| 1.2 : 1.2: Sandeep Sharma to Kyle Mayers, EDGED and FOUR! A full ball that shapes away outside off. Kyle Mayers slashes hard and edges it toward the third man region. The ball just lands in front of Boult who comes forward to take the catch but the ball beats him and goes away to the fence for four runs. |
| 1.6 : 1.6: Sandeep Sharma to KL Rahul, FOUR! BANG! Full and a hint of shape outside off. KL Rahul leans into it and drives it crisply through the cover-point region for a boundary. |
| 4.2 : 4.2: Trent Boult to Kyle Mayers, SIX! BOOM! MAYERS GOES BIG! Full at the middle and leg. Kyle Mayers makes room and lofts it inside out over the deep extra cover boundary for a biggie. Excellent hit by Mayers. |
| 4.5 : 4.5: Trent Boult to KL Rahul, Edged and FOUR! Full and shapes away outside off. KL Rahul slashes hard and edges it past Sanju Samson toward the third man region for a streaky boundary. |
| 5.5: Ravichandran Ashwin to KL Rahul, FOUR! KL Rahul finds the gap really well this time. A much-needed boundary to release some pressure. It is a loosener, short, on the body. KL Rahul swivels and pulls it behind square on the leg side for four runs. |
| 7.4 : 7.4: Jason Holder to Kyle Mayers, SIX! Kyle Mayers continues to put the bad balls away. A slower length ball, around middle. Kyle Mayers gives himself some room and smokes it over the mid off fence for a biggie. |
| 7.6 : 7.6: Jason Holder to KL Rahul, FOUR! KL Rahul is getting in the mood as well. Short one, outside off. KL Rahul stands tall and swats it through mid-wicket for four runs. |
| 8.1 : 8.1: Yuzvendra Chahal to Kyle Mayers, SIX! Kyle Mayers puts instant pressure on the Purple Cap holder. It is a googly, on off. Kyle Mayers reads it early and hammers it down the park for a biggie. |
| 8.2 : 8.2: Yuzvendra Chahal to Kyle Mayers, FOUR! Kyle Mayers is certainly in the groove. Full, going down leg. Kyle Mayers drags his sweep down to fine leg and gets four runs for it. |
| 8.5 : 8.5: Yuzvendra Chahal to KL Rahul, SIX! BANG! KL Rahul seems to be back to his best. It is fuller, on leg. KL Rahul gets low and slogs it over the square leg fence for a maximum. Staight into the stands. |
| 10.4 : 10.4: Jason Holder to KL Rahul, OUT! WICKET! KL RAHUL departs! Full on the middle stump line. KL Rahul looks to go big but lofts it straight into the hands of Jos Buttler at the long on boundary. Holder breaks the opening stand and Lucknow loses its first. The home crowd finally has something to cheer about. Can Rajasthan build on this wicket? |
| 11.4: Trent Boult to Ayush Badoni, OUT! BOWLED! The experiment with Ayush Badoni fails for Lucknow. Good length delivery, outside off. Ayush Badoni moves across and looks to play the scoop shot. Although he only manages to get an edge on it and the ball crashes into the stumps. Boult gets the second wicket for Rajasthan. Badoni trudges back on a single. |
| 12.4: Yuzvendra Chahal to Kyle Mayers, FOUR! Cracking shot. Chahal pitches it up, full and on off. Kyle Mayers crunches it over mid off and finds the boundary. |
| 12.5 : 12.5: Yuzvendra Chahal to Kyle Mayers, FOUR MORE! Shortish around off. Kyle Mayers goes back and pulls it into the gap between the deep mid-wicket and deep square leg for another boundary. |
| 13.2 : 13.2: Ravichandran Ashwin to Deepak Hooda, OUT! WICKET! TAKEN! Full and at the stumps. Deepak Hooda gets down to slog it away but gets the height and not the distance. He finds Shimron Hetmyer at the deep mid-wicket fence who runs around and dives forward to take a fantastic catch. Lucknow loses another as Hooda walks back for just 2. |
| 13.3 : 13.3: Ravichandran Ashwin to Marcus Stoinis, FOUR! Deft Touch! Marcus Stoinis is up and running with a boundary. Low full toss on the stumps. Marcus Stoinis gets low and plays the reverse sweep through the short third region toward third man for a boundary. |
| 13.5 : 13.5: Ravichandran Ashwin to Kyle Mayers, OUT! BOWLED! Ravichandran Ashwin strikes again! His 2nd wicket in the over. Flat and slides on with the arm. Mayers plays for the spin but misses and the ball crashes into the stumps. Kyle Mayers departs after playing a fine knock. Ashwin gets the better of him and Lucknow have lost 4 wickets in quick time. |
| 16.2 : 16.2: Sandeep Sharma to Marcus Stoinis, FOUR! Marcus Stoinis times it well and finds the boundary. A length ball, on top of off. It skids through. Marcus Stoinis stays back and punches it past extra cover. The outfield is lightning quick and the ball races away to the fence. |
| 18.1 : 18.1: Jason Holder to Nicholas Pooran, SIX! BANG! Nicholas Pooran puts the pressure on Holder instantly. It is a length ball, sliding down leg. Nicholas Pooran picks it up nicely and smokes it way over the square leg fence. |
| 18.2 : 18.2: Jason Holder to Nicholas Pooran, FOUR! This is over Lucknow were waiting for all this time. It is fuller, going down leg. Pooran wrists it behind square on the leg side for a fine boundary. |
| 18.4 : 18.4: Jason Holder to Nicholas Pooran, FOUR! Oh dear! Jason Holder does not ace his wide yorker this time. It is more of a full toss, wide of off. Nicholas Pooran slashes hard and gets it over backward point for four runs. |
| 19.3 : 19.3: Sandeep Sharma to Marcus Stoinis, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Sandeep Sharma has been a revelation this season. He has been consistent for Rajasthan this season. A short ball, outside off. Marcus Stoinis tries to ride the bounce by playing the upper cut, but only manages to get a feather on it. Sanju Samson completes the catch behind the sticks and the umpire raises his finger. |
| 19.4 : 19.4: Sandeep Sharma to Krunal Pandya, FOUR! Without wasting any time, Pandya gets off the mark with a boundary. It is a wide yorker, Pandya shuffles way across the crease and slashes hard. The ball outside edges and flies over backward point for four runs. |
| 19.5 : 19.5: Sandeep Sharma to Krunal Pandya, OUT! RUN OUT! Brilliant piece of fielding by the skipper behind the sticks. Sharma comes with a variation this time and serves it slow, on a length, outside off. Krunal Pandya tries to heave it across the line but misses. Nicholas Pooran calls for the single, but Sanju Samson does not miss the stumps at the striker's end with his throw and Pooran has to walk back. |
| 19.6 : 19.6: Sandeep Sharma to Yudhvir Singh, OUT! RUN OUT! This has been a brilliant comeback by Rajasthan. Short ball, on off. Singh pulls it to deep mid-wicket. The batters collect the first one but push for the second run which was never there. Shimron Hetmyer throws it to the keeper and Samson takes the bails off in a flash. Lucknow end their inning at 154/7. |
| 1.5 : 1.5: Yudhvir Singh to Yashasvi Jaiswal, FOUR! BANG! Overpitched around off. Yashasvi Jaiswal drives it on the up and through the mid off region for an elegant boundary. |
| 1.6 : 1.6: Yudhvir Singh to Yashasvi Jaiswal, SIX! BOOM! Slightly short around off. Yashasvi Jaiswal hangs back, picks the length early, and dispatches it over the deep mid-wicket fence for a maximum. |
| 4.1 : 4.1: Yudhvir Singh to Yashasvi Jaiswal, FOUR! Okay then, it seems like Yashasvi Jaiswal is going to take on Yudhvir Singh. A length ball, angled across, outside off. Yashasvi Jaiswal stays back and hits it through point for four runs. Some pressure comes off Rajasthan now. |
| 4.4 : 4.4: Yudhvir Singh to Jos Buttler, SIX! BOOM! What a shot. Jos Buttler has had enough. A full-length ball, on the pads. Jos Buttler picks it up nice and early and smokes it way over the square leg fence. The crowd has become lively now. |
| 5.1 : 5.1: Avesh Khan to Yashasvi Jaiswal, FOUR! Yashasvi Jaiswal wants to make the most of the Powerplay. It is pitched up, outside off. Yashasvi Jaiswal stands tall and drills it past mid off for a cracking boundary. |
| 5.2 : 5.2: Avesh Khan to Yashasvi Jaiswal, FOUR! Consecutive boundaries. Jaiswal gets a bit fortunate this time. It is full again, outside off. Yashasvi Jaiswal throws the kitchen sink at it. The ball takes the outside edge and flies over backward point. Naveen-ul-Haq leaps but the ball goes through his fingers and into the fence. |
| 5.6 : 5.6: Avesh Khan to Jos Buttler, FOUR! Three boundaries come off this over. A good one for the hosts. A length ball, outside off. Jos Buttler cuts it late and steers it past backward point for four runs. At the end of Powerplay, Rajasthan have their noses in front. |
| 7.2 : 7.2: Ravi Bishnoi to Jos Buttler, FOUR! Nicely played. It is tossed up, around off. Jos Buttler stays inside the crease and punches it through the gap at covers. The outfield is quick, and the ball race away. The siren goes off and the umpire signals a no ball. Free Hit coming up. |
| 8.3 : 8.3: Amit Mishra to Jos Buttler, FOUR! Nicely played. It is tossed up, full and outside off, turning away. Jos Buttler reverse sweeps it behind backward point. He gets it through the gap and finds the boundary. |
| 10.1 : 10.1: Amit Mishra to Jos Buttler, FOUR! What a shot. Jos Buttler continues to hurt Mishra with the switch hit. It is looped up, full and on off. Jos Buttler gets low and reverse sweeps it past backward point for a boundary. |
| 11.1: Marcus Stoinis to Yashasvi Jaiswal, SIX! ALL THE WAY! Yashasvi Jaiswal breaks his shackles. Marcus Stoinis goes full, on off. It is in the arc for Yashasvi Jaiswal and the southpaw capitalises on it, as he smokes it over the mid-wicket fence. |
| 11.3 : 11.3: Marcus Stoinis to Yashasvi Jaiswal, OUT! CAUGHT! Avesh Khan takes a stunning low catch but he has really hurt himself here. Marcus Stoinis has the last laugh here and gets rid of the set batter in Yashasvi Jaiswal. Marcus Stoinis hurls in a short ball, outside off. Yashasvi Jaiswal cuts it late to backward point, but does not middle it. The ball flies straight to Avesh Khan who is stationed there and he takes a good low catch bending forward. |
| 12.4 : 12.4: Ravi Bishnoi to Jos Buttler, OUT! RUN OUT! Lucknow needed a wicket and Rajasthan have gifted them one here. Sanju Samson trudges back to the dugout on just 2 runs. A huge miscommunication leads to this breakthrough. It is fuller, on the pads. Jos Buttler glances it around the corner to short fine leg. Jos Buttler calls for the run, but stops mid way. Amit Mishra collects the ball and throws it to the keeper. Nicholas Pooran gathers the ball and dislodges the bails quickly. Sanju Samso |
| 13.3 : 13.3: Marcus Stoinis to Jos Buttler, OUT! CAUGHT! Marcus Stoinis gets the huge wicket of Jos Buttler. Short of a length around off. Jos Buttler goes back and pulls it straight into the hands of Bishnoi at deep mid-wicket who pouches this safely. KL Rahul is elated and knows the importance of this wicket. |
| 15.1 : 15.1: Avesh Khan to Shimron Hetmyer, OUT! CAUGHT! Hetmyer departs! Avesh Khan takes a huge scalp! Full-length delivery outside off. Shimron Hetmyer gets low to loft it up and over but ends up slicing it off the cue end. The ball goes toward the long on region. KL Rahul runs in and takes a fine catch to dismiss Shimron Hetmyer. Lucknow are right back in this. |
| 16.3 : 16.3: Ravi Bishnoi to Devdutt Padikkal, FOUR! BANG! Shortish and outside off. Devdutt Padikkal goes back and pulls it toward wide of long on fielder for a cracking boundary. |
| 17.2 : 17.2: Marcus Stoinis to Devdutt Padikkal, Edged and Four! On a good length outside off. Devdutt Padikkal skips down and edges it into the gap between the keeper and short third for a streaky boundary. |
| 17.3 : 17.3: Marcus Stoinis to Devdutt Padikkal, FOUR MORE! Slower ball. Short and around off. Devdutt Padikkal pulls it nicely toward the deep square leg region for back-to-back boundaries. This one just lands inside the cushion. |
| 17.5 : 17.5: Marcus Stoinis to Devdutt Padikkal, FOUR! 3rd one in the over! Pitched up on off. Devdutt Padikkal clears his front leg and lofts it toward the wide long off region for yet another boundary. Smart batting by DDP. |
| 18.4 : 18.4: Naveen-ul-Haq to Riyan Parag, SIX! BANG! Slower one again. Shortish and around off. Riyan Parag picks it nicely and pulls it just over the deep mid-wicket boundary for a maximum. |
| 19.1 : 19.1: Avesh Khan to Riyan Parag, FOUR! BANG! Riyan Parag starts off the final over with a boundary. Full and outside off. Riyan Parag slices this over point for a cracking boundary. |
| 19.3 : 19.3: Avesh Khan to Devdutt Padikkal, OUT! CAUGHT! Devdutt Padikkal departs! Very full and outside off. Devdutt Padikkal reaches for it to slice it away but ends up edging it to Pooran behind the stumps. Padikkal goes for 26 and Rajasthan are in a fix. |
| 19.4 : 19.4: Avesh Khan to Dhruv Jurel, OUT! CAUGHT AT THE FENCE! What a superb catch under pressure! Full and in the slot on off. Dhruv Jurel goes deep into his crease and lofts it toward the long-on region. Deepak Hooda times his jump to perfection and takes a brilliant catch to dismiss Jurel for a golden duck. Avesh Khan has closed out this game and needs to bowl two legal deliveries to win this for Lucknow. |
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