| 0.2 : 0.2: Mitchell Starc to Travis Head, OUT! KNOCKED HIM OVER! Cometh the big game, cometh Mitchell Starc! Starc wins the battle of the Aussies and it is a second consecutive duck for Travis Head. |
| 0.4 : 0.4: Mitchell Starc to Rahul Tripathi, Four! |
| 0.6 : 0.6: Mitchell Starc to Rahul Tripathi, FOUR! Aerial but it sails over! |
| 1.5 : 1.5: Vaibhav Arora to Abhishek Sharma, OUT! c Andre Russell b Vaibhav Arora. |
| 2.3 : 2.3: Mitchell Starc to Rahul Tripathi, FOUR! Risky but Rahul Tripathi gets the reward! |
| 3.3: Vaibhav Arora to Rahul Tripathi, No ball and Four! |
| 4.1 : 4.1: Mitchell Starc to Nitish Kumar Reddy, FOUR! Shot! Hit with real authority! Starc serves it on a length with a scrambled seam and offers width on off, Nitish Kumar Reddy throws his hands at it and flays it over covers for a boundary. |
| 4.5 : 4.5: Mitchell Starc to Nitish Kumar Reddy, OUT! IN THE AIR AND GONE! The move to give Mitchell Starc the third over in his opening spell has worked for Shreyas Iyer and Kolkata. |
| 4.6 : 4.6: Mitchell Starc to Shahbaz Ahmed, OUT! b Mitchell Starc. |
| 5.3 : 5.3: Harshit Rana to Heinrich Klaasen, FOUR! Slashes and slashes hard! Back of a length again and outside off, no foot movement from Heinrich Klaasen and he just throws his hands at it. The ball flies off the outside edge and goes fine of third man for a boundary. |
| 7.4 : 7.4: Harshit Rana to Rahul Tripathi, SIX! Nicely done and that has gone all the way! Too short again and around off stump, Rahul Tripathi picks the length early and waits for it before ramping it back over the keeper's head for a maximum. |
| 8.2 : 8.2: Sunil Narine to Rahul Tripathi, FOUR! Another calculated risk taken by Rahul Tripathi and again, it comes off. |
| 8.5 : 8.5: Sunil Narine to Heinrich Klaasen, SIX! Straight up and over the ropes! |
| 8.6 : 8.6: Sunil Narine to Heinrich Klaasen, FOUR! 18 off the over and Hyderabad's innings has started to get out of second gear. Quick and flat around off, enough room for Heinrich Klaasen to rock back and smash the ball wide of long off for another boundary. |
| 9.2 : 9.2: Andre Russell to Heinrich Klaasen, FOUR! Heinrich Klaasen has really taken matters into his own hands here. Banged in short and wide, Klaasen is waiting for it and he slashes it up and over backward point for a one-bounce boundary. |
| 9.4 : 9.4: Andre Russell to Rahul Tripathi, FOUR! Too short again and Rahul Tripathi is a master craftsman. |
| 10.4: Varun Chakaravarthy to Rahul Tripathi, FOUR! Expertly played and that brings up FIFTY for Rahul Tripathi! Intent has been on Tripathi's mind right from ball one and he is playing an invaluable knock here to dig Hyderabad out of a hole. Pushes it through, on a good length, on off, Rahul Tripathi pulls out the reverse sweep and hits it to the left of backward point for a boundary. |
| 10.6 : 10.6: Varun Chakaravarthy to Heinrich Klaasen, OUT! c Rinku Singh b Varun Chakaravarthy. |
| 11.2 : 11.2: Sunil Narine to Abdul Samad, Six! |
| 13.1 : 13.1: Sunil Narine to Abdul Samad, SIX! Abdul Samad goes big again and this has gone many a mile! Turning into the right-hander, on a length, Abdul Samad puts the dancing shoes on and hits it with the turn. It goes way beyond the deep mid-wicket fence for a maximum. |
| 13.2 : 13.2: Sunil Narine to Abdul Samad, OUT! run out (Andre Russell / Rahmanullah Gurbaz). |
| 13.3 : 13.3: Sunil Narine to Sanvir Singh, OUT! CLEANED HIM UP! The Impact Player departs for a golden duck! |
| 14.4 : 14.4: Harshit Rana to Abdul Samad, OUT! STRAIGHT TO THE FIELDER! Another one bites the dust! Harshit Rana strikes on his return to the attack and Hyderabad slip further. |
| 15.6 : 15.6: Varun Chakaravarthy to Bhuvneshwar Kumar, OUT! LBW! Looks dead straight and the finger goes up! |
| 16.5 : 16.5: Harshit Rana to Pat Cummins, FOUR! Excellent placement! |
| 17.1 : 17.1: Varun Chakaravarthy to Pat Cummins, SIX! Oh, hello! |
| 18.5 : 18.5: Mitchell Starc to Pat Cummins, SIX! Not in control but the result is positive for Pat Cummins and that brings up the 150 for Hyderabad. Short of a length, banged in towards the body and Pat just looks to go after it but the ball flies off the top edge and goes all the way over the keeper's head for a maximum. |
| 18.6 : 18.6: Mitchell Starc to Pat Cummins, FOUR! No luck involved there and that is brilliant from Pat Cummins. |
| 19.3 : 19.3: Andre Russell to Pat Cummins, OUT! CAUGHT! That's it, Hyderabad have been bowled out inside their 20 overs! Andre Russell strides in and bowls a heavy ball, into the pitch and pushes it slightly wide of the off stump. Pat Cummins stays put and just goes after it and has to really reach for it. The ball goes up in the air off the to end of the bat and comes just around the silly point region. The keeper, Rahmanullah Gurbaz calls for it and pouches it safely. Cummins departs after a fine |
| 0.2 : 0.2: Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, FOUR! A beauty of a shot to get going from Rahmanullah Gurbaz. |
| 1.1 : 1.1: Pat Cummins to Sunil Narine, FOUR! Just over! |
| 1.2 : 1.2: Pat Cummins to Sunil Narine, FOUR! Two in a row from Sunil Narine and he is in 6th gear already. Too full again, this time on the leg peg, Narine clears the front leg again and hammers it through mid-wicket for another boundary. |
| 1.5 : 1.5: Pat Cummins to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, SIX! Off the edge but goes all the way and Pat Cummins is going the distance here with the new ball. Good length outside off, quicker too, Rahmanullah Gurbaz comes down the pitch to whack it down the ground but the ball flies off the outside edge and goes over the third man fence. |
| 2.3 : 2.3: Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, SIX! It's like Phil Salt never left and Rahmanullah Gurbaz is making full use of this opportunity |
| 2.4 : 2.4: Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, FOUR! Fractionally short and over the stumps, Rahmanullah Gurbaz just gets across a bit and swats it away without great timing but more than enough to clear wide mid on and pick up another boundary. |
| 3.2 : 3.2: T Natarajan to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, OUT! CAUGHT! Straight to cover and Rahmanullah Gurbaz right away grunted 'No' as the ball came off his bat. |
| 3.3 : 3.3: T Natarajan to Venkatesh Iyer, FOUR! What a gift to get first ball and Venkatesh Iyer is off the mark. Too full and angled down the leg side, Iyer flicks it away fine and the ball races away to the fine leg fence. |
| 4.2 : 4.2: Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Venkatesh Iyer, FOUR! Nice and full on the pads, another gift and Venkatesh Iyer makes sure to get it fine enough of fine leg to pick up another boundary. |
| 4.3 : 4.3: Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Venkatesh Iyer, FOUR! Up and over! Full and pushed outside off stump, Venkatesh Iyer comes down the pitch and lofts it over the cover region for a boundary. Kolkata seem to be in a hurry here. |
| 5.5 : 5.5: T Natarajan to Sunil Narine, FOUR! Not short enough and Narine climbs all over it! This is on a back of a length, over middle, Sunil Narine stays put and splits the gap in front of square on the leg side. Swipes it right in the gap between deep mid-wicket and long on for a boundary. |
| 6.1 : 6.1: Pat Cummins to Sunil Narine, EDGED AND FOUR! Just over! Almost a wicket just after the break. |
| 6.2 : 6.2: Pat Cummins to Sunil Narine, OUT! c Vijayakanth Viyaskanth b Pat Cummins. |
| 6.5 : 6.5: Pat Cummins to Venkatesh Iyer, Six! |
| 7.2 : 7.2: Vijayakanth Viyaskanth to Venkatesh Iyer, Six! |
| 8.2: Pat Cummins to Venkatesh Iyer, FOUR! Hammered in the gap! |
| 8.5 : 8.5: Pat Cummins to Shreyas Iyer, FOUR! Neatly done! |
| 9.6 : 9.6: Vijayakanth Viyaskanth to Venkatesh Iyer, SIX! Dispatched with disdain! A hit-me delivery by Viyaskanth as this is way too short, over middle, Venkatesh Iyer rocks on the back foot in a flash and hammers the pull over deep mid-wicket. It goes sailing into the stands for another biggie. |
| 10.2 : 10.2: T Natarajan to Shreyas Iyer, SIX! Adding salt into the wounds and that is a fine shot from Shreyas Iyer. Good length around off and pushed across, Iyer goes to an open stance, staying deep in the crease and he lofts it cleanly over long off for a maximum. |
| 10.6 : 10.6: T Natarajan to Shreyas Iyer, FOUR! Nicely done! Short of a length, banged in around off, Shreyas Iyer leans back and just guides it off the face of the bat down to third man for a boundary. |
| 11.1 : 11.1: Travis Head to Venkatesh Iyer, FOUR! Starts off from around the stumps, bowling it a tad short and wide, Venkatesh Iyer rocks back and cuts it hard behind point for a lovely boundary. |
| 11.4 : 11.4: Travis Head to Shreyas Iyer, FOUR! That's gone through! Full and just down the leg side, Shreyas Iyer sweeps it fine and T Natarajan dives to his right at short fine leg but the ball sneaks under him and into the fence. Kolkata are cruising to victory here. |
| 12.3 : 12.3: Nitish Kumar Reddy to Shreyas Iyer, FOUR! Top shot and Shreyas Iyer looks so much in control out there. Banged in way too short and without any sting on it, Shreyas swivels and pulls it behind backward square leg for a boundary. |
| 12.6 : 12.6: Nitish Kumar Reddy to Venkatesh Iyer, SIX! That is a shot and a half and Venkatesh Iyer brings up another FIFTY in the Indian T20 League. This is bowled a bit short and at the body of the batter, Venky stays deep and backs away before smashing it well over deep mid-wicket for a biggie. Kolkata inching closer to the Final now. |
| 13.1 : 13.1: Travis Head to Shreyas Iyer, SIX! In the arc and out of the park! Loopy delivery, full and right in the arc for the right-hander, Shreyas Iyer needs no second invitation. Springs on the front foot and swipes it with ease over deep square leg for a maximum. |
| 13.2 : Â 13.2: Travis Head to Shreyas Iyer, FOUR! That has rocketed to the fence! |
| 13.3 : 13.3: Travis Head to Shreyas Iyer, Six! |
| 13.4 : 13.4: Travis Head to Shreyas Iyer, SIX! THAT'S IT! KOLKATA ARE THROUGH TO THE FINAL! Shreyas Iyer finishes it in a hurry and takes Kolkata to their fourth Indian T20 League final. |
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