fires it down leg, left alone
India Blue vs India Green, at Greater Noida, Sep 04 2016 - Ball by Ball Commentary
RESULT
(D/N), Greater Noida, September 04 - 07, 2016, Duleep Trophy
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end of over 345 runs
IND-G: 179/4CRR: 5.26
Shreyas Gopal3 (10b)
Saurabh Tiwary20 (24b 2x4 1x6)
Dinesh Karthik 1-0-5-0
Mayank Agarwal 1-0-2-0
That's it from us for this match then. We hope you enjoyed our coverage. The final should be a star-studded affair with six members of India's Test squad set to play in the match. Rohit Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja join Cheteshwar Pujara in the India Blue side, while India Red will have Shikhar Dhawan, Stuart Binny and Amit Mishra joining them. Do join us for the final that gets underway on Saturday. Until then, it's goodbye!
Agarwal - I think that felt nice, after the first game. Facing the pink ball I think it was easy. I do believe it was mind over matter and even Gauti bhai said if it's going to swing, it's going to swing. We just need to go out there and play the ball. I'm just looking to spend more time at the crease and that has been working out well for me. All the focus will be on winning the match (final against India Red). My focus will be on helping the team win the match.
Mayank Agarwal is the Man of the Match.
Gautam Gambhir - I thought the toss was crucial, but that, of course, is not in our hands. Putting 700 runs on the board was crucial. Very professional performance. I have always believed that a good team makes a good captain. It's the other 10 people who make a good captain. It's those people in the park who stand next to me who make me successful, so credit must go to them. Whether it's Delhi or KKR, it depends on the kind of squad i have. Mayank is a talented cricketer who keeps a cool head. If he can keep learning and continue improving, he's got a bright future. We need to start well (in the final) to win a five day game, hopefully, we should be up for it. It's another game of first-class cricket. It's not about individual performances, it's about how we play as a team.
Parthiv Patel - When you get hit for 700 runs, it's never easy to make a comeback. I have never kept wickets for four days in a row. I think it's difficult to point out one thing (batting or bowling). We did not play well in the entire game. Conceding 700 runs in the first innings, overall we played a bad game.
8.25pm Gautam Gambhir, the India Blue captain, shakes hands with the batsmen and that will be the end of the day's play. While the match ended in a draw as expected, it was an entertaining final session in terms of strokeplay. Green's batsmen had some fun and were especially severe on Karn Sharma, the legspinner. But credit to Karn for not hesitating to toss it up despite repeatedly being tonked around by M Vijay and Robin Uthappa. He eventually got both of them out with his flight. So Blue make it to the final and will meet Red.
33.6
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Karthik to Gopal, no run
33.5
1
Karthik to Tiwary, 1 run
driven to long-off
33.4
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Karthik to Tiwary, no run
flighted on leg stump, defended
33.3
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Karthik to Tiwary, no run
nudges it to the off side and wants a quick single. Sent back. Direct hit would have been close. Makes it back in time
33.2
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Karthik to Tiwary, no run
worked off the backfoot to covers
33.1
4
Karthik to Tiwary, FOUR runs
width on offer, cut away for a boundary
Dinesh Karthik comes into the attack now.
end of over 332 runs
IND-G: 174/4CRR: 5.27
Shreyas Gopal3 (9b)
Saurabh Tiwary15 (19b 1x4 1x6)
Mayank Agarwal 1-0-2-0
Cheteshwar Pujara 1-0-4-0
32.6
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Agarwal to Gopal, no run
tossed up on the stumps, defended on the front foot to the bowler
32.5
1
Agarwal to Tiwary, 1 run
width on offer, cuts it to point where the fielder misfields
32.4
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Agarwal to Tiwary, no run
fuller ball, driven to mid off
32.3
1
Agarwal to Gopal, 1 run
fuller ball, driven to covers
32.2
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Agarwal to Gopal, no run
blocked down the pitch on the front foot
32.1
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Agarwal to Gopal, no run
good delivery. Bowls it on a length and draws the batsman forward. Blocked
Mayank Agarwal comes on now.
end of over 324 runs
IND-G: 172/4CRR: 5.37
Saurabh Tiwary14 (17b 1x4 1x6)
Shreyas Gopal2 (5b)
Cheteshwar Pujara 1-0-4-0
Parvez Rasool 5-1-27-1
31.6
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Pujara to Tiwary, no run
full and outside off, driven to mid-off
31.5
1
Pujara to Gopal, 1 run
tossed up on the stumps, clipped off the toes to midwicket
31.4
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Pujara to Gopal, no run
good length ball on middle and leg, blocked from the crease
31.3
1
Pujara to Tiwary, 1 run
punched off the backfoot to long-off
31.2
1
Pujara to Gopal, 1 run
worked to midwicket from the crease
31.1
1
Pujara to Tiwary, 1 run
drops it short on the leg stump channel, tucked behind square
Cheteshwar Pujara comes in to bowl.
end of over 316 runs • 1 wicket
IND-G: 168/4CRR: 5.41
Shreyas Gopal0 (2b)
Saurabh Tiwary12 (14b 1x4 1x6)
Parvez Rasool 5-1-27-1
Karn Sharma 10-1-68-2
30.6
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Rasool to Gopal, no run
punched off the backfoot to cover
30.5
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Rasool to Gopal, no run
stays on the backfoot and looks to defend. Keeps low but manages to block it back towards the bowler
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