out, run-out! Missed the bat, and they went for a bye, the wicket-keeper managed to throw the stumps down and Shah is run-out...heart-break for Rahane.
Daredevils vs RR, 39th match at Delhi, IPL, Apr 29 2012 - Ball by Ball Commentary
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Dravid: I think we had them on the mat, left it too late, Morkel bowled an excellent over and this will hurt for sure. I am proud of my team, there are not too many big players but they are fighting hard. They would have gained a lot from winning the game. We need to pick up our game and play Delhi again. Credit to how Rahane batted, he was in the Indian team and he is out and will look to score tons and tons of runs.
Sehwag: Bowlers did an excellent job, Morkel did really well, I asked him to be free and bowl with freedom. I also thought we were losing this when they needed 14 off two but superb bowling from the duo.
Sehwag, who is also the man of the match: I think I am loving this format, trying to bat through the first half of the innings and then take it on.
That was Rajasthan's game to be lost when they needed 15 off the last two overs with nine wickets standing. Suddenly Morne Morkel produced an excellent penultimate over and Rahane hit a smacking six off the fourth ball of the last over to almost push it to the Super Over.
Rahane: It has been going well with Dravid, seven matches to go, hope to do well. We play at home, but we need to do better than today because they have some excellent players in their team.
Morne Morkel: Want to bowl well in the back end of the game, that is an important portion of the game and I was lucky to do well today. Hours and hours of practice bowling yorkers, also it is a confidence thing.
goes to the off-side and plays it to the deep square leg region for a couple. The fielder was up there and they had to come over from mid-wicket.
Woohooo! What a stroke, what a player! Full-toss, low one at that and he has opened his bat for the ball to go over point for a six! I rub my eyes!
tries to slog it over leg-side and gets an inside edge, only for a single.
broken bat! He had just changed the bat and he mistimes it so badly that the handle remains in his hand and the willow made its journey on to the pitch. Only a single.
outside the off stump, full-toss and at 148.5 km/hr and Rahane misses it!
Wide open this game. 12 needed off six. Umesh Yadav has the ball. Rahane to face. Crowds on their feet. So am I.
gone, lbw! That was pitched right up to the batsman and Hodge has missed it completely, trying to swing it away and that is as plumb as they come. After hitting the boot, the ball stopped on the crease, and it stopped right in front of the middle stump.
well hit through the leg-side for a couple of runs, it was a full-toss and he heaved it away.
down the leg-side, was it? And not called a wide! Everyone is smiling there, including the batsman and the fielders...!
yorker yet again and he had to dig it out, did it well but gets only a single, 144.5 km/hr
outside the off stump, pitched right up and he tries to go over the extra-cover, misses!
change of bats for Rahane
yorker from that height and Rahane fails to get too much on it, back to the bowler.
15 needed from 2. 10 came from that Yadav over.
slower from Yadav, 110.7 km/hr, played away to third-man for a single.
slower one from Yadav and that is played to extra cover for a single.
outside the off-stump, full, widish and Hodge fails to get any bat on it.
shorter, slower, was almost through his shot before checking it and hitting it hard into the ground.
pitched up outside the off stump and he slashes it over cover for another four!
pitched right up to the bat and Hodge wanted to go straight, instead he gets an inside edge and it goes through mid-wicket for a four!
25 needed from three overs, which is doable with nine wickets standing. A good over from Umesh Yadav needed.
outside the off stump, Hodge opens the face and guides it to third-man for a single.
yorker on the stumps and Hodge's got no option but to defend it back to the bowler.
Over 20 • RR 151/3