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| Venue: Feroz Shah Kotla,Delhi |
KKR Probable XI: Sunil Narine, Chris Lynn, Robin Uthappa (wk), Nitish Rana, Shubman Gill, Andre Russell, Dinesh Karthik (c), Piyush Chawla, Kuldeep Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Prasidh Krishna
KOLKATA 185/8 (20.0)
DELHI 185/6 (20.0)
Match tied (Delhi Capitals won the Super Over)
Ball 6: Rabada to Uthappa, 1 run, full toss. And Delhi seal what was always theirs, only 20 minutes later into the night. Robin walks down the track to it, and then tries to loft his drive. But no, will only get a toe-end down to mid-off. 7/1
So it need not only be a six. It can be a four as well. A tie WILL help Kolkata here - as they are ahead on the number of sixes hit.
Ball 5: Rabada to Karthik, 1 run, oh he's writing a textbook in super-over bowlings here is Rabada. Another very low full toss, and Karthik despite all his extravaganza can stil not get under it cleanly, scooping the inside half to short fine leg. Ooh, an inch on either side and it would've been the game. 6/1
Ball 4, Rabada to Uthappa, 1 run, slightly friendlier with the yorker just outside off. Jammed away to point. 5/1
Ball 3: Rabada to Russell, BOWLED. More fire in the yorker, 147kph like, and bang on the base of middle. Russell isn't all that good, well he isn't, he just can't keep this out. Is a day late in squeezing his bat down in time. Middle's uprooted. 4/1
Ball 2: Rabada to Russell, dot ball, nails the yorker. Russell somehow, somehow, just somehowmanages to jam his bat down in time. 4/0
Ball 1: Rabada to Russell, FOUR, no, no, it's Rabada's nightmare playing out here. 144kph, but in the form of a low full toss drifting down leg as well. Rusell gets lots of bat on it, clipping it away quite nonchalantly through square leg. The empty square leg. 4/0
11. And ya, ya, calm down you KKR nuts, Russell WILL bat. DK will accompany, you know, play second fiddle. They're knocking it around out there with Kallis muttering some advice into their ears. And it looks like Rabada will take the ball. Here goes ..
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Ball 6: Krishna to Pant, 1 run, tries a weird reverse scoop - two handed - and all he gets is an edge, spooning just short of the keeper .. So, 10/1 is what it'll be
Ball 5: Krishna to Pant, 2 runs, short, tummy-lined. Pant is one-handed again, this time to pull it away to square leg. Once again, the fielder out there is slow, and his throw is really inaccurate. 9/1
Ball 4: Krishna to Pant, 2 runs, his usual one-handed slices, uppish and clears the cover guy in the infield. Chawla's at long-off, and isn't going to stop the second. 7/1
Ball 3: Krishna to Iyer, OUT -- caught by Chawla. So he gets a full pitch up, which Iyer tries to launch downtown, but the bat twists, turns and then skies up .. mid-off. 5/1
Ball 2: Krishna to Iyer, FOUR, the head-lined bouncer. Iyer gets inside the line, knows fine leg is in the ring and hooks it really fine. 5/0
Ball 1: Krishna to Pant, 1 run, quite short. Lots of width too. But Pant doesn't connect cleanly, with half a bat in his slap to deep sweeper. 1/0
19.6
Kuldeep Yadav to Ingram, out Ingram Run Out!! 1 run completed. Swipes behind square. And he runs. He HAS TO. Beats short fine leg. But all his desperation is good enough for a single. Uthappa swooped in there, and capped it with a flat throw at the striker's. And DK turns the lights up .. SUPER OVER. Oh Kolkata have stolen this, right under Delhi's nose. Ingram run out (Uthappa/Karthik) 10(7) [4s-1]
Kuldeep Yadav to Ingram, THAT'S OUT!! Run Out!!
Harshal Patel, right handed bat, comes to the crease
19.5
Kuldeep Yadav to Hanuma Vihari, out Caught by Shubman Gill!! It will twist, ever so slowly, but it will twist. Short, skiddy, heaved, and it's straight down deep mid-wicket's throat. The favourites have turned, clearly. Hanuma Vihari c Shubman Gill b Kuldeep Yadav 2(3)
Kuldeep Yadav to Hanuma Vihari, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
19.4
Kuldeep Yadav to Ingram, 1 run, just the single - courtesy a chip down to long-off .. 2 off 2
19.3
Kuldeep Yadav to Ingram, no run, ripper. Turning away big outside off, which starts short, and then Ingram doesn't help himself in trying to read it off the pitch and just desperately sticking hard and straight bat out to look and stab. But no, the pressure will mount .. 3 off 3
19.2
Kuldeep Yadav to Ingram, 2 runs, sliced to deep extra cover. Okay, that's not the fun part - the throw from the deep is. Yadav makes a real mess as he just doesn't collect it cleanly with Vihari clearly outside his crease while getting back for the second
19.1
Kuldeep Yadav to Hanuma Vihari, 1 run, flat on the stumps. Whipped away through mid-wicket, and a single and Ingram on strike is all he wants
19
Runs Scored: 9
Wd 1 1 W 4 1 1
Score after 19 overs
DC 180-4
Hanuma Vihari
1(1)
Ingram
6(3)
Ferguson
4-0-38-1
18.6
Ferguson to Hanuma Vihari, 1 run, short again, steered calmly, third man. 6 runs. 6 balls. Who's willing to do a Bumrah?
18.5
Ferguson to Ingram, 1 run, cutter. Ingram shuffles, gets behind and taps it in front of cover for a quick one
18.4
Ferguson to Ingram, FOUR, short, angling across. But Ingram goes almost as deep as his stumps and waits for the slant to get big as he pulls it away, splitting the massive leg-sided gap perfectly
Hanuma Vihari, right handed bat, comes to the crease
18.3
Ferguson to Prithvi Shaw, out Caught by Karthik!! Kotla heartbreak. A quicker bumper, Shaw can't resist, but for once doesn't find his bat's middle. Big fat top-edge, ballooning high, where DK calls, and nearly makes a mess under the skier, eventually having to take his tummy's help in holding on. So Shaw may have missed out on becoming the youngest IPL centurion, but he becomes the second in these 12 seasons to get out on 99. It's all about getting into trivia books after all, right?! Prithvi Shaw c Karthik b Ferguson 99(55) [4s-12 6s-3]
Ferguson to Prithvi Shaw, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
18.2
Ferguson to Ingram, 1 run, a bit of width outside off, sliced, one-bounced to sweeper
18.1
Ferguson to Prithvi Shaw, 1 run, 140kph, shorter bouncer. Shaw goes really tall to pull, but ends up with a thick inside edge onto his shoulder .. and the ricochet to short third man. What's it with shoulder injuries today!
18.1
Ferguson to Prithvi Shaw, wide, 132.9kph, short, but well down leg. Shaw isn't tall enough to reach out
Lockie Ferguson [3.0-0-29-0] is back into the attack
18
Runs Scored: 3
1 1 0 0 W 1
Score after 18 overs
DC 171-3
Prithvi Shaw
98(53)
Ingram
0(0)
Kuldeep Yadav
3-0-36-1
17.6
Kuldeep Yadav to Prithvi Shaw, 1 run, dropped. Hard slap down the pitch, which Kuldeep gets both hands to, but it just doesn't stick
Colin Ingram, left handed bat, comes to the crease
17.5
Kuldeep Yadav to Pant, out Caught by Chawla!! Miss. Miss. Connect. And when he does, it picks out the man in the deep. Pant refuses to ditch his failed slog sweep from a ball earlier, goes through but Kuldeep very smartly has dragged his length back on this one, making Pant eventually go one-handed in his followthrough. Miscued severely, to deep mid-wicket. Pant c Chawla b Kuldeep Yadav 11(15) [4s-1]
Kuldeep Yadav to Pant, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
17.4
Kuldeep Yadav to Pant, no run, tries a big slog-sweep. But the conventional chinaman is good enough to fox him and sneak under the bat to thud into the pad
17.3
Kuldeep Yadav to Pant, no run, oh Pant and his angry pulls. He swivels, swishes all around it violently, but misses
17.2
Kuldeep Yadav to Prithvi Shaw, 1 run, big sweep attempted, but with a toe-end rolling meekly to short third man
17.1
Kuldeep Yadav to Pant, 1 run, runs down, and then quietly decides to knock it in front of point to jog across
Kuldeep Yadav [2.0-0-33-0] is back into the attack
17
Runs Scored: 16
4 2 4 4 1 1
Score after 17 overs
DC 168-2
Pant
10(11)
Prithvi Shaw
96(51)
Prasidh
4-0-33-0
16.6
Prasidh to Pant, 1 run, rib-lined. A one-handed swivelling heave down to fine leg
16.5
Prasidh to Prithvi Shaw, 1 run, low wide full toss. Toe-ended slice down to third man
16.4
Prasidh to Prithvi Shaw, FOUR, and he has the time to rub in some grace as well into this carnage. The full-faced punch down the pitch, which should ideally have been just a couple, but Russell just doesn't dive. Poor guy, he just can't
16.3
Prasidh to Prithvi Shaw, FOUR, 144.5kph. Proper high full toss, Shaw just throws his hands at it, and the outside edge is enough to run through the cordon. Boy, not just thw wheels, the whole of Kolkata's bus is falling apart
16.2
Prasidh to Prithvi Shaw, 2 runs, 108kph, dug into the pitch, and hacked away over mid-wicket in the infield
16.1
Prasidh to Prithvi Shaw, FOUR, oh he wants a century. And Krishna surely is helping him to it. An overtly friendly drifter down leg, Shaw stays his ground, picks and dispatches it off his legs past the diving keeper
16
Runs Scored: 12
1 4 0 4 2 1
Score after 16 overs
DC 152-2
Prithvi Shaw
81(46)
Pant
9(10)
Ferguson
3-0-29-0
15.6
Ferguson to Prithvi Shaw, 1 run, the sucker yorker. Drilled away to mid-off, where someone dives, and falls on an already hurt left shoulder. Oh and yes, that someone = Russell
15.5
Ferguson to Prithvi Shaw, 2 runs, a very baseball-like pull, with Ferguson refusing to change, and Shaw refusing to let it go. Down to long-on
15.4
Ferguson to Prithvi Shaw, FOUR, short again. Shaw goes 180-degrees the other way now .. makes room and upper-cuts, over short third man
15.3
Ferguson to Prithvi Shaw, no run, another bumper outside off. No Shaw can't connect his pull here
15.2
Ferguson to Prithvi Shaw, FOUR, threatens with the bouncer, but Shaw's not not taking it on. He's waiting deep in the crease just for it and swivels in his hook to put it away very fine
15.1
Ferguson to Pant, 1 run, 138kph, nearly curtains. Pant heaves across the line, Rinku Singh in the deep cleans up, but then both batsmen go half way down for the second and for some reason decide to return to turn back and their respective ends. But the throw is loopy, and way, way off target - letting Shaw dive and get in. In fact his bat too popped up as he slid it in, but the splice gets in, just
Lockie Ferguson [2.0-0-17-0] is back into the attack
15
Runs Scored: 8
1 0 0 1 4 2
Score after 15 overs
DC 140-2
Prithvi Shaw
70(41)
Pant
8(9)
Chawla
4-0-36-1
14.6
Chawla to Prithvi Shaw, 2 runs, soft wrists, flicking it against the turn through mid-wicket. Kotla's not all that small for these delicately placed ones to not yield twos ..
14.5
Chawla to Prithvi Shaw, FOUR, sitter googly. Shaw sits over it, no sorry stands over it, and slaps it away hard, and doesn't even bother keeping it down as he goes over cover
14.4
Chawla to Pant, 1 run, fuller on the stumps. Stroked away down to long-on
14.3
Chawla to Pant, no run, falls over in a conventional big heave-ho - quite like the Pant we know - but misses all ends up. Takes it high on his thigh pad
14.2
Chawla to Pant, no run, first a reverse, then a heave. But a litle too early, letting Chawla spot it and then fire it wide outside off
14.1
Chawla to Prithvi Shaw, 1 run, straight skidder on a length. Shaw backs away, gets stalked, and then wrists it away to fine leg
Piyush Chawla [3.0-0-28-1] is back into the attack
Yashaswi says: "How can anyone give a soft signal for this when TV umpire needs 2-3 different angles?" ---- I have to admit that the soft signal is an eternal mystery that needs to be sorted out soon.
14
Runs Scored: 7
0 1 1 1 4 0
Score after 14 overs
DC 132-2
Pant
7(6)
Prithvi Shaw
63(38)
Prasidh
3-0-17-0
13.6
Prasidh to Pant, no run, goes wide outside off, making Pant stretch, which he does with one hand off the handle as he drags it out to mid-off
13.5
Prasidh to Pant, FOUR, it's getting predictable. 97.8kph here, which Pant first presses forward to and then piles on the line already on the pads to help - with a lot of power in his whack of course - behind square
13.4
Prasidh to Prithvi Shaw, 1 run, 108.6kph, takes pace off, drags the length short, and makes Shaw wait. Does. Flat-bats. Mid-wicket
Three 50+ scores in IPL before turning 20:
Sanju Samson
Rishabh Pant
Ishan Kishan
PRITHVI SHAW
Sanju Samson
Rishabh Pant
Ishan Kishan
PRITHVI SHAW
13.3
Prasidh to Pant, 1 run, full, bottom-hand again, drilling it down the ground
13.2
Prasidh to Prithvi Shaw, 1 run, 140kph, yorker. Shaw goes deep, wristing his hammering drive down the ground
13.1
Prasidh to Prithvi Shaw, no run, hard slap, really crunchy, but picks out extra cover in the circle perfectly
Prasidh Krishna [2.0-0-10-0] is back into the attack
13
Runs Scored: 9
4 1 0 1L 1 2
Score after 13 overs
DC 125-2
Pant
2(3)
Prithvi Shaw
61(35)
Nitish Rana
1-0-8-0
12.6
Nitish Rana to Pant, 2 runs, near mix-up. Pant drives it away through extra cover, gets confused whether to listen to Shaw's call for the second or not, but then quickly does, and runs across. Also, the throw goes to the bowler, who has to relay it to the keeper. And that did help
12.5
Nitish Rana to Prithvi Shaw, 1 run, steps away a touch, leaning into the long-on flick
12.4
Nitish Rana to Pant, leg byes, 1 run, drifting into the legs, Pant whips all around it, stealing the tickle off his boot to short fine leg
12.3
Nitish Rana to Pant, no run, short again, sticking in, spinning in further, which Pant - surprised - jabs it away off the back foot
12.2
Nitish Rana to Prithvi Shaw, 1 run, fuller, lots of bottom hand in this clip in front of square
12.1
Nitish Rana to Prithvi Shaw, FOUR, quick, short, outside off. Never mind it spinning back in, Shaw's already deep enough in the crease and very cheekily dabbing it off the keeper's gloves
Nitish Rana, right-arm off break, comes into the attack
Rishabh Pant, left handed bat, comes to the crease
12
Runs Scored: 14
1 4 1 4 4 W
Score after 12 overs
DC 116-2
Shreyas Iyer
43(32)
Prithvi Shaw
55(32)
A Russell
3-0-28-1
11.6
A Russell to Shreyas Iyer, out Caught by Shubman Gill!! Catching confusion. Gill - in redemption - has done a Dinesh Karthik, plucking pretty much one he would've been forgiven for putting down after dropping one he couldn't have been forgiven for. Iyer whips again, airily, Gill, at cow corner's boundary goes reverse cupped right at the edge over his head. But, but, is his foot touching the cushions? The umpires aren't taking a chance, they go up. And gee, this is really tight. The soft signal wins - OUT. Shreyas Iyer c Shubman Gill b A Russell 43(32) [4s-4 6s-2]
A Russell to Shreyas Iyer, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
11.5
A Russell to Shreyas Iyer, FOUR, full, outside off, Iyer slices hard, drilling it in fact through extra cover. More insult .. an injured soul to top an injured shoulder
11.4
A Russell to Shreyas Iyer, FOUR, there's insult. And then there's this. Firstly Russell's bowling because he has to, and then he's been carted around, and to top it all, the one chance he creates it put down so damn casually. Iyer whips uppishly, doesn't get the distance, straight to Gill, who just lets it spill through
11.3
A Russell to Prithvi Shaw, 1 run, full, tighter on middle. Squeezy-flick, mid-wicket
11.2
A Russell to Prithvi Shaw, FOUR, juicy overcook - oh no it's a full toss - and Shaw has half a helicopter and half a flamingo. So he Dhoni-Pietersen's it through cow corner. Go, figure ..
11.1
A Russell to Shreyas Iyer, 1 run, 114.5kph, slower cutter on the stumps. Iyer walks, flicking it wide of long-on
Andre Russell [2.0-0-14-0] is back into the attack
11
Runs Scored: 20
1 6 1 6 2 4
Score after 11 overs
DC 102-1
Prithvi Shaw
50(30)
Shreyas Iyer
34(28)
Kuldeep Yadav
2-0-33-0
10.6
Kuldeep Yadav to Prithvi Shaw, FOUR, quickly on a knee, and to his credit doesn't try getting under the already-full length. Instead settles to sweep, and does it straight down the ground
10.5
Kuldeep Yadav to Prithvi Shaw, 2 runs, rocks behind, making the to-be-yorker into an overcook to whip it off his legs, round the corner
10.4
Kuldeep Yadav to Prithvi Shaw, SIX, now the advance, stepping away from the line to free up his hands. And his hands take it inside-out over long-on
10.3
Kuldeep Yadav to Shreyas Iyer, 1 run, 106kph. Yup, Kuldeep has this Chawla dart as well. Iyer tries to flick, but ends up with a leading edge into the covers
10.2
Kuldeep Yadav to Shreyas Iyer, SIX, proper drag down - as bad as it can get. And it's the googly as well in it, giving Iyer all the more time to read it better - not that he needed it - but then he waits slogging it several rows into deep square leg
10.1
Kuldeep Yadav to Prithvi Shaw, 1 run, loopy leg-line, enticing a sweep, which Shaw does well to roll his wrists on and nail it all along the ground to fine leg
10
Runs Scored: 7
0 4 0 Wd 1 0 1
Score after 10 overs
DC 82-1
Prithvi Shaw
37(26)
Shreyas Iyer
27(26)
Ferguson
2-0-17-0
9.6
Ferguson to Prithvi Shaw, 1 run, 125.2kph, neat change up. Shaw - foxed - is early on his agricultural heave across the line, dragging it out off the inside half to mid-wicket
9.5
Ferguson to Prithvi Shaw, no run, 147.6kph, Shaw though doesn't seem flustered, in fact seemingly still having the time to wait as he steers it away to point
9.4
Ferguson to Shreyas Iyer, 1 run, 144kph, short again. Iyer dabs it away softly behind point
9.4
Ferguson to Shreyas Iyer, wide, tummy-length, but slipping down leg from the tummy
9.3
Ferguson to Shreyas Iyer, no run, 146.1kph. That's more the Ferguson we know, quick skidder, which Iyer tries upper-cutting to, but the pace is a little too raw for him
9.2
Ferguson to Shreyas Iyer, FOUR, too short. And that fiendly short. Iyer jumps, doesn't mind pulling it with an air-swivel, powerfully through mid-wicket
9.1
Ferguson to Shreyas Iyer, no run, back of a length outside off, carve-worthy. So carved. And straight to point
9
Runs Scored: 11
1 1 6 1 1 1
Score after 9 overs
DC 75-1
Shreyas Iyer
22(22)
Prithvi Shaw
36(24)
Chawla
3-0-28-1
8.6
Chawla to Shreyas Iyer, 1 run, hmm. Loop now. Iyer waits, settles beside and taps it softly to point for quick single, and his strike
8.5
Chawla to Prithvi Shaw, 1 run, quicker. A crouched slap, all off the inside half. Sweeper
8.4
Chawla to Shreyas Iyer, 1 run, straighter one. Iyer walks across, knocking it with the angle coming in. Mid-on
8.3
Chawla to Shreyas Iyer, SIX, conventional, leg-lined, but Iyer's smarter. Clears his forward leg, steps away too and then swings. Into long-on's first floor
8.2
Chawla to Prithvi Shaw, 1 run, skiddy googly. Shaw gets cramped, lining up to cut and eventually having to settle for a defensive punch to cover
8.1
Chawla to Shreyas Iyer, 1 run, well there is turn. It sticks, with Iyer going back deep and stabbing it wide of point to nab a quick one
8
Runs Scored: 13
0 1 1 4 1 6
Score after 8 overs
DC 64-1
Prithvi Shaw
34(22)
Shreyas Iyer
13(18)
Kuldeep Yadav
1-0-13-0
7.6
Kuldeep Yadav to Prithvi Shaw, SIX, in the air and over the rope. Seemed like a mishit by Shaw but it carried a good fair distance. Flighted outside off and Shaw lofts it down the ground, clearing long-off. 13 off the over and it was much needed for Delhi
7.5
Kuldeep Yadav to Shreyas Iyer, 1 run, wrong 'un and Iyer knocks it towards extra cover, crosses over
7.4
Kuldeep Yadav to Shreyas Iyer, FOUR, he connects and that should be a relief. Floated up outside off and that was in the slot for Iyer, who free his arms and smashes it straight back over his partner
7.3
Kuldeep Yadav to Prithvi Shaw, 1 run, fraction short and Shaw cue-ends the pull to deep mid-wicket
7.2
Kuldeep Yadav to Shreyas Iyer, 1 run, now charges down and looks to heave it across the line, the wrong 'un takes the outer half and rolls to short third man
7.1
Kuldeep Yadav to Shreyas Iyer, no run, he is really struggling. Quicker slider outside off and Iyer can't connect with the cut
Kuldeep Yadav, left-arm chinaman, comes into the attack
7
Runs Scored: 6
1 1 1 1 1 1
Score after 7 overs
DC 51-1
Shreyas Iyer
7(14)
Prithvi Shaw
27(20)
Chawla
2-0-17-1
6.6
Chawla to Shreyas Iyer, 1 run, googly and Iyer mistimes the punch to extra cover, he will get the single though
6.5
Chawla to Prithvi Shaw, 1 run, uses his feet and wrists it against the spin towards deep mid-wicket
6.4
Chawla to Shreyas Iyer, 1 run, smartly bowled. Iyer was lining up for a big hit and Chawla slipped in the wrong 'un, Iyer can only dab it to short third man
6.3
Chawla to Prithvi Shaw, 1 run, googly and Shaw works it with the spin towards mid-wicket
6.2
Chawla to Shreyas Iyer, 1 run, quicker and outside off, Iyer drills the drive to long-off
6.1
Chawla to Prithvi Shaw, 1 run, flatter delivery and Shaw nudges through the vacant mid-wicket pocket
Piyush Chawla [1.0-0-11-1] is back into the attack
6
Runs Scored: 12
1 4 6 0 1 0
Score after 6 overs
DC 45-1
Shreyas Iyer
4(11)
Prithvi Shaw
24(17)
A Russell
2-0-14-0
5.6
A Russell to Shreyas Iyer, no run, a well-directed bumper and Iyer sways away from the line of the delivery
5.5
A Russell to Prithvi Shaw, 1 run, change of pace and Shaw is through the drive early, the inside edge rolls to backward square
5.4
A Russell to Prithvi Shaw, no run, short of length around off, Shaw punches it straight back and Russell makes the stop
5.3
A Russell to Prithvi Shaw, SIX, cracking shot! Shaw picked the length so quickly there, it was fraction short and he was onto it in a flash, gets into a good position and nails the pull flat into the crowd at deep mid-wicket
5.2
A Russell to Prithvi Shaw, FOUR, overpitched and Shaw does not miss out, he stays leg-side of the ball and lifts it over mid-off. Just managed to clear Ferguson on the edge of the 30-yard circle
5.1
A Russell to Shreyas Iyer, 1 run, on a length outside off, Iyer plays it with soft hands in front of cover and calls for the single
5
Runs Scored: 4
0 1 0 1 Wd 1 0
Score after 5 overs
DC 33-1
Prithvi Shaw
13(13)
Shreyas Iyer
3(9)
Prasidh
2-0-10-0
4.6
Prasidh to Prithvi Shaw, no run, excellent stop. Back of a length and Shaw slaps the punch straight back, Prasidh gets down quickly and saves what might have been a certain boundary
4.5
Prasidh to Shreyas Iyer, 1 run, short of length and Iyer tucks it to square leg
4.5
Prasidh to Shreyas Iyer, wide, moves around in the crease and puts off the bowler, Prasidh sprays a full toss down leg and Iyer makes no contact with the glance, he will get the wide though
4.4
Prasidh to Prithvi Shaw, 1 run, change of pace as Shaw makes room, a cramped up pull takes the ball to deep square leg, just a single
4.3
Prasidh to Prithvi Shaw, no run, back of a length outside off, Shaw punches it to backward point
4.2
Prasidh to Shreyas Iyer, 1 run, clears his front leg and Prasidh spots that and follows Iyer with a full delivery, mistimed flick to deep square leg
4.1
Prasidh to Shreyas Iyer, no run, sharp bouncer at 140.2ks, Iyer watches it closely and ducks under it
4
Runs Scored: 2
0 1 0 0 0 1
Score after 4 overs
DC 29-1
Shreyas Iyer
1(6)
Prithvi Shaw
12(10)
A Russell
1-0-2-0
3.6
A Russell to Shreyas Iyer, 1 run, this time they get the single. Iyer drops it in the same region near backward point and Shaw responds
3.5
A Russell to Shreyas Iyer, no run, and again.. Iyer taps it with soft hands in front of backward point and wants a run, Shaw shouts a loud "no"
3.4
A Russell to Shreyas Iyer, no run, fraction fuller and Iyer dabs it towards Rana at wide slip. Still searching for his first run
3.3
A Russell to Shreyas Iyer, no run, short of length and Iyer knocks it into the off-side and sets off, Shaw sends him back
3.2
A Russell to Prithvi Shaw, 1 run, high full toss just below the waist and Shaw turns it backward of square leg
Shaw vs leg spin in IPL 2018:
24 balls
29 runs
Four dismissals
24 balls
29 runs
Four dismissals
3.1
A Russell to Prithvi Shaw, no run, back of a length on middle, Shaw flicks it straight to mid-wicket
Andre Russell, right-arm fast, comes into the attack
3
Runs Scored: 11
1 4 6 W 0 0
Score after 3 overs
DC 27-1
Shreyas Iyer
0(2)
Prithvi Shaw
11(8)
Chawla
1-0-11-1
2.6
Chawla to Shreyas Iyer, no run, another wrong 'un and this time Iyer punches it back down the wicket
2.5
Chawla to Shreyas Iyer, no run, googly and Iyer turns it behind the wicket, Karthik is quick to ensure the single is not taken
Shreyas Iyer, right handed bat, comes to the crease
2.4
Chawla to Dhawan, out Caught by A Russell!! Gone! One shot too many from the southpaw. KKR have got their early wicket. He cleared mid-off a couple of deliveries ago but not this time. He advances and once more gets very close to the ball, spoons the loft straight into the bucket hands of Russell at mid-off. Dhawan c A Russell b Chawla 16(8) [4s-2 6s-1]
Chawla to Dhawan, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
2.3
Chawla to Dhawan, SIX, now follows it up with a maximum. This is Dhawan at his best. Googly around leg-stump, that is easy pickings for the left hander, kneels down and sweeps it with a clean bat swing over long leg
2.2
Chawla to Dhawan, FOUR, up and over. This is good intent from Dhawan. Shimmies down the wicket and gets a bit too close to the delivery, but still goes through with the loft and clears a leaping Russell near the mid-off ring
2.1
Chawla to Prithvi Shaw, 1 run, flatter delivery and Shaw works it through mid-wicket, for a single
Piyush Chawla, right-arm leg break, comes into the attack
2
Runs Scored: 10
0 1 0 4 1 4
Score after 2 overs
DC 16-0
Dhawan
6(5)
Prithvi Shaw
10(7)
Ferguson
1-0-10-0
1.6
Ferguson to Dhawan, FOUR, Dhawan has his first boundary. Delhi need him to fire and fire quickly. Picks the fullish length and just lofts through the line, clears mid-on quite comfortably
1.5
Ferguson to Prithvi Shaw, 1 run, back of a length around off, Shaw taps it towards backward point and crosses over
1.4
Ferguson to Prithvi Shaw, FOUR, whippage! Ferguson tries the slower delivery but offers a half volley on middle and leg, Shaw leans forward and whips it with a lot of bottom hand to deep mid-wicket
1.3
Ferguson to Prithvi Shaw, no run, on a length around off, Shaw stays in the crease and knocks it to backward point
Slip in
1.2
Ferguson to Dhawan, 1 run, 145ks good length ball and Dhawan pushes off the inner half to mid-on, quick single
1.1
Ferguson to Dhawan, no run, short of length angled across left hander, Dhawan mistimes the cut straight down the wicket
Lockie Ferguson, right-arm fast, comes into the attack
Mohit bohra says: KKR is England' ODI cricket version in T20s... Bang Bang Bang...
1
Runs Scored: 5
0 0 1 0 1 4
Score after 1 overs
DC 6-0
Prithvi Shaw
5(4)
Dhawan
1(2)
Prasidh
1-0-6-0
0.6
Prasidh to Prithvi Shaw, FOUR, boundary to end the over. The short of length delivery sits up on the surface, Shaw had plenty of time to swivel and nail the pull in front of square, no chance for Ferguson this time
0.5
Prasidh to Dhawan, 1 run, charges down and Prasidh shortens the length, but the premeditated room allowed Dhawan to slash it on the bounce to third man. He would have liked to get away away from Ferguson
0.4
Prasidh to Dhawan, no run, immediately takes the pace off the ball, Dhawan waits and drives on the up to mid-off
Round the wicket to Dhawan
0.3
Prasidh to Prithvi Shaw, 1 run, back of a length into the batsman, Shaw tucks it to the open mid-wicket area
0.2
Prasidh to Prithvi Shaw, no run, similar length and the ball does not come on this time, Shaw is a bit early into his back foot punch and chops it off the under edge back towards DK
0.1
Prasidh to Prithvi Shaw, no run, woah! Pacy short of length delivery and it really took off, Shaw climbed up to play the upper cut but the ball kept rising and beat the top-edge, thudded into the mitts of Karthik
20
Runs Scored: 4
1 1,W 0
Score after 20 overs
KKR 185-8
Chawla
12(5)
Kuldeep Yadav
10(5)
Rabada
4-0-41-1
19.6
Rabada to Chawla, out Chawla Run Out!! 1 run completed. Confusion and it results in a run out. Chawla mistimes the loft towards long-on and he was never interested in the second, Kuldeep pushed for it and Chawla decided to go, but the batsmen didn't cross each other when Rabada removed the bails which means Chawla was the one to be dismissed. Chawla run out (Dhawan/Rabada) 12(5) [4s-1 6s-1]
Rabada to Chawla, THAT'S OUT!! Run Out!!
19.5
Rabada to Chawla, FOUR, all these are bonus runs. Banged in short and aimed for the badge on the helmet, Chawla pulls and the top-edge runs away fine beating Patel near the fine leg fence
19.4
Rabada to Kuldeep Yadav, 1 run, yorker length around leg-stump, Kuldeep squeezes it out to fine leg
19.3
Rabada to Kuldeep Yadav, 2 runs, full and slanting into the batsman, clipped to mid-wicket and another fumble allows the second
19.2
Rabada to Kuldeep Yadav, 2 runs, the wheels are coming off the Delhi side. Kuldeep is rushed on the pull and mistimes it to mid-off, Iyer charges across and fumbles to allow the batsmen to collect the extra run
19.1
Rabada to Kuldeep Yadav, FOUR, poor bowling from Rabada. He misses the yorker and bowls a juicy full toss outside off, Kuldeep uses the pace and steers it to third man, no one there to stop the boundary
Kagiso Rabada [3.0-0-27-1] is back into the attack
19
Runs Scored: 3
1 W 1 0 0 1 W 0 1
Score after 19 overs
KKR 171-7
Chawla
7(3)
Kuldeep Yadav
1(1)
Mishra
4-0-36-1
18.6
Mishra to Chawla, no run, wrong 'un and Chawla is early into the sweep, the cue-end takes the ball back to Mishra
18.5
Mishra to Kuldeep Yadav, 1 run, flighted on the stumps, Kuldeep reverse sweeps to short third man
Kuldeep Yadav, left handed bat, comes to the crease
18.4
Mishra to Karthik, out Caught by Pant!! He walks! Some respite for Mishra, who has taken a beating in this over. This would have been a wide had Karthik let go but instead he goes chasing after it. The leg-break trying to keep it away from the batsman's range, but DK reaches out and feathers an outside edge to Pant. He does not even wait for the umpire to raise his finger. Karthik c Pant b Mishra 50(36) [4s-5 6s-2]
Mishra to Karthik, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
18.3
Mishra to Karthik, SIX, fifty for Karthik. Cometh the hour, cometh the captain. This is what responsibility has done to DK. He is a completely different batsman and this knock should rate among his best. Shuffles across, bends down and sweeps it high and into the stands at fine leg
18.3
Mishra to Karthik, wide, leg-break lands outside off and spins away further, Karthik is happy to pocket an extra
18.2
Mishra to Chawla, 1 run, slider angled across the left hander, Chawla steers it to short third man and hands the strike back to Karthik
18.1
Mishra to Chawla, SIX, that is dismissive from Chawla. Off the mark with a maximum. Wrong 'un and Chawla picked it, went down on his knee and slog swept it with a clean bat swing over long leg
18
Runs Scored: 9
1 4 0 0 4 2
Score after 18 overs
KKR 156-6
Karthik
44(34)
Chawla
0(0)
Chris Morris
4-0-35-1
17.6
Chris Morris to Karthik, no run, full and straying on the legs, Karthik can't meet with the flick and the deflection off the pad is stopped by Pant diving to his left. Where was Chawla going? He wanted a run but Karthik was never interested, sent back
Piyush Chawla, left handed bat, comes to the crease
17.5
Chris Morris to A Russell, out Caught by (sub)Rahul Tewatia!! A collision between the fielders but more importantly the catch is taken. A brutal innings from Russell comes to an end. He's put his side in the ascendancy here. The slower short of length delivery and Russell was a tad early into the pull shot, the top-edge flew up towards deep square leg and Tewatia ran in to catch it. Rabada was the one who collided as he ran back from short fine with his eyes on the ball. A Russell c (sub)Rahul Tewatia b Chris Morris 62(28) [4s-4 6s-6]
Chris Morris to A Russell, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
17.4
Chris Morris to A Russell, FOUR, this is top top batting. Fires the yorker from round the wicket but Russell is up for it, he makes room and bends down to squeeze it past backward point, the pace of Morris took care of the rest
17.3
Chris Morris to A Russell, 2 runs, Morris goes round the wicket and pounds in the slower delivery, Russell mistimes the pull to deep mid-wicket and Karthik called him for the second, Iyer's throw was to the bowler's end and by the time Morris relayed it to Pant, Russell had made it in
Run-out check sent upstairs but Delhi are not too excited. That is because Russell has made his ground quite comfortably. Not Out!
This is now the highest sixth wicket stand against Delhi team in IPL surpassing 83* between Graeme Smith & Yusuf Pathan in Centurion in 2009
17.2
Chris Morris to A Russell, FOUR, even fours matter for Russell. It is not only about sixes. A few inches short of yorker length and that is enough for Russell to go through with his heave, one bounce and over the ropes near deep mid-wicket
17.1
Chris Morris to Karthik, 1 run, DK is on the floor. That's how good this yorker was from Morris, Karthik loses his balance as he squeezes it out to square leg, a clean pick up and direct hit might have had him in trouble at the bowler's end
Fastest IPL 50s for Andre Russell:
19 vs KXIP, Kolkata, 2015
23 vs DC, Delhi, 2019 *
25 vs CSK, Kolkata, 2015
19 vs KXIP, Kolkata, 2015
23 vs DC, Delhi, 2019 *
25 vs CSK, Kolkata, 2015
Chris Morris [3.0-0-24-0] is back into the attack
Hardik says: "Has it became easier to bat? Has the dew set in?" -- Well, the Kotla usually does get better to bat towards the second half. But it could also be an illusion created by some incredible ball-striking.
17
Runs Scored: 15
0
Score after 17 overs
KKR 145-5
Karthik
43(32)
A Russell
52(24)
Rabada
3-0-27-1
16.6
Rabada to Karthik, 1 run, fuller and outside off, Karthik pushes to extra cover and the fielder is happy to concede the single
16.5
Rabada to Karthik, no run, another pinpoint yorker from the South African speedster and Karthik jams it out to cover
16.4
Rabada to A Russell, 1 run, follows the backing away Russell with a short of length delivery, knocked in front of long-on
16.3
Rabada to A Russell, FOUR, fifty for Russell. This might be a very typical Russell innings but the circumstances were different as compared to the previous two outings. Came in to bat inside the 10th over and has bailed his side out of trouble. Dug in short and Russell is waiting for it, nails the pull wide of deep mid-wicket
16.2
Rabada to Karthik, 1 run, spears in the yorker right on off-stump, dug out towards cover and he hands it back to Russell
16.1
Rabada to Karthik, no run, short of length and Karthik steers it to short third man, Russell wanted the run but his skipper was ball watching and was not interested. Lamichhane's throw is wayward and Russell manages to get back in comfortably
Kagiso Rabada [2.0-0-20-1] is back into the attack
16
Runs Scored: 12
1 4 6 1 4
Score after 16 overs
KKR 138-5
A Russell
47(22)
Karthik
41(28)
Harshal Patel
4-0-40-2
15.6
Harshal Patel to A Russell, SIX, oh geez! Absolute carnage at Kotla. How things turnaround in T20 cricket. Just a while back KKR looked down but now they are bossing this game through Russell and Karthik. Another length ball and Russell says thank you very much and puts it into the crowd near the cow corner region
15.6
Harshal Patel to A Russell, wide, Patel loses his line and length. That is what pressure does. In an attempt to keep it away from his range, he sprays the slower delivery outside off, Russell has nothing to do with it
15.5
Harshal Patel to A Russell, SIX, massive! This one hits the roof of the top tier and falls back into the ground. Length and that is one thing you can't bowl to Russell, he just uses that raw muscle power to club it over long-on
15.4
Harshal Patel to Karthik, 1 run, banged in sans pace and Karthik slaps the pull to deep mid-wicket
15.3
Harshal Patel to A Russell, 1 run, oh Patel gets away with one. This too was in the arc for Russell, he clears his front leg and might have gone a bit early, dragged off the inner half to deep mid-wicket
15.2
Harshal Patel to Karthik, 1 run, slower short of length delivery and Karthik flat-bats the pull to long-on
15.1
Harshal Patel to Karthik, FOUR, power from one end and finesse from the other - perfect combination. A low full toss outside off, Karthik just had to put it in the gap, he leans forward and creams the drive through extra cover - splitting the two fielders
15
Runs Scored: 15
0 4 0 6 Wd 1
Score after 15 overs
KKR 118-5
A Russell
34(19)
Karthik
35(25)
Chris Morris
3-0-24-0
14.6
Chris Morris to A Russell, SIX, straight over the sightscreen. Morris goes off-pace but the length is right in the slot, Russell spotted it out of the hand, waited for the ball to arrive and smacked it with all that Caribbean power back over Morris
14.5
Chris Morris to A Russell, leg byes, FOUR, loses his radar does Morris. Tries to follow Russell and cramp him for room, but sprays it too far down leg, the ball takes a deflection off the pad and beats Pant to his left
Now Morris might have done something. He lost his footing while trying to deliver the ball and does not go through. Oh! The right ankle twisted when he landed near the crease. He calls for the physio. Tried to hobble his way to his run-up but did not find it right and immediately called for help. Russell takes this time to mend that shoulder some more. Ready to resume..
14.4
Chris Morris to A Russell, FOUR, uhhh! That was streaky but KKR won't mind it. Low full toss close to the yorker range, Russell bends down to try and squeeze it out, the under edge bounces past the stumps and races to the fine leg fence
14.3
Chris Morris to Karthik, 1 run, back of a length around off, Karthik steers it away to third man
14.2
Chris Morris to A Russell, 1 run, shortens the length and Russell is not happy, mistimes the pull to wide long-on and shouts in agony as he crosses over to the other end. That shoulder still making it difficult for him
14.1
Chris Morris to Karthik, 1 run, fuller and angling in, Karthik drives crisply down to long-on
Chris Morris [2.0-0-11-0] is back into the attack
Time out! KKR have recovered through this partnership but are still not out of the woods. These two need to bat as deep as possible to put up a good score. Meanwhile, Delhi need one wicket to get into the lower order. Russell is getting some more treatment from Andrew Leipus. He's massaging that left shoulder of his.
14
Runs Scored: 3
0 1 1 1 4
Score after 14 overs
KKR 101-5
Karthik
33(23)
A Russell
23(15)
Harshal Patel
3-0-20-2
13.6
Harshal Patel to Karthik, 1 run, short of length delivery that is robbed off pace, Karthik pulls to deep mid-wicket
13.5
Harshal Patel to A Russell, 1 run, he's disguising the slower delivery really nicely, Russell did not spot it and was completely deceived, chipped his forward push and luckily for him it landed nowhere close to the cover fielder
13.4
Harshal Patel to Karthik, 1 run, cutter decking into the right hander and Karthik nudges it square on the leg-side
13.3
Harshal Patel to A Russell, 1 run, taken at deep mid-wicket but it won't count to anything. Slower short of length delivery and Russell's swing is not right, that left shoulder did not allow to get the right flow, miscues it to the fielder and crosses over stretching his left hand
He takes his time to get up and there are some concerned KKR fans. DK walks up and makes sure his MVP is alright. The physio is out there to check on him. Some magic spray and a painkiller should do the job unless it has hit the bony part rather than the fleshy part. Russell's up and back in his stance.. Free-hit coming up
13.3
Harshal Patel to A Russell, no ball, oh no! Russell is down on the ground. A beamer from Patel and it nails Russell on the left shoulder. He was taken by surprise and tried to duck under it, the ball hit him flush on the body. Patel had his hand up immediately to apologise
13.2
Harshal Patel to A Russell, no run, there you go. More like it. Fuller than a good length and Patel makes sure it is not in Russell's arc - outside off and the big man can't connect with the swing. Just kept it inside the tramline
13.1
Harshal Patel to A Russell, no run, back of a length outside off, Russell defends classically off the back foot to cover. That is a very rare sight - Russell blocking a ball
Harshal Patel [2.0-0-15-2] is back into the attack
13
Runs Scored: 6
1
Score after 13 overs
KKR 96-5
Karthik
31(21)
A Russell
21(10)
Mishra
3-0-21-0
12.6
Mishra to Karthik, no run, good comeback by Mishra after conceding a boundary earlier in the over, DK opens his bat face and slices it to the man at point
12.5
Mishra to A Russell, 1 run, bludgeons this one after he gets down on his knee, finds the fielder at long-off though
12.4
Mishra to A Russell, no run, tries to reach out for this slider with a cut, gets beaten due to the pace though
12.3
Mishra to Karthik, 1 run, goes short now, DK camps back in his crease and punches it away to sweeper cover
12.2
Mishra to Karthik, FOUR, classic Karthik! Takes a forward stride and flicks this one effortlessly through mid-wicket. All about timing, yet again. Not for the first time has DK timed it so well, have been quite a few in this innings so far
12.1
Mishra to Karthik, no run, flatter around off, Karthik plays with his bat angled towards point
12
Runs Scored: 13
0 6 1 6 0 0
Score after 12 overs
KKR 90-5
A Russell
20(8)
Karthik
26(17)
Lamichhane
4-0-29-1
11.6
Lamichhane to A Russell, SIX, is this going to be another one of those nights? If Dre Russ stays out there, it probably might. Down on his knee as he clubs the juicy legbreak right over the bowler's head. That was absolutely launched by the beast
11.5
Lamichhane to A Russell, SIX, Muscle-Russell in the house! Reads the googly and pumps it over deep mid-wicket with all his might. There was a fielder in the deep but he was a mere spectator
11.4
Lamichhane to Karthik, 1 run, the wrong 'un by Lamichhane and it's been nudged in front of mid-wicket by Karthik
11.3
Lamichhane to Karthik, FOUR, Karthik brings out his sledge hammer! Treks back and clobbers it through mid-wicket. Sheer power and the placement was perfect too
11.2
Lamichhane to Karthik, no run, well bowled legbreak outside off, Karthik opens his bat face and glides it to short third man
11.1
Lamichhane to Karthik, no run, touch shorter outside off and it's been sliced to bacward point by Karthik
11
Runs Scored: 18
1
Score after 11 overs
KKR 73-5
Karthik
21(13)
A Russell
8(6)
Mishra
2-0-15-0
10.6
Mishra to Karthik, 1 run, slides this one down the leg side and Karthik gets a single as he finds short fine leg with his sweep
10.5
Mishra to Karthik, no run, DK tries to work the legbreak towards the on side but ends up getting an inside edge on to his pads
Hritvik Patel says: Delhi seems to have a more balanced squad today. They were having less of batting depth in previous two matches. Wish this continues with only 1 or 2 change for rotation purpose.
10.4
Mishra to A Russell, 1 run, looks to drag the short one towards the leg side but mistimes it towards long-on
10.3
Mishra to A Russell, SIX, 100 runs for Russell in the league after this six! Was a tossed up delivery around off and the Dre Russ muscles it over long-off for a flat six
10.2
Mishra to A Russell, no run, the googly, keeps a touch low and Russell knocks it back to the bowler
10.1
Mishra to Karthik, 1 run, floated around off, Karthik knocks it down to long-on for a run
10
Runs Scored: 0
0 0 0 1
Score after 10 overs
KKR 64-5
A Russell
1(3)
Karthik
19(10)
Lamichhane
3-0-12-1
9.6
Lamichhane to A Russell, no run, drags back the length on this legbreak, Russell goes back in his crease and punches it to cover
9.5
Lamichhane to Karthik, 1 run, on his back foot in order to work it through square leg
9.4
Lamichhane to A Russell, 1 run, touch shorter around middle and leg, Russell flicks it through mid-wicket and opens his account
9.3
Lamichhane to A Russell, no run, flatter around off, Russell blocks it
9.2
Lamichhane to Karthik, 1 run, flicks this one through mid-wicket for a single
Andre Russell, right handed bat, comes to the crease
9.1
Lamichhane to Shubman Gill, out Shubman Gill Run Out!! 2 runs completed. KKR sink further! Not their day, perhaps. All credit to Rabada though, he dived full stretch to his left after he sprinted across from sweeper cover. Gill had square driven it through point and was expecting a boundary but is denied that due to some brilliance it the field. KG had parried the ball to Patel in the deep and the throw came in at the bowler's end. The batsman was ball watching while going for the third run and has to pay the price for it. Shubman Gill run out (Harshal Patel/Lamichhane) 4(5)
Lamichhane to Shubman Gill, THAT'S OUT!! Run Out!!
Sandeep Lamichhane [2.0-0-7-1] is back into the attack
Time-out! Lovely start for the Delhi Capitals this has been. Having dismissed four top-order batsmen, they've got a good chance to restrict the opposition to a mediocre total, unless DK and Gill pull off something special. They've got Russell to follow too...
9
Runs Scored: 19
6 0 1 Wd 1 6 4 W
Score after 9 overs
KKR 59-4
Karthik
17(8)
Shubman Gill
2(4)
Mishra
1-0-6-0
8.6
Mishra to Karthik, FOUR, that's a lucky boundary for KKR! Was the slider outside off, DK goes for a cut and gets an underedge. Nutmegs the keeper and races away to third man fence. There were two fielders chasing but both were inside the circle, hence there was no chance of stopping this
8.5
Mishra to Shubman Gill, 1 run, rocks back and punches the shortish delivery to long-off
8.4
Mishra to Shubman Gill, no run, pitches this one up, back to his legbreak and it's been driven to the fielder at cover by Gill
8.3
Mishra to Shubman Gill, no run, good one by Mishy! The wrong 'un around off, Shubman Gill reads it late and gets an inside edge that rolls past the stumps
8.2
Mishra to Karthik, 1 run, keeps a touch low this legbreak, Karthik keeps his eyes on the ball and flicks it to deep mid-wicket
8.1
Mishra to Karthik, no run, slower through the air, legbreak that's been knocked back to the bowler by Karthik
Amit Mishra, right-arm leg break, comes into the attack
8
Runs Scored: 7
0 1 0 1 6 0 1 1 1 4 1 2
Score after 8 overs
KKR 53-4
Karthik
12(5)
Shubman Gill
1(1)
Harshal Patel
2-0-15-2
7.6
Harshal Patel to Karthik, 1 run, short ball to end the over and it's been dragged down to long-on by Karthik, was in the air for a while but on a bounce to the fielder
7.5
Harshal Patel to Shubman Gill, 1 run, 119.3kph, another slower delivery and Gill opens his account with a flick through mid-wicket
7.4
Harshal Patel to Karthik, 1 run, back to his pace variations! Slower one at 119ks and Karthik steers it down to third man for a single
7.3
Harshal Patel to Karthik, SIX, 50 up for KKR with a maximum! Too hot, too cool. A short delivery down the leg side and Karthik picks it up over deep backward square leg for a flat six. Right over the opposition's dug-out she goes
7.2
Harshal Patel to Karthik, no run, on a length around middle and leg, Karthik flicks it straight to the fielder at short mid-wicket
Shubman Gill, right handed bat, comes to the crease
7.1
Harshal Patel to Nitish Rana, out Caught by Rabada!! Wickets continue to tumble at the Kotla. KKR struggling big time in their first away game of the season. Patel bags his second wicket! This was a back of a length delivery down the leg side and Nitish Rana flicks it straight to fine leg. The ball flew of the blade and Rabada in the deep took a well judged catch running to his right. 44/4 stands the score. The crowd at Delhi is lovin' it. Nitish Rana c Rabada b Harshal Patel 1(2)
Harshal Patel to Nitish Rana, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
7
Runs Scored: 17
4 W 1 1 1 6 4 Wd
Score after 7 overs
KKR 44-3
Karthik
4(1)
Nitish Rana
1(1)
Rabada
2-0-20-1
6.6
Rabada to Karthik, FOUR, intent from the skipper! Wastes no time. Gets a half-volley on the pads and DK flicks it with nonchalance. The timing was such that the fielder had deep mid-wicket could nothing else than admire the shot
Vidur says: Being a Nepali and watching Sandeep lamichhane play on such a big platform with such great intent and impact is really awesome.
Dinesh Karthik, right handed bat, comes to the crease
6.5
Rabada to Chris Lynn, out Caught by Pant!! That's a terrific catch by Pant. Is there anything, he can't do? Flies to his left and plucks this one with his left glove. Knight Riders in trouble with three of their top-order batsmen back to the hut. A short delivery down the leg side and Chris Lynn gets a glove as he looks to play the pull shot. The run rate is well under 6 at the moment. Can they stitch in a partnership? Chris Lynn c Pant b Rabada 20(18) [4s-3]
Rabada to Chris Lynn, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!
6.4
Rabada to Chris Lynn, 2 runs, slight yes-no between the batsmen, but they decide to take the second. Was a slower delivery, an in-dipper and Lynn had flicked to deep square leg for a couple of runs
6.3
Rabada to Nitish Rana, 1 run, Nitish Rana gets off the mark on the first ball. Waits back in his crease, opens his bat face late and gently steers it down to third man. Nerves of steel
6.2
Rabada to Chris Lynn, 1 run, works the back of a length delivery to deep square leg off his back foot
6.1
Rabada to Chris Lynn, no run, skiddy length delivery around middle and leg, Chris Lynn fails to connect as he looks to work this one into the leg side
Kagiso Rabada [1.0-0-12-0] is back into the attack
Nitish Rana, left handed bat, comes to the crease
6
Runs Scored: 8
0 1 0 4 1 1 W 1
Score after 6 overs
KKR 36-2
Uthappa
11(6)
Chris Lynn
17(14)
Harshal Patel
1-0-6-1
5.6
Harshal Patel to Uthappa, out Lbw!! That's P.L.U.M.B! If that's not out, nothing else can be. Patel outfoxes Robbie with the off-cutter. He was looking to flick across the line but he gets beaten due to the lack of pace. Struck in front of middle and it would have crashed into middle and leg. Middle, probably. No reviews left and even if there was one, it wouldn't have made a difference. Uthappa lbw b Harshal Patel 11(6) [4s-2]
Harshal Patel to Uthappa, THAT'S OUT!! Lbw!!
5.5
Harshal Patel to Uthappa, FOUR, that shot proves how good a form Uthappa is in. Was a shortish delivery outside off, Robbie makes the width on offer and chops it past the fielder at point
5.4
Harshal Patel to Chris Lynn, 1 run, quite an agricultural shot that, Chris Lynn shuffles across in the crease and looks to chip it over mid-wicket, miscues it towards mid-on instead
5.3
Harshal Patel to Chris Lynn, no run, 119.8kph, short of a length around middle and leg, Chris Lynn drags it straight to the fielder at short fine leg
5.2
Harshal Patel to Chris Lynn, no run, in the air but safe. This is what Harshal Patel is good at, with his pace variations. Lynn was early in his shot and gets deceived due to the slower delivery. Almost chips it back to the bowler as the ball sticks into the surface
5.1
Harshal Patel to Uthappa, 1 run, touch fuller around middle and leg, Uthappa clips it to mid-wicket for a single
4.6
Chris Morris to Chris Lynn, no run, fails to put away the full toss. Cramps up the batsman with this one and Lynn can't connect his flick, gets struck on the pads eventually
4.5
Chris Morris to Chris Lynn, FOUR, hacked down to fine leg by Chris Lynn! On the shorter side around middle and leg, Chris swivels and puts it away to the fine leg fence for another boundary
4.4
Chris Morris to Chris Lynn, no run, short of a length outside off, Chris Lynn looks to pull and gets beaten
4.3
Chris Morris to Chris Lynn, FOUR, clean strike! Width on offer on this length delivery and Chris Lynn chips it over wide mid-off. Clears the infield comfortably and gets his second boundary of the match
4.2
Chris Morris to Chris Lynn, no run, skidding along the deck, back of a length and it's been blocked by Chris Lynn
4.1
Chris Morris to Uthappa, 1 run, 145.5ks, pitched on a fullish length, Uthappa presents the full face of his bat and drives it to mid-on. Had he played this a bit straighter, the result might have been a different one
3.6
Lamichhane to Uthappa, 1 run, loopy delivery to end the over and it's been driven down to long-on by Uthappa
3.5
Lamichhane to Uthappa, FOUR, off the mark with a boundary! Scored a fifty in the last match too. Plants his front foot forward and creams the legbreak through the gap at covers. The outfield is quick enough to get him off the mark with four runs
Robin Uthappa, right handed bat, comes to the crease
3.4
Lamichhane to Nikhil Naik, out Lbw!! Nikhil Naik's struggle comes to an end. Walks back after consuming 16 deliveries for his 7. Scored a boundary that too off an inside edge. Hard luck. Was the wrong 'un around middle and the batsman got beaten due to the googly. Struck in front of middle and going on to hit the leg-stump. Lamichanne makes an impact in his first game of the season. Nikhil Naik lbw b Lamichhane 7(16) [4s-1]
Lamichhane to Nikhil Naik, THAT'S OUT!! Lbw!!
3.3
Lamichhane to Nikhil Naik, no run, quicker delivery around middle and leg, skidding along the deck, Nikhil Naik tries to flick across the line but gets struck on the pads
3.2
Lamichhane to Nikhil Naik, no run, the wrong' un around middle and leg, Nikhil Naik comes down the wicket, swings his bat wildly, only to get an inside edge that deflects past the stumps
3.1
Lamichhane to Chris Lynn, 1 run, flatter around middle and leg, Chris Lynn nudges it towards mid-wicket for a single
2.6
Chris Morris to Nikhil Naik, no run, trying to cut loose is the batsman but he's not able to find the gaps. Puts on his dancing shoes to cream this off-drive, connects it to perfection but finds the fielder at mid-off
2.5
Chris Morris to Nikhil Naik, no run, pitches this one up, slants it into the batsman as Nikhil defends it off his front foot
2.4
Chris Morris to Chris Lynn, 1 run, back of a length around middle and leg, again seaming into the batsman, Chris Lynn tries to flick it away and ends up getting an inside edge on to his pads. The ball ricochets towards cover after hitting the pads and they scamper across for a single
2.3
Chris Morris to Chris Lynn, no run, 135.9ks, seaming into the batsman after hitting the deck, cuts Chris Lynn into two halves as he gets beaten on his back foot punch. Lack of footwork was the reason for him getting beaten on this occasion
2.2
Chris Morris to Nikhil Naik, 1 run, sprays this one on the pads and Nikhil Naik glances it down to fine leg for a single
2.1
Chris Morris to Nikhil Naik, no run, that's an awful shot by Nikhil Naik! Shimmies down the wicket and swings his bat at a widish delivery, a gentle stare by the bowler as the batsman fails to connect this one
1.6
Lamichhane to Nikhil Naik, 1 run, quality opening over by Lamichhane! Just a single of that. Ends it with a googly and the batsman nudges it into the leg side with soft hands. Could have been a maiden, had this single not been taken
1.5
Lamichhane to Nikhil Naik, no run, another legbreak in the channel outside off and it's been played with soft hands towards the keeper by Nikhil
1.4
Lamichhane to Nikhil Naik, no run, Delhi have taken a review in the second over of the match itself. They've challenged the umpire's call. Has Nikhil Naik edged this? Rishabh Pant was excited but there's clear daylight between the bat and ball. Delhi lose their review! Was a quicker legbreak outside off and the batsman was looking to steer it to third man before he got beaten on his bottom edge
1.3
Lamichhane to Nikhil Naik, no run, floated outside off, nice air on that delivery and it's been eased back to the bowler by Naik
1.2
Lamichhane to Nikhil Naik, no run, sliding outside off, touch fuller and coming into the batsman, Nikhil guides it straight to the fielder at slip as he steers it late
1.1
Lamichhane to Nikhil Naik, no run, legbreak at 89ks, Nikhil Naik shimmies down the wicket and defends it in front of cover. Was thinking of taking a single but Lynn sends him back. And rightly so
0.6
Rabada to Chris Lynn, 2 runs, 12 runs of the first over! Back of a length around middle and leg, Chris Lynn tucks it through square leg and takes a couple to end the over. An ideal over for KKR as they make the most out of Rabada's pace
0.5
Rabada to Chris Lynn, FOUR, excellent timing! Another delivery pitched on a full length by KG, Chris Lynn leans forward and just play a gentle push. Timing is good enough to beat the fielder at wide mid-off as the ball rockets to the fence, two boundaries in the over so far..
0.4
Rabada to Chris Lynn, no run, edged but safe! Why is Dhawan standing so far? Had he been a yard forward, this could have been a straight forward catch. Was a fine length delivery that was swinging away from the batsman, Chris Lynn pokes at it and gets an outside edge that's been taken by Dhawan at slip, but.. on one bounce
0.3
Rabada to Nikhil Naik, 1 run, on a length outside off, quicker delivery that's been glided down to third man by Nikhil Naik
0.2
Rabada to Nikhil Naik, no run, tad short and curving away from the batsman, the movement in the air forces the batsman to shoulder arms
0.2
Rabada to Nikhil Naik, wide, short and swinging away from the batsman, short in length but it's well outside the tramline, wide given
0.1
Rabada to Nikhil Naik, FOUR, Rabada almost strikes on his first ball, almost! Pitches this one up around the off-stump line, Nikhil Naik looks to defend this and ends up getting an inside edge. The ball whizzes past the leg stump and races away to the fine leg fence. Lucky start!