| 0.0 : TOSS - The coin goes up and lands in favour of Rajasthan. Sanju Samson informs that they will BAT first. |
| Rajasthan (Playing XI) - Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tom Kohler-Cadmore (In for Jos Buttler), Sanju Samson (C/ WK), Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Rovman Powell, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Sandeep Sharma, Avesh Khan, Yuzvendra Chahal. |
| Impact players nominated by Rajasthan -Â Tanush Kotian, Keshav Maharaj, Nandre Burger, Kuldeep Sen, Donovan Ferreira. |
| Punjab (Playing XI) - Prabhsimran Singh, Jonny Bairstow (WK), Rilee Rossouw, Shashank Singh, Jitesh Sharma, Sam Curran (C), Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Nathan Ellis, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh. |
| Impact players nominated by Punjab -Â Ashutosh Sharma, Vidwath Kaverappa, Tanay Thyagarajan, Rishi Dhawan, Harpreet Singh. |
| The captain of Rajasthan, Sanju Samson, says that they will bat first. States that this is kind of a second home for them. Adds that a few of the guys have been waiting here for the last 2-3 days to check for dew, but there has not been much dew, so they want to bat first. Tells that the team has been doing really great. Shares that the mood in the camp is a bit more relaxed after last night's result. Informs that Tom Kohler-Cadmore comes in for Jos Buttler and Donovan Ferreira might come in a |
| Sam Curran, the captain of Punjab is in for a chat. States that the most important thing is to play as a spoilsport now and for pride as well. Hopes to get two points from this game and take some pride. Informs that there was a lot of good cricket bring played by the boys, but they missed out on taking the advantage. Adds that there are a few changes to the side. Nathan Ellis gets his first game of the season, even Harpreet Brar is back in the side. |
| The game is set to begin. The Punjab players stride out and take the field. Followed by Tom Kohler-Cadmore and Yashasvi Jaiswal who walk out to open for Rajasthan. Arshdeep Singh gets the new ball in hand. Here we go... |
| 0.2 : Sam Curran to Yashasvi Jaiswal, Drags his length back and bowls it closer to the off-stump line, Yashasvi Jaiswal hangs back and stabs it along the ground to point. |
| 0.1 : Sam Curran to Yashasvi Jaiswal, FOUR! BANG! Yashasvi Jaiswal has arrived in Guwahati! Curran starts from over the wicket and offers width on off, on a length, a hint of away movement, Yashasvi Jaiswal frees his arms and smacks it between cover and mid off for a boundary to get going. |
| 0.3 : Sam Curran to Yashasvi Jaiswal, Fuller in length and attacks the stumps does Curran, Yashasvi Jaiswal shapes up to go back over the bowler's head initially but adjusts well to the inward angle and pushes it down to mid on. |
| 0.4 : Sam Curran to Yashasvi Jaiswal, OUT! DRAGGED ON! The Punjab skipper wins the battle against Jaiswal and lets him know! No foot movement from the southpaw and he pays the ultimate price. |
| 0.0 : Sanju Samson comes in at number 3. |
| 0.5 : Sam Curran to Sanju Samson, Too straight, on the pads, full as well, Sanju Samson clips it off his pads to deep backward square leg and gets off the mark with a single. |
| 0.6 : Sam Curran to Tom Kohler-Cadmore, FOUR! Tom Kohler-Cadmore is up and running in the Indian T20 League! |
| 0.0 : Arshdeep Singh to share the new ball. |
| 1.1 : Arshdeep Singh to Sanju Samson, Begins on a hard length, around off, Sanju Samson rides the bounce and steers it down to deep third for a single. |
| 1.2 : Arshdeep Singh to Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Going across the right-hander, at 130.8 kph, Tom Kohler-Cadmore presents a straight bat to defend but does well not to go chasing at the delivery. The ball zips past the outside edge of his bat. |
| 1.3 : Arshdeep Singh to Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Fuller in length and shaping in nicely, on middle and leg, Tom Kohler-Cadmore gets his bat out in front and knocks it straight to mid on. |
| 1.4 : Arshdeep Singh to Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Tucks the batter up for room by banging into the deck, Tom Kohler-Cadmore swivels in his crease and controls the pull to hit it down to deep backward square leg for one. |
| 1.5 : Arshdeep Singh to Sanju Samson, Edged but it drops just short! Serves it on a back of a length, on off, Sanju Samson waits on the back foot and pushes at the delivery. He does so with soft hands and therefore, the outside edge drops just short of Jonny Bairstow who went for it with his right glove diving low to his right. |
| 1.6 : Arshdeep Singh to Sanju Samson, FOUR! Shot! Pitched up slightly by Arshdeep, on off and middle, Sanju Samson extends his arms and lets his hands flow into the shot. Drives it back past the bowler and beats both mid off and mid on for a boundary. |
| 2.1 : Sam Curran to Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Honing in at the stumps from over the wicket, on a length, Tom Kohler-Cadmore covers the line of the ball and plays it back to the bowler. |
| 2.2 : Sam Curran to Tom Kohler-Cadmore, SIX! BOOM! Tom Kohler-Cadmore with the first maximum of the night! Bowls it on a short of a good length, just outside off, Tom Kohler-Cadmore stays put and picks up the length early. Hits through the line and tonks it over wide long on for a biggie. |
| 2.3 : Sam Curran to Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Keeps it at the stumps, on a hard length, Tom Kohler-Cadmore pushes it with a straight bat back to the bowler. |
| 2.4 : Sam Curran to Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Bowls the back-of-the-hand slower delivery, on a length, on middle, Tom Kohler-Cadmore reads it well and watchfully taps it back to Curran. |
| 2.5 : Sam Curran to Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Length delivery, on middle and leg, Tom Kohler-Cadmore does not move his front foot much and clips it towards mid-wicket but can't get it past the fielder. |
| 2.6 : Sam Curran to Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Switches to around the wicket and hurls it on a fullish length, on middle, Tom Kohler-Cadmore makes room and digs it out towards cover. |
| 3.1 : Arshdeep Singh to Sanju Samson, Direct hit but Samson is well in! |
| 3.2 : Arshdeep Singh to Sanju Samson, FOUR! Nicely done! On a shortish length, over middle and leg, Sanju Samson rides the bounce well and pulls it aerially but to the right of deep square leg for a boundary. |
| 3.3 : Arshdeep Singh to Sanju Samson, Beaten! Angling away, on a back of a length, on off, Sanju Samson pokes at the delivery and gets beaten on the outside edge. |
| 3.4 : Arshdeep Singh to Sanju Samson, FOUR! Lovely shot! |
| 3.5 : Arshdeep Singh to Sanju Samson, Length delivery, sliding on the pads, Sanju Samson flicks it straight to mid-wicket. |
| 3.6 : Arshdeep Singh to Sanju Samson, On the off-stump line and pulls the length back does Arshdeep, Sanju Samson dabs it towards backward point. |
| 4.1 : Nathan Ellis to Tom Kohler-Cadmore, In the air....but safe! Starts from over the wicket and bowls it on a good length, around off, Tom Kohler-Cadmore stays deep in his crease and swings to go downtown. Slices it off the bottom half of the bat but luckily for him, he manages to clear the back tracking Jitesh Sharma at cover. They cross. |
| 4.2 : Nathan Ellis to Sanju Samson, Pitches it up, on off, Sanju Samson knocks it with a straight bat to mid off. |
| 4.3 : Nathan Ellis to Sanju Samson, 1 run. |
| 4.5 : Nathan Ellis to Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Good-length delivery, at pace, on off, Tom Kohler-Cadmore drives it on the up but can't get it past cover. |
| 4.4 : Nathan Ellis to Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Takes pace off and goes into the wicket, on off, Tom Kohler-Cadmore fails to pick the change of pace and goes through his pull shot early and fails to connect. |
| 4.6 : Nathan Ellis to Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Attacks the stumps with a full delivery, Tom Kohler-Cadmore clears his front leg and goes for a hack across the line. Gets an inside edge that dribbles towards short fine leg for one. A tidy start by Ellis, just 3 runs off it. |
| 5.1 : Harshal Patel to Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Four! |
| 5.2 : Harshal Patel to Tom Kohler-Cadmore, No run. |
| 5.3 : Harshal Patel to Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Swing and a miss! Harshal Patel rolls his fingers over this one, and lands it full and outside off. Tom Kohler-Cadmore looks to smack it down the park but misses. |
| 5.4 : Harshal Patel to Tom Kohler-Cadmore, No run. |
| 5.5 : Harshal Patel to Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Fuller one, on middle and leg. Tom Kohler-Cadmore defends it out watchfully. |
| 5.6 : Harshal Patel to Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Incredible comeback from Harshal Patel after being taken for a boundary on the very first delivery. After that he did not even allow Tom Kohler-Cadmore to get off the strike. Fuller one, outside off. Tom Kohler-Cadmore gets it to point off the outside edge. 5 dots on the trot to end the over. |
| 6.1 : Nathan Ellis to Sanju Samson, Fuller one, angled into the pads. Samson clips it into the vacant region at mid-wicket and crosses. |
| 6.2 : Nathan Ellis to Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Nathan Ellis goes for the yorker this time, on leg stump. Tom Kohler-Cadmore flicks it into the leg side for one. |
| 6.3 : Nathan Ellis to Sanju Samson, Pitched up, outside off. Samson thumps it to mid off but finds the fielder there. |
| 6.4 : Nathan Ellis to Sanju Samson, OUT! CAUGHT! Nathan Ellis and Harshal Patel do a wonderful job to in tandem. Increase the dot ball rate and that induces a false shot from Sanju Samson. The Rajasthan skipper has to walk back now. It is a short ball, outside off. Sanju Samson stays back and looks to cut it away but hits it straight into the hands of Rahul Chahar who is situated at point. |
| The local boy, Riyan Parag, walks out to bat now. |
| 6.5 : Nathan Ellis to Riyan Parag, Riyan Parag gets off the mark instantly here. He works this full ball to mid on for one. |
| 6.6 : Nathan Ellis to Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Shorter this time, outside off. Tom Kohler-Cadmore cuts it towards backward point but the fielder there makes a sharp stop. A successful over from Nathan Ellis comes to an end. |
| First look at spin as Rahul Chahar comes into the attack. |
| 7.1 : Rahul Chahar to Riyan Parag, Flights it up, on off. This one just holds in the deck. One run taken as Riyan Parag tucks it into mid-wicket. |
| 7.2 : Rahul Chahar to Tom Kohler-Cadmore, OUT! c Jitesh Sharma b Rahul Chahar. |
| A promotion for Ravichandran Ashwin as he comes in at number 5. |
| 7.3 : Rahul Chahar to Ravichandran Ashwin, Shorter, outside off, turning away. Ravichandran Ashwin looks to chase it but gets beaten. |
| 7.4 : Rahul Chahar to Ravichandran Ashwin, Quicker and fuller, around off. Ravichandran Ashwin prods and tries to defend it out but gets beaten in the process by the away turn. |
| 7.5 : Rahul Chahar to Ravichandran Ashwin, No run. |
| 7.6 : Rahul Chahar to Ravichandran Ashwin, Fires it in full, on off, Ravichandran Ashwin gets his bat down and knocks it to wide long off for one. |
| 0.0 : It will be spin from both ends as Harpreet Brar comes on from the other end. |
| 8.1 : Harpreet Brar to Ravichandran Ashwin, FOUR! EDGY! Rilee Rossouw with a valiant effort in the deep but goes down in vain. Quicker and fuller, on middle. Ravichandran Ashwin gets it behind square on the leg side off the inside edge. |
| 8.2 : Harpreet Brar to Ravichandran Ashwin, No run. |
| 8.4 : Harpreet Brar to Ravichandran Ashwin, Darted on the pads. Ashwin clips it to deep mid-wicket for one. |
| 8.3 : Harpreet Brar to Ravichandran Ashwin, An arm ball, on the pads. Ashwin goes for the sweep but it flies off the top-edge. Towards short fine and it lands safely. Two runs taken. |
| 8.5 : Harpreet Brar to Riyan Parag, 2 runs. |
| 8.6 : Harpreet Brar to Riyan Parag, 1 run. |
| 0.0 : Strategic break! Punjab have started well with the ball and have not given much away to the Rajasthan batters. Whether it has been Nathan Ellis, Harshal Patel, or Rahul Chahar, all three have strung dots, and the pressure has taken its toll on the opposition. Rajasthan have lost their top three without many runs on the board. The onus will primarily be on Riyan Parag to inject life into his side's innings on a surface that does not look like a high-scoring one and looks to be on the slower side |
| 9.1 : Rahul Chahar to Riyan Parag, Flatter one, on middle and leg. Riyan Parag stays back and clips it into mid-wicket for one. |
| 9.2 : Rahul Chahar to Ravichandran Ashwin, Leg-spinner this time, outside off. Ashwin reaches out and punches it to point for a single. |
| 9.3 : Rahul Chahar to Riyan Parag, Fuller one, on leg. Parag clips it into mid-wicket for one. |
| 9.4 : Rahul Chahar to Ravichandran Ashwin, Pushed through quicker, on off. Ashwin pushes it to sweeper cover for one more. |
| 9.6 : Rahul Chahar to Riyan Parag, 1 run. |
| 9.5 : Rahul Chahar to Riyan Parag, Riyan Parag tries to slog-sweep this full ball away from outside off, but it catches the inner half. |
| 10.1 : Harshal Patel to Riyan Parag, Comes back into the attack and bowls it on a good length, around off, Riyan Parag dabs it wide of backward point and gets to the other end. |
| 10.2 : Harshal Patel to Ravichandran Ashwin, This is on a hard length, around off, Ravichandran Ashwin stands tall and punches it to deep cover for a single. |
| 10.3 : Harshal Patel to Riyan Parag, FOUR! Crunched! |
| 10.4 : Harshal Patel to Riyan Parag, At 140.4 kph, full and on middle, Riyan Parag presses forward and flicks it through square leg for one. |
| Harshal Patel to Riyan Parag, WIDE! Slides down leg, on a length, Riyan Parag misses the tickle. Wide given. |
| 10.5 : Harshal Patel to Ravichandran Ashwin, Takes pace off but keeps the length full, on off, Ravichandran Ashwin knocks it down with a straight bat to long off for one more run. |
| 10.6 : Harshal Patel to Riyan Parag, Length delivery, on off and middle, Riyan Parag turns this one through square leg and retains the strike with a single. A better over for Rajasthan, 10 runs off it. Need more of these to get to a competitive total. |
| 11.1 : Rahul Chahar to Riyan Parag, Tosses it up, right up to the batter, on off, Riyan Parag hacks it off the bottom half of the bat to long on for a single. |
| 11.2 : Rahul Chahar to Ravichandran Ashwin, Another tossed up delivery, full and at the stumps, Ravichandran Ashwin makes room to go inside out but ends up playing it straight to long off. They cross. |
| 11.3 : Rahul Chahar to Riyan Parag, This is flat and short, on the pads, Riyan Parag tucks it to deep mid-wicket for one. |
| 11.4 : Rahul Chahar to Ravichandran Ashwin, SIX! Ravichandran Ashwin finally gets one away! Loops it up, slower through the air, full and on off, Ravichandran Ashwin backs away and clears his front leg to slog it towards the deep mid-wicket fence for a maximum. |
| 11.5 : Rahul Chahar to Ravichandran Ashwin, FOUR! Smartly done! A maximum followed by a boundary. |
| 11.6 : Rahul Chahar to Ravichandran Ashwin, FOUR! Just the over Rajasthan were after. 17 runs off it. Has that maximum injected a spark in Ashwin? This is full again, on middle and leg, Ravichandran Ashwin backs away and lofts it over extra cover and beats long off to his left for another boundary. |
| 12.1 : Arshdeep Singh to Riyan Parag, Arshdeep serves it full and outside off, Riyan Parag drives it square to deep point for a single. |
| 11.6 : Change. The biggest over forces Sam Curran to try something new. He bring back Arshdeep Singh for his third. |
| 12.2 : Arshdeep Singh to Ravichandran Ashwin, Angling away from the batter, full and outside off, Ravichandran Ashwin tries to use the pace by opening the bat face but fails to connect. A muted appeal by Jonny Bairstow behind the wicket but there was not much interest from the rest. |
| 12.3 : Arshdeep Singh to Ravichandran Ashwin, Lands it on a length, on off, Ravichandran Ashwin dabs it square from the crease to deep point for a single. |
| 12.4 : Arshdeep Singh to Riyan Parag, FOUR! Width on offer and Parag cashes in! Arshdeep errs in line and bowls it on a length, Riyan Parag frees his arms and latches onto the width. Cracks the cut in front of square on the off side for a boundary. |
| 12.5 : Arshdeep Singh to Riyan Parag, Leg bye! Take pace off and serves it on a good length, on off and middle, Riyan Parag looks to work it across the line but gets beaten on the inside edge. Gets hit on the unprotected area on the right thigh and the batters cross as the ball rolls on the off side. Half a shout by Arshdeep but the ball looked to be going down leg. Parag looks in a bit of pain and the physio is out to attend to him. |
| 12.6 : Arshdeep Singh to Ravichandran Ashwin, OUT! c Shashank Singh b Arshdeep Singh. |
| 0.0 : Dhruv Jurel comes in at number 6. |
| 13.1 : Sam Curran to Riyan Parag, FOUR! Quality shot! This is on a back of a length, on off, Riyan Parag waits on it and plays it late to get the placement right. Cuts it to the left of backward point and beats the diving fielder in the deep for a boundary. |
| 13.2 : Sam Curran to Riyan Parag, Takes pace off and bowls it fuller, on middle, Riyan Parag turns this in front of short fine leg and calls Dhruv Jurel through for a quick single. |
| 13.3 : Sam Curran to Dhruv Jurel, OUT! CAUGHT! Sam Curran lets out a big roar! Dhruv Jurel could not have picked the fielder there any better. A golden duck for Jurel. |
| 0.0 : Rovman Powell comes in at number 7. |
| 13.4 : Sam Curran to Rovman Powell, FOUR! Wow, what a way to get off the mark! Curran pitches it up, outside off, Rovman Powell gets his weight on the front foot and plays it right under his eyeline. Drives it to the left of cover and beats deep point to his right. Powell gets going with a boundary. |
| 13.5 : Sam Curran to Rovman Powell, Delivers it on a back of a length, on off, Rovman Powell gets on his toes and stabs it down in front of cover. |
| 13.6 : Sam Curran to Rovman Powell, Takes pace off slightly and bowls it on a short of a length, on off, Rovman Powell taps it in front of point and sets off for the run, only to be sent back by Parag. |
| 14.1 : Rahul Chahar to Riyan Parag, This is flat and short, around off, Riyan Parag gets on the back foot and cuts it to deep point for a single. |
| 14.2 : Rahul Chahar to Rovman Powell, Slower and shorter, on the off-stump line, Rovman Powell goes back in his crease and has to check his shot as the ball sticks in the surface. Defends it back to the bowler. |
| 14.3 : Rahul Chahar to Rovman Powell, OUT! CAUGHT AND BOWLED! The googly has done the trick for Rahul Chahar! A soft dismissal and Rajasthan slip further. |
| 14.4 : Rahul Chahar to Donovan Ferreira, Fires it in, full and on off, Donovan Ferreira drives it off the front foot to cover. |
| 0.0 : Rajasthan opt for their Impact Player. It is Donovan Ferreira who walks in with the bat now. It is Dhruv Jurel who sits out for him. |
| 14.5 : Rahul Chahar to Donovan Ferreira, Slows it up nicely, full and turning away, outside off, Donovan Ferreira lunges to play at it. The ball spins away and goes past the outside edge. There was not much interest from the bowler but Jonny Bairstow seemed interested and Sam Curran has taken the review. There is nothing on UltraEdge and Punjab lose their review. |
| 14.6 : Rahul Chahar to Donovan Ferreira, Drags his length back and bowls it over off, Donovan Ferreira gets on the back foot and he has to wait and wait to get the pull shot away. Pulls it uppishly without much timing in the vacant mid-wicket region for a single. Chahar is done for the night. He finishes with figures of 4-0-26-2. |
| 15.1 : Nathan Ellis to Donovan Ferreira, Nathan Ellis starts this over with a short one, on top of off. Donovan Ferreira gets it to square leg off the inside edge. They take two runs. |
| 15.2 : Nathan Ellis to Donovan Ferreira, Shortish once again. Donovan Ferreira stands tall and pulls it to wide long on for one. |
| 15.3 : Nathan Ellis to Riyan Parag, FOUR! EDGED! This one flies past the flying Jonny Bairstow. Just finger-tips away. Short ball, outside off. Riyan Parag throws his bat at it. The ball catches the outside edge and flies down to deep third for four runs. |
| 15.4 : Nathan Ellis to Riyan Parag, Fuller one, on off. Parag pushes this to mid on and crosses for a quick single. |
| 15.5 : Nathan Ellis to Donovan Ferreira, Short ball, outside off. Donovan Ferreira pulls it into mid-wicket for one. |
| 15.6 : Nathan Ellis to Riyan Parag, Fuller one, wide of off. Parag leans in and drives it towards deep cover for one. |
| 0.0 : Strategic break! Punjab continue to dominate the proceedings and they just have not allowed Rajasthan to get any sort of momentum into their innings. Through some disciplined bowling, they have been able to chip away at the wickets but cannot afford to be complacent and let the pressure off in the last four overs. Having been there since the 7th over, Riyan Parag has to bat through and ensure that Rajasthan end up with a fighting total. Arshdeep (3-0-22-1) will bowl after the break. |
| 16.1 : Arshdeep Singh to Riyan Parag, FOUR! The local boy is turning the heat up. |
| 16.2 : Arshdeep Singh to Riyan Parag, FOUR! A bit of luck, but he will take it. Two boundaries in a row for Rajasthan now. Back of a length, outside off. Parag looks to slap it into point, but it catches the outside edge and fles towards deep third for four runs. |
| 16.3 : Arshdeep Singh to Riyan Parag, No run. |
| 16.4 : Arshdeep Singh to Riyan Parag, No run. |
| 16.5 : Arshdeep Singh to Riyan Parag, No run. |
| 16.6 : Arshdeep Singh to Riyan Parag, 1 run. |
| 17.1 : Harshal Patel to Riyan Parag, Fuller one, outside off. Parag knocks it to long on for one. |
| 17.2 : Harshal Patel to Donovan Ferreira, Full again, angled into the pads. Donovan Ferreira clips it towards wide long on for a brace. |
| 17.3 : Trent Boult walks in next. |
| 17.4 : Harshal Patel to Trent Boult, Full toss, on the pads. Boult shuffles and clips it into the leg side for one. |
| 17.3 : Harshal Patel to Donovan Ferreira, OUT! CAUGHT IN THE DEEP! Donovan Ferreira has to walk back on just 7 runs. The impact player could not really make a difference. Rajasthan in deep trouble. |
| 17.5 : Harshal Patel to Riyan Parag, Low full toss, outside off this time. Parag taps it towards point and comes back for the second run. |
| 17.6 : Harshal Patel to Riyan Parag, On a length, outside off. Parag goes back and punches it to deep point for two runs. Once again he places it really well in the gap to beat the fielder inside the circle. The local boy has certainly grown into a solid player. He just continues to answer his critics this season. |
| Nathan Ellis (3-0-16-1) has been given the ball for the penultimate over. |
| 18.1 : Nathan Ellis to Trent Boult, Nathan Ellis fires it full, into the pads. Trent Boult just tries to flick it into the leg side but gets pinged on his pads. |
| 18.2 : Nathan Ellis to Trent Boult, Boult tries to go after this full ball, outside off, but fails to get any bat on it. |
| 18.3 : Nathan Ellis to Trent Boult, FOUR! He connects this time and finds the boundary. Shorter one, outside off. Boult goes back and cuts it towards third man for four runs. |
| 18.5 : Nathan Ellis to Trent Boult, Slower one, on a good length, outside off. Trent Boult has to reach out and only manages to get a under-edge on it. |
| 18.4 : Nathan Ellis to Trent Boult, FOUR! It is a fuller one, angled into the pads. Trent Boult just gets a bit of blade on it. The ball races down to fine leg for four more. Trent Boult with some valuable contribution. |
| 18.6 : Nathan Ellis to Trent Boult, No run. |
| 0.0 : Who will bowl the last over? It will be Harshal Patel. He has gone for 22 runs from his 3 overs. Can he keep Rajasthan under 150? |
| 19.1 : Harshal Patel to Riyan Parag, Harshal Patel dishes a slower one, full and outside off. Riyan Parag sets his eyes on it and goes for a wild heave across the line but does not connect. |
| 19.2 : Harshal Patel to Riyan Parag, OUT! LBW! The dipping full toss time time. Riyan Parag once again looks to send it sailing into the stands, but fails to get any bat on it. He gets struck on the thigh pads of his front leg. Harshal Patel puts in a loud appeal and the finger goes up instantly. Riyan Parag takes a review, as he is the last recognised batter, but he knows that he is done here. The Ball Tracking shows three reds and he takes the long walk. |
| Avesh Khan comes out to bat now. |
| 19.3 : Harshal Patel to Avesh Khan, Full toss, on the pads. Avesh Khan flicks it to fine leg for two runs. |
| 19.4 : Harshal Patel to Avesh Khan, A dipping full toss once again, but Khan knocks it down to long on for one. |
| 19.5 : Harshal Patel to Trent Boult, Just short. A fuller one, on the stumps. Trent Boult hits it high in the air towards mid-wicket. The ball does not carry as the bowler hardly offered any pace on this one. Two runs taken. |
| 19.6 : Harshal Patel to Trent Boult, OUT! RUN OUT! |
| 0.0 : A sensational bowling effort from Punjab! From start to finish, the visitors exploited the conditions with the ball and just did not allow the Rajasthan batters to have it their way. Punjab dominated the Powerplay thanks to disciplined bowling, primarily from their pace attack. Although Arshdeep Singh was expensive in his initial overs, Sam Curran provided the early breakthrough. Nathan Ellis and Harshal Patel then maintained the pressure by stringing together dot balls, constraining Rajasthan' |
| As for Rajasthan, their innings never really took off and have had to be content with what looks like a below-par total at the halfway mark. Rajasthan faced an early setback, losing Yashasvi Jaiswal in the first over. Tom Kohler-Cadmore and Sanju Samson got a couple of boundaries but struggled to rotate the strike. Samson perished in his quest to break free, as did the debutant, Kohler-Cadmore. Promoted to number 5, Ravichandran Ashwin struggled to get going initially before taking Rahul Chahar |
| Harshal Patel is in for a chat. He mentions that it has been a kind of a see-saw. The Purple cap keeps running away from him. States that he always aspires to be as great as Jasprit Bumrah and really loves competing with him. Mentions that it is all about executing the dipping deliveries well, and he believes in himself a lot. Adds that he has been bowling the slower dipping yorker for 5 years, but in the previous season he could not really make a huge impact. On the score, he thinks that this i |
| Right then, the Punjab bowlers have set the game up for them nicely. The onus is now on their batters to get the job done, and a win here for Punjab would lift them off the bottom. On the other hand, Rajasthan have fallen way short of where they would have wanted to be, but they have something to bowl at. On a wicket that looks to be on the slower side, Yuzvendra Chahal and Ravichandran Ashwin will hold the key, but before that, the likes of Trent Boult and Sandeep Sharma will have to get ear |
| ... THE RUN CHASE ... |
| 0.1 : Trent Boult to Prabhsimran Singh, Short one, on off. Prabhsimran Singh stays back, this one moves back into him and he just pushes it back to the bowler. |
| 0.2 : Trent Boult to Prabhsimran Singh, 2 runs. |
| 0.3 : Trent Boult to Prabhsimran Singh, FOUR! Wonderful shot. Trent Boult fires it full into the pads. Prabhsimran Singh drills it past the bowler for a cracking boundary. |
| 0.4 : Trent Boult to Prabhsimran Singh, OUT! c Yuzvendra Chahal b Trent Boult. |
| 0.0 : Rilee Rossouw walks in at number 3. |
| 0.5 : Trent Boult to Rilee Rossouw, A length ball, on off. Rilee Rossouw blocks it solidly. |
| 0.6 : Trent Boult to Rilee Rossouw, No run. |
| 0.0 : It will be Sandeep Sharma to operate from the other end. |
| 1.1 : Sandeep Sharma to Jonny Bairstow, Sandeep Sharma starts his spell with an inswinger, Jonny Bairstow stays back and defends it out solidly. |
| 1.2 : Sandeep Sharma to Jonny Bairstow, On a length, on off. Jonny Bairstow hangs back and clips it into mid-wicket for one. |
| 1.3 : Sandeep Sharma to Rilee Rossouw, On a good-length, angling across. Rilee Rossouw stays back and punches it to covers for none, |
| 1.4 : Sandeep Sharma to Rilee Rossouw, Sandeep Sharma knocks this length ball towards deep point for two runs. |
| 1.5 : Sandeep Sharma to Rilee Rossouw, FOUR! Rilee Rossouw finds his first boundary. It is a full one, outside off. Rilee Rossouw hangs back and crunches it through covers for a cracking boundary. A much-needed one as well for Punjab. |
| 1.6 : Sandeep Sharma to Rilee Rossouw, Sandeep Sharma fires it full, on off. Rilee Rossouw flicks it into the leg side for no run. |
| 2.1 : Trent Boult to Jonny Bairstow, A length ball, angling across. Jonny Bairstow knocks it into covers but straight to the fielder. |
| 2.2 : Trent Boult to Jonny Bairstow, FOUR! Jonny Bairstow gets into the act. It is a good-length delivery, on off, nipping back in. Jonny Bairstow hangs back and smacks it over mid on. He clears the in-field and finds the boundary. |
| 2.3 : Trent Boult to Jonny Bairstow, Fuller one, wide of off. Jonny Bairstow flat-bats it down the park for one. |
| 2.4 : Trent Boult to Rilee Rossouw, FOUR! Short and punished. Boult drops his length this time and Rilee Rossouw is ready to pounce on it. He pulls it through mid-wicket for a cracking boundary. |
| 2.5 : Trent Boult to Rilee Rossouw, FOUR! Two boundaries in a row now. |
| 2.6 : Trent Boult to Rilee Rossouw, Shorter one, outside off, shaping further away. Rilee Rossouw throws his bat at it but misses. |
| 3.1 : Sandeep Sharma to Jonny Bairstow, Pitches it up, around off. Jonny Bairstow pushes it towards mid off for none. |
| 3.2 : Sandeep Sharma to Jonny Bairstow, Too full, outside off. Jonny Bairstow pushes this into covers. |
| 3.3 : Sandeep Sharma to Jonny Bairstow, A low full toss, outside off. Jonny Bairstow looks to push it away but gets an inside edge on it. The ball just dies there and they take one. This partnership has grown positively for Punjab. |
| 3.4 : Sandeep Sharma to Rilee Rossouw, FOUR! It is full, angled into the body. Rilee Rossouw swings across and gets it to deep mid-wicket for four more. He moves to 18 now. |
| 3.5 : Sandeep Sharma to Rilee Rossouw, Sandeep Sharma nails the yorker this time, on off. Rilee Rossouw jams it back to the bowler. |
| 3.6 : Sandeep Sharma to Rilee Rossouw, FOUR! Poor from Sandeep Sharma. He goes full and into the pads. Rilee Rossouw picks it up nicely and swings it towards deep mid-wicket for four runs. |
| Avesh Khan comes into the attack as the first change. |
| 4.1 : Avesh Khan to Jonny Bairstow, A length ball, on off. Jonny Bairstow defends it out nicely. |
| 4.2 : Avesh Khan to Jonny Bairstow, Good length, around off. Bairstow pushes it to covers for one. |
| 4.3 : Avesh Khan to Rilee Rossouw, OUT! CAUGHT! Avesh Khan with a huge wicket here. |
| 0.0 : Shashank Singh is the new man in. |
| 4.4 : Avesh Khan to Shashank Singh, No run. |
| 4.5 : Avesh Khan to Shashank Singh, OUT! lbw b Avesh Khan. |
| 0.0 : The Punjab skipper, Sam Curran walks in with his side in a spot of bother. |
| 4.6 : Avesh Khan to Sam Curran, Short ball, outside off. Curran pushes it to point for one. |
| 5.1 : Sandeep Sharma to Sam Curran, Comes from around the wicket and pitches it up, on off, Sam Curran drives it without much timing to cover. |
| 5.2 : Sandeep Sharma to Sam Curran, Takes pace off a bit and drags the length back, on middle, Sam Curran punches it with a straight bat to long on for a single. |
| 5.3 : Sandeep Sharma to Jonny Bairstow, Another off-pace delivery, at the stumps, on a good length, curving away a bit, Jonny Bairstow reads it well and plays it back to the bowler. |
| 5.4 : Sandeep Sharma to Jonny Bairstow, This is full again, on off and middle, Jonny Bairstow firms the straight drive but can't get it past the bowler who makes the stop. |
| 5.5 : Sandeep Sharma to Jonny Bairstow, Sandeep continues to mix it up. This is on a length and without any pace on it, on off, Jonny Bairstow presses forward but can only pat it back to the bowler. |
| 5.6 : Sandeep Sharma to Jonny Bairstow, Even slower by Sandeep, at 103.6 kph, on a short of a length, Jonny Bairstow tucks it off his pads towards short fine leg. Just 2 runs off it and at the end of the Powerplay, Punjab are 39/3. |
| 6.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jonny Bairstow, Starts off on a nagging length does Ashwin, on off, gets a hint of turn, Jonny Bairstow hangs back and chops it beside the deck. |
| 6.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jonny Bairstow, Sliding on the pads, a bit quicker, Jonny Bairstow knocks it to wide long on for a single. |
| 6.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Sam Curran, Comes from around the wicket for the left-hander and pushes it through with the angle, short and on middle and leg, Sam Curran pushes it aerially but well away from the bowler. A single taken as the ball rolls to long on. |
| 6.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jonny Bairstow, Drops it short and on middle, Jonny Bairstow exposes all his stumps as he backs away and cuts it to deep cover for one. |
| 6.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Sam Curran, 1 run. |
| 6.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jonny Bairstow, Continues to keep the length towards him rather than keeping it towards the batter, around the off-stump line, Jonny Bairstow makes room and slaps it down to long off for one more single. A quiet first over from Ashwin, just the 5 runs off it. |
| 0.0 : Chnage. |
| 7.1 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Jonny Bairstow, Gets away with it does Chahal! |
| 7.2 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Jonny Bairstow, A bit fuller and it is quicker as well, on off, Jonny Bairstow plays it off the back foot and plays it square to deep point for one. |
| 7.3 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Sam Curran, At 90.3 kph, turning in, short and on middle, Sam Curran whips it with the turn to deep mid-wicket for one. |
| 7.4 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Jonny Bairstow, Attacks the stumps but the length stays short, Jonny Bairstow goes back in his crease and flat bat it aerially towards wide long on where Riyan Parag keeps it down to just one. |
| 7.5 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Sam Curran, Drops the length back more and bowls it on middle, Sam Curran steps out to get momentum into the shot and turns it to deep mid-wicket for one. |
| 7.6 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Jonny Bairstow, OUT! IN THE AIR AND GONE! No boundaries since the 4th over and something had to give! Yuzvendra Chahal with the big wicket for Rajasthan as they strengthen their grip on the game. |
| 8.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Sam Curran, Flat and angling in, short and on middle, Sam Curran tucks it off the back foot to mid-wicket. |
| 8.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Sam Curran, Fires it in from around the wicket, on middle, Sam Curran prods to defend and gets an inside edge onto the pads. |
| 0.0 : Jitesh Sharma comes out to bat now. |
| 8.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Sam Curran, Serves it short and just outside off, Sam Curran gives himself room to play the cut. Gets it off the outer half of the bat towards point for one. |
| 8.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jitesh Sharma, No run. |
| 8.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jitesh Sharma, SIX! Too short and Jitesh Sharma climbs all over it! |
| 8.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jitesh Sharma, On a fullish length, at the stumps, Jitesh Sharma gets his bat down in time and keeps it out at the right of the bowler. Just 7 runs off it despite that maximum from Jitesh. |
| Strategic break. Rajasthan are doing a superb job with the ball in hand. They might've scored 15-20 runs less than what they would've envisioned, but with the ball they are putting up a solid fight. Yuzvendra Chahal picked a crucial wicket in the previous over, which put Punjab in a spot of bother. |
| 9.1 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Sam Curran, FOUR! Not where he intended but Sam Curran will take it! Chahal bowls it full and straight, at the stumps, Sam Curran gets down and hurriedly goes for the sweep. Gets it off the inner half of the bat but it splits the gap behind square on the leg side for a boundary. |
| 9.2 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Sam Curran, Drags the length back and bowls it around middle, Sam Curran whips it to the left of long on and looks for the second but the fielder in the deep swoops in and keeps it down to one. |
| 9.3 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Jitesh Sharma, Tosses it up and bowls it full, Jitesh Sharma gets on the front foot and drives it with a straight bat to long off for one more. |
| 9.4 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Sam Curran, Angles it across the left-hander, full and near the tramline on off, Sam Curran lets it go. |
| 9.5 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Sam Curran, At 92.6 kph, on a nagging length, around the pads, Sam Curran tucks it in front of square on the leg side and will have to be content with just a run. |
| 9.6 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Jitesh Sharma, Pushes it through, full and on middle, Jitesh Sharma turns this one in the vacant mid-wicket region and keeps the strike with a single. Punjab need just over 8 runs per over and they got 8 from this Chahal over. |
| 10.1 : Avesh Khan to Jitesh Sharma, Avesh Khan serves a short one, on top of off. Jitesh Sharma stays back and taps it to mid off. |
| 10.2 : Avesh Khan to Jitesh Sharma, Shorter one, outside off. Sharma punches it to deep point for no run. |
| 10.3 : Avesh Khan to Jitesh Sharma, A sharp bouncer, on off. Sharma lets it be due to that extra bounce. |
| 10.4 : Avesh Khan to Jitesh Sharma, Four dots on the trot. Avesh Khan fires it on a shorter length outside off, on the quicker side as well. Jitesh Sharma gets behind the line and stabs it to backward point. |
| 10.5 : Avesh Khan to Jitesh Sharma, Back of a length, outside off. Jitesh Sharma cuts it towards deep point. They take two runs. Avesh Khan continues to keep it tight. |
| 10.6 : Avesh Khan to Jitesh Sharma, A length ball, around off. This one holds in the surface. Jitesh Sharma hangs back and clips it into the leg side for one. Avesh Khan has given away just 5 runs in his two overs so far. |
| 11.1 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Jitesh Sharma, Floated and full, around middle. It turns away. Jitesh Sharma clips it into the leg side for one. |
| 11.2 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Sam Curran, Sam Curran now rotates the strike as he smacks this full ball into covers. |
| 11.3 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Jitesh Sharma, Fuller one, outside off. Jitesh Sharma punches it to mid off for a single. |
| 11.4 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Sam Curran, FOUR! It is full, on middle and leg. Sam Curran clears his front leg and whips it along the ground through mid-wicket for four runs. |
| 11.5 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Sam Curran, Yuzvendra Chahal serves it short, on leg. Sam Curran uses his feet and tucks it to square leg for a brace. |
| 11.6 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Sam Curran, Darted on the pads. Sam Curran clips it into mid-wicket for one. |
| 12.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Sam Curran, Ravichandran Ashwin starts with an arm ball, on the pads. Curran clips it to mid on for no run. |
| 12.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Sam Curran, FOUR! Sam Curran with a thunderous strike. He is playing a captain's knock here. Short one, wide of off. Curran goes back and cuts it hard to deep point for a boundary. |
| 12.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Sam Curran, Fuller, outside off, pushed to point. |
| 12.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Sam Curran, No run. |
| 12.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Sam Curran, Pushed through quicker, on off. Curran pushes it out gently. |
| 12.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Sam Curran, Darted on the pads. Curran clips it to mid-wicket for one. |
| 0.0 : Trent Boult (2-0-19-1) returns to the attack. |
| 13.1 : Trent Boult to Sam Curran, FOUR! Easily done. Boult serves it on a length, angling down leg. Sam Curran swivels and whips it towards fine leg for four runs. |
| 13.2 : Trent Boult to Sam Curran, 1 run. |
| 13.3 : Trent Boult to Jitesh Sharma, Back of a length, outside off. Sharma tucks it to mid-wicket for no run. |
| 13.4 : Trent Boult to Jitesh Sharma, Good length, angled into the body. Sharma pulls it to deep square leg off the inner half. One taken. |
| 13.5 : Trent Boult to Sam Curran, On a fuller length, outside off. Curran flicks it into the leg side for a single. |
| 13.6 : Trent Boult to Jitesh Sharma, An 8 run over comes to an end here. It is full, outside off. Sharma dabs it to deep third for one. |
| 14.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jitesh Sharma, Floated and full, around off. This one holds in the surface. Jitesh Sharma defends it out off the top-half of the blade. |
| 14.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jitesh Sharma, Six! |
| 14.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Jitesh Sharma, A single now as Jitesh Sharma knocks this full ball to mid on. |
| 14.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Sam Curran, SIX! WHAT A SHOT! 100 up for Punjab in fine fashion. |
| 14.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Sam Curran, No run. |
| 14.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Sam Curran, A single now as Curran works this full ball down the ground. |
| 15.1 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Sam Curran, Sees the batter advance and drops the length back, it is slower as well, on leg, Sam Curran waits on it and tucks it to the left of deep mid-wicket for a couple of runs. Curran loses his footing while stretching to make his ground at the batting end. He looks fine to continue though. |
| 15.2 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Sam Curran, WIDE! Chahal is lucky, very lucky to get away with it! A real rank-hop, down leg, there to be put away, Sam Curran gets inside the line and swings but fails to connect. Sanju Samson moves around quickly and dives low to his right to make the stop. |
| Yuzvendra Chahal to Sam Curran, FOUR! Sam Curran does not miss out this time! Way too short again and width on offer on off, Sam Curran reaches out and slaps it in front of square on the off side for a boundary. |
| 15.3 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Sam Curran, Floats it up and bowls it slower as well, on middle and leg, Sam Curran advances and nudges it to mid-wicket for one. |
| 15.4 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Jitesh Sharma, OUT! TAKEN! 'Catch it' is the call and Riyan Parag takes it! Jitesh Sharma tries to take Chahal on but it does not quite come off for him. Chahal bowls it full and straight, on middle and leg, Jitesh Sharma clears his front leg and shapes up for the down town. He plays for the ball turning away from him but this goes straight and catches the inner half of the bat. It goes flat and straight down the throat of long on where the local boy, Riyan Parag ru |
| 0.0 : Strategic break. The biggest stand of this game has been broken by Yuzvendra Chahal, at a very crucial juncture as well. This is what Rajasthan need and their ace-spinner has given them a slight-edge at the fag end of this innings. Can Rajasthan now spin the game around in their favour? Or will Sam Curran continue with his on-slaught? Stick around to find out. |
| 15.5 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Ashutosh Sharma, Flighted delivery, full and a hint of away turn, on off, Ashutosh Sharma gets his bat out in front and defends it on the off side. |
| 15.6 : Yuzvendra Chahal to Ashutosh Sharma, Ashutosh shows his cards a bit early as he uses his feet. Chahal fires it on the pads and Ashutosh tucks it through square leg and gets off the mark with a single. A wicket and 9 runs off it, a potentially game-changing over from Chahal. |
| 16.1 : Avesh Khan to Ashutosh Sharma, A direct throw and Sam Curran was struggling! Avesh bowls it on a hard length, on off, Ashutosh Sharma dabs it to the right of backward point and sets off for the run. Yashasvi Jaiswal gets a good bounce and fires in a throw at the batting end. He fails to hit the stumps, allowing Curran to get in safely. |
| 16.2 : Avesh Khan to Sam Curran, Hurls it on a hard length ag ain, on off, Sam Curran gets on his toes and steers it to backward point. Ashutosh Sharma wants a single but gets sent back by his partner. |
| 16.3 : Avesh Khan to Sam Curran, Lands it on a good length, on off, Sam Curran drives it on the up and a bit aerially but in front of mid off for one. |
| 16.4 : Avesh Khan to Ashutosh Sharma, Continues to hit the deck hard does Avesh, outside off, Ashutosh Sharma uses the pace and runs it down to deep third for one more run. 3 runs off the first 4 balls. Can Avesh get out of the over here? |
| 16.5 : Avesh Khan to Sam Curran, In the air... and it just about evades the bowler! Bangs it on a back of a length, over middle, the ball sticks in the surface and Sam Curran closes the bat face to work it across the line. Gets a leading edge that goes past the outstretched right hand of Avesh. They cross. |
| 17.1 : Sandeep Sharma to Sam Curran, 1 run. |
| 16.6 : Avesh Khan to Ashutosh Sharma, FOUR! Ashutosh Sharma gives Punjab the boundary they were after! Sanju Samson's reaction says it all. A boundary off the last ball spoils what was turning out to be an absolutely brilliant over from Avesh. Avesh takes pace off and goes into the wicket, errs in line though as he offers width on off, Ashutosh Sharma hops back and waits for the ball to arrive. Ramps it over the keeper and finds the fence. 8 runs off the over and Punjab now need 25 runs from t |
| 17.2 : Sandeep Sharma to Ashutosh Sharma, Pulls his length back but offers no real pace, on middle and leg, Ashutosh Sharma uses his feet and drops it beside the pitch on the leg side for one. |
| 17.3 : Sandeep Sharma to Sam Curran, FIFTY FOR SAM CURRAN! A captain's innings from the English all-rounder and he has led the recovery for his side after a shaky start. The job is not over though and Curran knows it, just a raise of the bat from him. |
| 17.4 : Sandeep Sharma to Ashutosh Sharma, Nails the yorker, at the base of the stumps, Ashutosh Sharma gets his bat down in time and jams it out to the right of the bowler. |
| 17.5 : Sandeep Sharma to Ashutosh Sharma, Full and angling in, around off, Ashutosh Sharma drills it down to long off. Just like the previous over, 4 runs off the first 5 balls. Will it have the same finish? |
| 17.6 : Sandeep Sharma to Sam Curran, SIX! BANG! Sam Curran finishes the over in the best possible fashion! Another over that was going well over Rajasthan but ended in a heartbreaking fashion. Sandeep digs it in short, over middle, not short enough for the batter, Sam Curran dispatches the pull over deep square leg for a maximum. |
| 18.1 : Avesh Khan to Ashutosh Sharma, Bowls it on a shortish length, on off, Ashutosh Sharma stays deep in his crease and throws his hands at it. Gets a thickish outside edge that goes over backward point. A single taken. |
| 18.2 : Avesh Khan to Sam Curran, SIX! BOOM! Stand and deliver stuff from the Punjab skipper! Avesh bowls it on a back of a length, over middle, Sam Curran is unfazed by the length. Holds his shape and tonks it over wide long on for half a dozen. Punjab nearly there. |
| 18.3 : Avesh Khan to Sam Curran, Serves it on a yorker length, on middle, Sam Curran squeezes it out to long on and rotates the strike. |
| 18.4 : Avesh Khan to Ashutosh Sharma, SIX! That's what Ashutosh Sharma can do! This has gone many a mile. Angling in, on a good length, honing in at the stumps, Ashutosh Sharma clears his front leg and picks the bones out of that. Deposits it way over long on for a maximum. Scores level now. |
| 18.5 : Avesh Khan to Ashutosh Sharma, Punjab get the job done! Rajasthan slump to their fourth successive defeat. Avesh bends his back and serves a bumper, around leg, Ashutosh Sharma is early into the pull shot. Toe-ends it behind square on the leg side and that will do for Punjab. |
| What a contest this one turned out to be. We all thought this target is easily achievable for the chasing side, but well Rajasthan came out all guns-blazing with the ball in hand. It was Avesh Khan who set the tone with the ball in hand, where he picked up two wickets by giving away just 5 runs in his first two overs. Followed by some from incredible bowling by their spin-duo of Ravichandran Ashwin and Yuzvendra Chahal, put Punjab in a spot of bother when they lost 4 wickets for not even 50 run |
| 0.0 : Then came a gritty stand between Sam Curran and Jitesh Sharma of 63-runs. Both the batters took a calculative approach and eventually build a solid platform for the death overs. Although, some tension creeped back in when Chahal got the better of Jitesh Sharma in the 16th over of the game. A new batter then stepped up as an Impact Player in Ashutosh Sharma and provided an ideal support to Sam Curran and made sure, the two get their side home. Remember what they say, the life comes full circle |
| Jitesh Sharma is in for a quick chat. He starts by saying that they did not feel that 140 was gonna be difficult to chase. Adds that he did not even feel that he would bat in this innings. States that he is very happy for himself and his team because of his contribution. Informs that this is a real challenge for the domestic players against Hyderabad, when some of our players head back home for the preparations. |
| The captain of Rajasthan, Sanju Samson, says that they were aiming for a little bit more and expected a wicket better than this. Opines that it was not a 140 kind of wicket and feels that they should have gotten above 160 with the batting they have. States that they would have ideally wanted a bowler as an Impact Player but it did not affect them much as he is used to having 5 quality bowlers. Tells that they need to find out what is not working as a team. Further says that someone has to put th |
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| The skipper of Punjab, Sam Curran says that they bowled really well as a group. Shares that the message was about playing for pride. Mentions that Nathan Ellis was amazing and showed what a class player he is. Tells that they did not needed to take risks on this small ground. Informs that he and Jonny Bairstow are leaving after this game. |
| Right then, that's it from the coverage of this game. The Indian T20 League will continue on 16th May, 2024 when Hyderabad will be locking horns against Gujarat in match number 66 of this season. The first ball will be at 7.30 pm IST (2 pm GMT), but you can join us early for the build-up. Until then, take care and goodbye. |
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