| 0.0 : TOSS - The flip of the coin lands in the favour of Mumbai and they will BOWL first. |
| Hyderabad (Playing XI) - Travis Head, Mayank Agarwal, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen(WK), Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Pat Cummins(C), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Markande, Jaydev Unadkat. |
| Impact players nominated by Hyderabad - Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Umran Malik, Glenn Phillips and Upendra Yadav. |
| Impact players nominated by Mumbai - Romario Shepherd, Mohammad Nabi, Vishnu Vinod, Nehal Wadhera and Dewald Brevis. |
| The captain of Mumbai, Hardik Pandya says that they will bowl first. He opines it is a good track and says that they just want to focus on the positives from the previous game. Adds that winning and losing are part and parcel of the sport. States that it is just about knowing the players well and he is trying to spend more and more time with the boys which will help him to know them better. Informs one change as Luke Wood misses out due to a niggle, and Kwena Maphaka is going to debut in his |
| Pat Cummins, the captain of Hyderabad, says that it looks like a good wicket. Mentions that they are not too upset about batting first. States that it is a tough tournament and they need to get first points as soon as possible. Adds that they need this vocal support from the home crowd and need to make good use of the home conditions. Informs that Travis Head comes in for Marco Jansen and T Natarajan misses out due to a niggle with Jaydev Unadkat coming in for him. Ends by saying that they |
| Mumbai Indians (Playing XI) - Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan(WK), Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya(C), Tim David, Naman Dhir, Gerald Coetzee, Jasprit Bumrah, Piyush Chawla, Shams Mulani, Kwena Maphaka (In for Luke Wood). |
| Gerald Coetzee is in for a chat. He starts by saying that he really enjoyed the first game and had a great time. Mentions that the experience of playing at the World Cup has helped him understand the conditions better. On the experience of bowling in tandem with Jasprit Bumrah, he replies that Bumrah is a quality bowler and there is a lot to learn from him. Shares that the team will look to take the confidence from the last game and this game is a fresh start. |
| All set then to get underway here in Hyderabad in front of a packed house. The pre-match huddle is done for Mumbai, and Hardik Pandya now leads his troops out to the centre. It will be Travis Head to open the innings alongside Mayank Agarwal for Hyderabad. The debutant, Kwena Maphaka, has been handed the new ball by Hardik Pandya, and what a moment this is for the 17-year-old Proteas pacer. Away we go... |
| 0.1 : Kwena Maphaka to Mayank Agarwal, WIDE! Not an ideal start for the debutant. Kwena Maphaka lands this just outside leg stump, Mayank Agarwal misses to flick it away. The keeper does well to stop the ball. Wide given. |
| Kwena Maphaka to Mayank Agarwal, No run. |
| 0.2 : Kwena Maphaka to Mayank Agarwal, On the back of a length, and slants it across off, Mayank Agarwal hops on the back foot and pats it in front of covers. |
| 0.3 : Kwena Maphaka to Mayank Agarwal, 1 run. |
| 0.4 : Kwena Maphaka to Travis Head, Four! |
| 0.5 : Kwena Maphaka to Travis Head, Full and angling in on the middle, Travis Head drives it to widish mid off and rotates the strike. |
| 0.6 : Kwena Maphaka to Mayank Agarwal, Not a bad start at all for Kwena Maphaka! On a length down leg, Mayank Agarwal flicks and finds square leg. |
| Who will bowl from the other end? |
| 1.2 : Hardik Pandya to Travis Head, On a length around leg, Travis Head clips it to deep square leg for a single. |
| 1.1 : Hardik Pandya to Travis Head, DROPPED AND FOUR! Through the safe hands of Tim David! Hardik Pandya lands this on a fullish length around off, Travis Head drives it uppishly straight towards mid off where Tim David shells an easy catch on the dive, and the ball guns down for a boundary. An early reprieve for Head. How costly can it be? Only time will tell. |
| 1.3 : Hardik Pandya to Mayank Agarwal, FOUR! Shot! |
| 1.4 : Hardik Pandya to Mayank Agarwal, On the back of a length outside off, Mayank Agarwal guides the ball through backward point for an easy single. |
| 1.5 : Hardik Pandya to Travis Head, Keeps the length the same, and on the middle and leg corridor, Travis Head drives it towards the gap between cover and point and gets an easy single. Rohit Sharma dives and saves the boundary. |
| 1.6 : Hardik Pandya to Mayank Agarwal, A dot to end the over. Attacks the stumps on a length, Mayank Agarwal tucks it off the back foot straight toward short mid-wicket. 11 runs from the second over. |
| 2.1 : Kwena Maphaka to Travis Head, Follows the batter and aims on the pads of Travis Head as he shuffles across the leg stump, Travis Head gets it off the pads and the ball rolls to the leg side. They cross for a leg bye. |
| 2.2 : Kwena Maphaka to Mayank Agarwal, Slants it across off at 140.2 clicks, on a nagging length, Mayank Agarwal cuts it hard through cover-point for a single. |
| 2.3 : Kwena Maphaka to Travis Head, SIX! First of the game and it comes from Travis Head's willow! Kwena Maphaka lands it on a shade fuller length angling in from middle, Travis Head clears his front foot and pulls it over mid-wicket for a biggie. |
| 2.4 : Kwena Maphaka to Travis Head, SIX! This is gone miles into the stands! Gee, he's off to a flier! Bangs it short does Maphaka, and keeps the line on the stumps, Travis Head anticipates the length pretty early and creates a good base for himself by bending a bit low before pulling it with the middle of the bat over deep square leg for another maximum. |
| 2.5 : Kwena Maphaka to Travis Head, FOUR! That went like a tracer-bullet! |
| 2.6 : Kwena Maphaka to Travis Head, FOUR! He is on a roll here! Clever, clever batting this from the Aussie southpaw! Slightly outside off on a hard length, Travis Head arches back and uses the pace of the ball by guiding it over the short third fielder for a boundary. 22 runs from this over. |
| 3.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Mayank Agarwal, Bumrah comes into the attack and right on cannons it on a length on the top of off, Mayank Agarwal hops on the back foot and guides it to third man for a single. Smart batting this from Mayank Agarwal. |
| 3.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Travis Head, Around the wicket and deceives Head with a slower one, just around off, Travis Head tries to clear the ropes but only manages to meet thin air. The ball carries through to the keeper. |
| 3.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Travis Head, Guns a yorker on the toes, Travis Head somehow manages to squeeze it out to the leg side and sets off for a quick single. |
| 3.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Mayank Agarwal, Over the wicket now, on the top of off, Mayank Agarwal cuts it off the back foot through backward point for a brace. |
| 3.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Mayank Agarwal, Bumrah lands this just outside off, and keeps the length full, rolling his fingers on the leather, Mayank Agarwal waits for the ball to come to him and defends it underneath his eyes. |
| 3.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Mayank Agarwal, Excellent over from Jasprit Bumrah amidst the onslaught! Just 5 from it. Full, angling in from the middle, Mayank Agarwal flicks it to mid on and retains the strike with a single. |
| Change? |
| 4.1 : Hardik Pandya to Mayank Agarwal, OUT! TAKEN! Tim David makes no mistake this time and Mumbai get their first wicket! Hardik Pandya surprises Mayank Agarwal with a bumper on the off stump line, Mayank Agarwal mistimes his pull shot and gets it off the top half of the willow. The ball balloons up towards mid on where Tim David settles himself underneath the ball and completes the catch with ease. He won't drop those regulation catches at all. One down Hyderabad. |
| Abhishek Sharma is in at number 3. |
| 4.2 : Hardik Pandya to Abhishek Sharma, Follows the batter does Hardik, and bowls it on the pads, Abhishek Sharma pushes it off the back foot to mid off and gets off the mark with a single. |
| 4.3 : Hardik Pandya to Travis Head, Bowls it on a shade fullish length, but keeps the target on the leg stump, Travis Head punches it in front of mid off. |
| 4.4 : Hardik Pandya to Travis Head, FOUR! That's cunning from Head! Hardik bowls a slower bouncer on the stumps, Travis Head adjusts his shot and plays it uppishly over the short third for a boundary. |
| 4.5 : Hardik Pandya to Travis Head, FOUR! Control on that shot! |
| 4.6 : Hardik Pandya to Travis Head, FOUR! Make that three in a row and this is some serious onslaught by Travis Head inside the Powerplay itself! On the back of a length, pace-off and outside off, Travis Head waits for the ball to come at him and punches it solidly through covers for a boundary to end the over and spoils Hardik's successful over. |
| 5.1 : Gerald Coetzee to Abhishek Sharma, NO BALL! False start for Coetzee! Goes for a slower one but this slips out of hand and it goes above-waist towards the batter. It lands outside the cut strip on the off side and the umpire signals a No Ball. Hardik Pandya has challenged the decision and feels that it was below the waist and it should only be wide. However, the side on replay confirms that it was well over waist high and a Free Hit will follow now. |
| Gerald Coetzee to Abhishek Sharma, SIX! Abhishek Sharma takes the full toll of the Free Hit! Coetzee goes into the wicket and takes pace off as well, around off, Abhishek Sharma is through his shot slightly early but adjusts well to pull it over deep backward square leg for a maximum. |
| 5.2 : Gerald Coetzee to Abhishek Sharma, At pace, on a back of a length, on off, Abhishek Sharma stands tall and punches it wide of cover for a single. |
| 5.3 : Gerald Coetzee to Travis Head, FOUR! Smeared away! |
| 5.4 : Gerald Coetzee to Travis Head, FOUR MORE! And just like that, Travis Head gets to his fifty! He gets there in just 18 balls and this is now the fastest fifty by a Hyderabad batter in the Indian T20 League. Head is making Mumbai pay here for dropping him on the first ball. Slower and fuller, on off, Travis Head picks up the change of pace and makes room to drill it to the right of mid off for four more runs. |
| 5.5 : Gerald Coetzee to Travis Head, Six! |
| 5.6 : Gerald Coetzee to Travis Head, 1 run. |
| 6.1 : Piyush Chawla to Travis Head, 1 run. |
| 0.0 : Strategic Break! Mumbai desperately need a breather here as their bowlers have been mercilessly taken to the cleaners by Travis Head. He completed his Fifty in just 18 deliveries, and continues to hit boundaries with ease. Also, making it the best ever Powerplay for Hyderabad in the history of the Indian T20 League. Mumbai is in a desperate need to find a breakthrough and see the back of Travis Head as quick as possible. Jasprit Bumrah has bowled just one over and has looked good but other than |
| 6.2 : Piyush Chawla to Abhishek Sharma, SIX! Long enough! Drops it short does Chawla, on off, Abhishek Sharma stands tall and smacks the pull flat and towards long on. Tim David leaps but in vain as the ball sails over his head for a maximum. |
| 6.3 : Piyush Chawla to Abhishek Sharma, Sees the batter advance and floats it up, wide on off, Abhishek Sharma adjusts well and pushes it through covers for a single. |
| 6.4 : Piyush Chawla to Travis Head, Flat and short, at the stumps, Travis Head makes room and pats it to deep cover for one more run. |
| 6.5 : Piyush Chawla to Abhishek Sharma, SIX! Too short and Abhishek Sharma climbs all over it! |
| 6.6 : Piyush Chawla to Abhishek Sharma, SIX! Short again and it goes the distance again! Chawla delivers another half-tracker, outside off, Abhishek Sharma waits on it and holds his shape before tonking it over wide long on for the third maximum of the over. Chawla goes for 21 runs in his first over. |
| 7.1 : Gerald Coetzee to Travis Head, Wide! |
| Gerald Coetzee to Travis Head, Needless throw! Coetzee bowls it on a fullish length, outside off, Travis Head gets low to squeeze it wide of short third. It rolls to the left of the keeper, Ishan Kishan who makes a good stop to his left. Ishan picks it up and has a shy at the batting end. There is no one to back his throw up and the batters cross. |
| 7.2 : Gerald Coetzee to Abhishek Sharma, 4 Byes. |
| 7.3 : Gerald Coetzee to Abhishek Sharma, Four! |
| 7.4 : Gerald Coetzee to Abhishek Sharma, Slanting in, on a good length, on middle and leg, Abhishek Sharma clips it through mid-wicket and gets to the other end. |
| 7.5 : Gerald Coetzee to Travis Head, OUT! c Naman Dhir b Gerald Coetzee. |
| 0.0 : Aiden Markram walks in at number 4 for Hyderabad. |
| 7.6 : Gerald Coetzee to Aiden Markram, FOUR! Aiden Markram is up and running! |
| Hardik Pandya (2-0-24-1) is back into the attack. He replaces Piyush Chawla. |
| 8.1 : Hardik Pandya to Abhishek Sharma, Sees the batter make room and follows him with a length delivery, Abhishek Sharma dabs it in front of point for a single. |
| 8.2 : Hardik Pandya to Aiden Markram, Closer to the off-stump line, on a good length, Aiden Markram plays it close to his body and punches it to the right of deep point for a couple of runs. |
| 8.3 : Hardik Pandya to Aiden Markram, This is at 123.4 kph, on a length, in the channel on off, Aiden Markram throws his hands at it but connects with thin air. |
| 8.4 : Hardik Pandya to Aiden Markram, Rolls his fingers over the ball and bowls it on a back of a length, on off, Aiden Markram checks his shot and punches it square to deep point for one. |
| 8.5 : Hardik Pandya to Abhishek Sharma, Digs it in short, at the helmet of the batter, Abhishek Sharma rolls his wrists nicely and plays a controlled pull shot to deep square leg. They cross. |
| 8.6 : Hardik Pandya to Aiden Markram, SIX! Aiden Markram clears the fence on the last ball and spoils what was turning out to be a quiet over from the Mumbai skipper. Pandya tries to go short but this is not short enough to trouble the batter, Aiden Markram gets this one at a good height and drags the pull from the off side towards deep mid-wicket for a maximum. |
| Kwena Maphaka (2-0-28-0) is back and replaces Gerald Coetzee. |
| 9.1 : Kwena Maphaka to Abhishek Sharma, Four! |
| 9.2 : Kwena Maphaka to Abhishek Sharma, SIX! Short and punished! Maphaka drags his length back and takes pace off as well, on middle, Abhishek Sharma picks the change of pace and hammers the pull over deep square leg for a biggie. |
| 9.3 : Kwena Maphaka to Abhishek Sharma, SIX! BANG! Hit with real authority and Abhishek Sharma gets to his fifty off now! |
| 9.4 : Kwena Maphaka to Abhishek Sharma, FOUR! Timed to perfection! Maphaka goes searching for the yorker but gets it wrong and serves a juicy full toss, on middle, Abhishek Sharma does not overhit this one and just times the drive to the right of long on. The timing is superb and it beats the diving Tim David there for a boundary. |
| 9.5 : Kwena Maphaka to Abhishek Sharma, No run. |
| 9.6 : Kwena Maphaka to Abhishek Sharma, No run. |
| 0.0 : Piyush Chawla (1-0-21-0) is back on. |
| 10.1 : Piyush Chawla to Aiden Markram, Full toss on offer on off, Aiden Markram drives it along the ground towards long off for a single. |
| 10.2 : Piyush Chawla to Abhishek Sharma, Follows up with a slider outside off on a fullish length, Abhishek Sharma skips down the pitch and drives it through covers for a single. |
| 10.3 : Piyush Chawla to Aiden Markram, 3 runs. |
| 10.4 : Piyush Chawla to Abhishek Sharma, SIX! A hailstorm of sixes here! Drops a googly again on the stumps, Abhishek Sharma transfers the weight on the back foot and pulls it over long on for a six. |
| 10.5 : Piyush Chawla to Abhishek Sharma, 2 runs. |
| 10.6 : Piyush Chawla to Abhishek Sharma, OUT! TAKEN! Piyush Chawla provides a breakthrough but the damage has been done already! |
| Heinrich Klaasen walks out now. |
| 11.2 : Shams Mulani to Aiden Markram, Short and on the stumps, Aiden Markram turns it down to long on with his wrists for a single. |
| 11.1 : Shams Mulani to Aiden Markram, Around the wicket on a shortish length, Aiden Markram rocks back and slaps it through covers for a brace. |
| 11.3 : Shams Mulani to Heinrich Klaasen, Slower and on the top of off, Heinrich Klaasen rocks back and punches it through covers for a single. |
| 11.4 : Shams Mulani to Aiden Markram, Goes full and keeps the line on the stumps, Aiden Markram goes deep inside the crease and punches it through cover-point for single. |
| 11.5 : Shams Mulani to Heinrich Klaasen, SIX! You just can't keep this man quiet for long! Mulani offers a dolly on the fuller length, Heinrich Klaasen simply clears his front foot and thumps it over the bowler's head for a maximum. |
| 11.6 : Shams Mulani to Heinrich Klaasen, Follows up with a quicker one on the leg stump, Klaasen knocks it to long on for a single to end the over. |
| 12.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Heinrich Klaasen, Bumrah is back into the attack. He lands a slower one outside off and full, Heinrich Klaasen waits and punches it past the diving Rohit Sharma at extra cover for a single. |
| 12.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Aiden Markram, Aims the toes and nails a perfect yorker, Aiden Markram somehow manages to jam his bat in time and drives it to mid-wicket for a single. |
| 12.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Heinrich Klaasen, A low full toss on off, Heinrich Klaasen drags it to long on for a single. Uh, oh! Looks like Bumrah has overstepped here and it is a No Ball. Free-Hit to follow now. Will Heinrich Klaasen get the most out of it? Let's find out. |
| Jasprit Bumrah to Aiden Markram, No run. |
| 12.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Aiden Markram, Rolls his fingers on the leather and keeps it outside off, Aiden Markram waits for it and gets it off the inner half of the blade to mid on for a single. |
| 12.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Heinrich Klaasen, Another slower one outside off, on a fuller length. Heinrich Klaasen looks to pierce the gap between short third and backward point but the backward point fielder dives in the way and saves a certain boundary, keeping it to just a single. |
| 12.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Aiden Markram, Gives away absolutely nothing does Bumrah. No boundary in this over! A low full toss on offer, Aiden Markram drives it to long off and retains the strike with a single. Just 7 from it. |
| 13.1 : Hardik Pandya to Aiden Markram, Hardik comes back into the attack. He lands it outside off on a length, Aiden Markram bends low and creates a strong base for him before cutting it through covers. Kwena Maphaka does hard yards sprinting to his left from deep covers and saves a couple of runs with his timely dive. |
| 13.2 : Hardik Pandya to Aiden Markram, On a length, angling in on the pads, Aiden Markram flicks it to deep square leg for a single. |
| 13.3 : Hardik Pandya to Heinrich Klaasen, A rare dot delivery! Slower bouncer outside off, Heinrich Klaasen stays on the back foot and mistimes it to covers. |
| 13.4 : Hardik Pandya to Heinrich Klaasen, SIX! Just sit back and admire this shot from Klaasen! Goodness gracious it's in the top tier! A juicy full toss on offer on the pads, Heinrich Klaasen bends a bit low and whips it across and uppishly over deep backward square leg for a maximum. |
| 13.5 : Hardik Pandya to Heinrich Klaasen, On the back of a length around off, Heinrich Klaasen stays in the crease and drags his pull shot towards deep mid-wicket for one. |
| 13.6 : Hardik Pandya to Aiden Markram, Ends up bowling on a shorter length, just around off, Aiden Markram pulls it along the ground towards deep mid-wicket for another single to end the over. 11 runs coming from this Pandya's over, and Hyderabad are inching towards 200. |
| 14.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Aiden Markram, Bowls a slower one outside off, on a fuller length, Aiden Markram reaches to the ball by bending low, and squeezes it towards deep extra cover for a single. |
| 13.6 : Change? No, Jasprit Bumrah (2-0-12-0)Â will continue. |
| 14.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Heinrich Klaasen, Another slower one, outside off, on a length, Heinrich Klaasen knocks it through covers for another single. |
| 14.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Aiden Markram, Bumrah cannons a perfect toe-crushing yorker this time at 138 clicks, Aiden Markram jams his bat in time and digs it out to the leg side before setting off for a quick single. |
| 14.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Heinrich Klaasen, SIX! Brings up the 200 in style! Even the best in the business isn't spared! |
| 14.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Heinrich Klaasen, Outside off, just inside the tramline, Heinrich Klaasen cuts it through cover-point for a single. |
| 14.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Aiden Markram, A comparatively good over from Bumrah. Aims the pads as the ball tails a bit more into the batter after pitching on a fuller length, Aiden Markram plays the flick towards deep mid-wicket for a single to end the over. |
| 15.1 : Gerald Coetzee to Aiden Markram, Sees the batter back away and serves a good yorker, at the toes, Aiden Markram can only jam it out in front of cover for a single. |
| 15.2 : Gerald Coetzee to Heinrich Klaasen, Takes pace off and drags his length back, on middle and leg, Heinrich Klaasen waits on the back foot and nudges it in the vacant mid-wicket region for a couple of runs. |
| 15.3 : Gerald Coetzee to Heinrich Klaasen, Gets away with it! |
| 15.4 : Gerald Coetzee to Aiden Markram, FIVE WIDES! Wayward from Coetzee! Goes searching for the yorker but gets the line wrong, way down leg, Aiden Markram lets it go. The keeper, Ishan Kishan dives to his left but the ball goes under his gloves for a boundary. |
| Gerald Coetzee to Aiden Markram, Length delivery, around off, Aiden Markram drives it without much timing in front of extra cover for one. |
| 15.5 : Gerald Coetzee to Heinrich Klaasen, 1 run. |
| 15.6 : Gerald Coetzee to Aiden Markram, 1 run. |
| 16.1 : Kwena Maphaka to Aiden Markram, WIDE! Tries to keep it away from the batter but this one goes beyond the tramline on off, on a fullish length, left alone by Markram for a wide. |
| Kwena Maphaka to Aiden Markram, Angling across from over the wicket, low full toss, outside off, Aiden Markram drills it to deep cover for a single. |
| 0.0 : Strategic Break! Well, nothing has changed as Hyderabad continue on the onslaught mercilessly. They have already breached the 200 mark and are eyeing a mammoth total with the two set Proteas batters Heinrich Klaasen and Aiden Markram who are adding salt on the wounds of Mumbai. The ploy to keep Jasprit Bumrah reserved for Heinrich Klaasen just hasn't worked for Mumbai, but surely, Bumrah has shown a disciplined bowling performance amidst the feast of boundaries and sixes. He has still got o |
| 16.2 : Kwena Maphaka to Heinrich Klaasen, FOUR! Thumped! Maphaka bowls it on a length, around off, Heinrich Klaasen holds his shape and smacks it back over the bowler's head for his first boundary of this year's Indian T20 League. Yes, you read that right. Klaasen has been dealing only in sixes so far. |
| 16.3 : Kwena Maphaka to Heinrich Klaasen, Well bowled! Slanting across the right-hander, on a fullish length, outside off, Heinrich Klaasen fails to squeeze it out on the off side. |
| 16.4 : Kwena Maphaka to Heinrich Klaasen, SIX! BANG! Straight as an arrow! The rude awakening for the 17-year-old on debut continues! Slower and on a fuller length, on off, Heinrich Klaasen picks the change of pace and smacks it back over the bowler's head. It goes over the sightscreen for a maximum. |
| 16.5 : Kwena Maphaka to Heinrich Klaasen, WIDE! There's that wide yorker but it goes outside the wide guideline on off. Wided. |
| Kwena Maphaka to Heinrich Klaasen, 1 run. |
| 16.6 : Kwena Maphaka to Aiden Markram, FOUR! Innovation at its best! This is on a fullish length, around off, Aiden Markram premeditates and pulls out the reverse scoop. Executes it to perfection and gets it over short third for a boundary. 16 runs off the Maphaka's final over and his figures read 4-0-66-0. |
| 17.1 : Gerald Coetzee to Heinrich Klaasen, SIX! The onslaught continues! |
| 17.2 : Gerald Coetzee to Heinrich Klaasen, No run. |
| 17.3 : Gerald Coetzee to Heinrich Klaasen, 1 run. |
| 17.4 : Gerald Coetzee to Aiden Markram, On a fullish length, at the toes, Aiden Markram clears his front leg and swipes it through mid-wicket for one. |
| 17.5 : Gerald Coetzee to Heinrich Klaasen, They come back for two and Heinrich Klaasen gets to his fifty now! |
| 17.6 : Gerald Coetzee to Heinrich Klaasen, 1 run. |
| Jasprit Bumrah (3-0-23-0) to bowl the penultimate over. |
| 18.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Heinrich Klaasen, 1 run. |
| 18.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Aiden Markram, WIDE! Way too outside the tramline on a fuller length. The Umpire stretches his arms eventually for a Wide. |
| Jasprit Bumrah to Aiden Markram, Top delivery! Searing yorker, at the toes, Aiden Markram gets his bat down and jams it out on the leg side for a single. |
| 18.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Heinrich Klaasen, Takes pace off and bowls it on a good length, outside off, Heinrich Klaasen shapes up to force it through the off side but gets an inside edge that dribbles behind the wicket. |
| 18.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Heinrich Klaasen, Four! |
| 18.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Heinrich Klaasen, FOUR MORE! The boundaries continue to flow! Rolls his fingers over the ball goes Bumrah and pulls his length back as well, Heinrich Klaasen gets the width he needs and slaps it to the right of the diving Hardik Pandya at extra cover for another boundary. |
| Halt! |
| 18.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Heinrich Klaasen, Nails the yorker, on middle and leg, Heinrich Klaasen gets low and swipes it right between long on and deep mid-wicket for a couple of runs. |
| Shams Mulani to bowl the last over. |
| 19.1 : Shams Mulani to Aiden Markram, WIDE! Tries to nail the yorker but it goes way outside off, low full toss, Aiden Markram lets it go. |
| Shams Mulani to Aiden Markram, Wide! |
| Shams Mulani to Aiden Markram, 1 run. |
| 19.2 : Shams Mulani to Heinrich Klaasen, Four! |
| 19.3 : Shams Mulani to Heinrich Klaasen, SIX! STOP THE PRESS! HYDERABAD HAVE BREACHED THE HIGHEST TOTAL IN INDIAN T20 LEAGUE! |
| 19.4 : Shams Mulani to Heinrich Klaasen, Six! |
| 19.5 : Shams Mulani to Heinrich Klaasen, No run. |
| 19.6 : Shams Mulani to Heinrich Klaasen, A couple of runs to end the innings! |
| 0.0 : The headlines have been made for the newspapers for the next day as THE HIGHEST TOTAL IN THE HISTORY OF THE INDIAN T20 LEAGUE HAS BEEN OFFICIALLY BREACHED BY HYDERABAD AFTER 12 LONG YEARS! 277 blistering runs in 20 overs with 19 fours and 18 mammoth sixes. Let's pause for a bit, and give credit where it's due. The batters of Hyderabad delivered a thunderous performance, treating the crowd to an exhilarating display of power-hitting. With a plethora of sixes and a continuous feast of boundaries |
| Hyderabad's innings began with a notable shake-up in the batting order, as Travis Head partnered with Mayank Agarwal at the crease. Head wasted no time, immediately igniting the innings with an explosive start. He attacked the young Maphaka from the outset.. With precision and ease, he dispatched boundaries, showcasing his aggressive intent. Agarwal played a supportive role before eventually departing. However, Head remained undeterred, continuing his boundary spree with fearless determination. |
| For Mumbai, things just didn't go right for them from the outset. Kwena Maphaka joined the ranks on his debut but he had a forgetful game as he went for a plenty. Mumbai bowlers leaked runs and found no solution to get any breakthroughs early on. Surprisingly, Jasprit Bumrah bowled just a solitary over and he was the only one who looked unbothered amidst the onslaught. Hardik Pandya did get a wicket of Mayank Agarwal but runs kept leaking and flowing right and left. Gerald Coetzee finally, got t |
| Heinrich Klaasen is down for a quick chat for his blistering 80 off just 34 balls. He jokingly says that they have the best ground staff in the world for preparing the best wickets to bat on. Mentions that they had a solid start and the tempo was set up front. Further adds that he is happy to have been able to capitalise. Shares that his feet are still on the ground and will continue to do the hard work and look at the next game. Feels that Mumbai missed a trick by not bowling Bumrah upfront |
| Right then, after witnessing the highest ever first-inning total in the history of the Indian T20 League, Mumbai finds themselves facing a next-to-impossible target of 278 to chase. It will take nothing short of a miracle for them to flip the script from this juncture. The all-important run-chase is just around the corner. Stay tuned as the drama unfolds! |
| ...The Run Chase... |
| We are back for the all-important chase to commence! The two Umpires make their way out to the middle, and the players of Hyderabad are seen in the last-minute huddle just near the ropes. Pat Cummins is offering the words of wisdom before they disperse throughout the field. |
| 0.1 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Rohit Sharma, Starts from over the wicket and gets a hint of away shape, on a good length, in the channel on off, Rohit Sharma extends his arms and dabs it down to backward point. |
| 0.2 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Rohit Sharma, FOUR! Mumbai and Rohit Sharma are underway! |
| 0.3 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Rohit Sharma, Takes pace off and drags his length back, outside off, Rohit Sharma waits on it and slaps it along the ground to deep cover for a single. |
| 0.4 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Ishan Kishan, Serves it on a hard length at 133.2 kph, going across the left-hander from over the wicket, Ishan Kishan gets taken aback by the extra bounce but adjusts well to keep it out on the leg side. |
| 0.5 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Ishan Kishan, FOUR LEG BYES! |
| 0.6 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Ishan Kishan, No run. |
| 1.1 : Jaydev Unadkat to Rohit Sharma, Tap and run! Starts off on a back of a length, a hint of inward movement, Rohit Sharma lets the ball come to him and stabs it down near the stumps. The ball rolls behind the wicket and they cross for a quick single. |
| 0.0 : Jaydev Unadkat to share the new ball from the other end. |
| 1.2 : Jaydev Unadkat to Ishan Kishan, Four! |
| 1.3 : Jaydev Unadkat to Ishan Kishan, On a good length, on off, Ishan Kishan gets an inside edge onto the pads. They cross as the ball rolls on the off side. |
| 1.4 : Jaydev Unadkat to Rohit Sharma, SIX! Picked up beautifully! |
| 1.5 : Jaydev Unadkat to Rohit Sharma, SIX! And again and this is even better! |
| 1.6 : Jaydev Unadkat to Rohit Sharma, This is on a fullish length, at the stumps, Rohit Sharma makes room to use the angle but picks out the man at backward point. |
| 2.1 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Ishan Kishan, FOUR! Lucky but Mumbai will take it any way they come! |
| 2.2 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Ishan Kishan, SIX! Nothing lucky about this one and this has been absolutely thumped! This is around middle, on a shortish length, Ishan Kishan picks up the length early and hammers the pull over deep square leg for a maximum. |
| 2.3 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Ishan Kishan, SIX! Picked the bones out of that! On a length, at the stumps, Ishan Kishan plays it with a straight bat and holds his shape to bludgeon it flat and over wide long on for six more runs. |
| 2.4 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Ishan Kishan, No run. |
| 2.5 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Ishan Kishan, Six! |
| 2.6 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Ishan Kishan, At pace, on a fullish length, on middle, Ishan Kishan jabs it down to long on and retains the strike with a single. |
| Time for some spin as Shahbaz Ahmed replaces Jaydev Unadkat. |
| 3.1 : Shahbaz Ahmed to Ishan Kishan, Six! |
| 3.2 : Shahbaz Ahmed to Ishan Kishan, OUT! IN THE AIR AND GONE! The gamble from Pat Cummins to introduce a left-arm spinner against Ishan Kishan has paid off big time! |
| Naman Dhir is in at number 3. |
| 3.3 : Shahbaz Ahmed to Naman Dhir, 1 run. |
| 3.4 : Shahbaz Ahmed to Rohit Sharma, No run. |
| 3.5 : Shahbaz Ahmed to Rohit Sharma, A mix-up but no harm done! |
| 3.6 : Shahbaz Ahmed to Rohit Sharma, DROPPED! Oh, dear! Abdul Samad has put it down! |
| Change. |
| 4.1 : Pat Cummins to Naman Dhir, Full and angling in, on the pads, Naman Dhir clips it to the right of mid on for a single. |
| 4.2 : Pat Cummins to Rohit Sharma, SIX! Treated with disdain! |
| 4.3 : Pat Cummins to Rohit Sharma, OUT! c Abhishek Sharma b Pat Cummins. |
| Tilak Varma is in at number 4. |
| 4.4 : Pat Cummins to Tilak Varma, No run. |
| 4.5 : Pat Cummins to Tilak Varma, Angling away, on a good length, on off, Tilak Varma times the drive and hits it straight to cover. |
| 4.6 : Pat Cummins to Tilak Varma, Slower and this is on a length, around off, Tilak Varma waits on it and pats it wide of cover for a single. |
| 0.0 : Shahbaz Ahmed to continue. |
| 5.1 : Shahbaz Ahmed to Tilak Varma, Almost yorker on the pads, Tilak Varma shuffles across the middle and looks to sweep it but gets a ping on the pads and rolls it towards the leg side. A leg bye single taken. |
| 5.2 : Shahbaz Ahmed to Naman Dhir, FOUR! Excellent use of the bottom hand! |
| 5.3 : Shahbaz Ahmed to Naman Dhir, 1 run. |
| 5.4 : Shahbaz Ahmed to Tilak Varma, No run. |
| 5.5 : Shahbaz Ahmed to Tilak Varma, 2 runs. |
| 5.6 : Shahbaz Ahmed to Tilak Varma, Dragged length again and drifting across, Tilak Varma flicks it to deep mid-wicket for a single to end the over. End of the mandatory Powerplay and Mumbai are 68/2 with both their openers into the sheds. |
| 6.1 : Umran Malik to Tilak Varma, Umran Malik steams in from around the wicket and fires in on a fullish length, just around off, Tilak Varma comes charging down the track to loft it over covers but the ball flirts past his outside edge to the keeper. |
| 6.2 : Umran Malik to Tilak Varma, JUST GOT A GLOVE ON IT AND ALSO SAVED A CERTAIN BOUNDARY! |
| 6.3 : Umran Malik to Naman Dhir, Wide! |
| Umran Malik to Naman Dhir, SIX! Away she goes! Lovely shot! Strays it down leg on a length, Naman Dhir gets into the position quickly before pulling it over fine leg for a mighty six. |
| 6.4 : Umran Malik to Naman Dhir, On a fullish length around off, Naman Dhir drives it in front of the mid off fielder for a quick single. |
| 6.5 : Umran Malik to Tilak Varma, Cannons it from around the wicket at 148 clicks, outside off on a shade fuller length, Tilak Varma sits down to loft it but the ball deflects from the inside edge and towards the keeper. |
| 6.6 : Umran Malik to Tilak Varma, SIX! This time he gets his timing correct! What a blistering shot this! Umran Malik sprays it again on the leg stump line, and keeps the length almost on halfway, Tilak Varma quickly gets in position and pulls it over deep fine leg for a six. 15 runs coming off this over. What a display of range-hitting this is! |
| 7.1 : Mayank Markande to Naman Dhir, Mayank Markande is into the attack and drops a flatter delivery just on off Naman Dhir drags it along the carpet to long on for a single. |
| 7.2 : Mayank Markande to Tilak Varma, SIX! Back-to-back maximums for Tilak and he's looking too good! Markande drops a wrong'un outside off on a length, Tilak Varma goes deep in the crease and pulls it over deep mid-wicket for a biggie. |
| 7.3 : Mayank Markande to Tilak Varma, WIDE! Slants it way outside off from over the wicket. Wide given. |
| Mayank Markande to Tilak Varma, 1 run. |
| 7.4 : Mayank Markande to Naman Dhir, Quicker and flatter outside off, Naman Dhir flat-bats it towards long off for a single. |
| 7.5 : Mayank Markande to Tilak Varma, Short and on the stumps, Tilak Varma rocks back and hits it straight to covers. |
| 7.6 : Mayank Markande to Tilak Varma, Goes fuller this time and keeps the line on the stumps, Tilak Varma drives it along the ground towards long off for a single to end the over. |
| 8.1 : Pat Cummins to Tilak Varma, FOUR! Tilak Varma is looking unstoppable at the moment! |
| 7.6 : A halt in play as the physio is out to attend to Tilak Varma, who is experiencing discomfort in his left calf. Varma is back on his feet and we are all good to go now. |
| 8.2 : Pat Cummins to Tilak Varma, WIDE! Way outside off, beyond the tramline. This is given as a Wide. |
| Pat Cummins to Tilak Varma, Slants it across off on a length, Tilak Varma slashes it hard off the back foot through the cover-point region for a couple of runs. The fielder in the deep does well with the chase. |
| 8.3 : Pat Cummins to Tilak Varma, Keeps it outside off, on a hard length, Tilak Varma pulls it towards deepish mid-wicket for a single. |
| 8.4 : Pat Cummins to Naman Dhir, Six! |
| 8.5 : Pat Cummins to Naman Dhir, Full, and aims the stumps, Naman Dhir flicks it with his wrists towards deep mid-wicket and hustles back for the double. |
| 8.6 : Pat Cummins to Naman Dhir, On the top of the middle with pace-off, Naman Dhir waits for it and pulls it through mid-wicket for a single to end the over. An expensive one from Cummins as he concedes 17 from it. |
| 0.0 : Strategic break!  Mumbai have come out firing in pursuit of a gigantic total of 278 runs. Naman Dhir and Tilak Varma have ensured that they are not too behind the required run rate. However, it is still a long way to go for Mumbai and Hyderabad will use this break to come up with better plans to stem the flow of runs. Like Mumbai, Hyderabad have been off with their lines and lengths and need to step up here to pull things back. |
| 9.1 : Shahbaz Ahmed to Naman Dhir, Comes from around the wicket and lands it fuller, outside off, Naman Dhir has to reach to the ball and drives it along the ground for a single to the right of long off. |
| 9.2 : Shahbaz Ahmed to Tilak Varma, SIX! TOP SHOT! Shahbaz sprays it on the pads, on a fuller length, Tilak Varma anticipates the length quite early, sits on his knee and sweeps it fine over deep fine leg for a maximum. |
| 9.3 : Shahbaz Ahmed to Tilak Varma, SIX! This has got enough wheels on it to go over the fence! On a length on the stumps, Tilak Varma employs the reverse sweep and picks it up over deep backward point for a maximum. The dugout erupts in delight with that shot. |
| 9.4 : Shahbaz Ahmed to Tilak Varma, Fires in short and on the middle and leg, Tilak Varma tucks it off the back foot towards widish deep mid-wicket for a brace. |
| 9.5 : Shahbaz Ahmed to Tilak Varma, SIX! Make that three sixes in the over and this one's even better! It sounded so beautiful off the willow! Shahbaz Ahmed drops it right into the arc of the southpaw on a fuller length, Tilak Varma sits down his knee and slogs it aerially over deep mid-wicket for another biggie. |
| 9.6 : Shahbaz Ahmed to Tilak Varma, Quicker, flatter, and shorter on the stumps, Tilak Varma goes deep inside the crease quickly and tucks it to mid-wicket for a single to end the over. One more expensive over from Hyderabad's perspective as Mumbai fetch 22 from this over. Mumbai are currently moving head-to-head with Hyderabad in terms of scoring comparison at halfway. |
| 10.1 : Jaydev Unadkat to Tilak Varma, FOUR! Hit with real power and that brings up the FIFTY for Tilak Varma! |
| 10.2 : Jaydev Unadkat to Tilak Varma, Angling in, slower and on a back of a length, on middle, Tilak Varma tucks it in front of square on the leg side and gets to the other end. |
| 10.3 : Jaydev Unadkat to Naman Dhir, FOUR! Clever, very clever! This is beyond the tramline on off, on a good length, Naman Dhir shuffles across in the crease and angles his bat face to steer it to the right of short third for a boundary. |
| 10.4 : Jaydev Unadkat to Naman Dhir, OUT! c Pat Cummins b Jaydev Unadkat. |
| 10.5 : Jaydev Unadkat to Hardik Pandya, Keeps it on a short of a length, on off, Hardik Pandya hangs back and punches it straight to extra cover. |
| 0.0 : Mumbai skipper, Hardik Pandya walks out to the middle at number 5. |
| 10.6 : Jaydev Unadkat to Hardik Pandya, Continues to bowl it into the wicket, around off and middle, Hardik Pandya whips it from the crease to long on and gets off the mark with a single. End of a successful over for Unadkat. |
| Mayank Markande (1-0-11-0) is back into the attack. |
| 11.1 : Mayank Markande to Hardik Pandya, SIX! BOOM! The Mumbai skipper gets into the act now! 100 sixes for Pandya in Mumbai colours in the Indian T20 League. |
| 11.2 : Mayank Markande to Hardik Pandya, Four! |
| 11.3 : Mayank Markande to Hardik Pandya, Short and on off, Hardik Pandya punches it wide of cover and rotates the strike. |
| 11.4 : Mayank Markande to Tilak Varma, This is a googly, short and on off, Tilak Varma picks it and punches it with the turn to cover. |
| 11.5 : Mayank Markande to Tilak Varma, Pushes it through, flat and short, on off, Tilak Varma throws his hands at it and gets beaten on the inside edge. |
| 11.6 : Mayank Markande to Tilak Varma, 1 run. |
| Mayank Markande to Tilak Varma, NO BALL! Slower through the air and shorter as well, on off, Tilak Varma loses his shape and miscues the pull to deep mid-wicket for one more run. Oh, no! Hyderabad only had 3 fielders inside the circle for the last ball and they have been penalised for the same. Free Hit to follow now. |
| Mayank Markande to Hardik Pandya, 1 run. |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar (2-0-28-0) is brought back into the attack. He replaces Jaydev Unadkat. |
| 12.1 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Hardik Pandya, No run. |
| 12.2 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Hardik Pandya, On a fullish length, on middle and leg, Hardik Pandya gets his bat down and keeps it out to the right of the bowler. |
| 12.3 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Hardik Pandya, Low full toss, on off, Hardik Pandya drills it back past the bowler. A slight fumble by the sliding fielder at long off allows the batters to run the second run. |
| 12.4 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Hardik Pandya, 1 run. |
| 12.5 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Tilak Varma, Angling away from the left-hander, on a good length, Tilak Varma creams the drive towards deep cover. They cross. |
| 12.6 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Hardik Pandya, 1 run. |
| 13.1 : Mayank Markande to Hardik Pandya, Markande comes back into the attack, and drops it outside off on a fuller length. Hardik Pandya stays on the back foot but mistimes his lofted shot over the covers but luckily it falls in the no man's land. A single taken. |
| 13.2 : Mayank Markande to Tilak Varma, SIX! What a graceful shot! 34th maximum of this game. This is the highest tally of sixes in any game in the history of the Indian T20 League. Full and on off, Tilak Varma steps down the track and thumps it inside out over covers for a biggie. |
| 13.3 : Mayank Markande to Tilak Varma, Pushes it through, at the batter, on a nagging length, Tilak Varma tucks it to the left of deep mid-wicket for a couple of runs. |
| 13.4 : Mayank Markande to Tilak Varma, Drops it short and around off, Tilak Varma reaches out and slaps it to the left of deep point for a single. |
| 13.5 : Mayank Markande to Hardik Pandya, At 87.5 kph, on a nagging length, outside off, Hardik Pandya cannot get underneath it and can only drive it down to long off for one. |
| 13.6 : Mayank Markande to Tilak Varma, Slips in a googly, on a fuller length, on middle, Tilak Varma skips down the track and hits it down the ground to wide long on for one more run. |
| 0.0 : Strategic Break! Just when the Mumbai batters were raining absolute carnage, came Bhuvneshwar Kumar and stemmed the flow of runs by conceding just 5 runs off his over. But, overall, this has been a breathless run chase as the Mumbai batters have shown excellent resilience. Tilak Varma, the consistent component of the Mumbai team stands unbeaten on 64 along with the skipper Hardik Pandya. It is still a very, very long way to go as Mumbai need 96 off the last six overs. Let's see how the climax o |
| Who walks out next to bat? |
| 14.1 : Pat Cummins to Tilak Varma, OUT! IN THE AIR AND GONE! How often have we seen that a break in play brings about a wicket? |
| 14.2 : Pat Cummins to Tim David, Full and slanting in, on leg, Tim David clips it off his pads but finds mid-wicket. |
| 14.3 : Pat Cummins to Tim David, 1 run. |
| 14.4 : Pat Cummins to Hardik Pandya, Well bowled! On a yorker length, on off and middle, Hardik Pandya can only dig this out back to the bowler. |
| 14.6 : Pat Cummins to Tim David, Just the 3 runs off the over and the big wicket of Tilak Varma too! Absolute gold dust from the Hyderabad skipper! |
| 14.5 : Pat Cummins to Hardik Pandya, It is slower again and into the deck by Cummins, on off, Hardik Pandya waits on it and pulls it in front of square on the leg side for one. |
| 14.6 : Jaydev Unadkat (2-0-28-1) is back into the attack. |
| 15.1 : Jaydev Unadkat to Tim David, On the back of a length, outside off, Tim David gets beaten by the pace off and inside edges to the off side. The dot balls are now making a huge, huge difference for Mumbai. |
| 15.2 : Jaydev Unadkat to Tim David, Pace off and keeps it outside off, Tim David swings hard and drags it towards deep mid-wicket for a single. 12 deliveries without a boundary now. |
| 15.3 : Jaydev Unadkat to Hardik Pandya, Outside off, on a length, Hardik Pandya hits it hard down the ground toward long off for a single. |
| 15.4 : Jaydev Unadkat to Tim David, Oh, dear! No clue for David to negotiate this one! |
| 15.5 : Jaydev Unadkat to Tim David, WIDE! Outside off on a length and given as a Wide. Pat Cummins straightaway reviews it and challenges the decision. The replay shows that Tim David hasn't shuffled way across off. So the on-field decision stands. |
| Jaydev Unadkat to Tim David, 1 run. |
| 15.6 : Jaydev Unadkat to Hardik Pandya, On the back of a length, angling on the body, Hardik Pandya pulls it aerially and it falls in the safe area around deep mid-wicket for just another single. It feels like an eternity since the last boundary. 88 runs needed off the last 24 legal deliveries. |
| 16.1 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Hardik Pandya, Full, and on the stumps, Hardik Pandya short-arm jabs it over mid on for a single towards long on. Aiden Markram does well with in the deep to keep it to just a single. |
| 16.2 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Tim David, Short in length, pace off, on the top of off, Tim David waits and pulls it through mid-wicket for a couple of runs. |
| 16.3 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Tim David, SIX! Finally, a six, and this is rightly punished! Offers a half-volley into the arc of David, Tim David picks it up and deposits beyond the bigger deep mid-wicket boundary for a maximum. |
| 16.4 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Tim David, FOUR! 200 up for Mumbai. Not where he intended but four nevertheless. Bhuvi bowls it on the shortish length around off, Tim David swings his bat hard but it catches the leading edge and flies over the keeper's head for a boundary. |
| 16.5 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Tim David, SIX! MUSCLED! Short and outside off, Tim David stands tall and flatly smashes it over covers for a maximum. |
| 16.6 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Tim David, Yorker, angling on the middle, Tim David gets his bat down in time and squeezes it towards widish covers for a single to end the over. 20 runs coming from it. 68 needed off the last three overs. |
| 17.1 : Jaydev Unadkat to Tim David, FOUR! SMASHED AWAY! Around the wicket bowls Jaydev Unadkat, slower one on a fuller length, angling in on off, Tim David vertically smashes it down the ground behind the bowler for a boundary. |
| 17.4 : Jaydev Unadkat to Tim David, Wide! |
| 17.3 : Jaydev Unadkat to Hardik Pandya, Oh, what an outstanding athleticism from Mayank Agarwal. A superhuman effort there in the deep. On the back of a length around off, Hardik Pandya slices the pull shot trying to clear the long on fence. Mayanka Agarwal patrolling the long on fence jumps in the air in time and throws the ball into the field. The TV Umpire confirms that he has flicked the ball into the field while being in air. What a top effort. |
| 17.2 : Jaydev Unadkat to Tim David, A low full toss on off, Tim David gets low and drives it toward extra cover for a single. |
| 17.4 : Jaydev Unadkat to Tim David, SIX! Up, up, and AWAY! And for the first time in the history of this prestigious tournament, 500 runs have been scored combined both the innings. On the back of a length angling into the off stump, Tim David gets in position quickly and hoists it over mid-wicket for a maximum. |
| 17.5 : Jaydev Unadkat to Tim David, Pace off on the off, David stays back and adjusts by opening the face of the bat to backward point for a single. |
| 17.6 : Jaydev Unadkat to Hardik Pandya, OUT! c Heinrich Klaasen b Jaydev Unadkat. |
| 0.0 : Mumbai bring in their Impact Player, Romario Shepherd. He comes in for Kwena Maphaka and Shepherd makes his way out to the centre now. |
| 18.1 : Pat Cummins to Tim David, Over the wicket hustles Cummins, and lands it outside off on a nagging length, Tim David pulls it over mid-wicket for a single. |
| 18.2 : Pat Cummins to Romario Shepherd, Slower and on the top of off, Romario Shepherd pulls it towards deep square leg for a single. He wants the double but Tim David sends him back. |
| 18.3 : Pat Cummins to Tim David, On the shortish length, attacking the body, Tim David mistimes his pull shot and gets it off the bottom half of the willow towards deep backward square leg for a brace. |
| 18.4 : Pat Cummins to Tim David, Short in length and on the top of the middle and off channel, Tim David swings hard and misses. Tim David sends it upstairs to review for a Wide ball for height. The side-on replay shows that it's a fair delivery. |
| 18.5 : Pat Cummins to Tim David, In the air...lands safely. Short and outside off, Tim David swings hard at it but ends up slicing it. The ball balloons up in the night sky and lands somewhere ahead of deep mid-wicket. Two taken. |
| 18.6 : Pat Cummins to Tim David, Shade shorter in length, on off, Tim David pulls it through square leg for a single. 47 needed off the last 6 deliveries. Just a formality now to complete this contest. |
| 19.1 : Mayank Markande to Tim David, Dragged length with a leg-break, outside off, Tim David slaps it hard to long off for a single. |
| 19.2 : Mayank Markande to Romario Shepherd, SIX! Romario Shepherd having some fun out there! Slower, outside off, and on a length, Romario Shepherd waits for it and thumps it over long on for a maximum. Six number 38. Most number of sixes hit in a T20 game anywhere in the world, across the oceans. |
| 19.3 : Mayank Markande to Romario Shepherd, No run. |
| 19.4 : Mayank Markande to Romario Shepherd, FOUR! Slapped down the ground! |
| 19.5 : Mayank Markande to Romario Shepherd, FOUR! In the gap and into the fence. |
| 19.6 : Mayank Markande to Romario Shepherd, Done and dusted! What a sensational game of cricket we have had! An absolute marvel at Hyderabad but it's the team on Orange and Black who convincingly win this game by 31 runs. They open their account on the Points Table with this win. |
| 0.0 : What an incredible game we witnessed! Records tumbled left, right, and centre, but in the end, it was Hyderabad who clinched a remarkable victory in this absolute run fest. With this win, the streak of home teams winning their games in this year's Indian T20 League has extended to 8 matches. |
| Despite the kind of total they had on the board, Hyderabad were unable to translate that momentum into their bowling effort. They were a bit wayward with their lines and lengths with the new ball and were taken to the cleaners by the Mumbai openers. Despite seeing the back of them in successive overs, Hyderabad failed to build on those twin scalps. Tilak Varma, in particular, threatened to take the game away from them, but the second strategic break which was taken by Mumbai, came at just the r |
| The heads would have dropped at the halfway mark, having conceded the highest-ever Indian T20 League total but a champion side like Mumbai did not back down and made a good fist of a mammoth run chase. The openers, Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan came out firing and although their stay was short-lived, they had set the tone. Coming in at number 4, Tilak Varma forged an 84-run stand with Naman Dhir and ensured that the Mumbai innings did not lose steam. Despite the departure of Dhir, Varma carried |
| Earlier in the game, it was Hardik Pandya who called it right and inserted Hyderabad into bat. What followed was something Hardik Pandya and Co. would not have envisaged in the wildest of their dreams. Having been dropped on 5, Travis Head set out on a leather hunt and made Mumbai pay dearly for it. Abhishek Sharma joined the party and broke Head's record 18-ball fastest fifty by a Hyderabad batter, getting there in just 16 balls. After the two southpaws were dismissed in their 60s, Aiden Markra |
| The skipper of Mumbai, Hardik Pandya says that the wicket was good but doesn't matter how good the wicket is, 277 is something to appreciate the opposition. Adds it was tough for the bowlers and says in hindsight they have got a young bowling line up. Adds they could have been more precise in executing their plans. Appreciates the batters and says that everyone looked good with the bat and states they just need to get a few things correct here and there. Says it was a great opportunity for the y |
| Travis Head is in for a flash interview. He says that it's a good feeling and adds it's a powerful group and he enjoyed it overall. He adds they wanted to go aggressive likewise the previous game and with someone like Klaasen in the side, it's a great luxury. States that he was pleased to play shots all across the ground. Mentions that Mumbai too, has the requisite firepower in the batting but he feels that 277 was way too much on the board in the end. |
| Time for the presentation ceremony... |
| Hyderabad's captain Pat Cummins starts by saying that it was an insane game. Mentions that it felt like they were finding boundaries whenever they wanted and it was good to finish on the winning side. Feels that in the Indian T20 League, they have played in front of big crowds and to see Abhishek Sharma play with freedom was good to watch. Shares that they wanted to play positively with the option of Impact player available and score aggressively. States that the cutters helped in the l |
| Abhishek Sharma is the PLAYER OF THE MATCH for his scintillating display of batting, scoring 63 runs off 23 balls. He begins by saying that he got a lot of confidence from the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. He says that the message is clear to keep going and express yourself. Adds that he was pretty clear in his head to just hit and punish the poor deliveries. He thinks that he finally got a perfect batting position at number 3 and states he is trying to express himself in every game. On being asked |
| Phew! It was a spectacle like no other in Hyderabad, and the crowd certainly got their money's worth, more importantly with Pat Cummins's brigade emerging victorious. Next up on Thursday, the 28th of March, Rajasthan will be in action as Sanju Samson and Co. take on Rishabh Pant's Delhi. Rajasthan will look to make it two wins out of two, while Delhi will be on the hunt for their first win of the season. The game will commence at 7.30 pm IST (2 pm GMT), but as always, our build-up will begin mu |
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