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Chennai vs Kolkata, 1st Match

Chennai Super Kings (Playing XI):
Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Robin Uthappa, Ambati Rayudu, Ravindra Jadeja(c), Shivam Dube, MS Dhoni(w), Dwayne Bravo, Mitchell Santner, Adam Milne, Tushar Deshpande

Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI):
Venkatesh Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Iyer(c), Nitish Rana, Sam Billings(w), Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Sheldon Jackson, Umesh Yadav, Shivam Mavi, Varun Chakaravarthy

Kolkata Knight Riders have won the toss and have opted to field

Kolkata Knight Riders have won the toss and have opted to field

Lickit starts today.

In reply to LBW375
Watching Lickit or test cricket today?

0.3
Umesh Yadav to Gaikwad, out Caught by Nitish Rana!!

Gaikwad c Nitish Rana b Umesh Yadav 0(4)

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8.4
Narine to Jadeja, out Rayudu Run Out!! Some elementary mistakes from CSK continues to haunt them. That was pushed off the back foot, never was there a run.

Rayudu run out (Shreyas Iyer/Narine) 15(17) [4s-1 6s-1]

In reply to Ridge

CSK 53/4 (9) CRR: 5.89

out Caught by Narine!! Shivam Dube c Narine b Russell 3

5 down

csk 61-5

10.5
Russell to Shivam Dube, out Caught by Narine!! And Dube is gone! That was a short ball, skidded on to him and got big as well. The batter just couldn't get good connection and the ball spooned to the man at mid-wicket. Simple take for the fielder. CSK have lost half their side.

Shivam Dube c Narine b Russell 3(6)

MS Dhoni, right handed bat, comes to the crease

CSK 84/5 (17) CRR: 4.94


Sunil Narine 4-0-15-0

In reply to shivnotout

14 off that Russell over

CSK 101/5 (18.3) CRR: 5.46

Andre Russell
3-0-20-1

19.4
Russell to Dhoni, FOUR, between mid-wicket and long-on
19.3
Russell to Dhoni, FOUR, the finisher is still finishing! Short and down leg, spots backward square leg is open.

Chants of Dhoni, Dhoni. He changes his bat

19.5
Russell to Dhoni, 1 run, round the wicket and looking for the wide yorker, Dhoni drills it to long-off. And that is fifty number 24 in IPL for MS Dhoni. He was 2 off 10 balls at one point, scored 48 off the next 28 balls. Age is just a number you see! Gentle raise of the bat

MS Dhoni 50 [38

19.6
Russell to Jadeja, SIX, to sweeper cover

Andre Russell
4-0-38-1

CSK 131/5 (20) CRR: 6.55

Ravindra Jadeja 26(2
MS Dhoni 50(38

Runs truck Russell went for plenty in his last two overs.

In reply to Halliwell

18 ova
Runs Scored: 14

4 1 1 4 0 4


20 ova
Runs Scored: 18

1 2 4 4 1 6

CSK 131/5 (20)
KKR 35/0 (5) CRR: 7 REQ: 6.47
Kolkata Knight Riders need 97 runs in 90 balls

6.2
Dwayne Bravo to Venkatesh Iyer, out Caught by Dhoni!! Dwayne Bravo strikes and there's a new dance move to celebrate the wicket - swinging the hips with the right hand making a movement. Full and well wide of off, Venkatesh Iyer throws his hands on the drive but edges it behind. Clear deflection and CSK break the opening stand.

Venkatesh Iyer c Dhoni b Dwayne Bravo 16(16) [4s-2]

KKR 44/1 (7) CRR: 6.29 REQ: 6.77
Kolkata Knight Riders need 88 runs in 78 balls

Dwayne Bravo
1-0-1-1

9.6
Dwayne Bravo to Nitish Rana, out Caught by Rayudu!! Straight to short fine. Harmless length ball on the hips, Nitish Rana gets inside the line to pull, but miscues it totally and Rayudu moves to his left to take an easy catch.

Nitish Rana c Rayudu b Dwayne Bravo 21(17) [4s-2 6s-1]

Dwayne Bravo
2-0-7-2

KKR 100/3 (14.2) CRR: 6.98 REQ: 5.65
Kolkata Knight Riders need 32 runs in 34 balls

CSK 131/5 (20)

KKR 133/4 (18.3)

Kolkata Knight Riders won by 6 wkts

Narine 4 0 15 0 0
Russell 4 0 38 1

Dwayne Bravo 4 0 20 3

Bangalore vs Kolkata, 6th Match


all gawn

KKR 128 (18.5) CRR: 6.8


Sunil Narinec Akash Deep b W Hasaranga 12


Andre Russellc Karthik b Harshal Patel 25

out Caught by Jackson!! A wicket in the first over for KKR as Umesh strikes! Lovely delivery. Short of length in the channel, climbs on Rawat as he tries steering it to third. Anuj Rawat c Jackson b Umesh Yadav. duck


RCB 1/1 (1)

Umesh Yadav to Kohli, out Caught by Jackson!! Now Kohli goes as well! A roaring start from the KKR pacers as they look to make a game of this. Back of a length outside off, Kohli c Jackson b Umesh Yadav 12

rcb 21-3

Russell to Shahbaz Ahmed, SIX, and Shahbaz Ahmed sparkles with a sixer. That was a short ball, Shahbaz Ahmed sits back and pulls it over deep mid

Russell to Shahbaz Ahmed, SIX, short delivery, Shahbaz Ahmed hops back and slams the pull over deep square. That was hit well once again as that came off the meat of the bat.



rcb 86-4

CSK 210/7 (20)

LSG 211/4 (19.3)

Lucknow Super Giants won by 6 wkts

If we were to minus the impact of West Indians in the IPL so far this season.
WOW

Congrats guys.

In reply to positiveg

I sorry like Dukes didn’t catch the game today
He’d have wet himself

Mumbai vs Rajasthan, 9th Match


Mumbai Indians opt to bowl



RR 139/3 (15)

CRR: 9.07

Shimron Hetmyer, left handed bat, comes to the crease


Pollard to Hetmyer, 1 run, neat off-drive along the ground to long-off

Ton fi Butler
Bumrah gets Hety

In reply to Chrissy



Bumrah to Buttler, 1 run, Buttler had to wait for DRS to be over to celebrate his second IPL hundred in what is his 300th T20 game. Bumrah went for the yorker but bowled a low full toss, Buttler swung and got an inside edge onto pad. Bumrah missed the edge and appealed for LBW. The ball rolled to mid-wicket. Replay picked up the edge to give the run to the batter

In reply to Chrissy



Bumrah to Hetmyer, out Caught by Tilak Varma!! Full toss, whipped away but taken at deep mid-wicket. Hetmyer is livid he has found the fielder. Very good cameo from Hetmyer. Gave those extra 10 runs with his assault on Pollard. Hetmyer c Tilak Varma b Bumrah 35(14) [4s-3 6s-3]

Bumrah to Buttler, out Bowled!! Cracking toe-crusher. Had to be something special to get rid of Buttler today.

Buttler b Bumrah 100 in 68 balls [4s-11 6s-5]

RR 193/8 (20) CRR: 9.65

Innings Break

In reply to Narper

This wagon has a lot of carriages!

In reply to shivnotout

Slow start for MI - yet again

Chennai vs Punjab, 11th Match

Chennai Super Kings opt to bowl


PBKS 84/2 (7.3) CRR: 11.2

In reply to dax



Dwayne Bravo 1-0-15-0

In reply to Chrissy


shot.

Dwayne Bravo to Dhawan, FOUR, lovely shot! Use of the feet and he drives this full delivery wide of mid-off. Nothing fancy, just knowing the field and placing the ball. This is what smart batsmanship is all about.

PBKS 114/2

(9.3) CRR: 11.37

Dwayne Bravo to Livingstone, SIX, top edgeee and all the way for six over fine leg. Livingstone gets his maiden IPL fifty. Slower delivery on the stumps, Livingstone looks to slog with one hand,

Captain Bravo finally gets a wicket.

Relief!

Dwayne Bravo to Dhawan, out Caught by Jadeja!! There is the experience of Dwayne Bravo for you. He bowls these floaty full balls to invite the batter for a big hit

In reply to Drapsey


relief



Dwayne Bravo

2-0-28-1

In reply to shivnotout


Bravo adds to his IPL record!

Sixes like peas.

If them man finish the 6 quota, what's left for Odean slotted as next at bat?

Here he comes ...

There he goes!

In reply to Drapsey

this done.



Chennai Super Kings need 83 runs in 31 balls

out Caught by Arshdeep Singh!! Relief for Punjab as they get rid of the dangerous Dube.

In reply to Drapsey

duck



Livingstone to Dwayne Bravo, out Caught&Bowled!! Dwayne Bravo c and b Livingstone 0(1)




Chennai Super Kings lose 3 in a row

Hyderabad vs LSG, 12th Match

Washington Sundar to de Kock, out Caught by Williamson!! Went for plenty in the previous game, has been backed to bowl in the powerplay and Washington Sundar gives immediate rewards.1

Evin Lewis, left handed bat, comes to the crease

In reply to shivnotout

The hell was that Evan?

In reply to Osmond


sweeping




Washington Sundar to Lewis, out Lbw!! Washington Sundar strikes again. This is huge. He has removed two of the most destructive batters inside the powerplay.1

another wan bite d dust

Shepherd to Manish Pandey, out Caught by Bhuvneshwar!! Manish Pandey has thrown it away. He is disappointed with himself.11

LSG 169/7 (20)
SRH 109/4 (14.1) CRR: 7.69 REQ: 10.46
Sunrisers Hyderabad need 61 runs in 35 balls

14.6
Holder to Pooran, FOUR, 128.6kph, overpitched on middle, Pooran shuffles and across and clips it beautifully through square leg. The timing is spot-on and beats deep mid-wicket's dive to his left. 15 runs off the over!

SRH 120/4 (15) CRR: 8 REQ: 10
Sunrisers Hyderabad need 50 runs in 30 balls

Nicholas Pooran 21(16)
Washington Sundar 6(4

15.6
Ravi Bishnoi to Pooran, FOUR, 102.5kph, too quick, too full and there's width as well, Pooran pounes

SRH 129/4 (16) CRR: 8.06 REQ: 10.25
Sunrisers Hyderabad need 41 runs in 24 balls

Nicholas Pooran 26(1
Washington Sundar 10(8

SRH 137/4 (17) CRR: 8.06 REQ: 11
Sunrisers Hyderabad need 33 runs in 18 balls

17.3
Avesh Khan to Pooran, out Caught by Hooda!!

Pooran c Hooda b Avesh Khan 34(24) [4s-3 6s-2]

Sunrisers Hyderabad need 27 runs in 15 balls

LSG 169/7 (20)
SRH 143/6 (17.4) CRR: 8.09 REQ: 11.57
Sunrisers Hyderabad need 27 runs in 14 balls

17.6
Avesh Khan to Shepherd, no run, excellent stuff from Avesh Khan, especially after conceding a six off the first ball of the over. 136.6kph, full and wide of off, Shepherd moves leg-side but fails to put bat on ball. Avesh Khan finishes with 4/24!

Sunrisers Hyderabad need 24 runs in 10 balls

Romario Shepherd 0[3

18.5
Tye to Shepherd, SIX, 137.1kph, Tye misses his yorker and Shepherd latches onto it. It's a full toss, Shepherd clears his left leg and tonks it over long-on. 16 needed off 7!

In reply to Narper

Well, Sheppy v Jason now

19.1
Holder to Washington Sundar, out Caught by Rahul!! 128.7kph, round the wicket, length ball, Washington Sundar swings over wide mid-on.

Washington Sundar c Rahul b Holder 18(14) [4s-1]


16 runs in 5 balls

15 runs in 4 balls
Shepherd is standing slightly outside off. Holder jogs in and doesn't bowl. Mind games...

14 runs in 3 balls
Romario Shepherd 8[7

19.4
Holder to Bhuvneshwar, out Caught by de Kock!!

99.6kph, Bhuvneshwar c de Kock b Holder 1(2)

19.6
Holder to Shepherd, out Caught by Ayush Badoni!! Lucknow win by 12 runs.

Shepherd c Ayush Badoni b Holder 8( [6s-1]

Jason Holder
4-0-34-3

LSG 169/7 (20)

SRH 157/9 (20)

Lucknow Super Giants won by 12 runs

In reply to Narper

That's as good a last over as you'll ever see.

From the bowler's perspective, of course.

Lucky was quite lucky today
they batted Holder too low.
He did well though gave them the win

In reply to Drapsey



Rajasthan vs Bangalore, 13th Match



It will be interesting to see how Chahal does today against his former Team RCB. Especially after his recent statement that he is "Emotionally Attached" to RCB!!

Rajasthan all d way

In reply to shivnotout

How does Butler do a follow up?

In reply to shivnotout

Man, that lady commie is towering over Gavaskar.

In reply to Drapsey

yep. she related to joel garner?

In reply to Osmond

Jos Buttler on fire. 154 runs SR 136.28 - 9 sixes and 14 fours

3 matches

Here comes Hetty ...

In reply to Drapsey

Crack 2 four areddy

In reply to Drapsey



Siraj to Hetmyer, SIX, much needed six for the Royals. Siraj errs in line and pays the price.

In reply to Halliwell



Harshal Patel to Hetmyer, FOUR, smashed! He's been winding up to have a go to cow corner and finally connects with one.

Siraj to Hetmyer, FOUR, just evades Faf. If he couldn't get there, no one would. Full and misses the yorker length, Hetmyer pumps it flat towards long-off,

18.6
Siraj to Buttler, SIX, fifty for Buttler. He struggled for most parts but is turning it on when it matters.

18.5
Siraj to Buttler, SIX, Siraj deviates from his plan and is pumped into the stands. He goes short and into the pitch, Buttler waits in the crease and flat-bats it over long-on. That was off the middle and Faf could only watch it sail over

In reply to Osmond


19.3
Akash Deep to Buttler, SIX, to deep mid-wicket

19.2
Akash Deep to Buttler, SIX, Buttler is dealing in sixes now. The slower ball banged into the surface, he has an idea of the pitch and waits for the ball, nails the pull over wide long-on and clears the rope comfortably

In reply to Drapsey


19.6
Akash Deep to Hetmyer, SIX, Hetmyer ends it on a high.

Jos Buttler 70

Shimron Hetmyer 42

RR 169/3 (20) CRR: 8.45

Innings Break

In reply to shivnotout

Whatever Happened to Sherfane? He seems to be struggling to score,

Kolkata vs Mumbai, 14th Match -

Pune Date & Time: Apr 06, 07:30 PM LOCAL

Mumbai Indians Squad:
Ishan Kishan(w), Rohit Sharma(c), Anmolpreet Singh, Tilak Varma, Kieron Pollard, Tim David, Daniel Sams, Murugan Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Tymal Mills, Basil Thampi, Suryakumar Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat, Fabian Allen, Sanjay Yadav, Riley Meredith, Ramandeep Singh, Mayank Markande, Aryan Juyal, Arjun Tendulkar, Hrithik Shokeen, Rahul Buddhi, Arshad Khan, Dewald Brevis

Kolkata Knight Riders Squad:
Ajinkya Rahane, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer(c), Sam Billings(w), Nitish Rana, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Tim Southee, Shivam Mavi, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy, Mohammad Nabi, Pat Cummins, Sheldon Jackson, Chamika Karunaratne, Baba Indrajith, Rinku Singh, Anukul Roy, Pratham Singh, Abhijeet Tomar, Rasikh Salam, Aman Hakim Khan, Ashok Sharma, Ramesh Kumar

In reply to Narper

Some of the batting orders I see in this year's IPL is questionable. Mumbai is in trouble if Pollard is batting at #5. And Kane Williamson should not be opening.

In reply to Osmond


Kolkata Knight Riders opt to bowl



MI 54/2 (10) CRR: 5.4

2.5
Umesh Yadav to Rohit, out Caught by Billings!! What a fine catch that is. Varun at short fine backpedalling made it as tough as possible for Billings 3


7.5
Chakaravarthy to Brevis, out Stumped!! Sharp work from Billings and Brevis has to go. Slower and the seam rolls all over the place as it comes out of Chakaravarthy's hand 29

In reply to shivnotout

Mumbai playing test cricket . Not to worry big bat Pollard soon come light up the match.

Time for Russell, the (new) Tittie, to get a bowl.

KKR one of the few teams comfortable with their spinners in the last five overs.

In reply to Overthrow

Polly have 5 balls to make something

In reply to Drapsey

Polllaayyyyy

22 off 5



Where Windies fan

In reply to Halliwell

The new Tittie will more than make up for that in his turn at bat.

In reply to Halliwell

I am right here, time for Pollard to get Mumbai some points today.

16/1. Time to get Polly in the mix with his clever bowling. Since he likes to sing Sizzla songs he can be the 'element of surprise'.

In reply to Halliwell

Pollard came to the dance. Very good situational presence for that period of the game.

In reply to Drapsey

I for one welcome the new passport holder.

MI 161/4 (20)
KKR 41/2 (7) CRR: 5.86 REQ: 9.31
Kolkata Knight Riders need 121 runs in 78 balls

In reply to Overthrow

Good. You can iron things out with the problemguy.

67/3. Pollard hasn't even bowled as yet . Come on Mumbai, time to put some points on the board.

In reply to Drapsey

His instructions “see ball, hit ball “. Back to basics.

MI 161/4 (20)
KKR 115/5 (14) CRR: 8.21 REQ: 7.83
Kolkata Knight Riders need 47 runs in 36 balls

15.1
Daniel Sams to Cummins, SIX, Cummins is putting on a powerhitting masterclass here! Some sublime hits

15.2
Daniel Sams to Cummins, FOUR, between mid-wicket and long-on

Kolkata Knight Riders need 25 runs in 28 balls

This dun like a Bajan $1 bill.

15.3
Daniel Sams to Cummins, SIX, kabooooooooooom! Rohit looks shell-shocked, as do his MI mates. When someone like Bumrah is getting a pasting, what chance does Sams have? Feeds this in the arc, Cummins shuffles and heaves, all the way over deep square leg

15.4
Daniel Sams to Cummins, SIX, to fine leg

15.5
Daniel Sams to Cummins, no ball, 2 runs, to long-off, the partnership between Cummins and Venkatesh Iyer is now 51(16)
taken brilliantly by SKY at long-off but it's a waist-high full toss from Sams!

15.5
Daniel Sams to Cummins, FOUR, another superb shot to bring up a 14-ball fifty! Slower ball, Cummins walks across early and whips it away through square leg. Field is up that side and it races to the fence

Pat Cummins *50[14

15.6
Daniel Sams to Cummins, SIX, and just like that, Cummins has ended the game with four over still left! What on earth have we just witnessed here!!! Phewwwwww!! Another length ball, right into Cummins's swinging arc and the murderous mood that he is in, nothing will be spared

MI 161/4 (20)
KKR 162/5 (16) CRR: 10.12
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 5 wkts

That is power hitting from Pat Cummins.

The new Tittie couldn't get it done, so Cummins had to step up.

They didn't even give Pouty a bowl.

In reply to Drapsey
I guess they didn't want the match to finish earlier than it did.

LSG vs Delhi, 15th Match

Probable XI:
KL Rahul (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Manish Pandey, Evin Lewis, Deepak Hooda, Ayush Badoni, Krunal Pandya, Jason Holder, Andrew Tye/Dushmantha Chameera, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan.

Probable XI:
Prithvi Shaw, David Warner, Mandeep Singh, Rishabh Pant (c & wk), Lalit Yadav, Rovman Powell, Shardul Thakur, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Anrich Nortje, Mustafizur Rahman

Prithvi Shaw in one of those moods, dangerous when he gets going.

That's a lot of confidence dem showing in Rovman.

Don't disappoint dem now, Rovman. Show dem all that you're a genuine #3 batsman.

Bye Rovman.

They tried.

In reply to Drapsey

In reply to Drapsey

Has shown major improvement against leg spin. Went for the big heave which was his old style and cost him his wicket. Thought he was setting up for the slog sweep which would have been the high percentage stroke.

In reply to Drapsey


Them English spinners gave Rovman a fake boost in confidence!

DC 149/3 (20) CRR: 7.45

Innings Break

MI should NEVER have sold De Kock. No wonder they have lost 3 matches in a row. Don't even talk about Boult. Two world class players sold and look at what is happening now.

DC 149/3 (20)
LSG 58/0 (7.2) CRR: 7.91 REQ: 7.26
Lucknow Super Giants need 92 runs in 76 balls

LSG 70/0 (9) CRR: 7.78 REQ: 7.27
Lucknow Super Giants need 80 runs in 66 balls

Quinton de Kock 45(31)
KL Rahul 23(23

9.4
Kuldeep Yadav to Rahul, out Caught by Prithvi Shaw at long-off!!

Rahul c Prithvi Shaw b Kuldeep Yadav 24(25) [4s-1 6s-1]

Evin Lewis, left handed bat, comes to the crease
9.5
Kuldeep Yadav to Lewis, no run, full and just outside off, Lewis leans forward and gets a thick outside edge on the push to the left of slip

LSG 86/1 (12) CRR: 7.17 REQ: 8
Lucknow Super Giants need 64 runs in 48 balls

Evin Lewis 5(10)
Quinton de Kock 53(37

12.3
Lalit Yadav to Lewis, out Caught by Kuldeep Yadav!!

Lewis c Kuldeep Yadav b Lalit Yadav 5(13)

These facting West Indians batting at #3 caan get the ball off the square.

First Rovman, and now Evin.



I hope JHo comes in later and save us from further embarrassment.

Windies lads aren't having the best day at all.

In reply to StumpCam

them west indian ah mess up d place



Lewis c Kuldeep Yadav b Lalit Yadav 5 runs 13 balls


Rovman Powell bowl Ravi Bishnoi 3 runs 10 balls

balls more than runs

15.6
Kuldeep Yadav to de Kock, out Caught by Sarfaraz Khan!! Excellent catch! Was dipping on Sarfaraz who timed his dive forward well to take a sharp catch at short third man.

de Kock c Sarfaraz Khan b Kuldeep Yadav 80(52) [4s-9 6s-2]

LSG 122/3 (16) CRR: 7.62 REQ: 7
Lucknow Super Giants need 28 runs in 24 balls

LSG 126/3 (17) CRR: 7.41 REQ: 8
Lucknow Super Giants need 24 runs in 18 balls

DC 149/3 (20)

LSG 155/4 (19.4)

Lucknow Super Giants won by 6 wkts

Punjab Kings vs Gujarat Titans, 16th Match

Punjab Kings (Playing XI):
Mayank Agarwal(c), Shikhar Dhawan, Liam Livingstone, Jonny Bairstow(w), Jitesh Sharma, Shahrukh Khan, Odean Smith, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Vaibhav Arora, Arshdeep Singh

Gujarat Titans (Playing XI):
Matthew Wade(w), Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan, Hardik Pandya(c), David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Abhinav Manohar, Rashid Khan, Lockie Ferguson, Mohammed Shami, Darshan Nalkande

PBKS 29/1 (4.1) CRR: 6.96

Here comes Odean!

Oops, there goes Odean!

In reply to Drapsey

another waste of cash



first ball duck


Another slower one, just short of a fuller length and Smith wants to get going straightaway. Almost like Jitesh previous ball, he too miscues the loft towards long-on. An easier take this time around for Gill. These wickets could halt the charge a bit. Odean Smith c Shubman Gill b Darshan Nalkande 0(1)


PBKS 134/5 (14) CRR: 9.57

In reply to shivnotout

I fear…

..that Odean could have been valuable for WI but after this rongs might be time to look elsewhere- this IPL can destroy him

I hope to be wrong

In reply to Halliwell

In reply to Drapsey



PBKS 189/9 (20) CRR: 9.45

Innings Break

In reply to Dukes

You dress that up as if it was MANY people like to do that to ALL players

That misdirection effort is futile

Some survive this- like Pooran - so far
Some get dented, like Cottrell
Some don’t survive, and I hope this guy doesn’t fall into that category
You nor I can say what it will be as we need to see the WI pick/performances following the IPL shenanigans

We clear?

In reply to Halliwell

It's called the Pollard effect !

PBKS 189/9 (20)
GT 66/1 (7) CRR: 9.43 REQ: 9.54
Gujarat Titans need 124 runs in 78 balls

PBKS 189/9 (20)
GT 119/1 (13) CRR: 9.15 REQ: 10.14
Gujarat Titans need 71 runs in 42 balls

Shubman Gill 80(45)
Sai Sudharsan 30(26

14.4
Rahul Chahar to Sai Sudharsan, out Caught by Mayank!!

Sai Sudharsan c Mayank b Rahul Chahar 35(30) [4s-4 6s-1]

Gujarat Titans need 57 runs in 32 balls

Shubman Gill *89[51

In reply to Windiesfan78

GT 140/2 (16) CRR: 8.75 REQ: 12.5
Gujarat Titans need 50 runs in 24 balls

Hardik Pandya 6(6)
Shubman Gill 90(53)

16.3
Rahul Chahar to Hardik Pandya, FOUR, tossed up, pitched fuller and in Pandya's V.
16.2
Rahul Chahar to Hardik Pandya, FOUR, width. And Pandya's treated this like a former Mumbai net ball, rocking back and slaspping it away past point

16.5
Rahul Chahar to Hardik Pandya, 1 run, dropped

Gujarat Titans need 37 runs in 18 balls

Gujarat Titans need 32 runs in 12 balls

Gujarat Titans need 25 runs in 10 balls

18.3
Rabada to Hardik Pandya, FOUR, to deep extra cover
18.2
Rabada to Hardik Pandya, FOUR, just a one-handed swipe!

18.5
Rabada to Shubman Gill, out Caught by Mayank!!

Shubman Gill c Mayank b Rabada 96(59) [4s-11 6s-1]

Gujarat Titans need 19 runs in 6 balls

Odean Smith [2.0-0-16-0] is back into the attack

19.1
Odean Smith to Miller, wide,

Good test for Odean

19.1
Odean Smith to Miller, wide, 134kph, tries to keep it out of Miller's arc, and errs by a millimeter. Just outside the tramline outside off

19.1
Odean Smith to Miller, out Hardik Pandya Run Out!! Another back of a length away-angler. A swing. A miss. Bairstow's not one of those modern keepers to wait without his right glove. Well, he doesn't need to. His under-arm chuck even with them on is accurate enough to run Pandya out by some distance

Hardik Pandya run out (Bairstow) 27(1 [4s-5]

19.3
Odean Smith to Miller, FOUR, she's alive! A long hop in the zone, and Miller heaves it uppishly over mid-wicket. SHE IS ALIVE

Gujarat Titans need 13 runs in 3 balls

19.4
Odean Smith to Miller, 1 run, to mid-on
Gujarat Titans need 12 runs in 2 balls

19.5
Odean Smith to Rahul Tewatia, SIX, , Brabourne turns into Sharjah. Full, in the slot, and Tewatia crouches, swings, and teases deep mid-wicket, who jumps, gets a hand to it too, but can't keep it inside. SHE IS ALIVE

19.6
Odean Smith to Rahul Tewatia, SIX, , SHE IS WON! Tewatia wins her. Two balls, two sixes, and forget these two in-the-slot, smash-me-please balls, it's what Odean Smith did on 19.4 that's the biggest culprit. Had he not overthrown, Tewatia wouldn't have been on strike, and only Tewatia can do a Tewatia. So damn calmly, he's just walked across his stumps, crouched, and hacked this over cow corner. Punjab just cannot get over Sharjah

MOM for Odean for bowling such a 'death' over!

PBKS 189/9 (20)
GT 190/4 (20) CRR: 9.5
Gujarat Titans won by 6 wkts

ODE GAWNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

Another runs truck

Wow, just wow

In reply to Overthrow

Odean Smith yet another brainless cricketer

In reply to shivnotout

He was told to bowl that line, the batters guessed correctly, stepped to the off side and swung away.

Mayank Agarwal:
It was a tough game but we really fought hard. We were 5-7 runs short but we pulled it back after the start they had. There were a lot of positives for us. We did really well to get ourselves to that score after losing so many wickets, so we were very happy with that. We fought really hard on the field. It was great execution by both of them (Rabada and Arshdeep), fantastic effort by them to pull the game, they really got us in the game. Last over could have been anyone's game. We totally back Odean, it's fine, he probably had a hard game but that's fine. We back him a 100%. It's just a game of cricket, it could be a bitter one to swallow but it's fine. The talk in the group is we always back the guys. If he has a bad day, he has bad day, no worries, we back him 100%.

In reply to Overthrow



Chennai Super Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad 17th Match





lets hope we dont see a rowan powell and odean smith repeat.


dj bravo 8 balls 5 runs

pooran next up

CSK 154/7 (20) CRR: 7.7

Innings Break

In reply to shivnotout
Why SRH insist on opening with Williamson?

In reply to Osmond


SRH might want to capitalise on the powerplay, not easy once the ball gets older.

easy going


SRH 24/0 (4.4)

CRR: 5.14 REQ: 8.54

Sunrisers Hyderabad need 131 runs in 92 balls

In reply to Osmond


SRH Powerplay scores this season

14/3 vs RR
40/2 vs LSG
37/0 vs CSK

Third time in fourth game CSK bowlers have gone wicketless in the Powerplay

easy pickings

Sunrisers Hyderabad need 93 runs in 66 balls

In reply to shivnotout

Pooran still have to bat
Might be close

16.2
Jordan to Tripathi, no ball, FOUR, to fine leg
16.1
Jordan to Tripathi, SIX, 132.9kph, superb lofted off-drive! Jordan overpitches, Tripathi gets forward and thumps it over long-off. Right off the sweet spot. Not a muscle moved!

CSK 154/7 (20)
SRH 137/1 (16.2) CRR: 8.39 REQ: 4.91
Sunrisers Hyderabad need 18 runs in 22 balls

In reply to shivnotout

This game lacked the excitement of the last four games. CSK seems to have lost the script.

In reply to Overthrow

T 20 cricket is a game for people in their 20's.It requires an aggressive abandon that experienced test batsmen no longer possess.People like Kohli,Steve Smith and Williamson rarely win matches off their own bat, despite being three of the best batsmen in the world.

That's some batting exhibition there by Rohit Sharma.

Playing all the shots in the book and then some.

In reply to Drapsey

You hanging out with VOR too much !!!!

In reply to Dukes

Him mia lately, so someone has to continue the good work.

This Mumbai Indians team is a shadow of what it used to be. This is a disgraceful performance! Oh, look who is in next !

Out for a golden duck . Pollard, take a bow!

Oops, I missed that Pouty innings.

In reply to Windiesfan78

really. what the IPL owners pay them chaps this to do?

Lewis
Smith
Powell
and we captain POLLARD

TEK D MONEY AND RUN?



Hasaranga to Pollard, out Lbw!! More wreckage. And This time it's their biggest piece in the possible resurrection who's going back for a golden duck

and he's going back because he's misread the googly big time, and has shuffles across in his crease to defend down the wrong line entirely.

In reply to shivnotout

Suryakumar is some player. This is a fantastic innings from him. Come on MI, this is something to work with!

In reply to Windiesfan78

this guy meking small change



Suryakumar Yadav 68 from 37 balls 5 fours 6 sixes


MI 151/6 (20) CRR: 7.55

Innings Break

Interesting that Kohli,Williamson and Rohit all have scoring rates in the IPL of 130.Our two young turks have scoring rates above 150.

MI 151/6 (20)
RCB 88/1 (12.1) CRR: 7.23 REQ: 8.17
Royal Challengers Bangalore need 64 runs in 47 balls

Anuj Rawat 47(34)
Virat Kohli 18(14

Looks like 4 losses on the bounce for Mumbai.

RCB 102/1 (14) CRR: 7.29 REQ: 8.33
Royal Challengers Bangalore need 50 runs in 36 balls

Virat Kohli 30(21)
Anuj Rawat 51(39

14.1
Basil Thampi to Kohli, FOUR, oh dropped, and it sneaks through for four as well! Short of length into the body, Kohli pulls it in the air, goes flat to deep backward square and carries to Brevis but it goes right through his hands and between his legs

RCB 111/1 (15) CRR: 7.4 REQ: 8.2
Royal Challengers Bangalore need 41 runs in 30 balls

Virat Kohli 38(26)
Anuj Rawat 52(40

15.5
Pollard to Anuj Rawat, SIX, to backward square leg

RCB 122/1 (16) CRR: 7.62 REQ: 7.5
Royal Challengers Bangalore need 30 runs in 24 balls


Kieron Pollard
3-0-24-0

16.2
Unadkat to Anuj Rawat, SIX, gives the charge, it's a length ball from Unadkat and it's been slogged over midwicket.

16.5
Unadkat to Kohli, out Anuj Rawat Run Out!! 1 run completed. A direct hit from the fielder running in from deep midwicket! MI look confident. Oh Rawat's bat is on the line!

Anuj Rawat run out (Ramandeep Singh ) 66(47) [4s-2 6s-6]

17.6
Bumrah to Karthik, SIX, to deep mid-wicket
17.5
Bumrah to Kohli, 3 runs, overthrows! Short of length on middle, Kohli tucks it through midwicket and pushes hard for two. Fielder runs in from the boundary,

Royal Challengers Bangalore need 8 runs in 12 balls

18.1
Brevis to Kohli, out Lbw!! First ball in IPL from Brevis and he might've dismissed Kohli here. It's been given out LBW, but Kohli has reviewed it. And here's why - there's an inside edge onto pad. The bat is not that far in front of pad, so the third umpire wants to be absolutely sure that it has hit the bat first. Oh wait, now this is controversial. He feels that it has hit pad first, and Kohli is furious. Wow. Length ball sliding through on middle, looked like an inside edge onto pad. But the third umpire feels otherwise. Don't think it's going to have an impact on the result thankfully

Kohli lbw b Brevis 48(36) [4s-5]

18.3
Brevis to Maxwell, FOUR, short on off, Maxwell finishes it off as he slaps it through the covers
18.2
Brevis to Maxwell, FOUR, short ball on off, and Maxwell plays the switch-hit first ball, swatting it over backward point

MI 151/6 (20)

RCB 152/3 (18.3)

Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 7 wkts

The way this Mumbai team is going, the only thing they will win is the fair play award .

I thought they would've given the death over to Russell.

At 8.00, only Narine (at 5.25) has a better ECON rate that him.

Rovman Powell is really having a tough IPL. I know he can do better. If they give him another chance he is really going to have to grasp it with both hands.

DC 215/5 (20)
KKR 133/5 (14.4) CRR: 9.07 REQ: 15.56
Kolkata Knight Riders need 83 runs in 32 balls

15.3
Kuldeep Yadav to Cummins, out Lbw!!

Cummins lbw b Kuldeep Yadav 4(3) [4s-1]

15.5
Kuldeep Yadav to Narine, out Caught by Powell!! A three-fer! Wow, revenge couldn't be more in-your-face.

Narine c Powell b Kuldeep Yadav 4(2) [4s-1]

15.6
Kuldeep Yadav to Umesh Yadav, out Caught&Bowled!!

Umesh Yadav c and b Kuldeep Yadav 0(1)

KKR 152/8 (17) CRR: 8.94 REQ: 21.33
Kolkata Knight Riders need 64 runs in 18 balls

17.4
Khaleel Ahmed to Russell, 1 run, big, full-blooded pull. But Ahmed's slower cutter dug into the pitch is good enough to get Russell to lose his shape, get a big top-edge, just next to the pitch. Pant calls for it, runs, dives, but doesn't really get there. And in doing all this, he smashes his forhead into the ground ..

KKR 163/8 (18.1) CRR: 8.97 REQ: 28.91
Kolkata Knight Riders need 53 runs in 11 balls

18.6
Mustafizur to Russell, 1 run, to long-off
18.5
Mustafizur to Russell, no run
18.4
Mustafizur to Russell, no run
18.3
Mustafizur to Russell, 2 runs, a bottom-handed slice over the covers.
18.2
Mustafizur to Russell, no run, a slower bouncer, very smartly done. Russell shapes up to pull early, but ends up having to adjust, and somehow just getting some bat on it to swat it to square leg

Superman struggling to score

19.2
Thakur to Russell, out Caught by Sarfaraz Khan!! Slower, into-the-pitch, back of a length delivery, angling across. Russell slaps finds the toe-end of his bat, and finds deep point to perfection.

Russell c Sarfaraz Khan b Thakur 24(21) [4s-3]

DC 215/5 (20)

KKR 171 (19.4)

Delhi Capitals won by 44 runs

Rajasthan Royals vs Lucknow Super Giants, 20th Match

Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI):
Jos Buttler, Rassie van der Dussen, Devdutt Padikkal, Sanju Samson(w/c), Shimron Hetmyer, Riyan Parag, Kuldeep Sen, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Prasidh Krishna, Yuzvendra Chahal

Lucknow Super Giants (Playing XI):
KL Rahul(c), Quinton de Kock(w), Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, Ayush Badoni, Krunal Pandya, Jason Holder, Krishnappa Gowtham, Dushmantha Chameera, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan

5.1
Avesh Khan to Buttler, out Bowled!! Dream start for Avesh Khan. A full and quick delivery around middle, curves in slightly and Buttler swings and misses.

Buttler b Avesh Khan 13(11) [4s-1 6s-1]

RR 52/1 (7) CRR: 7.43

Sanju Samson 7(
Devdutt Padikkal 27(23

8.3
Holder to Samson, out Lbw!! A full toss does the trick for Holder. Samson fails to put this juicy full toss away, tries to flick it, but misses it altogether. Rapped on the pads and the umpire reckons it might have crashed into the stick

Samson lbw b Holder 13(12) [4s-2]

9.1
Gowtham to Padikkal, out Caught by Holder!! Gowtham strikes first ball. Rajasthan's top three batters are back to the pavilion. Padikkal goes down on his knee to play the reverse sweep, ends up getting a glove towards slip where Holder takes a dolly.

Padikkal c Holder b Gowtham 29(29) [4s-4]

RR 64/3 (9.1) CRR: 6.98

Shimron Hetmyer, left handed bat, comes to the crease

9.4
Gowtham to Hetmyer, 1 run, on a length around middle and leg, Hetmyer closes the bat face and clips this through the on-side for a single
9.3
Gowtham to Hetmyer, 2 runs, floated on middle and leg, Hetmyer clips it through the leg-side with a closed bat face for a single

9.5
Gowtham to van der Dussen, out Bowled!! Gowtham has turned this match on its head within an over. A sharp off-break around off and it turns in to beat van der Dussen's defence.

van der Dussen b Gowtham 4(4) [4s-1]

RR 67/4 (9.5) CRR: 6.81

11.6
Gowtham to Hetmyer, SIX, smashed away! Hetmyer was itching to get the big shot away and he does so on this occasion. Gets one close to his arc, clears his front leg and dumps this over deep mid-wicket with a nice clean bat swing

13.2
Gowtham to Hetmyer, 1 run, Krunal has put down a dolly at long-on! Dear, oh dear! Would have been a killer blow this, and Gowtham had actually bowled it cleverly. Sliding it through on a good length and deceiving Hetmyer into the back foot pull

RR 108/4 (16) CRR: 6.75

Shimron Hetmyer 19(23)
Ravichandran Ashwin 22(17)

17.2
Holder to Hetmyer, SIX, that's where you simply can't bowl to Hetmyer! Slot ball on middle-and-leg, he'll clobber this for six more often than not. Clears his front leg and bludgeons it over deep mid-wicket. 50-stand up! Priceless partnership for RR

17.4
Holder to Hetmyer, FOUR, smarter batting this! Middle-and-leg line, Hetmyer was shuffling across to target the deep mid-wicket region again, then adjusted and whipped it fine down the leg-side. Fine leg is up, so he knew what he was doing there

17.5
Holder to Hetmyer, SIX, Hetmyer has hit Beast Mode now! And this is when you simply can't afford to miss your lengths as a bowler. Holder does, in the slot and this has been banged straight down the ground. Crunched it!

RR 133/4 (1 CRR: 7.39

Shimron Hetmyer 38(30)
Ravichandran Ashwin 27(22)

Jason Holder
3-0-34-1

Ashwin has been retired out.

18.3
Avesh Khan to Hetmyer, SIX, short and wide, Hetmyer shows that he can go on the off-side as well for a maximum. Slashes it with all the power he can muster, slicing all the way over third man

18.4
Hetmyer is on fire here, gets to fifty with a six! Length ball, right in the arc for Hetmyer and he's dispatched this over deep mid-wicket. What an innings this has been!! Top stuff under pressure

50 to Hetty

Dukes on form today.

Keep it going, Doc!!

19.2
Holder to Hetmyer, SIX, Hetmyer is whacking sixes for fun! He is showing absolute contempt for his fellow West Indian. Holder was trying the yorker, dished out a full toss and got heaved over deep mid-wicket

In reply to Drapsey

hety tek d money and stay- money worth



Holder to Hetmyer, SIX, Hetmyer is whacking sixes for fun! He is showing absolute contempt for his fellow West Indian. Holder was trying the yorker, dished out a full toss and got heaved over deep mid-wicket. Clean strike

19.4
Holder to Riyan Parag, SIX, juicy full toss on the hips, easy peasy for even a new batter like Parag

19.5
Holder to Riyan Parag, out Caught by Gowtham !!

Riyan Parag c Gowtham b Holder 8(4) [6s-1]

RR 165/6 (20) CRR: 8.25

Shimron Hetmyer 59*(36)

Jason Holder
4-0-50-2

Two 50s for West Indians in this match so far.

Looks like a very good day.

In reply to Drapsey

0.1
Boult to Rahul, out Bowled!! A ripper of an inswinging yorker. It's a rocket. A bolt. A peach. Rahul plays all around it, looking to flick it into the leg-side, but falling over and Boult's round the wicket angle goes through bat and pad to uproot both off and middle stump.

Rahul b Boult 0(1)

0.2
Boult to Gowtham, out Lbw!! Plumb. And Lucknow's experiment of sending Gowtham as some sort of a nightwatchman falls flat.

Gowtham lbw b Boult 0(1)

In reply to shivnotout

JHo opened the bowling and now opening the batting.

0.5
Boult to Holder, no run, absolute peach this -- swinging back in after angling across just outside off, and whizzing past Holder's forward poke

0.6
Boult to Holder, FOUR,

LSG 5/2 (1) CRR: 5 REQ: 8.47
Lucknow Super Giants need 161 runs

LSG 6/2 (2) CRR: 3 REQ: 8.89
Lucknow Super Giants need 160 runs

Jason Holder 4(8
)Quinton de Kock 1(2

2.6
Boult to Holder, FOUR, 133.9kph, clears out his front leg, has a massive swipe across the line, and ends up inside-edging it past leg-stump into fine leg. Boult will have to settle for a moral victory here .

Take a bow Hetty! Fantastic innings, got dropped and made the most of it. 59 not out.

3.3
Prasidh to Holder, out Caught by Ashwin!! A hard back of a length delivery does him in. Holder gets onto his front foot early, but gets cramped in the process with the ball jagging in towards his body, and climbs big on him as well to take the top-edge on his pull, tamely, to balloon down mid-on's throat. Again, another experimental promotion doesn't do Lucknow any good.

Holder c Ashwin b Prasidh 8(14) [4s-2]

In reply to Narper

Did you listen to Hetty's interview at the end of the Royals innings?

In reply to Dukes
Yes I did

RR 165/6 (20)

LSG 162/8 (20)

Rajasthan Royals won by 3 runs

In reply to Drapsey

bhai. call them lucky bid. you see it for your self. you get pay to lash or bowl. and them west indies players is a let down .when it matters.
waste ah money d owners say?

In reply to Narper

In reply to Dukes
You lost me there Dukesy.

In reply to Narper

First quote is his IPL captain
Second quote is the CWI Coach

In reply to Dukes

In reply to Narper

Life sometimes allows such injustices.However the important thing is that Hetty is still young and seems to have the correct attitude.He has shown that his resolve to improve and become more consistent remains and the public pressure will increase for his reinstatement to the WI team.I have long said that he is the best batsman in the West Indies and time will prove me correct.His increasing maturity and consistency will eventually make that opinion universal.Sometimes it takes the masses a little while to recognize the truth but eventually it becomes obvious.Many top players have gone thru this type of problem so Hetty is not alone.People from as far back as Basil Butcher and Clive Lloyd and more recently Brian Lara and Shiv Chanderpaul had problems early in their careers with the selectors.

In reply to Dukes

We all want to see him back

In reply to Halliwell

I do not understand what your point is.

Apr 11, 07:30 PM LOCAL
Gujarat Titans (Playing XI):
Matthew Wade(w), Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan, Hardik Pandya(c), David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Abhinav Manohar, Rashid Khan, Lockie Ferguson, Mohammed Shami, Darshan Nalkande

Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI):
Abhishek Sharma, Kane Williamson(c), Rahul Tripathi, Nicholas Pooran(w), Aiden Markram, Shashank Singh, Washington Sundar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Marco Jansen, Umran Malik, T Natarajan

GT 89/3 (12) CRR: 7.42

SRH 64/1 (8.5) CRR: 7.25 REQ: 8.87
Sunrisers Hyderabad need 99 runs in 67 balls

Sunrisers Hyderabad need 82 runs in 49 balls

Kane Williamson *27[31

Kane should retire himself and let Nicky Poo in

SRH 82/1 (12) CRR: 6.83 REQ: 10.12
Sunrisers Hyderabad need 81 runs in 48 balls

Kane Williamson 27(31)
Rahul Tripathi 10(9

12.2
Hardik Pandya to Williamson, SIX, top-edge! Sixer.

12.3
Hardik Pandya to Williamson, SIX, and six more!
12.2

13.1
Rahul Tewatia to Tripathi, SIX, and drop-kicked over wide long-off for a sixer

SRH 108/1 (14) CRR: 7.71 REQ: 9.17
Sunrisers Hyderabad need 55 runs in 36 balls

Kane Williamson 44(3
Nicholas Pooran 2(3

15.3
Ferguson to Williamson, SIX, and paddles it for a sixer. Backs away a long away and then

15.4
Ferguson to Williamson, FOUR, to deep extra cover

SRH 129/1 (16) CRR: 8.06 REQ: 8.5
Sunrisers Hyderabad need 34 runs in 24 balls

Williamson c Rahul Tewatia b Hardik Pandya 57(46) [4s-2 6s-4]

SRH 135/2 (17.1) CRR: 7.86 REQ: 9.88
Sunrisers Hyderabad need 28 runs in 17 balls

Nicholas Pooran 11(10)
Aiden Markram 3(3

17.2
Ferguson to Pooran, FOUR, to fine leg

17.3
Ferguson to Pooran, SIX, to backward square leg

18.4
Shami to Pooran, FOUR, short ball, Pooran looks to pull and gets a top-edge. The ball lands well away from the keeper and the short fine fielder for it to run away to the fine leg fence for a four

18.6
Shami to Markram, FOUR, to long-on

19.1
Darshan Nalkande to Pooran, SIX, to backward square leg

GT 162/7 (20)

SRH 168/2 (19.1)

Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 8 wkts

Aiden Markram 12(
Nicholas Pooran 34(1

In reply to Narper

Did Pooran do his 'prayer' during the MOM acceptance speech?

Royal Challengers Bangalore (Playing XI):
Faf du Plessis(c), Anuj Rawat, Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Dinesh Karthik(w), Shahbaz Ahmed, Wanindu Hasaranga, Josh Hazlewood, Mohammed Siraj, Suyash Prabhudessai, Akash Deep

Chennai Super Kings (Playing XI):
Robin Uthappa, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Moeen Ali, Ambati Rayudu, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja(c), MS Dhoni(w), Dwayne Bravo, Chris Jordan, Maheesh Theekshana, Mukesh Choudhary

In reply to Narper

RCB chooses to bowl.

CSK 133/2 (15) CRR: 8.87

Shivam Dube 50(30)
Robin Uthappa 57(36

CSK put just enough runs on the board to support Kohli's ton, the first of the season.

That Dube guy (at around 7') must be the tallest Indian cricketer ever.

2.5
M Theekshana to du Plessis, out Caught by Jordan!! In the airrrr, man at long-on and Faf goes early. Jump and a fist pump from Theekshana. It's a simple offie

du Plessis c Jordan b M Theekshana 8(9)

CSK 216/4 (20)
RCB 14/1 (2.5) CRR: 4.94 REQ: 11.83
Royal Challengers Bangalore need 203 runs

In reply to Drapsey

Kohli c Shivam Dube b Mukesh Choudhary 1(3)

two zeros missing after the 1

In reply to Narper

I give up.

People might think I'm usurping VOR's forte.

In reply to Drapsey

CSK 216/4 (20)
RCB 193/9 (20)

Chennai Super Kings won by 23 runs

In reply to FuzzyWuzzy

Mumbai Indians vs Punjab Kings, 23rd Match

[quote]
Punjab Kings (Playing XI):
Mayank Agarwal(c), Shikhar Dhawan, Jonny Bairstow(w), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma, Odean Smith, Shahrukh Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Vaibhav Arora, Arshdeep Singh

Mumbai Indians (Playing XI):
Rohit Sharma(c), Ishan Kishan(w), Dewald Brevis, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Kieron Pollard, Jaydev Unadkat, Murugan Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Tymal Mills, Basil Thampi

Last Chance Saloon for Odean I would guess.

In reply to Drapsey

Just enjoying some exciting cricket. IPL now have saffies willing to forgo national duties for the more attractive option.

These opening batters are demolishing the bowling.

Mayank c Suryakumar Yadav b Murugan Ashwin 52(32) [4s-6 6s-2]

PBKS 99/1 (10) CRR: 9.9

Shikhar Dhawan 35(26)
Jonny Bairstow 1(2

PBKS 174/4 (1 CRR: 9.67

19.4
Basil Thampi to Shahrukh Khan, out Bowled!!

Shahrukh Khan b Basil Thampi 15(6) [6s-2]

PBKS 197/5 (19.4) CRR: 10.02

19.5
Basil Thampi to Odean Smith, 1 run, to backward square leg

PBKS 198/5 (20) CRR: 9.9

In reply to Narper

Odean came in with just two balls left to bowl.

MI 33/2 (5) CRR: 6.6 REQ: 11.07
Mumbai Indians need 166 runs in 90 balls

Dewald Brevis 0(6)
Tilak Varma 1(1

In reply to mikesiva
Pouty has to deliver today

A big one coming up

In reply to mikesiva

And he's left with another not out on his record, making it two to date. Count them!

In reply to Narper

You betcha, He Man will lead the team to victory!

From cricinfo:
What an over. Chahar's costliest ever in the IPL. MI's win probability has gone up from 13.3% to 48.5%

Brevis is something special.

That 29 runs over from Chahar is all Odean's fault.

If he had done better that the 10 runs scored in his single over, he wouldn't have been replaced by Chahar.

8.6
Rahul Chahar to Brevis, SIX, Pune goes wild! 29 runs in the over as Brevis clubs this loopy delivery over long-on for the fourth consecutive six against Chahar. Another loopy delivery and Brevis makes sure it goes the distance. He has turned this match on its head within four deliveries, what a talent!
8.5
Rahul Chahar to Brevis, SIX, hat-trick of sixes by Brevis! A seam up delivery by Rahul Chahar, short and slightly quick, Brevis rocks back in the crease and hammers it over deep mid-wicket for six more. Raining sixes as Chahar has conceded 23 runs already
8.4
Rahul Chahar to Brevis, SIX, woohoo! Goes down on his knee does Baby AB and picks the bones out of this one. Smoked over wide long-on for an even bigger six. He's loving it!
8.3
Rahul Chahar to Brevis, SIX, that shall give him a lot of confidence. A floated delivery by the leg spinner and Brevis has launched this over long-on for a clean six. Everyone including the Punjab captain admires the shot as it sails into the stands
8.2
Rahul Chahar to Brevis, FOUR, no chance of stopping that! Short ball by Rahul Chahar and the batter has smashed it past the bowler with brute force

MI 105/2 (10) CRR: 10.5 REQ: 9.4
Mumbai Indians need 94 runs in 60 balls

Tilak Varma 27(15)
Dewald Brevis 45(22

In reply to Drapsey
Odean Smith [1.0-0-10-0] is back into the attack
10.1
Odean Smith to Tilak Varma, SIX, short, wide, Tilak Varma throws his arms to flay it over deep point. The man in the deep jumps but the ball sails over his head. It's raining sixes here in Pune!

In reply to Narper

Dropped catch.

Taken now.

Odean gets Brevis for 49.

10.6
Odean Smith to Brevis, out Caught by Arshdeep Singh!! Gone! This is a big wicket! Dewald Brevis misses his maiden half-ton by a run. Dug in short by Smith and Brevis goes through with his pull shot despite the ball getting big on him. Miscues off the top part of the bat and Arshdeep gobbles it up at deep backward square leg

Brevis c Arshdeep Singh b Odean Smith 49(25) [4s-4 6s-5]

MI 116/3 (11) CRR: 10.55 REQ: 9.22
Mumbai Indians need 83 runs in 54 balls

Odean Smith
2-0-21-1

In reply to Narper

Pollard in now.

Tilak Varma run out (Mayank/Arshdeep Singh) 36(20) [4s-3 6s-2]

MI 131/4 (13) CRR: 10.08 REQ: 9.71
Mumbai Indians need 68 runs in 42 balls

Suryakumar Yadav 12(11)
Kieron Pollard 0(0

In reply to mikesiva

Pouty time now !!!!

13.2
Rahul Chahar to Pollard, FOUR, dances down the pitch again,

14.3
Rabada to Suryakumar Yadav, SIX, 111.4kph, slower ball on the shorter side. Suryakumar Yadav spots it

14.6
Rabada to Pollard, no run,
14.5
Rabada to Pollard, no run, 126.6kph, shortish delivery, Pollard walks forward and across to pat it to backward point. The West Indian wanted the single but got sent back

MI 146/4 (15) CRR: 9.73 REQ: 10.6
Mumbai Indians need 53 runs in 30 balls

Kieron Pollard 7(7)
Suryakumar Yadav 20(16)

15.2
Rahul Chahar to Pollard, no run, 88.5kph, Pollard is struck on the pads as he misses the glance/clip.

Come on Pouty

15.3
Rahul Chahar to Pollard, 1 run, skips down the track and flicks to deep mid-wicket

MI 150/4 (16) CRR: 9.38 REQ: 12.25
Mumbai Indians need 49 runs in 24 balls

Kieron Pollard 9(10)
Suryakumar Yadav 22(19

16.1
Vaibhav Arora to Pollard, wide, the bowler isn't happy with the call.
16.1
Vaibhav Arora to Pollard, no run, massive swing

16.1
Vaibhav Arora to Pollard, out Pollard Run Out!! 1 run completed. Suicidal running! 140.9kph, very full delivery outside off,

Pollard run out (Odean Smith/Jitesh Sharma) 10(11) [4s-1]

In reply to mikesiva
Brilliant return by Odean and Pouty is gawn

!!!Vaibhav Arora to Pollard, out Pollard Run Out!! 1 run completed. Suicidal running! 140.9kph, very full delivery outside off, Pollard bunts it down to long-on. There's a slight misfield from Smith and Pollard signals his partner to come back for the second. An accurate throw at the keeper's end and Jitesh Sharma breaks the stumps to catch Pollard short of his ground. Suryakumar Yadav turns back and watches it angrily. Clearly, the second run wasn't on.

In reply to Narper

Duksie

Goat mowt Pouty....

In reply to sgtdjones


Pouty was acually releived from his misery...
Pouty is losing it...can get going at all

16.5
Vaibhav Arora to Suryakumar Yadav, SIX, over the fielder!
16.4
Vaibhav Arora to Suryakumar Yadav, SIX, wow! Stunning shot from Suryakumar Yadav. 142.7kph, fullish length ball, SKY stays deep in his crease, crouches low and carves it inside-out over deep extra cover for a 90m six...

Mumbai Indians need 33 runs in 18 balls

Good over fron Deep ass Singh

17.6
Arshdeep Singh to Suryakumar Yadav, 1 run, 139.7kph, low full toss, dinked to long-on and Suryakumar Yadav will keep the strike. Just five runs off his final over and Arshdeep finishes with 4-0-29-0!

Mumbai Indians need 28 runs in 12 balls

_28 runs _ 12 balls. Rabada to bowl the penultimate over
Kagiso Rabada [3.0-0-23-1] is back into the attack

18.1
Rabada to Suryakumar Yadav, FOUR, good start to the over for MI. Low full toss, meant to be the yorker,

Odean is in everything

18.4
Rabada to Suryakumar Yadav, out Caught by Odean Smith!! 139.3kph, full toss, Suryakumar Yadav clears his front leg to hoist it over long-on. Doesn't get the timing right and SKY knew it straightaway. More height than distance. Odean settles under the skier at long-on to catch it calmly. Unadkat denied a single off the previous ball and SKY departs now!

Suryakumar Yadav c Odean Smith b Rabada 43(30) [4s-1 6s-4]

18.6
Rabada to Murugan Ashwin, no run, 136.9kph, back of a length outside off, Murugan Ashwin shuffles and fails to make contact with his attempted steer down to third man. Just 6 runs + Suryakumar Yadav's wicket.
18.5
Rabada to Murugan Ashwin, no run, 134.7kph, short of length, Murugan Ashwin makes room and slaps it back at the bowler. DOT

MI 177/6 (19) CRR: 9.32 REQ: 22
Mumbai Indians need 22 runs in 6 balls
. Odean to bowl.

SKUNT !!!!!

19.1
Odean Smith to Unadkat, SIX, sixer! 133.1kph, back of a length, Unadkat moves leg-side and handsomely pulls it over deep square leg.

Equation: 16 runs | 5 balls.

In reply to Narper

This is so unfair to Odean, bowling the final over that is.

19.2
Odean Smith to Unadkat, 2 runs, to long-off

GAWN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Odean Smith to Unadkat, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

19.3
Odean Smith to Unadkat, out Caught by Mayank!! A back-pedalling Mayank takes a pressure catch. 137.8kph, darted across the right-hander from a length and Unadkat swings hard to only slice it in the air

Unadkat c Mayank b Odean Smith 12(7) [6s-1]

In reply to Drapsey

Wicket! Odean!

In reply to Narper

Odean gets his third wicket.

GAWN again !!!

19.4
Odean Smith to Bumrah, out Caught by Dhawan!! 136.2kph, shortish ball marginally outside off, Bumrah clears his front leg to pull and only manages a top-edge. Dhawan moves back and to his left at short third man to gobble it up.

Bumrah c Dhawan b Odean Smith 0(1)

In reply to mikesiva

Ok, as long as he doesn't bowl another wide, he got it!

19.5
Odean Smith to Tymal Mills, no run, 138kph,

In reply to Drapsey

Odean gets a four for!

19.6
Odean Smith to Tymal Mills, out Caught by Mayank!! 131.1kph, away-angling back of a length, Tymal Mills throws his arms and slices it towards extra cover. Mayank catches and yells out a loud roar as he punches the air in delight. Punjab win by 12 runs | fifth successive loss for Mumbai!

Tymal Mills c Mayank b Odean Smith 0(2)

Wow, what a death over for Odean.

3 wickets to boot.

MOM in order?

PBKS 198/5 (20)

MI 186/9 (20)

Punjab Kings won by 12 runs

Odean Smith
3-0-30-4

In reply to Drapsey
MOM for true.....dis bwoy has the right spirit and attitude....goes about his business without fuss..always willing to give his best with bat or ball or in the field

In reply to Drapsey

LOM for Pouty

Great showing Odean.

Dem a go tire d fi...

West Indians make the IPL games exciting
And something about uis, playing well under pressure.

Mumbai got a Chris Rock special

Rajasthan Royals vs Gujarat Titans, 24th Match

Gujarat Titans (Playing XI):
Matthew Wade(w), Shubman Gill, Vijay Shankar, Hardik Pandya(c), David Miller, Abhinav Manohar, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Lockie Ferguson, Mohammed Shami, Yash Dayal

Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI):
Jos Buttler, Devdutt Padikkal, Sanju Samson(w/c), Rassie van der Dussen, Shimron Hetmyer, James Neesham, Riyan Parag, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Sen, Prasidh Krishna, Yuzvendra Chahal

In reply to Narper

Ah gats a feeling dat today is Rassie's day. Hope my prediction is better dan yesterday's!!!LOL

Hety is full of confidence and will deliver again today

In reply to Narper

Boult is out.I was looking for him to tangle with Shubman Gill.

1.2
Prasidh to Shubman Gill, out Wade Run Out!! Bad call+good fielding results in Wade getting run-out.

Wade run out (van der Dussen) 12(6) [4s-3]

GT 12/1 (1.2) CRR: 9

GT 16/2 (3) CRR: 5.33

Hardik Pandya 1(1)
Shubman Gill 1(4

When you have a good team and you have luck on your side, you become very hard to beat.

In reply to Dukes

No batting for Hetty today?

GT 73/3 (10.1) CRR: 7.18

In reply to Dukes

Glad you mention luck...because you need it in cricket

Some would say its karma

192 is certainly a good score, and should be enough to support Hetty's chance of making a ton today.

Half volleys on the menu!!!

Bookies’ dream

Here comes Hetty!

Who seh Hetty not fit?

That 3 run should certainly shut dem people up.

In reply to Narper

I DONE PREDICTING!!!!!!!

In reply to Dukes

11.5
Hardik Pandya to Hetmyer, FOUR, to deep mid-wicket

12.4
Shami to Hetmyer, 2 runs, to deep mid-wicket
12.3
Shami to Hetmyer, FOUR, has HP dropped the catch which will cost them dear? That was a flat-batted slam down the ground and HP at mid-off tipped it over the bar. The ball flew to the fence after bursting through his fingers. Was banged in and Hetmyer slammed it hard
12.2
Shami to Hetmyer, SIX, and a big hit! Hetmyer on the move. Rajasthan needs more of this. That was banged in from round the wicket and Hetmyer slams the pull over deep mid. That was hit really hard and flat. That will bring down the rate a little

12.5
Shami to Hetmyer, out Caught by Rahul Tewatia!! Was that needed? He already had plenty in the bag for this over. Hetmyer was looking to heave that over long-on but cue-ends this one. The man at long-on runs in and takes an easy catch. Might well be the last nail in the coffin

Hetmyer c Rahul Tewatia b Shami 29(17) [4s-2 6s-1]

RR 117/6 (13) CRR: 9 REQ: 10.86
Rajasthan Royals need 76 runs in 42 balls

In reply to Narper

30 runs in a game is safe for a foreign player

15.6
Ferguson to Riyan Parag, out Caught by Shubman Gill!!

Riyan Parag c Shubman Gill b Ferguson 18(16) [4s-1 6s-1]

In reply to Halliwell

In reply to Narper

Off 17 ball good enuff
Is not like he playing for Koli anymore

17.2
Hardik Pandya to Neesham, out Caught&Bowled!!

Neesham c and b Hardik Pandya 17(15) [4s-1]

GT 192/4 (20)\

RR 155/9 (20)

Gujarat Titans won by 37 runs

Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 25th Match

Pitch Report | Simon Doull:
"Looks like a magnificent surface. Lovely grass coverage on it, all that does is just give it a really nice pace. Good sound to it - nice and hard. Good pace, good bounce. Batters have made the most of scoring runs in the early stages here. It's harder to score in the death overs. Dimensions - 68 metres on one side away to point - not a very big hit down there at all and over third man it is very small. But 81 metres to the leg-side and a huge hit out to cow corner (89 metres). Bat first, put runs on the board and if you get 185-190, you'll be okay. It's a really good surface. Don't worry about batting first."

Venkatesh Iyer and Finch are at the crease.

Venkatesh Iyer is on strike.

Bhuvneshwar will open the attack

1.2

Finch c Pooran b Marco Jansen 7(5) [6s-1]

4.2
T Natarajan to Narine, SIX, wow! That's what he can do. Length ball on the stumps, Narine backs away and clears his front leg, lofts through the line and it clears the ropes at wide long-on. Nothing wrong with the ball, just Narine doing Narine things

4.3
T Natarajan to Narine, out Caught by Shashank Singh!! Six and out.

Narine c Shashank Singh b T Natarajan 6(2) [6s-1]

KKR 31/3 (4.3) CRR: 6.89

KKR 57/3 ( CRR: 7.12

9.6
Umran Malik to Shreyas Iyer, out Bowled!!

Shreyas Iyer b Umran Malik 28(25) [4s-3]

In reply to Narper

Malik has some serious pace, had Shreyas taking a step to the leg side.

KKR 75/4 (11) CRR: 6.82

In reply to Overthrow
So many of these young Injuns bowling fast and furious...coaches working with them

13.4
Marco Jansen to Russell, SIX, long boundary but what's a long boundary for Russell! Length ball on the stumps, he clears his front leg and muscles it over deep mid-wicket for a six. Clears the boundary with ease as well. He has already made his intentions clear tonight

KKR 114/5 (14) CRR: 8.14

Nitish Rana 45(2
Andre Russell 9(4

15.6
Umran Malik to Russell, no run, Umran Malik caps off the over with a dot. 5 dots and just 2 off it to Russell at the death. Special over this. Wide length ball outside off, Russell can't reach out to flay it away
15.5
Umran Malik to Russell, no run, Umran Malik has Russell on the floor. The short ball and follows Russell who has to go down quickly as the ball is aimed at his head. Fantastic short ball
15.4
Umran Malik to Russell, no run, 146.8kph rocket! Short outside off, Russell slashes and misses, the ball flies over the top-edge. Even Pooran goes "ooooh" as the ball thuds into his gloves
15.3
Umran Malik to Russell, no run, good ball. Pacey and in-angled following Russell outside leg, Russell swings and misses. A precious dot
15.2
Umran Malik to Russell, 2 runs, good work by Shashank Singh from deep point, runs and slides to his left to push the ball away. Was cut hard by Russell and was heading to the fence
15.1
Umran Malik to Russell, no run, low full-toss follows Russell who backs away outside leg, hit straight to the fielder at mid-wicket

Umran Malik
4-0-27-2

16.2
Bhuvneshwar to Russell, FOUR, so easy for Russell. Short on the stumps, Russell just angles the cut and gets it wide of short third man to his left

16.4
Bhuvneshwar to Russell, SIX, , the next ball goes for a six. The full ball outside off, right in the slot and a monster loft from Russell, all the way over extra-cover and goes a long way over the ropes. Can't miss to this man

16.6
Bhuvneshwar to Russell, FOUR, Bhuvneshwar misses the yorker, it's a full ball on the pads, flicked in the air and just wide of the sprawling deep backward square who went to his left. One bounce and over

17.1
T Natarajan to Nitish Rana, FOUR, straight down the ground

17.2
T Natarajan to Nitish Rana, out Caught by Pooran!! Caught behind appeal turned down and SRH review. There was a noise as the ball went past bat, was it bat hitting the ground? or the edge? Waiting for UltraEdge. There is spike and Nitish Rana has to go. Credit to Pooran for spotting the edge.

Nitish Rana c Pooran b T Natarajan 54(36) [4s-6 6s-2]

KKR 150/6 (18.0) CRR: 8.35

Pat Cummins 3(2)
Andre Russell 31(18

18.3
Bhuvneshwar to Cummins, out Caught by Marco Jansen!! No heroics from Cummins tonight.

Cummins c Marco Jansen b Bhuvneshwar 3(3)

18.4
Bhuvneshwar to Aman Hakim Khan, FOUR, to deep extra cover

18.6
Bhuvneshwar to Russell, no run, what a ball! Again Russell is on the floor but on his knees this time. Yorker tailing in at the toes of Russell who flicks to mid-wicket and falls over due to him losing balance. Mid-wicket was in close and that's a dot which SRH wanted badly


KKR 158/7 (19) CRR: 8.32

Andre Russell 33(21)
Aman Hakim Khan 5(2

19.1
J Suchith to Aman Hakim Khan, out Bowled!! Knocked him over.

Aman Hakim Khan b J Suchith 5(3) [4s-1]

19.2
J Suchith to Umesh Yadav, 1 run, had Tripathi from mid-wicket picked it up, Umesh Yadav was gone!

19.4
J Suchith to Russell, SIX, flat and darting into him, Russell just muscles that over deep mid-wicket, connected well and all the way. That's why he wanted the strike as much as possible against J Suchith this over

19.5
J Suchith to Russell, SIX, poor ball. Real drag-down and Russell does not need another invitation, it's on off, smeared hard and flat over wide long-on, it's a flat six and Umesh Yadav applauds from the other end

19.6
J Suchith to Russell, FOUR, four to end the innings. Slower and drifting into the pads of Russell who sweeps and it takes a thin edge on the shot, runs away wide of short fine.

KKR 175/8 (20) CRR: 8.75

Andre Russell 49(25)
Umesh Yadav 1(1

In reply to Narper

Russell continues to fail (us).

All he had to do was hit that last ball for 6 to register his 50 and possibly secure the MOM award, but all he could come up with is a watered-down 4.

In reply to Drapsey
I agree....Superman failed there

Now he must take a fiver

In reply to Drapsey

Boy allyuh real tuff.

In reply to Overthrow



Is Superman we talking bout

SRH 3/0 (1) CRR: 3 REQ: 9.11
Sunrisers Hyderabad need 173 runs

1.4
Cummins to Abhishek Sharma, out Bowled!! Chopped on! Cummins strikes early. 138.2kph,

Abhishek Sharma b Cummins 3(10)

5.1
Russell to Williamson, FOUR, Williamson greets Russell with a boundary. A short ball with not much venom, Williamson moves back and pivots to pull it over wide mid-on. One bounce and into the fence

5.2
Russell to Williamson, out Bowled!! Russell has his revenge and Williamson is livid with himself! Shortish ball that keeps a shade low at 139.3kph,

Williamson b Russell 17(16) [4s-3]

5.5
Russell to Tripathi, SIX, 135.4kph, Tripathi will continue to play his strokes!

SRH 46/2 (6) CRR: 7.67 REQ: 9.29
Sunrisers Hyderabad need 130 runs in 84 balls

SRH 59/2 (7) CRR: 8.43 REQ: 9
Sunrisers Hyderabad need 117 runs in 78 balls

Rahul Tripathi 29(12)
Aiden Markram 3(4)

7.4
Chakaravarthy to Tripathi, SIX,and again! The fuller length delivery aoin't helping the case of the bowler. Another inside out hit from Tripathi who has it over deep cover. He has raced to 45

7.3
Chakaravarthy to Tripathi, SIX, wow! Tripathi getting stuck into his former teammate. That was a well tossed up delivery outside off and Tripathi lofts it over wide long-off for a sixer. Tripathi
7.2
Chakaravarthy to Tripathi, FOUR, the length on the delivery allows the batter to hit it over the fielder. That was well tossed up outside off and Tripathi lofted it inside out over covers for a four

SRH 77/2 ( CRR: 9.62 REQ: 8.25
Sunrisers Hyderabad need 99 runs in 72 balls

SRH 81/2 (9) CRR: 9 REQ: 8.64

Sunrisers Hyderabad need 95 runs in 66 balls

Sunil Narine
1-0-4-0

9.4
Chakaravarthy to Markram, FOUR, to deep extra cover
9.3
Chakaravarthy to Markram, SIX, and Chakaravarthy having a poor evening. Was a tossed up delivery, Markram gets that in the slot and

Partnership: 55(27)

SRH 95/2 (10) CRR: 9.5 REQ: 8.1
Sunrisers Hyderabad need 81 runs in 60 balls

Rahul Tripathi 50(21)
Aiden Markram 18(13)

10.1
Narine to Tripathi, SIX, tossed up delivery, Tripathi slams that over long-on.

SRH 113/2 (13) CRR: 8.69 REQ: 9
Sunrisers Hyderabad need 63 runs in 42 balls

13.6
Umesh Yadav to Markram, FOUR, just a mere punch and the ball races away past deep cover for a four
13.5
Umesh Yadav to Markram, FOUR, short of length delivery outside off and has been slammed past cover for a four. That was hit hard and into the gap. Was so well hit
13.4
Umesh Yadav to Markram, FOUR, and a much needed four! That just lobbed over the keeper and the long leg fielder fails to get it. That was a short ball, Markram was a little on the pull and the soft top-edge lobbed over the keeper

KKR 175/8 (20)
SRH 127/2 (14) CRR: 9.07 REQ: 8.17
Sunrisers Hyderabad need 49 runs in 36 balls

14.1
Russell to Tripathi, SIX

14.2
Russell to Tripathi, out Caught by Venkatesh Iyer!! Okay, non-retention, non-buyback avenged.

Tripathi c Venkatesh Iyer b Russell 71(37) [4s-4 6s-6]

SRH 133/3 (14.2) CRR: 9.28 REQ: 7.59
Sunrisers Hyderabad need 43 runs in 34 balls

Nicholas Pooran comes to the crease

14.3
Russell to Pooran, no run, back of a length, angling across, a hopping-punch to cover

15.4
Chakaravarthy to Markram, SIX, to deep mid-wicket
15.3
Chakaravarthy to Markram, FOUR, another one through the keeper's legs. This one isn't his fault though, with Markram getting a thick under-edge on his cut

SRH 153/3 (16) CRR: 9.56 REQ: 5.75
Sunrisers Hyderabad need 23 runs in 24 balls

Nicholas Pooran 2(5)
Aiden Markram 48(2

Narine to Markram, 1 run, flat, on middle, knocked wristily down to long-on. And Markram has a fifty -- his second in the IPL

Sunrisers Hyderabad need 17 runs in 17 balls

Sunil Narine
4-0-23-0

17.3
Cummins to Markram, FOUR, fuller, in the slot, and Markram lofts it uppishly over mid-wicket. Just NRR things.

17.4
Cummins to Markram, SIX .. into single-digits.

17.5
Cummins to Markram, SIX, bang, bang, and bang. It's done. It's dusted. Cummins goes short, and Markram sends it over deep square leg

KKR 175/8 (20)

SRH 176/3 (17.5)

Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 7 wkts

Aiden Markram 68(36)
Nicholas Pooran 5[8

Can Mumbai finally win a match? We shall see.

In reply to Windiesfan78

Fabian Allen finally gets a game.

LSG 84/1 after 9 overs.

In reply to mikesiva

Good to see Allen playing today. Hopefully he can have an impact in the batting later. Also, Pollard needs to step up today.

LSG 124/2, 13.2 overs.

In reply to Windiesfan78

Allen four overs 1-46

155/3 in 16.1 overs.

Mills is getting hammered!!

101* Rahul

Mills 0-54 off 3 overs .

So, Fab Allen bowled out his overs for under 50 runs.

All's good.

198/4, 2 more legal deliveries to go.

Good last over for M.I, 199/4 in 20 overs. Only a mere 10 runs an over. He Man will play an important role today. So will FA. It is a good batting surface. Polly is due a big score and shall deliver today!

MI 11/0 after 2 overs.

16/1, Rohit gone for 6 off 7 balls.

20/1 after 3, glorious shot by Brevis 4 runs!

28/1 after 4 overs.

SIXXXXXXXXXXXXX and pose by Brevis.

Unnuh watch hout, Dewald Brevis deh come!

18 years old and counting.

59/3, I barely moved from the telly and this is the dross I came back to see.

Brevis has been the stand out player in this misfiring M.I team. Great find and only a teenager.

Here comes Pouty.

Yesssssssssssssss!

Kieron Pollard, right handed bat, comes to the crease
14.2
Holder to Tilak Varma, out Bowled!! That was a superb yorker speared in and Tilak Varma fails to wood it. That was right at the base of the off-pole. Tilak Varma wanted to get his bat down in time but failed. LSG get a wicket just when they needed one to firmly tilt the balance. Holder breaks the partnership which yielded 64 runs.

Tilak Varma b Holder 26(26) [4s-2]

In reply to Drapsey

, perfect yorker from Big Jase. Pollard to take home M.I today. HE MANNNNNNNNN!

15.3
Ravi Bishnoi to Suryakumar Yadav, out Caught by (sub)Gowtham !! Suryakumar Yadav would be gutted. He would be livid. Thatw as a dragged down delivery and Suryakumar Yadav pulls it down to deep square. The substitute fielder comes in a few paces and takes it with ease. MI into trouble again with rate creeping up as well. Ravi Bishnoi was supposed to take on Pollard but LSG would be happy with the current bargain as well.

Suryakumar Yadav c (sub)Gowtham b Ravi Bishnoi 37(27) [4s-3]

15.6
Ravi Bishnoi to Fabian Allen, 1 run, to sweeper cover
15.5
Ravi Bishnoi to Fabian Allen, no run, fuller, faster, wider, outside off and Fabian Allen bails out of a shot
15.4
Ravi Bishnoi to Fabian Allen, FOUR, and that's the beginner's luck that Fabian Allen would have wanted. A freebie full toss outside off and Fabian Allen creams that wide of deep cover for a four

MI 132/5 (16) CRR: 8.25 REQ: 17
Mumbai Indians need 68 runs in 24 balls

16.2
Chameera to Pollard, SIX, whipped! Six

16.3
Chameera to Pollard, SIX, short delivery and slammed! Hit well over deep mid for a sixer. He was backing away, the bowler tried to cramp him up but the power of Pollard overpowered and hijacked the delivery to send it on an ominous journey

In reply to Narper

Thanks for taking over, I was getting tired of updating the board .

In reply to Windiesfan78



teamwork

In reply to Narper

Polly
Polly!!!

MI 148/5 (17) CRR: 8.71 REQ: 17.33

Mumbai Indians need 52 runs in 18 balls

Fabian Allen 8(6)
Kieron Pollard 16(6

17.1
Avesh Khan to Pollard, FOUR, between mid-wicket and long-on
17.2
Avesh Khan to Pollard, no run, that was a journey ball outside off and might have been a slower one as Pollard managed only an inside edge. He was into his shot a little too earl

17.4
Avesh Khan to Fabian Allen, out Caught by Chameera!!

Fabian Allen c Chameera b Avesh Khan 8(7) [4s-1]

In reply to Narper

Allen out for eight.

MI 153/6 (17.4) CRR: 8.66 REQ: 20.14
Mumbai Indians need 47 runs in 14 balls

17.5
Avesh Khan to Unadkat, FOUR, and Unadkat provides a little spark? Can this reignite the hopes? That was driven away square of the wicket for a four as he timed and placed it really well

Mumbai Indians need 43 runs in 12 balls

18.3
Holder to Unadkat, SIX, slower delivery outside off, Unadkat gets hold of the ball

18.4
Holder to Unadkat, FOUR, straight down the ground for a four! Unadkat is hitting them well! 30 off 8 balls. That was a fuller delivery and Unadkat slams it over the bowler's head for a four

18.5
Holder to Unadkat, leg byes, FOUR, to fine leg

MI 174/6 (19) CRR: 9.16 REQ: 26
Mumbai Indians need 26 runs in 6 balls

Jaydev Unadkat1 4(6)
Kieron Pollard 24(11

RUN OUT
19.1
Chameera to Pollard, out Unadkat Run Out!! 1 run completed. And a run-out! Last thing they needed and KP is off the strike as well. Chameera nailed the full ball and Pollard only dragged it to deep mid.

Unadkat run out (Stoinis/de Kock) 14(6) [4s-2 6s-1]

This done! Decent effort from He Man but it was not to be.

19.2
Chameera to Murugan Ashwin, SIX, to long-on

19.3
Chameera to Murugan Ashwin, out Murugan Ashwin Run Out!! Ashwin hesitated initially and that proved to be his downfall. That was a fuller one outside off and Murugan Ashwin missed the slanted across delivery. The keeper lobbed the ball down to the bowler who under-armed the ball on to the sticks.

Murugan Ashwin run out (de Kock/Chameera) 6(2) [6s-1]

19.5
Chameera to Pollard, out Caught by Stoinis!!

Pollard c Stoinis b Chameera 25(14) [4s-1 6s-2]

LSG 199/4 (20)
MI 181/9 (20) CRR: 9.05

Lucknow Super Giants won by 18 runs

5 games, 5 losses .

0.3
Mustafizur to du Plessis, FOUR, 136.2kph, inswinger again, but the line is too straight on this occasion. Pad-lined, du Plessis glances and gets an inside edge that brushes the pad and dribbles away to fine leg for four. Faf and RCB get off the mark

1.1
Thakur to Anuj Rawat, out Lbw!! Shardul strikes first ball! Anuj Rawat has a word with his skipper and keeps walking. 135.3kph, full ball

Anuj Rawat lbw b Thakur 0(1)

RCB 5/1 (1.1) CRR: 4.29

Virat Kohli comes to the crease
1.2
Thakur to Kohli, 2 runs, Kohli gets off the mark straightaway. Presses forward and drives this full ball with the swing to sweeper cover

1.4
Thakur to du Plessis, FOUR, length ball, hint of away-swing, du Plessis, with a good stride forward, leans across and

2.3
Khaleel Ahmed to du Plessis, out Caught by Axar!! In the air ... and ... taken! 140kph, away-slanter from a short of length, du Plessis shimmies down the track and moves leg-side before wafting his blade at it.

du Plessis c Axar b Khaleel Ahmed 8(11) [4s-2]

RCB 25/2 (4.1) CRR: 6

Glenn Maxwell 9(7)
Virat Kohli 6(5

4.5
Khaleel Ahmed to Kohli, FOUR, good reply from Kohli! Slightly overpitched, Kohli gets forward and off-drives. Well-timed and Warner fails to stop it despite a dive to his right.

6.2
Thakur to Kohli, out Kohli Run Out!! Yes-no! Direct-hit at the striker's end from Lalit Yadav and Kohli is a goner! DC are cock-a-hoop. Taps a length ball towards with soft hands and both batters set off. Maxwell sends him back! Kohli run out Lalit Yadav swoops in from backward point and hits the bullseye. He had one stump to aim and he nailed it. For the second time this season,

(Lalit Yadav) 12(14) [4s-1]

RCB 42/3 (7) CRR: 6

Suyash Prabhudessai 1(2)
Glenn Maxwell 20(14

RCB 82/4 (10) CRR: 8.2

Glenn Maxwell 49(27)
Shahbaz Ahmed 4(2)

10.3
Thakur to Maxwell, FOUR, 50 for Maxwell and the RCB contingent are up on their feet. Full and sliding down, tickled away wide of short fine, just needed to beat the fielder and it raced away

11.2
Kuldeep Yadav to Maxwell, out Caught by Lalit Yadav!! Kuldeep Yadav has his revenge and the dangerous Maxwell is gone. But that's a soft dismissal.

Maxwell c Lalit Yadav b Kuldeep Yadav 55(34) [4s-7 6s-2]

17.6
Mustafizur to Karthik, FOUR, to long-off

17.5
Mustafizur to Karthik, SIX, to long-off
17.4
Mustafizur to Karthik, SIX, the seam-up ball goes for six. Nothing is working for Mustafizur. Right in the slot outside off, Karthik smashes it straight and flat into the sightscreen. Held his shape and did not try to overhit.
17.3
Mustafizur to Karthik, FOUR, to deep extra cover, the partnership between Karthik and Shahbaz Ahmed is now
17.2
Mustafizur to Karthik, FOUR, extraordinary from DK! The slower cutter on a good length across Karthik who reverse-hits over short third man. Nearly all the way as it's a one-bounce four. DK generated all the power and managed to nearly get it all the way
17.1
Mustafizur to Karthik, FOUR, unorthodox but DK will take it. Full outside off, he shuffles across and looks to lap but the ball flies off the outside-edge and well wide of short third man. DK did not know much about that

RCB 160/5 (1 CRR: 8.89

Dinesh Karthik 52(26)
Shahbaz Ahmed 21(17)

18.3
Thakur to Karthik, SIX, to deep mid-wicket

And it's not even our Humpire Joel Wilson.

18.6
Thakur to Shahbaz Ahmed, FOUR, to deep mid-wicket

RCB 172/5 (19) CRR: 9.05

19.3
Kuldeep Yadav to Karthik, FOUR, slower on the stumps, but DK shifts around and then gets an under-edge on the reverse-sweep, runs away wide of short fine

19.5
Kuldeep Yadav to Shahbaz Ahmed, SIX, to long-off

RCB 189/5 (20) CRR: 9.45

Shahbaz Ahmed 32(21)
Dinesh Karthik 66(34)

Partnership: 97(52)

0.2
Maxwell to Warner, SIX, Warner gets off the mark with a slogsweep.

1.5
Siraj to Prithvi Shaw, SIX, Prithvi Shaw has deposited that over deep mid-wicket.

DC 19/0 (2) CRR: 9.5 REQ: 9.5
Delhi Capitals need 171 runs

Prithvi Shaw 11(7)
David Warner 8(5

2.1
Hazlewood to Warner, SIX, so unlike Hazlewood. To start like that.

2.5
Hazlewood to Prithvi Shaw, FOUR, that's a slog but the thick outside-edge flies over DK. Length ball into the pitch, Prithvi Shaw backs away and swings, the edge flies away

DC 30/0 (3) CRR: 10 REQ: 9.41
Delhi Capitals need 160 runs

Prithvi Shaw 15(10)
David Warner 15(8

3.1
Shahbaz Ahmed to Warner, FOUR, the deep fielders are long-on and deep mid-wicket. Flat length ball turning in, Warner sits and sweeps over backward square inside the ring

3.5
Shahbaz Ahmed to Warner, SIX, brutal hit. Was a length ball turning in, Warner rocks back and slaughters it, powered over long-on

4.1
Siraj to Warner, FOUR, stand and deliver! Full around off, Warner crashes it past Prithvi Shaw and no-one moved. Not a soul moved

4.4
Siraj to Prithvi Shaw, out Caught by Anuj Rawat!! Caught at deep square.

Prithvi Shaw c Anuj Rawat b Siraj 16(13) [4s-1 6s-1]

DC 93-1.

11.2 overs.

Warner lbw b Hasaranga 66(3 [4s-4 6s-5]

DC 100/2 (12.4) CRR: 7.89 REQ: 12.27
Delhi Capitals need 90 runs in 44 balls

13.6
Hasaranga to Pant, out Mitchell Marsh Run Out!! That kind of an evening for Mitchell Marsh. That was a fuller length delivery and Pant slammed it down the ground for the bowler to get a touch on it and then the ricochet clattered into the sticks at the bowler's end. That was hit hard and Mitchell Marsh was miles away from the crease.

Mitchell Marsh run out (Hasaranga) 14(24)

Here comes Rovman!

DC 112/3 (14) CRR: 8 REQ: 13
Delhi Capitals need 78 runs in 36 balls

Rishabh Pant 14(9)

Rovman Powell comes to the crease

14.1
Hazlewood to Powell, out Caught by Karthik!! Edged and gone! The delivery on a length, Powell pokes and ends up edging it to the keeper. The feet never moved and now those same feet will walk towards the dug-out. DC going down like a lead balloon. That was a nothing shot. Just a lame poke and Powell is gone for a golden duck

Powell c Karthik b Hazlewood 0(1)

There goes Rovman!

In reply to Drapsey

, this man is done for DC. He is having a torrid time.

14.6
Hazlewood to Lalit Yadav, out Caught by Prabhudessai!!

Lalit Yadav c Prabhudessai b Hazlewood 1(4)

15.2
Hasaranga to Thakur, SIX, the lord is here. That was a well tossed up delivery, Thakur

In reply to Narper

Those are Lotto numbers, a 5 spot if you may .

15.4
Hasaranga to Pant, FOUR, to fine leg

15.5
Hasaranga to Pant, SIX, wow! That was sliced over

16.2
Siraj to Pant, SIX, and this man can hit them real hard. That was dropped short and Pant has smoked that over deep mid. Hit really hard and over the fence

16.3
Siraj to Pant, out Caught by Kohli!! A one-handed blinder from Kohli ends it for Pant and may be for DC as well. The off-balanced hit this time was sliced towards cover. Kohli leapt up and frisked one out of thin air with his right hand. The crowd went berserk as well. A very important wicket for RCB as Pant was taking it away from them

Pant c Kohli b Siraj 34(17) [4s-3 6s-2]

DC 145/6 (17) CRR: 8.53 REQ: 15
Delhi Capitals need 45 runs in 18 balls

17.5
Harshal Patel to Thakur, SIX, low full toss and Thakur slams that between deep mid and long-on for a sixer. DC would love it. Moves to 16 off 7 balls. That was a bad ball and put away. Just over the fence. 35 needed now

18.1
Hazlewood to Thakur, out Caught by Karthik!! Thakur c Karthik b Hazlewood 17(9) [6s-2]

18.4
Hazlewood to Axar, FOUR, 29 is still a far cry but they will take the four.

DC 164/7 (19) CRR: 8.63 REQ: 26
Delhi Capitals need 26 runs in 6 balls

19.1
Harshal Patel to Kuldeep Yadav, FOUR, on the pads, poor delivery and Kuldeep Yadav nudges it fine for a four. Pretty well done indeed. 23 needed now

19.4
Harshal Patel to Kuldeep Yadav, FOUR, will help the NRR a little.

RCB 189/5 (20)
DC 173/7 (20) CRR: 8.65
Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 16 runs

Punjab Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad, 28th Match

PBKS 151 (20)
SRH 83/3 (11.1) CRR: 7.43 REQ: 7.81
Sunrisers Hyderabad need 69 runs in 53 balls

Aiden Markram 4(
Nicholas Pooran 3(2

12.5
Livingstone to Pooran, SIX, Livingstone errs with his length and Pooran pounces. Dropped short as he bowls the offie, Pooran goes deep in his crease and pulls powerfully over deep mid-wicket

SRH 97/3 (13) CRR: 7.46 REQ: 7.86
Sunrisers Hyderabad need 55 runs in 42 balls

Nicholas Pooran 15(9)
Aiden Markram 8(13)

13.3
Rabada to Pooran, no run, big mix-up! 113kph, slower delivery, Pooran defends adjacent to the pitch on the off-side. Markram keeps running while Pooran stays put. Rabada is quick to get to the ball, picks it up, turns and throws quickly. There were two fielders approaching the sticks but Rabada didn't wait and flung. Big let-off for Markram!

13.5
Rabada to Markram, FOUR, to long-off

15.6
Arshdeep Singh to Markram, FOUR, ah! That spoils the over. 136.6kph,

SRH 121/3 (16) CRR: 7.56 REQ: 7.75

Sunrisers Hyderabad need 31 runs in 24 balls

Aiden Markram 22(20)
Nicholas Pooran 24(20

16.4
Rabada to Markram, FOUR, fifty partnership! Leg-cutter from a shortened length, Markram stands tall and slaps through extra cover. Shahrukh sprints to his left

SRH 131/3 (17) CRR: 7.71 REQ: 7
Sunrisers Hyderabad need 21 runs in 18 balls

Nicholas Pooran 27(23)
Aiden Markram 29(23)

17.5
Arshdeep Singh to Pooran, FOUR, shot! 132.2kph, around the blockhole and wide of off, tails in a bit as well, Pooran opens his bat-face

SRH 139/3 (1 CRR: 7.72 REQ: 6.5
Sunrisers Hyderabad need 13 runs in 12 balls

Nicholas Pooran 34(2
Aiden Markram 30(24

18.4
Vaibhav Arora to Markram, FOUR, there's the boundary! 137.8kph, Vaibhav Arora overpitches outside off, Markram takes his front leg out of the equation

18.5
Vaibhav Arora to Markram, SIX, Markram finishes off in style! Another one right in the slot, Markram moves leg-side, clears his front leg

PBKS 151 (20)

SRH 152/3 (18.5)

Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 7 wkts
*
Nicholas Pooran 35*(30)
Aiden Markram 41*(27

I see Lara giving Odean Smith batting advice. I hope he tells him to get fit and lose the gut as well.

CSK 3/0 (1) CRR: 3

Robin Uthappa 1(3)
Ruturaj Gaikwad 1(3

2.2
Shami to Uthappa, out Lbw!! What a good review that! Credit to Shami for the review. He was the one who was confident that it was out. Rashid went with it and it's three reds.

Uthappa lbw b Shami 3(10)

3.3
Yash Dayal to Gaikwad, SIX, to backward square leg

In reply to nitro

I saw that too and thought to myself that all the players have ample opportunities to learn a lot about their game and to seek advice on ways to improve from top class experts.

3.5
Yash Dayal to Gaikwad, FOUR, to fine leg

Alzarri Joseph, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack

CSK 31/1 (5.1) CRR: 6

BOWLED !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
5.2
Alzarri Joseph to Moeen Ali, out Bowled!! Dragged on. Moeen Ali does this very often.

Moeen Ali b Alzarri Joseph 1(3)

Nice bowling Alzarri.

10.1
Alzarri Joseph to Gaikwad, SIX, Gaikwad slowly seems to be getting his touch back. Back of a length on the hips, stylishly pulled away over deep square leg and it's hit well and sails into the CSK fans in the crowd. The weight was on the back foot and Gaikwad just pulled it away once he saw the length

10.4
Alzarri Joseph to Rayudu, SIX, 143.9kph, Rayudu at his best.

Batting has exploded in the last three overs.

Now a bat exploded.

CSK 113/2 (13) CRR: 8.69

Ruturaj Gaikwad 68(42)
Ambati Rayudu 36(24

Partnership: 81(47)

CSK 169/5 off 20 overs.

CSK 169/5 (20) CRR: 8.45

Alzarri Joseph
4-0-34-2

Ruturaj Gaikwadc Abhinav Manohar b Yash Dayal 73 [48
Ambati Rayuduc Vijay Shankar b Alzarri Joseph 46 [31
Ravindra Jadeja (c)not out 22 [12

0.6
Mukesh Choudhary to Shubman Gill, out Caught by Uthappa!! A golden duck for Shubman Gill! Short and wide outside off and Shubman Gill cuts it straight to Uthappa at point. Too casual an approach by Shubman who has failed to fire in his last three outings.

Shubman Gill c Uthappa b Mukesh Choudhary 0(1)

1.3
M Theekshana to Shankar, out Caught by Dhoni!! Duck for the 3D Vijay Shankar as well. Carrom ball outside off and Shankar goes for a cut, only to nick it behind.

Shankar c Dhoni b M Theekshana 0(2)

GT 2/2 (1.3) CRR: 1.33 REQ: 9.08

3.5
M Theekshana to Abhinav Manohar, out Caught by Moeen Ali!! Gujarat Titans sink further. Theekshana floats this on off and Abhinav Manohar shimmies down the wicket to chip this straight to Moeen at short cover. He didn't have to move an inch and the Titans are feeling the heat in the absence of Hardik Pandya.

Abhinav Manohar c Moeen Ali b M Theekshana 12(12) [4s-2]

For AlJo to be slotted to bat at #11, this must be a very strong batting line up.

GT 75/4 (11.2) CRR: 6.62 REQ: 10.96


David Miller 35(25)
Rahul Tewatia 4(

11.4
Jadeja to Miller, FOUR, to deep extra cover

11.3
Jadeja to Miller, SIX, to deep square leg

11.2
Jadeja to Miller, SIX, this is why Rahul Tewatia wanted Miller back in strike. It's not been easy middling the ball today on this slowish pitch. Only a few have managed to time the ball

David Miller 51 [28

Dwayne Bravo, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack
12.2
Dwayne Bravo to Rahul Tewatia, no run, in the airrr, just short of Robbie at extra-cover.
12.1
Dwayne Bravo to Rahul Tewatia, no run, oh that was almost a wide. Slower delivery angling way outside off stump, Tewatia swings and misses

12.4
Dwayne Bravo to Rahul Tewatia, out Caught by Jadeja!! Another toe-ender from another batter today. Simple from Dwayne Bravo. He came on with the mindset - I am not bowling into the body to you Tewatia as you are strong on the leg-side. Forced the batter to fetch everything from wide of off stump. Tewatia tried to loft but mistimed it horribly for a simple catch at mid-off. Partnership broken.

Rahul Tewatia c Jadeja b Dwayne Bravo 6(14)

Wicket Maiden over to DJ Bravo

Dwayne Bravo
1-1-0-1

Chris Jordan [1.0-0-8-0] is back into the attack
13.1
Jordan to Miller, FOUR, in the airrrr, tease for Mo and just out of his reach at deep mid-wicket.
13.6
Jordan to Miller, FOUR, Miller keeping Gujarat in the hunt with his smart batting. Jordan overpitched this full delivery, was full pace so Miller played a neat cover drive to beat the converging deep fielders

14.4
Dwayne Bravo to Miller, SIX, square of the wicket

GT 108/5 (15) CRR: 7.2 REQ: 12.4
Gujarat Titans need 62 runs in 30 balls

David Miller 69(37)
Rashid Khan 4(6)

Dwayne Bravo
2-1-9-1

15.2
M Theekshana to Miller, SIX, baaang!

GT 118/5 (16) CRR: 7.38 REQ: 13
Gujarat Titans need 52 runs in 24 balls

David Miller 77(40)
Rashid Khan 6(9

Partnership: 31(20)

17.1
Jordan to Rashid Khan, SIX, to deep mid-wicket

17.2
Jordan to Rashid Khan, SIX, to deep backward point

17.3
Jordan to Rashid Khan, FOUR, to deep extra cover, the partnership between Rashid Khan and Miller is now

17.4
Jordan to Rashid Khan, SIX, to deep mid-wicket

This is not Jordan's finest over.

Holy crap, Jordan has lost the plot.

GT 147/5 (1 CRR: 8.17 REQ: 11.5
Gujarat Titans need 23 runs in 12 balls

David Miller 81(44)
Rashid Khan 31(17)

Chris Jordan
3-0-45-0

18.1
Dwayne Bravo to Rashid Khan, FOUR, to long-off

Jordan is being destroyed like a Purity sweetbread!

18.2
Dwayne Bravo to Rashid Khan, 3 runs, straight down the ground

Gujarat Titans need 15 runs in 9 balls

18.5
Dwayne Bravo to Rashid Khan, out Caught by Moeen Ali!! But hang on, has Rashid opened the door again for CSK? Just need to bat sensibly but Rashid steps out and plays a rash loft looking to get a boundary over cover. Dwayne Bravo dropped the slower short and bowled it wide.

Rashid Khan c Moeen Ali b Dwayne Bravo 40(21) [4s-2 6s-3]

18.6
Dwayne Bravo to Alzarri Joseph, out Caught by Jordan!!

Alzarri Joseph c Jordan b Dwayne Bravo 0(1)

CSK 169/5 (20)
GT 157/7 (19) CRR: 8.26 REQ: 13

Gujarat Titans need 13 runs in 6 balls

David Miller 82(45)

Dwayne Bravo
4-1-23-3

The Bravo, Joseph, Jordan triangle. All fact up for AlJo.

Six or out, yuh gotta love it .

19.1
Jordan to Miller, no run

19.2
Jordan to Miller, no run

19.3
Jordan to Miller, SIX, this time Miller gets inside the line and smashes this flat over fine leg. Jordan tried to bowl the yorker, but he missed the yorker by quite some distance. Miller connects with the pick up shot and smashes it to bring it down to single digits

GT 163/7 (19.3) CRR: 8.36 REQ
Gujarat Titans need 7 runs in 3 balls

Miller has been caught but is that a no ball? Was it above waist?

Free hit coming up

19.4
Jordan to Miller, no ball, Gujarat fans are ecstatic. Such a poor high full toss, Miller slogs and gets an outside edge that went straight to short third man.

19.4
Jordan to Miller, FOUR, to deep square leg

2 from 2

RUN OUT?????????????????

One run taken, so scores are level for sure. Did Ferguson get back in time to close the game? IN, Gujarat win!

CSK 169/5 (20)
GT 170/7 (19.5) CRR: 8.57
Gujarat Titans won by 3 wkts

David Miller not out 94 [51

This game produced a lot of excitement down to a end.

Fantastic game, so many fine margins, I haven't seen a super over as yet in this season's IPL.

In reply to Overthrow

Must be the wusserest match of Chris Jordan's career.

In reply to Narper

Teams:
Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI):
Jos Buttler, Devdutt Padikkal, Sanju Samson(w/c), Karun Nair, Shimron Hetmyer, Riyan Parag, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Prasidh Krishna, Obed McCoy, Yuzvendra Chahal

Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI):
Venkatesh Iyer, Aaron Finch, Shreyas Iyer(c), Nitish Rana, Andre Russell, Sheldon Jackson(w), Sunil Narine, Pat Cummins, Shivam Mavi, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy

Butler putting on a batting clinic.

RR 112/1 (11) CRR: 10.18

Sanju Samson 9(3)
Jos Buttler 73(46

Ok, we'll let Butler score the first ton of this year's IPL.

With the absence of the UB, tonners are so hard to find.

In reply to Drapsey


Shimron Hetmyer, left handed bat, comes to the crease


15.6
Russell to Hetmyer, FOUR, wide yorker length delivery outside off, Hetmyer reaches out and squirts it out through backward point and gets it in the gap. Runs away for a boundary

In reply to Drapsey

In reply to Drapsey

NARINE SCARE OF HETY?


17.3
Narine to Hetmyer, wide, well wide of off,

17.6
Narine to Hetmyer, wide, quicker down leg,

In reply to shivnotout

Thanks.

I do blunder every once in a while.

In reply to Narper



19.3
Russell to Hetmyer, SIX, another near six. Full outside off, Hetmyer powers it straight down the ground. Got under that and smeared it. Clears the cushions on the full

19.2
Russell to Hetmyer, SIX, flat six. Low full-toss just outside off, Hetmyer moves across and swings it to the short boundary at deep mid-wicket. Clears the ropes by a fraction but that will do

19.6
Russell to Hetmyer, FOUR, Hetmyer finishes on a high. He is pumped.



Shimron Hetmyer 26 13 BALLS 2 SIXES 2 FOURS SR 200.00

In reply to shivnotout

217/5 off 20 overs. This is a match winning score.

In reply to Drapsey

Finch and Narine are at the crease.

Finch is on strike.

Boult will open the attack

Narine is a walking wicket .

0.1
Boult to Finch, out Narine Run Out!! A suicidal run out to start the innings! Atrocious call from Finch, timed this push-drive so well towards cover and kept running with the shot. Narine had to respond, but this was always a risky single. And it's made to look even more silly with Hetmyer's fiery direct hit at the striker's end. Narine is yards out. What a waste of a wicket this is! The West Indian was clearly promoted to maximise the powerplay but now has to depart without facing a single delivery. Quite sure that Finch will be feeling immense guilt at the moment.

Narine run out (Hetmyer) 0(0)

In reply to Drapsey

wah happen hey. ah guyanese mess up ah trini?

RR 217/5 (20)
KKR 9/1 (1) CRR: 9 REQ: 11
Kolkata Knight Riders need 209 runs

Nice over McCoy, after such an long layoff.

The Real McCoy, yes!

Put to the cross in his second over.

Finch like Butler, having an excellent day with the bat.

Ooops!!! Goat mouth, sorry Finch.

The ball fell among Hetty!

In reply to Drapsey

To me it looked like Hetty made that a half a chance when there was no chance.

That must've been a very long walk back for Russell after that golden duck.

In reply to Overthrow

would you believe Russsell get bowled like a dunce?

1st ball duck. he nah pick d conna ball

13.4
Ashwin to Russell, out Bowled!! Goes wide of the crease, gets the ball to straighten and Russell trying to block was beaten on the outside edge. The trajectory was moving towards the sticks and it crashes into the timbers to send Ashwin on a victory lap. He is chuffed. He is overjoyed as KKR have been hit hard here. Dre Russ is gone for a blob. The veteran spinner has spun RR back into this game.

Russell b Ashwin 0(1)

KKR 167/4 (15) CRR: 11.13 REQ: 10.2
Kolkata Knight Riders need 51 runs in 30 balls

Shreyas Iyer 77(47)
Venkatesh Iyer 3(3)

Obed McCoy
3-0-38-0

KKR 178/4 (16) CRR: 11.12 REQ: 10
Kolkata Knight Riders need 40 runs in 24 balls

Trent Boult
3-0-28-0

16.1
Chahal to Venkatesh Iyer, out Stumped!! Iyer's demotion doesn't work. He chips down and almost yorks himself. He jumped out too early and paid the price for it. The keeper didn't falter this time. Yuzi has a wicket at the right time

Venkatesh Iyer st Samson b Chahal 6(7)

In reply to shivnotout

The replay showed it’s was a fantastic ball. When Russell pokes her look’s lost.

16.4
Chahal to Shreyas Iyer, out Lbw!!

Shreyas Iyer lbw b Chahal 85(51) [4s-7 6s-4]

16.5
Chahal to Shivam Mavi, out Caught by Riyan Parag!!

Shivam Mavi c Riyan Parag b Chahal 0(1)

And there's the hat-trick!

16.6
Chahal to Cummins, out Caught by Samson!!
Cummins c Samson b Chahal 0(1)

What an over by Chahal. Took the game away.

KKR 181/8 (17.1) CRR: 10.54 REQ: 13.06
Kolkata Knight Riders need 37 runs in 17 balls

Yuzvendra Chahal
4-0-40-5

17.2
Boult to Umesh Yadav, SIX, straight down the ground

17.4
Boult to Umesh Yadav, SIX, to long-on

17.5
Boult to Umesh Yadav, FOUR, to deep extra cover

In reply to Narper

game not done yet yes

KKR 200/8 (1 CRR: 11.11 REQ: 9

Kolkata Knight Riders need 18 runs in 12 balls

Trent Boult
4-0-48-0

Umesh Yadav 19(5)
Sheldon Jackson 2(3

15 runs in 10 balls

KKR 207/8 (19) CRR: 10.89 REQ: 11
Kolkata Knight Riders need 11 runs in 6 balls

Obed McCoy [3.0-0-38-0] is back into the attack

Fortunes have changed so often in this game.

In reply to Overthrow

Is Obed going to be the real McCoy?

19.1
Obed McCoy to Jackson, 2 runs, to deep square leg

19.2
Obed McCoy to Jackson, out Caught by Prasidh!! That's a heart breaker for KKR. Oh Jackson, you could have done better. A little to the left or the right, it would have been a four. That was a slower ball, gripped and Jackson

Jackson c Prasidh b Obed McCoy 8(

KKR 209/9 (19.2)
kolkata Knight Riders need 9 runs in 4 balls

Kolkata Knight Riders need 8 runs in 3 balls

19.4
Obed McCoy to Umesh Yadav, out Bowled!! And it's all over. RR win this by 7 runs. The pendulum has rested in favour of RR. McCoy has finished it for RR. RR fans go crazy. One of the best games of the season. That was a length delivery and Umesh Yadav went for the slog to miss it and the sticks were shattered

Umesh Yadav b Obed McCoy 21(9) [4s-1 6s-2]

RR 217/5 (20)
KKR 210 (19.4) CRR: 10.68
Rajasthan Royals won by 7 runs

Obed McCoy 3.4 0 41 2

Yes, the Real McCoy showed up!

In reply to Narper

Yes he was!!!! What a game.

In reply to Overthrow

Great stuff here...what a game

I see I missed a good game. Two quack quacks for KKR's W.I players .

0.5
Chameera to Anuj Rawat, out Caught by Rahul!! In the airrrr, excellent diving catch by the captain at mid-off. But they are checking. The side angle isn't conclusive. The third ump asks for a different angle. "I can clearly see ball landing on the fingers, fingers under the ball," is the verdict and LSG have their early wicket. Anuj Rawat tried to step out and force a lofted shot, but he toe-ended this. KL had to run forward and dive to reach this. Just had his fingers under the ball and he was confident straightaway.

Anuj Rawat c Rahul b Chameera 4(5) [4s-1]

Brilliant starting over, 2 wickets down.

0.6
Chameera to Kohli, out Caught by Hooda!! Straight to backward point. What have you done, Virat! He asks himself that question as he stands in disbelief. The RCB fans in the stands are stunned. A simple back of a length ball that was not going to trouble anyone had it been left alone. Virat thought he could guide this through the off-side. But the bounce did him in here. Had a lot of width and he couldn't control the shot because of bounce and Hooda was very alert at backward point.

Kohli c Hooda b Chameera 0(1)

That golden duck must be a first for the 'immortal' Kohli.

In his second over Chameera got pasted. T20 is such an unpredictable game.

RCB 36/2 (4) CRR: 9

Faf du Plessis 8(10)
Glenn Maxwell 21(8

In reply to Overthrow

5.2
Krunal Pandya to Maxwell, out Caught by Holder!! Oh those long levers! Holder plucks this out to stun Maxi and RCB. To be honest it looked a lazy attempt from the front on angle and the ball had crossed his body, but Holder timed his mini-jump to perfection and stretched full length to grab it with both hands well beyond his body. He is charged up. Maxi was always wanting to maximize the final over of the powerplay, so he thought he could bring out the reverse sweep. But the problem is Krunal doesn't spin it away from him, which means he is cramped for room on the shot.

Maxwell c Holder b Krunal Pandya 23(11) [4s-3 6s-1]

RCB 44/3 (5.2) CRR: 8.25

Nice catch Holder, use of his length to dive for that ball.

7.2
Holder to Prabhudessai, out Caught by Krunal Pandya!! Yet another soft dismissal from RCB. Prabhudessai steps out, Holder bangs the short of length delivery into the wicket. Oh dear that has bounced extra that I thought kind of ugly push at that ball with a lose bottom hand grip. Bat not straight and facing towards the sky, hits the splice and lobs to short mid-wicket for the simplest of catches.

Prabhudessai c Krunal Pandya b Holder 10(9) [6s-1]

RCB 164/5 (1 CRR: 9.11

Faf du Plessis 90(5
Dinesh Karthik 3(3)

Ravi Bishnoi
4-0-47-0

RCB 177/5 (19) CRR: 9.32

Dinesh Karthik 11(6)
Faf du Plessis 94(61)

19.1
Holder to du Plessis, 1 run, full-toss sliding into the pads, du Plessis glances to fine-leg. Is he tired? Looks like it

19.2
Holder to Karthik, 1 run, Stoinis at deep backward square drops it. Slower ball and Karthik swings it straight to the Aussie who bends to take it but drops it. He has big hands and that's a surprise even to DK that he dropped it. Crosses over

19.5
Holder to du Plessis, out Caught by Stoinis!! No 100 for du Plessis. Stoinis hangs on this time. The off-cutter into the pitch, du Plessis was hitting into the big boundary, hint of a top-edge as du Plessis pulls, Stoinis takes it reverse-cupped at deep backward square. Faf walks off to a standing ovation.

du Plessis c Stoinis b Holder 96(64) [4s-11 6s-2]

RCB 181/6 (20) CRR: 9.05

Jason Holder
4-0-25-2

Facting JHo. Yuh mean he couldn't just give the man a break?

In reply to Drapsey

2.5
Hazlewood to de Kock, out Caught by Maxwell!! Unplayable delivery and Hazlewood gets de Kock.

de Kock c Maxwell b Hazlewood 3(5)

LSG 17/1 (2.5) CRR: 6 REQ: 9.61
Lucknow Super Giants need 165 runs

In reply to Drapsey

fall


Unplayable delivery and Hazlewood gets de Kock.

In reply to Narper

Good numbers by JHo against RCB.

Rutherford needs to score heavily in the other T 20 leagues and hope he can get an offer from a different IPL team next year.

Whatever happened to Evin Lewis?

I know he is injury prone, but I didn't hear that he suffered any of late.

In reply to Drapsey

Stoinos is a bowling option, has replaced Lewis.

12.3
Siraj to Hooda, out Caught by Prabhudessai!! What a catch!

Hooda c Prabhudessai b Siraj 13(14) [4s-1]

LSG 100/4 (12.3) CRR: 8 REQ: 10.93
Lucknow Super Giants need 82 runs in 45 balls

LSG 110/5 (14) CRR: 7.86 REQ: 12
Lucknow Super Giants need 72 runs in 36 balls

In reply to Overthrow

And now they have JHo slotted to bat as a tailender (or close).

Mi vex.

LSG 128/5 (16) CRR: 8 REQ: 13.5
Lucknow Super Giants need 54 runs in 24 balls

16.4
Hazlewood to Ayush Badoni, out Caught by Karthik!! Badoni walks straight into the trap! A classic case of strength becoming your weakness.

Ayush Badoni c Karthik b Hazlewood 13(13) [4s-2]

LSG 138/6 (17) CRR: 8.12 REQ: 14.67
Lucknow Super Giants need 44 runs in 18 balls

18.2
Hazlewood to Stoinis, out Bowled!!

Stoinis b Hazlewood 24(15) [4s-2 6s-1]

LSG 151/7 (19) CRR: 7.95 REQ: 31
Lucknow Super Giants need 31 runs in 6 balls

Josh Hazlewood
4-0-25-4

In reply to Narper

I LOVE it!!!
KL Rahul sinks ANY ship he decides to board

19.5
Harshal Patel to Holder, out Caught by Siraj!! Pace-on short ball, well-directed and Holder is taken by surprise by the change-up from Harshal. Gets a big top edge on the pull, went quite high towards fine leg where Siraj judged the skier to perfection.

Holder c Siraj b Harshal Patel 16( [6s-2]

RCB 181/6 (20)
LSG 163/8 (20) CRR: 8.15

Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 18 runs

Delhi Capitals vs Punjab Kings, 32nd Match

In reply to Narper

You have real belly to watch that match up

In reply to Narper

This is the last 'last chance' for Rovman.

PBKS 54/4 (6.4) CRR: 8.1

Terrible batting bye the Kings.

In reply to Overthrow

They certainly could've used Odean's batting prowess today.

In reply to Drapsey

Difficult for an express pace bowler to play six consecutive games in less than two weeks.

In reply to Drapsey

licks them say?



Delhi Capitals need 16 runs in 67 balls

With this beat down, really happy Odean on the bench.

In reply to Overthrow

And Rovman didn't even get a chance to 'bruck him ducks'.

In reply to Drapsey

He was able to put up his feet today. As the saying goes, live to fight another day .

Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings, 33rd Match

Mumbai Indians Squad:
Rohit Sharma(c), Ishan Kishan(w), Dewald Brevis, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Kieron Pollard, Fabian Allen, Jaydev Unadkat, Murugan Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Tymal Mills, Basil Thampi, Anmolpreet Singh, Sanjay Yadav, Riley Meredith, Tim David, Daniel Sams, Ramandeep Singh, Mayank Markande, Aryan Juyal, Arjun Tendulkar, Hrithik Shokeen, Rahul Buddhi, Arshad Khan

Chennai Super Kings Squad:
Ruturaj Gaikwad, Robin Uthappa, Moeen Ali, Ambati Rayudu, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja(c), MS Dhoni(w), Dwayne Bravo, Chris Jordan, Maheesh Theekshana, Mukesh Choudhary, Dwaine Pretorius, Tushar Deshpande, Hari Nishanth, N Jagadeesan, Matheesha Pathirana, Devon Conway, Mitchell Santner, Subhranshu Senapati, Prashant Solanki, KM Asif, Simarjeet Singh, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Bhagath Varma

ALL attention on Pouty today

Looks like that Brevis kid got overconfident.

On the road today, will get my updates from this thread.

MI 110/5 (16) CRR: 6.88

Tilak Varma 30(32)
Kieron Pollard 14(

Dwayne Bravo
2-0-12-1

16.2
M Theekshana to Pollard, out Caught by Shivam Dube!! Huge strike for CSK and their ploy off using the spinner against KP has worked.

Pollard c Shivam Dube b M Theekshana 14(9) [4s-1 6s-1]

In reply to Overthrow

17.2
Dwayne Bravo to Daniel Sams, out Lbw!! Bravo's deception is still an art in this format. He has aged like a fine wine. That dipped, the batter never picked it up and was too late to pick it up. Superb stuff from the pacer. His tally of wickets in this edition also continue to rack up.

Daniel Sams lbw b Dwayne Bravo 5(3) [4s-1]

MI 121/7 (17.3) CRR: 6.91

CSK 48/2 (7) CRR: 6.86 REQ: 8.31
Chennai Super Kings need 108 runs in 78 balls

Robin Uthappa 20(17)
Ambati Rayudu 14(15

Pollard made the right decision to retire from international cricket. The mind may be willing but the body isn't. Spin has led to his demise again.

In reply to Windiesfan78

Pouty has to reinvent himself if he wants to continue ti play IPL too. All teams have figured how to get him out...they are bringing on the spinner to Pouty...nothing in the slot for him to go down the ground...

At 33 Pouty can do it...but it is sad to see him like this.

8.6
Unadkat to Uthappa, out Caught by Brevis!! Unadkat strikes! Those off-cutters of his are working well on this pitch, forced Uthappa to go across the line for the pull stroke but it wasn't a full-blooded shot at all. More of a controlled stroke, and it's straight down deep square leg's throat. A very timely breakthrough for MI who have been plugging away in the last few minutes.

Uthappa c Brevis b Unadkat 30(25) [4s-2 6s-2]

CSK 66/3 (9) CRR: 7.33 REQ: 8.18
Chennai Super Kings need 90 runs in 66 balls

Ambati Rayudu 21*(19

Shivam Dube comes to the crease

12.5
Daniel Sams to Shivam Dube, out Caught by Ishan Kishan!! Terrific catch this! The kind of effort that can pump up the fielding side big time. MI are hanging in there and fighting really hard.

Shivam Dube c Ishan Kishan b Daniel Sams 13(14) [6s-1]

What a catch!

Pouty at his best.

In reply to Drapsey

Well played Mr. Dhoni! Final ball victory.

MI 155/7 (20)

CSK 156/7 (20)

Chennai Super Kings won by 3 wkts

In reply to Narper

Bravo should be adjudged MOM for taking that 1st ball single and giving up the strike to MSDhoni.

I wish the young ones would learn how important it is to turn over the strike instead of 'voopsing' with every delivery faced.

In reply to Drapsey

You are absolutely correct.

Many youngsters take a shot at personal glory and give away the match.

Delhi Capitals vs Rajasthan Royals, 34th Match

Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI):
Jos Buttler, Devdutt Padikkal, Sanju Samson(w/c), Shimron Hetmyer, Karun Nair, Riyan Parag, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Prasidh Krishna, Obed McCoy, Yuzvendra Chahal

Delhi Capitals (Playing XI):
Prithvi Shaw, David Warner, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Rovman Powell, Sarfaraz Khan, Lalit Yadav, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Mustafizur Rahman, Khaleel Ahmed

Delhi Capitals have won the toss and have opted to field

In reply to Narper

You did not highlight McCoy!!!

Rovman bowling to Hetty, that should be some 'showdown'.

Just can't wait!

RR 29/0 (5) CRR: 5.8

In reply to Dukes

Yep

Corrected

In reply to Drapsey

Not going to happen.Rovman is unlikely to bowl and certainly not to him.

RR 104/0 (11) CRR: 9.45

Devdutt Padikkal 47(2
Jos Buttler 55(3

In reply to Dukes

If Roveman do not bowl or bat then he is certain to play in the next game

Slow start, opening batters now piling on the runs.

In reply to Dukes

Like Hetty wont get any batting

RR 155/0 (15) CRR: 10.33

Jos Buttler 99(56)
Devdutt Padikkal 54(34)

15.1
Khaleel Ahmed to Padikkal, out Lbw!! Good review and the partnership is finally broken. Celebrappeal from Khaleel Ahmed as he ran all the way to Pant and asked for the review. The DRS proves him right. Late tail into Padikkal on a fuller length who flicks and misses, the ball misses the inside-edge and flicks both the front and back pads.

Padikkal lbw b Khaleel Ahmed 54(35) [4s-7 6s-2]

RR 155/1 (15.1) CRR: 10.22

Sanju Samson, right handed bat, comes to the crease

RR 155/1 (15.1) CRR: 10.22

Sanju Samson, right handed bat, comes to the crease

RR 155/1 (15.1) CRR: 10.22

Sanju Samson, right handed bat, comes to the crease

18.2
Mustafizur to Buttler, SIX, just over long-off's hands. Powell the man at long-off. Full outside off, bottom-handed flick - trademark Buttler and just enough to clear Powell's hands, Mustafizur though thinks otherwise, should've been taken. Powell is right on the fence, but did not judge it well

18.5
Mustafizur to Buttler, 2 runs, outstanding from Powell running from long-off. Drilled down the ground, Powell runs and sticks his right foot out, there's Warner coming in and he is almost close to colliding with the West Indian. After the foot is stuck out, the ball is rolling away to the fence, Powell does ever so well to pull it back with his right hand, keeping his right toe out of the cushions, avoids Warner and gets up with the ball in hand to keep it to two. One of the brilliant fielding efforts this season

18.6
Mustafizur to Buttler, out Caught by Warner!! End of Buttler. Low full-toss on the stumps, Buttler stays low but can't get under this whip enough. Holes out to long-on. Everyone inside the Wankhede give him a standing ovation as he walks back.

Buttler c Warner b Mustafizur 116(65) [4s-9 6s-9]

RR 203/2 (19) CRR: 10.68

In reply to Narper

Rovman has made his contribution.

All's good!

19.4
Thakur to Hetmyer, 1 run, full-toss on the stumps, Hetmyer toe-ends it to deep mid-wicket. Missed out there

19.6
Thakur to Samson, SIX, to backward square leg
19.5
Thakur to Samson, FOUR, bottom-edge and wide of the diving Kuldeep at short third. Length ball outside off, Samson throws the bat and gets lucky beating the dive from the spinner.

RR 222/2 (20) CRR: 11.1

Sanju Samson 46(19)
Shimron Hetmyer 1(1

In reply to Drapsey

De Powman should make some today...jus clear his mind...and go for for it

DC 14/0 (2) CRR: 7 REQ: 11.61
Delhi Capitals need 209 runs

Prithvi Shaw 9(
David Warner 5(4

DC 25/0 (3) CRR: 8.33 REQ: 11.65
Delhi Capitals need 198 runs

DC 35/0 (4) CRR: 8.75 REQ: 11.75

Obed McCoy
1-0-10-0

4.3
Prasidh to Warner, out Caught by Samson!! Warner's given out. He waits for a second or two before starting the walk back.

Warner c Samson b Prasidh 28(14) [4s-5 6s-1]

5.1
Ashwin to Sarfaraz Khan, out Caught by Prasidh!! Ashwin strikes first ball. Sarfaraz wanted to take on the off-spinner from the get-go and perishes in the process. He premeditates the sweep and does not get the length he wants,

Sarfaraz Khan c Prasidh b Ashwin 1(3)

DC 48/2 (5.1) CRR: 9.29 REQ: 11.8
Delhi Capitals need 175 runs in 89 balls

Prithvi Shaw 19(14)

5.3
Ashwin to Pant, FOUR, to deep mid-wicket

8.3
Obed McCoy to Prithvi Shaw, no ball, byes, FOUR, that surely must have slipped out of the hand. The attempted back of the hand slower ball and McCoy sprays it way outside off, does not even pitch on the square and bounces wide of Samson and beats him to the third man fence
8.2
Obed McCoy to Prithvi Shaw, SIX, whoa! That's some hit from Shaw. He was completely deceived by the slower ball, the bottom hand even comes off the bat handle but he just goes through with the loft, gets it over extra cover and the ball just clears the rope
8.1
Obed McCoy to Prithvi Shaw, FOUR, much needed boundary for Delhi. Angled across and Shaw short-arm jabs it over mid-wicket, generated so much power that it almost went the distance, one bounce and over the ropes

Than one really slipped out of McCoy's hand, bandaged arm and all.

8.4
Obed McCoy to Pant, FOUR, to fine leg

And McCoy has gotten through his 2nd over. Some accomplishment.

In reply to Drapsey

Obed took an absolute beating in that over. Gave the Capitals some life.

DC 96/2 (9.2) CRR: 10.29 REQ: 11.91
Delhi Capitals need 127 runs in 64 balls

Obed McCoy
2-0-32-0

11.4
Prasidh to Pant, out Caught by Padikkal!! Another chance, and Padikkal takes it! This was in the air for an eternity and Padikkal has managed to pull it off. For a moment it seemed as if he would misjudge this, but steadies himself under the skier and dives forward in time near gully and grabs it inches above the ground. Was a back of a length delivery around off and Pant tried to hack it through the leg-side as he ended up getting yet another top edge. Chahal failed to cling on to it, but Padikkal doesn't make the same mistake.

Pant c Padikkal b Prasidh 44(24) [4s-4 6s-2]

12.6
Chahal to Axar, out Bowled!! Knocked him over! A nicely tossed up delivery by Chahal, leg-break around off and Axar goes down on his knee to play the slogsweep. Misses it altogether and the stumps have been rattled. The purple cap holder keeps adding wickets to his tally, his 18th of the season. Delhi in trouble having lost their fifth wicket. Asking rate is inching closer to the 14-run mark.

Axar b Chahal 1(4)

DC 140/5 (14.2) CRR: 9.77 REQ: 14.65
Delhi Capitals need 83 runs in 34 balls

15.3
Boult to Thakur, out Thakur Run Out!! 1 run completed. That's a suicidal of a run-out. Shardul was always struggling to come back for the second. Had heaved this in front of Parag at long-on and he called for two straight away. Think he slipped a bit while going for the second run and Parag fires in a flat throw at Samson's end. The captain calmly gathers the ball and whips off the bails with Shardul comfortably out of the crease.

Thakur run out (Riyan Parag/Samson) 10(7) [6s-1]

15.4
Boult to Powell, 1 run, on a length around off, a lot slower through the air

DC 172/6 (17) CRR: 10.12 REQ: 17
Delhi Capitals need 51 runs in 18 balls

Rovman Powell 3(4)
Lalit Yadav 36(20)

17.1
Boult to Powell, no run, slower one outside off, keeps a touch low, Powell has a swing and a miss
17.2
Boult to Powell, 1 run, yorker length ball around off,

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17.4
Boult to Powell, SIX, fraction short by Boult, Powell treks back in the crease and thumps it over deep mid-wicket as he middles it to perfection. 87 metre six and the equation is down to 42 runs off 14 balls..
17.4
Boult to Powell, wide, attempts a slower bouncer, but it's above the batter's head and out of his reach

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17.6
Boult to Powell, SIX, what a massive six that! End of Boult's spell. A slower one by him and Powell has absolutely launched this over long-off. Clean as a whistle and that's a 15-run over for the Capitals

18.3
Prasidh to Lalit Yadav, out Caught by Samson!!

Lalit Yadav c Samson b Prasidh 37(24) [4s-3 6s-2]
!
18.2
Prasidh to Lalit Yadav, no run, short and quick from round the wicket, Lalit Yadav tries to heave across the line, makes no contact once again. 36 runs required off 10 balls now..
18.1
Prasidh to Lalit Yadav, no run, tries to be agricultural, goes down on his knee by shuffling across and Prasidh keeps it outside off, a full toss that Lalit Yadav fails to connect

Wicket maiden in the 18th
Prasidh Krishna
4-1-22-3

DC 187/7 (19) CRR: 9.84 REQ: 36
Delhi Capitals need 36 runs in 6 balls

Kuldeep Yadav 0(3)
Rovman Powell 16(9