Salil Arora(24 | 13)*
Harsh Dubey(0 | 0)
T Deshpande|4|0|55|1
| 6 | 19.9 | 19.6: Tushar Deshpande to Salil Arora, SIX! MUSCLED INTO THE STANDS! Deshpande misses his length and serves up a juicy full toss outside off. Arora needs no second invitation, sets his base nicely and launches it over deep mid-wicket for six. 14 runs from the final over. SRH FINISH AT 216/6! |
9 Over | Run: 216/6 | Run Rate: 10.80
| 0 | 19.8 | 19.5: Tushar Deshpande to Salil Arora, Zips through the pitch, full and outside off. Salil again swings hard, only to meet a bit of thin air. |
| 0 | 19.7 | 19.5: Tushar Deshpande to Salil Arora, WIDE! A full toss beyond the tramline, Arora fails to scythe it over point. Wide called. |
| 0 | 19.6 | 19.5: Tushar Deshpande to Salil Arora, OUT! ANIKET VERMA IS RUN OUT! Fired wide and well outside the tramline, Aniket swings and misses and the umpire calls it wide. Aniket is looking to get off strike, but Jurel collects and lobs it to Deshpande at the bowler's end, who turns around and hits the stumps with a clean underarm throw. Aniket is miles out of his crease, which is confirmed by the replay, and SRH lose their sixth wicket. |
| 1 | 19.5 | 19.4: Tushar Deshpande to Aniket Verma, Pace on now, outside off, full in length, near the tramline. Aniket Verma walks across and shapes up for the scoop, but after seeing the line, he tries to angle it past short third. Ends up bunting it down in front of cover for a single. |
| 0 | 19.4 | 19.3: Tushar Deshpande to Aniket Verma, This is good bowling, good deception. Slower ball, back of a length outside off. Verma swings hard across the line and gets an inside edge onto his thigh pad. Arora has already set off from the non-striker's end, sensing a run, but Verma is going nowhere. Deshpande decides not to throw it. Maybe there was no one to back up the throw. |
| 0 | 19.3 | 19.2: Tushar Deshpande to Aniket Verma, Good comeback by Tushar! Nailed in the blockhole outside off, Verma is late on it and the ball squeezes past the toe of the bat and rolls behind to the keeper. |
| 4 | 19.2 | 19.1: Tushar Deshpande to Aniket Verma, FOUR! Crashed through the gap! Full and fast outside off, sitting up as a half volley. Aniket walks into the shot, and works it through the covers, timing it sweetly. Deep cover dives to his right but it beats him all ends up. |
| 0 | 19.1 | 19.1: Tushar Deshpande to Aniket Verma, Full and wide, outside off. Aniket falls over while trying to smash it through the cover, but misses. Wide not given and Verma has reviewed it instantly. The key is where Aniket is standing at the point of release. The replay shows that he did shuffle slightly outside off, and the revised guideline is marked. The ball is passing well outside the tramline and it is called a wide. |
| 6 | 18.6 | 18.6: Jofra Archer to Salil Arora, SIX! Important runs for the Sunrisers these. Spoils what was turning out to be a fantastic penultimate over from RR's perspective. Back of a length outside off, Arora gets up on his toes and absolutely smokes it, smashing it over long off for a six. 200 UP FOR SRH! |
6 Over | Run: 202/5 | Run Rate: 10.63
| 0 | 18.5 | 18.5: Jofra Archer to Salil Arora, Pace off and short outside off. Arora tries to climb on it and ramp it behind, but is deceived by the lack of pace. |
| 1 | 18.4 | 18.4: Jofra Archer to Aniket Verma, Full and outside off, Aniket hits it straight to the long off fielder for a run. |
| 0 | 18.3 | 18.3: Jofra Archer to Nitish Kumar Reddy, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Smart bowling from Archer as the pace off works. Wicket number 2 for him. A slower one, dug in short and just outside off. Nitish has a big swing at it, attempting to pull it into the stands over square leg, but gets a thin edge that Jurel pouches comfortably behind the stumps. Archer barely reacts. Sunrisers Hyderabad are 195/5 as Nitish departs after a breezy cameo. |
| 0 | 18.2 | 18.2: Jofra Archer to Nitish Kumar Reddy, Zips through the surface, a bumper, outside off. Reddy arches back and drops the wrists to leave. |
| 1 | 18.1 | 18.1: Jofra Archer to Salil Arora, Wide yorker, Arora squeezes it past cover for a single. |
| 6 | 17.7 | 17.6: Sandeep Sharma to Nitish Kumar Reddy, SIX! Christmas arrives early for Nitish! Full toss from Sandeep, on middle. Nitish Kumar Reddy obliges, gets across the line a bit and whips it massively behind the deep square leg fence for a six. 24 runs from the over. |
7 Over | Run: 194/4 | Run Rate: 10.78
| 0 | 17.6 | 17.6: Sandeep Sharma to Nitish Kumar Reddy, A review taken for wide not given! Sandeep digs in a short ball and again takes pace off, wide outside off. Nitish Kumar Reddy gets on the toes and tries to slap it over cover-point, but misses to connect. Has that gone over his head? Or is it just wide enough? It is a fair delivery to begin with. The batter, Nitish, is slightly outside the off stump, and the revised guideline is marked. The replay shows that the ball is clearly passing outside that, with no part within. The on-field call is reversed to Wide. |
| 0 | 17.5 | 17.5: Sandeep Sharma to Nitish Kumar Reddy, Slowish length ball, outside off, Nitish Kumar Reddy swings at it hard, but ends up chopping down the pitch due to the lack of pace. |
| 6 | 17.4 | 17.4: Sandeep Sharma to Nitish Kumar Reddy, SIX! One more! A juicy full toss now, around off. Reddy gets under it and pumps it over wide long on for a six. |
| 6 | 17.3 | 17.3: Sandeep Sharma to Nitish Kumar Reddy, SIX! KABOOM! Way too short and with pace taken off, outside off. Reddy has ample time to press back and he pulls it away into the stands over deep mid-wicket. |
| 1 | 17.2 | 17.2: Sandeep Sharma to Salil Arora, Slower bumper wide outside off. Arora drags it towards mid-wicket for a single. |
| 4 | 17.1 | 17.1: Sandeep Sharma to Salil Arora, FOUR! Tries to hit it north, goes south! Shortish and widish, outside off. Arora slashes very hard at it, looking to hit it over the bowler, but gets a massive outside edge and the ball flies between the keeper and the short third fielder for a boundary. |
| 1 | 16.6 | 16.6: Nandre Burger to Salil Arora, Another pinpoint yorker, on middle. Arora jams the bat down and carves it behind point for a single. Another excellent over for the Rajasthan Royals, considering the stage of the game, just 7 off it. 4-0-31-0 for Burger tonight. |
6 Over | Run: 170/4 | Run Rate: 10.00
| 0 | 16.5 | 16.5: Nandre Burger to Salil Arora, Quality bowling! Yorker right on the spot, Arora can only jam it back at the bowler. |
| 0 | 16.4 | 16.4: Nandre Burger to Salil Arora, Bump ball! Burger gets the yorker in, right at the base of the off stump. Salil drops his bat down hurriedly and opens the face of the blade to glide it past short third. A sharp grab to his right by Dhruv Jurel. A polite enquiry from the RR players. The fourth umpire performs the background check and the replays confirm that the ball bounced on the turf before going to hand. |
| 4 | 16.3 | 16.3: Nandre Burger to Salil Arora, FOUR! Top edge and away! Short and at shoulder height. Salil Arora stands tall, goes for the pull, but gets a thick top edge, and the ball sails over short fine leg for a boundary. |
| 1 | 16.2 | 16.2: Nandre Burger to Nitish Kumar Reddy, Nails the yorker in perfectly, on middle. Reddy tries to flick it away, gets an inside edge instead to short fine leg for a single. |
| 0 | 16.1 | 16.1: Nandre Burger to Salil Arora, Spears it onto the pads from around the stump, full in length. Arora misses the flick and the ball deflects to mid-wicket for a leg bye. |
| 1 | 15.6 | 15.6: Tushar Deshpande to Salil Arora, Full and outside the off stump. This is pushed towards deep point for a single. |
6 Over | Run: 163/4 | Run Rate: 10.19
| 0 | 15.5 | 15.5: Tushar Deshpande to Heinrich Klaasen, OUT! CAUGHT! Deshpande comes up with a key wicket. Back of a length and wide outside off, Klaasen is forced to stretch and fish at it, but the extra reach robs him of both power and elevation. Hits it flat and finds Parag right on the edge of the circle at cover. The Royals captain, with a slight leap, takes a sharp catch just over his head. Klaasen is absolutely livid with himself. RR will definitely breathe easy now as Sunrisers Hyderabad are 162/4. |
| 1 | 15.4 | 15.4: Tushar Deshpande to Nitish Kumar Reddy, Full toss outside off, Nitish hits it hard and straight back down the ground, but the bowler gets a hand to it and manages to kill the pace off the shot. It deflects behind him for a single. |
| 6 | 15.3 | 15.3: Tushar Deshpande to Nitish Kumar Reddy, SIX! That's huge! Halfway into the pitch, on middle. Reddy stands tall and nails the pull shot deep into the stands behind deep mid-wicket for a six. That was a six at any ground in the world. |
| 1 | 15.2 | 15.2: Tushar Deshpande to Heinrich Klaasen, Very full and outside off. Klaasen gets low and across and sweeps it to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 0 | 15.1 | 15.1: Tushar Deshpande to Heinrich Klaasen, Full, straight, wide outside off, but comfortably inside the tramline. Klaasen sees it off. Smartly bowled. |
| 1 | 14.6 | 14.6: Nandre Burger to Heinrich Klaasen, Pace on now, on the shorter side, on off. Klaasen flat bats it to long off for a single. |
6 Over | Run: 154/3 | Run Rate: 10.27
| 6 | 14.5 | 14.5: Nandre Burger to Heinrich Klaasen, SIX! Just over! Across off, on a good length. Klaasen just checks his swing through the line and does not go through with the shot completely. Ravi Bishnoi at long off leaps but Klaasen gets enough bat on it to clear the leggie. |
| 0 | 14.4 | 14.4: Nandre Burger to Heinrich Klaasen, Nicely bowled! This moves away off the deck, on a good length. It is the slower ball again. Heinrich Klaasen walks down the track and presents a straight bat but is squared up and is beaten on the outside edge. |
| 0 | 14.3 | 14.3: Nandre Burger to Heinrich Klaasen, Takes pace off now, does Burger. On a length, leaving the right-hander. Heinrich Klaasen swings for the hills but misses. |
| 1 | 14.2 | 14.2: Nandre Burger to Nitish Kumar Reddy, Hits the hard length from around the wicket, on middle. Reddy gets on his toes and tucks it to deep mid-wicket. They think about the second but eventually settle for the single as the fielder in the deep gets to the ball quickly. |
| 1 | 14.1 | 14.1: Nandre Burger to Heinrich Klaasen, Angling away, on a good length. Heinrich Klaasen reaches out and drags it towards wide long on for a single. |
| 1 | 13.8 | 13.6: Sandeep Sharma to Heinrich Klaasen, Delivers it on a back of a length, outside off. Heinrich Klaasen hits it on the up to long off for a run. |
8 Over | Run: 145/3 | Run Rate: 10.36
| 1 | 13.7 | 13.5: Sandeep Sharma to Nitish Kumar Reddy, Short and on off, that is cut away through point for a single. |
| 0 | 13.6 | 13.4: Sandeep Sharma to Nitish Kumar Reddy, Full, around off, Reddy leans on and drives it straight to cover. |
| 0 | 13.5 | 13.3: Sandeep Sharma to Nitish Kumar Reddy, Play and a miss! On a hard length, outside off. Nitish Kumar Reddy flashes but the ball goes over the blade. |
| 0 | 13.4 | 13.2: Sandeep Sharma to Ishan Kishan, OUT! CAUGHT AND BOWLED! Two men collide, but Sandeep Sharma holds onto it. A moment's silence as Ishan Kishan misses out on a hundred, which is followed by a standing ovation. Sandeep bends his back and serves the slower, short ball, outside off. Kishan has a big swing across the line but the bat turns in his hands. It is skied beside the stumps on the leg side. Sandeep runs forward and calls for it but Dhruv Jurel also goes for the catch. Both bump into each other but Sharma keeps his eyes on the ball. The ball nearly slips out of his grasp but he clings onto it close to his stomach. |
| 1 | 13.3 | 13.1: Sandeep Sharma to Heinrich Klaasen, It could have been a wide had Klaasen left it. On a good length, flirting with the guideline. Heinrich extends his hands and caresses it to deep cover for one. |
| 0 | 13.2 | 13.1: Sandeep Sharma to Heinrich Klaasen, Wide! Slower ball attempted on a good length, but this is well wide on off. |
| 0 | 13.1 | 13.1: Sandeep Sharma to Heinrich Klaasen, WIDE! Goes for the slower one, full but miles outside off, breaching the tramline. Klaasen sits across and tries to sweep, but misses to do so. |
| 4 | 12.6 | 12.6: Jofra Archer to Ishan Kishan, FOUR! Oh, what happened there? Archer bangs it in short, over middle. Kishan swivels and gets on top of the bounce. He pulls it hard and wide of deep mid-wicket. Donovan Ferreira runs to his left in the deep and Ravindra Jadeja converges from deep square leg. Both fielders leave it for each other, and the ball goes right between them for another four. Jofra Archer is not happy one bit and understandably so. A hat-trick of boundaries to end the over. 17 runs off the over. |
6 Over | Run: 140/2 | Run Rate: 10.77
| 4 | 12.5 | 12.5: Jofra Archer to Ishan Kishan, FOUR! In the gap! Nothing wrong with the ball. A yorker, tailing in at the toes. Kishan clears the front leg and brings his bottom hand into play. He whips it all along the ground between deep mid-wicket and long on. Riyan Parag charges across to his left at long on and puts in a dive but the ball sneaks under his body and into the ropes. Riyan lands hard on his left shoulder and grimaces in pain but looks fine to carry on. |
| 4 | 12.4 | 12.4: Jofra Archer to Ishan Kishan, FOUR! Lovely shot! Just outside the off stump, on a length. Kishan lets the ball come to him and opens the bat face to go up and over backward point for a boundary. |
| 0 | 12.3 | 12.3: Jofra Archer to Ishan Kishan, From around the wicket, slower bumper, over off. Kishan gets his hands high to play the upper-cut but does not connect. |
| 1 | 12.2 | 12.2: Jofra Archer to Heinrich Klaasen, Very full this time, on middle. Klaasen wrists it through wide mid on for a single. |
| 4 | 12.1 | 12.1: Jofra Archer to Heinrich Klaasen, FOUR! Stand and deliver! A floater up first up from Archer. A pretty loose ball, on the off stump. Heinrich Klaasen does not move his feet much and just gets his hands through the ball. He lofts it over the man at mid off for a boundary. |
| 2 | 11.6 | 11.6: Ravi Bishnoi to Ishan Kishan, Bishnoi does not offer any room and bowls it short, on middle. Kishan goes back and punches it from the crease, wide of extra cover for a couple of runs. |
6 Over | Run: 123/2 | Run Rate: 10.25
| 3 | 11.5 | 11.5: Ravi Bishnoi to Heinrich Klaasen, A run saved! Ravi Bishnoi drags the length back, and this is quicker through the air, outside off. Heinrich Klaasen hangs on the back foot and cuts it behind point. Lhuan-dre Pretorius is quick across the turf to his left from deep point and a man also converges from the inner circle. Pretorius gets there first and he slides to push the ball away from the fence. The ball threatens to trickle towards the ropes but Tushar does well to prevent the ball from touching the boundary cushions. The replay confirms the same. |
| 6 | 11.4 | 11.4: Ravi Bishnoi to Heinrich Klaasen, SIX! Clean strike! Ravi Bishnoi tosses it up, full and outside off. Heinrich Klaasen hangs deep in the crease and also walks across the off stump to get closer to the line of the ball. He launches it way back into the stands beyond long off for a biggie. |
| 0 | 11.3 | 11.3: Ravi Bishnoi to Heinrich Klaasen, Pushes it through, around the off stump. Heinrich Klaasen makes room to go up and over cover but is beaten on the outside edge. |
| 1 | 11.2 | 11.2: Ravi Bishnoi to Ishan Kishan, Very full, on middle, swept away, that too, in the reverse direction. One run taken at point. |
| 1 | 11.1 | 11.1: Ravi Bishnoi to Heinrich Klaasen, Damage averted! Flat and short, on off. Heinrich Klaasen slaps it down the ground to the right of long off. Klaasen is keen for the second but Ishan sends him back and rightly so. |
| 4 | 10.7 | 10.6: Tushar Deshpande to Ishan Kishan, FOUR! Incredible shot! Kishan is turning it on for SRH. Wide outside off, Kishan has to lunge and reach for it but times it to perfection anyway. Gets right on top of it and hits it over backward point for four. |
7 Over | Run: 110/2 | Run Rate: 10.00
| 2 | 10.6 | 10.5: Tushar Deshpande to Ishan Kishan, Into the surface, off-pace delivery. Kishan hangs back and forces it down the ground with a flat bat, wide of long off for a couple of runs. |
| 4 | 10.5 | 10.4: Tushar Deshpande to Ishan Kishan, FOUR! Carved away! Deshpande angles it across the left-hander, near the tramline. Kishan is equal to the task as he walks across and throws his hands at the ball. Slices it over behind point for a boundary. |
| 6 | 10.4 | 10.3: Tushar Deshpande to Ishan Kishan, SIX! Just enough! Tushar Deshpande hits the hard length, on middle and leg. Kishan is tucked up for room slightly but manages to get this one away. He swings across for the pull and Jofra Archer at deep mid-wicket seemed to be in business for a moment but the ball evades him to his left. |
| 0 | 10.3 | 10.3: Tushar Deshpande to Ishan Kishan, Wide! Off-cutter, trying to keep it away from the batter's arc. Slips it beyond the tramline on off. |
| 4 | 10.2 | 10.2: Tushar Deshpande to Ishan Kishan, FOUR! Easy pickings! At 145.5 kph by Deshpande, on the pads, on a length. Kishan picks it up neatly off the pads and plays it behind square, beating the man at deep square leg to his left for a boundary. |
| 0 | 10.1 | 10.1: Tushar Deshpande to Ishan Kishan, Good stop! This is pushed across the left-hander, pace off, on a back of a length. Kishan throws his hands at the ball. Gets it behind off the toe end of the blade, where the keeper, Dhruv Jurel dives to his left to make a sharp stop. |
| 1 | 9.6 | 9.6: Ravi Bishnoi to Ishan Kishan, Full and outside off, sliced over mid off, on the bounce to long off for a single. At halfway, SRH are 89/2, as 16 runs come off this over. |
6 Over | Run: 89/2 | Run Rate: 8.90
| 6 | 9.5 | 9.5: Ravi Bishnoi to Ishan Kishan, SIX! That's a MONSTER! FIFTY FOR ISHAN KISHAN! A fine, fine knock from the captain that gets him to his 19th IPL fifty. And his love affair with playing against RR continues. A century last year and a fifty now. He is hungry for more, Ishan. Raises the bat calmly to soak in all the applause from the home crowd. It is a full ball, right in front of the sticks. Ishan Kishan picks the length in a trice, collapses his back knee into the pitch and nails the slog sweep handsomely over deep mid-wicket for a big six. |
| 1 | 9.4 | 9.4: Ravi Bishnoi to Heinrich Klaasen, Outside off, short, slapped off the back foot to deep point's right for a single. |
| 6 | 9.3 | 9.3: Ravi Bishnoi to Heinrich Klaasen, SIX! And away she goes! Into the slot, full and on middle and leg. Heinrich Klaasen gets his front foot out of the way and clubs it off the middle. Clears the long on fence with ease for a big, powerful six. Dhruv Jurel rushes to Bishnoi to have a quick word. |
| 1 | 9.2 | 9.2: Ravi Bishnoi to Ishan Kishan, The googly, short outside off. Kishan flat bats it to long off for another run. |
| 1 | 9.1 | 9.1: Ravi Bishnoi to Heinrich Klaasen, Keeps attacking the stumps, does Bishnoi. Short in length, Heinrich Klaasen thrashes it down to long off for a single. |
| 1 | 8.7 | 8.6: Sandeep Sharma to Heinrich Klaasen, Slow, outside off, on a good length, Klaasen runs it through extra cover for a single. 11 runs from the over. 2-0-23-0 so far for Sandeep. |
7 Over | Run: 73/2 | Run Rate: 8.11
| 0 | 8.6 | 8.5: Sandeep Sharma to Heinrich Klaasen, Huge swing and a miss! Full in length, nipping away from the right-hander, just outside off. Heinrich Klaasen clears the front foot to smoke it over the leg side, but misses to connect. |
| 1 | 8.5 | 8.4: Sandeep Sharma to Ishan Kishan, Far outside off, on a good length. Kishan falls over but he manages to slap it past cover for a single. |
| 6 | 8.4 | 8.3: Sandeep Sharma to Ishan Kishan, SIX! Into the crowd! On a length, on top of off. Ishan Kishan latches on it and pulls it across the line, dumping it behind deep mid-wicket for a cracking six. Moves to 47 from 27, does the SRH captain. |
| 0 | 8.3 | 8.3: Sandeep Sharma to Ishan Kishan, WIDE! Misses his radar and fires it outside the tramline on the off side. Kishan ignores. |
| 1 | 8.2 | 8.2: Sandeep Sharma to Heinrich Klaasen, Back of a length, pace taken off, outside off. Klaasen stands tall and knocks it away to long off for another solo. |
| 1 | 8.1 | 8.1: Sandeep Sharma to Ishan Kishan, Wide outside off, likely a slower one, full in length. Kishan slices it over extra cover for a single. |
| 1 | 7.6 | 7.6: Ravi Bishnoi to Ishan Kishan, Wrong'un, on a tight line on off, Ishan Kishan rocks back and bunts it through mid off for one. So 6 singles from Bishnoi's first over. |
6 Over | Run: 62/2 | Run Rate: 7.75
| 1 | 7.5 | 7.5: Ravi Bishnoi to Heinrich Klaasen, Conventional leg break, on middle, on a slightly fuller length. 103.5 kph. Klaasen heaves it to deep mid-wicket and crosses over. |
| 1 | 7.4 | 7.4: Ravi Bishnoi to Ishan Kishan, Googly now, wide outside off, Kishan throws his bat at it and slices it to deep point for a single. |
| 1 | 7.3 | 7.3: Ravi Bishnoi to Heinrich Klaasen, Drag-downer, on middle. Klaasen backs away and slaps it along the turf to long off for one more. |
| 1 | 7.2 | 7.2: Ravi Bishnoi to Ishan Kishan, Drags the length and dishes out a googly, on 95.1 kph, Ishan Kishan is quick to go back and across before dragging it to long on. Only a single. |
| 1 | 7.1 | 7.1: Ravi Bishnoi to Heinrich Klaasen, Full, on off, driven away to long off for a single. |
| 1 | 6.6 | 6.6: Riyan Parag to Heinrich Klaasen, Around off, on a good length, Heinrich Klaasen stands in the crease and cuts it to deep point for a single to get off the mark. |
6 Over | Run: 56/2 | Run Rate: 8.00
| 0 | 6.5 | 6.5: Riyan Parag to Travis Head, OUT! CAUGHT! The RR skipper does the trick and both SRH openers are in the hut now. Head shows his cards early as he skips down the track and seeing that, Parag offers more flight on the ball and lands it in the vicinity of the leg stump, on a dragged length. Travis Head is already out of the crease and is beaten in the air. Still, he goes for a lofted shot to take on the long on fielder, but gets it mistimed badly and offers a dolly to Donovan Ferreira stationed at the mentioned position. A scratchy stay comes to an end for Head. Sunrisers Hyderabad are 55/2. |
| 1 | 6.4 | 6.4: Riyan Parag to Ishan Kishan, Flat, full, on off, Kishan stays put and drills it down to long on for another run. |
| 1 | 6.3 | 6.3: Riyan Parag to Travis Head, A round-arm delivery, on a lower trajectory, on a length, on leg. Head heaves it off the back foot for a single to long on. |
| 1 | 6.2 | 6.2: Riyan Parag to Ishan Kishan, Drifts it on the pads, Kishan pushes the full toss to long on for a single. |
| 1 | 6.1 | 6.1: Riyan Parag to Travis Head, Quicker one from around the stump, on off. Head punches it to deep cover for a single. |
| 1 | 5.6 | 5.6: Tushar Deshpande to Travis Head, At pace, on a good length, on leg. Head whips it off the back foot to deep mid-wicket for a run. Sunrisers Hyderabad end their Powerplay at 51/1. |
6 Over | Run: 51/1 | Run Rate: 8.50
| 4 | 5.5 | 5.5: Tushar Deshpande to Travis Head, FOUR! Gets enough on it! Bangs it slow and short, on top of off. Head climbs on the imaginary ladder and slaps it over cover-point for a boundary. |
| 0 | 5.4 | 5.4: Tushar Deshpande to Travis Head, Slow full toss, on middle. Head moves towards the leg side a bit early, tries to smash it to the off side, but inside edges it to the mid-wicket region. |
| 1 | 5.3 | 5.3: Tushar Deshpande to Ishan Kishan, In the air... but does not carry! Short of a good length, on leg. Ishan swivels and pulls it aerially, but gets no timing on that one. Gets it off the inner half and it lands just ahead of the charging Donovan Ferreira at deep mid-wicket. Just a single. |
| 4 | 5.2 | 5.2: Tushar Deshpande to Ishan Kishan, FOUR! Easy pickings! Full and straight on the pads. Ishan Kishan gets under the ball nicely and whips it over mid-wicket for a boundary as the ball dribbles into the fence, beating deep square leg to his right. |
| 1 | 5.1 | 5.1: Tushar Deshpande to Travis Head, A dipping slower ball, outside off. Head takes it on the full and carves it to cover-point for a single. |
| 1 | 4.6 | 4.6: Sandeep Sharma to Travis Head, Sharma spots Head backing away and he follows him with a good-length ball. Travis can only push it with a straight bat to mid off for a single. 12 runs off Sandeep's first over. |
6 Over | Run: 40/1 | Run Rate: 8.00
| 1 | 4.5 | 4.5: Sandeep Sharma to Ishan Kishan, Sliding onto the pads, on a length. Kishan smears it to the left of deep square leg for a single. |
| 6 | 4.4 | 4.4: Sandeep Sharma to Ishan Kishan, SIX! All the way! Sharma sticks to the full ball, at the sticks. Kishan collapses his back knee to get under the ball before swinging through the line. He tonks it towards the sight screen for his third six. |
| 2 | 4.3 | 4.3: Sandeep Sharma to Ishan Kishan, Donovan Ferreira at it again. Pitched up now, on middle. Kishan hangs low and goes down the ground. Ferreira moves to his right this time from long off and mops it up. Another brace for the SRH captain. |
| 2 | 4.2 | 4.2: Sandeep Sharma to Ishan Kishan, Good effort! On middle and leg, on a short of a length. Kishan makes room and flat bats it wide of long on. Donovan Ferreira sprints to his left and sticks out his left hand to push the ball away from the fence. He saves a couple of runs for his side. |
| 0 | 4.1 | 4.1: Sandeep Sharma to Ishan Kishan, Starts with a slower ball, full and on off. Kishan lunges and eases it to mid off. |
| 0 | 3.6 | 3.6: Nandre Burger to Travis Head, Just outside the off pole, on a length. The ball keeps a bit low as Head checks his drive to cover. |
6 Over | Run: 28/1 | Run Rate: 7.00
| 0 | 3.5 | 3.5: Nandre Burger to Travis Head, A big swing and a miss! This is on a back of a length, around the off stump. Head stays leg side of the ball and throws the kitchen sink at it but does not connect. |
| 1 | 3.4 | 3.4: Nandre Burger to Ishan Kishan, In and around the off pole, on a short of a length. Kishan runs it down to deep third for one. |
| 6 | 3.3 | 3.3: Nandre Burger to Ishan Kishan, SIX! Width offered and Kishan cashes in! Short and wide on off, there to be put away. Kishan frees his arms and slams it. Gets a bit of an outside edge but still it goes over deep third for half a dozen. |
| 1 | 3.2 | 3.2: Nandre Burger to Travis Head, In the air....but safe! At the stumps, angled in, on a good length. Head makes room and swings through the line. Skies it a long way up over mid on, where Jofra Archer turns around and goes after it. He never managed to settle under it and was always playing catch-up. The ball eventually drops out of the reach of Jofra. They cross. |
| 4 | 3.1 | 3.1: Nandre Burger to Travis Head, FOUR! A tough chance for Dhruv Jurel but a chance nonetheless. Angled into the left-hander, on a nagging length. Head gets on his toes and looks to nudge it away on the leg side. He gets into a bit of a tangle. The ball catches the inside edge and goes low towards the keeper. Dhruv Jurel dives low to his right and sticks out his right glove but the ball clips the fingertips before going behind into the fence. |
| 0 | 2.6 | 2.6: Jofra Archer to Ishan Kishan, Pushed across the left-hander, more on the shorter side. A bit too close for Kishan to force it away, and he ends up chopping it down the strip. |
6 Over | Run: 16/1 | Run Rate: 5.33
| 0 | 2.5 | 2.5: Jofra Archer to Ishan Kishan, On top of off, on a back of a length. Kishan waits on the back foot and steers it with an open bat face to backward point. |
| 6 | 2.4 | 2.4: Jofra Archer to Ishan Kishan, SIX! Absolutely smoked! Ishan is fighting fire with fire. Archer digs it in short at 144 kph, but fails to get it high enough to trouble the batter. It comes just below the shoulder for Kishan, who pivots on the back foot and nails the pull over square leg for a biggie. |
| 0 | 2.3 | 2.3: Jofra Archer to Ishan Kishan, Back to bowling it on a hard length, on middle. Ishan charges down the track and punches it on the up but can't get it past point. |
| 4 | 2.2 | 2.2: Jofra Archer to Ishan Kishan, FOUR! Nicely done! Archer gets his line wrong. This is a little too straight, on a good length, on the pads. Kishan swivels quickly and pulls it behind square leg towards the vacant fence for his first boundary. |
| 0 | 2.1 | 2.1: Jofra Archer to Ishan Kishan, Archer hits the hard length, on middle. Kishan can only pat it back to the bowler with a straight bat. |
| 0 | 1.6 | 1.6: Nandre Burger to Travis Head, A couple of dots to end the over. Goes full now, does Burger, on off and middle. Travis jams it out on the off side. |
6 Over | Run: 6/1 | Run Rate: 3.00
| 0 | 1.5 | 1.5: Nandre Burger to Travis Head, Drags the length back a touch and the line is tighter, on middle. Head stays leg side and firms the drive to mid off. |
| 4 | 1.4 | 1.4: Nandre Burger to Travis Head, FOUR! Head is up and running! Just outside the off stump, on a length. Head gives himself a bit of room and gets under the ball before carving it over cover for a one-bounce boundary. |
| 0 | 1.3 | 1.3: Nandre Burger to Travis Head, Into the strip, this skids through, over middle. Travis backs away and has a hack across the line but fails to connect. |
| 0 | 1.2 | 1.2: Nandre Burger to Travis Head, On a good length, on middle and leg. Travis makes room to go through the off side but does not get any room and pats it down on the off side. |
| 0 | 1.1 | 1.1: Nandre Burger to Travis Head, Oh, Head cops a painful blow. Tucking the batter up for room, this is angled in from over the wicket, on a short of a good length. Travis hops to fend it away but misses and wears it on the midriff. |
| 0 | 0.6 | 0.6: Jofra Archer to Ishan Kishan, End of a testing first over from Jofra. Attacks the stumps and this is on the fuller side. Ishan Kishan watches the ball all the way onto his bat and defends it solidly. |
6 Over | Run: 2/1 | Run Rate: 2.00
| 0 | 0.5 | 0.5: Jofra Archer to Ishan Kishan, Serious heat! Archer hurls it on a hard length at 146 kph, over off. Kishan hangs back to deal with it but is taken aback as the ball kicks up off the deck. It catches the shoulder of the blade but drops well in front of backward point. |
| 2 | 0.4 | 0.4: Jofra Archer to Ishan Kishan, Not in control, but Ishan gets away with it! Archer strays on the pads, on a length. Kishan's head falls over to the off side as he attempts the flick. The ball nips away a bit to catch the top edge. Luckily for the SRH skipper, it lands safely beyond the inner circle and wide of mid on to his left. SRH and Kishan are on the board with a couple of runs. |
| 0 | 0.3 | 0.3: Jofra Archer to Ishan Kishan, Hits the bat hard, does Archer. On a good length, on off and middle. Ishan lets the ball come to him and stabs it down on the off side. |
| 0 | 0.2 | 0.2: Jofra Archer to Ishan Kishan, Pushes the length up this time, shaping away from the left-hander. Kishan makes a watchful leave. |
| 0 | 0.1 | 0.1: Jofra Archer to Abhishek Sharma, OUT! IN THE AIR AND GONE! What a start for the Royals. A wicket off the very first ball. The crowd goes silent as Abhishek Sharma falls for a golden duck. Archer steams in from over the wicket and bashes the hard length, a bit of away movement. Abhishek dances down the track and flays at it. The ball catches the toe end of the blade and it is skied to deep third, where Ravi Bishnoi settles under the skier and takes the catch a few metres in off the ropes. Bishnoi turns around and he has his arms aloft while looking towards the crowd behind him. And as per Raunak Kapoor on air, this is Abhishek's first golden duck in the IPL. |