Sixer Southee has hit a four, he's done it on that last ball! Full ball again, outside off he absolutely crunched that through the covers! Went so fast, cover fielder could not stop it, wide long off could not get to it either. Heartbroken Delhi players can't believe it. The ball crashes into the RR dugout, the players start jumping and get into a huddle
Daredevils vs RR, 6th match at Delhi, IPL, Apr 12 2015 - Match Result
RR won by 3 wickets (with 0 balls remaining)
7.25pm Only the fifth day of the IPL and another close game. Once Samson and Smith fell for RR, things were looking bleak for them with a RRR approaching 12. Rahane was there till the 15th over but he wasn't quite smashing them around. Who was smashing them around - it was Doopak Hooda, 54 off 25 and he demolished Unadkat. Tahir was doing it too for Delhi, got four wickets with three googlies and a long hop. And just when Delhi would have thought they had the match with Faulkner's wicket, Tipo Morris and Sixer Southee did it in the last over.
Tahir: Nice to get the purple cap. Good game of cricket and RR played well and deserved to win. Every wicket I take is a great honour
Steven Smith: The way the boys played at the back end was terrific. Hooda showed his class with that opportunity. Morris and James joined in at the end and finished it well. We've got a great young bunch and it's our philosophy at the Royals to develop them. Nice to take two points to the next game and get some momentum.
Man of the Match Deepak Hooda for his all-round show: I have improved my batting over the last two years since the U-19 World Cup. My role was to play aggressive shots in the pre-IPL camp. Ajinkya bhai was supporting me very well and asked me to play naturally and said that we would win like that.
Hemant Tiwari: "Duminy, should have bowled in this pitch which suited slower bowler, perhaps he is feeling the pressure of captaincy."
Sai Kiran: "DD is being like SA, now. Hard luck though they are trying very hard. Come on DD. We are with you. Go hard(your hardest) for your next game."
That's it from the first match of the game, Mumbai take on Kings XI for the 8pm match at Wankhede. Will that go to the last over too? Find out in some time while I, Vishal D, get out of here. Ciao!
Three required from one. JP having a chat with Mathews for field changes. Square leg and midwicket in the deep on leg, with long-on
full on off, no room for that and it's driven to cover for one
Four runs, three wickets, two balls
he knew it was going to be full - shuffled across a bit and unleashed the lap-sweep by steering the low full toss between the keeper and short fine leg for four
Kang: "Another Last Over Thriller in just 6 matches."
full and fast near the leg stump, struck down firmly to long on so no time for a second
Nine from four now. Can they?
full again on the stumps, Southee swings his bat and gets a thick edge to send the ball flying over backward point in the gap for two
right in the block hole on middle, Morris steers it to point after making room for a quick one
Mathews for the last over round the wicket
Hemant Tiwari: "Duminy is not proving himself a good captain, didn't bowl when the team require him"
quicker and flatter on the stumps, Southee defends it back in the nick of time
one more for the googly, one more for Tahir. He's running all the way to Antarctica while celebrating! Faulkner didn't pick that one as it pitched on length, came in and struck the leg stump as Faulkner swept
shorter outside off, he wants to tonk that one too but doesn't middle it and it bounces a couple of times before reaching long on
full on off now, driven back to the bowler
and why didn't they cross - that is why! Gets a length delivery outside off and sweeps it away off the middle of the bat to midwicket boundary for maximum
Tipo Morris on strike since they didn't cross. 19 from 11
Hooda's holed out, Tahir gets him with a long hop! It was short and flat, Hooda smashed it to the leg side and found Mathews at long on. The big wicket has come for Delhi
Faulkner makes a lot of room, NCN sends it down leg from outside leg and Faulkner gets a thin inside edge to get a four fine down leg. Lucky one that
full around the off stump, no room and it's punched down to long on
on the stumps now and Hooda flicks it away on the leg side in the gap for two more
yorker-length wide down the leg side
Coulter-Nile now round the wicket
that's a well-directed short ball with the angle and at good pace, Hooda defends and gets an edge to the third man region to get to his fifty
makes room again, NCN aims for the batsman, who tucks the ball with the angle to deep midwicket
makes room, slogs and gets an thick outside edge to send the ball flying between the keeper and short third man for four
Coulter-Nile's last over now. 36 off 18. Third man is in
googly turning in from outside off, pushed into the covers
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Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi | |
Toss | Rajasthan Royals, elected to field first |
Series | |
Season | 2015 |
Player Of The Match | |
Hours of play (local time) | 16.00 start, First Session 16.00-17.30, Interval 17.30-17.50, Second Session 17.50-19.20 |
Match days | 12 April 2015 - daynight (20-over match) |
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Match Referee | |
Points | Rajasthan Royals 2, Delhi Daredevils 0 |
Over 20 • RR 186/7
RR won by 3 wickets (with 0 balls remaining)