Supergiant vs Kings XI, 4th match at Indore, , Apr 08 2017 - Ball by Ball Commentary

RESULT
4th match (D/N), Indore, April 08, 2017, Indian Premier League
(19/20 ov, T:164) 164/4

Kings XI won by 6 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)

Player Of The Match
44* (20)
glenn-maxwell
Cricinfo's MVP
75.11 ptsImpact List
glenn-maxwell
New
KXIP
Full commentary
end of over 197 runs
PBKS: 164/4CRR: 8.63 
Glenn Maxwell44 (20b 2x4 4x6)
David Miller30 (27b 1x4 2x6)
Ben Stokes 4-0-32-0
Ashok Dinda 3-0-26-1

That's it from the first game of today's double-header. Switch over to Royal Challengers v Delhi Daredevils which will be under way in about 15 minutes. Good night, from here, and see you soon.

Glenn Maxwell: "Nice to start off with a new home ground and get some joy. We haven't had fruitful seasons recently so it was nice. It was a clean slate for the team, we came with blank minds and had plans for all their batsmen. We can't control the past, only the future. We practiced well and got around 230 in one of the practice games, so it felt nice to restrict them to 163. It's better to chase here, to know how to pace it and keep wickets in the back end."

Glenn Maxwell is the Man of the Match.

Steven Smith: "Probably wasn't quite enough. The wicket hardened up a bit, came on a bit nicer in the second innings. Was hard work in the afternoon, wicket was a bit tacky. We needed more, but we did well to get what we got after our start. We probably needed to play a bit more aggressively, without fear, should have gone a bit harder. 160 was reasonable, but we probably needed more than that."

Suresh: "If these two play like this, surely Kings XI have a chance like 2014, but missing Sehwag's starts."

7.25pm Pune remain win-less while batting first. Their total, 163 on a good batting pitch, was really not challenging enough today. Kings XI got themselves into a bit of trouble after their promotion of Axar Patel went wrong for them, but Maxwell and Miller did what Maxwell and Miller are renowned for, putting on an unbroken 79 off 52 to steer them home comfortably. Maxwell ends up with 44 off 20, and I now realise Miller faced seven balls more than his captain today.

18.6
1
Stokes to Maxwell, 1 run

full on off stump, and that is that. A straight-bat push to the left of midwicket, off a full ball on off stump, and a quick single

One to win now.

18.6
1w
Stokes to Maxwell, 1 wide

predictably, given the field, a bouncer, and he loses his line and whangs it a long way down the leg side while taking a tumble in his follow-through

Two to win. Will this be the last ball? Mid-on and mid-off inside the circle.

18.5
1
Stokes to Miller, 1 run

wide yorker, slashed away, thick edge down to third man

18.4
Stokes to Miller, no run

sees him coming down the track and cramps him with a slower ball into the body. Defends with a straight bat into the covers

18.3
Stokes to Miller, no run

wide yorker, Miller gets down low, looks for the flat-bat slap, and misses

18.2
4
Stokes to Miller, FOUR runs

short, gets up to chest height, and Miller is back and across in a flash to pull it, bat coming from up to down, and swivels to place it to the left of deep square leg. Super shot

18.1
Stokes to Miller, no run

back of a length close to off stump, a bit of off-cut on that. Miller gets behind it to defend to short cover

Stokes around the wicket to Miller.

end of over 1812 runs
PBKS: 157/4CRR: 8.72 RRR: 3.50
David Miller25 (22b 2x6)
Glenn Maxwell43 (19b 2x4 4x6)
Ashok Dinda 3-0-26-1
Rahul Chahar 4-0-32-1

12 off what was a fairly decent over from Dinda. Such is life in the IPL.

17.6
1
Dinda to Miller, 1 run

full on the pads, clipped to deep square leg

17.5
2
Dinda to Miller, 2 runs

leg-stump yorker, clipped away through square leg

17.4
6
Dinda to Miller, SIX runs

in the blockhole on middle stump, and what a shot that is! That delivery is blameless, and Miller simply makes himself room and shovels under it, with a dead-straight bat, back over the bowler's head, and into the rope on the full. Christian, diving to his right from long-on, can't quite get a hand to it

17.3
Dinda to Miller, no run

bouncer, Miller steps across to try and hook, can't connect and it sails over his right shoulder

17.2
2
Dinda to Miller, 2 runs

full, close to off stump, extra cover gets his left hand on the ball to slow down a firm drive from Miller

Maxwell in the 2016 IPL: 1st inns - ave 3.83, SR 82.14, 23 runs in 7 inns; 2nd inns - ave 52, SR 162.50, 156 runs in 4 inns.

17.1
1
Dinda to Maxwell, 1 run

yorker on leg stump. Maxwell had moved away from leg stump well before release. Drags it off the toe end of the bat down to long-on

Here's the glorious, prancing headband, Ashok Dinda.

Prashant: "M&M candies should hire these two for endorsement"

end of over 172 runs
PBKS: 145/4CRR: 8.52 RRR: 6.33
David Miller14 (17b 1x6)
Glenn Maxwell42 (18b 2x4 4x6)
Rahul Chahar 4-0-32-1
Imran Tahir 4-0-29-2
16.6
Chahar to Miller, no run

fullish on the stumps, clipped back to the bowler

16.5
1lb
Chahar to Maxwell, 1 leg bye

looks for the reverse-sweep, misses, and Dhoni bellows a huge appeal for lbw. Looks to have pitched in line and gone straight on. May have been sliding down leg

16.4
Chahar to Maxwell, no run

legbreak tossed up outside off, turns a long way and Maxwell's slog hits the toe end and rolls to midwicket

16.3
1
Chahar to Miller, 1 run

shortish, close to off stump, keeps a little low as he makes room to cut. Has to chop it down into the ground, a short way into the cover point region

16.2
Chahar to Miller, no run

another googly. Looks to sweep, misses, and it ricochets off pad into the off side

16.1
Chahar to Miller, no run

googly, pitches outside off, and turns a long way away. Miller shapes to cut, has to check himself because it turns so much

end of over 1615 runs
PBKS: 143/4CRR: 8.93 RRR: 5.25
David Miller13 (13b 1x6)
Glenn Maxwell42 (16b 2x4 4x6)
Imran Tahir 4-0-29-2
Ben Stokes 3-0-25-0
15.6
1
Tahir to Miller, 1 run

tossed up wide of off, driven to long-off

Win Probability
KXIP 100%
RPSKXIP
100%50%100%RPS InningsKXIP Innings

Over 19 • KXIP 164/4

Kings XI won by 6 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)
Powered by Smart Stats
AskESPNcricinfo Logo
Instant answers to T20 questions
Kings XI Innings
<1 / 3>

Indian Premier League

TEAMMWLPTNRR
MI14104200.784
RPS1495180.176
SRH1485170.599
KKR1486160.641
KXIP147714-0.009
DC146812-0.512
GL144108-0.412
RCB143107-1.299