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Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru, 1st Match

10.00 am start. AMERICA TIME

In reply to shivnotout

Sunil Narine vs Kohli!

Royal Challengers Bengaluru have won the toss and have opted to field

In reply to googley

Head to Head record: 34 Matches. 20 KKR. 14 RCB.

RCB have this one

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Playing XI):

Virat Kohli, Philip Salt(w), Rajat Patidar(c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma, Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Rasikh Dar Salam, Suyash Sharma, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal


Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI):

Quinton de Kock(w), Venkatesh Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane(c), Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Spencer Johnson, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy

In reply to googley



Leh we go Sunil

Fourrrrrrrrrrrr fi De Kock
Corrected

And dropped
Mek dem pay Sunil

In reply to Chrissy

De Kock

In reply to nissan
Yes
9/1

Quinton de Kock c †Sharma b Hazlewood 4

Sunil on 5*

Rahane licking ball. 16 from 8
25/1 from 4

In reply to Chrissy

Sunil 10 balls 1 run and ah top fuh four

everything is lash

Spin and siiiix fi Sunil

In reply to shivnotout
Six now

SIX, into the crowd. 50-run stand up between the duo.

60/1 from 6
Rahane 39* from 16
Sunil 17* from 15

7.5
Rasikh Salam to Narine, FOUR, to deep backward point

KKR 74/1 ( CRR: 9.25

Sunil Narine 22(19)
Ajinkya Rahane 45(24

Nice touch Sunil
74/1 from 8

Siiiiiix. 51* fi Rahane

8.1
Suyash Sharma to Rahane, SIX, that was juicy and Rahane does not miss out. Quicker and fuller outside off, Rahane sinks to one knee and dispatches it into the mid-wicket orbit for a mighty maximum. Rahane has a fifty on his debut as KKR skipper.

In reply to Chrissy

Rahane has a fifty on his debut as KKR skipper.

KKR 86/1

8.5
Suyash Sharma to Narine, SIX, too full and wide of off, it will not matter which way the ball is spinning when you bowl it that full

Siiiiix Sunil
34*
96/1 from 9

8.6
Suyash Sharma to Narine, FOUR, straight down the ground

KKR 96/1 (9) CRR: 10.67

Sunil Narine34(22)
Ajinkya Rahane54(27

100 up

9.3
Rasikh Salam to Narine, FOUR, to deep extra cover

9.5
Rasikh Salam to Narine, SIX, to long-on, the partnership between Narine and Rahane is now 100 [11x6

9.6
Rasikh Salam to Narine, out Caught by Jitesh Sharma!! Rasikh Salam has the last laugh as he screams "come onnnnnn" in celebration

Narine c Jitesh Sharma b Rasikh Salam 44(26) [4s-5 6s-3]

KKR 107/2 (10) CRR: 10.7

Siiiiix Sunil
100 partnership

Gawn now fi 44 - edge to keeper
107/2 from 10

10.3
Krunal Pandya to Rahane, out Caught by Rasikh Salam!! That is straight down the throat of the fielder down at deep backward square leg. Deliberately short and leg-sidish with a deep backward square leg in place

Rahane c Rasikh Salam b Krunal Pandya 56(31) [4s-6 6s-4]

KKR 109/3 (10.3) CRR: 10.38

Rahane gawn now fo 56 from 31
109/3

11.3
Suyash Sharma to Venkatesh Iyer, FOUR, control has been the problem for Suyash Sharma today

11.6
Suyash Sharma to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, FOUR, oh outstanding! Wasn't even all that short but he read the length so early, wasn't fully back but managed to slap it firmly into the ground and it placed it past point.
11.5
Suyash Sharma to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, FOUR, brilliantly placed! A gentle stride forward, picked the googly, played a neat cover drive and didn't bother to keep it down

In reply to Narper

Poor Bish gonna lose he voice on game one

Pace yourself, Champ!!!!!

124/3 from 12

12.1
Krunal Pandya to Venkatesh Iyer, out Bowled!!

Venkatesh Iyer b Krunal Pandya 6(7) [4s-1]

In reply to Halliwell

Bish dont take rest ....every major tournament he is on commentary

De man don' t miss his family?

KKR 131/4 (13) CRR: 10.08

Angkrish Raghuvanshi 14(7)
Rinku Singh 2(2

15.3
Suyash Sharma to Russell, FOUR, oh he's bowled a release ball now! Short and wide, needless stuff

.15.4
Suyash Sharma to Russell, out Bowled!!

Russell b Suyash Sharma 4(3) [4s-1]

156/6 from 16

KKR 165/6 (1 CRR: 9.17

Ramandeep Singh 4(7)
Angkrish Raghuvanshi 29(19

In reply to Narper

174/8

Good fight back

KKR 174/8 (20) CRR: 8.7

KKR 174/8 (20)
RCB 75/0 (5) CRR: 15 REQ: 6.67

Royal Challengers Bengaluru need 100 runs in 90 balls

Philip Salt 48(21)
Virat Kohli 25(9

Dis done

Philip Salt c Spencer Johnson b Varun Chakaravarthy 56(31) - 95/1 in 8.3 ov.

10.3
Varun Chakaravarthy to Kohli, SIX, to long-on

KKR 174/8 (20)
RCB 115/1 (11) CRR: 10.45 REQ: 6.67

Royal Challengers Bengaluru need 60 runs in 54 balls

Virat Kohli 47(27)
Devdutt Padikkal 9(

11.4
Narine to Padikkal, out Caught by Ramandeep Singh!! Straight to deep mid-wicket. Padikkal tries to take on Narine and perishes. He comes down the track and heaves, off the thick inner half of the bat as it turns in his hands, Ramandeep did not have to move an inch

Padikkal c Ramandeep Singh b Narine 10(10) [4s-1]

RCB 118/2 (11.4) CRR: 10.11 REQ: 6.84

RCB 119/2 (12) CRR: 9.92 REQ: 7
Royal Challengers Bengaluru need 56 runs in 48 balls

Rajat Patidar 1(2)
Virat Kohli 49(29)

Sunil Narine
3-0-16-1

KKR 174/8 (20)
RCB 177/3 (16.2) CRR: 10.84

Royal Challengers Bengaluru won by 7 wkts

Liam Livingstone 15(5)
Virat Kohli 59(36)

Russell b Suyash Sharma 4[3

Narine c Jitesh Sharma b Rasikh Salam 44[26

Sunil Narine 4 0 27 1

Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals, 2nd Match

Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI):

Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubham Dubey, Nitish Rana, Riyan Parag(c), Dhruv Jurel(w), Shimron Hetmyer, Jofra Archer, Maheesh Theekshana, Tushar Deshpande, Sandeep Sharma, Fazalhaq Farooqi


Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI):

Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan(w), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen, Aniket Verma, Abhinav Manohar, Pat Cummins(c), Simarjeet Singh, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Shami

SRH 135/2 (10) CRR: 13.5

SRH 178/2 (13) CRR: 13.69


Jofra Archer

3-0-57-0

4 overs 76 thats tough

A team scored 286/6 and allyuh thought dis was gettable.
Deading wid laff.

In reply to Chrissy

them 3 fast men this . cost Rajasthan Royals d game

Fazalhaq Farooq 3-0-49-0

Jofra Archer 4-0-76-0

Sandeep Sharma 4-0-51-1

In reply to jacksparrow

out Caught by Abhinav Manohar!! Once again, Cummins and Abhinav Manohar converge. The latter puts his hand up and calls for it, Hetmyer c Abhinav Manohar b Harshal Patel 42(23) [4s-1 6s-4]

In reply to Chrissy

SRH 286/6 (20)

RR 242/6 (20)

Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 44 runs

528 runs score. d fans got ah nice treat

Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians, 3rd Match

Mumbai Indians (Playing XI):
Rohit Sharma, Ryan Rickelton(w), Will Jacks, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Tilak Varma, Naman Dhir, Robin Minz, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Trent Boult, Satyanarayana Raju


Chennai Super Kings (Playing XI):
Ruturaj Gaikwad(c), Rachin Ravindra, Deepak Hooda, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, MS Dhoni(w), Ravichandran Ashwin, Noor Ahmad, Nathan Ellis, Khaleel Ahmed

out Caught by Shivam Dube!! In the airrrr and gone! Khaleel gets Rohit for the third time in IPL. duck


MI 0/1 (0.5)

Chennai Super Kings opt to bowl

0.4
Khaleel Ahmed to Rohit, out Caught by Shivam Dube!! In the airrrr and gone! Khaleel gets Rohit for the third time in IPL. Simple inswinger on the stumps, Rohit thought he could have the flick for four but he's picked out the man at mid-wicket to perfection. Soft dismissal that and CSK are off to a great start. Rohit had no intentions of keeping it down because he was so sure of finding the gap.

Rohit c Shivam Dube b Khaleel Ahmed 0(4)

.1.1
Sam Curran to Rickelton, FOUR, oh it's Super Sam at the other end and Rickelton knows him really well from his MICT times. Plays a lovely back foot flick, didn't look a boundary hit but such was the timing and once it beat mid-on it escaped all the way

1.3
Sam Curran to Rickelton, FOUR, another back foot push! And the ball is racing off the bat. Short of a length on the stumps, Rickelton punches it nicely down the ground and no stopping that either

2.2
Khaleel Ahmed to Rickelton, out Bowled!! Chopped on! Chepauk is not a place for cross-bat shots that you can play elsewhere. It's got to be really there for the taking. Rickelton has tried to manufacture one here and played on! Looked so good, but the first time he played a cross-bat shot he's gone.

Rickelton b Khaleel Ahmed 13(7) [4s-3]

In reply to Narper

sky got ah life first ball

2.3
Khaleel Ahmed to Suryakumar Yadav, no run, oh almost carried to the man at mid-wicket. SKY straightaway trying to whip it out of sight, goes for it and gets it on the bottom of the bat. Luckily landed in front of the diving Shivam Dube

In reply to Chrissy

Most ducks in the IPL

18 - Rohit Sharma*
18 - Glenn Maxwell
18 - Dinesh Karthik
16 - Piyush Chawla

16 - Sunil Narine

4.4
Ashwin to Will Jacks, out Caught by Shivam Dube!! And he strikes in his very first over on return to his own den!

Will Jacks c Shivam Dube b Ashwin 11(7) [4s-2]

4.6
Ashwin to Tilak Varma, FOUR, he brings out the reverse sweep too.
4.5
Ashwin to Tilak Varma, FOUR, and look at his intent straightaway! Backs away to unsettle Ashwin, reaches out and slaps the short ball over cover-point. Great beginning

In reply to shivnotout

In reply to LBW375

6.4
Jadeja to Tilak Varma, SIX, in the airrrr and Sam Curran makes a mess of it! He ran in for the catch, then realised his mistake, lost his footing and the ball just clears the rope. That would have been straight down the throat had he stayed put. Jadeja tries to hide the ball full and wide of off, Tilak lofted the drive and escaped with the poor placement

MI 59/3 (7) CRR: 8.43

Tilak Varma14(9)
Suryakumar Yadav20(16)

MI 96/6 (13) CRR: 7.38

16.1
In fact, Noor is on a hat-trick..

Naman Dhir b Noor Ahmad 17(12) [4s-1]

MI 120/7 (17) CRR: 7.06

Noor Ahmad
4-0-18-4

MI 141/9 (19) CRR: 7.42

In reply to Narper


Noor Ahmad


Noor Ahmed: INR 10 crore

1,163,000.00 usd

MI 155/9 (20) CRR: 7.75

MI 155/9 (20)
CSK 95/3 (9.4) CRR: 9.83 REQ: 5.9
Chennai Super Kings need 61 runs in 62 balls

CSK 100/3 (11) CRR: 9.09 REQ: 6.22
Chennai Super Kings need 56 runs in 54 balls

Rachin Ravindra28(27)
Deepak Hooda3(3

11.4
Vignesh Puthur to Hooda, out Caught by Satyanarayana Raju!!

Hooda c Satyanarayana Raju b Vignesh Puthur 3(5)

CSK 112/4 (13) CRR: 8.62 REQ: 6.29
Chennai Super Kings need 44 runs in 42 balls

Rachin Ravindra 38(33)
Sam Curran 2(4

In reply to Narper

Young spinner looks like a very good prospect!
Love his action and pace of his delivery!

14.1
Will Jacks to Sam Curran, out Bowled!!

Sam Curran b Will Jacks 4(9)

MI 155/9 (20)
CSK 116/5 (14.1) CRR: 8.19 REQ: 6.86
Chennai Super Kings need 40 runs in 35 balls

17.3
Vignesh Puthur to Ravindra, SIX, to deep mid-wicket

Rachin Ravindra *52[42

17.6
Vignesh Puthur to Ravindra, SIX, just one hit away now! This is Rachin's third six against Vignesh Puthur and the cleanest of the lot. Full and right in the middle of leg-side arc

18.4
Naman Dhir to Jadeja, out Jadeja Run Out!! Huge roar engulf Chepauk and there could be only one reason. Thala, as his admirers would love to call, is walking out to the middle. Jadeja has to go. He forced this towards mid-wicket and ran for a quick single. There was a bit of yes-no between the duo and at one point both batters were shaking hands near the non-striker's end. Replays in and it is Jadeja who has to go (Rachin was much closer to the crease at the opposite end).

adeja run out (Chahar/Rickelton) 17(1 [4s-1]

19.1
Santner to Ravindra, SIX, dropped short and Rachin mows it over mid-wicket with a thrashing pull. CSK win by 4 wickets and kickstart their campaign with a win at their home ground. Dhoni has a word with Rachin as the players get together to congratulate each other...

MI 155/9 (20)
CSK 158/6 (19.1)

Chennai Super Kings won by 4 wkts

MS Dhoni 0(2)
Rachin Ravindra 65(45

In reply to shivnotout

Didn't even know dis ting start

Delhi Capitals vs Lucknow Super Giants, 4th Match

Date & Time: Mar 24, 07:30 PM LOCAL

Lucknow Super Giants (Playing XI):
Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Rishabh Pant(w/c), David Miller, Prince Yadav, Digvesh Rathi, Shahbaz Ahmed, Shardul Thakur, Ravi Bishnoi

Delhi Capitals (Playing XI):
Jake Fraser-McGurk, Faf du Plessis, Abishek Porel(w), Sameer Rizvi, Axar Patel(c), Tristan Stubbs, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohit Sharma, Mukesh Kumar

Powerplay Summary
-- Mitch Marsh off to a flier against Starc
-- Axar Patel manages to keep it tight from the other end
-- Vipraj Nigam strikes in his first over on debut
-- He gets rid of Markram for 15 (4.4)
-- Marsh finishes powerplay with a big over against Mukesh

LSG 108/1 (9) CRR: 12

Mitchell Marsh57(27)
Nicholas Pooran33(14

11.4
.. Mitchell Marsh c Stubbs b Mukesh Kumar 72(36) [4s-6 6s-6]

12.6
Stubbs to Pooran, FOUR, to long-off
12.5
Stubbs to Pooran, SIX, to deep extra cover
12.4
Stubbs to Pooran, SIX, to long-on
12.3
Stubbs to Pooran, SIX, brings up his fifty and raises his bat! A tossed up delivery and the batsman has launched it over long-on
12.2
Stubbs to Pooran, SIX, it's raining sixes! Tossed up delivery on middle and leg, Pooran goes down on his knee and sweeps it uppishly over deep backward square leg

LSG 161/2 (13) CRR: 12.38

Nicholas Pooran 70(27)
Rishabh Pant 0(2

13.4
Kuldeep Yadav to Pant, out Caught by du Plessis!! The chat did not work. Pant has holed out to long-off. It's tossed up well outside off, makes Pant reach for it, it turns as well after pitching, Pant tries to loft and it's off the bottom of the bat, easy catch for long-off and Faf reverse-cups with ease. Superb over so far and some relief for Delhi.

Pant c du Plessis b Kuldeep Yadav 0(6)

LSG 162/3 (14) CRR: 11.57

David Miller 1(2)
Nicholas Pooran 70(27

14.2
Mitchell Starc to Pooran, FOUR, audacious. It's a fairly high full-toss outside off but under the waist, Pooran initially looked for the scoop, then reverse-scooped it over Abishek Porel who leapt to take it but the pace on that makes it fly over his left glove. They check for a no-ball but it is fine.

14.5
Mitchell Starc to Pooran, out Bowled!! Massive wicket this. That's what Mitchell Starc can do. Stumps are everywhere. Full and some reverse-swing for Starc, bends back in late and Pooran wants a piece of this, slogs but misses and two stumps are splayed. What a sight for the fast bowler. Pooran at the death could have been carnage. Potentially 25-30 runs saved with that wicket.

Pooran b Mitchell Starc 75(30) [4s-6 6s-7]

Summary (Overs 7-15)
-- Pooran takes DC to the cleaners
-- Vipraj Nigam, Tristan Stubbs taken for 25-run overs each
-- Marsh dismissed for 72 by Mukesh (11.4)
-- Kuldeep removes Pant for a duck
-- Pooran brings up fifty off just 24 balls
-- Mukesh Kumar hurts his ankle in 15th over
-- Starc removes the dangerous Pooran for 75 (14.5

16.2
Ayush Badoni c Stubbs b Kuldeep Yadav 4(5)

16.4
Thakur run out (Axar/Abishek Porel) 0(2)

N Pooran vs Starc in T20s
Inns: 6
Runs: 12
Balls: 13
Dismissals: 4

- Starc dismissed Pooran second time in IPL in just four balls.

LSG 209/8 (20)
DC 7/2 (1.1) CRR: 6 REQ: 10.78
Delhi Capitals need 203 runs

1.4
Sameer Rizvi c Pant b M Siddharth 4(4) [4s-1]

5.3
Axar c Pooran b Digvesh Rathi 22(11) [4s-3 6s-1]

C 50/4 (5.3) CRR: 9.09 REQ: 11.03
Delhi Capitals need 160 runs in 87 balls

DC 58/4 (6) CRR: 9.67 REQ: 10.86
Delhi Capitals need 152 runs in 84 balls

Tristan Stubbs 2(2)
Faf du Plessis 23(15)

6.4
Ravi Bishnoi to du Plessis, out Caught by Miller!! That's gone very high but not very far. Miller isn't going to drop it. He rarely does. Settles under it at deep midwicket and hangs on safely as Delhi lose yet another wicket.

du Plessis c Miller b Ravi Bishnoi 29(1 [4s-3 6s-2]

DC 101/5 (12) CRR: 8.42 REQ: 13.62
Delhi Capitals need 109 runs in 48 balls

Tristan Stubbs 22(19)
Ashutosh Sharma 16(16

12.3
Stubbs b M Siddharth 34(22) [4s-1 6s-3]

DC 113/6 (12.3) CRR: 9.04 REQ: 12.93
Delhi Capitals need 97 runs in 45 balls

Partnership: 54(20)

Last 5 overs: 73 runs, 1 wkts

LSG 209/8 (20)
DC 168/6 (16) CRR: 10.5 REQ: 10.5

Delhi Capitals need 42 runs in 24 balls

Vipraj Nigam39(14)
Ashutosh Sharma31(23

16.1
Vipraj Nigam c M Siddharth b Digvesh Rathi 39(15) [4s-5 6s-2]

DC 171/7 (17) CRR: 10.06 REQ: 13
Delhi Capitals need 39 runs in 18 balls

17.1
, Mitchell Starc c Pant b Ravi Bishnoi 2(5)

DC 171/8 (17.1) CRR: 9.96 REQ: 13.76
Delhi Capitals need 39 runs in 17 balls

17.6
Ravi Bishnoi to Ashutosh Sharma, SIX, to long-on
17.5
Ravi Bishnoi to Ashutosh Sharma, FOUR, Ashutosh keeping DC in the hunt! Still around the wicket, darted in on a good length and it turns away from off. Ashutosh goes hard and slaps it through the covers.
17.4
Ravi Bishnoi to Ashutosh Sharma, SIX, Bishnoi goes around the wicket and bowls it right in the slot for Ashutosh! It's full on off, his eyes light up and he hammers it straight back with a lot of power

DC 188/8 (1 CRR: 10.44 REQ: 11
Delhi Capitals need 22 runs in 12 balls

Ashutosh Sharma 48(27)
Kuldeep Yadav 1(2

18.1
Prince Yadav to Kuldeep Yadav, FOUR, to deep backward point

18.3
Prince Yadav to Kuldeep Yadav, out Kuldeep Yadav Run Out!!

Kuldeep Yadav run out (Pant/Prince Yadav) 5(5) [4s-1]

DC 192/9 (18.3) CRR: 10.38 REQ: 12
Delhi Capitals need 18 runs in 9 balls

18.5
Prince Yadav to Ashutosh Sharma, SIX, to deep extra cover

18.6
Prince Yadav to Ashutosh Sharma, FOUR, Ashutosh finishes the over with a boundary!

DC 204/9 (19) CRR: 10.74 REQ: 6
Delhi Capitals need 6 runs in 6 balls

A spinner to bowl the final over. Shahbaz it is, Mohit on strike,

Has Pant missed a stumping here? They've gone for a review for LBW.

19.1
Shahbaz Ahmed to Mohit Sharma, no run, has Pant missed a stumping here? They've gone for a review for LBW. Tense faces everywhere as we wait for ball-tracking. And there's a big roar as it shows that the ball is missing off stump. An absolute ripper from Shahbaz! Fired in on a good length on middle, Mohit looks to work it through the on-side but the ball turns away sharply to clip the back pad

19.3

Shahbaz Ahmed to Ashutosh Sharma, SIX, Ashutosh has pulled it off! The game which seemed to be gone at one point. LSG seemed to have it in the bag with all the big names back in the hut at the halfway mark. But little did they know how a 20-year-old Vipraj Nigam on IPL debut and Ashutosh Sharma would steal the show. Incredible scenes as the DC dugout erupts with joy. Even they can't seem to believe what has just happened while Ashutosh swings his bat and makes animated gestures in celebration

LSG 209/8 (20)

DC 211/9 (19.3)

Delhi Capitals won by 1 wkt

Ashutosh Sharma not out 66[31

In reply to Narper

Uncle Narps. what a game. Ashutoshhhh

Pooran 75 in vain

In reply to shivnotout

Gujarat Titans vs Punjab Kings, 5th Match
Date & Time: Mar 25, 07:30 PM LOCAL

Gujarat Titans have won the toss and have opted to field

Pitch report:
64m and 66m on the sides. The surface looks wonderful. The grass covering is not to worry about. 200 has been achieved 10 times out of 17 times at this venue. Dew is expected at the interval. You got to chase. It is a batter's wicket and you need to make the most of it.

In reply to Narper

Punjab Kings Impact Subs: Nehal Wadhera, Praveen Dubey, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Harpreet Brar, Vishnu Vinod


Gujarat Titans Impact Subs: Sherfane Rutherford, Glenn Phillips, Ishant Sharma, Anuj Rawat, Washington Sundar

Priyansh Arya and Prabhsimran are at the crease.

Priyansh Arya is on strike.

Siraj will open the attack


PBKS 0/0 (0.1)

0.2
Siraj to Priyansh Arya, FOUR, to deep mid-wicket

0.3
Siraj to Priyansh Arya, leg byes, FOUR, angled down on to the pads, Priyansh Arya looks to nudge it

PBKS 8/0 (1) CRR: 8

Priyansh Arya 4(6)
Prabhsimran Singh 0(0)

1.4
Rabada to Priyansh Arya, 1 run, dropped! Two men converged on it. Rashid was one of them. That was a length delivery, outside off, Priyansh Arya tried to drive it down the ground and got it off the higher part of the bat. Arshad from mid-off went for it but didn't even get hands to it. Rashid was also trying to get close to that but in the end the ball fell away from both

1.6
Rabada to Prabhsimran, FOUR, low full toss, angled in, Prabhsimran takes it on the full and on-drives. The man at mid-on - Arshad - put in the dive but was a clumsy one. The quick outfield beat him easily

PBKS 17/0 (2.1) CRR: 7.85

Prabhsimran Singh5(4)
Priyansh Arya7(

out Caught by Arshad Khan!! Arshad takes it now. Short ball, devoid of room, Prabhsimran looks to back away and slap it but ends up slicing it. The ball flew down to third man Prabhsimran c Arshad Khan b Rabada 5[ [4s-1]



PBKS 28/1 (3.1

3.1
Rabada to Prabhsimran, out Caught by Arshad Khan!! Arshad takes it now. Short ball, devoid of room, Prabhsimran looks to back away and slap it but ends up slicing it. The ball flew down to third man and Arshad takes a simple catch this time. There is decent carry and the ball flew easily to the fielder. Prabhsimran is gone after an iffy start. First one down for Punjab. Rabada has struck.

Prabhsimran c Arshad Khan b Rabada 5( [4s-1]

3.3
Rabada to Shreyas Iyer, 2 runs, to deep backward point
3.2
Rabada to Shreyas Iyer, FOUR, Iyer and intent are synonymous. Fuller ball, angled in, Shreyas Iyer presents the full face of the bat and punches it over the man at mid-on. Lovely shot indeed by Shreyas Iyer to get off the mark

3.5
Rabada to Shreyas Iyer, SIX, 143.7 kph, angled in, Shreyas Iyer whipped it over deep square. Was fuller on the pads and Shreyas Iyer was never going to hold back. He hit that huge and over the fence. The skipper is off to a flier

PBKS 96/2 (9) CRR: 10.67

Shreyas Iyer 28(16)
Azmatullah Omarzai 8(7)

Maxwell out ABW on the 1st ball.

I maintain that every time a batsman gets out playing one of those improvised shots an automatic suspension for the next game should be the penalty.

12.1
Sai Kishore to Shreyas Iyer, SIX, 87 kph, outside off, Shreyas Iyer backs away and drills it over deep long-off. What a shot! Sai has been superb. But Shreyas Iyer showing his class and picking on him. That was hit so sweetly

12.3
Sai Kishore to Shreyas Iyer, SIX, tossed up delivery, not much turn, Shreyas Iyer lofts it over long-on. The fielder in the deep was interested but the ball went over despite the leap

12.5
Sai Kishore to Stoinis, FOUR, 87.9 kph, turning away a little, Stoinis sits down and reverse laps it over short third man. There was a slip in place but Stoinis was never worried about that. Has the ball stopped turning? Dew on?

13.6
Rashid Khan to Shreyas Iyer, SIX, consecutive sixes. Shreyas Iyer is in some nick. It's short on middle, he goes on the back foot and pulls it flat and well over deep mid-wicket, what a blow that was
13.5
Rashid Khan to Shreyas Iyer, SIX, 50 for Shreyas Iyer on his debut as PBKS captain. Picks the googly outside off, it's fairly full too, Iyer gets forward and swipes it high and over long-on, clean strike

14.2
Siraj to Stoinis, SIX, muscled over deep mid-wicket. It's not short, but Stoinis picks the length so quickly, it's a length delivery and Stoinis has pummelled the pull flat over deep mid-wicket

16.6
Prasidh to Shreyas Iyer, 2 runs, is that another six? No. Tewatia at long-on with a superb effort, stretches as far as he can, takes it over his head but as he tries to lob it back, the right leg touches the cushion? so will be six? No. The third ump reckons Tewatia is fine. Again it's a half-volley on the stumps, Prasidh has been either too full or too short this over, Shreyas Iyer gets forward to loft and just has the elevation to clear Tewatia who did outstandingly
16.5
Prasidh to Shreyas Iyer, SIX, another six and the PBKS dugout are up and clapping. Full outside off, a bit of a slice on this loft from Shreyas Iyer, fades away like a golf shot, long-off is in business but it just clears him, Shreyas Iyer dealing only in sixes here
16.4
Prasidh to Shreyas Iyer, SIX, Prasidh is not learning at all. Digs it in short outside off, Shreyas Iyer pulls and there is more height than elevation, Rabada at deep backward square-leg takes it well but as he catches, his right leg steps on the cushion, he was right on the edge of the boundary and did not manage to hold his balance, could have taken it, gone out and come back in to catch it again after lobbing it, but did not do so. Was he not aware of how close he was to the cushions?
16.3
Prasidh to Shreyas Iyer, FOUR, width and now Shreyas Iyer shows everyone that he can play on the off-side too. Short of a length outside off, slashed up and over backward point and nearly all the way too, one bounce over the ropes
16.2
►
Prasidh to Shreyas Iyer, SIX, he wanted to play this shot off the last ball. Similar short of length delivery outside off, Shreyas Iyer stands tall and pulls off the front foot, over wide long-on and it flies away

17.3
Rashid Khan to Shashank Singh, SIX, to long-on

17.4
Rashid Khan to Shashank Singh, FOUR, to deep extra cover

17.6
Rashid Khan to Shashank Singh, SIX, to long-off

PBKS 210/5 (1 CRR: 11.67

Shashank Singh 20(7)
Shreyas Iyer 91(39)

18.1
Rabada to Shreyas Iyer, FOUR, Shreyas Iyer is not letting up at all. A half-volley on leg-stump, flicked wristily and beats deep square-leg to his left, four more

18.2
Rabada to Shreyas Iyer, 1 run, equals his highest-ever score in IPL. Sai Kishore saves the four with a dive to his right at short third man, that was travelling, full just outside off, Shreyas Iyer opens the face of the bat and guides it fine

PBKS 220/5 (19) CRR: 11.58

Shashank Singh 22(10)
Shreyas Iyer 97(42

19.6
Siraj to Shashank Singh, FOUR, PBKS end on 243. What a poor last over. 23 off the last over. Siraj digs it in short outside off with the field up, Shashank Singh ramps it over short third man and it's a fitting way to end the innings
19.5
Siraj to Shashank Singh, FOUR, to backward square leg
19.5
Siraj to Shashank Singh, wide, full and down leg, Shashank Singh flicks and misses, wide it is
Gill with another chat to Siraj. Once again Shreyas Iyer applauds that from Shashank Singh. Ness Wadia the owner of PBKS is up and clapping too.
19.4
Siraj to Shashank Singh, FOUR, boundaries flowing. Poor delivery, slower and short and wide outside off, Shashank Singh cuts hard and well wide of sweeper cover, to his right
19.3
Siraj to Shashank Singh, FOUR, still Shreyas Iyer not on strike. But Shashank Singh is doing it for PBKS. Very full outside off, Shashank has used his hands to dirrect the drive wide of cover, superbly got under that, Shreyas pats Shashank and has a chat with him
19.2
Siraj to Shashank Singh, 2 runs, full on off, Shashank Singh with a shuffle across, flicks it wide of deep mid-wicket for two
Gill with some words to Siraj. The skipper not happy.
19.1
Siraj to Shashank Singh, FOUR, dug in short with third man in. Poor bowling. Shashank Singh ramps it easily over short third ma

Shreyas Iyer walks off with a big smile on his face as he is applauded by the PBKS contingent. What a start to his captaincy career.

PBKS 243/5 (20) CRR: 12.15

Shashank Singh 44(16)
Shreyas Iyer 97(42

In reply to Narper

In reply to Drapsey

Sai Sudharsan and Shubman Gill are at the crease.
Sai Sudharsan is on strike.
Arshdeep Singh will open the attack

0.1
Arshdeep Singh to Sai Sudharsan, FOUR, given as runs. Not sure Sai Sudharsan got anything on that. Drifting down leg, length delivery and Sai Sudharsan flicks and misses, off the thigh and down to the fine-leg fence, given as runs

5.5
Maxwell to Shubman Gill, out Caught by Priyansh Arya!! Maxwell does it again. How often does he do this? He picks a massive wicket. Gill knows he has to maximise the powerplay, so he comes down the track and this is at his legs, he flicks but has closed the face too early, the thick leading-edge goes straight up, Arya was not comfortable under this from cover, wobbled a bit but managed to just hold on. Gill was looking so good but has to walk back now. The move to get Maxwell on in the powerplay has worked.

Shubman Gill c Priyansh Arya b Maxwell 33(14) [4s-2 6s-3]

GT 61/1 (6) CRR: 10.17 REQ: 13.07
Gujarat Titans need 183 runs in 84 balls

6.6
Stoinis to Sai Sudharsan, SIX, in the airrrr! Oh Omarzai has just tipped it over the bar at third man. Stoinis isn't pleased. He overran and had to fetch to the the left, hence no control. Short delivery outside off stump, Sai slashes hard and gets a thick edge, third man ran to the right, could have easily had it. Had to jump but was it's in a good position

GT 108/1 (10.3) CRR: 10.29 REQ: 14.32
Gujarat Titans need 136 runs in 57 balls

Sai Sudharsan51(32)
Jos Buttler15(14)

12.3
Arshdeep Singh to Sai Sudharsan, out Caught by Shashank Singh!!

Sai Sudharsan c Shashank Singh b Arshdeep Singh 74(41) [4s-5 6s-6]

GT 145/2 (12.3) CRR: 11.6 REQ: 13.2
Gujarat Titans need 99 runs in 45 balls

13.1
Stoinis to Rutherford, SIX, this guy is an insane batter when he gets going. Very capable of producing game-changing knocks from nowhere. And he's started well here. Shortish delivery, Rutherford rocks back and nails the pull over square leg. Easy pickings though

13.2
Stoinis to Rutherford, FOUR, pace off, pace off but look at the awareness in Rutherford to delay the bat swing and also aim behind point because they had third man up. Simple yet outstanding batting. Was too short and too wide

13.4
Stoinis to Rutherford, SIX, in the airrr, more of a top edge but that was a poor ball from Stoinis. With fine leg up he had no business bowling short close to the body. Rutherford got a free swing across the line and got a healthy edge

PBKS 243/5 (20)
GT 174/2 (15) CRR: 11.6 REQ: 14
Gujarat Titans need 70 runs in 30 balls

Jos Buttler 40(24)
Sherfane Rutherford 20(11

GT 182/2 (16) CRR: 11.38 REQ: 15.5
Gujarat Titans need 62 runs in 24 balls

GT 187/2 (17) CRR: 11 REQ: 19
Gujarat Titans need 57 runs in 18 balls

Jos Buttler 47(29)
Sherfane Rutherford 23(1

Vijaykumar Vyshak
2-0-10-0

17.2
Marco Jansen to Rutherford, FOUR, finally manages to squeeze this away off-side. They had backward point in the deep too square. Marco Jansen bowls a full delivery wide of off. Unlike Vyshak the ball comes into the LHB so this becomes a shade easier for Rutherford than facing a right-hand pacer and he got an important four

17.4
Marco Jansen to Buttler, FOUR, to sweeper cover, the partnership between Buttler and Rutherford is now

17.6
Marco Jansen to Buttler, out Bowled!!

Buttler b Marco Jansen 54(33) [4s-4 6s-2]

GT 199/3 (1 CRR: 11.06 REQ: 22.5
Gujarat Titans need 45 runs in 12 balls

Sherfane Rutherford 27(20

18.3
Vijaykumar Vyshak to Rutherford, FOUR, manages to slice this quick enough to beat backward point to the right. Low full toss again as Vijaykumar Vyshak misses the wide yorker
18.2
Vijaykumar Vyshak to Rutherford, 2 runs, again his main shot is only try and slice and guide the ball on the off-side. Full toss, Rutherford drives to deep cover
18.1
Vijaykumar Vyshak to Rutherford, FOUR, he gets closer to the line of ball and manages to slice this fine past the short third man fielder and gets a crucial four. If he can nail foru more hits to the boundary he can undo what he did with those play and misses

18.6
Vijaykumar Vyshak to Rahul Tewatia, SIX, to backward square leg

GT 217/3 (19) CRR: 11.42 REQ: 27
Gujarat Titans need 27 runs in 6 balls

19.1
Arshdeep Singh to Rutherford, out Rahul Tewatia Run Out!!

Rahul Tewatia run out (Arshdeep Singh) 6(2) [6s-1]

19.2
Arshdeep Singh to Rutherford, SIX, to deep extra cover

19.3
Arshdeep Singh to Rutherford, 2 runs, to long-off

19.4
Arshdeep Singh to Rutherford, out Bowled!! It's not happening!

Rutherford b Arshdeep Singh 46(2 [4s-4 6s-3]

19.6
Arshdeep Singh to Shahrukh Khan, SIX, to deep extra cover

PBKS 243/5 (20)
GT 232/5 (20)

Punjab Kings won by 11 runs

Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 6th Match

Date & Time: Mar 26, 07:30 PM LOCAL

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

Riyan Parag:
Very proud, very humbled (to be leading RR). The middle-order really stepped up. A lot of positives with the ball as well. One change. Hasaranga comes in, Farooqi steps out.

Ajinkya Rahane:
We'll look to bowl first. The wicket looks good. Dew factor is huge here. It's about staying positive and playing fearlessly. We learnt a lot from the previous game. Sunil Narine misses out, he's not well. Moeen Ali comes in.

Jaiswal and Samson are at the crease.
Jaiswal is on strike.
Spencer Johnson will open the attack

0.1
Spencer Johnson to Jaiswal, FOUR, top-edge and four! RR and Jaiswal get off the mark. Short ball from Johnson, Jaiswal is a bit late on the pull. Flies over short fine leg off the edge. A couple of bounces and into the fence

0.6
Spencer Johnson to Samson, FOUR, Samson gets off the mark with a boundary! Overpitched outside off, Samson reaches for it, opens the bat-face and squeezes it behind square on the off-side. Speeds away to the fence

2.1
Spencer Johnson to Jaiswal, FOUR, 144kph, slip taken out, slightly overpitched and Jaiswal drills it to the right of the bowler. Russell slides to his left from mid-off but to no avail

2.5
Spencer Johnson to Jaiswal, SIX, 139.2kph, fuller ball angling in on middle and leg, a good swing of the bat from Jaiswal to club it over cow corner for an 89m six

3.1
Vaibhav Arora to Samson, FOUR, 130.2kph, Samson backs away a long way even before the ball is delivered. It's a back of a length delivery, Samson hops

3.5
Vaibhav Arora to Samson, out Bowled!! Vaibhav Arora strikes! 132.6kph, full and angling in, Samson premeditatively comes down the track and makes room to access the off-side. Fails to make contact

Samson b Vaibhav Arora 13(11) [4s-2]

RR 33/1 (3.5) CRR: 8.61

RR 34/1 (4) CRR: 8.5

Riyan Parag 1(1)
Yashasvi Jaiswal 19(12

4.2
Harshit Rana to Riyan Parag, SIX, to deep square leg

In reply to Narper

Bench ?

Sunil Narine, Rovman Powell

4.6
Harshit Rana to Jaiswal, no run, dropped! 115.7kph, another slower ball, fullish outside off and Jaiswal is through his shot early. Looks to play it through mid-off and ends up spooning it towards the bowler. Rana jumps in his followthrough and goes for a two-handed overhead catch, the ball doesn't stick

RR 41/1 (5) CRR: 8.2

Yashasvi Jaiswal 19(14)
Riyan Parag 8(5

Harshit Rana to Jaiswal, no run, dropped! on 19

5.2
Vaibhav Arora to Riyan Parag, SIX, beautiful from Riyan Parag. Was full and angling back into off, Parag gets forward and just plays a checked loft, it flies all the way straight down the ground, what timing that was

5.6
Vaibhav Arora to Jaiswal, SIX, poor delivery and six. A juicy low full-toss just outside off, Jaiswal gets forward and lofts it flat, mid-off was in, it flies all the way over long-off

7.3
Varun Chakaravarthy to Riyan Parag, SIX, Riyan Parag looks to be in the mood tonight. This is a drag-down though, so easy for Parag, he rocks back and smashes it miles over deep mid-wicket

7.5
Varun Chakaravarthy to Riyan Parag, out Caught by de Kock!! Riyan Parag throws it away. He wanted to attack at every opportunity, this is a length delivery outside off, Parag gets forward to loft and it's right off the toe-end of the bat, goes straight up and de Kock calls for it early, it's a skier and he takes it around the pitch area. Varun Chakaravarthy strikes in his first over.

Riyan Parag c de Kock b Varun Chakaravarthy 25(15) [6s-3]

RR 67/2 ( CRR: 8.38

Nitish Rana 0(1)
Yashasvi Jaiswal 28(21

8.4
Moeen Ali to Jaiswal, out Caught by Harshit Rana!! Straight to long-on. RR losing their way. Jaiswal comes down the track and looks for a big loft, he is not to the pitch of the ball and he drags it sort of, off the thick inside half and it's straight to the fielder at long-on and Harshit makes no mistake. Jaiswal walks off shaking his head. It's the timeout as well.

Jaiswal c Harshit Rana b Moeen Ali 29(24) [4s-2 6s-2]

RR 69/3 (8.4) CRR: 7.96

9.5
Varun Chakaravarthy to Hasaranga, out Caught by Rahane!! The skid off the pitch has defeated Hasaranga there, it rushed him on the pull as he went on the back foot, off the outside half of the bat and a dolly to extra-cover. Hasaranga thought this was short but it just went off the pitch rapidly. RR in trouble now.

Hasaranga c Rahane b Varun Chakaravarthy 4(4)

10.6
Moeen Ali to Nitish Rana, out Bowled!!

Nitish Rana b Moeen Ali 8(9)

RR 82/5 (11) CRR: 7.45

14.6
Vaibhav Arora to Shubham Dubey, out Caught by Russell!! Straight to deep backward point. Dug in short outside off, was there for the slash and also to be put away for six. Shubham Dubey slashes but does not have the elevation, after the last boundary, deep point was sent back and Dubey picks him out expertly.

Shubham Dubey c Russell b Vaibhav Arora 9(12) [4s-1]

16.2
Harshit Rana to Dhruv Jurel, FOUR, to fine leg

Hety on his back.....and he belly

18.6
Harshit Rana to Hetmyer, out Caught by Angkrish Raghuvanshi!! Straight to long-on. A slower-ball off-cutter fullish outside off, Hetmyer gets forward to loft and it's off the thick inside half as the bat turns in the hand, the impact sub did not have to move an inch as it was straight to him. Harshit Rana blows a kiss in celebration.

Hetmyer c Angkrish Raghuvanshi b Harshit Rana 7( [4s-1]

KKR 29/0 (4) CRR: 7.25 REQ: 7.69
Kolkata Knight Riders need 123 runs

Quinton de Kock 25(15)
Moeen Ali 2(9)

RR 151/9 (20)


KKR 29/0 (4) CRR: 6.69 REQ: 7.85


Kolkata Knight Riders need 123 runs in 94 balls

KKR 126/2 (16.1) CRR: 7.79 REQ: 6.78
Kolkata Knight Riders need 26 runs in 23 balls

Quinton de Kock 79(54)
Angkrish Raghuvanshi 20(15)

17.2
Jofra Archer to de Kock, SIX, short and angling onto the body, de Kock steadies for a big pull shot and slams it behind square into the stands. Into single digits now...
17.1
Jofra Archer to de Kock, FOUR, short of length onto off stump, de Kock with a very well controlled pull between mid-wicket and mid-on. Runs away for four

In reply to Narper

Looks like Archer is happy with the "Runs Truck" label. He's digging in.

17.3
Jofra Archer to de Kock, SIX, game, set, match! A pitched up delivery at the stumps, de Kock gets under it, clears his front leg and slams it over long-on for a maximum. He stays not out at 97, KKR win by 8 wickets.

RR 151/9 (20)

KKR 153/2 (17.3)

Kolkata Knight Riders won by 8 wkts

Quinton de Kock 97*(61)

Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Lucknow Super Giants, 7th Match
Date & Time: Mar 27, 07:30 PM LOCAL
START TIME 10:00 AM EST


Pooran, Pant, Marsh, Markram, Miller vs Head, Abhishek, Kishan, Reddy, Klaasen

Lucknow Super Giants have won the toss and have opted to field

SRH 15/0 (2) CRR: 7.5

Travis Head 9(7)
Abhishek Sharma 6(5)

2.1
Thakur to Abhishek Sharma, out Caught by Pooran!! Thakur strikes early. He gets Abhishek Sharma's wicket early. He goes short and the batsman has pulls this towards deep square leg. Pooran moves to his right and takes a safe catch. He has troubled Ashishek earlier and he does it again. Not the kind of start Sunrisers were looking for. But they have similar batters to follow next.

Abhishek Sharma c Pooran b Thakur 6(6) [4s-1]

2.2
Thakur to Ishan Kishan, out Caught by Pant!! Ishan Kishan has been strangled down the leg-side. A loose delivery down the leg-side, Ishan Kishan looks to glance it away, gets an edge that has been taken by Pant. A century in the previous game but departs without troubling the scorers tonight. An excellent start for LSG, although this ball didn't deserve a wicket

Ishan Kishan c Pant b Thakur 0(1)

2.4
Thakur to Head, FOUR, juicy full toss on off, Head drills it past the non-striker for four runs. A loose delivery and rightly put away

2.6
Thakur to Nitish Reddy, FOUR, lovely shot.

SRH 27/2 (3) CRR: 9

Nitish Kumar Reddy 5(2)
Travis Head 14(9

3.1
Avesh Khan to Head, SIX, on a length around middle and leg, Head clubs it over deep mid-wicket for half-a-dozen. Was in the slot and meant to be put away

3.4
Avesh Khan to Head, SIX, pitched up by the bowler and Head has thumped it over deep extra cover for half-a-dozen. That's the second maximum of the over. SRH turning things around after losing a couple of early wickets

3.6
Avesh Khan to Head, FOUR, width on offer and Head has slashed it over cover-point. The partnership has raced away to 30 off 10 balls. Avesh goes for 18 runs in the over.

5.1
Ravi Bishnoi to Head, 1 run, dropped by Pooran! Head tries to take him on, miscues his lofted shot towards long-on, but the fielder in the deep puts it down. He can hurt you big time! SRH fans loving it..

5.3
Ravi Bishnoi to Head, SIX, first maximum after the dropped catch! Short ball outside off, Head rocks back in the crease and spanks it over deep extra cover for half-a-dozen

5.5
Ravi Bishnoi to Head, no run, dropped again! Smashes the short ball back to Ravi Bishnoi who sticks out his right hand, but the ball doesn't stick. Was a tough chance, but will go down as a dropped catch

6.2
Digvesh Rathi to Head, FOUR, to deep backward point

SRH 71/2 (7) CRR: 10.14

Travis Head 47(27)
Nitish Kumar Reddy 15(9)

7.3
Prince Yadav to Head, out Bowled!! Prince Yadav has knocked the poles out. Silence in Uppal. Prince Yadav bowled quite well in the last game too but did not have the figures to show for it

Head b Prince Yadav 47(2 [4s-5 6s-3]

11.6
Prince Yadav to Nitish Reddy, out Klaasen Run Out!! What a way to get out for Klaasen. Prince Yadav has hurt his hand but first he celebrates before going down in pain. A low full-toss outside off, Nitish Reddy drills it low and flat to the bowler's left, hits the end of the hand and ricochets straight on the stumps at the other end, Klaasen is backing up a long way and is gone. That's a lucky break for LSG and they look happy and relieved.

SRH 110/4 (12) CRR: 9.17

12.6
Ravi Bishnoi to Aniket Verma, SIX, a bit too full and in the slot, was the attempted googly, Aniket Verma gets forward and lofts, has just the elevation to clear Markram at long-o

15.6
Digvesh Rathi to Aniket Verma, out Caught by Miller!! End of Aniket Verma. He is disappointed. Was a short ball on middle, skidding on slightly, Aniket goes on the back foot to pull and Miller at deep mid-wicket won't drop that. He comes forward to take it. Just when Aniket was looking to up a gear, he falls. Still a magnificent innings.

Aniket Verma c Miller b Digvesh Rathi 36(13) [6s-5]

16.2
Thakur to Abhinav Manohar, out Caught by Abdul Samad!! Straight to deep backward point. Full and wide outside off, Abhinav Manohar opens the face of the bat and slices the loft, the fielder is picked out by Manohar who walks off without a contribution. Thakur keeps taking wickets.

Abhinav Manohar c Abdul Samad b Thakur 2(6)

16.6
Thakur to Cummins, SIX, a juicy low full-toss now outside off, Cummins won't let such gifts go away. He gets forward and lofts all the way over long-off, another clean hit, ends the over on a high
16.5
Thakur to Cummins, SIX, Cummins off the mark with a six first ball. Slower and short outside off, bouncing too, Cummins slashes it hard and he has connected so well, flies over the head of sweeper cover, he got on top of the bounce so well

17.2
Avesh Khan to Cummins, SIX, hat-trick of sixes for Cummins. It's a slower-ball on a length outside off, Cummins slices across the ball, looked like a mishit initially but it has gone all the way straight down the ground

17.3
Avesh Khan to Cummins, out Caught by Digvesh Rathi!! Three sixes and out. What a short cameo that was. Full outside off, Cummins played it well, opens the face of the bat and slices it in the air, but picks out short third man where Rathi takes a sharp catch near his face. Avesh Khan looks at Pant after taking that wicket.

Cummins c Digvesh Rathi b Avesh Khan 18(4) [6s-3]

18.3
Thakur to Shami, out Caught by Ayush Badoni!! Four-fer for Thakur. A slower-ball off-cutter on a length wide outside off, Shami toe-ends the cut and the bottom-hand comes off too, simple catch to the left of extra-cover. Badoni takes it.

Shami c Ayush Badoni b Thakur 1(3)

SRH 183/9 (18.5) CRR: 9.72

SRH 190/9 (20) CRR: 9.5

Shardul Thakur
4-0-34-4

1.3
Shami to Markram, out Caught by Cummins!!

Markram c Cummins b Shami 1(4)

LSG 4/1 (1.3) CRR: 2.67 REQ: 10.11
Lucknow Super Giants need 187 runs

1.4
Shami to Pooran, 5 wides, poor delivery. From round the wicket, way down leg, wanted to angle it in, but horribly sprayed it down leg, no chance for Klaasen and that's five bonus runs for LSG

1.5
Shami to Mitchell Marsh, FOUR, full on middle, that's too straight, Mitchell Marsh flicks up and over mid-wicket, no-one at deep mid-wicket and it sails away to the ropes

LSG 14/1 (2) CRR: 7 REQ: 9.83
Lucknow Super Giants need 177 runs

Mitchell Marsh 7(7)
Nicholas Pooran 1(1

2.1
Simarjeet Singh to Pooran, FOUR, sloppy from Nitish at deep backward point, runs to his left and allows the ball to slip away, gifts four to Pooran, short of length outside off, Pooran cuts through backward point

2.5
Simarjeet Singh to Pooran, SIX, Pooran on fire already.
2.4
Simarjeet Singh to Pooran, SIX, that's Pooran at his best. A back of a length delivery outside off, he stands tall and pulls off the front foot over long-on, picked the length so quickly

LSG 31/1 (3) CRR: 10.33 REQ: 9.41
Lucknow Super Giants need 160 runs

Nicholas Pooran 18(7)
Mitchell Marsh 7(7

3.1
Shami to Pooran, FOUR, to deep extra cover

3.3
Shami to Mitchell Marsh, SIX, what a beautiful shot. Full on off and middle, Mitchell Marsh gets forward and shows the full face of the bat to loft it straight down the ground for six. He loved the shot as the extended followthrough shows, straight off the middle of the bat

3.5
Shami to Mitchell Marsh, SIX, the slower-ball and looked like Shami tried the knuckle-ball there, goes too full on middle and leg, Mitchell Marsh again like the previous six, gets forward and lofts with a high elbow and a nice followthrough, this time the ball flies over long-on, mid-on was anyway inside the ring

4.2
Abhishek Sharma to Mitchell Marsh, FOUR, between mid-wicket and long-on

4.6
Abhishek Sharma to Pooran, SIX, and now the aerial sweep over deep square-leg, this is phenomenal batting by the uber-talented Pooran. It's a length delivery on middle and leg, Pooran plays with the turn and it's again into the crowd
4.5
Abhishek Sharma to Pooran, SIX, Pooran won't allow Abhishek Sharma to bowl at him. He has a great record against him. This is tossed up outside off, a big slogsweep and it flies away over deep mid-wicket, such a clean blow

LSG 66/1 (5) CRR: 13.2 REQ: 8.33
Lucknow Super Giants need 125 runs in 90 balls

Nicholas Pooran 35(11)
Mitchell Marsh 24(15

SRH 190/9 (20)
LSG 76/1 (5.4) CRR: 13.41 REQ: 8.02
Lucknow Super Giants need 115 runs in 86 balls

5.2
Cummins to Pooran, FOUR, to long-on

6.3
Zampa to Pooran, SIX, 50 for Pooran. Into the second-tier at deep square-leg. This is full on middle, Pooran goes on his knee and slogsweeps way over the fence. Blows a kiss to someone in the crowd

7.3
Harshal Patel to Mitchell Marsh, FOUR, perfect placement! Slower shortish delivery outside off but it comes at a good height to Mitchell Marsh. He fetches it from outside off and rolls his wrists nicely on the pull. Bisects deep mid-wicket and deep backward square leg to perfectio

LSG 111/1 (cool CRR: 13.88 REQ: 6.67
Lucknow Super Giants need 80 runs in 72 balls

Nicholas Pooran 67(24)
Mitchell Marsh 32(20

8.2
Cummins to Mitchell Marsh, FOUR, to third man

8.4
Cummins to Pooran, out Lbw!! Pooran has been trapped in front but he decides to review after a discussion with his partner. Looked adjacent to the naked eye. Was a 143kph fullish ball that swung in from around off from round the wicket, Pooran was rooted to the crease and also shuffled across a bit to flick it across but missed to get hit on the pads. UltraEdge shows a clear gap between bat and ball. Over to ball-tracking and it reveals three reds.It would have gone on to crash into middle and leg. Pooran departs after playing a blazing knock. The damage has already been done

Pooran lbw b Cummins 70(26) [4s-6 6s-6]

9.1
Zampa to Mitchell Marsh, FOUR, to fine leg

In reply to Narper

Uncle Narps. could this b Pooran 70 come on a losing cause again?

SUNRISING

Lucknow Super Giants need 35 runs in 40 balls

10.5
►
Cummins to Mitchell Marsh, out Caught by Nitish Reddy!! Mitchell Marsh holes out! He has a look of anguish on his face but he has done his job. A fullish ball shaping in on middle, Mitchell Marsh chips it towards long-on. Not much intent on the shot and he neither has the elevation nor the power to clear the man in the deep. Nitish Reddy takes a few steps in front and pouches it safely.

Mitchell Marsh c Nitish Reddy b Cummins 52(31) [4s-7 6s-2]

12.6
Zampa to Ayush Badoni, out Caught by Harshal Patel!! Brilliant take in the deep from Harshal! Was the googly on a fuller length on off, Ayush Badoni read it correctly and went for the slog sweep but only managed to get a top-edge towards deep mid-wicket. Harshal runs in, keeps his eyes on the ball and dives in front to take it inches above the ground with both hands. It was dying on him but Harshal judged it really well and timed his dive to perfection.

Ayush Badoni c Harshal Patel b Zampa 6(6) [4s-1]

LSG 164/4 (14) CRR: 11.71 REQ: 4.5
Lucknow Super Giants need 27 runs in 36 balls

Rishabh Pant 15(14)
David Miller 6(3)

14.1
Harshal Patel to Pant, out Caught by Shami!! Pant was standing outside the crease when he made impact with the bat but got an edge that carried straight to Shami at short third. The ball-tracker has been called into play and it reveals that the projected delivery would have gone at par with the stumps at 0.75m

Pant c Shami b Harshal Patel 15(15) [6s-1]

In reply to Narper

SUN RISING

Lucknow Super Giants need 27 runs in 35 balls

SRH 190/9 (20)

LSG 193/5 (16.1)

Lucknow Super Giants won by 5 wkts

Pooran could mek the Indian side now?

In reply to Halliwell

Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru, 8th Match

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Playing XI):

Virat Kohli, Philip Salt, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar(c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma(w), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal

Chennai Super Kings (Playing XI):

Rachin Ravindra, Ruturaj Gaikwad(c), Rahul Tripathi, Deepak Hooda, Sam Curran, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni(w), Ravichandran Ashwin, Noor Ahmad, Matheesha Pathirana, Khaleel Ahmed

Chennai Super Kings have won the toss and have opted to field


Chennai Super Kings Impact Subs:
Shivam Dube, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Vijay Shankar, Jamie Overton, Shaik Rasheed

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Impact Subs:
Suyash Sharma, Rasikh Dar Salam, Jacob Bethell, Swapnil Singh, Manoj Bhandage

It is amazing that Dhoni is still playing this level of cricket, he must be close to 45 years old.

0.4
Khaleel Ahmed to Phil Salt, FOUR, streaky! Both Khaleel and Salt have a smile on their face. Not where Salt intended the ball to go but he's off the mark with a boundary. Fullish delivery at the stumps, Salt swings across the line and the top-edge flies over the slip cordon

0.5
Khaleel Ahmed to Phil Salt, FOUR, this is off the middle. Khaleel angles it across and offers readymade width for Salt to free his arms, he goes hard and slices it over backward point, one bounce and over the ropes
1.2
Ashwin to Phil Salt, FOUR, lovely shot! Once again the carrom ball, flatter and fraction short, Salt makes room and punches it in front of square,
1.1
Ashwin to Phil Salt, SIX, that's a gift first up from Ashwin. Attempts the carrom ball but drags it short, the line is around leg-stump and it is a free-hit for Salt, he pivots around and pulls it over backward square. Gone all the way..

1.6
Ashwin to Phil Salt, FOUR, to fine leg

RCB 25/0 (2) CRR: 12.5

Philip Salt 24(10)
Virat Kohli 1(2

2.1
Khaleel Ahmed to Kohli, no run, Chennai lose a review. Very good decision from the umpire. He didn't buckle under Khaleel's celebrappreal. Full delivery and skids on, Kohli shuffles across and misses the flick, struck right in front of the stumps but the ball had pitched outside leg. End of discussion..

2.4
Khaleel Ahmed to Phil Salt, FOUR, Salt continues to find the boundary.. Fraction short and Salt is quick to pounce, he gets into a nice position and nails the pull over mid-wicket, the ball lands just short of the rope

RCB 32/0 (3) CRR: 10.67

Philip Salt 30(13)
Virat Kohli 1(5)

3.3
Sam Curran to Kohli, no run
The pressure is telling on Kohli. He is trying hard to get the ball and in the process losing a bit of shape. Can the Super Kings cash in on that?

RCB 37/0 (4) CRR: 9.25

Virat Kohli 4(10)
Philip Salt 31(14

4.4
Noor Ahmad to Kohli, FOUR, finally a boundary for Kohli and that is also not convincing. Noor overcooks the flighted delivery - gifts a juicy full toss,

4.6
Noor Ahmad to Phil Salt, out Stumped!! MS 'fast hands' Dhoni has done it again. This was even better than the one that dismissed SKY in the previous game. The googly from Noor and it spins away, Salt stays leg-side and looks to drive inside out, gets beaten on the outside edge and the back foot is lifted for a second and planted back in the crease,

Phil Salt st Dhoni b Noor Ahmad 32(16) [4s-5 6s-1]

RCB 45/1 (5) CRR: 9

Virat Kohli10(14

In reply to Narper

Dhoni lighting fast like Ramdin?

RCB 56/1 (6) CRR: 9.33

Devdutt Padikkal 9(5)
Virat Kohli 11(15

out Caught by Gaikwad!! Excellent catch by Gaikwad. Ashwin wins his battle against the left hander. Flighted off-break on off-stump, Padikkal backs away and tries to repeat the inside out drive, hits it flat and low towards extra cover, Gaikwad bends forward and scops it up inches above the ground. Quick little cameo from Padikkal comes to an end.. Padikkal c Gaikwad b Ashwin 27(14) [4s-2 6s-2]

RCB 93/2 (10.1) CRR: 9.15

In reply to Narper

Kohli is in test mode today.

That's why we have to respect the guy; he has the ability to switch modes dynamically.

In reply to Drapsey

out Caught by Ravindra!! Kohli c Ravindra b Noor Ahmad 31(30) [4s-2 6s-1]

12.2
Noor Ahmad to Kohli, out Caught by Ravindra!! Finally they hold onto one. Kohli goes trying to play the big shot. The partnership has been broken and it is Noor who does the job once again for the Super Kings. Tossed up on off and middle, Kohli kneels down and slog sweeps towards deep mid-wicket, he struck it flat and picked out Rachin right on the rope. A scratchy innings comes to an end.

Kohli c Ravindra b Noor Ahmad 31(30) [4s-2 6s-1]

RCB 119/3 (13) CRR: 9.15

Rajat Patidar 21(16)
Liam Livingstone 1(2)

Noor Ahmad
3-0-21-2

13.4
Jadeja to Rajat Patidar, FOUR, streaky four now! Another quick delivery outside off, Patidar throws the kitchen sink at it, gets a fat outside edge and the ball goes fine to third man for another boundary

13.2
Jadeja to Rajat Patidar, FOUR, four more! Through the off-side now. Backs away and that allows him to free his arms. Hardly any spin
13.1
Jadeja to Rajat Patidar, SIX, 97.7kph, this one has gone all the way! Darted in on the pads and Patidar swings hard with a bent back leg to flog it over deep backward square leg

RCB 138/3 (15) CRR: 9.2

Liam Livingstone 4(7)
Rajat Patidar 36(23)

15.3
Noor Ahmad to Livingstone, out Bowled!! Noor Ahmad gets his revenge! Third wicket for him. Livingstone moves leg-side once again. So what does the bowler do differently? He slightly pulls his length back.

Livingstone b Noor Ahmad 10(9) [6s-1]

15.2
Noor Ahmad to Livingstone, SIX, in the air and over Tripathi! Livingstone backs away early, Noor follows him and bowls full. The batsman gets down on one leg and slogsweeps over deep square leg. Enough wood on that to clear the man in the deep

RCB 176/5 (1 CRR: 9.78

Tim David 4(2)
Rajat Patidar 51(31

19.5
Sam Curran to Tim David, SIX, hat-trick of sixes! The RCB dug-out is cock-a-hoop. Slow again, the length is on the shorter side, Tim David stands tall and clubs it over long-on
19.4
Sam Curran to Tim David, SIX, 87.6kph, slow and full. Tim David picks it, it's right in the slot outside off. David gets under it and bludgeons it downtown for a towering six
19.3
Sam Curran to Tim David, SIX, hit-me ball! Low full toss at 130.2kph on the pads and Tim David flicks it nonchalantly over deep backward square leg

RCB 196/7 (20) CRR: 9.8

1.2
Hazlewood to Tripathi, out Caught by Phil Salt!! Gone! Hazlewood strikes second ball. 136.1kph, extra bounce from a back of a length, Tripathi is clearly late on the pull. Hits him high on the bat and it's a dolly for Salt at midwicket.

Tripathi c Phil Salt b Hazlewood 5(3) [4s-1]

1.6
Hazlewood to Gaikwad, out Caught by (sub)Bhandage!! Hazlewood has his man! Brilliant first over from Hazlewood who has nipped out a couple of wickets. 132.6kph, once again the extra bounce does the trick. Gaikwad spots the length on the shorter side and shapes to pull. The ball gets big on him and hence the timing goes awry. More height than distance. Bhandage moves to his left from deep backward square leg and catches it with both hands. Kohli jumps to embrace

Hazlewood from behind. Gaikwad c (sub)Bhandage b Hazlewood 0(4)

CSK 13/2 (3) CRR: 4.33 REQ: 10.82
Chennai Super Kings need 184 runs

CSK 30/3 (6) CRR: 5 REQ: 11.93
Sam Curran 2(6)
Rachin Ravindra 18(14)

Chennai Super Kings need 167 runs in 84 balls

CSK 45/3 ( CRR: 5.62 REQ: 12.67
Chennai Super Kings need 152 runs in 72 balls

Sam Curran 7(11)
Rachin Ravindra 28(21

8.5
Livingstone to Sam Curran, out Caught by Krunal Pandya!! That's in the airrrr and taken! Sam Curran had to up the scoring and when he tried he's gone. Proper toe-ender on this slog, long-on runs in and takes a simple catch. Krunal takes the catch and throws it high. He's out to the off-spin of an Englishman again.

Sam Curran c Krunal Pandya b Livingstone 8(13)

CSK 73/4 (11) CRR: 6.64 REQ: 13.78
Chennai Super Kings need 124 runs in 54 balls

Rachin Ravindra 41(2
Shivam Dube 14(9)

12.1
Yash Dayal to Ravindra, out Bowled!! Rachin had to go and he goes back to the pavilion. Full and close to the stumps,

Ravindra b Yash Dayal 41(31) [4s-5]

12.5
Yash Dayal to Shivam Dube, out Bowled!! Another drag on in the same over trying to fetch a ball that's not there for a leg-side hit.

Shivam Dube b Yash Dayal 19(15) [4s-2 6s-1]

In reply to Narper



Timeout. RCB are on course for a massive NRR boosting win here. Dhoni had to come out to revive them with the game so far behind. Is it the knee again?

15.2
Livingstone to Ashwin, out Caught by Phil Salt!! Straight down the throat of long-on. Shortish and on the leg stump, Ashwin rocks back and pulls, not enough power and he

Ashwin c Phil Salt b Livingstone 11( [4s-1]

In reply to Narper

them fans gone bannans.

MS Dhoni, right handed bat, comes to the crease

15.3
Livingstone to Dhoni, no run, forward defence to cover

15.4
Livingstone to Dhoni, 2 runs, on the pads, clipped away behind short fine leg and he gets two

CSK 107/7 (17) CRR: 6.29 REQ: 30
Chennai Super Kings need 90 runs in 18 balls

Ravindra Jadeja14(14)
MS Dhoni3(5

17.3
Suyash Sharma to Jadeja, SIX, to long-on
17.3
Suyash Sharma to Jadeja, wide, short and wide down leg
17.2
Suyash Sharma to Jadeja, FOUR, short and wide of off stump, Jadeja reaches out and cuts past point. No one behind

In reply to Drapsey



Ravindra Jadeja becomes the first player in IPL to complete the double of 3000 runs and 100 wickets.

In reply to shivnotout

crowd roars

18.2
Hazlewood to Dhoni, FOUR, Dhoni brings out the slog!
18.1
Hazlewood to Dhoni, FOUR, just stood there, waited for this short of length delivery to come and got inside the line to scoop it fine past short fine leg

18.4
Hazlewood to Jadeja, out Caught by Phil Salt!!

Jadeja c Phil Salt b Hazlewood 25(19) [4s-2 6s-1]

19.6
Krunal Pandya to Dhoni, FOUR, to backward square leg

19.4
Krunal Pandya to Dhoni, SIX, this one's even higher and longer.
19.3
Krunal Pandya to Dhoni, SIX, and all those who are still there in the ground are being entertained by this man. Fast and angled in, Dhoni slogs and sends it high over square leg

MS Dhoni 30(16)

RCB 196/7 (20)

CSK 146/8 (20)

Royal Challengers Bengaluru won by 50 runs

dhoni came in too late....even though hazlewood's bowling was very good....poor man's Glen Mcgrath

Gujarat Titans vs Mumbai Indians, 9th Match

Mumbai Indians have won the toss and have opted to field

Sai Sudharsan and Shubman Gill are at the crease.
Sai Sudharsan is on strike.
Boult will open the attack

0.6
Boult to Shubman Gill, FOUR, to deep extra cover

GT 7/0 (1) CRR: 7

Shubman Gill 6(3)
Sai Sudharsan 1(3)

1.2
Chahar to Shubman Gill, FOUR, 135.6 clicks, short pitched and angling onto middle and leg. Too easy for Gill to pull through square leg, stands tall to the bowler and swats it away!

2.4
Boult to Sai Sudharsan, FOUR, 118.7 clicks, pace off and fuller on middle and leg. Sudharsan reads it off the hand, waits and then stylishly closes the bat face to guide the ball to the left of mid-wicket for a boundary
2.3
Boult to Sai Sudharsan, 2 runs, fuller and angling onto the pads, glanced towards deep mid-wicket for a couple of runs
2.2
Boult to Sai Sudharsan, FOUR, 138.2 clicks, fuller and straighter delivery. Sudharsan dances to the pitch on this delivery and dishes out a textbook on drive. Just holds his pose as the mid-on fielder belatedly chases after to retrieve the ball from the boundary

In reply to Narper

Uncle Narps. Sai. bad man this.


Having become a key member of the GT set-up, Sudharsan became GT’s leading run-scorer of the season in IPL 2024 - 527 runs at an average of 47.90 - which included two fifties and a magnificent century against CSK.

Sudharsan was retained by the Titans ahead of the 2025 IPL auction for INR 8.50 crore.

GT 67/0 (6) CRR:

8.3
Hardik Pandya to Shubman Gill, out Caught by Naman Dhir at deep square leg!! Oh dear! Gill couldn't have picked out the fielder any better even if he tried giving him a fielding drill...

Shubman Gill c Naman Dhir b Hardik Pandya 38(27) [4s-4 6s-1

GT 78/1 (8.3) CRR: 9.18

9.4
Santner to Buttler, SIX, tossed up delivery, gives the air just a bit of air and that's enough for Buttler to snap at it!!

9.5
Santner to Buttler, FOUR, to fine leg

GT 92/1 (10) CRR: 9.2

Jos Buttler 13(
Sai Sudharsan 38(25

Bunny.


Shubman Gill vs Hardik Pandya in IPL

Inns: 5
Runs: 11
Balls: 18
Dismissals: 4
Avg: 2.75
SR: 61.11

9.5
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Santner to Buttler, FOUR, a flat delivery onto the stumps, Buttler shimmies inward and ramps it towards the vacant fine leg region for a boundary. Neatly using the pace of the bowler for a boundary
9.4
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Santner to Buttler, SIX, tossed up delivery, gives the ball just a bit of air and that's enough for Buttler to snap at it!! Heaves it across the line and gets plenty of power on it. Slightly off the bottom end of the bat but gets just enough power to clear long-on. A bit of mediocre fielding in the deep as well, as the fielder got hands to the ball but his foot was kissing the ropes as he ended up losing control as well

13.5
Mujeeb to Buttler, out Caught by Rickelton!! Edged and taken! Mujeeb breaks the partnership. Mujeeb goes full and wide outside off, Buttler throws the kitchen sink at it, plays away from his body and gets an outside edge. A sharp catch by Rickelton and the dangerous England batter is back to the pavilion.

Buttler c Rickelton b Mujeeb 39(24) [4s-5 6s-1]

14.1
Boult to Sai Sudharsan, 1 run, fifty for Sai Sudharsan! Continues to be a consistent performer for the Titans. Back of a length outside off, Sai Sudharsan slices it towards point for a single. Needs to shift gears with a lot of batters remaining

15.1
Hardik Pandya to Shahrukh Khan, SIX, short and punished! SRK joins the party. Gets hold of this short ball and pulls it over deep square leg for half-a-dozen. Was a slower one and the middle-order batsman managed to put it away

15.3
Hardik Pandya to Shahrukh Khan, out Caught by Tilak Varma!! Another one bites the dust. Shahrukh Khan departs without much of a contribution. Just a six for him. Was a short and wide ball outside off, Shahrukh Khan reaches out for it and slaps it towards deep cover. Tilak stationed near the boundary takes a safe catch and the Titans have lost their third wicket.

Shahrukh Khan c Tilak Varma b Hardik Pandya 9(7) [6s-1]

Sherfane Rutherford, left handed bat, comes to the crease

15.4
Hardik Pandya to Rutherford, 1 run, banged in short by Hardik Pandya and the batsman has hooked it towards fine leg for one

16.1
Satyanarayana Raju to Rutherford, SIX, pitched up by the bowler on off, tad slower and Rutherford has smashed this with all his might. Thumps it over wide long-off and that's half-a-dozen

16.3
Satyanarayana Raju to Sai Sudharsan, SIX, Sai Sudharsan breaks the shackles. Walks across in the crease and swipes this length delivery over deep mid-wicket for a fantastic six. Was in the slot and he managed to send it over the boundary

GT 170/3 (17) CRR: 10

Sherfane Rutherford 10(5)
Sai Sudharsan 62(39)

17.1
Boult to Rutherford, SIX, juicy full toss by Boult and Rutherford has smoked it over deep mid-wicket for half-a-dozen. Runs coming thick and fast for the Titans

Shouldn’t get run out dey
Come on man this is pro cricket sorta

17.6
Boult to Sai Sudharsan, out Lbw!! Boult ends his spell with a wicket. A toe-crushing yorker again. Swings in late and the batsman gets hit on the back leg. Might have crashed into the stumps and up goes the umpire's finger. Sai Sudharsan walks back after playing a pivotal knock. With Rutherford out in the middle, the Titans do have a chance to breach the 200-run mark.

Sai Sudharsan lbw b Boult 63(41) [4s-4 6s-2]

18.1
Chahar to Rutherford, out Rahul Tewatia Run Out!! Tewatia departs without troubling the scorers. In fact, without facing a ball.

Rahul Tewatia run out (Hardik Pandya) 0(0)

18.2
Chahar to Rutherford, out Caught by Santner!! Mumbai Indians pulling things back to an extent. On a length around off, Rutherford takes on the pacer and lofts it over long-off. Santner settles underneath and completes a safe catch. With wickets tumbling towards the end, Mumbai Indians have a chance to restrict GT below the 200-run mark.

Rutherford c Santner b Chahar 18(11) [6s-2]

18.4
Chahar to Rabada, SIX, oh Rabada smacks a biggie!

GT 186/6 (19) CRR: 9.79

Rashid Khan 0(1)
Kagiso Rabada 7 (3

19.2
Satyanarayana Raju to Rashid Khan, SIX, to long-on

19.4
Satyanarayana Raju to Rashid Khan, out Caught by Hardik Pandya!! Satyanarayana Raju has the last laugh! Pitched up by the bowler, Rashid Khan looks to swipe this across the line,

Rashid Khan c Hardik Pandya b Satyanarayana Raju 6(4) [6s-1]

19.6
Satyanarayana Raju to Rabada, out Sai Kishore Run Out!!

Sai Kishore run out (Rickelton) 1(1)

GT 196/8 (20) CRR: 9.8

In reply to shivnotout

0.3
Siraj to Rohit, FOUR, back-to-back boundaries. A loose delivery down the leg-side, Rohit flicks it away to the fine leg boundary. Not a great start by Siraj
0.2
Siraj to Rohit, FOUR, flicked away. On the fuller side, in the slot and Rohit flicks it through wide mid-on for the first boundary of the run chase

0.4
Siraj to Rohit, out Bowled!! Knocked him over! He has the last laugh. On a length around off, the ball skids along the deck, breaches Rohit's defence and the hits the top of the bails. Smashes into the bails and Rohit is gone early. That ball nipped back in slightly, a perfect delivery by Siraj. Conceded a couple of boundaries, but he'll be happy having dismissed MI's former captain..

Rohit b Siraj 8(4) [4s-2]

MI 9/1 (1) CRR: 9 REQ: 9.89
Mumbai Indians need 188 runs

Tilak Varma 1(2)
Ryan Rickelton 0(0

1.3
Rabada to Tilak Varma, FOUR, to fine leg

1.5
Rabada to Tilak Varma, SIX, even better. What a class player Tilak Varma is. Goes down on his knee and scoops this length ball over fine leg as the ball goes the distance
1.4
Rabada to Tilak Varma, FOUR, back-to-back boundaries for Tilak Varma. On a length around off and Tilak Varma has heaved it over mid-wicket for four more

2.4
Siraj to Rickelton, FOUR, Rickelton opens his account with a boundary. On a length around middle and leg, Rickelton heaves it over mid-wicket for four runs

MI 30/1 (3) CRR: 10 REQ: 9.82
Mumbai Indians need 167 runs

Ryan Rickelton 5(5)
Tilak Varma 17(9

4.3
Siraj to Rickelton, out Bowled!! Siraj removes for the both the MI openers. A length delivery outside off, Rickelton swings across the line, gets an inside edge that has uprooted the stumps. Siraj does a CR7 celebration after taking Rickelton's wicket. The crowd in Ahmedabad is absolutely loving this.

Rickelton b Siraj 6(9) [4s-1]

4.6
Siraj to Suryakumar Yadav, 2 runs, goes short and the batsman pulls it over mid-wicket for a couple of runs to end the over
4.5
Siraj to Suryakumar Yadav, SIX, lovely shot. On a length around off, Suryakumar Yadav stands tall and flicks it over deep backward square leg in vintage SKY style. The shot that makes him stand apart from other batters in this format

5.1
Rashid Khan to Tilak Varma, no run, not out! Contact with the gloves and the onfield decision has to be overturned. Tilak Varma was down on his knee to play the reverse sweep, but got rapped on the pads. The ball had flicked his gloves and that saves Varma

7.2
Ishant to Tilak Varma, FOUR, that is great placement from Tilak. Was short but he had to fetch the pull, dragged it wide of deep mid-wicket and he gets a timely four

11.3
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Prasidh to Tilak Varma, out Caught by Rahul Tewatia at deep mid-wicket!! In the airrr, long-on runs to the left and takes a lovely catch. Pace off from Prasidh, Tilak looks to loft, bat turns in his hands as he doesn't pick the change of pace. Tewatia had his eyes glued to that one and took a nice catch and controlled it well with the slide. Tilak lost momentum towards the end and now gets out.

Tilak Varma c Rahul Tewatia b Prasidh 39(36) [4s-3 6s-1]

12.4
Sai Kishore to Suryakumar Yadav, SIX, all he wants to do to Sai is just play the sweep shot.

12.6
Sai Kishore to Robin Minz, out Caught by Ishant!!

Robin Minz c Ishant b Sai Kishore 3(6)

MI 108/4 (13) CRR: 8.31 REQ: 12.71

Mumbai Indians need 89 runs in 42 balls

Suryakumar Yadav 45(23)
Hardik Pandya, right handed bat, comes to the crease

13.1
Prasidh to Suryakumar Yadav, no run, oh dear! SKY is hit flush on the helmet and he immediately rolls and lies flat on the ground. He's tried to scoop this short slower ball and got a top edge onto the peak of the helmet. The grille is very tight and thankfully it saved the right eye. Cheer from the crowd as SKY gets up. Siraj was the first one to get to SKY to check if he's ok. Hardik and the rest joined as well. Physio comes and sees if SKY is okay and he definitely is ok. Must be horribly anxious for his wife who is watching from the stands. SKY moved across and tried to fetch the shot and ended up edging it onto his own helmet

13.2
Prasidh to Suryakumar Yadav, 1 run, shortish and wide of off stump, SKY reaches out and edges it to third man

GT 196/8 (20)
MI 112/4 (14) CRR: 8 REQ: 14.17
Mumbai Indians need 85 runs in 36 balls

Hardik Pandya 3(4)
Suryakumar Yadav 46(25)

14.3
Sai Kishore to Hardik Pandya, FOUR, to fine leg

GT 196/8 (20)
MI 118/4 (15) CRR: 7.87 REQ: 15.8
Mumbai Indians need 79 runs in 30 balls

Suryakumar Yadav 47(26)
Hardik Pandya 8(9

In reply to Narper

polly and mumbai. done and dusted


Mumbai Indians need 73 runs in 18 balls

15.6
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Prasidh to Suryakumar Yadav, out Caught by Shubman Gill!! Prasidh you beauty. He's breaking this chase apart for MI. Delivers smart slower delivery outside off stump, SKY tries to loft, has no choice, only manages to toe-end it high. Long-off runs in and completes a fine catch. That almost could be the fate tonight for MI.

Suryakumar Yadav c Shubman Gill b Prasidh 48(2 [4s-1 6s-4]

16.6
Rabada to Hardik Pandya, out Caught by Siraj!! In the airrr, Siraj almost lost it in the lights/background and made a mess of it. Nothing shot from Hardik Pandya. Just catching practice. Short of a length delivery outside off stump, Hardik tries to play the stylish late dab that he plays well. But the problem here was KG took pace off and slammed it into the wicket. Didn't come on as expected and Hardik offers a simple catch to short third man.

Hardik Pandya c Siraj b Rabada 11(17) [4s-1]

In reply to shivnotout

Pouty looks bored......picking at his fingernails

17.1
Prasidh to Naman Dhir, FOUR, clipped away behind square. Short of a length delivery, Naman flicks and beats KG's full length dive at deep backward square leg

18.1
Rabada to Santner, SIX, oh lovely! Brilliant lofted drive from the crease. Mid-off up so Santner happily lofting through the line and timing it sweet for a maximum

18.4
Rabada to Naman Dhir, FOUR, nicely pulled away for four! Short slower delivery, Naman rocks back and pulls over backward square leg
18.6
Rabada to Santner, FOUR, chance but Prasidh doesn't hold on. Shortish slower delivery, Santner gets inside the line and helps the pull away, was in the air. Short fine leg had to dive to the right, Prasidh tried to move to the right and get his hands on it but spille

Mumbai Indians need 43 runs in 3 balls

19.4
Siraj to Santner, SIX, to long-on

In reply to Narper

GT 196/8 (20)

MI 160/6 (20)

Gujarat Titans won by 36 runs

Delhi Capitals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad, 10th Match

SRH 163 (18.4)

DC 166/3 (16)

Delhi Capitals won by 7 wkts

Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings, 11th Match

Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI):
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson, Nitish Rana, Riyan Parag(c), Dhruv Jurel(w), Shimron Hetmyer, Wanindu Hasaranga, Jofra Archer, Maheesh Theekshana, Sandeep Sharma, Tushar Deshpande

Chennai Super Kings (Playing XI):
Rachin Ravindra, Rahul Tripathi, Ruturaj Gaikwad(c), Vijay Shankar, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni(w), Jamie Overton, Ravichandran Ashwin, Noor Ahmad, Matheesha Pathirana, Khaleel Ahmed

0.3
Khaleel Ahmed to Jaiswal, out Caught by Ashwin!! Gone this time! Khaleel is absolutely pumped! Soft-dismissal for Jaiswal, he stands there for a second with a dejected look on his face before dragging himself off. This surface isn't true and Jaiswal learns the hard way. Good length delivery just outside off, Jaiswal looks to punch it off the backfoot but is through his shot a fraction too early, he ends up chipping it straight to Ashwin at mid-off and he makes no mistake. Big and early setback for RR.

Jaiswal c Ashwin b Khaleel Ahmed 4(3) [4s-1]

RR 33/1 (3.1) CRR: 10.42

4.4
Ashwin to Nitish Rana, FOUR, third sweep in a row and it finds the ropes! Another poor delivery, full-toss on middle, Nitish Rana leans in and smacks it into the vacant deep backward square leg region again
4.3
Ashwin to Nitish Rana, SIX, nearly an action replay! Ashwin gives this a bit more air but its the same result, Nitish Rana leans across and sweeps it uppishly to clear the deep backward square leg ropes
4.2
Ashwin to Nitish Rana, SIX, poor delivery and put away! Fired in full and heading down leg, Nitish Rana plants his foot across and lifts it over the deep backward square leg ropes with a sweep

5.2
Khaleel Ahmed to Nitish Rana, FOUR, to third man

5.6
Khaleel Ahmed to Nitish Rana, SIX, this one has been sent into orbit! Absolutely dismissive from Nitish Rana, slower length delivery just outside off, Nitish Rana picks it and smashes it a mile over the deep mid-wicket ropes
5.5
Khaleel Ahmed to Nitish Rana, FOUR, terrific shot to bring up fifty for Nitish Rana! He celebrates with a cradling-gesture and blows a kiss to someone in the crowd, short of length outside off, Nitish Rana hangs back and slaps it up and over backward poin

7.3
Noor Ahmad to Samson, out Caught by Ravindra at long-off!! And he's struck straightaway! The partnership has been broken and CSK can probably just breathe a little sigh of relief. Very full and just outside off, was darted in and Samson cleared his front-leg looking to skew it over long-off, couldn't quite get the elevation and he holed out to Ravindra who was stationed there. Simple enough catch and Samson. Will this wicket shift the momentum?
Samson c Ravindra b Noor Ahmad 20(16) [4s-1 6s-1]

RR 87/2 ( CRR: 10.88

Nitish Rana 61(27)
Riyan Parag 1(2

11.4
Ashwin to Nitish Rana, wide, out Stumped!! Dhoni and Ashwin combine to remove Rana! This is trademark Ashwin, he fires it out wide outside off, Rana had committed to running down the pitch and he's stranded after failing to reach it, Dhoni gathers and does what he does best. A fine knock from Rana but it's over, he bites his hand and almost gasps as he walks off. He knew he was in for a biggie tonight.

Nitish Rana st Dhoni b Ashwin 81(36) [4s-10 6s-5]

RR 129/3 (12) CRR: 10.75

Riyan Parag19(15)
Dhruv Jurel1(2

13.1
Noor Ahmad to Dhruv Jurel, out Caught by Pathirana!! In the airrrr, Pathirana has dived forward and taken it. He claims the catch and Dhruv Jurel has no problems with it either. This is a big wicket for CSK. Dhruv Jurel can be a real dangerman. RR in no mood to see off threats. They want to attack every bowler. Dhruv went for a booming lofted drive over cover the moment he saw this being overpitched/ The ball turned away and took a thick edge. Pathirana was a bit slow to react. Realised he had to dive full length forward and just about managed to get his fingers it to pouch it.

Dhruv Jurel c Pathirana b Noor Ahmad 3(7)

14.1
Jadeja to Hasaranga, out Caught by Shankar at deep mid-wicket!! In the airrrrr, Vijay Shankar has taken a stunner diving forward. The other day against RCB they were awful, today they've take two very good catches. But they will check if this is a clean catch. The third ump wants a look from the front. Satisfied says the third ump. Outstanding from VS but it's yet another disappointment with the bat from Hasaranga. This was full and in the slot, Hasaranga went for a big slog-sweep, hit it flat and low. Was a very difficult catch but VS was athletic enough to dive and get his fingers under it in time. Ensured he controlled that nicely despite having to roll at speed. In fact he rolled thrice.

Hasaranga c Shankar b Jadeja 4(5)

14.6
Jadeja to Hetmyer, 1 run, shortish and turning back in, Hetmyer punches it towards mid-off

RR 145/5 (15.1) CRR: 9.56

Shimron Hetmyer 3(3)
Riyan Parag 25(20

15.2
Pathirana to Hetmyer, 2 runs, this is high, Overton under it and he drops it. Just as you thought CSK were having a good day in the field, Overton spills trying to reverse cup that skier with his big mitts. He is absolutely gutted about this though. Was a full delivery, Hety went for the loft and toe-ended it so high. Overton ran in from long-on and had it covered but didn't close his hands in time. A dropped catch proved to the game-changer in their last game for CSK. How much is Hety going to hurt them now?

16.2
Noor Ahmad to Riyan Parag, SIX, the slog sweep over wide long-on now. Full and in the slot, Riyan knees down and muscles it high and handsome over wide long-on.
16.1
Noor Ahmad to Riyan Parag, FOUR, this is bold from the captain, but smart as well. He knew Noor was only looking to spin it away and there is no fielder in the deep behind point so it's a free-hit. NIcely shaped up for the reverse hit and hit it clear over short third man

15.6
Pathirana to Hetmyer, FOUR, oh inside edge escapes for four! Short of a length delivery on the leg stump, Hety looks to nudge, gets a thick edge that goes past the leg stump and leaves no chance for short fine leg

18.1
Khaleel Ahmed to Hetmyer, SIX, he is the dangerman now! Khaleel Ahmed missed the yorker, Hety got under it and powered it so high over deep square leg. Clears the ropes easily

out Caught by Ashwin!! In the airrr, Ashwin is back-pedalling from cover. This is a toughie but he's held on to it and controlled the catch despite landing Hetmyer c Ashwin b Pathirana 19(16) [4s-1 6s-1]

19.1
Pathirana to Hetmyer, out Caught by Ashwin!! In the airrr, Ashwin is back-pedalling from cover. This is a toughie but he's held on to it and controlled the catch despite landing badly on the back. Massive blow and this could be a difference of 10 runs to the total. Wide yorker again, Hety looks to loft, toe-ends and holes out.

Hetmyer c Ashwin b Pathirana 19(16) [4s-1 6s-1]

RR 182/9 (20) CRR: 9.1

Ravindra and Tripathi are at the crease.
Ravindra is on strike.
Jofra Archer will open the attack

0.3
Jofra Archer to Ravindra, no run, beaten again! Rachin wants to cut this short of length delivery moving away, escapes the edge again. So far very good from Jofra

Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings, 11th Match
0.4
Jofra Archer to Ravindra, out Caught by Dhruv Jurel!! This was on the cards. He was never connecting those away-going balls. Jofra was only trying to move everything away from Rachin and offered nothing full. Rachin kept staying leg-side and trying to cut/guide with the swing. Missed twice but Jofra's got him on the third attempt

Ravindra c Dhruv Jurel b Jofra Archer 0(4)
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CSK 0/1 (1) REQ: 9.63
Chennai Super Kings need 183 runs

Ruturaj Gaikwad 0(2)
Rahul Tripathi 0(0

In reply to Narper

Ravindra c Dhruv Jurel b Jofra Archer 0(4)


Archer had gone wicketless in his four previous IPL outings, returning 0/189 in 14.3 overs combined at an ER of 13.03.



That was the first maiden of IPL 2025

In reply to shivnotout

Bowling like a boss here

4.4
Jofra Archer to Tripathi, FOUR, now shortish at pace, Tripathi gets inside the line and helps it away fine for four more along the ground
4.3
Jofra Archer to Tripathi, SIX, pace off on this short ball and Tripathi was ready for it, again moving inside the line. It's a tricky thing to bowl full pace beacuse the edge will just fly miles over the rope. So Jofra thought of taking pace off for the top edge but Tripathi managed to get enough bat on it to easily clear fine leg

7.1
Hasaranga to Tripathi, out Caught by Hetmyer!! A bit of Wanindu magic lifts up Guwahati!! The Sri Lankan leggie does his trademark celebration, and follows that up with the Pushpa signature move there... A short delivery, a bit of a long hop at a gentle pace. Bounced a bit extra and got up on Tripathi as he rocked back to pull. Ends up holing out to deep mid-wicket where Hetmyer dives forward to complete a neat take

Tripathi c Hetmyer b Hasaranga 23(19) [4s-3 6s-1]

CSK 46/2 (7.1) CRR: 6.42 REQ: 10.68
Chennai Super Kings need 137 runs in 77 balls

In reply to Narper

Hetty certainly looked good taking that one, paunch and all.

RR 182/9 (20)
CSK 62/2 (9) CRR: 6.89 REQ: 11

Strategic Timeout - Chennai Super Kings need 121 runs in 66

Shivam Dube 8(7)
Ruturaj Gaikwad 30(24

9.3
Hasaranga to Shivam Dube, out Caught by Riyan Parag!! You beauty! A catch and a half from Riyan Parag, who extends his hands and soaks in the applause as he runs around, waiting for the closest teammates to catch up to him. The home boy has produced a moment of magic that will cherished by the whole of Assam for months of end! A full delivery that was fired through outside off, Dube drills his drive to the right of extra cover. Parag throws himself to the side of the ball and gets fingertips under this ball that was travelling at the speed of knots.

Shivam Dube c Riyan Parag b Hasaranga 18(10) [4s-1 6s-2]

9.2
Hasaranga to Shivam Dube, SIX, smoked away!! Asking for trouble when you are flighting it up to the designated spin basher of CSK!! Dube lunges to the pitch of this delivery and slams it over long-on for a maximum
9.1
Hasaranga to Shivam Dube, FOUR, a short of length delivery that slides onto middle and leg. Dube clears the front leg and heaves it away. Not off the middle but in the gap to the right of deep backward square leg

In reply to Narper

Fat bhai. took ah nice diving catch

A short delivery, a bit of a long hop at a gentle pace. Skids through a bit and got onto Tripathi as he rocked back to pull. Ends up holing out to deep mid-wicket where Hetmyer dives forward to complete a neat take. Tripathi c Hetmyer b Hasaranga 23(19) [4s-3 6s-1]

10.1
Kartikeya to Gaikwad, FOUR, top shot from Ruturaj!! Pierces the gap with precision. A flat delivery that is fizzed onto middle and leg, slapped across the line through cow corner for a boundary

10.6
Kartikeya to Gaikwad, FOUR, short and spinning away, anticipated by Gaikwad who flat bats it across the line to the right of deep mid-wicket for a boundary

11.5
Hasaranga to Shankar, out Bowled!! Now that's how a world class spinner responds!!

Shankar b Hasaranga 9(6) [6s-1]

13.1
Theekshana to Gaikwad, FOUR, fuller and slides onto middle stump, Gaikwad plants his front leg in front of off and sweeps this away expertly behind square for a boundary

In reply to Narper

50 for Ruturaj, no real celebration from the skipper as the crowd claps on his achievement.


why no Dhoni at d crease?

15.4
Hasaranga to Gaikwad, SIX, take that!! Another googly and Ruturaj anticipated that. Clears the front leg to this slightly fuller delivery and hits it with the spin. A big slog sweep that comes right out the middle of the bat and lands on the second tier beyond deep mid-wicket

15.5
Hasaranga to Gaikwad, out Caught by Jaiswal!! Out next ball!! Wanindu is weaving his magic here in the IPL. That's why he's the guy with the hefty price tag, that's why he's one of the most in demand players in the world of franchise cricket, because this spinner can truly turn games... A fuller delivery at the stumps, Gaikwad clears the front leg and goes for another big swipe across the line. Not off the middle and hits it into the air, and Jaiswal from long-on rushes forward to complete the catch.

Gaikwad c Jaiswal b Hasaranga 63(44) [4s-7 6s-1]

16.1
Sandeep Sharma to Jadeja, FOUR, 127.9 clicks, back of length and angling across the batter, gets a bit of extra bounce. Jadeja adjusts well and dabs it between backward point and short third for a boundary

That's the end of Hasaranga's spell, he finishes with 4/35.



Chennai Super Kings need 41 runs in 15 balls

CSK 144/5 (1 CRR: 8 REQ: 19.5
Chennai Super Kings need 39 runs in 12 balls

MS Dhoni 4(6)
Ravindra Jadeja 24(19)

18.1
Tushar Deshpande to Dhoni, FOUR, to third man

18.4
Tushar Deshpande to Dhoni, SIX, to long-on

18.6
Tushar Deshpande to Jadeja, SIX, to deep square leg

CSK 163/5 (19) CRR: 8.58 REQ: 20
Chennai Super Kings need 20 runs in 6 balls

Sandeep Sharma [3.0-0-29-0] is back into the attack
19.1
Sandeep Sharma to Dhoni, wide, a slower bouncer, goes well over Dhoni's head

19.1
Sandeep Sharma to Dhoni, out Caught by Hetmyer!!

Dhoni c Hetmyer b Sandeep Sharma 16(11) [4s-1 6s-1]

RR 182/9 (20)
CSK 166/6 (19.3) CRR: 8.51 REQ: 34
Chennai Super Kings need 17 runs in 3 balls

19.4
Sandeep Sharma to Jamie Overton, SIX, that's one of them!! Don't go anywhere, folks. This game is in the pressure cooker again...

19.5
Sandeep Sharma to Jamie Overton, 2 runs, that settles the game!! A slower bouncer from Sandeep Sharma. Overton with a big pull shot that he skews off the toe-end. Goes towards deep backward square leg after a couple of bounces. Just two runs

Chennai Super Kings need 9 runs in 1 ball

Archer should have bowled th 19th over. Ganga was correct

RR 182/9 (20)
CSK 176/6 (20) CRR: 8.8
Rajasthan Royals won by 6 runs

In reply to googley

de man bruk runs record before....cappo don t trus Archerr

In reply to Narper

The man was on target today. Forget last few games....he bowled the first wicket maiden in this year's IPL. Cappo is inexperienced.

In reply to googley

Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 12th Match

Mumbai Indians have won the toss and have opted to field

Here are the Impact substitutes for both the teams
:

In reply to Narper

Knocked him over! Narine has a negative matchup against Boult and he has been caught all at sea here! Boult steams in and bowls a 136.2kph pitched up ball on middle and generates a good amount of away swing, Narine once again exposes his stumps as moves leg-side in the process to play an expansive shot but his bat is nowhere near the ball as he swings aimlessly. The middle stump is uprooted. Brilliant start for Boult & Co. Narine b Boult - duck

out Caught by Ashwani Kumar!! A match-winning knock in the last game but a failure for de Kock tonight! Body blow for KKR. de Kock walks down the track and Chahar bowls it on a length well away from his body outside off. de Kock has to reach out to it as he hits it on the up. It has been hit with power but Ashwani Kumar at mid-off leaps and reverse cups it nicely.

kkr 11-2

In reply to googley

Most wickets in the first over in IPL

30 - Trent Boult (96 mats)
27 - Bhuvneshwar Lumar (126 mats)
15 - Praveen Kumar (89 mats)
13 - Sandeep Sharma (78 mats)
13 - Deepak Chahar (77 mats)

out Caught by Tilak Varma!! What a moment for the young man! Ashwani Kumar strikes off his first ball on his debut! Rahane c Tilak Varma b Ashwani Kumar 11(7) [4s-1 6s-1]

kkr 25-3

KKR 45/5 (7) CRR: 6.43

Angkrish Raghuvanshi26(16)
Rinku Singh3(5

In reply to Narper

clean up

out Bowled!! Ashwani strikes again. MI and their talent scouting is impeccable. Second to none. Was a length ball, kicks on, hits the top of off as Russell tried to swing across the line. Massive wicket again for the young man who has 4 wickets to his credit now. Russell b Ashwani Kumar 5(11) [4s-1]

KKR 116 (16.2)

MI 121/2 (12.5)

Mumbai Indians won by 8 wkts

PLAYER OF THE MATCH
Ashwani Kumar

Punjab Kings have won the toss and have opted to field

0.4
Arshdeep Singh to Mitchell Marsh, out Caught by Marco Jansen!!

Mitchell Marsh c Marco Jansen b Arshdeep Singh 0(1)

Nicholas Pooran, left handed bat, comes to the crease
0.5
Arshdeep Singh to Pooran, 1 run, to sweeper cover

In reply to Narper

Nicky at d crease

LSG 4/1 (1.1) CRR: 3.43

1.1
Ferguson to Markram, 1 run, to square third man

LSG 7/1 (2) CRR: 3.5

Nicholas Pooran 1(3)
Aiden Markram 4(8

2.1
Arshdeep Singh to Markram, FOUR, uppish but safe! Fuller length ball around leg-stump, Markram flicks it uppishly but it's just wide of the left side of the diving fielder at short mid-wicket and races away to the fence

2.3
Arshdeep Singh to Markram, no run, dropped! Arshdeep Singh has a grmiace on his face! He would be disappointed because he reached it. On a length on middle and leg, Markram drives it on the rise. Arshdeep Singh gets low to his right and gets both hands to it but it doesn't stick

2.4
Arshdeep Singh to Markram, FOUR, nicely played! Pitched up on middle this time, not much movement on this occasion, Markram leans into it
2.5
Arshdeep Singh to Markram, FOUR, back-to-back boundaries

LSG 20/1 (3) CRR: 6.67

Aiden Markram 17(14)
Nicholas Pooran 1(3

3.4
Ferguson to Markram, SIX, what a shot! Shortish and a bit of width on offer,
3.3
Ferguson to Markram, FOUR, Markram is looking in good touch today! In the slot and shaping in on off, Markram lines it up and lofts it nonchalantly over the bowler's head to get the desired result

3.5
Ferguson to Markram, out Bowled!! Knocked him over! Ferguson has the last laugh and he is pumped up! Markram was looking in good touch but throws his wicket away. Fuller length ball swinging in from outside off, Markram tries to hit it over mid-off

Markram b Ferguson 28(1 [4s-4 6s-1]

LSG 33/2 (4) CRR: 8.25

Rishabh Pant 1(1)
Nicholas Pooran 2(4

4.5
Maxwell to Pant, out Caught by Chahal!! That's as soft a dismissal as it can get! Pant will be gutted with himself! His poor run with the bat continues this season. Was a dragdown down the leg side, Pant could have hit it anywhere but he hit it straight to short fine. Didn't committ

Pant c Chahal b Maxwell 2(5)

LSG 36/3 (5) CRR: 7.2

Ayush Badoni 1(1)
Nicholas Pooran 3(5)

In reply to Narper

Maxwell vs Pant

16 balls
12 runs
3 wickets

6.5
Maxwell to Pooran, FOUR, shouts of catch it but it's in the gap! On the shorter side on off, Pooran rocks back and pulls it uppishly but in the gap between deep mid-wicket and long-on to get the desired result
6.4
Maxwell to Pooran, FOUR, easy pickings! Full ball down leg, Pooran crouches in his stance and sweeps it past the keeper to the fine leg fence

7.2
Marco Jansen to Ayush Badoni, SIX, going, going and gone! Slower short delivery at 121.4kph on off, some extra bounce there,

LSG 61/3 (9) CRR: 6.78

Ayush Badoni 11(12)
Nicholas Pooran 18(18

9.4
Chahal to Pooran, SIX, in the arc, out of the park! Pooran has a terrific record against Yuzi and he is enjoying facing him. Pooran leans ahead and with an extension of the arms smashes it downtown for a massive maximum
9.3
Chahal to Pooran, FOUR, shot! Floated well outside off, Pooran leans towards it and carves it through point for a boundary. Brilliant timing on that one

9.1
Chahal to Pooran, FOUR, sloppy work! On the shorter side outside off, Pooran chops it towards extra cover. Iyer moves to his right and dives but lets it through. Concedes a boundary

10.6
Stoinis to Pooran, FOUR, the 50-run stand comes up between the duo! 111kph slower ball wide outside off, Pooran reaches out and cuts it through backward point. Sweeper cover moves across and puts in a desperate dive but it goes in vain
10.5
Stoinis to Pooran, SIX, crunched! A shortish delivery and some width on offer, Pooran rises on his toes, watches it closely and upper cuts it over deep backward point to clear the fence. He missed out on a couple of occasions previously but connects this time

11.3
Chahal to Pooran, out Caught by Maxwell!! Chahal foxes Pooran with a good piece of bowling! That's a body blow for LSG. Pooran walks back in disappointment. Pooran had got into the groove after a slow start and was looking to tee up but has been dismissed. It's the googly on a fuller length outside off, slow through the air, Pooran takes him on as he reaches out to it and ends up slicing it towards wide long-off. Maxwell moves to his right and accepts it gleefully.

Pooran c Maxwell b Chahal 44(30) [4s-5 6s-2]

LSG 91/4 (12) CRR: 7.58

Ayush Badoni 14(17)
David Miller 1(1

12.6
Ferguson to Ayush Badoni, SIX, sublime! A length ball outside off, Ayush Badoni leans ahead and lofts it on the rise over deep extra cover for a maximum. Held his pose after playing that. This young man definitely has flair about him

13.4
Chahal to Miller, FOUR, full and wide outside off, Miller goes hard it, drills it through covers and manages to beat the fielder who was sprinting across near the boundary. Fantastic shot!

14.3
Maxwell to Miller, FOUR, another short ball, another loosener and it has been put away. Miller goes deep back in the crease and pulls it powerfully through the leg-side for a rollicking boundary

Maxwell to Miller, FOUR, short and punished! Miller rocks back in the crease and pulls the loosener away to the deep backward square leg boundary. No chance of stopping it

15.5
Marco Jansen to Miller, out Caught by Prabhsimran!! Edged and taken. The South African pacer removes his countryman. On a length outside off, bounces a little more than usual, Miller looks to punch it from within the crease and the outside edge has been taken by the keeper. That shall also be the strategic timeout..

Miller c Prabhsimran b Marco Jansen 19(1 [4s-3]

15.6
Marco Jansen to Abdul Samad, SIX, full and wide outside off, Abdul Samad shimmies down the wicket and slices it towards deep cover-point.

LSG 125/5 (16) CRR: 7.81

Abdul Samad 6(1)
Ayush Badoni 23(23)

LSG 164/5 (19) CRR: 8.63

Abdul Samad 26(10)
Ayush Badoni 41(32

19.2
Ayush Badoni c Maxwell b Arshdeep Singh 41(33) [4s-1 6s-3]

LSG 171/7 (20) CRR: 8.55

2.5
Digvesh Rathi to Priyansh Arya, out Caught by Thakur!! Digvesh Rathi strikes. He goes short outside off, Priyansh Arya looks to take him on. Goes for a pull with lack of footwork and gets a top edge.

Priyansh Arya c Thakur b Digvesh Rathi 8(9) [4s-1]

LSG 171/7 (20)
PBKS 26/1 (2.5) CRR: 9.18 REQ: 8.5
Punjab Kings need 146 runs

LSG 171/7 (20)
PBKS 37/1 (4) CRR: 9.25 REQ: 8.44
Punjab Kings need 135 runs

LSG 171/7 (20)
PBKS 62/1 (6) CRR: 10.33 REQ: 7.86

Prabhsimran Singh 45(20)
Shreyas Iyer 8(7)

LSG 171/7 (20)
PBKS 78/1 (7) CRR: 11.14 REQ: 7.23
Punjab Kings need 94 runs in 78 balls

Prabhsimran Singh 50(23)
Shreyas Iyer 16(10

10.1
Digvesh Rathi to Prabhsimran, out Caught by Ravi Bishnoi at deep mid-wicket!!

Prabhsimran c Ravi Bishnoi b Digvesh Rathi 69(34) [4s-9 6s-3]


LSG 171/7 (20)
PBKS 110/2 (10.1) CRR: 10.82 REQ: 6.31
Punjab Kings need 62 runs in 59 balls

13.3
Ravi Bishnoi to Nehal Wadhera, FOUR, now hangs back and slaps it along the floor! Back of a length outside off, googly, Wadhera belts it through extra cover
13.2
Ravi Bishnoi to Nehal Wadhera, SIX, finally gets hold of one! Has been trying to hit the ball too hard without much success but gets this right off the middle. Googly across off, he dances down, gets close and launches it over long-on

13.6
Ravi Bishnoi to Nehal Wadhera, SIX, second six of the over from Wadhera! Fired in full around off, googly,

In reply to Narper

Nehal.

14.6
Avesh Khan to Shreyas Iyer, SIX, what a sound this made off the bat! Short of length outside off, Iyer is in position quickly, transfers weight onto the back foot and absolutely nails the pull shot over midwicket

14.4
Avesh Khan to Shreyas Iyer, FOUR, lovely lofted drive down the ground! It's a full ball on off, mid-off is in the ring and Iyer makes this look easy as he hits it over the fielder without going too hard

15.5
Thakur to Nehal Wadhera, FOUR, now he gives the charge, gets a full ball and hammers it straight back down the ground to beat mid-on.
15.4
Thakur to Nehal Wadhera, SIX, and he repeats the dose! Back of a length, can't fault the delivery too much from Thakur but Wadhera dismisses it from his presence. Another glorious pull shot for six!
15.3
Thakur to Nehal Wadhera, SIX, oh my word! The ball hasn't been struck better than this tonight! Back of a length at the stumps, not very short at all and Wadhera has struck the pull so well that it's gone a long way back over deep square leg

16.2
Abdul Samad to Shreyas Iyer, SIX, another fifty for Iyer who smashes this out of the ground to make it two wins out of two for PBKS!

LSG 171/7 (20)
PBKS 177/2 (16.2) CRR: 10.84
Punjab Kings won by 8 wkts

Nehal Wadhera 43(25)
Shreyas Iyer 52(30)

Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Gujarat Titans, 14th Match

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Playing XI):
Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar(c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma(w), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal

Gujarat Titans (Playing XI):
Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill(c), Jos Buttler(w), Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Arshad Khan, Rashid Khan, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Ishant Sharma

Gujarat Titans have won the toss and have opted to field

0.2
Siraj to Kohli, FOUR, here goes Kohli! A majestic cover drive on the up off a delivery that landed on a good length outside off. Siraj didn't do much wrong but Kohli was just too good

0.5
Siraj to Phil Salt, no run, Buttler has dropped a regulation chance! Short of length around off, Salt gives the charge looking to slap it through the off-side but is cramped for room. It takes the edge and goes through to Buttler who barely even gets a glove on it. Did that swerve late on him? Gill and Siraj were celebrating even before the ball had reached the keeper only for him to spill it

1.1
Arshad Khan to Kohli, 2 runs, full delivery on middle and leg,

1.4
Arshad Khan to Kohli, out Caught by Prasidh!! Arshad raises his arms and looks to the heavens as he gets the big wicket of Kohli. The crowd is silenced early. Short of length at the body, Kohli seems to be slightly cramped on the pull and doesn't keep it down. He picks out the fielder at deep backward square who makes no mistake. Early strike for GT.

Kohli c Prasidh b Arshad Khan 7(6) [4s-1]

1.5
Arshad Khan to Padikkal, FOUR, misfield and four! Fuller than a good length outside off, hint of movement away, Padikkal goes after it and drives crisply through the off-side. Should've been cut off at point but the fielder fails to do so after diving to his left

2.2
Siraj to Padikkal, out Bowled!! The off stump is pegged back and Siraj leaps in the air to unleash the SIuuu! He's in excellent rhythm here.

Padikkal b Siraj 4(3) [4s-1]

4.3
Siraj to Phil Salt, SIX, out of the stadium! That's gigantic from Salt as he meets fire with fire!

4.4
Siraj to Phil Salt, out Bowled!! Siraj has the last laugh in this contest as he makes a mess of the stumps! Full and fast at 144kph, Salt gives the charge once more but he's beaten for pace this time. Before his bat can come down, the ball bursts through and smashes off and middle.

Phil Salt b Siraj 14(13) [4s-1 6s-1]

6.2
Ishant to Rajat Patidar, out Lbw!!

Rajat Patidar lbw b Ishant 12(12) [4s-2]

RCB 42/4 (6.2) CRR: 6.63

6.6
Ishant to Jitesh Sharma, 2 runs, short of length outside off, Jitesh allows the ball to come to him and punches it late past backward point. He gets back for two as third man cuts it off
6.5
Ishant to Jitesh Sharma, FOUR, nicely played! Dug in short at the body, he swivels across, keeps his eyes on it and pulls it to the fine leg boundary

8.6
Ishant to Jitesh Sharma, FOUR, to deep backward point
8.4
Ishant to Jitesh Sharma, FOUR, to deep backward point
8.3
Ishant to Jitesh Sharma, 2 runs, again goes for the big shot but drags this off the inside half through midwicket! Fuller than a good length outside off, Jitesh looks to slog but doesn't get hold of it. Still gets a couple of runs
8.2
Ishant to Jitesh Sharma, SIX, wow he's smashed this down the ground! Full delivery at the stumps, he swings through the line and clears the long-on boundary comfortably

RCB 66/4 (9) CRR: 7.33

Jitesh Sharma 22(14)
Liam Livingstone 2(6)

10.6
Sai Kishore to Jitesh Sharma, FOUR, Jitesh rubs salt into the wounds as he smashes the next ball for four! Overpitched around off, Jitesh backs away and drills it over extra cover
10.5
Sai Kishore to Livingstone, 1 run, dropped by Tewatia! Oh this was in the air for an eternity! Livingstone dances down, doesn't get anywhere near the pitch of it but still tries going through with the lofted shot. His bottom hand comes off as he's through the shot way too early. It goes a mile in the air and Tewatia has to wait a long time at the long-on boundary as he settles under it. Should've been taken!

11.3
Rashid Khan to Livingstone, SIX, to deep mid-wicket

11.6
Rashid Khan to Jitesh Sharma, FOUR, looks like they have decided to step on the gas. Jitesh too sits down,

RCB 91/4 (12) CRR: 7.58

Jitesh Sharma 32(19)
Liam Livingstone 17(19

12.4
Sai Kishore to Jitesh Sharma, out Caught by Rahul Tewatia!! Tewatia hangs onto it this time! Excellent stuff from Sai Kishore who continues to impress in this tournament. 89kph, slows it up and turns it away from off, helped by the new angle from over the wicket. Jitesh shimmies down but fails to get anywhere close to the pitch of it. He toe-ends it in the air and Tewatia gets across from long-on to take it comfortably.

itesh Sharma c Rahul Tewatia b Sai Kishore 33(21) [4s-5 6s-1]

13.2
Rashid Khan to Livingstone, no run, stumping missed? Yes. Buttler is having a shocker behind the stumps. Flighted outside off, Livingstone moves across and plays all round this, the ball dips and sneaks under his bat, the back leg is dragged out of the crease but Buttler does not collect the ball cleanly, allowing Livingstone to get back in

13.6
Rashid Khan to Krunal Pandya, FOUR, very full outside leg, Krunal sweeps it fine and gets it to the boundary. Another expensive over from Rashid

14.2
Sai Kishore to Krunal Pandya, out Caught&Bowled!!

Krunal Pandya c and b Sai Kishore 5(5) [4s-1]

RCB 104/6 (14.2) CRR: 7.26

17.6
Rashid Khan to Livingstone, SIX, fifty for Livingstone. He has held this RCB innings together. Came in at a tough situation, struggled early on and now is in his elements. Can he take RCB to a par total?
17.5
Rashid Khan to Livingstone, SIX, that's huge. Livingstone has come out with a gameplan against Rashid today and is executing it. He once again moves across his stumps, gets under the flighted delivery and smokes it over deep square leg

17.2
Rashid Khan to Livingstone, SIX, through Sai Kishore. He misjudged that. Livingstone crouches low and converts it into a low full toss, swipes it towards deep backward square and Sai comes in, tries to take it over his head but the ball goes through them. That was struck hard and flat and Sai needed to stay on the rope

RCB 150/6 (18.1) CRR: 8.2

Liam Livingstone 54(39)
Tim David 14(9)

Rashid Khan
4-0-54-0

18.2
Siraj to Livingstone, out Caught by Buttler!! Fifty and gone. Siraj has his third. Another massive wicket as Livingstone was starting to tee up in these last overs. Short and outside off, Livingstone throws his bat on the slash and gets a top-edge. Buttler barely appealed for the caught behind but Livingstone started walking, making the umpire's job easy. End of a good knock..

Livingstone c Buttler b Siraj 54(40) [4s-1 6s-5]

19.4
Prasidh to Tim David, SIX, this time David nails it and sends it sailing into the crowd. The length is short but there's width on offer, David uses that to his advantage and thumps it with a horizontal bat over extra cover. 90-meter six..
19.3
Prasidh to Tim David, FOUR, streaky! Another short of length delivery, David is cramped but goes for the pull, gets an under-edge and the ball bounces wide of a diving Buttler behind the stumps. RCB will take them any which way..

19.5
Prasidh to Tim David, FOUR, another mishit and the ball races away. Short and angling in, ends up around leg-stump and David pulls, gets another under-edge and the ball runs away to the vacant fine leg region

19.6
Prasidh to Tim David, out Bowled!! Cleaned up! David gives him the nod.

Tim David b Prasidh 32(1 [4s-3 6s-2]

RCB 169/8 (20) CRR: 8.45

3.5
Hazlewood to Sai Sudharsan, FOUR, absolutely smoked down the ground! Fuller than a length on off, Sudharsan charges down premeditatedly, gets right to the pitch and unleashes the pefect straight drive. It goes to the boundary in a flash
3.4
Hazlewood to Sai Sudharsan, SIX, wow that's gone all the way! Sudharsan walks across for the scoop, gets a short ball in response and still manages to help it over the keeper

RCB 169/8 (20)
GT 26/0 (4.1) CRR: 6.24 REQ: 9.09
Gujarat Titans need 144 runs in 95 balls

Sai Sudharsan 15(14)
Shubman Gill 8(10

4.4
Bhuvneshwar to Shubman Gill, out Caught by Livingstone!! There's the wicket RCB desperately needed! Bhuvneshwar keeps it full but goes just a touch wider outside off. It nips away as Gill tries a repeat of the previous ball.

Shubman Gill c Livingstone b Bhuvneshwar 14(14) [4s-1 6s-1]

GT 75/1 (9) CRR: 8.33 REQ: 8.64
Gujarat Titans need 95 runs in 66 balls

Jos Buttler 26(15)
Sai Sudharsan 32(25

11.5
Krunal Pandya to Sai Sudharsan, FOUR, fumble and four more. Kohli might have hurt his finger in the process. He's down on his knees clutching his right hand. Quicker delivery around off, Sudharsan sweeps it hard and straight to deep mid-wicket. The ball bounces in front of Kohli and skids across,
11.4
Krunal Pandya to Sai Sudharsan, FOUR, 100 up for GT. Krunal goes short and Sudharsan is quick to pounce, he rocks back and nails the pull in front of square, well wide of Kohli near deep mid-wicket

11.2
Krunal Pandya to Buttler, SIX, there you go. Another boundary in the over. This was drifted and right in the slot, Buttler clears his front leg to have a free swing of his arms and he sends it sailing into the deep mid-wicket stand

GT 105/1 (12) CRR: 8.75 REQ: 8.12
Gujarat Titans need 65 runs in 48 balls

12.3
Hazlewood to Sai Sudharsan, out Caught by Jitesh Sharma!! Hazlewood does the job. RCB needed a wicket desperately, Patidar turns to his ace bowler and he delivers. But Sudharsan didn't need to play that shot. He walks across to play the lap and is cramped by the back of a length delivery, gloves the shot and the ball lobs behind the wicket, Jitesh runs to his right and hangs on. No three fifties in a row for Sudharsan.

Sai Sudharsan c Jitesh Sharma b Hazlewood 49(36) [4s-7 6s-1]

GT 150/2 (17) CRR: 8.82 REQ: 6.67
Gujarat Titans need 20 runs in 18 balls

17.3
Hazlewood to Buttler, SIX, Buttler wants to get it done quickly. He's smoked that into the crowd. It was a back of a length delivery and Buttler was waiting for it, he lays into the pull and smashes for a 87-meter maximum
17.2
Hazlewood to Buttler, SIX, streaky but it all counts. Buttler shapes up to play the reverse scoop but the back of a length delivery gets big on him, the ball flies off top-edge and hits the sightscreen behind the keeper. Full silence now at the Chinnaswamy..

17.5
Hazlewood to Rutherford, SIX, Gujarat Titans win by 8 wickets. Bang, bang and bang - 20 off the five balls and they have finished it off with 13 balls to spare.

RCB 169/8 (20)

GT 170/2 (17.5)

Gujarat Titans won by 8 wkts

Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad, 15th Match

1.1
Cummins to Narine, SIX, clubbed, Narine needs no sighters, back of a length and just outside off - Narine stands tall and then muscles the pull, high and wide of mid-wicket, went sailing into the stands for a maximum

1.5
Cummins to de Kock, out Caught by Zeeshan Ansari!! The plan works and de Kock has been dismissed for a cheap score once again, banged in short and the left-hander shaped up for the pull, but he's slightly rushed onto the shot, doesn't get anywhere near the middle of the bat and lobs it in the air towards deep mid-wicket. Ansari runs in from the deep, bends forward and then completes a simple catch.

de Kock c Zeeshan Ansari b Cummins 1(6)

KKR 14/1 (2) CRR: 7

Ajinkya Rahane 0(1)
Sunil Narine 6(5

2.3
Shami to Narine, out Caught by Klaasen!! Narine has been given OUT caught behind, he isn't sure, hangs around, has a chat with his partner and then decides against a review, off he goes and the Knight Riders have lost both openers. Was almost a perfect yorker, full and wide of off, Narine backd away and then tried to steer it onto the off-side, the ball definitely hit the bat, the bat then hit the ground and that caused the confusion for Narine, but Klaasen's catch is cleann, diving to his right and the Sunrisers are off to a perfect start.

Narine c Klaasen b Shami 7(7) [6s-1]

In reply to Narper

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caught behind, he isn't sure, hangs around, has a chat with his partner and then decides against a review, off he goes and the Knight Riders have lost both openers. Narine c Klaasen b Shami 7(7) [6s-1]

KKR 17/2 (3) CRR: 5.67

Ajinkya Rahane 1(4)
Angkrish Raghuvanshi 1(1)

3.5
Cummins to Rahane, SIX, crunched, clean hitting from Rahane, short of a good length and around off, Rahane picks the length early, stays on the front-foot as he swivel pulls and sends it sailing into the stands at square leg

0.4
Zeeshan Ansari to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, FOUR, to deep backward point
10.3
Zeeshan Ansari to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, SIX, way too full and punished! Tossed up just outside off,

10.6
Zeeshan Ansari to Rahane, out Caught by Klaasen!!

Rahane c Klaasen b Zeeshan Ansari 38(27) [4s-1 6s-4]

KKR 97/3 (11) CRR: 8.82

Angkrish Raghuvanshi 43(26

KKR 122/4 (15) CRR: 8.13

Venkatesh Iyer 11(10)
Rinku Singh 6(8

18.5
Cummins to Venkatesh Iyer, 2 runs, straight down the ground
18.4
Cummins to Venkatesh Iyer, FOUR, to deep backward point
18.3
Cummins to Venkatesh Iyer, FOUR, to backward square leg
18.2
Cummins to Venkatesh Iyer, SIX, to deep square leg
18.1
Cummins to Venkatesh Iyer, FOUR, very fine

KKR 187/4 (19) CRR: 9.84

Venkatesh Iyer *50[26

Rinku Singh 31(16)

19.1
Harshal Patel to Venkatesh Iyer, SIX, there's no stopping him! Slower length ball wide of off, Iyer reaches out and flat-bats it over long-on. How well is he timing it!

19.2
Harshal Patel to Venkatesh Iyer, FOUR, high full toss well wide of off, Iyer reaches out and carves it over short third. He has taken a review for a no-ball as well. Wants to check if it's above the waist but ball-tracking confirms that it's not. Fair delivery!

19.3
Harshal Patel to Venkatesh Iyer, out Caught by Aniket Verma at long-on!!

Venkatesh Iyer c Aniket Verma b Harshal Patel 60(29) [4s-7 6s-3]

19.4
Harshal Patel to Russell, 1 run, to cover

KKR 200/5 (20) CRR: 10

0.1
►
Vaibhav Arora to Head, FOUR, nicely played, Head is off and running straightaway, fraction overpitched and just outside off, he leans forward and then drives it straight of mid-off, was in the air and well wide of the fielder

0.2
►
Vaibhav Arora to Head, out Caught by Harshit Rana!! Vaibhav has his man and he's mobbed by his teammates - tad fuller and shaping away from outside off, Head saw the length and went with hard hands on the drive, but it's that late movement that undoes him, he's sliced it off the toe-end, high and over mid-off. Harshit back-peddalled, kept his eyes on the ball and completes a fine catch, even as he was tumbling backwards. Just the start KKR needed in the defence of 200.

Head c Harshit Rana b Vaibhav Arora 4(2) [4s-1]

1.6
Harshit Rana to Abhishek Sharma, out Caught by Venkatesh Iyer!!

Abhishek Sharma c Venkatesh Iyer b Harshit Rana 2(6)

SRH 9/2 (2) CRR: 4.5 REQ: 10.67
Sunrisers Hyderabad need 192 runs

2.1
Vaibhav Arora to Ishan Kishan, out Caught by Rahane!! Another one! And that's a stunning catch from the skipper. The hosts are all over SRH like a rash. A fuller delivery from Vaibhav Arora, angling across the batter. Kishan drives it uppishly to covers and Rahane springs to his left to take a superb catch

Ishan Kishan c Rahane b Vaibhav Arora 2(5)

SRH 9/3 (2.1) CRR: 4.15 REQ: 10.77
Sunrisers Hyderabad need 192 runs

SRH 9/3 (3) CRR: 3 REQ: 11.29
Sunrisers Hyderabad need 192 runs

Kamindu Mendis 0(5)
Nitish Kumar Reddy 0(0

2.6
Vaibhav Arora to Kamindu Mendis, no run, dropped! SRH could have late more than a quarter of their side before the third over there! A full delivery at the stumps, Kamindu chips it to the left and slightly over mid-on. Russell covers the ground and gets behind the ball to attempt a reverse cup catch but he lets it slip. A regulation chance put down

9.3
Narine to Kamindu Mendis, out Caught by (sub)Anukul Roy!! Catching practice at deep mid-wicket and SRH have lost half their side now - was the off-break from Narine and he dropped the length back, Kamindu saw the chance of scoring runs, but his pull was rather half-hearted, there wasn't any power or purpose behind the shot, simply lobbed it into deep mid-wicket's hands where Anukul completed a simple catch.

Kamindu Mendis c (sub)Anukul Roy b Narine 27(20) [4s-1 6s-2] an

KKR 200/6 (20)
SRH 72/5 (10) CRR: 7.2 REQ: 12.9

Sunrisers Hyderabad need 129 runs in 60 balls

Aniket Verma5(3)
Heinrich Klaasen11(9

10.4
Varun Chakaravarthy to Aniket Verma, out Caught by Venkatesh Iyer at !!

Aniket Verma c Venkatesh Iyer b Varun Chakaravarthy 6(6) [4s-1]

SRH 75/6 (10.4) CRR: 7.03 REQ: 13.5
Sunrisers Hyderabad need 126 runs in 56 balls

14.4
Klaasen c Moeen Ali b Vaibhav Arora 33(21) [4s-2 6s-2]

15.1
.Cummins c Harshit Rana b Varun Chakaravarthy 14(15) [4s-2]
15.2
Simarjeet Singh b Varun Chakaravarthy 0(1)

SRH 114/9 (15.2) CRR: 7.43 REQ: 18.64
Sunrisers Hyderabad need 87 runs in 28 balls

16.4
Russell to Harshal Patel, out Caught&Bowled!!

Harshal Patel c and b Russell 3(5)

KKR 200/6 (20)

SRH 120 (16.4)

Kolkata Knight Riders won by 80 runs

Lucknow Super Giants vs Mumbai Indians, 16th Match

Mumbai Indians have won the toss and have opted to field

LSG 76/1 (7) CRR: 10.86

6.6
Vignesh Puthur to Mitchell Marsh, out Caught&Bowled!! Just what MI needed after a break. Poor from Mitchell Marsh. That was a tossed up delivery, Mitchell Marsh looked to clip it and got a leading edge. The ball spooned back and was a good low catch by the bowler. He grabbed it well. Loose from the batter as that was his first ball off the spinner. But Mitchell Marsh went at the ball with firm hands and sent it back to the bowler.

Mitchell Marsh c and b Vignesh Puthur 60(31) [4s-9 6s-2]

7.5
Santner to Pooran, FOUR, fuller length delivery, Pooran drills it wide of long-on for a four. Fine shot again by the southpaw. He is in the form of his life
7.4
Santner to Pooran, SIX, one ball is what it takes to get the engines started. Pooran plays his staple shot against slow left armers. Sat down, got under the ball and slammed the slog sweep over deep mid. What a way to get started

8.5
Hardik Pandya to Pooran, out Caught by Chahar!! SOS call made to MI skipper and he has found the remedy. Pooran is gone. Short, slower, Pooran is too early into the pull and hands a dolly of a catch to the man at short fine. Simple catch. Massive wicket for MI. The slower balls were gripping on the deck and Pooran just couldn't control it. The in-form Pooran has to go and this after they had lost Marsh a few overs back

Pooran c Chahar b Hardik Pandya 12(6) [4s-1 6s-1]

LSG 100/2 (10) CRR: 10

Rishabh Pant 2(4)
Aiden Markram 23(19

LSG 116/3 (12) CRR: 9.67

Aiden Markram 37(24)
Ayush Badoni 1(5

13.3
Santner to Ayush Badoni, FOUR, hat-trick of fours. Badoni giving the impetus that was lost in the last few overs. Santner shortens the length and Badoni is quick to pounce, he unleashes the cut and sends the ball racing past backward point
13.2
Santner to Ayush Badoni, FOUR, back to back fours after the break. This time Badoni brings out the sweep, he picks this from outside off and hits it in front of square, right between deep mid-wicket and deep backward square
13.1
Santner to Ayush Badoni, FOUR, lovely shot! Superb use of feet from Badoni. He comes down the track, gives himself room and lofts inside out over extra cover, one bounce and over the ropes

17.5
Hardik Pandya to Markram, out Caught by Naman Dhir!! Third wicket for Hardik. He has been excellent with the ball today.

Markram c Naman Dhir b Hardik Pandya 53(3 [4s-2 6s-4]

LSG 177/5 (1 CRR: 9.83

Abdul Samad 4(1)
David Miller 9(7)

Hardik Pandya
3-0-21-3

19.3
Hardik Pandya to Miller, FOUR, 200 up for Lucknow. Another poor delivery from Hardik. He sprays the short ball down leg, easy pickings for Miller as he just had to place the pull shot, hits it fine and almost picks up another maximum
19.2
Hardik Pandya to Miller, SIX, Hardik is not happy with the fielder. Reckon he wanted him a bit squarer. But it was a poor delivery - full toss on leg-stump, Miller muscles it towards long-on and just manages to clear the rope
19.1
Hardik Pandya to Miller, 2 runs, in the air and safe. Slower back of a length delivery, Miller heaves it high and gets away with it, the ball goes straight up and lands in front of the incoming deep mid-wicket fielder

19.4
Hardik Pandya to Miller, out Caught by Naman Dhir!! 4-fer for Hardik. Miller is disappointed as he walks back. This slower ball is bowled into the wicket and Miller cannot generate enough power on the pull to clear deep mid-wicket, he gets it high on the bat and Dhir runs in to take a simple catch.

Miller c Naman Dhir b Hardik Pandya 27(14) [4s-3 6s-1

19.5
Hardik Pandya to Akash Deep, out Caught by Santner!! Hardik's first 5-fer in IPL. He has been a standout bowler for the Mumbai Indians. He has used the pitch and the ground dimensions really well. Another off-pace delivery bowled short and into the surface, Akash Deep goes for the upper cut but does not get enough to clear the long part, Santner runs across and hangs on to a good catch. Hardik is on a hat-trick.

Akash Deep c Santner b Hardik Pandya 0(1)

LSG 203/8 (20) CRR: 10.15

Hardik Pandya
4-0-36-5

1.4
Akash Deep to Will Jacks, out Caught by Ravi Bishnoi!! Akash Deep playing his first game provides the early breakthrough for Lucknow. Short of length delivery and Jacks connected quite well with the pull shot, but the big ground did not help him as Bishnoi settles under it and takes a well-judged catch near deep backward square. This would have been a six in most IPL grounds but not at Ekana.

Will Jacks c Ravi Bishnoi b Akash Deep 5(7)

MI 13/1 (2) CRR: 6.5 REQ: 10.61
Mumbai Indians need 191 runs

2.2
Thakur to Rickelton, out Caught by Ravi Bishnoi!! A repeat of Jacks' dismissal. The fielder is the same, the area is the same only the batter and bowler are different. Shardul goes short of length and into the body, Rickelton is cramped as he plays the pull and does not get the elevation to clear the deep backward square fielder, a much simpler catch for Bishnoi this time. Mumbai Indians in early trouble..

Rickelton c Ravi Bishnoi b Thakur 10(5) [4s-2]

In reply to Narper

how is Mumbai batting coach,shaping up so far?





Kieron Pollard
Batting coach

3.4
Akash Deep to Naman Dhir, FOUR, to fine leg
3.3
Akash Deep to Naman Dhir, FOUR, this is an excellent counterattack. Another short of length delivery, just sits up on this surface and Dhir had ample time to play the pull, he places it in front of square and picks up a boundary
3.2
Akash Deep to Naman Dhir, SIX, back to back sixes. Akash Deep errs in line - strays down leg and this time Dhir gets a better connection on the pull, he just needed to help it along the way and uses the pace on the ball to send it over fine leg
3.1
Akash Deep to Naman Dhir, SIX, just over a leaping Bishnoi. He gets a hand to it but that was all down to his effort. 141ks short of length delivery, Dhir pulls it high and towards deep square leg. Bishnoi jumps up and arches back while in the air to get a fingertip but that is all he could do

MI 46/2 (4) CRR: 11.5 REQ: 9.88
Mumbai Indians need 158 runs

Suryakumar Yadav 1(3)
Naman Dhir 30(9

MI 75/2 (7) CRR: 10.71 REQ: 9.92
Mumbai Indians need 129 runs in 78 balls

Suryakumar Yadav 16(11)
Naman Dhir 40(19)

In reply to shivnotout

8.1
Digvesh Rathi to Naman Dhir, out Bowled!! Again that notebook celebration from Digvesh Rathi.

Naman Dhir b Digvesh Rathi 46(24) [4s-4 6s-3]

MI 113/3 (12) CRR: 9.42 REQ: 11.38
Mumbai Indians need 91 runs in 48 balls

MI 143/3 (15) CRR: 9.53 REQ: 12.2
Mumbai Indians need 61 runs in 30 balls

Suryakumar Yadav 61(3
Tilak Varma 14(16)

15.2
Ravi Bishnoi to Tilak Varma, 2 runs, great dive forward by Akash Deep from deep backward point but can't hang on Full and wide outside off, Tilak Varma throws the bat and it's in the air, was falling short, but Akash Deep came charging in and flung himself forward, seems to have hurt his fingers in the process, now is off the field

15.5
Ravi Bishnoi to Suryakumar Yadav, FOUR, there's that shot. It's well outside off, Suryakumar Yadav gets outside off and sweeps wide of short fine-leg, into the gap at deep backward square-leg

LSG 203/8 (20)
MI 152/3 (16) CRR: 9.5 REQ: 13
Mumbai Indians need 52 runs in 24 balls

Suryakumar Yadav 67(42)

Tilak Varma 17(18

16.1
Avesh Khan to Suryakumar Yadav, out Caught by Abdul Samad at backward square leg!! SKY is gone. He is down on the ground and that's a good catch under pressure from Samad at deep backward square-leg. He runs to his right and takes it well. Sanjiv Goenka the LSG owner takes a piece of white paper from his trouser pocket and holds it to his eyes. Is that his lucky charm? Coming back to the wicket, was a wide outside off had SKY left it, but he went so far across, to play his sweep over deep backward square-leg, does not time it as he is off-balance and Samad is one of the best fielders in this game. Pant has a few pieces of advice to give to his team after the wicket. Is that the game?

Suryakumar Yadav c Abdul Samad b Avesh Khan 67(43) [4s-9 6s-1]

16.2
Avesh Khan to Hardik Pandya, FOUR, a gift for Hardik Pandya first up, a juicy low full-toss outside off, drilled straight down the ground for four

16.6
Avesh Khan to Tilak Varma, FOUR, very fine

MI 164/4 (17) CRR: 9.65 REQ: 13.33
Mumbai Indians need 40 runs in 18 balls

Tilak Varma 22(20)
Hardik Pandya 6(3

17.5
Digvesh Rathi to Hardik Pandya, FOUR, Digvesh Rathi with a poor delivery after a long long time. Down leg, Hardik Pandya sweeps and misses, off the pad and another poor decision from the ump, given as a run

MI 175/4 (1 CRR: 9.72 REQ: 14.5
Mumbai Indians need 29 runs in 12 balls

Hardik Pandya16(
Tilak Varma23(21)

19.1
Avesh Khan to Hardik Pandya, SIX, unreal blow that. It's a low full-toss outside off, Hardik Pandya has got under that and with wrists of iron has lofted it flat over deep extra-cover, how did he get so much power on that? What a way to start the over off

19.2
Avesh Khan to Hardik Pandya, 2 runs, to deep mid-wicket

19.4
Avesh Khan to Hardik Pandya, no run
19.3
Avesh Khan to Hardik Pandya, no run, Hardik Pandya has decided to turn the run down. A low full-toss on leg-stump, swung straight to the fielder at deep backward square-leg and there was no two there

19.5
Avesh Khan to Hardik Pandya, 1 run, straight down the ground

19.6
Avesh Khan to Santner, no run, LSG win. Full outside off, Santner shuffles across and drags the hoick to mid-wicket, they don't even bother to run

LSG 203/8 (20)

MI 191/5 (20)

Lucknow Super Giants won by 12 runs

Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals, 17th Match


Delhi Capitals have won the toss and have opted to bat

0.5

Khaleel Ahmed to Fraser-McGurk, out Caught by Ashwin!! Khaleel Ahmed strikes first ball! Four dot balls, Fraser-McGurk tries to break the shackles and perishes. Length ball around off, Fraser-McGurk clears his front leg to heave it across the line. Skies it up off the lower part of the bat and Ashwin backpedals from mid-on to reverse-cup it. Perfect start for CSK! Fraser-McGurk c Ashwin b Khaleel Ahmed 0(5)

DC 51/1 (6) CRR: 8.5

DC 183/6 (20)


CSK 10/0 (1) CRR: 10 REQ: 9.16

CSK 74/5 (10.4) CRR: 6.94 REQ: 11.79



Chennai Super Kings need 110 runs in 56 balls

DC 183/6 (20)

CSK 158/5 (20)

Delhi Capitals won by 25 runs

Punjab Kings vs Rajasthan Royals, 18th Match

Shimron Hetmyer on show

Punjab Kings have won the toss and have opted to field

13.2
Ferguson to Jaiswal, out Bowled!! The slower ball does it. Jaiswal was in the zone of hitting fours and sixes. That was a slower ball, Jaiswal went for a heave and missed the line of the delivery. The ball slammed into the sticks. Second one down. Was a 120.6 kph delivery, landed, spun in a little and hit the sticks. Jaiswal was looking good but has to go. Lost his shape trying to go for the big shot and lost his wicket as well.

Jaiswal b Ferguson 67(45) [4s-3 6s-5]

RR 135/2 (14) CRR: 9.64

Nitish Rana 11(4)
Riyan Parag 11(9)

Lockie Ferguson
3-0-27-2

14.4
Marco Jansen to Nitish Rana, out Caught by Maxwell!! Maxwell takes it at deep cover. He ran to his left, seemed to have misjudged it but did well to grab it in the end. Was a length delivery, well outside off, Nitish Rana looked to slash that but got a top-edge on the shot. The ball went up and the man in the deep managed to take it. Jansen has his first. A little knock from Rana comes to an end.

Nitish Rana c Maxwell b Marco Jansen 12(7) [4s-2]

14.6
Marco Jansen to Hetmyer, FOUR, short ball, outside off, Hetmyer got on top of the bounce and pulled it wide of the man at mid-wicket for a four. That was well placed and timed by Hetmyer to get off the mark

18.5
Arshdeep Singh to Hetmyer, out Caught by Maxwell!! Low full toss, Hetmyer looked to slog it

Hetmyer c Maxwell b Arshdeep Singh 20(12) [4s-2 6s-1]

RR 205/4 (20) CRR: 10.25

Dhruv Jurel 13(5)
Riyan Parag 43(25

0.1
Jofra Archer to Priyansh Arya, out Bowled!! Knocked him over. Dream start for Jofra Archer who leaps and punches the air in delight. Superb seam presentation from Archer, no deviation on the seam at all as it comes out of the hand, bowls it on a back of a length on middle, it curves away just the hint off the seam and opens up Priyansh Arya, he looks to defend and the ball hits the top of off-stump. Beaten on the outside-edge and squared up slightly, no feet and the stumps are alighted.

Priyansh Arya b Jofra Archer 0(1)

0.6
Jofra Archer to Shreyas Iyer, out Bowled!! Two breathtaking shots and this is just a crude hack. No wonder Shreyas Iyer missed it. He shakes his head as he walks back. No need for that shot with the way he was batting recently. Totally out of character from him, a lapse in concentration. Full on the stumps, he backs away and slogs, lost all shape and misses, the stumps are found. Jofra Archer is pumped and runs away to his left to celebrate. Shreyas was the man in form for PBKS and that is a body blow.

Shreyas Iyer b Jofra Archer 10(5) [4s-2]

3.3
Sandeep Sharma to Stoinis, out Caught&Bowled!! Soft dismissal. A good length delivery on off, maybe it stuck in the pitch, Stoinis is early into the punch, off the bottom of the bat and it's a simple return catch to Sandeep Sharma. Three-down and PBKS in big trouble. Preity Zinta with a concerned reaction watching on.

Stoinis c and b Sandeep Sharma 1(7)

6.2
Kartikeya to Prabhsimran, out Caught by Hasaranga!! The impact sub strikes. Tossed up full outside off, Prabhsimran shuffles across and sweeps, was the googly too, off the bottom of the bat and straight to the fielder at deep mid-wicket.
Prabhsimran c Hasaranga b Kartikeya 17(16) [4s-2]

RR 205/4 (20)
PBKS 43/4 (6.3) CRR: 6.62 REQ: 12.07
Punjab Kings need 163 runs in 81 balls

13.3
Hasaranga to Nehal Wadhera, SIX, 50 for Nehal Wadhera , Maxwell comes and pats him on the head and back in appreciation. He comes down the track and is not to the pitch of the ball of this tossed up delivery, yet he continues with the loft and still strikes it big

RR 205/4 (20)
PBKS 125/4 (14.1) CRR: 8.82 REQ: 13.89

14.6
Theekshana to Maxwell, out Caught by Jaiswal!!

Maxwell c Jaiswal b Theekshana 30(21) [4s-3 6s-1]

16.1
Sandeep Sharma to Suryansh Shedge, out Caught by Hetmyer!! Hetmyer won't drop that. It's a slower-ball dug in short outside off, Suryansh Shedge slashes but picks out sweeper cover.

Suryansh Shedge c Hetmyer b Sandeep Sharma 2(4)

PBKS 138/7 (16.2) CRR: 8.45 REQ: 18.55
Punjab Kings need 68 runs in 22 balls

17.4
Theekshana to Marco Jansen, out Caught by Hetmyer at deep mid-wicket!!

Marco Jansen c Hetmyer b Theekshana 3(6)

19.5
Jofra Archer to Arshdeep Singh, out Caught by Hasaranga!!

Arshdeep Singh c Hasaranga b Jofra Archer 1(5)

19.6
Jofra Archer to Ferguson, FOUR, to deep backward point

RR 205/4 (20)
PBKS 155/9 (20) CRR: 7.75

Rajasthan Royals won by 50 runs

Jofra Archer
4-0-25-3

SRH 73/3 (11) CRR: 6.64

Nitish Kumar Reddy 20(22)
Heinrich Klaasen 8(9

13.5
Sai Kishore to Klaasen, out Bowled!! That's a big wicket and the crowd are stunned.

Klaasen b Sai Kishore 27(19) [4s-2 6s-1]

15.1
Sai Kishore to Nitish Reddy, out Caught by Rashid Khan!! Nitish Reddy holes out.

Nitish Reddy c Rashid Khan b Sai Kishore 31(34) [4s-3]

15.1
. Nitish Reddy c Rashid Khan b Sai Kishore 31(34) [4s-3]

2.5
Shami to Sai Sudharsan, out Caught by Aniket Verma!! Straight to the man next to the square-leg umpire. Three on the leg-side inside the ring and Sai Sudharsan can't keep the pull down. It is a short of length on the stumps, he swivels to pull but picks out the fielder. Good sharp catch and the crowd erupt. A rare failure for Sudharsan.

Sai Sudharsan c Aniket Verma b Shami 5(9

SRH 152/8 (20)
GT 15/1 (3.1) CRR: 4.74 REQ: 8.2
Gujarat Titans need 138 runs

3.5
Cummins to Buttler, out Caught by Klaasen!! Gone. Superb delivery and SRH have the early wickets they need. This is a back of a length delivery that nips back in sharply, Buttler is cut in half as he pokes at it and it's a nick through to Klaasen. The inside-edge and Buttler couldn't have done much there, the seam movement defeated him there. SRH's fans are up and celebrating. Big wicket that for Buttler is in good form.

Buttler c Klaasen b Cummins 0(3

GT 28/2 (5) CRR: 5.6 REQ: 8.33
Gujarat Titans need 125 runs in 90 balls

Shubman Gill 19(15)
Washington Sundar 3(3)

5.2
Simarjeet Singh to Washington Sundar, FOUR, and again. It's a back of a length on off, Washington Sundar swivels and pulls him over mid-wicket, the weight transfer was so good there
5.1
Simarjeet Singh to Washington Sundar, FOUR, fine shot. It's a short of length delivery just outside off, Washington Sundar goes on the back foot and pulls over mid-on, picked the length so early there

5.6
Simarjeet Singh to Washington Sundar, SIX, to fine leg

GT 48/2 (6) CRR: 8 REQ: 7.5
Gujarat Titans need 105 runs in 84 balls

Washington Sundar 23(9)
Shubman Gill 19(15

8.2
Kamindu Mendis to Shubman Gill, FOUR, the 50-run stand comes up between the duo! A dragdown around leg-stump, Shubman Gill waits for it and helps the pull to the right of long leg to find the fence

Partnership: 54(2

10.6
Cummins to Shubman Gill, FOUR, sublime! A full length ball outside off, Shubman Gill prods ahead and creams the drive in the gap between mid-off and extra cover. Didn't try to overhit it, just relied on timing and meeting the ball on top of the bounce. The boundary spoils Cummins' over somehwat

13.1
Shami to Washington Sundar, out Caught by Aniket Verma!! The umpires get together and refer it upstairs to check whether it's a clean catch or not. Was a short of length ball outside off, Washington Sundar cut it uppishly towards sweeper cover. Aniket rain in from the deep and dived in front to take it with both hands. The replays roll in. Looks tight from the close-in angle. Umpire Nitin Menon has a look at a few angles and mentions that Aniket's hands are underneath the ball. To the naked eye, it felt like a part of the ball might have grazed the ground before going into the fielder's hands

Washington Sundar c Aniket Verma b Shami 49(29) [4s-5 6s-2]

13.3
Shami to Rutherford, FOUR, a well-directed bouncer on middle and off, Rutherford goes for the hook across the line but gets a top-edge that flies over the keeper and through to the fence

14.3
Abhishek Sharma to Rutherford, FOUR, three boundaries in a row! In the arc around off, Rutherford gets down on one knee and slog sweeps it
14.2
Abhishek Sharma to Rutherford, FOUR, back-to-back boundaries! On the shorter side outside off, Rutherford stands tall and powers it over covers for a rocketing boundary
14.1
Abhishek Sharma to Rutherford, FOUR, well played! A floated full ball on off, Rutherford clears his front leg and lifts it beautifully against the spin over extra cover to get the desired result

14.4
Abhishek Sharma to Rutherford, FOUR, to sweeper cover

GT 130/3 (15) CRR: 8.67 REQ: 4.6
Gujarat Titans need 23 runs in 30 balls

Sherfane Rutherford 22(11)
Shubman Gill 51(38

16.3
Cummins to Rutherford, 1 run, the scores are level now! A slower full ball on middle and leg,
16.2
Cummins to Rutherford, FOUR, deft from Rutherford!
Mradul: The most boring IPL without a doubt. Not a single interesting match so far...
16.1
Cummins to Rutherford, SIX, going, going and gone! A back of a length ball outside off, Rutherford picks the length up in a jiffy and pulls it with authority into the deep mid-wicket stands for a 91m maximum. Shubman Gill has a beaming smile on his face

SRH 152/8 (20)
GT 153/3 (16.4) CRR: 9.18

Gujarat Titans won by 7 wkts

Sherfane Rutherford 35(16)
Shubman Gill 61(43

0.2
Boult to Phil Salt, out Bowled!! Timber! Trent Boult gets his revenge immediately and MI are cock-a-hoop. 139kph, full again from Boult, but the line is on the stumps and he gets the new ball to swing in as well. Salt stays leg-side to flick across the line and misses it altogether. Beaten on the inside edge and the ball crashes into middle and leg. Boult taking a wicket in the first over, that's no surprise.

Phil Salt b Boult 4(2) [4s-1]

1.4
Chahar to Kohli, FOUR, 136.5kph, short of length, Kohli pulls hard. Off the inner half of the bat but the ball dribbles away to the square leg fence

2.5
Boult to Kohli, FOUR, 143.4kph, shortened length, Kohli brings his bottom hand into play

2.6
Boult to Kohli, FOUR, shot! Boult goes fuller and Kohli leans forward to ease it through extra cover.

RCB 33/1 (3) CRR: 11

Virat Kohli 18(9)
Devdutt Padikkal 11(7

3.2
Bumrah to Kohli, SIX, wow! Kohli makes a statement against MI's trump card. Shortish ball angling in from over the wicket and Kohli moves leg-side to heave it over deep midwicket

4.1
Will Jacks to Kohli, FOUR, Kohli greets Jacks with a boundary! 85.8kph, loopy ball and it's too full from Jacks. Kohli gets forward and thumps it over the bowler's head for a one-bounce four

4.6
Will Jacks to Kohli, FOUR, Kohli backs away and Jacks follows him. The length is on the shorter side once again and Kohli wristily pulls it over square leg. Fifty up for RCB in the fifth over

5.5
Chahar to Padikkal, FOUR, not where he wanted to go but gets the desired result. Length ball outside off, Padikkal swings his bat hard and gets a fat outside edge that flies over vacant second slip. Third man

5.4
Chahar to Padikkal, SIX,
5.3
Chahar to Padikkal, SIX, short of a good length outside off, Padikkal walks across, waits for the ball and smacks it over long-on for a 77m six. Right off middle of the bat

RCB 73/1 (6) CRR: 12.17

Devdutt Padikkal 32(15)
Virat Kohli 36(19)

6.5
Santner to Kohli, FOUR, 83.4kph, tossed up by Santner, full in length around off and Kohli gets down low to bring out the slogsweep. Makes excellent contact and the placement is spot-on. One bounce and into the fence!

RCB 81/1 (7) CRR: 11.57

Virat Kohli 42(23)
Devdutt Padikkal 34(17

8.4
Vignesh Puthur to Kohli, SIX, 29-ball fifty for Virat Kohli! He reaches there in style. 78.4kph, loopy overpitched delivery around leg and Kohli is down on one leg to nail the slogsweep over cow corner. It's an 80m six. Kohli raises his bat

.8.6

Vignesh Puthur to Padikkal, out Caught by Will Jacks!! Vignesh Puthur breaks the 91-run stand! He is brave to toss the ball up and he reaps the reward. 81.9kph, flighted delivery drifting in on leg, Padikkal stays leg-side of the ball and gets under it to loft it. He's a bit early into his shot and the bottom hand comes off the bat handle. Goes a mile up in the air and Jacks stays calm in front of the rope at long-on to reverse-cup it. Much-needed breakthrough for MI!

Padikkal c Will Jacks b Vignesh Puthur 37(22) [4s-2 6s-3]

RCB 105/2 (11) CRR: 9.55

Rajat Patidar 6(
Virat Kohli 55(34

RCB 123/2 (13) CRR: 9.46

Rajat Patidar 19(16)
Virat Kohli 60(38

13.1
Santner to Rajat Patidar, SIX, right in the slot and goodbye! Floated up in line with the stumps, Patidar makes room and tonks it into the second tier over long-on

13.4
Santner to Kohli, 2 runs, to third man
13.3
Santner to Kohli, FOUR, chants of "Kohli Kohli" just before this ball was delivery and Kohli responds with a smash down the ground. He skips out of his crease and chips the loft past the outstretched right hand of the bowler. No chance for the fielders in the deep

13.6
Santner to Rajat Patidar, SIX, to long-off

RCB 143/2 (14) CRR: 10.21

Rajat Patidar 32(19)
Virat Kohli 67(41

14.1
Hardik Pandya to Kohli, out Caught by Naman Dhir!! It was evident after the time-out that both batters wanted to go big. No signs of one playing anchor. Kohli tried to force the issue in the previous over as well and mistimes a couple

Kohli c Naman Dhir b Hardik Pandya 67(42) [4s-8 6s-2]

14.3
Hardik Pandya to Livingstone, out Caught by Bumrah!! A two-ball duck for Liam Livingstone. Looks to play the scoop again and was caught in a tangle. He shuffled miles outside off stump and took the eyes off the ball at the last moment. It was short from Hardik and hurried Livingstone for pace. Result? A healthy leading edge and offers catching practice to Bumrah at short third.

Livingstone c Bumrah b Hardik Pandya 0(2

14.5
Hardik Pandya to Rajat Patidar, FOUR, exactly the kind of shot Kohli wanted to play on the first ball, just that he got the timing and placement wrong. 130ks length outside off, Patidar moves across and swipes it over vacant square leg, places it to the right of the fielder in the deep

RCB 151/4 (15) CRR: 10.07

Hardik Pandya
3-0-22-2

16.2
Hardik Pandya to Rajat Patidar, SIX, fifty for the RCB skipper. He gets a juicy full delivery at 127ks
16.3
Hardik Pandya to Rajat Patidar, SIX, to deep mid-wicket

16.4
Hardik Pandya to Rajat Patidar, FOUR, to backward square leg

16.6
Hardik Pandya to Jitesh Sharma, FOUR, to third man

RCB 192/4 (17) CRR: 11.29

Jitesh Sharma 17(6)
Rajat Patidar 61(2

Hardik Pandya
4-0-45-2

17.2
Bumrah to Jitesh Sharma, 1 run, 50 partnership off just 17 balls. Slower full delivery outside off

RCB 198/4 (1 CRR: 11

Jitesh Sharma 20(9)
Rajat Patidar 64(31)

18.1
Boult to Jitesh Sharma, wide, full and well wide of off, Jitesh lets it go
18.1
Boult to Jitesh Sharma, SIX, wow! That was a shot and a half from Jitesh Sharma

18.3
Boult to Jitesh Sharma, SIX, had he missed that, the stumps would have been in a mess

18.6
Boult to Rajat Patidar, out Caught by Rickelton!! Is that the catch of the season so far? Has to be one the best. Patidar shuffles axcross, picks the full delivery from outside the wide tramline and gets a thick top-edge on the attempted scoop. He was denied for room and ended up getting more height than distance. Rickelton put his head down and ran back quite hurriedly before pulling off a full length dive to take the catch

Rajat Patidar c Rickelton b Boult 64(32) [4s-5 6s-4]

19.5
Bumrah to Jitesh Sharma, SIX, and he connects this time around. Full and just outside off

RCB 221/5 (20) CRR: 11.05

1.4
Yash Dayal to Rohit, out Bowled!! The leg stump has been rocked. Hands on head for some of the fans in the stadium. 137ks peach of an inswinger from Yash Dayal, gets the ball to pitch in and around middle and gets the ball to curve in sharply to beat the driving blade of Rohit. It swings past the inside edge and hits the middle of leg peg.

Rohit b Yash Dayal 17(9) [4s-2 6s-1]

11.6
Yash Dayal to Suryakumar Yadav, out Caught by Livingstone!!

Suryakumar Yadav c Livingstone b Yash Dayal 28(26) [4s-5]

RCB 221/5 (20)
MI 97/4 (12) CRR: 8.08 REQ: 15.62

Mumbai Indians need 125 runs in 48 balls

Suryakumar Yadav 28(26)
Tilak Varma 11(9

12.5
Suyash Sharma to Tilak Varma, FOUR, to deep backward point
12.4
Suyash Sharma to Tilak Varma, 2 runs, floated delivery around leg-stump, Tilak Varma sweeps it to the left of deep square leg and rushes back for the second run
12.3
Suyash Sharma to Tilak Varma, FOUR, to deep extra cover
12.2
Suyash Sharma to Tilak Varma, SIX, brilliant shot! In the arc outside off, Tilak Varma crouches in his stance

MI 116/4 (13) CRR: 8.92 REQ: 15.14
Mumbai Indians need 106 runs in 42 balls

Tilak Varma 30(15)
Hardik Pandya 0(0)

13.5
Hazlewood to Hardik Pandya, FOUR, Hazlewood has lost his rhythm and Hardik Pandya is capitalizing on it! Hardik Pandya backs away a bit and Hazlewood angles in a back of a length delivery. To be honest, not really a bad delivery but Hardik Pandya waits for it and places the cut past the left side of backward point to pick up a boundary
13.5
Hazlewood to Hardik Pandya, wide, Hazlewood goes for the bouncer outside off but it's too short as Hardik Pandya lets it go. Wided for height
13.4
Hazlewood to Hardik Pandya, SIX, what a start from Hardik Pandya! He doesn't need any sighters! An off-cutter on a length outside off, Hardik Pandya read it early. He smashes it with a high backlift and it flies over wide long-off
13.3
Hazlewood to Hardik Pandya, FOUR, nicely done! A leg-cutter on a back of a length on middle and leg, Hardik Pandya backs away a bit and swipes it in front of square on the leg-side to find the fence
13.2
Hazlewood to Hardik Pandya, SIX, meaty blow! Length ball angling in on off, a good extension of the arms from Hardik Pandya as he heaves it over deep mid-wicket for a flat maximum. Found the gap and got the required power behind it too

MI 138/4 (14) CRR: 9.86 REQ: 14

Hardik Pandya 20(5)
Tilak Varma 31(16

14.3
Krunal Pandya to Hardik Pandya, SIX, to deep square leg, the partnership between Hardik Pandya and Tilak Varma is now
14.2
Krunal Pandya to Hardik Pandya, SIX, Hardik Pandya has raced to 26 off 6 balls! This is some batting from the MI skipper. On a length outside off,

RCB 221/5 (20)
MI 157/4 (15) CRR: 10.47 REQ: 13
Mumbai Indians need 65 runs in 30 balls

Tilak Varma 35(19)
Hardik Pandya 33(8

15.5
Bhuvneshwar to Tilak Varma, SIX, to deep mid-wicket

15.6
Bhuvneshwar to Tilak Varma, wide

15.6
Bhuvneshwar to Tilak Varma, FOUR, straight down the ground

MI 170/4 (16) CRR: 10.62 REQ: 13
Mumbai Indians need 52 runs in 24 balls

Tilak Varma 46(23)
Hardik Pandya 34(10

Partnership: 71(24)

16.4
Yash Dayal to Tilak Varma, 2 runs, first fifty this season for Tilak Varma!

50*[26

16.5
Yash Dayal to Tilak Varma, SIX, going, going and gone! Another slower one but it's halfway down the track outside off. Tilak Varma lines it up and has ample time to smash it over long-on for a massive maximum

MI 181/4 (17) CRR: 10.65 REQ: 13.67
Mumbai Indians need 41 runs in 18 balls

Partnership: 84(31)

17.2
Bhuvneshwar to Hardik Pandya, FOUR, this is smart batting! A full ball on off, Hardik Pandya clears his front leg, opens his bat-face and carves it behind square on the off-side. Sweeper cover has no chance to cut it off

17.4
Bhuvneshwar to Tilak Varma, out Caught by Phil Salt!! The slower ball gets rid of Tilak Varma!

Tilak Varma c Phil Salt b Bhuvneshwar 56(29) [4s-4 6s-4]

17.5
Bhuvneshwar to Naman Dhir, SIX ,that's a great strike! We saw what he can do when he played a blazing knock against LSG in the last game. MI will need him to play a blinder here. Pitched up ball on off, Naman Dhir clears his front leg and lifts it nonchalantly over the bowler's head for a maximum

MI 194/5 (1 CRR: 10.78 REQ: 14
Mumbai Indians need 28 runs in 12 balls

Naman Dhir 6(2)
Hardik Pandya 42(14

18.1
Hazlewood to Hardik Pandya, out Caught by Livingstone!! This is a body blow for MI! Gloomy faces in the crowd. Hardik Pandya can't believe it. He was hitting it so cleanly but a miscue has proved to be his undoing. A yorker length ball shaping towards leg-stump, Hardik Pandya aims to whip it square of the wicket but is early into the shot. Ends up playing it uppishly towads deep mid-wicket where Livingstone

Hardik Pandya c Livingstone b Hazlewood 42(15) [4s-3 6s-4]

18.5
Hazlewood to Santner, SIX, that's some strike from Santner! It's not done yet, folks! A low full-toss outside off, Santner manages to get underneath it and hits it over deep extra cover for a maximum. Hardik in the dugout loves it, he is pumped up

MI 203/6 (19) CRR: 10.68 REQ: 19
Mumbai Indians need 19 runs in 6 balls

Krunal Pandya [3.0-0-39-1] is back into the attack
MI need 19 runs off the final over!

19.1
Krunal Pandya to Santner, out Caught by Tim David!! Krunal Pandya gets a headstart! Good piece of bowling! He keeps it full and wide outside off, away from Santner's arc. The southpaw has to reach out and although he makes good connection with his

Santner c Tim David b Krunal Pandya 8(4) [6s-1]

19.2
Krunal Pandya to Chahar, out Caught by Phil Salt!!

Chahar c Phil Salt b Krunal Pandya 0(1)

19.4
Krunal Pandya to Naman Dhir, FOUR, to third man

19.5
Krunal Pandya to Naman Dhir, out Caught by Yash Dayal!!

Naman Dhir c Yash Dayal b Krunal Pandya 11(6) [4s-1 6s-1]

RCB 221/5 (20)
MI 209/9 (20) CRR: 10.45
Royal Challengers Bengaluru won by 12 runs

Krunal Pandya
4-0-45-4

1 over 6 runs 3 wickets. Sweet.

Kolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Super Giants, 21st Match

Score after 6 overs

LSG 59-0

LSG 95/0 (10) CRR: 9.5

out Bowled!! Harshit Rana breaks the opening partnership. A slower delivery by him, an off-break and that has breached Markram's defence. Tried to push at it, got beaten and the stumps have been shattered. Markram walks back after playing a fine knock. Has set the platform for a massive first innings score. Markram b Harshit Rana 47(2 [4s-4 6s-2]

99-1


Nicholas Pooran, left handed bat, comes to the crease

15.2
Russell to Mitchell Marsh, out Caught by Rinku Singh!! Why was he held back? Only Rahane and KKR management can answer that question. Russell has this knack of picking wickets and breaking partnerships and he was not used till now. Yes, he has turned a death bowler off-late but you can still get an over or two when there's carnage happening.

Mitchell Marsh c Rinku Singh b Russell 81(4 [4s-6 6s-5]

15.4
Russell to Pooran, SIX, that's easy pickings for Pooran.

Nicholas Pooran *38[18

16.2
Harshit Rana to Pooran, SIX, 21-ball fifty for Pooran. He's on a purple patch this season.
16.1
Harshit Rana to Pooran, SIX, Pooran keeps the sixes coming.. This is an outrageous shot. Off-cutter angled outside off, Pooran shuffles across and sits down to get under it, he then a launches it towards deep mid-wicket and has no problem clearing the rope

LSG 193/2 (17) CRR: 11.35

Nicholas Pooran 52(24)
Abdul Samad 2(2

In reply to Narper

Russell get cream by Pooran

18
Runs Scored: 24
4 0 4 6 4 6

18.2
Harshit Rana to Abdul Samad, out Bowled!!

Abdul Samad b Harshit Rana 6(4) [4s-1]

LSG 227/3 (19) CRR: 11.95
Nicholas Pooran81*(32

Nicholas Pooran 87*(36) 7x4 8x6

LSG 238/3 (20) CRR: 11.9

In reply to Narper

KKR gonna chase this down.

KKR 149/2 (12) CRR: 12.42 REQ: 11.25

Kolkata Knight Riders need 90 runs in 48 balls

LSG 238/3 (20)
KKR 149/2 (12) CRR: 12.42 REQ: 11.25

Kolkata Knight Riders need 90 runs in 48 balls

Venkatesh Iyer 36(20)
Ajinkya Rahane 54(30

12.6
Thakur to Rahane, out Caught by Pooran!! Would you believe it? Rahane falls to a full-toss. Thigh-high and Rahane has chipped it straight to extra cover. Pooran pouches and throws the ball up in the air. A pretty weird over - five wides, a streaky boundary and a wicket off the final ball.

Rahane c Pooran b Thakur 61(35) [4s-8 6s-2]

In reply to Narper

what ah waste'

Dre Russ. This is not a wicket-taking delivery but that's Shardul - he gets a wicket with a nice juicy full toss, Russell could have hit that anywhere but miscues it towards long-off. Russell c Miller b Thakur 7(4) [6s-1]

LSG 238/3 (20)

KKR 234/7 (20)

Lucknow Super Giants won by 4 runs

Punjab Kings vs Chennai Super Kings, 22nd Match

PBKS 17/0 (1) CRR: 14.57


Punjab Kings opt to bat

PBKS 128/5 (12) CRR: 10.67

PBKS 219/6 (20)
Priyansh Arya c Shankar b Noor Ahmad 103(42) [4s-7 6s-9]

CSK 12/0 (1.4) CRR: 7.2 REQ: 11.35
Chennai Super Kings need 208 runs

CSK 59/0 (6) CRR: 9.83 REQ: 11.5
Chennai Super Kings need 161 runs in 84 balls

Rachin Ravindra 35(21)
Devon Conway 22(16)

6.3
Ravindra st Prabhsimran b Maxwell 36(23) [4s-6]

7.2
Gaikwad c Shashank Singh b Ferguson 1(3)

CSK 69/2 ( CRR: 8.62 REQ: 12.58
Chennai Super Kings need 151 runs in 72 balls

Shivam Dube 6(4)
Devon Conway 23(19

11.2
Marco Jansen to Conway, 1 run, dropped by Yash Thakur at third man. Conway continues to live a charmed life.
11.1
Marco Jansen to Conway, 2 runs, dropped by Chahal at short fine-leg. Full on leg-stump, flicked low and Chahal got there to his right, but fails to hang on, was not a difficult chance either, and what's worse Chahal is slow and allows the 2nd

CSK 192/4 (19) CRR: 10.11 REQ: 28
Chennai Super Kings need 28 runs in 6 balls

19.1
Yash Thakur to Dhoni, out Caught by Chahal!! Nervous smile from Shreyas. Meanwhile Yash Thakur has his arms raised in triumph. Was a poor delivery, low full-toss down leg, short fine-leg was inside, Dhoni did not go for it full-blooded, just tried to help it fine and found Chahal. A fumble the first time but he hangs on the 2nd time.

honi c Chahal b Yash Thakur 27(12) [4s-1 6s-3]

PBKS 219/6 (20)
CSK 201/5 (20)

Punjab Kings won by 18 runs

PLAYER OF THE MATCH
Priyansh Arya
Priyansh Arya 103[42] 7x4 9x6

Fall of Wickets
17-1 (Prabhsimran, 1.2), 32-2 (Shreyas Iyer, 2.4), 54-3 (Stoinis, 4.6), 81-4 (Nehal Wadhera, 7.2), 83-5 (Maxwell, 7.6), 154-6 (Priyansh Arya, 13.4)

2.1
Jofra Archer to Shubman Gill, out Bowled!! Cleaned up! That's Archer at his best. Even Gill goes uhhh as he walks back. 147.7ks full delivery around off, Gill is drawn into the forward push and he is a tad late on the shot, the ball also nips in to beat the inside edge and crash into off-stump.

Shubman Gill b Jofra Archer 2(3)

GT 67/1 (7) CRR: 9.57

Jos Buttler 20(15)
Sai Sudharsan 41(24)

9.6
Buttler lbw b Theekshana 36(25) [4s-5]

GT 100/2 (11) CRR: 9.09

Sai Sudharsan 53(35)
Shahrukh Khan 2(3)

Jofra Archer
3-0-19-1

15.4
. Shahrukh Khan st Samson b Theekshana 36(20) [4s-4 6s-2]

15.5
Theekshana to Rutherford, SIX, oh ho ho! Sherfane Rutherford you beast! Theekshana just missed the yorker, Rutherford got under that and absolutely smashed it high over long-on. First ball and he left nothing in the tank

16.1
Sandeep Sharma to Rutherford, out Caught by Samson!! It's the wide line again to Rutherford that works wonders. PBKS outsmarted him here in GT's first game of the season with that strategy. Sandeep continues with that baton. This was length and very wide of off stump.

Rutherford c Samson b Sandeep Sharma 6(3) [6s-1]

17.6
Jofra Archer to Sai Sudharsan, 1 run, Shubham Dubey the impact sub has dropped a sitter. Sanju looks down in frustration. Archer looks away! Was a smart short ball with pace off, Sai managed to belt that pull though. Hit it so hard and flat, went straight to deep backward square leg who wasn't alert enough. Gee, it didn't even hit his palms. Hit him near the right wrist

GT 217/6 (20) CRR: 10.85

In reply to Narper

Extras 18 (b 1, lb 0, w 17, nb 0, p 0)

Arshad Khan to Jaiswal, out Caught by Rashid Khan!! What have you done, Yashasvi Jaiswal? Jaiswal c Rashid Khan b Arshad Khan 6(7) [4s-1]

rr 10-1

RR 69/4 ( CRR: 8.62 REQ: 12.42

Rajasthan Royals need 149 runs in 72 balls



Shimron Hetmyer, left handed bat, comes to the crease

In reply to Narper

11.4
Rashid Khan to Hetmyer, FOUR, to backward square leg

11.3
Rashid Khan to Hetmyer, SIX, floats it full into the arc of Shimron Hetmyer.

GT 217/6 (20)
RR 115/4 (12) CRR: 9.58 REQ: 12.88
Rajasthan Royals need 103 runs in 48 balls

Shimron Hetmyer 29(17)
Sanju Samson 41(27

12.2
Prasidh to Samson, out Caught by Sai Kishore!!

Samson c Sai Kishore b Prasidh 41(2 [4s-4 6s-2]

RR 116/5 (12.2) CRR: 9.41 REQ: 13.3
Rajasthan Royals need 102 runs in 46 balls

R 119/6 (13.2) CRR: 8.93 REQ: 14.85
Rajasthan Royals need 99 runs in 40 balls

13.4
Rashid Khan to Hetmyer, FOUR, full on the pads, swept away behind square for a boundary by Hetmyer

14.1
Sai Kishore to Hetmyer, 2 runs, dropped! full and wide outside off, Hetmyer slashes at it gets it off the toe-end. Arshad Khan runs in from deep cover and the ball goes through his hands as he tries to apply the brakes on himself.

14.3
Sai Kishore to Hetmyer, SIX, full and wide outside off, Hetmyer shuffles inward and slams it down the ground. Plenty of power behind it, as it came off the toe-end but sailed over long-on

14.3
Sai Kishore to Hetmyer, SIX, full and wide outside off, Hetmyer shuffles inward and slams it down the ground. Plenty of power behind it, as it came off the toe-end but sailed over long-on

RR 139/6 (15) CRR: 9.27 REQ: 15.8
Rajasthan Royals need 79 runs in 30 balls

Shimron Hetmyer 47(2
Jofra Archer 4(3

15.1
Prasidh to Hetmyer, FOUR, fuller and angling across the batter. Neatly drive through extra cover for a superb boundary. That's 50 for Hetmyer

15.3
Prasidh to Jofra Archer, out Caught by Shubman Gill!! Wicket next ball, and this time th GT skipper didn't have to move much.

Jofra Archer c Shubman Gill b Prasidh 4(4)

GT 217/6 (20)
RR 144/7 (15.3) CRR: 9.29 REQ: 16.44
Rajasthan Royals need 74 runs in 27 balls

Shimron Hetmyer52[30

15.6
Prasidh to Hetmyer, out Caught by Sai Kishore!! Another one! They are falling like nine pins now. A short delivery onto the body, Hetmyer tries a swivel pull but holes out to deep backward square. Didn't get it off the middle and nowhere enough power to clear the fence. The southpaw is furious with himself as he walks off. This wicket will now perhaps dent the RR net run rate too.

Hetmyer c Sai Kishore b Prasidh 52(32) [4s-4 6s-3]

GT 217/6 (20)
RR 152/9 (17) CRR: 8.94 REQ: 22
Rajasthan Royals need 66 runs in 18 balls

In reply to Narper

Hetty like he only scoring runs when the match is already over!

GT 217/6 (20)
RR 159 (19.2)

Gujarat Titans won by 58 runs

In reply to StumpCam

3.5
Axar to Phil Salt, out Phil Salt Run Out!! Oh dear! That's such a sad ending to Phil Salt's innings, punched one to the left of cover and he set-off for a quick single, was sent back by Phil Salt, but he sliopped as he turned back, lost all the momentum and then had no chance of beating the throw from Vipraj. Was there a single there? Not too sure, but RCB lose Salt after a blistering start.

Phil Salt run out (Vipraj Nigam/Rahul) 37(17) [4s-4 6s-3]

RCB 62/1 (4) CRR: 15.5

Devdutt Padikkal0(1
)Virat Kohli13(7)

6.3
Vipraj Nigam to Kohli, SIX, lovely, Vipraj has been too full in this over and Kohli has hold a hold on this one, leans forward, gets right to the pitch of the ball and then hoists it high over long-on for a maximum

6.6
Vipraj Nigam to Kohli, out Caught by Mitchell Starc!! A cracking catch and Chinnaswamy goes silent. It's the leg-spinner who gets rid of the Indian maestro - was a loopy leg-break and made Kohli reach out on the drive, but it dips and turns across the right-hander, brings the mishit into play, it's still dropping down in no man's land, but Starc sprints to his left from long-off, slides and completes a fine two-handed catch.

Kohli c Mitchell Starc b Vipraj Nigam 22(14) [4s-1 6s-2]

RCB 163/7 (20)
DC 9/1 (2) CRR: 4.5 REQ: 8.61
Delhi Capitals need 155 runs

[DC 42/3 (7) CRR: 6 REQ: 9.38
Delhi Capitals need 122 runs in 78 balls

RCB 163/7 (20)
DC 169/4 (17.5)

Delhi Capitals won by 6 wkts

Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 25th Match

What is Dube’s game plan here?
Blocking 14 off 18 and wickets tumbling around you??!

Fall of Wickets16-1 (Devon Conway, 3.1), 16-2 (Rachin Ravindra, 4.1), 59-3 (Vijay Shankar, 9.4), 65-4 (Rahul Tripathi, 10.6), 70-5 (Ravichandran Ashwin, 12.5), 71-6 (Ravindra Jadeja, 13.3), 72-7 (Deepak Hooda, 14.2), 75-8 (MS Dhoni, 15.3), 79-9 (Noor Ahmad, 17.2)

CSK 90/9 (19) CRR: 4.74

Shivam Dube 19(23)
Anshul Kamboj 3(3

In reply to Narper

Maybe open with Narine and give him free rein as usual

SK 103/9 (20) CRR: 5.15

Sunil Narine 4 0 13 3

6.4
Ashwin to Narine, SIX, another one! Narine probably has his dinner on microwave, in a hurry to finish this... A full delivery that was fired outside off, Narine gets under it and smokes it over long-off for six more
6.3
Ashwin to Narine, SIX, loopy, on a length and starts outside leg, spins onto the pads. Narine swipes it powerfully over square leg for a sixer!

7.1
Noor Ahmad to Narine, out Bowled!! The purple cap holder adds to his tally! A googly from Noor, slides in from outside off and knocks out the middle and off pole. Sunil Narine tries an ugly heave across the line and plays all around it, loses his pegs. End of a quick cameo from the veteran all-rounder.

Narine b Noor Ahmad 44(1 [4s-2 6s-5]

CSK 103/9 (20)
KKR 85/2 (7.1) CRR: 11.86 REQ: 1.48
Kolkata Knight Riders need 19 runs in 77 balls

In reply to Narper

Sunil bhai mash dem up this evening

Battin bowlin winnin

SK 103/9 (20)

KKR 107/2 (10.1)

Kolkata Knight Riders won by 8 wkts

PLAYER OF THE MATCH
Sunil Narine

Narine 44] 18
Narine 4 0 13 3

Lucknow Super Giants vs Gujarat Titans, 26th Match

GT 180/6 (20)
LSG 49/0 (5) CRR: 9.8 REQ: 8.8
Lucknow Super Giants need 132 runs in 90 balls

Aiden Markram 33(1
Rishabh Pant 11(12

9.1
Sai Kishore to Pooran, SIX, and the first ball is dismissed! Sai stayed over the wicket and the idea was to bowl wide of off, seemed like it wasn't the normal offie that he bowls but it sat up for Pooran to take a nice look and belt the pull over mid-wicket

In reply to Narper

Poor Ann blazing it

5 sixes so far

9.5
Sai Kishore to Pooran, SIX, meanwhile, Pooran is back to bludgeoning the left arm spinner. Sai goes round the wicket and tries to bowl wide of off stump, doesn't matter as Pooran smashes it high and handsome over deep mid-wicket

9.6
Sai Kishore to Pooran, SIX, Sai puts on a brave face and tosses this up trying to deceive the batter in flight but Pooran is seeing everything like a football and is reading exactly what's coming. He smartly made the adjustment to delay the bat swing a wee bit and it disappeared over long-on. Was always a massive game to bowl Sai to Pooran and it's cost GT 24 runs

LSG 116/1 (10.2) CRR: 11.23 REQ: 6.72
Lucknow Super Giants need 65 runs in 58 balls

Nicholas Pooran 37(16)
Aiden Markram 50(26

12.4
Siraj to Pooran, FOUR, to deep backward point
12.1
Siraj to Pooran, SIX, wowww! He's almost hit this into the top tier. Siraj runs in and dishes out short ball. In fact pace was taken off but how did he generate so much power for the ball to sail high over deep square leg. He picked the slower ball and just nailed it

Nicholas Pooran 50(23)

15.2
Rashid Khan to Pooran, out Caught by Shahrukh Khan!! That is a mishit and SRK takes it. Simple chance. Rashid Khan goes into the wicket and wide, Pooran looks to smash it for six again, this time it only comes off the bottom of the bat

Pooran c Shahrukh Khan b Rashid Khan 61(34) [4s-1 6s-7]

GT 180/6 (20)

LSG 186/4 (19.3)

Lucknow Super Giants won by 6 wkts

PBKS 245/6 (20)
SRH 222/2 (16.2) CRR: 13.59 REQ: 6.55
Sunrisers Hyderabad need 24 runs in 22 balls


16.2
Arshdeep Singh to Abhishek Sharma, out Caught by (sub)Praveen Dubey!! Arshdeep Singh puts his arm around Abhishek's shoulder to let him know the quality of his knock. The crowd with a thunderous applause as Abhishek Sharma moseys back to the pavilion

Abhishek Sharma c (sub)Praveen Dubey b Arshdeep Singh 141(55) [4s-14 6s-10]

PBKS 245/6 (20)

SRH 247/2 (18.3)

Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 8 wkts

Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru, 28th Match


Royal Challengers Bengaluru opt to bowl

out Stumped!! The pressure gets to Sanju and he's out to left-arm spin, which can trouble him. This was a smart ball into the wicket on seeing the batter step out. Sanju swung so hard that this ball went under the bat and Jitesh stayed low for an easy stumping. Wasn't able to get going today and he puts his head down and trudges off. Samson st Jitesh Sharma b Krunal Pandya 15(19)

RR 65/1 (9) CRR: 7.22

Jaiswal's 3rd T20 fifty at this venue, his second of the season and the 11th in his IPL career. Good innings this.


RR 104/1 (13) CRR: 8

And the ball fell among Kohli.

In reply to Drapsey

out Caught by Padikkal!! Hetmyer c Padikkal b Bhuvneshwar 9( [4s-1]



RR 173/4 (20) CRR: 8.65


Innings Break