low full toss outside off, Kulkarni has thumped it down to long-on.Kulkarni has racing to retain strike, Tambe has to go for the two but he just camped at the strikers and said no. Kulkarni was the only man who could have got those runs, no matter how much Tambe explains after being out by yards
CSK vs RR, 10th match at Dubai, IPL, Apr 23 2014 - Ball by Ball Commentary
That's all we have for you from this game. We hope you join us for tomorrow's bout between Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore, same time. Until then this is Alagappan Muthu, slipping off into the night
Ravindra Jadeja is the Man of the Match "Bowling [was the more enjoyable], when I went out to bat the situation was tight. So I had to play till the last ball and luckily I did. Wicket was pretty slow and the ball was turning so I was bowling on the right areas and we knew 140 was a defendable total"
"The last few overs were quite pleasing. Apart from that it was a very good game. the wicket got a little slower in the second innings which made it hard for them. Ishwar bowled the perfect length on this wicket and was well supported," says MS Dhoni, "When Smith was batting he was batting on a different wicket. You must have seen the batsmen hitting the top half of the bat rather than the middle. The bounce made it tough. It's looking good, but at the same time Bravo has been a terrific allrounder for us. Overall the batsman have put on a good score and the bowlers have backed it up. Still with Bravo around it gives us a further option to strengthen the side. I have to thank them [crowd] for their support, they have to come through the traffic and the heat and stay here and watch"
"Very disappointing," says Shane Watson, "One decent partnership was needed and we weren't able to get that. It was a very good bowling effort against their high quality batting as well. It doesn't often happen that someone goes crazy like Smith did, especially after an early wicket. We're trying to execute wide yorkers, but getting a few wides there is okay. It's a learning curve for us, we have to be better next time to chase down something like that. Myself as captain and at No.4, I shouldn't have got out like that. [On him opening the batting] It's something we were talking about and what might fit the team's needs best"
Karandeep Nagpa: "Dear Ashwin, You almost made me recall what Afridi did to you some months back! Phew!"
Suresh: "It was a bad gamble by Dhoni in final over. He should have given the final over to Mohit or D Smith. Lucky to win this.. Captain is loosing his cool a lot nowadays..."
10.00 pm With the pitch enabling the slower bowlers, Dhoni and the Super Kings were always in it. Royals assisted with a fair few mistakes. No batsman looked to stay at the crease and guide the innings towards the death where they could have exploded. Jadeja got into the act once he realised that the slower he bowled the more turn he got
carrom ball on leg stump and Kulkarni has pummeled this over square leg. Dhoni is in deep conversation with his bowler. That was such a powerful strike. Not to mention a pretty poor ball from Ashwin. Length in the last over
this was tossed up way outside off and Kulkarni has thrown his bat for a couple. That was a wide for the taking
that's what they want. Got under it nicely and though he had to hit against the turn it was in the slot to cart over to the midwicket boundary and that's exactly what he does
premeditated a lap sweep as Ashwin delivers the carrom ball. Gets a single to long leg
25 to win off the final over
makes room outside leg to loft this shortish ball angled into him over the head of point.
Kamal: "Thanks Ozee. You just hit the final nail on the coffin!!!"
shortish and outside off, he dabs it away to deep third man
back of a length on middle and he wasn't too keen to stay in line. Backs away and blocks
Pravin Tambe is the last man in
shortish again and Bhatia goes for a pull. Only succeeds in getting a top edge that soars into the night sky before settling in the hands of Ashwin in the covers
goes for a wild swipe as he sees some room outside off. It was back of a length and it was too quick for him
back of a length and outside off, he heaves it around to deep square leg
"This match is far from over.......Rajat bhatia can definitely bat.......he has a first class average of about 50.......it's going to be a nail-biter if he gets some out of the park. " says a very optimistic Ozee
shortish and outside off, Bhatia rocks back and pulls between long-on and deep midwicket
he was coming down the track but Ashwin shortens his length and forces the batsman to punch to midwicket
swings across the line and gets an inside edge to the flighted delivery on middle. Deep square leg tidies up
tossed up and it was the one that spins the other way. Bhatia comes forward and clips it down to long-on
carrom ball on leg stump, picked away to long leg
flighted on off stump, he shuffles back and across and blocks
rank long hop and Bhatia has pulled it with the greatest authority
darted in on off stump, Kulkarni pushes it down to long-on
tossed up on the pads, Bhatia turns it through to deep midwicket
Over 20 • RR 133/10