| 0.1 : 0.1: Marcus Stoinis to Phil Salt, FOUR! Action straight away! |
| 0.3 : 0.3: Marcus Stoinis to Phil Salt, FOUR! Easy pickings! Stoinis drifts on the pads, on a length, Phil Salt lets the ball come to him and tucks it away nearly off his pads to the fine leg fence for another boundary. |
| 1.3: Mohsin Khan to Phil Salt, SIX! Phil Salt with the first six of the game! Mohsin lands it on a short length, around the ribs of the batter, Phil Salt shapes up for the pull but he goes through his shot early as the ball comes onto the bat slower than he anticipated. Still manages to get the shot away and helps it over fine leg for the first maximum of the night. |
| 2.1 : 2.1: Naveen-ul-Haq to Phil Salt, FOUR! Phil Salt greets Naveen-ul-Haq with a boundary! Naveen-ul-Haq steams in from wide of the crease on the over-the-wicket angle but gets the line wrong, on a length, on the pads, Phil Salt does not miss out as he flicks it behind square on the leg side for a boundary. |
| 2.2 : 2.2: Naveen-ul-Haq to Phil Salt, FOUR! Two in two and this has been hit with real authority! A bit too full by Naveen-ul-Haq and offers width as well, outside off, Phil Salt gets his weight on the front foot and creams the drive between cover and mid off for four more runs. |
| 2.5 : 2.5: Naveen-ul-Haq to Sunil Narine, FOUR! Quality shot! |
| 2.6 : 2.6: Naveen-ul-Haq to Sunil Narine, FOUR! Just over! Takes pace off but drifts on the pads, on a good length, Sunil Narine looks to help it away off his pads. He swings a bit early and gets it from the upper half of the bat. It lobs towards short fine leg but Narine gets enough bat on it to clear the leaping Mohsin Khan for four more runs. 19 runs off Naveen-ul-Haq's first over. |
| 3.2 : 3.2: Mohsin Khan to Sunil Narine, Four! |
| 3.3 : 3.3: Mohsin Khan to Sunil Narine, FOUR! Back-to-back boundaries for Sunil Narine! Fuller in length, at pace, on off, Sunil Narine clears his front leg and drills it along the ground to the right of mid off for a boundary. |
| 3.4 : 3.4: Mohsin Khan to Sunil Narine, FOUR! Three boundaries on the trot and Sunil Narine has arrived in Lucknow! |
| 3.6 : 3.6: Mohsin Khan to Sunil Narine, SIX! Sunil Narine finishes the over in the best possible fashion! A 19-run over followed by a 20-run over and Kolkata are flying here. |
| 4.1 : 4.1: Naveen-ul-Haq to Phil Salt, FOUR! Skillfully done! Goes full and on the off-stump line, Phil Salt angles the face of his bat perfectly to guide it between backward point and short third for a boundary. |
| 4.2 : 4.2: Naveen-ul-Haq to Phil Salt, OUT! c KL Rahul b Naveen-ul-Haq. |
| 4.4 : 4.4: Naveen-ul-Haq to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, FOUR! Uppish but it is in the gap and Angkrish Raghuvanshi is up and running! |
| 6.3 : 6.3: Krunal Pandya to Sunil Narine, SIX! There's no stopping this bloke! Around the wicket, outside the line of off-stump, and full in length. Sunil Narine clears the front leg and clobbers it well over deep mid-wicket for a maximum. |
| 8.2 : 8.2: Yash Thakur to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, SIX! Salt on the wounds! |
| 8.4 : 8.4: Yash Thakur to Sunil Narine, SIX! Shot! Short in length and outside off, Sunil Narine backs away and pulls it up and over mid-wicket for a biggie. |
| 9.1 : 9.1: Ravi Bishnoi to Sunil Narine, FOUR! A terrific fifty from Sunil Narine! He continues to set the tone for Kolkata! This is just around off and on a shade fuller length, Sunil Narine reads the googly right and cuts it fine through short third for a boundary. |
| 9.5 : 9.5: Ravi Bishnoi to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, FOUR! Good shot! |
| 10.3 : 10.3: Marcus Stoinis to Sunil Narine, SIX! Stand and deliver! Fuller in length, on middle, Sunil Narine clears his front leg and hits through the line. Tonks it over long on for a massive maximum. |
| 10.5 : 10.5: Marcus Stoinis to Sunil Narine, SIX! My word! Sunil Narine goes big again! Stoinis takes pace off and bowls it on a back of a length, on middle, Sunil Narine hangs back and waits for the ball to arrive. Nails the pull over deep mid-wicket for a maximum. |
| 10.6 : 10.6: Marcus Stoinis to Sunil Narine, SIX! Back-to-back sixes for Sunil Narine. 19 runs off the over and Narine is in some mood tonight. |
| 11.2 : 11.2: Ravi Bishnoi to Sunil Narine, SIX! Oh no! Devdutt Padikkal takes it but steps on the ropes! |
| 11.6 : 11.6: Ravi Bishnoi to Sunil Narine, OUT! IN THE AIR AND GONE! Devdutt Padikkal does not make a mistake this time! |
| 12.4 : 12.4: Krunal Pandya to Andre Russell, SIX! That's into the solar system! Full, and flighted at the middle stump. Andre Russell gets low on the front foot, gets underneath it, and hoists it over wide long-on for a biggie. |
| 13.2 : 13.2: Ravi Bishnoi to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, FOUR! Good use of the feet! Loops it up, full and outside off, Angkrish Raghuvanshi gets down the track in a flash and takes it on the full. Lifts it back over the bowler's head and also manages to beat the sprinting long off fielder for a boundary. |
| 14.1 : 14.1: Naveen-ul-Haq to Andre Russell, FOUR! Not in complete control but Andre Russell will take it! Serves it full in length and near the tramline on off, Andre Russell knows that mid off is inside the circle and he swings to clear the man there. Gets it off the toe-end of the bat and it goes back over the bowler's head, beating the sprinting long on fielder to his left for a boundary. |
| 14.2 : 14.2: Naveen-ul-Haq to Andre Russell, OUT! TAKEN! Krishnappa Gowtham, you beauty! Gowtham comes on as a substitute and pulls off a pressure catch. The crowd erupts and this is a massive wicket for Lucknow. |
| 15.1 : 15.1: Yudhvir Singh to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! And again, a break causes a breakthrough and it's all happening here at Lucknow as the concussion sub, Yudhvir gets a wicket off his very first delivery. |
| 15.4 : 15.4: Yudhvir Singh to Rinku Singh, FOUR! Nice and classy! Full length, angling across middle, Rinku Singh uses his wrists and flicks it high over mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 16.1 : 16.1: Yash Thakur to Shreyas Iyer, Four! |
| 17.3 : 17.3: Naveen-ul-Haq to Shreyas Iyer, FOUR! One bounce and a boundary! Full in length, just around off, Shreyas Iyer waits for this pace-off delivery and strikes it down the ground over the bowler's head for a one bounce four. |
| 17.5 : 17.5: Naveen-ul-Haq to Rinku Singh, FOUR! Expertly played by Rinku and 200 comes up for the first time at this venue in any form of T20 cricket. Full and slanting across off, Rinku Singh uses the pace and goes through covers for a boundary. |
| 17.6 : 17.6: Naveen-ul-Haq to Rinku Singh, OUT! TAKEN! Rinku Singh departs now and Naveen gets his third wicket. |
| 18.3 : 18.3: Yudhvir Singh to Ramandeep Singh, SIX! Right into the slot and punished! Overpitched on the middle and off, Ramandeep Singh covers his stumps and clears his front foot before hoisting it with the middle of the bat over deep mid-wicket for half a dozen. |
| 18.6 : 18.6: Yudhvir Singh to Ramandeep Singh, Six! |
| 19.1 : 19.1: Yash Thakur to Shreyas Iyer, Four! |
| 19.3 : 19.3: Yash Thakur to Shreyas Iyer, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! An absolute screamer of a catch from KL Rahul! |
| 19.5 : 19.5: Yash Thakur to Ramandeep Singh, FOUR! Oh, nicely done! Slower bouncer, outside off, Ramandeep Singh has all the time in the world as he waits for the ball to come close to him before he guides it over the short third for a boundary. |
| 19.6 : 19.6: Yash Thakur to Ramandeep Singh, SIX! BOOM! What a sensational finish from Ramandeep Singh and Kolkata finish strong! Yash Thakur offers a juicy full toss on the middle and leg, Ramandeep Singh gets underneath it and picks the bones out of with and deposits it behind deep mid-wicket for a maximum. He finishes off in style for Kolkata as they finish on 235. |
| 0.1 : 0.1: Vaibhav Arora to KL Rahul, FOUR! KL Rahul commences this mammoth run chase with a boundary! Vaibhav Arora begins with a shortish delivery, around off, KL Rahul covers his off stump, watches the ball alertly and closely deftly touches it and guides it through the gap between short third and point for a boundary. |
| 0.6 : 0.6: Vaibhav Arora to Arshin Kulkarni, FOUR! Picture this says Kulkarni! Vaibhav Arora bowls full and gets to swing into the batter from off, Arshin Kulkarni walks a couple of steps ahead and presents full face of the willow with a solid timing, straight down the ground for a cracking boundary. 11 runs off the first over of this mammoth chase. |
| 1.1 : 1.1: Mitchell Starc to KL Rahul, FOUR! KLass written all over it! Across off on a fuller length, KL Rahul prods ahead and drives it crisply through cover-point for a boundary. |
| 1.3 : 1.3: Mitchell Starc to Arshin Kulkarni, FOUR! Chipped in the air but in the gap and for four more! At 144 kph, into the batter on a fuller length, Arshin Kulkarni chips it into the air between mid on and mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 1.6 : 1.6: Mitchell Starc to Arshin Kulkarni, OUT! IN THE AIR AND TAKEN! OH, MY WORD! THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST CATCHES OF THIS SEASON! Ramandeep Singh, you beauty! |
| 2.5 : 2.5: Vaibhav Arora to Marcus Stoinis, SIX! That's some way to get off the mark! |
| 3.2 : 3.2: Mitchell Starc to Marcus Stoinis, Four! |
| 3.4 : 3.4: Mitchell Starc to Marcus Stoinis, FOUR! Sheer power on this one! Overpitched on the off stump line, Marcus Stoinis clears his front leg, makes some room and spanks it over mid off for a boundary. |
| 3.5 : 3.5: Mitchell Starc to Marcus Stoinis, FOUR! Width and punished! Starc offers some width outside off, on a length, Marcus Stoinis cuts it powerfully through cover-point for a cracking boundary. He is giving it a whack at the moment. |
| 5.3 : 5.3: Harshit Rana to Marcus Stoinis, SIX! Picked up beautifully! Harshit bangs it into the deck, around middle and leg, Marcus Stoinis swivels and gets inside the line. Helps the pull shot away over the fine leg fence for a maximum. |
| 6.5 : 6.5: Sunil Narine to Marcus Stoinis, FOUR! Width offered and Marcus Stoinis cashes in! Tosses it up does Narine and ends up offering width on off, full in length, Marcus Stoinis creams the drive to the right of cover and beats long off to his left for a boundary. |
| 7.2 : 7.2: Harshit Rana to KL Rahul, FOUR! Heaved away and it goes in the gap! On a good length, just outside off, KL Rahul drags the sway from outside off and manages to pick the gap as he hits it to the left of deep square leg for a much-needed boundary. 50-run stand comes up between these two batters. |
| 7.3 : 7.3: Harshit Rana to KL Rahul, OUT! TAKEN! Harshit Rana gets rid of the Lucknow skipper! KL Rahul could not have picked the man in the deep any better. |
| 7.4 : 7.4: Harshit Rana to Deepak Hooda, FOUR! Nicely done and Deepak Hooda is away! Goes full and straight does Rana, at the stumps, Deepak Hooda picks up the length early and flicks it up and over mid-wicket. It almost went the distance for a maximum. |
| 8.2 : 8.2: Varun Chakaravarthy to Deepak Hooda, OUT! Given LBW! A big shout and up goes the finger. It looks dead straight but Deepak Hooda has taken the review. Did he get some bat on it? Or does he feel that it is going over the stumps? Varun Chakaravarthy slips in the googly, on a nagging length, on middle and leg, Deepak Hooda strides ahead to defend but fails to smother the spin. The ball turns in sharply, sneaks past the inside edge and pings Hooda on the flap of the front pad. |
| 8.3 : 8.3: Varun Chakaravarthy to Nicholas Pooran, SIX! BANG! Nicholas Pooran is away! |
| 9.1 : 9.1: Andre Russell to Marcus Stoinis, OUT! IN THE AIR AND GONE! Andre Russell strikes gold for Kolkata with his first delivery. A body blow to Lucknow as the in-form Marcus Stoinis departs. 5th time in T20 cricket that Russell has dismissed Stoinis and the match-up has worked for the visitors. |
| 9.2 : 9.2: Andre Russell to Ayush Badoni, SIX! Ayush Badoni takes on the short ball and it comes off. Russell digs it in short, over middle, Ayush Badoni hangs back and rides the bounce well. Nails the pull over deep square leg for a maximum. |
| 11.2: Andre Russell to Nicholas Pooran, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Dre Russ strikes again! |
| 12.3 : 12.3: Sunil Narine to Ayush Badoni, OUT! IN THE AIR AND TAKEN! Sunil Narine gets a wicket now and Lucknow is falling apart here. Sunil Narine bowls it on a slightly pulled-back length around off, Ayush Badoni gets his dancing shoes on and charges ahead to go downtown but fails to generate enough power on the shot as the bat twists in his hand a bit and hence, it slices up in the night sky for a fair bit of time and sails over mid off. Mitchell Starc from long off comes forward and takes a com |
| 13.1 : 13.1: Varun Chakaravarthy to Ashton Turner, SIX! Shot! Offers a nice juicy half-volley at the stumps, Ashton Turner gets down on one knee and slogs it over the deep mid-wicket for a maximum. |
| 13.5 : 13.5: Varun Chakaravarthy to Ashton Turner, SIX! He's having some fun here! Punished! Varun Chakravarthy drops it right into the hitting arc around off, Ashton Turner sits down again and thumps it over cow corner for another maximum. |
| 13.6 : 13.6: Varun Chakaravarthy to Ashton Turner, OUT! CAUGHT AND BOWLED! Now, that's an unlucky way to get out! |
| 14.4 : 14.4: Harshit Rana to Krunal Pandya, OUT! c Phil Salt b Harshit Rana. |
| 15.4: Varun Chakaravarthy to Yudhvir Singh, SIX! Yudhvir Singh finally connects! Tosses it up, full and on off, Yudhvir Singh accepts the invitation and hits it cleanly over wide long on for a maximum. |
| 15.6 : 15.6: Varun Chakaravarthy to Yudhvir Singh, OUT! c Andre Russell b Varun Chakaravarthy. |
| 16.1 : 16.1: Harshit Rana to Ravi Bishnoi, OUT! PLUMB IN FRONT! A confident appeal and up goes the finger! |
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