| 0.0 : TOSS - The two captains are out in the middle and the flip of the coin lands in favor of Rajasthan. They will BOWL first. |
| Impact Players nominated by Rajasthan -Â Devdutt Padikkal, Murugan Ashwin, Donovan Ferreira, Navdeep Saini, Joe Root. |
| Impact Players nominated by Gujarat -Â Joshua Little, Jayant Yadav, Noor Ahmad, Srikar Bharat, Dasun Shanaka. |
| Gujarat's skipper, Hardik Pandya says that the pitch seems a belter and it might be a good toss to lose, and doesn't matter if they bat first or second. Adds that the Impact Player is there but you aren't obligated to take it and for them, it does play a big role. Informs that Vijay Shankar is out as he isn't feeling well and Abhinav Manohar comes in place of him. Ends by saying that it is his home state and they get a lot of love and support playing here. |
| Gujarat (Playing XI) - Wriddhiman Saha (WK), Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan, Hardik Pandya (C), Abhinav Manohar (In for Joshua Little), Rahul Tewatia, David Miller, Alzarri Joseph, Rashid Khan, Mohammad Shami, Mohit Sharma. |
| Sanju Samson, the captain of Rajasthan says that they want to bowl first. Informs that Trent Boult is back in for Jason Holder and isn't quite sure who else is in. Mentions that he is still learning about the Impact Player but has good staff support to learn about it. Ends by saying that in the last two games, he went for ducks and needs to score runs today. |
| Rajasthan (Playing XI) - Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson (C/WK), Riyan Parag (In for Devdutt Padikkal), Shimron Hetmyer, Dhruv Jurel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult (In for Jason Holder), Adam Zampa (In for Kuldeep Sen), Sandeep Sharma, Yuzvendra Chahal. |
| We are all set to start! The two umpires walk out to the middle followed by the Rajasthan players. Wriddhiman Saha and Shubman Gill are the two openers for Gujarat. Trent Boult has the new ball in his hand and is raring to go. Let's play... |
| 0.1 : Trent Boult to Wriddhiman Saha, Nicely bowled! Good length in that channel around off and this one holds its line. Wriddhiman Saha gets on the back foot and looks to play at it but is beaten past the outside edge. |
| 0.2 : Trent Boult to Wriddhiman Saha, FOUR! Easy pickings and Wriddhiman Saha is off the mark in style! A full toss on the pads, Saha clips it away in front of square leg and the ball races away into the fence. |
| 0.1 : Trent Boult to Wriddhiman Saha, WIDE! Swing straight away but down the leg side. This is bowled full and around leg stump, shaping down leg and a wide is called. Gujarat are underway! |
| 0.3 : Trent Boult to Wriddhiman Saha, OUT! CAUGHT AND BOWLED! Would you call it a caught and bowled though? A comedy of errors in the middle but Rajasthan do get the early breakthrough. Trent Boult serves this one on a hard length and on off and middle. Wriddhiman Saha looks to use his wrists and whip it leg side but ends up getting a top edge high in the air and the ball comes down on the 22 yards as well. Sanju Samson, Dhruv Jurel and Shimron Hetmyer all run after it and no one backs away. |
| 0.4 : Trent Boult to Sai Sudharsan, Full and on off, Sai Sudharsan drives it wide of mid off for a single and gets off the mark. |
| 0.3 : Sai Sudharsan walks out to bat at number 3. |
| 0.5 : Trent Boult to Shubman Gill, Back of a length and around middle, Shubman Gill defends it off the back foot. |
| 0.6 : Trent Boult to Shubman Gill, End with another dot as 6 runs and a wicket come off the first over. Keeps the length a bit short and around middle, Shubman Gill blocks it back to the bowler. |
| Sandeep Sharma to share the attack. |
| 1.1 : Sandeep Sharma to Sai Sudharsan, Starts off with a good-length delivery on off stump and this one seams away a bit off the deck. Sai Sudharsan stays watchful and keeps it out. |
| 1.2 : Sandeep Sharma to Sai Sudharsan, Back of a length around middle and leg, Sai Sudharsan tucks it away to mid-wicket. |
| 1.3 : Sandeep Sharma to Sai Sudharsan, FOUR! Short of a good length and pushed outside off, Sai Sudharsan reaches out and slaps this one in front of point for a boundary. |
| 1.4 : Sandeep Sharma to Sai Sudharsan, Gets a hand to it! Pitches it up now outside off, Sai Sudharsan punches it sweetly off the front foot but the man at extra cover springs to his left and gets a hand on it. The ball parries toward mid off and the batters get a single. |
| 1.5 : Sandeep Sharma to Shubman Gill, Fuller one just outside off and shaping away. Shubman Gill stays deep in his crease and defends it toward mid off. |
| 1.6 : Sandeep Sharma to Shubman Gill, Good length outside off, Shubman Gill taps it to cover-point. |
| 2.1 : Trent Boult to Sai Sudharsan, WIDE! On a length and angling down the leg side. Sai Sudharsan misses the flick and it is called a wide. |
| Trent Boult to Sai Sudharsan, FOUR! Beautifully driven! Fuller one around off and this one swings away as well. Sai Sudharsan stands tall and punches it through the line and to the right of mid on for a boundary. |
| 2.2 : Trent Boult to Sai Sudharsan, Full again and angled in at the legs, Sai Sudharsan gets an inside edge on the pads as he looks to flick and the ball rolls away toward fine leg. The batters race back for two and the umpires are checking for a short run here. The replays show that the bat is right on the line and no part of it is over the crease and it will be just a single. Not an error the coaches would like to see again. |
| 2.3 : Trent Boult to Sai Sudharsan, On a hard length around off and seaming away, Sai Sudharsan punches it to cover-point. |
| 2.4 : Trent Boult to Sai Sudharsan, Full and outside off, swinging away, driven with the swing and firmly as well but straight to extra cover. |
| 2.5 : Trent Boult to Sai Sudharsan, Just wide! Fullish length around the pads, Sai Sudharsan looks to flick but the ball stops on him a bit. Sudharsan ends up chipping it to the left of a diving Yashasvi Jaiswal at mid-wicket. The ball rolls away but Jaiswal chases it down and saves a run for his side. |
| 2.6 : Trent Boult to Shubman Gill, FOUR! Shubman Gill is up and running here! Short and wide, there to be hit. Gill stays on the back foot and hammers it away in front of square on the off side for a boundary. |
| 3.1 : Sandeep Sharma to Sai Sudharsan, Pitched up delivery around off stump, Sai Sudharsan gets on the front foot and punches it to mid off. |
| 3.2 : Sandeep Sharma to Sai Sudharsan, A touch fuller and angling across from off and middle, Sai Sudharsan plays a whippy shot along the ground and straight to mid on. |
| 3.3 : Sandeep Sharma to Sai Sudharsan, Perfect line and length, right around the top of the off stump. Sai Sudharsan keeps it out to mid off. |
| 3.4 : Sandeep Sharma to Sai Sudharsan, Comes from around the wicket now and takes pace off. This is bowled on a good length and angled into the body, Sai Sudharsan nudges it away toward mid-wicket and picks up a single. |
| 3.5 : Sandeep Sharma to Shubman Gill, Nagging length and angled into middle and leg, Shubman Gill pushes it a bit uppishly and gets it down to long on for one more. |
| 3.6 : Sandeep Sharma to Sai Sudharsan, Yet another single and only three runs come off it. Slower one, a bit fuller and angled into the pads, Sai Sudharsan works it away wide of mid on and picks up a run. |
| 4.1 : Adam Zampa to Sai Sudharsan, Adam Zampa comes into the attack and starts off with a real drag down over middle and leg. Sai Sudharsan pulls it off the back foot and firmly as well toward deep mid-wicket for a couple of runs. |
| 4.2 : Adam Zampa to Sai Sudharsan, A touch shorter around middle, worked away leg side for one. |
| 4.3 : Adam Zampa to Shubman Gill, Pushed through on middle stump, Shubman Gill goes on the back foot and tucks it in front of mid-wicket for one more. |
| 4.4 : Adam Zampa to Sai Sudharsan, Floats this one up full and on the legs, Sai Sudharsan flicks it straight to mid-wicket. |
| 4.5 : Adam Zampa to Sai Sudharsan, Quicker and flatter on off stump, Sai Sudharsan stays back and wrists it in front of square on the leg side for a single. |
| Is that a run-out? Sanju Samson seems confident as he thinks that Sai Sudharsan is short of his crease. |
| 4.6 : Adam Zampa to Shubman Gill, OUT! RUN OUT! A total lack of communication in the middle and it has cost Gujarat their second wicket. Adam Zampa pushes this one through a bit quicker and bowls it full and straight as well. Shubman Gill looks to step out but ends up punching it into the surface. The ball bounces off the track and Zampa jumps to his right to get a hand on it. The ball goes to mid on as Gill is halfway through for the single. Sai Sudharsan however is ball-watching and has to t |
| 5.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Shubman Gill, FOUR! Nice shot! Ravichandran Ashwin starts with a tossed up delivery, full and on middle, Shubman Gill goes down well and nails his sweep towards the deep square leg fence for a boundary. |
| 5.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Shubman Gill, Shortish and on middle, Shubman Gill moves back and nudges it through mid-wicket for a single. |
| 5.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Hardik Pandya, Quicker, short and on middle, Hardik Pandya blocks it out. |
| 5.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Hardik Pandya, Flatter, full and on middle, Hardik Pandya eases it towards long on for a run. |
| 0.0 : Hardik Pandya is the new man in. |
| 5.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Shubman Gill, Darts this one full and on the pads, Shubman Gill clips it towards square leg. |
| 5.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Shubman Gill, FOUR! Up and over! This is flighted and around off, Shubman Gill dances down the track and smashes it over mid off for a boundary. |
| 6.1 : Adam Zampa to Hardik Pandya, Tossed up, full and on off, Hardik Pandya pushes it towards covers. |
| 6.2 : Adam Zampa to Hardik Pandya, SIX! BANG! Hardik Pandya goes big now! This is floated, full and on middle, Hardik Pandya stays in his crease and lofts it over the bowler's head for a biggie. |
| 6.3 : Adam Zampa to Hardik Pandya, FOUR! A boundary now! Adam Zampa bowls this quicker, full and on off, Hardik Pandya thrashes it wide of long off for a four more runs. |
| 6.4 : Adam Zampa to Hardik Pandya, Flatter, short and on off, Hardik Pandya taps it wide of point for a single. |
| 6.5 : Adam Zampa to Shubman Gill, Looped up, full and on off, Shubman Gill knocks it towards deep point for a run. |
| 6.6 : Adam Zampa to Hardik Pandya, Fires this one full and on leg, Hardik Pandya jams it out towards long on for one more. |
| 7.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Hardik Pandya, Full and on the stumps, this is driven firmly down to long on for a single. |
| 7.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Shubman Gill, FOUR! Nice use of the feet! This is floated and around off, Shubman Gill goes inside out and lifts it over extra covers for a lovely boundary. |
| 7.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Shubman Gill, Short and on middle, Shubman Gill nudges it towards deep mid-wicket for a run. |
| 7.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Hardik Pandya, EDGED AND FOUR! This is flatter, full and outside off, Hardik Pandya slashes and gets an outside edge towards the third man fence for a boundary. With that he completes 2000 runs in this league. |
| 7.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Hardik Pandya, Short and outside off, Hardik Pandya cuts it towards sweeper covers for one. |
| 7.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Shubman Gill, SIX! Shubman Gill goes big now! Ravichandran Ashwin flights this up, on middle, Shubman Gill skips down the track and smokes it over the bowler's head for a biggie. |
| 8.1 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Hardik Pandya, Yuzvendra Chahal begins with a flatter delivery, full and on middle, Hardik Pandya steers it towards point. |
| 8.2 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Hardik Pandya, Shortish and on off, Hardik Pandya chops it behind the keeper for a single. |
| 8.3 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Shubman Gill, Short again and outside off, Shubman Gill cuts it wide of sweeper covers where Shimron Hetmyer runs to his left and dives to stop it. Three runs taken! Good running! |
| 8.4 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Hardik Pandya, Floated, full and on off, Hardik Pandya pushes it towards point. |
| 8.5 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Hardik Pandya, Shortish and on middle, Hardik Pandya forces it towards long on for one. |
| 8.6 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Shubman Gill, Darts this one full and on off, Shubman Gill drives it towards long off for one. |
| 9.1 : Trent Boult to Shubman Gill, Full and on off, Shubman Gill drives it towards sweeper covers for a single. |
| 0.0 : Strategic break! It was a solid start by Rajasthan as Trent Boult picked up a wicket in the very first over and they managed to keep the scoring rate in check. Sai Sudharsan looked good for Gujarat but he too fell inside the Powerplay. Since then though, skipper Hardik Pandya and Shubman Gill have counterattacked brilliantly and Gujarat are flying. Rajasthan would want to break this stand at the earliest and a crucial middle phase is coming up next. Also, Yuzvendra Chahal comes into the at |
| 9.2 : Trent Boult to Hardik Pandya, On a length and on middle, Hardik Pandya bunts it onto the pitch and the bounce takes it over Trent Boult. They cross. |
| 9.3 : Trent Boult to Shubman Gill, Back of a length and on off, Shubman Gill jabs it towards deep mid-wicket for another run. |
| 9.4 : Trent Boult to Hardik Pandya, FOUR! SMASHED! Trent Boult lands this short and on off, Hardik Pandya gets on top of the bounce and hammers it towards the deep mid-wicket fence for a boundary. |
| 9.5 : Trent Boult to Hardik Pandya, This is on a hard length and on off, Hardik Pandya pushes it towards covers for one. |
| 9.6 : Trent Boult to Shubman Gill, Short and on off, Shubman Gill slaps it towards wide of deep mid-wicket for a brace. |
| 10.1 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Hardik Pandya, Tosses this one up on leg stump, Hardik Pandya steps out and heaves it in front of deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 10.2 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Shubman Gill, A bit flatter on middle and leg, Shubman Gill stays put and just nudges it away past square leg for a run. |
| 10.3 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Hardik Pandya, WIDE! Floated delivery, throws it down the leg side. Wide called. |
| Yuzvendra Chahal to Hardik Pandya, OUT! TAKEN! Yashasvi Jaiswal with a brilliant catch and Rajasthan do break the stand. Yuzvendra Chahal tosses this one up a bit but bowls it on a shorter length outside off. Hardik Pandya stays inside the crease and simply looks to thrash it over long off. There's no foot movement and Pandya ends up slicing it high over the cover region. Yashasvi Jaiswal there backtracks and keeps his eyes on the ball before taking a tumbling catch with both hands. Pa |
| 10.4 : Yuzvendra Chahal to David Miller, Fuller one outside off, David Miller leans on and strokes it through cover for one. |
| 10.3 : David Miller is the next man in. |
| 10.5 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Shubman Gill, Gives it a nice loop now and bowls it fuller around middle. Shubman Gill stays watchful and keeps it out on the off side for a quick single. |
| 10.6 : Yuzvendra Chahal to David Miller, Flatter one on leg stump, pushed off the back foot down to long on for one. |
| 11.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to David Miller, Flatter one angled in from outside off, cut away off the back foot through point for a run. |
| 11.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Shubman Gill, Flighted delivery, a bit fuller and around middle, this is worked away through wide mid on for one more. |
| 11.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to David Miller, Close but not close enough! Ravichandran Ashwin bowls this one quicker and flatter and angles it in sharply from around off. David Miller looks to rock back and cut but ends up getting an inside edge onto the pads. The ball lobs up to the left of Yashasvi Jaiswal at first slip and he pouches it safely. The third umpire is called in to have a look as it might have come directly off the boot but the replays clearly show that the ball hit the ground. |
| 11.2 : Is that out? The umpire sends it upstairs to see if the ball has hit David Miller's boot and then went to the slip fielder, but the replays shows that it is not the case. |
| 11.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to David Miller, Shorter in length and on the pads, worked away through mid-wicket for a single. |
| 11.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Shubman Gill, Keeps the length short and angles it into middle and leg, Shubman Gill hangs back and works it through mid-wicket for another single. |
| 11.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to David Miller, Shorter one on off stump, David Miller works this one away off the back foot and behind square leg for a couple of runs. The 100 is now up for Gujarat. |
| 12.1 : Adam Zampa to Shubman Gill, Just short of a length on middle and leg, this is pulled away down to fine leg for a single. |
| 12.2 : Adam Zampa to David Miller, DROPPED! Adam Zampa fumbles a simple chance and David Miller gets a life here. This is tossed up on middle and holds a bit in the surface. Miller looks to drive at it but ends up chipping it gently to the right of the bowler. Zampa moves that side and closes his grasp a bit too quickly. A huge let off! |
| 12.3 : Adam Zampa to David Miller, Flighted delivery on a length and around off, David Miller pushes it toward extra cover. |
| 12.4 : Adam Zampa to David Miller, On the shorter side and David Miller steps out before working it past square leg for a single. |
| 12.5 : Adam Zampa to Shubman Gill, Nicely floated up on off and middle, Shubman Gill blocks it out. |
| 12.6 : Adam Zampa to Shubman Gill, Gives it some air and tosses it up full and on the legs, Shubman Gill looks to sweep it on the full but misses and gets hit on the pads. |
| 13.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to David Miller, Comes from around the wicket and drifts it in from around off. David Miller defends it out. |
| 13.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to David Miller, Gets away with it! Drags this one down leg but David Miller only manages to pull it straight to the man at deep backward square leg for a single. |
| 13.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Shubman Gill, Leg bye! Quicker one, fired in on the legs, Shubman Gill looks to flick but the ball goes off his pads toward short fine leg. They pick up a leg bye. |
| 13.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to David Miller, Drags the length back and this is punched off the back foot toward wide long on for one more. |
| 13.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Shubman Gill, Nicely bowled! Ravichandran Ashwin sees Shubman Gill advancing and bowls it full and wide of the off stump. Gill manages to reach it and squeezes it through the cover region for a run. |
| 13.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to David Miller, Fuller in length and around middle, worked away through mid-wicket for just one more. |
| 14.1 : Yuzvendra Chahal to David Miller, Floated up on middle and leg, David Miller flicks this one just behind square leg and turns the strike over. |
| 14.2 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Shubman Gill, Shorter delivery on middle and leg, Shubman Gill pulls it off the back foot to deep midwicket for a single. |
| 14.3 : Yuzvendra Chahal to David Miller, SIX! As flat as it can get! Tossed up on the stumps, David Miller dances down the track and thumps this one straight back over the bowler's head. Jos Buttler from long on springs full stretch to his right but the ball flies past him and over the ropes for a maximum. |
| 14.4 : Yuzvendra Chahal to David Miller, A tad bit short and around the pads, worked away well in front of mid-wicket. The batters push hard for two and get it with ease. |
| 14.5 : Yuzvendra Chahal to David Miller, Just a fraction short and outside off, David Miller hangs back and taps it in front of cover-point for a single. |
| 14.6 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Shubman Gill, Slower through the air and this is floated up on a length well outside the off stump. Shubman Gill has to reach for it but manages to get it to deep cover-point for a run. |
| 15.1 : Sandeep Sharma to Shubman Gill, Back of a length and on off, Shubman Gill slaps it towards the left of long on for a couple of runs. |
| 15.2 : Sandeep Sharma to Shubman Gill, OUT! TAKEN! Sandeep Sharma strikes! This is a huge wicket for Rajasthan as they see the back of Shubman Gill. Sharma serves this full and on off, Shubman Gill goes for the big shot, but fails to get under the ball, and his bat also moves in his hands when he connects. As a result it goes flat and in the air towards long off where Jos Buttler holds on easily to a pretty straightforward catch. Another good knock from Gill comes to an end and Gujarat are fo |
| Strategic break! Rajasthan have done pretty well to get back in the game after a bit of a blitz from Hardik Pandya and Shubman Gill after the Powerplay. They got rid of Pandya and then the spinners built up pressure on the new man David Miller. Miller though has started to look good now but the loss of a well-set Gill could prove to be vital. Can Rajasthan continue to put on the squeeze? Or will the hard hitters for Gujarat come to the fore? Let's find out. Also, Abhinav Manohar walks out to |
| 15.3 : Sandeep Sharma to Abhinav Manohar, Fuller and on off, Abhinav Manohar pushes it towards long on for a single. |
| 15.4 : Sandeep Sharma to David Miller, A slower one now, full and on leg, David Miller clips it towards deep mid-wicket for one. |
| 15.5 : Sandeep Sharma to Abhinav Manohar, Fullish again and on off, Abhinav Manohar eases it towards long off for one more. |
| 15.6 : Sandeep Sharma to David Miller, Overpitched and on off, David Miller lofts it towards long off for another run. A wicket and only six runs from this tidy over by Sandeep Sharma. |
| 16.1 : Yuzvendra Chahal to David Miller, Flatter, short and outside off, David Miller slices it wide of short third man where Sandeep Sharma dives to his right to stop it. They cross. |
| 16.2 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Abhinav Manohar, Quicker, full and on leg, Abhinav Manohar flicks it through square leg for a single. |
| 16.3 : Yuzvendra Chahal to David Miller, Short and on middle, David Miller pulls it towards deep square leg for a run. |
| 16.4 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Abhinav Manohar, Short again and outside off, Abhinav Manohar cuts it wide of cover-point for another run. |
| 16.5 : Yuzvendra Chahal to David Miller, Another short delivery, outside off, David Miller punches it towards sweeper covers and comes back for the second. |
| 16.6 : Yuzvendra Chahal to David Miller, SIX! Into the crowd! This is flighted, full and around off, David Miller moves across a bit and slog-sweeps it over the deep mid-wicket fece for a biggie. |
| Rajasthan use their Impact Player as Devdutt Padikkal comes in for Yuzvendra Chahal. Also, Trent Boult (3-0-29-1) comes back on to finish his spell. |
| 17.1 : Trent Boult to Abhinav Manohar, Short of a length and on leg, Abhinav Manohar nudges it towards deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 17.2 : Trent Boult to David Miller, A low full toss, on middle, swinging in, David Miller drills it towards long on for a run. |
| 17.3 : Trent Boult to Abhinav Manohar, SIX! Abhinav Manohar shows his power! Trent Boult bangs this short and on middle, Abhinav Manohar pulls it, but mistimes it a bit. However, it has enough power to go over the long off fence for a biggie. |
| 17.4 : Trent Boult to Abhinav Manohar, SIX! Two in a row! Trent Boult misses his yorker, and bowls a full toss, on off, Abhinav Manohar stays there and smashes it over the long off fence for another maximum. |
| 17.5 : Trent Boult to Abhinav Manohar, Short and on middle, slower too, Abhinav Manohar pulls it wide of deep square leg where Devdutt Padikkal runs to his right and dives to make a brilliant stop. Two runs taken! |
| 17.6 : Trent Boult to Abhinav Manohar, Full and on middle, Abhinav Manohar chips it towards long on for one more. 17 runs off the over then! |
| 18.1 : Adam Zampa to Abhinav Manohar, Quicker, short and on leg, Abhinav Manohar miscues his heave onto the pitch. |
| 0.0 : Adam Zampa (3-0-20-0) is back on. |
| 18.2 : Adam Zampa to Abhinav Manohar, Floated, full and on off, Abhinav Manohar drills it towards long off for a single. |
| 18.3 : Adam Zampa to David Miller, FOUR! David Miller finds the fence now! Adam Zampa lands this short and on off, David Miller moves back and hammers it wide of deep mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 18.4 : Adam Zampa to David Miller, Short again and on off, David Miller forces it towards long on for another run. |
| 18.5 : Adam Zampa to Abhinav Manohar, SIX! Abhinav Manohar sends this way into the stands! This is floated, full and on middle, Abhinav Manohar shows the full face of the bat and launches it over the long on fence for a biggie. |
| 18.6 : Adam Zampa to Abhinav Manohar, OUT! TAKEN! Adam Zampa gets his man now! He bowls this flatter, full and outside off, Abhinav Manohar looks to slog again, but ends up slicing it in the air and Devdutt Padikkal at cover-point settles under it to take a dolly. A fine camoe from Abhinav Manohar comes to an end. |
| 19.1 : Sandeep Sharma to David Miller, Full and outside off, way outside off, David Miller leaves it alone. Wided. |
| 18.6 : Rahul Tewatia is the new man in. Also, Sandeep Sharma to close out the innings here. |
| 19.1 : Sandeep Sharma to David Miller, Sandeep Sharma gets his wide yorker right this time, on off, David Miller looks to dig it out, but misses. |
| 19.2 : Sandeep Sharma to David Miller, FOUR! Powered away! This is full and outside off, David Miller shuffles across and thrashes it over extra covers for a boundary. |
| 19.3 : Sandeep Sharma to David Miller, FOUR! Another one! Sandeep Sharma bowls a yorker, outside off, David Miller slashes and gets an outside edge towards the third man fence for a streaky boundary this time. |
| 19.4 : Sandeep Sharma to David Miller, OUT! TAKEN! David Miller goes for the big shot again, but holes out instead. Sandeep Sharma serves a low full toss, outside off, David Miller tries to reach for it and swings hard, but it goes off the top edge in the air and towards deep cover where Shimron Hetmyer takes a fine catch under pressure. Miller also goes back after a decent knock. |
| Rashid Khan is in at number 8. |
| 19.5 : Sandeep Sharma to Rashid Khan, OUT! RUN OUT! A bit too close for comfort and Gujarat lose yet another wicket. Sandeep Sharma bowls a slower bumper into the deck and around off. Rashid Khan pulls it straight down the ground toward long on. The batters cross for one and Rashid looks for the second. Rahul Tewatia sends him back as the throw comes in from Jos Buttler at the bowler's end. Sandeep Sharma collects the ball and dislodges the bails. The replays show that Rashid's bat is right |
| 19.6 : A flurry of big hits toward the end from the likes of David Miller and Abhinav Manohar has seen Gujarat post a solid total of 177 runs. It was a topsy-turvy first inning but going into the break, Rajasthan will be the slightly happier of the two sides. |
| Gujarat were pegged back early as Wriddhiman Saha fell in the very first over. Sai Sudharsan and Shubman Gill looked to be forming a gritty stand but the former was run out and Gujarat looked in trouble. The skipper then walked in and played flamboyantly and Gill too found his groove. Pandya fell looking to keep up the ante and Gill too couldn't stay on for much longer. It was then some big hitting from Abhinav Manohar and David Miller in the death overs that really fired Gujarat to a total |
| Sandeep Sharma to Rahul Tewatia, Only a single to end the innings then! Sandeep Sharma nails the yorker once again, outside off, Rahul Tewatia reaches for it, but only manages to jam it towards long off for a run. Gujarat finish on 177/7! |
| Rajasthan will be a tad bit disappointed with that bowling effort as there were occasions in the first innings that they had Gujarat on the back foot but simply couldn't capitalize. Trent Boult got an early wicket but was pretty expensive. The spin duo of Ravichandran Ashwin and Yuzvendra Chahal picked up just a single wicket in between them and went for a bit of runs as well. Adam Zampa though bowled really well and picked up a wicket. The pick of the bowlers once again was Sandeep Sharma |
| Yuzvendra Chahal is down for a quick chat. He says that there is a lot of dew and it was difficult to get a grip on the ball. Adds that he was happy with being the leading wicket-taker last season, but he wants the trophy this time. Tells that their spinners did a good job in the last game and that is why they went with Adam Zampa and Jason Holder was unwell too. Mentions that it is a bit difficult to hit the spinners sometimes in the death overs and they can get wickets too. Ends by saying |
| Right then, Rajasthan need 178 runs to win on a wicket that looks brilliant for batting. The ball did stop a bit in the deck on the odd occasion but with the dew taking effect, the batting side will feel confident. Can Hardik Pandya and his men spring up a surprise and defend this total? Or will Rajasthan gun it down without a fuss? Let's find out as the run chase is up next. |
| ... The Run Chase ... |
| We are back for the run chase! |
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