Delhi XI vs Kolkata XI 25th Match at Ahmedabad, 29 Apr, 2021

Toss: Delhi, who chose to bowl
Kolkata XI 154/6 (20)
Delhi XI 156/3 (16.3)
Delhi won by 7 wickets
Man of the Match: Prithvi Shaw
  • Shimron Hetmyer 0 * (1)
  • Marcus Stoinis 6 * (3)

Over 10.6 Lalit Yadav bowls a quicker arm ball to Andre Russell, no run, got beaten as he poked at it. Kept straight and went past his outside edge

Over 11.2 Kagiso Rabada bowls a good length delivery to Andre Russell,1 run, gets forward and  clips it through the leg side for one

Over 11.5 Kagiso Rabada bowls it short of length to Andre Russell, no run, gets forward and looks to pull this and gets beaten due to the lack of pace.

Over 11.6 Kagiso Rabada bowls a pitched up delivery to Andre Russell, no run, gets forward and pushes it straight back to the bowler.

Over 12.2 Avesh Khan bowls a back of length delivery to Shubman Gill,1 run, gets on top of the bounce and knocks it in front of point for a single

Over 12.4 Avesh Khan bangs it short onto the pitch to Andre Russell, no run, stays deep inside the crease and ducks under it to sways away from the bouncer.

Over 12.5 Avesh Khan bowls a pitched up delivery to Andre Russell,1 run, gets forward and squeezed this towards long-off for one

Over 12.6 Avesh Khan bowls a good length delivery to Shubman Gill, out Caught by Smith!! Gill has lofted this slower delivery to wide long-on. Smith covers a lot of ground, sprints towards his right and takes the catch.

Over 13.1: No runs. Kagiso Rabada to Andre Russell,

Over 13.3: Single. Kagiso Rabada to Andre Russell,

Over 13.5: No runs. Kagiso Rabada to Andre Russell,

Over 14.1: No runs. Kagiso Rabada to Andre Russell,

Over 14.2: Single. Axar Patel to Andre Russell,

Over 14.4: Single. Axar Patel to Andre Russell,

Over 15.1: Two runs. Ishant Sharma to Andre Russell,

Over 15.2: Sixer!. Ishant Sharma to Andre Russell,

Over 15.3: No runs. Ishant Sharma to Andre Russell,

Over 15.4: Single. Ishant Sharma to Andre Russell,

Over 16.2 Axar Patel bowls a quicker arm ball to Dinesh Karthik, out Lbw!! Karthik had no time to unleash his reverse sweep. Late on the shot and hit on the pad right in front of the sticks.

Over 16.6 Axar Patel bowls it short of length to Pat Cummins,1 run, makes room early and swipes without timing, down to long-on

Over 17.1 Avesh Khan bowls a good length delivery to Pat Cummins, 4 leg byes Goes deep inside the crease and glances it down to the fine leg fence for four.

Over 17.4 Avesh Khan bowls a pitched up delivery to Pat Cummins,1 run, gets forward and swings wildly at it and can only get a thick inside edge past square leg

Over 17.5 Avesh Khan bowls a pitched up delivery to Andre Russell, Boundary! Backs away in the crease and blasted with power wide of extra cover for four.

Over 17.6 Avesh Khan bowls a pitched up delivery to Andre Russell, 2 runs, reaches out to slice this wide of short third man. Deep backward point tidies up with a slide to save a couple.

Over 18.2 Kagiso Rabada bowls it short of length to Andre Russell, no run, makes room and looks to slog again but is beaten all ends up. 

Over 18.3 Kagiso Rabada bowls a good length delivery to Andre Russell, Boundary! Gets forward and slogs it down to the deep mid-wicket fence for four.

Over 18.4 Kagiso Rabada bowls a good length delivery to Andre Russell, no run, gets forward and tries to heave but misses. Great take by Pant diving to his left one-handed

Over 18.5 Kagiso Rabada bowls a pitched up delivery to Andre Russell,Six!  Picks the length quickly and waits before flat-batting merrily over the sight-screen. 

Over 18.6 Kagiso Rabada slips in a full toss to Andre Russell, Six! Gets under the ball and smacked over cow corner. Blistering blow.

Over 19.4 Avesh Khan slips in a full toss to Andre Russell,1 run, gets forward and hits it hard down the ground. Looked like a boundary for sure but it's stopped with a sensational dive

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