes back a touch and awkwardly tucks it off the toe-end to Dhawan at mid-wicket. Barinder hit the bat hard there and extracted good bounce. Krunal Pandya c Dhawan b Barinder 17(11) [4s-2 6s-1]
Barinder to Krunal Pandya, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
4.1 -
Barinder to Krunal Pandya, no run, shortish outside off, Pandya looks to dab it around the corner and misses
Barinder Sran, comes into the attack
Kieron Pollard, right handed bat, comes to the crease
3.6 -
Nehra to Buttler, out Caught by N Ojha!! MUM are in all sorts of trouble. It is the Lancastrian, Buttler, who has now been dismissed. Nehra outfoxed him by getting this one to angle away from the right-hander, Buttler tamely pokes at it and Ojha dives to his right to pluck the catch. Superb take by him. Buttler c N Ojha b Nehra 2(2)
Nehra to Buttler, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
3.5 -
Nehra to Buttler, 2 runs, the inswinger from Nehra, Buttler push-drives it to cover, where a fumble allows Buttler to open his account
Jos Buttler, right handed bat, comes to the crease
3.4 -
Nehra to Rayudu, out Caught by Williamson!! Well, HYD continue to whittle away at the opposition ranks. Nehra, with good wheels, pounds it on a shortish length, Rayudu jumps in the air, in an attempt to keep it out and gets it off the splice to Williamson at backward point, who runs back and takes it calmly. Rayudu c Williamson b Nehra 6(6) [4s-1]
Nehra to Rayudu, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
3.3 -
Nehra to Krunal Pandya, 1 run, Pandya shuffles across the stumps and whips it to deep mid-wicket
3.2 -
Nehra to Krunal Pandya, SIX, with an extension of his forward defence, Pandya lofts it into the downtown territories. He held his pose after playing that shot
3.1 -
Nehra to Rayudu, 1 run, a hint of shape back into the right-hander, Rayudu eases it down to point for a quick single. He had to hurry to make his ground though
2.6 -
Bhuvneshwar to Krunal Pandya, FOUR, this time, with a concoction of timing and placement, Pandya drives it through the heavily packed cover-region and into the fences
2.5 -
Bhuvneshwar to Krunal Pandya, 2 runs, well, what kind of a shot was that? Pandya tries to loft a good length delivery over the infield on the on-side and gets a leading edge that runs away towards the deep extra cover fence, but Henriques hounds it down and gets the ball back into play, with Yuvi firing in the throw
2.4 -
Bhuvneshwar to Rayudu, 1 run, Bhuvneshwar yanks his length back on this delivery, Rayudu camps back and dabs it to third man
2.3 -
Bhuvneshwar to Rayudu, FOUR, Bhuvneshwar aims for another inswinger, but drifts it down leg, Rayudu whips it to the mid-wicket fence
2.2 -
Bhuvneshwar to Rayudu, no run, the inswinger and on the stumps, driven to mid-off
2.1 -
Bhuvneshwar to Rayudu, no run, fullish from Bhuvneshwar, Rayudu hangs back and looks to defend. But, opens the bat face a touch at the 'nth' moment and the ball goes over the stumps. He would be thanking his stars that it did not hit the sticks
1.6 -
Nehra to Krunal Pandya, FOUR, Nehra bends his back and bangs it short, Pandya, though, gets inside the line of the ball and pulls it to the fine leg boundary. He perhaps got a top-edge on that one
1.5 -
Nehra to Krunal Pandya, no run, fuller length delivery and on off-stump, Pandya drives it to mid-off
1.4 -
Nehra to Krunal Pandya, no run, a wee bit of shape away from Pandya, he has a tame poke at it and the ball whizzes past the outside edge
1.3 -
Nehra to Krunal Pandya, no run, fuller length delivery and on the stumps, worked to mid-wicket
1.2 -
Nehra to Krunal Pandya, no run, fuller length delivery and a touch of away-swing from Pandya, pushed into the off-side
Krunal Pandya, left handed bat, comes to the crease
1.1 -
Nehra to Rohit, out Bowled!! Now, the captain has been chugged down as Nehra gets the big fish. Undoubtedly, he is chuffed to bits. Nehra draws the batsman forward and gets it to swing away a touch, Rohit looks to drive with cemented feet and ekes out an inside edge onto the middle stick. Lovely stuff from the veteran pacer. Rohit b Nehra 5(3) [4s-1]
Nehra to Rohit, THAT'S OUT!! Bowled!!
Ashish Nehra, left-arm fast medium, comes into the attack
Ambati Rayudu, right handed bat, comes to the crease
0.6 -
Bhuvneshwar to Parthiv Patel, out Lbw!! Bhuvneshwar's uncanny ability to swing it both ways with subtle changes of wrist has done the trick for him. When Bhuvneshwar is in good form, he virtually seems to have the ball on a string. The inswinger from Bhuvneshwar, Parthiv looks to tuck it around the corner and is rapped on the pads. Bhuvneshwar's appeal was answered in the affirmative. The ball was likely crashing into the middle-stump. Even though, Parthiv perhaps thought it might have missed the stumps. Parthiv Patel lbw b Bhuvneshwar 0(4)
Bhuvneshwar to Parthiv Patel, THAT'S OUT!! Lbw!!
0.5 -
Bhuvneshwar to Parthiv Patel, no run, fuller length delivery and outside off, driven into the cover-region
0.4 -
Bhuvneshwar to Parthiv Patel, no run, the away-swinger from Bhuvneshwar, Parthiv drives it to Williamson at backward point, who dives to his left and saves a few runs for his team
0.3 -
Bhuvneshwar to Parthiv Patel, no run, the inswinger from Bhuvneshwar, Parthiv tries to flick it around the corner and misses. Bhuvneshwar's muted appeal for LBW, turned down. It was pitching well outside the line of leg-stump
0.2 -
Bhuvneshwar to Rohit, 1 run, good length delivery and just outside off, Rohit dabs it to third man
0.1 -
Bhuvneshwar to Rohit, FOUR, the inswinger that goes wrong, as Bhuvneshwar bowls it down leg, Rohit neatly flicks it to the fine leg fence
Rohit and Parthiv Patel are at the crease. Rohit is on strike. Bhuvneshwar will open the attack