1.1

Vinay Kumar to Gambhir, 1 run, Gambhir stays in his crease and dabs his first ball between first slip and gully to third man

1.5

Vinay Kumar to Gambhir, no run, short of a length with width outside off, Gambhir cuts hard from his crease but can't beat point

1.6

Vinay Kumar to Gambhir, FOUR, there he goes! Gambhir charges Vinay, and then carves a length ball over the infield at cover and to the boundary, he slashed hard at the ball

3.1

Patel to Gambhir, FOUR, short ball and Gambhir swivels and pulls, finding the square leg boundary, there's been a glut of them in the last few minutes

3.2

Patel to Gambhir, no run, Gambhir tries to hit a full ball too hard and mis-times towards the bowler

3.3

Patel to Gambhir, FOUR, short and wide outside off, Gambhir pounces, cutting the ball late and deftly through the gap at backward point

3.4

Patel to Gambhir, SIX, immense! Gambhir walks down the pitch, converts the length into a full one, moves slightly towards the off side to get inside the line of the ball, and then hoists it off his pads over the square leg boundary

3.5

Patel to Gambhir, 1 run, steered from the crease towards third man

4.1

Khan to Gambhir, FOUR, he's launched it! Gambhir gets on to the front foot and drives the ball flat and hard over extra cover. The length was extremely driveable outside off stump

4.2

Khan to Gambhir, FOUR, overcompensates by straying on to the pads, Gambhir moves towards the off side and clips it to the backward square leg boundary

4.3

Khan to Gambhir, 1 run, this time he tries to close the face to play on the leg side but gets a leading edge of sorts past the bowler, Kallis slips as he goes for the run

4.5

Khan to Gambhir, 1 run, Gambhir stays in his crease and squirts the ball towards third man

5.3

Muralitharan to Gambhir, no run, Gambhir charges Murali and hits towards mid-on

5.4

Muralitharan to Gambhir, 1 run, dabbed off the pads towards midwicket

5.6

Muralitharan to Gambhir, FOUR, they are taking the fight to Murali. Gambhir charges, moves towards the leg side and lofts the ball flat over extra cover. Expensive start for the bowler who was crucial in Bangalore beating Delhi

6.5

Vettori to Gambhir, 1 run, Gambhir leans forward and dabs towards point

7.4

Kohli to Gambhir, 1 run, played from the crease behind point

8.2

Vettori to Gambhir, 1 run, dug out on the off side for a single

9.1

Muralitharan to Gambhir, no run, round the wicket to the left-hander, he hits the pads after Gambhir tries to go back and play towards square

9.2

Muralitharan to Gambhir, FOUR, that is remarkably deft, Gambhir moves back, waits for the ball to angle into him, and then dabs it so late, beating Gayle at slip

9.3

Muralitharan to Gambhir, 1 run, swept to short fine leg for a quick single

9.5

Muralitharan to Gambhir, 1 run, short ball and Gambhir goes back to pull towards deep square leg

10.2

Vettori to Gambhir, 1 run, Gambhir steps out and drives the ball through midwicket

11.4

Patel to Gambhir, 1 run, short of a length outside of stump from round the wicket, Gambhir waits and cuts to third man

12.1

Vinay Kumar to Gambhir, 1 run, slower ball. Gambhir spots it, waits and dabs to third man. Over to Bisla.

12.3

Vinay Kumar to Gambhir, no run, Gambhir has a huge heave at a good length ball outside off, he gets beaten

12.4

Vinay Kumar to Gambhir, 1 run, a slower ball on a fullish length angling into Gambhir, the ball kicks off the surface but Gambhir is ready with the deft dab to third man

12.6

Vinay Kumar to Gambhir, FOUR, Gambhir's ruined Vinay's economical over by waiting in his crease and launching a length ball flat over extra cover. Top shot to bring up his fifty. The ball fell just short of the boundary

13.2

Muralitharan to Gambhir, 1 run, Gambhir slog sweeps the ball through square leg

13.6

Muralitharan to Gambhir, no run, Gambhir goes back and cuts towards point

14.3

Vinay Kumar to Gambhir, no run, a sharp short ball, it climbs on Gambhir, who tried to jump up and fend it down on the off side. He might have smelled leather as the ball whizzed past his face

14.4

Vinay Kumar to Gambhir, 1 run, another short ball, Gambhir pulls towards deep square leg. Tiwary's throw wasn't a good one but they don't run an overthrow

15.1

Patel to Gambhir, 2 runs, Gambhir stays in his crease and cuts the ball through point, he sprinted back for the second

15.2

Patel to Gambhir, no run, Gambhir steps out of his crease and Harshal meets him with a bouncer, Gambhir tries to hook but misses

15.3

Patel to Gambhir, 2 runs, short of a length with width outside off, Gambhir stays in his crease and flat-bats it past the bowler, he hit it with immense power. It's Kaif on the boundary, though, and he's still an exceptional fielder. He runs to his left and dives to save the four

15.4

Patel to Gambhir, 1 run, hit hard of fthe back foot towards cover point

15.6

Patel to Gambhir, 1 run, wide ball outside off stump, Gambhir hits it from his crease to point

16.1

Khan to Gambhir, FOUR, that's not that short but Gambhir is waiting on the back foot, rocking back and pulling with power to the square leg boundary

16.2

Khan to Gambhir, OUT, caught at short third man, off the reverse swat and off the back of the bat. Gambhir tried to use the uneven side of the bat to hit the ball past short third man but failed, the ball went straight to the fielder. He basically tried to reverse paddle but with the back of the bat

G Gambhir c Patel b Khan 64 (77m 39b 9x4 1x6) SR: 164.10