| 1.6 : 1.6: P Krishna to S Dhawan, SIX! This time Dhawan connects and connects handsomely. Krishna continues to be on the pads of the batsman who this time just picks it up and drop kicks it over square leg. It has gone all the way for a maximum. 4000 Indian T20 League runs for Dhawan and he becomes the 7th Indian to do so. |
| 3.2 : 3.2: A Russell to S Dhawan, FOUR! Nicely played! Short and wide outside off, Dhawan rocks back and flat bats it down the ground through mid off. It races across the carpet and reaches the fence. |
| 3.4 : 3.4: A Russell to S Dhawan, FOUR! This time Dhawan pierces the gap! The length is on the shorter side outside off, Shikhar stands tall and slaps it through the gap between point and cover-point for a boundary. |
| 4.2 : 4.2: S Mavi to W Saha, EDGY FOUR! Back of a length ball outside off, Saha stays back to push it through the line but it flies off the outside half and races away to the third man fence. The third man was pretty square and had no chance. |
| 4.6 : 4.6: S Mavi to W Saha, FOUR! A length ball angling into the batsman, this time Saha manages to middle his attempted heave across the line. Finds the sweet spot and it has gone to the fence at mid-wicket. |
| 6.2 : 6.2: P Chawla to S Dhawan, FOUR! Boom! Chawla fires a full ball in line of the stumps at 91.4 kph. Dhawan clears his front leg and muscles it straight down the ground for a boundary. |
| 6.5 : 6.5: P Chawla to S Dhawan, FOUR! All power! Chawla bowls it short and wide outside off, the seam up delivery maybe, Dhawan camps back and hammers it down the ground. Krishna attempts to stop the ball with a dive from long off but fails in his attempt. That has whizzed past him like a tracer bullet. |
| 7.1 : 7.1: K Yadav to S Dhawan, OUT! Kuldeep strikes first ball, has trapped Dhawan right in front of the wickets. A nicely tossed up ball landing on a fuller length around middle. It doesn't turn much as it kisses the turf and beats the attempted sweep shot by Dhawan. The ball hits the batsman on the back thigh, the keeper and the bowler appeal, the latter tumbles in the process as the umpire raises his finger immediately. That was plumb. |
| 7.5 : 7.5: K Yadav to K Williamson, OUT! Two wickets in the over and Kuldeep is running in celebration. His wrong 'un was not getting picked by both the batsmen and one of them has eventually fallen for it. The in-form Williamson is out of here and that's a body blow to Hyderabad. Nicely tossed up delivery, landing full and around off, Williamson strides forward to play at it with a straight bat but the ball curls away to kiss the outside edge. Karthik is quick to catch it and puts in an appeal. The f |
| 8.2 : 8.2: P Krishna to W Saha, FOUR! First real good shot from the bat of Saha. He leans forward to a full ball and drives it crisply through extra cover for a boundary. |
| 9.2: K Yadav to W Saha, FOUR! Nicely played! A tossed up delivery around middle and off, Saha executes a cute paddle sweep past short fine leg for a boundary. |
| 9.6 : 9.6: K Yadav to W Saha, FOUR! Saha is playing a very important knock here. A timely one for the Orange Army. Yadav slows this up in the air and lands it very full on middle. Saha kneels and nails his sweep shot through backward square leg for a boundary. |
| 10.1 : 10.1: P Chawla to Al Hasan, FOUR! Too full in length outside off, plenty of width on offer and the Bangladeshi superstar has drilled it through extra cover for a cracking boundary. |
| 10.3 : 10.3: P Chawla to W Saha, OUT! Saha is gone! Chawla gets his first wicket. A tossed up ball on middle, a googly, turning into the batsman who gets forward to flick but it takes the inside edge and clips his thigh pad before going behind. In the process, Saha leaves his crease also and DK behind the stumps is quick to break the stumps. They appeal and the square leg umpire goes upstairs. Replays show - Karthik collects the ball low to his left and then tries to break the stumps. However, the ball |
| 12.2 : 12.2: P Chawla to Al Hasan, FOUR! Excellent placement. Looped up on the stumps, Shakib stays leg side and crashes the drive through the covers. Gets it wide enough and beats the man in the deep running to his right. Very well played. |
| 14.2: S Narine to Al Hasan, FOUR! Shot. Much-needed boundary for Hyderabad and they are going to need more of these. Short and wide, Shakib is too good a player to miss out as he goes back and cracks this through point to find the fence. |
| 14.3 : 14.3: S Narine to Al Hasan, FOUR! Two in two. This is turning out to be a good over for Hyderabad. Flighted delivery around off, Shakib kneels down quickly and drags the slog sweep through mid-wicket for consecutive boundaries. |
| 15.1 : 15.1: K Yadav to D Hooda, OUT! GONE! This is an untimely, yet a big blow to Hyderabad. Not good at all. Good reflexes from Kuldeep Yadav here though, did well to get down in time. Hooda hammers this back down the track and Shakib takes a step out of his crease. Kuldeep crouches quickly, gets his fingertips on it and the ball then crashes into the stumps behind. Kolkata celebrate, Shakib walks. Amidst this, the umpire wants to make sure and takes it upstairs. Replays confirm Shakib is gone. The O |
| 15.2 : 15.2: K Yadav to D Hooda, SIX! Hooda goes downtown and makes clean connection. Tossed up delivery on the stumps, the batsman takes a big stride forward and lofts it well down the ground over long on. Clears the fence with ease and that's a biggie. |
| 16.5 : 16.5: S Narine to D Hooda, OUT! Top edge and gone! Not what Hyderabad wanted, especially at this stage. Floated delivery around off, Hooda gets low and brings out the reverse sweep. Off the edge as he doesn't connect properly and it's a dolly for Chawla at backward point. |
| 17.4 : 17.4: P Krishna to C Brathwaite, SIX! Full toss and Brathwaite doesn't fail to put it away. On the stump, the West Indian throws his front leg out of the way and slogs it powerfully deep into the mid-wicket stands. |
| 17.5 : 17.5: P Krishna to C Brathwaite, OUT! Some excellent work from Nitish Rana sees the back of Carlos Brathwaite. Well, the second run was never on to be honest, but it needed that fine effort in the deep to dismiss him. Carlos gets low and squeezes it towards third man where Rana dives to his left to stop it. Gets up quickly and throws it back to Karthik who takes the bails off. Brathwaite's dive doesn't save him. Replays confirm he's well, well short. Massive blow. |
| 17.6 : 17.6: P Krishna to R Khan, FOUR! Streaky runs but they will take it all the same. Outside off on a length, Rashid Khan gets some bat on it and it goes off the edge past the keeper for a boundary to third man. |
| 18.1 : 18.1: S Mavi to Y Pathan, OUT! Hyderabad falling apart here. Probably the last remaining big-hitter is gone. Mavi bowls it full and Pathan looks to clear the cover boundary. No timing on this as he skies it in the same region. Chawla comes running in from the deep and dives to take an excellent catch. |
| 18.3 : 18.3: S Mavi to R Khan, Dropped and SIX! Chawla has taken some good catches this evening, but he's made a howler on this occasion. Rashid lofts this full delivery over covers. Piyush out in the deep first comes in, then he realizes he's misjudged it so goes back but it's too late. Off his fingertips and over the rope for a maximum. The umpire actually checked whether it was a boundary or a maximum, got the confirmation that it was the latter. |
| 18.6 : 18.6: S Mavi to R Khan, SIX! Rashid Khan playing an absolute blinder here. These runs will be mighty handy for Hyderabad. Full outside off, he gets down and very DK-like, powers it over covers for half a dozen. 12 from the over. |
| 19.1 : 19.1: P Krishna to B Kumar, FOUR! Bhuvi doing his part now. Perfect start to the over. Length ball outside off, he throws his bat at it and slices it over backward point. Nobody out there in the deep, so it'll run away to the boundary line. |
| 19.3 : 19.3: P Krishna to R Khan, FOUR! Rashid Khan going on strong here. Getting his team to a respectable total as of now. Krishna takes the pace off it, bowls it full on the stumps. Khan clears his front leg and lofts it well over mid off for a boundary. |
| 19.4 : 19.4: P Krishna to R Khan, SIX! Rashid Khan or Rashid Buttler? What are we witnessing here! Right off the meat of the bat. Wow. Full on the stumps, he moves a step across and scoops it over fine leg. Into the stands, well into them, and that's a biggie. |
| 19.6 : 19.6: P Krishna to R Khan, SIX! YES, HE CAN! Yes, he can. You beauty! 24 off the final over, just what the doctor ordered for the Orange Army. Fuller and slower on off, Rashid Khan gets deep inside the crease, behind the line and launches it over long on for a maximum. HYDERABAD FINISH ON 174/7! |
| 0.3 : 0.3: B Kumar to C Lynn, FOUR! Bang! This time it's an outswinger way outside off, Lynn latches onto it and whacks it over point for a boundary. You cannot afford to feed room to this batsman. |
| 1.1 : 1.1: K Ahmed to S Narine, FOUR! Wrong line first up from the debutant. He bowls it full but it's sliding down the leg side, Narine neatly flicks it off his pads to the fine leg fence. |
| 1.6 : 1.6: K Ahmed to C Lynn, SIX! Wow! What a great shot! Poor delivery to start with, it's short and wide outside off, Lynn attacks it with all his might and spanks it flat over covers for a biggie. |
| 2.1 : 2.1: B Kumar to S Narine, FOUR! This is already proving to be an excellent start for Kolkata! A low full toss around off, Narine stays back and rockets his drive through covers for a boundary. |
| 2.2 : 2.2: B Kumar to S Narine, SIX! Don't bowl there to him. Kumar drops it full and outside off, slower in pace, Narine shows no mercy as he launches it over long off for a biggie. |
| 2.3 : 2.3: B Kumar to S Narine, FOUR! A length ball on this occasion, around leg, Narine moves back a bit and tickles it through backward square leg for a boundary. |
| 2.4 : 2.4: B Kumar to S Narine, FOUR! Raining boundaries from Narine's bat! 18 runs so far from this over. A shortish length ball on off, Sunil rocks back to make space for the swing of his bat and dismisses it over the bowler's head. No one in the deep in that region and it's always a boundary. |
| 3.2 : 3.2: S Kaul to S Narine, OUT! A massive breakthrough for Hyderabad! Kaul gets the wicket with a well-served knuckle ball. He lands it full around leg at 113.4 kph and Narine targets the long on stands by clearing his front leg. But it comes from the toe end of the bat and goes high up in the air. Brathwaite settles underneath it at mid on by taking a couple of steps back and grabs the skier safely. Straightaway he punches the air and roars in celebration. |
| 3.3 : 3.3: S Kaul to C Lynn, FOUR! Very poor delivery, a full toss down the leg side and Lynn nudges it fine for a boundary. |
| 4.3: K Ahmed to N Rana, SIX! Up and over the big man at third man! Short in length and outside off, Rana stands back and at the last moment smashes it over third man. Carlos Brathwaite jumps near the boundary line but it goes over him. If he can't, don't think anyone can. |
| 4.5 : 4.5: K Ahmed to N Rana, SIX! That has gone all the way! Into the crowd. Was nowhere near the middle of the bat. Khaleel bowls it on the shorter side around middle, Rana swivels inside the crease and tries to turn it on the leg side. But it flies off the top edge and clears backward square leg. |
| 5.1 : 5.1: S Kaul to C Lynn, SIX! The Aussie has absolutely murdered it. A length ball in his half, Lynn stays back and hoists it over long off for a maximum. Lynn-sanity! |
| 7.3 : 7.3: C Brathwaite to C Lynn, FOUR! Muscled away! Short in length and wide outside off, Lynn stands back and slams it over backward point for a boundary. |
| 7.5 : 7.5: C Brathwaite to C Lynn, FOUR! Full in length and outside off, Lynn packs a punch and smashes it over covers for a boundary. Runs coming thick and fast for Kolkata! |
| 8.2 : 8.2: Al Hasan to N Rana, FOUR! Fine shot! Floated ball, landing full around leg, Rana brings out the reverse sweep and nails his shot right through the gap between short third man and backward point. |
| 8.3 : 8.3: Al Hasan to N Rana, OUT! Just short of the crease! Rana flicks a full ball in front of square leg and calls for the second run in spite of slipping a bit while turning. Rashid Khan in the deep attacks the ball, picks it up and fires in a flat throw to the keeper. Saha takes the bails off quickly as Rana dives in. They appeal and it's referred upstairs. The replays find Rana just short of the crease. That little slip has cost him his wicket. Should have never gone for the second after that. |
| 9.6 : 9.6: B Kumar to C Lynn, FOUR! Streaky boundary! The luck is on Lynn's side. That would have gone straight into the fielder's hands on another day. Back of a length delivery outside off, some extra bounce there as Lynn pushes at it tamely. Tries to withdraw his shot probably but it flies off the outside edge and speeds through the gap between short third man and backward point. A boundary to end a good over. |
| 10.1 : 10.1: R Khan to R Uthappa, OUT! Bowled 'em! Round his legs too. Rashid tosses it up on middle and leg, Uthappa, who's barely got his eye in, tries to reverse sweep the leggie. Misses the ball altogether and has his stumps disturbed. His dismal form this season continues. |
| 10.3 : 10.3: R Khan to C Lynn, FOUR! Makes sweet connection on that occasion. Tossed up on a driving length, Lynn kneels down and brings the broom out. Places it in front of square leg, beats the fielder inside the ring and finds the fence. |
| 10.5 : 10.5: R Khan to D Karthik, FOUR! Dropped short and he pays the price. Karthik gets onto his back foot in a jiffy and muscles the pull through mid-wicket, bisecting the gap between the two men in the deep to perfection. |
| 11.6 : 11.6: Al Hasan to D Karthik, OUT! Massive, massive wicket for Hyderabad. The in-form and clinical Dinesh Karthik departs. Shakib celebrates in joy, Williamson erupts with a fist up as they know this is a big one. The arm ball which comes in with the angle, Karthik backs away to cut when he shouldn't and gets cramped for room. Gets an inside edge onto the stumps and that's the end of his short stay. This is only the second single digit score for the Kolkata skipper this season, what a time to get |
| 12.2 : 12.2: R Khan to C Lynn, OUT! Did it with the bat, has been stupendous in the field and now getting the biz done with the ball. Is there anything this boy can't do? Gets rid of the set Lynn. Game-changer? Most certainly could be. He fires it quicker through the air again, on the stumps, Lynn gets low to sweep and misses it to wear in on the front pad. Loud appeal and the finger goes up. |
| 14.4 : 14.4: R Khan to A Russell, OUT! What. A. Player. What a player! Oh... brilliant! Needed a wicket, Williamson attacked and Rashid delivered. This is superb. Bowls the googly on a shorter length around off, Russell doesn't pick it up as he goes for the cut. Gets cramped for room, edges it behind to Dhawan at first slip and he takes the catch safely. This is a big step for Hyderabad towards victory. They will be entering the tail now. |
| 15.4: K Ahmed to S Gill, FOUR! Back to over the wicket to Gill, length ball angling in and Gill is all class on this. Backs away a touch and then punches it perfectly through the gap in the covers for a boundary. |
| 15.6 : 15.6: K Ahmed to P Chawla, SIX! Right out of the screws! A decent over for Hyderabad has turned into a good one. 14 from it. Full and angling in on middle and leg, Chawla throws his front leg out of the way and smokes it high and deep into the mid-wicket stands for a maximum. |
| 17.6: B Kumar to S Gill, Dropped and FOUR! Needed that. Really needed that. Gill keeps it alive. Hammers this full delivery straight back. Bhuvneshwar sticks his hands out but it's hit too hard. It goes behind and away to the fence for a boundary. 30 to win off 12 deliveries. |
| 18.1 : 18.1: S Kaul to P Chawla, OUT! Couldn't have made a more perfect start to this vital over. Siddarth Kaul is right on the money with this full ball. Keeps it in line of the stumps. Chawla swings to go big downtown but only gets a thick edge back onto the stumps. He's gone. Hyderabad mildly celebrate, they can feel it but know there's still plenty left to do. |
| 18.6 : 18.6: S Kaul to S Gill, SIX! Gill manages to get under this one. Uses the depth of the crease to go back, positions himself well and smokes this full delivery over wide long off. The leaping fielder there couldn't do anything about it. |
| 19.1 : 19.1: C Brathwaite to S Mavi, FOUR! Shivam Mavi with a boundary right off the first ball. 15 needed in 5. Full and wide outside off, he just throws everything at it and gets a thick edge. It goes down to third man and crosses the rope. |
| 19.2 : 19.2: C Brathwaite to S Mavi, OUT! The change in angle does the trick. Brathwaite pitches it up there, Mavi makes a little room and slogs it over mid-wicket. Good connection, but not enough height on it. Picks out Rashid Khan to perfection who's not going to miss that. |
| 19.3 : 19.3: C Brathwaite to S Gill, OUT! Two in two for Carlos Brathwaite and this time he sends Shubman Gill back. Game over it seems for Kolkata. Full on the pads, Gill looks to loft it cleanly over mid-wicket. Lot of height, clearly not enough distance. Down the throat of Rashid Khan once again who settles under it and gobbles it up. |
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