atrocious wide a mile down the leg side from Duminy, and that will do for KKR
Chargers vs KKR, 29th match at Cuttack, IPL, Apr 22 2012 - Ball by Ball Commentary
KKR won by 5 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)
That is it from us for this game then. Join us again later tonight. Abhishek Purohit signing off this early Monday morning. Cheers
Brett Lee is the Man of the Match. Lee: "We summed the wicket up pretty well today. We tried to put the new ball up there to try and get the nicks, but then we took pace off it. Only four [overseas players] make it to the XI, a lot of guys miss out, that is the way it is."
Gautam Gambhir: "The wicket was low, credit to Deccan for the way they bowled. It was a matter of applying themselves, and Manoj and the others did that."
Kumar Sangakkara: "We got a great start, was a great platform. We should have got 150, but KKR fielded brilliantly. We can talk about another missed catch probably, but we bowled well, and made it difficult for KKR."
KKR had their customary stutters and jitters, but 126 was really not going to get the Chargers anywhere. They remain at the bottom of the table
Manoj Tiwary: "It was a double-paced with wicket. It was stopping against the spinners, but coming on nicely off the fast bowlers."
Chandan: "Correct me if I am wrong but doesnt this mean that DC is now out of IPL, even mathematically?" Can't rule them out on that count yet, but if they were to make the top four from this stage, their performances would need to stretch the laws of probability
cuts a turning delivery to short third man
hit on the bounce to long on
lovely delivery, the tossed up googly, he goes for the drive thinking it was a legbreak, it turns in and goes between bat and off stump
full one whipped hard down to long on
down the track and chips it over the bowler for a boundary, safe shot
worked through midwicket
wide outside off and turning further away
Anurag: "charger's homecrowd?? are u sure... probably this is the most neutral venue in IPL.Midway between hyderabad and kolkata !!" It is technically a home game for Chargers. By the way, isn't jhalmuri available in both Orissa and West Bengal? #Justsaying
Das cashes in, he goes over mid off now, flat-bats another back of a length ball high over the fielder
dropped, Chargers have dropped another catch, mistimes the slog off a shortish one, sailed towards long on who ran in, dived, got his hands to the ball, and it popped out
gets out of the way of a sharp bouncer that was aimed right at his head
pushed to sweeper cover
For the record, there have been sporadic shouts of 'KKR, KKR' from the Charger's 'home' crowd
similar delivery, similar result, another single, this one was closer, midwicket got to the ball and threw towards the non-striker's stumps, but Das was in the way
drops a back of a length ball on the leg side and they go through for a quick run
hangs his bat a bouncing short one outside off and gets it to third man
whoa, he backs away outside leg and throws his bat at a length ball which goes to mid off, Steyn has a go at Tiwary, who then walks out of his crease towards Steyn, Sanga at mid off, the crafty Sanga, ever alive to a slight opening, throws the ball at the striker's stumps, and nearly hits them, what if he had?
thick outside edge as the ball bounces, and flies to third man
has him pegged in the crease with a pacy length ball, pushed out towards point, he wants the single, but is sent back rightly
Steyn wins the battle with his South Africa team-mate, he roars, Kallis pushes hard and straight at the pitched up delivery, it moves away slightly, another outside edge, not as thick as the previous one, and settles into the keeper's gloves
first ball Kallis makes room outside leg, and takes a step out, outside edge flies past the keeper as Kallis has a go
Tarun: "Taduri Sudhindra leading Ranji wickettaker is from Andhra..plays his cricket for Madhya Pradesh though... he got only one game.. he shud get atleast one more game." Sudhindra was just born in Andhra, to get into the details, has played all his early cricket in Bhilai, now in Chhattisgarh
Steyn is back, to Kallis. Should be fun
Over 20 • KKR 127/5
KKR won by 5 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)