another googly as RTD shuffles across his stumps, and he whips it away towards deep backward square leg and picks up two to give Knight Riders the easiest possible win they could have imagined
Daredevils vs KKR, 17th match at Delhi, IPL, Apr 20 2015 - Ball by Ball Commentary
RESULT
17th match (N), Delhi, April 20, 2015, Pepsi Indian Premier League
146/8
(18.1/20 ov, T:147) 147/4
KKR won by 6 wickets (with 11 balls remaining)
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11.35pm: That's it from all of us. Do join us for tomorrow's game, and keep sending in your comments. Until then, bye!
Umesh Yadav is the man of the match. "I'm just focussing on my line and length, that's it. I had a lot of confidence from the World Cup. I just wanted to use the pace and skiddy bounce on this wicket. If I'm bowling length in the last overs it's very easy to hit sixes, that's why I was bowling the yorkers."
Gautam Gambhir: "A lot of credit needs to go to the bowlers, especially Umesh, he's been unbelievable, especially that last over he bowled. It's a luxury to have Morne, Umesh and Sunil in the same team. All that matters for KKR is how many points we have. It doesn't matter how many runs I get."
Krish: "I think DD have to look at a couple of matches, bite the bullet and drop Yuvraj. There are much more people who are talented and in form, and it's waste when he's coming in at 4 and scoring 25 off 20."
Shah: "If current form continues, it looks like the top three teams are certain. The remaining 5 teams will have to fight it out for the final spot." -- Certainly looks like it at this point.
Ris: "The responsible way Yusuf Pathan has batted in the last game and this one and not throwing his wicket away in search of big shot must be the biggest positive for KKR I guess."
DanielAlexander: "DD are batting Mathews way too low in their batting line up and paying the price tonight "
JP Duminy: "We had a pretty dreadful start, losing as many wickets as we did. I still thought 146 was defendable on this wicket, but we didn't put the ball on a good spot consecutively enough. We'll eventually get there. We know we were well below par today, but there's a long way to go in the tournament, and I'm looking forward to the challenge."
11.20pm This has been such a low-key game, with Delhi Daredevils not threatening at any stage to make a contest of it. They had a bit of a sniff when Domnic Joseph picked up two wickets in one over, but Gambhir, Suryakumar Yadav and Yusuf Pathan slammed the door shut in their faces. In the end, they simply didn't have enough runs on the board.
18.1
2
Mishra to Ryan ten Doeschate, 2 runs
end of over 189 runs • 1 wicket
KKR: 145/4CRR: 8.05 • RRR: 1.00
Ryan ten Doeschate1 (1b)
Yusuf Pathan40 (26b 6x4 1x6)
Imran Tahir 4-0-30-1
Amit Mishra 3-0-20-0
17.6
1
Tahir to Ryan ten Doeschate, 1 run
googly turning towards off stump, and Tendo, who was on the front foot, adjusted and sliced it away towards short third man
Tendo.
17.5
W
Tahir to Gambhir, OUT
chops it on. Gives himself room to cut, it turns just enough and doesn't bounce as much as expected, and he ends up inside-edging into his off stump
Gautam Gambhir b Imran Tahir 60 (49b 8x4 0x6 88m) SR: 122.44
17.4
•
Tahir to Gambhir, no run
length ball on off stump, dabbed towards wide slip
17.3
1
Tahir to Pathan, 1 run
full on middle stump, driven to long-on
17.2
6
Tahir to Pathan, SIX runs
tossed up outside off, and Yusuf has hit the roof. Just swung his bat through a big arc and hit it way over long-on, hit one of the upper-tier roofs and bounced back into the ground
17.1
1
Tahir to Gambhir, 1 run
fullish on off stump, pushed to long-off for one
end of over 175 runs
KKR: 136/3CRR: 8.00 • RRR: 3.66
Yusuf Pathan33 (24b 6x4)
Gautam Gambhir59 (46b 8x4)
Amit Mishra 3-0-20-0
Nathan Coulter-Nile 4-0-30-1
16.6
•
Mishra to Pathan, no run
legbreak, tossed up slow outside off. Yusuf goes for the sweep, doesn't connect
16.5
1
Mishra to Gambhir, 1 run
tossed up on off stump, googly, sliced over the off side, bounces down to sweeper cover
16.4
1
Mishra to Pathan, 1 run
short on off stump, flat-batted powerfully to long-on
16.3
•
Mishra to Pathan, no run
back of a length on off stump, chopped to backward point
16.2
1
Mishra to Gambhir, 1 run
googly, turns away sharply from off stump. Gambhir goes on the back foot and whips it wristily back towards the bowler, who gets down quickly but can't stop it cleanly and concedes a single
16.1
2
Mishra to Gambhir, 2 runs
shortish on off stump, Gambhir makes room to cut it away to the right of sweeper cover
16 to get from 24 balls. This has been an absolute stroll.
end of over 1612 runs
KKR: 131/3CRR: 8.18 • RRR: 4.00
Yusuf Pathan32 (21b 6x4)
Gautam Gambhir55 (43b 8x4)
Nathan Coulter-Nile 4-0-30-1
Imran Tahir 3-0-21-0
15.6
•
Coulter-Nile to Pathan, no run
back of a length on off stump, punched hard into the ground, bounces up to the point fielder
15.5
4
Coulter-Nile to Pathan, FOUR runs
back of a length, close to off stump, and this is an excellent shot from Yusuf, stays leg side of the ball and slices down on it to send it racing away to the right of third man
15.4
4
Coulter-Nile to Pathan, FOUR runs
short, wide, sits up at a friendly pace, and Yusuf lashes it away to the square cover boundary
15.3
•
Coulter-Nile to Pathan, no run
and again. This time the umpire signals one bouncer for the over. Maybe the previous one didn't bounce as much as this one
15.2
•
Coulter-Nile to Pathan, no run
bouncer now, Yusuf semi-ducks under it
15.1
4
Coulter-Nile to Pathan, FOUR runs
full on middle stump, Yusuf clears his front leg and whips it away to the midwicket boundary
Coulter-Nile
end of over 158 runs
KKR: 119/3CRR: 7.93 • RRR: 5.60
Yusuf Pathan20 (15b 3x4)
Gautam Gambhir55 (43b 8x4)
Imran Tahir 3-0-21-0
Angelo Mathews 3-0-33-0
14.6
1
Tahir to Pathan, 1 run
back of a length on off stump, waits for it and dabs it towards short third man
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