| 0.0 : Hello and Welcome to the coverage of the second game of this Super Saturday! This game sees Punjab locking horns against Hyderabad. Both these teams are on 8 points and they are both eyeing that fourth position which is up for grabs. This is an important fixture in regard to the fourth place and both these teams will be roaring to go. Punjab are on the back of three great victories against the top 3 sides of Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore. Hyderabad, too are on the back of a victory as Manish Pande |
| TOSS - We are all in readiness for the toss. KL Rahul and David Warner are out in the middle for the toss. Up goes the coin and it lands in the favor of Hyderabad. HYDERABAD WILL BOWL FIRST! |
| The skipper of Hyderabad, David Warner, starts off by saying that the last game a little bit of dew came into the end and it got better towards the end. Says that each game presents a new challenge and winning in the previous game gives them some momentum. Hopes that they have found their winning formula and praises his middle order as they played well in the previous game and that they played without risk. States that there is one change as Khaleel Ahmed comes in place of Shahbaz Nadeem.à |
| KL Rahul, the captain of Punjab, starts off by saying that he would have bowled first, with the only reason being that they have won batting second in their previous winning games. Adds that the wicket looks good and should not change much. Adds that winning gives the group confidence, especially when they come against the top sides. Says that it is good that different guys have raised their hands and have done well. Tells that they want to focus on this game and play some good cricket. Feels th |
| Right! We are done with all the pre-match formalities as the action is about to begin. The umpires walk out into the middle. The players of Hyderabad walk out to take their respective positions out on the field. The openers of Punjab, KL Rahul and Mandeep Singh make their way out into the middle. A shuffle in the openers for Punjab as Mayank Agarwal misses out. Sandeep Sharma will begin with the ball for Hyderabad. Off we go.. |
| 0.1 : Sandeep Sharma to KL Rahul, Sandeep starts off with a good length ball around off, nipping into the right-hander, Rahul does well to block this one out. |
| 0.2 : Sandeep Sharma to KL Rahul, Rahul and Punjab are underway! On a full length around middle, Rahul tucks this towards mid-wicket for a single. |
| 0.3 : Sandeep Sharma to Mandeep Singh, A misfield and the batters will collect a couple! On a good length on middle, Mandeep strides forward and works it towards mid on. Samad misfields there and the batters come back for the second run. |
| 0.4 : Sandeep Sharma to Mandeep Singh, Back of a length ball around off, Mandeep taps it towards point and looks for the single but Rahul sends him back. |
| 0.5 : Sandeep Sharma to Mandeep Singh, On a good length around off, Singh guides this one to the third man region for a single. |
| 0.6 : Sandeep Sharma to KL Rahul, Short of a good length around off, moving into the batter, Rahul pushes this towards mid on for a single. A good start by Hyderabad. Just the five runs off this one. |
| 0.0 : Glenn Maxwell is in for a chat! Starts off by saying that it has been going good for them and that the hard work in the nets is paying off. Adds that things started going their way and T20 cricket can be fickle sometimes and they have started getting those little parts of their game to go their way. Tells that it has been a tough couple of games at the start of the tournament but the way the boys have bounced back have given Punjab a good chance of making the top four. Praises the support staff |
| 0.6 : Who will bowl from the other end for Hyderabad? Khaleel Ahmed, it is. |
| 0.0 : Punjab (Playing XI) - KL Rahul (C/WK), Chris Gayle, Nicholas Pooran, Glenn Maxwell, Mandeep Singh (IN PLACE OF MAYANK AGARWAL), Deepak Hooda, Murugan Ashwin, Chris Jordan (IN PLACE OF JIMMY NEESHAM), Mohammed Shami, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh. |
| 1.1 : Khaleel Ahmed to KL Rahul, Back of a length ball around off, Rahul pushes this one towards cover. |
| 0.0 : Hyderabad (Playing XI) - David Warner (C), Jonny Bairstow (WK), Manish Pandey, Vijay Shankar, Priyam Garg, Abdul Samad, Jason Holder, Rashid Khan, Khaleel Ahmed (IN PLACE OF SHAHBAZ NADEEM), Sandeep Sharma, T Natarajan. |
| 1.2 : Khaleel Ahmed to KL Rahul, On a fullish length around off, Rahul plays this towards the cover-point region and Rashid Khan does well to stop this one. |
| The third umpire is called into play. A direct hit and was Rahul lazy to get back? Is he short? His body language does not seem the best. |
| 1.3 : Khaleel Ahmed to KL Rahul, NOT OUT! KL Rahul survives! What a close call this was! Back of a length ball around off, Rahul taps this towards point and looks for the single. Mandeep sends him back and Rahul runs back into his crease as the throw comes in and the wickets are hit. Replays roll in and KL Rahul's bat was in. Close call, this. |
| 1.4 : Khaleel Ahmed to KL Rahul, EDGY FOUR! First boundary of the innings and it is off the edge but Punjab won't care! On a good length outside off, Rahul looks to drive but it comes off his outside edge and goes past the ropes at third man for a boundary. |
| 1.5 : Khaleel Ahmed to KL Rahul, On off, worked to the off side. |
| 1.6 : Khaleel Ahmed to KL Rahul, A dot to end the over as Rahul drives this one to Rashid at covers. Another good over for Hyderabad. Just 4 runs. |
| 2.1 : Sandeep Sharma to Mandeep Singh, Back of a length delivery outside off, tailing into Mandeep slightly, he pushes it to the cover region. |
| 2.2 : Sandeep Sharma to Mandeep Singh, Short of a good length outside off, Mandeep works this to the point region and looks for the single but Rahul is quick to send him back to his crease. |
| 2.3 : Sandeep Sharma to Mandeep Singh, Third dot of the over as Singh works this towards the cover fielder. |
| 2.4 : Sandeep Sharma to Mandeep Singh, Back of a length ball outside off, Mandeep slashes this one over the cover-point region and the fielder does well to run and drag it behind before it touches the ropes. Three runs collected by the batters. |
| 2.5 : Sandeep Sharma to KL Rahul, On off, Rahul cuts this one but finds the man at point. |
| 2.6 : Sandeep Sharma to KL Rahul, A single to end the over as Rahul works this to the cover region. The fielder does well to half stop this and Warner cleans up the rest. Another good over for Hyderabad. 4 runs only. |
| 3.1 : Khaleel Ahmed to KL Rahul, Short of a good length ball around off, Rahul works this to the deep point region for a single. |
| 3.2 : Khaleel Ahmed to Mandeep Singh, Back of a length delivery around middle and off, Mandeep pulls this one over the mid-wicket fence but the timing was not the best as the fielder cuts it off. A couple taken. |
| 3.3 : Khaleel Ahmed to Mandeep Singh, On a good length around off, Mandeep plays this to the deep point region for one. |
| 3.4 : Khaleel Ahmed to KL Rahul, FOUR! Slashed! What a shot by the skipper! Short of a good length ball around middle, Rahul pulls this one fine towards the mid-wicket fence and it will run away to the ropes. |
| 3.5 : Khaleel Ahmed to KL Rahul, Good length around the off pole, Rahul works this to the deep point region for a single. |
| 3.6 : Khaleel Ahmed to Mandeep Singh, IN THE AIR...SAFE! That hung in the air for so long but luckily for Mandeep, it could not be caught. On a fullish length around middle, Mandeep looks to go big and lofts this one down the ground but he does not time it well and it balloons over the long off region. Warner backtracks and tries to scalp this one but he is not able to. Two runs taken. |
| 4.2 : Sandeep Sharma to KL Rahul, On a good length on middle, Rahul eases this one to the long on region for a single. |
| 4.1 : Sandeep Sharma to KL Rahul, SIX! WOW! What a beauty of a shot! The sound of bat leaving the ball was poetry! Short of a good length ball around off, Rahul pulls this one hard towards the deep square leg fence for a biggie. |
| 4.3 : Sandeep Sharma to Mandeep Singh, On a good length around off, Mandeep chips this one over the mid off fielder and it lands safe. The batters collect a couple. |
| 4.4 : Sandeep Sharma to Mandeep Singh, FOUR! Misfield and this will fetch a boundary to Punjab! On a good length around off, Mandeep hammers this one towards the deep mid-wicket fence. The fielder runs to his right but fumbles and this will be a boundary. |
| 4.5 : Sandeep Sharma to Mandeep Singh, On off, Mandeep pushes this to the point region. |
| 4.6 : Sandeep Sharma to Mandeep Singh, OUT! CAUGHT! That was not an easy catch but Rashid Khan does so well to get under this one and he has taken a brilliant catch. This is also the 100th wicket in the Indian T20 League for Sandeep Sharma. Wonderful stuff! Mandeep has been looking for the big shot for some time but he has mistimed it and that will be the end of him. Sandeep bowls a good length ball around off, Mandeep cannot resist and goes for the slog sweep over the mid-wicket fence but the sh |
| Chris Gayle walks out to bat now! Also, Jason Hoder is on now. |
| 5.1 : Jason Holder to Chris Gayle, Starts off with a full toss outside off. Gayle looks to drive but misses. Bairstow fails to collect it cleanly and a bye is taken. |
| 5.2 : Jason Holder to KL Rahul, Angled into the pads, it is worked through square leg for one. |
| 5.3 : Jason Holder to Chris Gayle, FOUR! Crisp! Just leaned into that one! It is fuller and outside off, a half volley outside off. Gayle times it through covers and it races away to the fence. |
| 5.4 : Jason Holder to Chris Gayle, A cutter on off, it is guided to point. |
| 5.5 : Jason Holder to Chris Gayle, FOUR! Brilliant from the big man! Just used the pace of the bowler. It is short and outside off. Gayle waits for it and then guides it through backward point for a boundary. Second in the over. |
| 5.6 : Jason Holder to Chris Gayle, A dot to end but a good Powerplay for Punjab! They are 47 for 1. The last ball is a yorker outside off. Gayle looks to jam it out but misses. |
| 6.1 : Rashid Khan to KL Rahul, Full toss around off, Rahul eases this one to the long on region for a single. |
| 5.6 : Rashid Khan is on now! |
| 6.2 : Rashid Khan to Chris Gayle, Flatter around leg, Gayle nudges this to the square leg region for one. |
| 6.3 : Rashid Khan to KL Rahul, Flatter around off, Rahul tucks this off his back foot towards the mid-wicket region for a single. 50 runs up for Punjab. |
| 6.4 : Rashid Khan to Chris Gayle, Short ball outside off, Gayle pushes this to the cover region. |
| 6.5 : Rashid Khan to Chris Gayle, SIX! Gayle has joined the party! Pure power! Flatter around middle, Gayle swivels and powers this one over the mid-wicket fence for a biggie. |
| 6.6 : Rashid Khan to Chris Gayle, PLAY AND A MISS! Flatter around middle, spinning away from the left-hander, Gayle looks to defend but misses and Bairstow collects. There is an appeal as they think that he nicked it. The umpire does not think so. Warner does not go for the review. |
| Natarajan is on now! |
| 7.1 : T Natarajan to KL Rahul, Back of a length ball around off, Rahul works this to the off side for a single. |
| 7.2 : T Natarajan to Chris Gayle, Short of a good length around leg, Gayle pushes it to the leg side. |
| 7.3 : T Natarajan to Chris Gayle, Back of a length ball around middle and leg, Gayle tickles this one fine to the fine leg region to collect a single. |
| 7.4 : T Natarajan to KL Rahul, On a slower good length ball outside off, Rahul punches this one to the deep cover region for another single. |
| 7.5 : T Natarajan to Chris Gayle, Well bowled! A yorker outside off, Gayle leaves it alone thinking it could be a wide. The umpire does not think so. A dot. |
| 7.6 : T Natarajan to Chris Gayle, On a full length around off, Gayle works this towards long off to retain the strike for the next over. A tidy start by Natarajan. Just the 4 runs. |
| 8.1 : Rashid Khan to Chris Gayle, Floated around leg, Gayle looks to heave this to the leg side but he misses and it comes off his pads and rolls to the leg side. |
| 0.0 : Review time! A huge shout for LBW has been turned down. It seems a little high. |
| 8.2 : Rashid Khan to Chris Gayle, NOT OUT! Gayle survives this one! He does not seem to be picking up Rashid Khan. Flatter on middle, Gayle looks to flick this one but misses and gets hit on the pads. The players appeal but the umpire says no. Warner talks to Bairstow and takes the review. It is seen that this was pitching outside leg. A review wasted in the end. |
| 8.3 : Rashid Khan to Chris Gayle, Floated around middle, Gayle sweeps this one to the leg side for a single. |
| 8.4 : Rashid Khan to KL Rahul, Short ball around off, Rahul defends this one out. |
| 8.5 : Rashid Khan to KL Rahul, Flighted ball around off, Rahul works this one to the point region. |
| 8.6 : Rashid Khan to KL Rahul, A great over this by Rashid. Just the single. Rashid bowls a googly around off, it spins into the right-hander, Rahul does well to work this to the leg side. |
| 9.1 : Jason Holder to Chris Gayle, WIDE! Holder starts off with a full toss way outside the off stump. Gayle reaches out and looks to make contact but cannot. Wided. |
| Jason Holder to Chris Gayle, Back of a length ball around off, Gayle looks to pull but it goes off his top edge over Bairstow and towards the third man region. Khaleel does well to clean up in the deep. Just a single in the end. |
| 9.2 : Jason Holder to KL Rahul, Short of a good length ball around middle, Rahul pulls this one to the deep square leg region for a single. |
| 9.3 : Jason Holder to Chris Gayle, On a full length around off, Gayle reaches out and works this to the cover region. Another single. |
| 9.4 : Jason Holder to KL Rahul, A yorker on middle, Rahul clears his front foot and tucks this to the mid-wicket region to rotate the strike. |
| 9.5 : Jason Holder to Chris Gayle, Another yorker on off, Gayle gets under it and works it to the leg side. |
| 9.6 : Jason Holder to Chris Gayle, OUT! CAUGHT! Chris Gayle has to go! He has been outfoxed by his international teammate Holder! They had done well to keep him quiet so far and he does not terrorize the bowlers of Hyderabad. Very well bowled and the catch is a good one as well. They have been bowling yorker after yorker and they have their man. Holder bowls this full and wide outside off, Gayle reaches out and looks to go big over the long off region but the timing on this one was not going t |
| 0.0 : DRINKS! It has been cautious so far by Punjab! They have lost just the one wicket and are in a good position at the moment. However, it is probably time for them to step on the gas as there are some good batters to come. Hyderabad, on the other hand, know, they need wickets to contain this Punjab batting line-up. Jason Holder is back on! |
| 10.1 : Rashid Khan to KL Rahul, OUT! KABOOM! Two in two for Hyderabad and it is the two big ones! Hyderabad right on top now! This is a beauty from Rashid Khan. It is the googly, it lands on off, Rahul looks to push at it by leaning forward but the ball turns back in. It sneaks between the gap of bat and pad and hits the stumps behind. |
| 0.0 : Glenn Maxwell is the new man in. |
| 10.2 : Rashid Khan to Glenn Maxwell, Flatter and on middle, Maxwell works it to mid-wicket. |
| 10.3 : Rashid Khan to Glenn Maxwell, Shorter and around off, this is pushed down to long off for one. |
| 10.4 : Rashid Khan to Nicholas Pooran, Tossed up on off, this is eased down to long off for one. |
| 10.5 : Rashid Khan to Glenn Maxwell, Tossed up on off, it is pushed towards covers. |
| 10.6 : Rashid Khan to Glenn Maxwell, A single to end! This is tossed up on off, Maxwell leans into it and strokes it through covers for one. End of a brilliant over from Rashid. |
| 11.1 : Jason Holder to Glenn Maxwell, Shorter and around middle, it is worked down to fine leg for one. |
| 11.2 : Jason Holder to Nicholas Pooran, On off, this is guided down to third man for one. |
| 11.3 : Jason Holder to Glenn Maxwell, Nice shot but only for one. Fuller and on middle, this is hit down to long on for one. |
| 11.4 : Jason Holder to Nicholas Pooran, A slower one on off, Pooran plays it late and guides it down to third man for one. |
| 11.5 : Jason Holder to Glenn Maxwell, One more single! On the body, this is worked down to fine leg for one. |
| 11.6 : Jason Holder to Nicholas Pooran, A single to end which means six from the over. Full and on the pads, this is worked through mid-wicket for one. |
| 12.1 : T Natarajan to Nicholas Pooran, Shorter and around off, this one stays a little low. Pooran looks to pull but misses. |
| 0.0 : T Natarajan will bowl now. 1-0-4-0 so far. |
| 12.2 : T Natarajan to Nicholas Pooran, It is slightly short again and once again stays a touch low. Pooran misses the pull to get hit on the pads. It rolls towards the off side. A leg bye taken. |
| 12.3 : T Natarajan to Glenn Maxwell, Outside off, this is slapped through covers for one. |
| 12.4 : T Natarajan to Nicholas Pooran, Angled into the pads, this is whipped through mid-wicket for another single. Dealing in singles at the moment are the two. |
| 12.5 : T Natarajan to Glenn Maxwell, A couple now! Length and around off, it is pushed through covers for two. |
| 12.6 : T Natarajan to Glenn Maxwell, A dot to end! A yorker to end on off, it is jammed out towards cover. |
| 13.1 : Sandeep Sharma to Nicholas Pooran, On a good length outside off, Pooran slaps it through covers for a single. |
| 13.2 : Sandeep Sharma to Glenn Maxwell, Good length delivery around off, Maxwell works this one wide of the man at long off and they collect a couple on this occasion. |
| 13.3 : Sandeep Sharma to Glenn Maxwell, Short of a good length around off, Maxwell pulls this one towards the mid-wicket region for a couple again. Good running by these two. |
| 13.4 : Sandeep Sharma to Glenn Maxwell, OUT! CAUGHT! It is Warner again who has taken this catch and the Big Show does not turn up again for Punjab. He has been disappointing this season and he continues his poor form. He was looking for the big one as they were just dealing in singles until now and that will be the end of him. On a good length around off, Maxwell lofts this one towards the long on region and Warner does well to run in and take a good catch. |
| Deepak Hooda walks out into the middle. |
| 13.5 : Sandeep Sharma to Nicholas Pooran, Pooran tucks this one to the leg side for a single. |
| 13.6 : Sandeep Sharma to Deepak Hooda, WIDE! This is shorter in length outside off, Hooda sways away and lets it be. It is wided by the umpire. |
| Sandeep Sharma to Deepak Hooda, On a good length on middle, Hooda plays it back to the bowler. A great over for Hyderabad. They get another wicket and concede just 7 runs off this one. |
| 14.1 : Rashid Khan to Nicholas Pooran, Flatter around off, Pooran tucks this to the leg side for a single. |
| 0.0 : Stumping appeal and it is taken upstairs! Bairstow is confident. |
| 14.2 : Rashid Khan to Deepak Hooda, OUT! STUMPED! It is Rashid Khan again who has struck! Bairstow does well too with the gloves and Hooda who had just walked out into the middle, will walk back to the pavilion now. Punjab are in deep trouble now. Their batting order is falling apart like a deck of cards. They still have Pooran out in the middle though. Floated around off, Hooda looks to defend this off his front foot but he does not connect and the ball whizzes past his outside edge and goes |
| 14.3 : Rashid Khan to Chris Jordan, Flatter around middle, Jordan pushes it to the leg side. |
| 14.4 : Rashid Khan to Chris Jordan, Loopy ball around off, Jordan pushes it to the cover region. |
| 14.5 : Rashid Khan to Chris Jordan, PLAY AND A MISS! This is a googly on off, Jordan looks to defend but it spins away and goes into the keeper's mitts. |
| 14.6 : Rashid Khan to Chris Jordan, Short ball on middle, Jordan blocks this one out. An amazing over yet again by Rashid gets his spell to an end. A single and a wicket. He has scalped 2 wickets and conceded just 14 runs off his quota of 4 overs. |
| 15.1 : T Natarajan to Nicholas Pooran, Full and wide outside off, it is carved through backward point for one. |
| T Natarajan to Nicholas Pooran, WIDE! Down the leg side, Jordan looks to flick but misses. Wided. |
| 15.2 : T Natarajan to Chris Jordan, Really good running! On the pads, this is worked through square leg for a couple. |
| 15.3 : T Natarajan to Chris Jordan, Outside off, Jordan looks to hit it through the off side but it goes off the inner half back to the bowler. |
| 15.4 : T Natarajan to Chris Jordan, Brilliant! A cutter on middle, it pitches and moves away. Jordan looks to defend but it goes past the outside edge. |
| 15.5 : T Natarajan to Chris Jordan, A low full toss on middle, this is hit down to long on for one. |
| 0.0 : DRINKS! Hyderabad are on top and they have done tremendously well to get rid of the batters of Punjab. Punjab, though, still have Pooran out there and will be banking on him to help them put a good score on the board. Hyderabad, on the other hand, will be looking to get rid of Pooran first and then stop Punjab from adding more runs on the board. |
| 15.6 : T Natarajan to Nicholas Pooran, A full toss outside off, it is hit through point for one. Another outstanding over. Punjab going nowhere at the moment. |
| 16.1 : Khaleel Ahmed to Nicholas Pooran, Very good running! This is a slower one on middle, it is worked down to long on for a couple. |
| 0.0 : Bowling Change. Khaleel Ahmed is back into the attack for Hyderabad. 2-0-15-0 so far. |
| 16.2 : Khaleel Ahmed to Nicholas Pooran, A slower one outside off, Pooran guides it towards short third man for one. |
| 16.3 : Khaleel Ahmed to Chris Jordan, Shorter and around off, this is slapped towards cover. Garg there dives and makes a half stop. They take one and think of a second but do not go for it. |
| 16.4 : Khaleel Ahmed to Nicholas Pooran, Outside off, this is guided down to third man for one. |
| 16.5 : Khaleel Ahmed to Chris Jordan, Another single! On the body, Jordan looks to flick but is early into the shot. He closes the face of the bat early. A leading edge is induced towards the right of the bowler and a run is taken. |
| 16.6 : Khaleel Ahmed to Nicholas Pooran, On middle, Pooran looks to flick but gets an inside edge onto the pads. It rolls on the off side for one. |
| 17.1 : Jason Holder to Nicholas Pooran, A full toss but it is well wide outside off. Pooran reaches out for it. It goes off the toe-end towards cover for one. |
| 0.0 : Jason Holder will bowl now. 3-0-20-1 are his figures so far. |
| 17.2 : Jason Holder to Chris Jordan, Shorter and on middle, this is pulled through mid-wicket for a couple. |
| 17.3 : Jason Holder to Chris Jordan, WIDE! A full toss but down the leg side, Jordan looks to flick but misses. |
| Jason Holder to Chris Jordan, OUT! TAKEN! Holder has another one! A good short ball on middle. Jordan looks to pull but gets a top edge. It lobs towards the man at short fine leg who makes no mistake. Hyderabad continue to take wickets at the right time and continue to be on top. |
| Murugan Ashwin walks out now. |
| 17.4 : Jason Holder to Murugan Ashwin, On middle, it is pushed towards cover for one. |
| 17.5 : Jason Holder to Nicholas Pooran, Creamed but just for one! A low full toss outside off, it is stroked through covers for one. |
| 17.6 : Jason Holder to Murugan Ashwin, A single to end! On middle, this is worked towards mid-wicket for one. |
| 18.1 : Khaleel Ahmed to Murugan Ashwin, On off, this is carved over point for two. |
| 0.0 : The third umpire is called into play for this run out referral. Replays roll in and Ashwin's bat is outside the crease as the bails are whipped off. He will have to walk back. |
| 18.2 : Khaleel Ahmed to Murugan Ashwin, OUT! Ashwin is well short! Brilliant from Shankar! This is guided towards him at point. The batters go for a run. He gets to the ball, picks it up and fires it at the stumps at the bowler's end. He hits the stumps there. An appeal and it is taken upstairs. Replays show that Ashwin is well short. |
| 18.3 : Khaleel Ahmed to Nicholas Pooran, FOUR! It has been a long time coming! A welcome one for Punjab but they will need a few more. It is a short one on middle, Pooran stays back and pulls it hard over the mid-wicket fielder and into the fence. |
| 18.2 : Ravi Bishnoi walks out into the middle. |
| 18.4 : Khaleel Ahmed to Nicholas Pooran, Two now! It is a full toss on middle, it is hit down towards long on. They take one and go for the second. The fielder fires it towards the bowler's end. Khaleel is quite some distance away from the stumps and hence, it is two. |
| 18.5 : Khaleel Ahmed to Nicholas Pooran, A single as this is eased down to long off. Can Pooran finish with a flurry of boundaries in the last over? |
| 18.6 : Khaleel Ahmed to Nicholas Pooran, Length delivery outside off, Pooran pushes it through mid off for a run. |
| 19.1 : T Natarajan to Nicholas Pooran, WIDE! He bowls a yorker way outside off, Pooran thinks about having a poke at this but leaves it alone. Wided by the umpire. |
| T Natarajan to Nicholas Pooran, FOUR! Much needed boundary right at the end for Punjab! A full toss outside off, Pooran hammers this through the cover region and it runs away to the fence as the fielders cannot stop this one. |
| 19.2 : T Natarajan to Nicholas Pooran, A dot! Fullish and outside off, Pooran goes for the slog sweep but he misses this one. |
| 19.3 : T Natarajan to Nicholas Pooran, On a good length around off, Pooran pushes this one to the short third man region. Another dot. |
| 19.4 : T Natarajan to Nicholas Pooran, A yorker outside off, Pooran cannot dig this one out and it is another dot. This has been a good over so far for Hyderabad. |
| 19.5 : T Natarajan to Nicholas Pooran, The throw by Shankar is very poor and Punjab are let off the hook. On a fuller length around off, Pooran sweeps this one towards the deep mid-wicket region. The throw is poor and the batters come back for the second run. |
| 19.6 : T Natarajan to Nicholas Pooran, A couple to end the innings. Full and wide outside off, Pooran plays this to the deep cover region and they collect two runs to end the innings. PUNJAB END WITH 126/7! |
| Sandeep Sharma is in for a chat! Says he is very happy and he is satisfied that he got 100 wickets in the Indian T20 League. Adds that he has been trying to get to that mark in the previous couple of games but he has got it now. Also tells that it is special getting it against Punjab as this was one of his former teams. Tells that when the bowl does not swing, he thinks of bowling to the stumps as he does not want to give any room and that he thinks about making the batters hit on the side where |
| The target is not a big one and Hyderabad should chase this down! The wicket did seem a little slow but Punjab will have to bowl out of their skins to restrict them. If they do so, it will come as a surprise. Can they do so? We will find out. |
| A tremendous effort with the ball by Hyderabad and they are well and truly on top after the end of the first innings! Punjab, on the other hand, will be extremely disappointed with how things have gone along. They were off to a decent start courtesy Gayle, Rahul and Mandeep. However, the wicket of the West Indian changed everything. Rahul then fell on the next ball itself and run scoring after that became a real problem. They just could not get the boundaries and due to the pressure building, |
| An excellent bowling performance from Hyderabad! A complete team effort from them. Rashid, Sandeep and Holder were amogst the wickets as they finished with two each. Natarajan and Khaleel also had a decent night. They had a plan to every batsman. They knew what field to keep and where to bowl to who and they executed it brilliantly. Warner will be really pleased. |
| 0.1 : Mohammed Shami to David Warner, Warner and Hyderabad are off the mark straightaway! |
| 0.0 : We are back for the chase. The Punjab players are out in the middle. David Warner and Jonny Bairstow will open the innings for Hyderabad. Mohammed Shami will start the proceedings for Punjab. |
| 0.2 : Mohammed Shami to David Warner, On a good length outside off, Warner thinks about going after this but thinks better and leaves it alone. |
| 0.3 : Mohammed Shami to David Warner, WIDE! Shami bowls this down the leg side, Warner looks to flick but misses. Wided by the umpire. |
| Mohammed Shami to David Warner, A loud appeal but nothing from the umpire! On a good length around middle and leg, Warner looked to flick this one but misses and it hits his pads. The players of Punjab appeal but the umpire does not move. |
| 0.4 : Mohammed Shami to David Warner, SIX! First biggie of the innings and it is off the bat of Warner! On a good length outside off, Warner lofts this one over the deep cover region for a biggie. |
| 0.5 : Mohammed Shami to David Warner, Back of a length ball on middle, Warner pulls this to the deep square leg region. |
| 0.6 : Mohammed Shami to David Warner, Back of a length ball around leg, Warner tucks this to the deep square leg region for a couple. The running has been brilliant so far by these two. A good start by Hyderabad. They collect 11 runs off the first over. |
| Arshdeep Singh will bowl from the other end! |
| 1.1 : Arshdeep Singh to Jonny Bairstow, Back of a length ball around off, Bairstow looks to cut this one but it comes off his inside edge and rolls to the off side. The batters scamper through for the single. |
| 1.2 : Arshdeep Singh to David Warner, On a good length around middle, Warner tucks this to the leg side for a single. |
| 1.3 : Arshdeep Singh to Jonny Bairstow, WIDE! Arshdeep bowls this down the leg side, Bairstow misses his flick. The umpire signals this as a wide. |
| Arshdeep Singh to Jonny Bairstow, On a good length on off, Bairstow looks to work this to the off side but it takes an inside edge sends the ball towards the fine leg region. The batters collect a single. |
| 1.4 : Arshdeep Singh to David Warner, SIX! Warner is looking very good so far! That's his second six of the innings. On a good length around off, Warner pulls this one over the deep square leg region for a maximum. It goes into the middle tier of the stands. |
| 1.5 : Arshdeep Singh to David Warner, Back of a length on middle, Warner looks for the flick but misses and it comes off his body and rolls to the off side. |
| 1.6 : Arshdeep Singh to David Warner, A single to end as Warner tucks this to the short fine leg fielder. Another good over for Hyderabad. They collect 11 runs off this one as well. |
| 2.1 : Mohammed Shami to David Warner, Good length delivery around off, Warner smacks this one towards the mid off region. |
| 2.2 : Mohammed Shami to David Warner, IN THE AIR..SAFE! Warner looks for the big one again but he does not connect it well. Luckily for him, it is safe. Back of a length ball around off, Warner lofts this one over the mid off fielder and it lands safe. They collect two runs. |
| 2.3 : Mohammed Shami to David Warner, Short of a length ball around off, Warner guides this to the third man for a single. |
| 2.4 : Mohammed Shami to Jonny Bairstow, On a full length on middle, Bairstow pushes this to the mid on region. |
| 2.5 : Mohammed Shami to Jonny Bairstow, Another full length delivery around off, Bairstow works this one to the mid off fielder. |
| 2.6 : Mohammed Shami to Jonny Bairstow, FOUR! Shami ends the over with a poor delivery and he is punished! A low full toss around leg, Bairstow works his wrists and flicks this one to the deep square leg fence for a boundary. Hyderabad are cruising along. |
| 3.1 : Murugan Ashwin to David Warner, Flatter around leg, Warner works this to the deep square leg region for a single. |
| 3.2 : Murugan Ashwin to Jonny Bairstow, A googly on middle, Bairstow tucks this one to the leg side. |
| 3.3 : Murugan Ashwin to Jonny Bairstow, PLAY AND A MISS! Floated around off, Bairstow looks for the drive but it spins away and whizzes past his outside edge into Rahul's gloves. |
| 3.4 : Murugan Ashwin to Jonny Bairstow, EDGY FOUR! Lucky for Bairstow! Googly around off, spinning into the right-hander, he looks to work this to the off side but it takes the outside edge and goes between keeper and slip and into the third man region for a boundary. |
| 3.5 : Murugan Ashwin to Jonny Bairstow, On off, Bairstow blocks this one out. |
| 3.6 : Murugan Ashwin to Jonny Bairstow, Dot to end a good over from Ashwin. Floated around off, Bairstow works this one to the point region. |
| 4.1 : Mohammed Shami to David Warner, Length and on off, Warner guides it towards point for one. |
| 4.2 : Mohammed Shami to Jonny Bairstow, Length and on middle, Bairstow looks to flick but misses to get hit high on the pads. |
| 4.3 : Mohammed Shami to Jonny Bairstow, On middle again, this is worked through mid-wicket for one. They once again run the first one hard but have to settle for it. |
| 4.4 : Mohammed Shami to David Warner, FOUR! Smashed! Warner backs away and Shami bowls it short and on middle, Warner plays a tennis-bat shot over the bowler's head and finds the fence. |
| 4.5 : Mohammed Shami to David Warner, Good length and on middle, Warner defends it onto the ground. |
| 4.6 : Mohammed Shami to David Warner, FOUR! Thrashed away! Warner is really picking the length early here. It is short again and on middle, Warner clears his front leg again and pulls it through mid-wicket. No chance of stopping that. |
| 5.1 : Murugan Ashwin to Jonny Bairstow, FOUR! The reverse sweep is out and it will fetch him a boundary! Loopy around middle, Bairstow reverse sweeps it towards the deep point region for a boundary. |
| 5.2 : Murugan Ashwin to Jonny Bairstow, FOUR! It is the sweep which comes out this time but the result is the same! Loopy around middle, Bairstow sweeps this one towards the deep square leg region for another boundary. 50 runs up for Hyderabad. |
| 5.3 : Murugan Ashwin to Jonny Bairstow, Loopy around off, Bairstow looks for the reverse sweep but misses and the ball hits his pads and rolls to the leg side. The players appeal but the umpire is not interested. |
| 5.4 : Murugan Ashwin to Jonny Bairstow, On off, pushed towards covers. |
| 5.5 : Murugan Ashwin to Jonny Bairstow, Floated around off, spinning into the right-hander, he misses it again and it hits him on the body and rolls to the off side. Too high and was going down leg. |
| 5.6 : Murugan Ashwin to Jonny Bairstow, A dot to end the over as Bairstow plays this back to the bowler. Hyderabad are at 52/0 at the end of the Powerplay. 75 required in 84 balls. |
| Ravi Bishnoi is on now! |
| 6.1 : Ravi Bishnoi to David Warner, FOUR! Warner welcomes Bishnoi with a boundary! Warner gets the reverse sweep out now! Floated around off, Warner reverse sweeps this one past the short third man fielder and it runs away to the ropes. |
| 0.0 : An appeal for a caught behind has been turned down. Rahul reviews as he is very confident. |
| 6.2 : Ravi Bishnoi to David Warner, OUT! CAUGHT! Warner is a goner and this is just the breakthrough that Punjab needed! Bishnoi provides the wicket for Rahul! Warner was looking very dangerous and he walks back to the hut now! Loopy ball around off, Warner looks to reverse sweep this one but he misses it and Rahul scalps this one behind and he is very excited about this. The umpire says no and Rahul goes for the review straightaway. Replays roll in and there is a spike as the ball goes by the |
| Manish Pandey walks out to bat! |
| 6.3 : Ravi Bishnoi to Manish Pandey, Floated around middle, Pandey looks to play at this but misses it and it hits him on the pads and rolls to the off side. |
| 6.4 : Ravi Bishnoi to Manish Pandey, Flatter on middle, Pandey pushes this one to the leg side. |
| 6.5 : Ravi Bishnoi to Manish Pandey, Loopy on middle, Pandey looks to defend but it goes off the outside edge towards point. The batters pick up a single. |
| 6.4 : Another review! This time though a shout for an LBW has been turned down. Looks close but it might be a little high. |
| 6.6 : Ravi Bishnoi to Jonny Bairstow, NOT OUT! This looked to be close but luckily for Bairstow and Hyderabad, this is not out. Rahul goes for the review this time around as well. This is another googly around off, Bairstow lunges forward and looks to defend this one but he misses and gets hit on the pads. The players appeal but no says the umpire. Rahul goes for the review and it is seen that the ball was missing the wickets. Bairstow survives, just. |
| 7.1 : Murugan Ashwin to Manish Pandey, Shorter and outside off, it is pushed through covers for one. |
| 7.2 : Murugan Ashwin to Jonny Bairstow, OUT! TIMBER! Rahul is elated. Murgan has cleaned up Bairstow around his legs. JB never looked comfortable. Jonny walks right across and looks to sweep but Ashwin bowls it full and on middle. Bairstow misses and the stumps are shattered. Punjab need a few more quickly. |
| Abdul Samad will come out now for Hyderabad. |
| 7.3 : Murugan Ashwin to Abdul Samad, On off, this is hit down to long on for one. |
| Murugan Ashwin to Abdul Samad, Full and wide outside off, it is driven through covers for one. |
| 7.5 : Murugan Ashwin to Abdul Samad, Fuller and outside off, it is creamed through covers for one. |
| 7.6 : Murugan Ashwin to Manish Pandey, On middle, it is the leg spinner. Pandey stays back and defends it. |
| 8.1 : Mohammed Shami to Abdul Samad, FOUR! Poor ball and put away! It is full and on the pads, Samad works it fine and bags a boundary on the leg side. |
| 8.2 : Mohammed Shami to Abdul Samad, Length and on off, it is pushed through covers for one. |
| 8.3 : Mohammed Shami to Manish Pandey, A yorker on off, it is jammed out towards cover. |
| Mohammed Shami to Manish Pandey, Length and on middle, it is pushed down to long on for one. |
| 8.5 : Mohammed Shami to Abdul Samad, OUT! TAKEN! Three wickets in quick succession and the move to get Shami back into the attack has worked! Samad's stay out there is a short one. A very good catch by Jordan. It is full and on off, Samad hits it hard towards mid off. Jordan leaps high, times it to perfection and takes it brilliantly. Is there a sense of panic in the Hyderabad camp? Well, if there was no panic yet, there could well be now as three quick wickets have fallen. Another 60 needed i |
| DRINKS! Hyderabad started off with a bang as Warner and Bairstow were batting aggressively and it seemed that they would chase this total down without breaking much of a sweat. But ever since spin has been introduced into the attack, Hyderabad have started struggling. They lost Warner and Bairstow and Abdul Samad has also followed them back to the hut. They still have Manish Pandey out in the middle. Punjab will need to pick up some more wickets and apply some more pressure if they are to grab t |
| Vijay Shankar is the new man in. |
| 8.6 : Mohammed Shami to Vijay Shankar, On off, defended. |
| 9.1 : Ravi Bishnoi to Manish Pandey, On middle, it is defended at the very end. |
| 9.2 : Ravi Bishnoi to Manish Pandey, Shorter and on middle, Pandey pushes it slightly uppishly towards long on for one. |
| 0.0 : Ravi Bishnoi will bowl now. 1-0-5-1 for him so far. |
| 9.3 : Ravi Bishnoi to Vijay Shankar, The googly outside off, Shankar looks to defend but gets an inside edge onto the pads. |
| 9.4 : Ravi Bishnoi to Vijay Shankar, On middle, Shankar pushes it to covers. |
| 9.5 : Ravi Bishnoi to Vijay Shankar, Slightly shorter and on middle, it is worked through mid-wicket for one. |
| 9.6 : Ravi Bishnoi to Manish Pandey, Another single as this is worked through mid-wicket. |
| 10.1 : Chris Jordan to Manish Pandey, Shorter and outside off, it is slapped through covers for one. |
| 0.0 : Chris Jordan will bowl now for Punjab. |
| 10.2 : Chris Jordan to Vijay Shankar, Uppish but safe! Shorter and around off, this sticks in the surface. Shankar is early into the push. It goes uppishly towards mid off but lands well short. |
| 10.3 : Chris Jordan to Vijay Shankar, Back of a length and on middle, defended. |
| 10.4 : Chris Jordan to Vijay Shankar, On off, it is pushed to mid off. |
| 10.5 : Chris Jordan to Vijay Shankar, WIDE! Slips this one down the leg side, Shankar looks to flick but misses. |
| Chris Jordan to Vijay Shankar, Shorter and outside off, this is slapped through covers for one. |
| 10.6 : Chris Jordan to Manish Pandey, Fuller and on middle, this is worked down to long on for one. Another tidy over. |
| 11.1 : Ravi Bishnoi to Manish Pandey, Floated on middle, defended out. |
| 11.2 : Ravi Bishnoi to Manish Pandey, Flatter outside off, Pandey plays this to the mid-wicket region. |
| 11.3 : Ravi Bishnoi to Manish Pandey, Flighted outside off, Pandey slaps this one down the ground towards long off for a single. |
| 11.4 : Ravi Bishnoi to Vijay Shankar, Short ball outside off, Shankar pushes this one to the cover region for a single. |
| 11.5 : Ravi Bishnoi to Manish Pandey, Flatter ball around off, Pandey taps it to the point region and the batters collect a single. |
| 11.6 : Ravi Bishnoi to Vijay Shankar, Loopy ball around off, Shankar defends this one out. Hyderabad require 50 runs in 48 balls. |
| 12.1 : Chris Jordan to Manish Pandey, SWING AND A MISS! Back of a length ball outside off, Pandey swings his bat but does not connect bat with ball. |
| 12.2 : Chris Jordan to Manish Pandey, Short of a good length ball on off, Pandey defends it back to the bowler. |
| A direct hit but Pandey seems in! They have referred it upstairs. |
| 12.3 : Chris Jordan to Manish Pandey, NOT OUT! On a fullish length around off, Pandey works this one towards the mid off region and the batters scamper through for the single. Maxwell grabs the ball and has a shy at the bowler's end and hits the stumps. The third umpire is called into play. Replays roll in and Pandey's bat is well inside the crease. |
| 12.4 : Chris Jordan to Vijay Shankar, Outside off, Shankar works this one to the cover region. |
| 12.5 : Chris Jordan to Vijay Shankar, On a good length on middle, Shankar works this to the deep square leg region for a single. |
| 12.6 : Chris Jordan to Manish Pandey, A dot to end as Pandey blocks this back to the bowler. A good over by Jordan. Just the 2 runs. 48 runs required in 42 balls. |
| Murgan Ashwin is back! |
| 13.1 : Murugan Ashwin to Vijay Shankar, FOUR! Shankar starts off with a boundary! Loopy around middle, Shankar works this one towards the long on region and the ball races away past the ropes. Much needed boundary for Hyderabad. |
| 13.2 : Murugan Ashwin to Vijay Shankar, Floated on off, Shankar defends this one out. |
| 13.3 : Murugan Ashwin to Vijay Shankar, Short ball outside off, Shankar slaps this through the cover region to collect a single. |
| 13.4 : Murugan Ashwin to Manish Pandey, Tossed up ball on off, Pandey taps this one to the off side. |
| 13.5 : Murugan Ashwin to Manish Pandey, Floated on off, Pandey plays this one down the ground towards the long off region for one. |
| 13.6 : Murugan Ashwin to Vijay Shankar, FOUR! Starts the over with a boundary and ends the over with a boundary! Shankar is looking good! Loopy around off, Shankar hammers this past the bowler and the timing on this is sublime and it will cross the ropes down the ground. 38 needed in 36. |
| 14.1 : Arshdeep Singh to Manish Pandey, On a good length around off, Pandey works this one towards the long off region for a single. |
| 14.2 : Arshdeep Singh to Vijay Shankar, On a fuller length around off, Shankar pushes this one wide of long off for another single. |
| 14.3 : Arshdeep Singh to Manish Pandey, Back of a length ball around off, Pandey pushes this one to the cover region and denies taking the single on this occasion. |
| 14.4 : Arshdeep Singh to Manish Pandey, Good length on off, Pandey heaves this one towards the mid-wicket region. They think about the second run but settle for the single. |
| 14.5 : Arshdeep Singh to Vijay Shankar, FOUR! Shankar is playing some fine strokes! On a good length around off, he opens up the face of his bat and works this one in the gap between the point fielder and the short third man fielder and it runs away to the ropes. |
| 14.6 : Arshdeep Singh to Vijay Shankar, On a good length on off, Shankar works this to the deep cover region for a single. 30 needed in 30. |
| 15.1 : Ravi Bishnoi to Vijay Shankar, Floated on off, Shankar taps this to point for a quick single. |
| 15.2 : Ravi Bishnoi to Manish Pandey, Flatter outside off, Pandey works this one to the point region. |
| 15.3 : Ravi Bishnoi to Manish Pandey, Flighted ball around off, Pandey slaps this one down the ground towards long off for one. |
| 15.4 : Ravi Bishnoi to Vijay Shankar, Short ball on off, Shankar plays it back to the bowler. |
| 15.5 : Ravi Bishnoi to Vijay Shankar, SWING AND A MISS! Floated ball around off, Shankar looks for the slog sweep but he misses this one completely. |
| 15.6 : Ravi Bishnoi to Vijay Shankar, Short ball outside off, Shankar taps this one to the point region. Hyderabad require 28 runs in the last 4 overs. |
| 16.1 : Chris Jordan to Manish Pandey, WIDE! Slips a full toss down the leg side, Pandey looks to flick but misses. Wided. |
| Chris Jordan to Manish Pandey, OUT! CAUGHT! Punjab needed a breakthrough and that is exactly what Jordan has provided here! What a catch too in the deep! It was a moment of inspiration! On a good length around off, Pandey slams this one uppishly down the ground looking for the big one. He does not time it as well as he would have liked as the fielder runs in and times his jump to perfection and takes a wonderful catch. It seems that there is some life left in this game after all. |
| 0.0 : DRINKS! It should be Hyderabad's game from here! They have two set batters out there and the run rate needed is 7. Punjab, on the other hand, will need 4 extremely good overs if they are to win this. First though, they will have to break this stand or these two will probably win it with an over to spare. Are we in for a surprise? Stay tuned. |
| 16.1 : Jason Holder walks out to bat! |
| 16.2 : Chris Jordan to Jason Holder, Good length outside off, Holder looks to work this to the off side but it takes the inside edge onto the pads and rolls to the off side. |
| 16.3 : Chris Jordan to Jason Holder, Outside off, Holder works this one to the deep cover region for a single. |
| 16.4 : Chris Jordan to Vijay Shankar, On a good length outside off, Shankar works this one to the point region for one. |
| 16.5 : Chris Jordan to Jason Holder, Another single as Holder works this one to the deep point region. A good over so far for Punjab. |
| 16.6 : Chris Jordan to Vijay Shankar, FOUR! Shankar does not let this remain a good over as he smacks a boundary on the last ball of the over! On a good length around off, Shankar lofts this one over the mid off fielder and it crosses the ropes on a bounce. 20 required in the last 3 overs. |
| 17.1 : Arshdeep Singh to Jason Holder, Back of a length ball around middle, Holder looks to pull this one but misses it. It hits him on the box. That would have hurt. |
| 17.2 : Arshdeep Singh to Jason Holder, Short of a good length ball around off, Holder nudges this to the mid-wicket region to pinch a single. |
| 17.3 : Arshdeep Singh to Vijay Shankar, Short of a good length delivery around off, Shankar tucks this to the square leg region and will settle for the single. |
| 17.4 : This is nasty! The throw has directly hit Shankar on the helmet! He is down in pain and the physio rushes out. The good news is, he is back on his feet. |
| Arshdeep Singh to Jason Holder, Another single as Holder taps this towards point. There is a throw at the keeper's end and it is missed but it goes onto hit Shankar's helmet. That was nasty. Would have hurt a lot. |
| 17.5 : Arshdeep Singh to Vijay Shankar, OUT! EDGED AND CAUGHT! It is Shankar who walks back now! Punjab needed this and they have got another important wicket! A good delivery too as Arshdeep removes the pace of the ball. On a good length around off, Shankar stays on his back foot and looks to work this to the third man region but it kisses his outside edge and KL Rahul behind is safe as house. Is there a twist in the tale? Hyderabad require 17 runs off 13 balls. |
| Priyam Garg walks out to bat! |
| 17.6 : Arshdeep Singh to Priyam Garg, A dot to end the over as Garg works this one to the point fielder. Hyderabad still need 17 runs off 12 balls. |
| 18.1 : Chris Jordan to Jason Holder, Yorker on off, Holder works this one down to the long on region for a single. |
| 18.2 : Chris Jordan to Priyam Garg, On a good length around off, Garg looked to work this to the off side but it comes off his inside edge and goes off his pads and rolls to the point region and the batters pinch a single. |
| 18.3 : Chris Jordan to Jason Holder, OUT! CAUGHT! Another one falls! It is Holder this time and Hyderabad are in a bit of a pickle now! They have made things difficult for themselves now. On a good length outside off, Holder plays this slightly uppishly towards the cover region. He was looking to clear that man but he is not able to as the fielder there gobbles it up. Punjab believe now. 15 required off 9 balls. |
| Rashid Khan walks out to bat! |
| 18.4 : Chris Jordan to Rashid Khan, OUT! CAUGHT! BACK-TO-BACK WICKETS! Jordan is on a hat-trick as well! Rashid Khan was looking to go big but he finds the fielder! They needed him out there right now but he is walking back. Good length ball outside off, Rashid slashes this towards deep cover but his shot does not have enough juice in it for it to cross the ropes. He holes out to the Pooran out there and Hyderabad are in big trouble. 15 required off 8 now. |
| Sandeep Sharma is in now! |
| 18.5 : Chris Jordan to Priyam Garg, No hat-trick for Jordan as this is a single worked by Garg to the cover region. |
| 18.6 : Arshdeep to bowl the last! A youngster against another youngster. 14 needed in 6. Who will keep his nerve? |
| Chris Jordan to Sandeep Sharma, Back of a length ball on off, Sandeep works it back to the bowler. It is all on Garg now. 14 runs required off the last over. |
| 19.1 : Arshdeep Singh to Priyam Garg, IN THE AIR...SAFE! Short ball on middle, Garg looks to pull this one but it comes off his top edge and goes towards the square leg region. Only a single. 13 runs required off 5 now. |
| 19.2 : Arshdeep Singh to Sandeep Sharma, OUT! CAUGHT! Hyderabad are falling all over the place at the moment and Sandeep Sharma was not able to deal with this and he walks back now. A slower short length ball on middle, Sandeep looks to pull but he mistimes this one and it goes towards mid-wicket and Ashwin does well to backtrack and scalp this one. Hyderabad now need 13 runs off the last 4 balls. |
| 19.3 : Arshdeep Singh to Priyam Garg, OUT! CAUGHT! Punjab are in charge now! What a wonderful catch this is by Jordan and the bowling by Arshdeep is brilliant as well! Hard to see Hyderabad coming back into this game now! A slower back of a length ball around off, Garg lofts this one towards the long on region but he does not time this well. Jordan does well to run in, dive and take a spectacular catch. 13 runs needed in the last 3 balls. |
| 19.4 : Arshdeep Singh to Khaleel Ahmed, On a good length on off, Ahmed pushes this to the point region. 13 required off 2 balls now. Highly unlikely for Hyderabad now. |
| 19.5 : Arshdeep Singh to Khaleel Ahmed, OUT! RUN OUT! WOW! Punjab have wrapped this game up in some style! What was Khaleel thinking? He did not seem bothered to even get over the crease! On a good length around off, Ahmed taps it towards point and he jogs through for the single. The fielder there, Bishnoi does well to grab the ball and have a shy at the bowler's end and he does not miss. The third umpire is called into play and replays show that Ahmed is well short of his crease. PUNJAB WIN T |
| The skipper of Hyderabad, David Warner, starts off by saying that this one hurts and that he is disappointed with the result. Feels that the bowlers did a good job to restrict Punjab. Feels that after their start, they took their foot of the pedal. Adds that him and Bairstow were trying to play well in the Powerplay and that spin would be harder to play against on this wicket and that they wanted to apply pressure upfront. Tells that the bowlers bowled well with the ball and the plans that the b |
| What a game! What a defense! Punjab one has to say, have done the unbelievable. Who would have thought they would win this game after the start Warner and Bairstow got Hyderabad off too. Yes, they did manage to get three quickly but Pandey and Shankar got the chase back on track, not only back on track but in their favor but some margin when they needed 30 in 30 but that is where everything changed. Pandey fell, dots started to mount, Shankar got a blow on his head which rattled him and also saw |
| The winning captain of Punjab, KL Rahul, says they are making winning a habit now, they could not find that habit in the first half but he is speechless right now and all he can do is applaud the effort by the team and it was a complete team effort. Mentions the work done is always behind the scenes, the support staff has been brilliant, a lot can't be changed with a player in two months but you can get them mentally prepared and the coaches have done really well to do so. Admits they were gi |
| Chris Jordan is the Man of the Match. He says he feels great, they had a pretty tough start to the tournament but the entire management kept a lot of belief. States they have a big squad and the management is trying to find the correct combination, it is a team game and it does not matter how many games he plays as long as the team wins. Mentions Arshdeep is a very good bowler, he has got in a lot of free mind and he just backs his skillls and it comes off. Ends by saying he just tried to |
| The Punjab bowling was pretty poor to begin with as their bowlers were taken apart in the first 6. However, the spinners then got them back into the game by taking the openers out. Then there was a period where they failed to take a wicket but they did not let Hyderabad score freely. Also, the bowling side always believed that they are in the game. They never let their body language down and kept going for it. They reaped the rewards courtesy Jordan who finally showed why he is one of the best T |
| Right then! This has been a very good victory by Punjab and they are right in the race for the fourth position. They are on 10 points now and they move into the fifth position on the table. Hyderabad, on the other hand, will be disappointed that they lost this game from a position of winning it. They will be looking to bounce back in their next encounter. The action continues as it is Super Sunday on the 25th of October, 2020. In the 1st game, Chennai take on Bangalore in Dubai and later Mumbai |
| Arshdeep Singh is in for a chat! He starts off by saying that in the start, the score was not big and that they saw an opportunity for a win and in the end, it worked out for them. Says that the wicket was stopping a bit and they wanted to make them hit to the longer side and he was looking to bowl slower balls. Says that he has been backed well by the team and the management and he is enjoying this moment. On the wicket of Vijay Shankar, he tells that he wanted to keep it simple and hit the har |
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