| 0.1 : 0.1: Mitchell Starc to Prithvi Shaw, FOUR! Just a push and it races away! Lovely start for Prithvi Shaw and Delhi. Starc steams in from over the wicket and goes full, around off, gets the ball to swing back in, Prithvi Shaw gets half-forward and times the drive between cover and mid off for a boundary. |
| 0.2 : 0.2: Mitchell Starc to Prithvi Shaw, FOUR! Prithvi Shaw does not miss out this time! Too full and shaping back into the pads, Prithvi Shaw stays balanced in the crease and allows the ball to come to him. Flicks it over square leg for the second boundary of the over. |
| 0.3 : 0.3: Mitchell Starc to Prithvi Shaw, FOUR! As good as it gets! Starc continues his search of swing and gets a hint of inward shape, full and at the stumps, Prithvi Shaw shows the full face of his bat and drives it to the left of the bowler. Starc sticks out his left boot but fails to cut it off and it goes away for a boundary. |
| 1.3: Vaibhav Arora to Prithvi Shaw, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! A confident review by Kolkata and they have it spot on! Vaibhav Arora strikes in his first over on his return to the side. |
| 2.3: Mitchell Starc to Jake Fraser-McGurk, SIX! Not a wise option by Starc and he gets punished by Jake Fraser-McGurk! Starc attempts a bumper, on off and middle, Jake Fraser-McGurk gets this one at a good height and moves away to the leg side nice and early. Slaps it over long on for the first maximum of the night. |
| 2.4 : 2.4: Mitchell Starc to Jake Fraser-McGurk, FOUR! Easy pickings! Starc looks to go full but ends up serving a full toss, outside off, Jake Fraser-McGurk uses the angle to his advantage and opens the bat face to slice it between backward point and short third for a boundary. This is turning out to be another expensive over from Starc. |
| 2.5 : 2.5: Mitchell Starc to Jake Fraser-McGurk, OUT! TAKEN! Mitchell Starc has the last laugh! After being hit for a maximum and a boundary, Starc fights back to win the Aussie battle. |
| 3.2 : 3.2: Vaibhav Arora to Shai Hope, SIX! Not the most convincing shots but Shai Hope is away! Vaibhav Arora digs it in short and aims it at the helmet of the batter, Shai Hope gets himself into a tangle and hops to get the pull shot away. Takes his eyes off the ball but still goes through with the shot. Helps it over the fine leg fence for a maximum. |
| 3.3 : 3.3: Vaibhav Arora to Shai Hope, OUT! CASTLED! An absolute peach by Vaibhav Arora! The decision to bring Arora back into the mix is doing wonders for Kolkata. |
| 3.6 : 3.6: Vaibhav Arora to Rishabh Pant, FOUR! Width offered and Rishabh Pant obliges! Too full and wide on off, Rishabh Pant gets low and latches onto the width in a flash. Hits it along the ground and gets it through covers for a boundary to get off the mark. |
| 4.2 : 4.2: Harshit Rana to Abishek Porel, FOUR! Nicely done! Lands it on a hard length, outside off, Abishek Porel gets on his toes and allows the ball to come to him before playing the upper cut over the keeper for a boundary. |
| 4.3 : 4.3: Harshit Rana to Abishek Porel, SIX! Hit with real authority! Length delivery, outside off, Abishek Porel gets down the track quickly and extends his arms to smack it over cover for a maximum. 50 comes up for Delhi. |
| 4.4 : 4.4: Harshit Rana to Abishek Porel, FOUR! Intelligent batting! Arora takes pace off and goes fuller in length this time, outside off, Abishek Porel waits for the ball to arrive and plays it late to get it past short third and beats deep backward point to his right for another boundary. 14 runs off the first four balls. |
| 5.2 : 5.2: Sunil Narine to Rishabh Pant, Six! |
| 6.4 : 6.4: Harshit Rana to Abishek Porel, OUT! b Harshit Rana. |
| 9.1 : 9.1: Vaibhav Arora to Rishabh Pant, FOUR! Picks the gap beautifully! Arora comes from over the wicket and bangs this on a length and just outside off, Rishabh Pant waits back and cuts it past backward point and short third for four runs. |
| 9.4 : 9.4: Vaibhav Arora to Axar Patel, FOUR! Beats the man at deep third and gets the second off the over. |
| 9.5 : 9.5: Vaibhav Arora to Axar Patel, Four! |
| 10.1 : 10.1: Varun Chakaravarthy to Rishabh Pant, OUT! IN THE AIR AND GONE! Shreyas Iyer makes no mistake and Varun Chakaravarthy has finally got his man! |
| 12.1: Varun Chakaravarthy to Tristan Stubbs, OUT! EDGED AND GONE! The dreaded finger goes up and this is a massive wicket for Kolkata. Varun Chakaravarthy prizes out another big scalp and Delhi are in more trouble now. |
| 13.3 : 13.3: Sunil Narine to Axar Patel, OUT! b Sunil Narine. |
| 13.5 : 13.5: Sunil Narine to Kuldeep Yadav, FOUR! Streaky but a boundary nonetheless for Delhi after 23 balls. |
| 14.1 : 14.1: Varun Chakaravarthy to Kuldeep Yadav, EDGED AND FOUR! Fortuitous boundary for Kuldeep Yadav! Googly by Varun Chakaravarthy, on a nagging length, around off, Kuldeep Yadav has a poke at it and gets an outside edge that goes past the left thigh of the keeper and beats the dive of Shreyas Iyer at first slip to his right for a boundary. |
| 14.3 : 14.3: Varun Chakaravarthy to Kumar Kushagra, OUT! c Phil Salt b Varun Chakaravarthy. |
| 15.5 : 15.5: Mitchell Starc to Kuldeep Yadav, Six! |
| 15.6 : 15.6: Mitchell Starc to Kuldeep Yadav, Four! |
| 16.6: Harshit Rana to Rasikh Dar, FOUR! Not where he intended to send it but gets enough on this one. Rana bowls this on a back of a length outside off, Rasikh Dar looks to ramp but the ball is not too short. He manages to get a cue end on it sending it past the keeper for a boundary. |
| 18.2 : 18.2: Harshit Rana to Rasikh Dar, OUT! c Shreyas Iyer b Harshit Rana. |
| 19.1 : 19.1: Andre Russell to Kuldeep Yadav, FOUR! Streaky but worth it! |
| 19.6 : 19.6: Andre Russell to Kuldeep Yadav, FOUR! Manages to get boundary off the last ball and Delhi have managed to get to a decent total at the end of the innings. |
| 0.1 : 0.1: Lizaad Williams to Phil Salt, FOUR! Kolkata are up and running with that boundary! Lizaad Williams comes from over the wicket and balls it on a shorter length and into the pads, Phil Salt just tucks it sweetly past short fine leg for a boundary to get off the mark. |
| 0.3 : 0.3: Lizaad Williams to Phil Salt, Six! |
| 0.4 : 0.4: Lizaad Williams to Phil Salt, FOUR! Timed to perfection! Williams drops the length a bit outside off, Phil Salt waits back and punches it through cover for four more runs. |
| 0.6 : 0.6: Lizaad Williams to Sunil Narine, Four! |
| 2.4 : 2.4: Lizaad Williams to Phil Salt, Six! |
| 2.5 : 2.5: Lizaad Williams to Phil Salt, SIX! Two-in-two and Phil Salt is putting on a show! Williams bowls this full and into the stumps, Salt clears his front leg a bit and whips it over mid-wicket for another maximum. |
| 3.5: Khaleel Ahmed to Phil Salt, Four! |
| 4.2 : 4.2: Rasikh Dar to Sunil Narine, FOUR! Width on offer and Sunil Narine pounces on it! Rasikh Dar takes pace off and bowls it on a fuller length, outside off, Sunil Narine just drives it up and over cover for a boundary. |
| 4.3 : 4.3: Rasikh Dar to Sunil Narine, Four! |
| 4.5 : 4.5: Rasikh Dar to Phil Salt, FOUR! Width and punished again! |
| 5.2 : 5.2: Khaleel Ahmed to Phil Salt, FOUR! Phil Salt continues to find the boundaries! Off-pace delivery, on a hard length, around off, Phil Salt gets on his toes and rises with the bounce. Punches it with an angled bat face between cover and point for a boundary. |
| 5.4 : 5.4: Khaleel Ahmed to Phil Salt, SIX! BANG! Phil Salt gets to his FIFTY with a cracking shot! The purple patch continues for Salt in this edition of the Indian T20 League. Khaleel Ahmed comes from around the wicket and continues to take pace off. Ends up serving it right in the slot, on off, Phil Salt picks the slower delivery and swings through the line with ease. Thumps it back over the bowler's head for a maximum to get to his half-century off just 26 balls. Salt pumps the badge on his che |
| 5.5 : 5.5: Khaleel Ahmed to Phil Salt, FOUR! Easy pickings! |
| 5.6 : 5.6: Khaleel Ahmed to Phil Salt, Four! |
| 6.1 : 6.1: Axar Patel to Sunil Narine, OUT! IN THE AIR AND GONE! Axar Patel strikes with his first delivery! |
| 7.2 : 7.2: Kuldeep Yadav to Rinku Singh, FOUR! Skillfully done! Googly from Kuldeep, short and a bit of extra bounce, on off, Rinku Singh adjusts well to the bounce and runs it down to the right of short third. Rasikh Dar gives it a chase and dives but in vain. |
| 7.5 : 7.5: Kuldeep Yadav to Phil Salt, SIX! In the arc and that has disappeared! Kuldeep gets the ball to turn back in but errs in line and length, in the slot, on middle and leg, Phil Salt clears his front leg and swings it with the turn. Deposits it over deep mid-wicket for a maximum. |
| 8.1 : 8.1: Axar Patel to Phil Salt, OUT! b Axar Patel. |
| 9.2 : 9.2: Lizaad Williams to Rinku Singh, OUT! TAKEN! Finally, something to cheer for Lizaad Williams! It has been a tough night for the pacer from South Africa but he is finally off the mark in the Indian T20 League. |
| 10.2: Axar Patel to Shreyas Iyer, FOUR! Find the gap well! Axar Patel drops the length short and on leg, Shreyas Iyer gets across the line and scoops it past the keeper for a boundary. |
| 10.3 : 10.3: Axar Patel to Shreyas Iyer, Four! |
| 11.2 : 11.2: Kuldeep Yadav to Venkatesh Iyer, FOUR! Easy pickings for Venkatesh Iyer! Kuldeep Yadav drags the length down a bit over middle, Venkatesh Iyer rocks back and pulls it square of the wicket on leg for a boundary. |
| 12.1 : 12.1: Rasikh Dar to Venkatesh Iyer, Four! |
| 14.1: Axar Patel to Shreyas Iyer, FOUR! Nicely cut away! Angling into the right-hander, on a nagging length, around off, Shreyas Iyer goes on the back foot quickly and cuts it late to get it between backward point and short third for a boundary. |
| 15.6 : 15.6: Kuldeep Yadav to Shreyas Iyer, SIX! SHOT! Woah... where has that come from? |
| 16.3 : 16.3: Rasikh Dar to Venkatesh Iyer, SIX! BOOM! Venkatesh Iyer finishes it off in style! Angling across the left-hander, fuller in length and outside off, Venkatesh Iyer picks up the length early and leaves nothing in the tank. Goes inside out over extra cover for a biggie. Kolkata get over the line comfortably with more than 3 overs to spare and 7 wickets in hand. |
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