Kolkata XI vs Punjab XI 21st Match at Ahmedabad, 26 Apr, 2021

Toss: Kolkata, who chose to bowl
Punjab XI 123/9 (20)
Kolkata XI 126/5 (16.4)
Kolkata won by 5 wickets
Man of the Match: Eoin Morgan
  • Dinesh Karthik 12 * (6)
  • Eoin Morgan 47 * (40)

Over 0.1: Boundary!. MC Henriques to Shubman Gill,

Over 1.3  Mohammed Shami bowls a pitched up delivery to Shubman Gill, Boundary! Gets across the line and flicks it down to the deep square leg fence for four.

Over 2.1 Arshdeep Singh bowls a good length delivery to Rahul Tripathi, Boundary! Gets waits on it and upper slices it carefully for a four

Over 3.6  Mohammed Shami bowls a pitched up delivery to Eoin Morgan, Boundary! Jumped out, lofted it and Moises from mid-off was unable to drag it back despite a slide. Morgan is trying to take the attack to the opposition.

Over 4.4 Arshdeep Singh bowls a good length delivery to Rahul Tripathi, Boundary! Opens the face of the bat on impact to run it past point for a four. That was hit sweetly.

Over 4.6 Arshdeep Singh bowls a pitched up delivery to Rahul Tripathi, Boundary! Comes on to the front foot and slaps it straight down the ground for four.

Over 5.1  Mohammed Shami bowls a good length delivery to Eoin Morgan, Boundary! Comes on to the front foot and heaves it down to the deep mid-wicket fence for four.

Over 7.1 Chris Jordan bowls it short of length to Rahul Tripathi, Boundary! Gets on top of the bounce and pulls it behind square for four.

Over 7.6 Chris Jordan bowls a pitched up delivery to Eoin Morgan, Boundary! Gets forward and frees his hands at it and slaps it over extra cover for four.

Over 8.3 R Bishnoi bowls it short of length to Rahul Tripathi, Boundary! Goes well across the stumps and pulls it down to the fine leg fence for four.

Over 9.3 Chris Jordan bowls it short of length to Rahul Tripathi, Boundary! Backs away in the crease and steers it down to the third man fence for four.

Over 10.2 Deepak Hooda tossed up delivery to Rahul Tripathi, Boundary! Came down on the back knee and cracks the sweep away through the square leg for four.

Over 11.5  Mohammed Shami bowls a good length delivery to Andre Russell, Boundary! Gets forward and  tries swatting it away. Gets a thick under-edge that runs away fine past leg stump

Over 13.4 Chris Jordan bowls a good length delivery to Andre Russell, Boundary! Clears the front leg looking to bludgeon the pull but gets a thick bottom edge past leg stump

Over 16.2 Arshdeep Singh bowls a pitched up delivery to Dinesh Karthik, Boundary! Comes onto the front foot and smashes it through mid-off and gets a boundary.

Over 16.4 Arshdeep Singh bowls it short of length to Dinesh Karthik, Boundary! Rock back in the crease and nails the pull shot through midwicket this time to seal a comprehensive win.