| 0.6 : 0.6: N Coulter-Nile to K Nair, FOUR! Nathan Coulter-Nile errs in line on the last ball of the over. Strays on the hips, Nair clips it past Sunil Narine at short fine leg. Deep square leg fielder comes to his right but the ball wins the race. |
| 1.2 : 1.2: U Yadav to S Samson, FOUR! Lovely shot! Yadav goes a bit too straight, Samson gets across a touch and lofts it over wide of mid on for a boundary. With mid on inside the circle, you expect the batsman to play such shots early in the innings. |
| 1.6 : 1.6: U Yadav to S Samson, SIX! Sweet! Back of a length delivery on middle, Samson is quick to pounce on it as he swivels on the back foot and pulls it over deep square leg for a biggie. |
| 2.1 : 2.1: N Coulter-Nile to K Nair, FOUR! Easily done! Too straight from Coulter-Nile again and Nair just helps it off his pads behind square on the leg side for a boundary. |
| 2.2 : 2.2: N Coulter-Nile to K Nair, FOUR! Superbly done! On a good length and moves away a touch, Karun Nair leans into it and unfurls a punchy drive through cover-point for back-to-back boundaries. |
| 2.4 : 2.4: N Coulter-Nile to S Samson, FOUR! Deft from Sanju! Short of a length delivery outside off, Samson waits for it till the last moment, opens the bat face and glides it past Yusuf Pathan at first slip for a boundary. Outfield is rollicking quick! |
| 3.1 : 3.1: C Woakes to S Samson, FOUR! Finds the gap! Good length delivery outside off, Samson lunges a bit and punches it between cover and cover-point. Once it pierced the gap, it was always running away for a boundary. |
| 3.2 : 3.2: C Woakes to S Samson, FOUR! Terrific stuff! Woakes with a cross seam delivery, wide outside off and a tinge of width as well. Samson latches onto it with a cut behind point for another boundary. |
| 4.5 : 4.5: S Narine to K Nair, OUT! Gone! Sunil Narine strikes in his very first over! Sunil Narine bowls a flatter carrom ball around off, Nair gets down to sweep it away but gets beaten and is hit on the pads. They appeal for an LBW and the umpire raises his finger. Replays show the impact was just outside the line and would have gone onto clip the off stump. Kolkata will take that as they have broken the opening stand. |
| 11.1 : 11.1: K Yadav to S Samson, SIX! Tossed up around middle and off, Samson kneels down and slog sweeps it over square leg for a maximum. Gets to his fifty with that. What an innings it has been from him. He is having a great season. |
| 12.1: de Grandhomme to S Iyer, FOUR! Iyer says thank you! Back of a length delivery, angling down leg, Iyer stays tall and pulls it past short fine leg for a boundary. Easy pickings these! |
| 12.4 : 12.4: de Grandhomme to S Iyer, SIX! Stand and deliver! Length delivery, angling in, Iyer goes back and punches it uppishly with the angle. Times it so well that the ball sails over the deep mid-wicket fielder for a maximum. |
| 13.1 : 13.1: U Yadav to S Iyer, FOUR! Poor from Pathan in the field! Fuller length delivery outside off, Iyer goes through with his heave, gets a top edge. The ball however falls safely in the third man region and it's an easy stop for Pathan. But he makes a mess of it and concedes a boundary. |
| 13.2 : 13.2: U Yadav to S Iyer, FOUR! Back of a length, angling down leg, Iyer pulls it in the gap past short fine leg for a boundary. |
| 13.5 : 13.5: U Yadav to S Samson, SIX! Back of a length delivery outside off, Samson stands tall and smokes it over long on for a maximum. Good shot that. |
| 13.6 : 13.6: U Yadav to S Samson, OUT! Plumb! Fuller length delivery, angling in, Samson gets across to play it across the line but misses it completely. Gets rapped on the pads in front of the wicket and the umpire raises his finger immediately to the appeal. Umesh gets his man. Samson has to depart after playing another fine knock! |
| 14.4 : 14.4: S Narine to R Pant, FOUR! Finds the fence! Flat and a bit too short outside off, Pant camps back and flays it past the diving Gambhir at backward point for a boundary. |
| 15.1 : 15.1: N Coulter-Nile to R Pant, OUT! Coulter-Nile strikes! Very full crossed seam delivery, angling into the southpaw, Pant looks to play it across the line but is tad late in bringing his bat down. Gets rapped low on the pads and the players start appealing and is ruled out straightaway. Good start of the over for Coulter-Nile. Another failure for Rishab Pant. |
| 15.2 : 15.2: N Coulter-Nile to C Morris, FOUR! Delicate! Back of a length delivery outside off, Morris stays in his crease and calmly guides it past the keeper for a boundary. What a way to get off the mark! |
| 15.4 : 15.4: N Coulter-Nile to S Iyer, FOUR! Elegant! Full outside off, Iyer drives it through the gap between covers and mid off for a boundary. |
| 15.5 : 15.5: N Coulter-Nile to S Iyer, OUT! Iyer departs! Another full delivery, angling in at 140 kph. It's too quick for Iyer as he is late into the shot and gets rapped on the pads. There's an appeal and umpire Llong obliges immediately. Iyer departs after playing a good handy knock. Coulter-Nile has his second. |
| 17.1 : 17.1: S Narine to C Anderson, OUT! Anderson makes the full oh his lives! Flatter delivery, spinning away, dabbed in the point region. Morris calls for a single but seeing Gabhir rush to the ball, sends Anderson back. Anderson is halfway down the track and can't reach back in time as Gambhir makes an underarm throw to his keeper, who knocks off the stumps. The dangerous Anderson departs. |
| 19.1: N Coulter-Nile to A Bawne, FOUR! Fuller length delivery around off, Bawne shimmies across, gets down on one knee and helps it over backward square leg for a boundary. |
| 19.5 : 19.5: N Coulter-Nile to C Morris, OUT! 3-fer for Coulter-Nile! Full and wide outside off, Morris kneels down and slices it over backward point. Woakes in the deep, runs to the ball and takes a good low catch, diving forward. Morris has failed to live up to his reputation this time. |
| 0.6 : 0.6: Z Khan to S Narine, FOUR! Where is the third man? Length ball outside off, Narine takes his chance. Slaps it off the outer part towards third man for a boundary. |
| 1.2 : 1.2: K Rabada to S Narine, OUT! Castled! Full and straight on the stumps, Sunil Narine is beaten for sheer pace here and Rabada makes him hear the death rattle. Narine, the dangerous Narine is sent back cheaply this time. Delhi get an early breakthrough. |
| 1.3 : 1.3: K Rabada to R Uthappa, FOUR! Uthappa is away! But can say Shreyas Iyer helped him too. Rabada drifts it on the pads, Uthappa just flicks it sweetly through mid-wicket. Iyer in the deep does well to stop it but at the last moment he fails to gather it as the ball crosses the rope. |
| 2.2 : 2.2: C Anderson to G Gambhir, FOUR! Flayed! Anderson hurls it on a length and wide outside off, Gambhir is quick to hit it through point. It blazed away to the fence. |
| 4.4 : 4.4: Pat Cummins to G Gambhir, FOUR! Easy pickings! On a length and on the pads, Gambhir just helps it on its way past short fine leg for a boundary. |
| 5.6 : 5.6: K Rabada to R Uthappa, FOUR! In the air... safe again! Good length, angling in, Uthappa is early into his clip. The ball just about evades the man at mid on, it was Ankit Bawne. The ball hits the practice pitch and races away to the fence for a boundary. 11 off the over! |
| 6.1 : 6.1: A Mishra to G Gambhir, FOUR! Lovely use of the feet there! Loopy leg break around middle and off, Gautam skips down the track and whips it with the turn over mid-wicket for a boundary. Superb shot! |
| 6.3 : 6.3: A Mishra to R Uthappa, FOUR! Deft from Robin! Quicker one and it turns away after landing, Uthappa makes the most of the pace as he runs it down past Morris at first slip for a boundary towards third man. |
| 6.6 : 6.6: A Mishra to G Gambhir, FOUR! Not an easy shot to play! Loopy delivery around off, Gambhir makes room and lofts it cleanly over extra cover for a boundary. |
| 7.1 : 7.1: C Morris to R Uthappa, SIX! Flattieeeee! Short and angling in on the body but Uthappa is up for it. He swivels a touch and pulls it handsomely over square leg for a maximum. |
| 7.2 : 7.2: C Morris to R Uthappa, FOUR! Fuller on the pads, Uthappa flicks it a bit uppishly over mid-wicket. Has not timed it well but had enough legs to cross the fence. |
| 7.3 : 7.3: C Morris to R Uthappa, SIX! Ahhh... Classical! Good length delivery, angling in on the pads. Robin Uthappa stays put and just wrists it over mid-wicket nonchalantly. Enough meat on that one as the ball sails over the fence for the second maximum of the over. |
| 8.1 : 8.1: Pat Cummins to R Uthappa, SIX! Robieeeeee, you freaking beaudddyy! He's making it look so easy! Destructive batting this! Back of a length delivery on middle, sits up at a nice height too. Robin picks up the length early and pulls it with authority to dispatch it over mid-wicket for another maximum. |
| 8.4 : 8.4: Pat Cummins to R Uthappa, FOUR! Just over Mishy boy! Cummins after bowling a series of short balls, pitches one up. It's full in the slot as Uthappa lofts it towards mid off. Mishra leaps high but the ball goes well over the short man to the fence. The runs coming thick and fast for the hosts here. |
| 9.5 : 9.5: C Anderson to G Gambhir, FOUR! Pulled away! Short on middle, Gambhir pulls it over mid-wicket from outside off. Another boundary and 100 is up for Kolkata! |
| 11.4 : 11.4: A Mishra to R Uthappa, SIX! Uthappa on fire! Loops it full outside off, Uthappa kneels down and slogs it over long on for a maximum. There's not stopping him today. |
| 12.1 : 12.1: C Anderson to G Gambhir, FOUR! Top shot! Back of a length delivery around off. Gambhir stays tall and pulls it through mid-wicket for a boundary. Good start to the over. |
| 12.2 : 12.2: C Anderson to G Gambhir, OUT! Bull's Eye! Back of a length delivery outside off, Gambhir chops it to point and takes off for a quick single. Nair there, gets to the ball and hurls a direct hit at the striker's end. Uthappa feels he is well in but still the umpire goes upstairs. And to Uthappa's surprise, he is well short of his ground. Finally some luck for Delhi. |
| 12.5 : 12.5: C Anderson to G Gambhir, FOUR! Nicely done! Wide outside off, Gambhir shimmies a touch and slashes it past point for a boundary. Brings up his fifty as well. He continues his good run! |
| 13.2 : 13.2: A Mishra to G Gambhir, FOUR! Delicate! Full on leg, Gambhir kneels down and sweeps it fine down the leg side for a boundary. |
| 13.3 : 13.3: A Mishra to G Gambhir, FOUR! Perfectly placed! Served outside off, spinning away, Gambhir waits for it and cuts it through the gap between point and backward point. Bisects Zaheer and Anderson perfectly to get another boundary to his name. |
| 13.6 : 13.6: A Mishra to M Pandey, FOUR! Friendly half-tracker from Mishra. Pandey says thank you and pulls it hard through the gap between long on and deep mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 14.5 : 14.5: K Rabada to M Pandey, OUT! Timber! Fuller length on middle and off. Pandey misses a straighter one as he looks to play it across the line. The ball goes off the pads onto the stumps. Rabada is the only Delhi bowler with wickets today. Pandey has a poor outing. Kolkata need 22 off 31 balls. |
| 15.1 : 15.1: C Morris to S Jackson, FOUR! Beautifully placed! Back of a length outside off, Jackson punches it on the up past a diving Cummins at point for a boundary. |
| 15.4 : 15.4: C Morris to G Gambhir, FOUR! Fuller length delivery, angling away, driven on the up through wide mid off for a boundary. What placement this! |
| 15.6 : 15.6: C Morris to S Jackson, FOUR! Short delivery around off, Jackson pulls it but fails to get the timing right. Still it's in the gap and the ball races to the fence. |
| 16.2 : 16.2: K Rabada to G Gambhir, FOUR! Fuller on the pads. It's too easy for Gambhir as he flicks it through mid-wicket for a boundary. Just 1 run needed now! |
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