Kings XI vs Guj Lions, 3rd match at Mohali, Apr 11 2016 - Ball by Ball Commentary

down the track and he spots the slower short ball quickly, gets into a lovely stable position, and pulls it witheringly to the left of deep square leg to seal a comfortable win, on debut, for Gujarat Lions

slower bouncer outside off, Bravo plays a controlled pull out to deep square leg

slower ball wide of off, and Karthik spots it early, clears his front leg, and flat-bats it hard to long-on

slower short ball outside off, and Bravo plays a half-pull, half-whip out to deep square leg

back of a length on off stump, and what a shot that is from Karthik! Punches it firmly, full face showing, and his feet go off the ground at the point of impact. The ball races away between non-striker and mid-off

down the track, stepping away from leg stump to make some room. Johnson fires it full and wide, making Kishan reach for the ball. He goes after it, slices it high in the air, and Mohit Sharma takes a simple catch at backward point, but only after juggling it a couple of times. That ended up stuck in the crook of his elbow.

fullish on off stump, not full enough to deny him swinging room or elevation, and he simply swipes this away, cleanly over midwicket

slower bouncer, and Kishan misses the pull

shortish outside off, dabbed to the left of backward point. Takes off for the single, not realising that Axar throws left-handed. Axar's throw at the keeper's end misses, with Karthik stranded halfway down the pitch, and they complete the single with a sigh of relief

down the track comes Karthik, and makes a bit of room to flat-bat the fullish ball powerfully in the air, wide of mid-off

googly, but it starts outside leg stump, and Kishan plays this very well, a straight-bat paddle sweep - Sachin Tendulkar used to play this shot in this manner - into the gap to the left of short fine leg

down the track again, fired in flat outside leg stump, whipped in the air, on the bounce towards deep square leg

sees him coming down the track and fires it quicker. Kishan looks for the big hit with the turn and inside-edges into his pads

slow flight outside off, swept in the air, but bounces well short of the deep square leg fielder

back of a length outside off, stabbed to backward point

ooh, nearly another run out. Kishan stretches out to this tossed-up ball on middle stump, and it dips and turns in as he looks to flick, rolls off his pad into the leg side. DK quickly calls Kishan through for the single, and Kishan has to dive at the non-striker's end. Direct hit would have made things interesting

back of a length close to off stump, lets it come on and dabs towards backward point

bouncer angling in from wide of the crease, and Karthik sways his head away from the line and gets down low to evade the ball, keeping his eye on it all the way through

fullish, on middle stump, clipped to deep midwicket

a run-out! Back of a length, angling into off stump, and DK tucks it into the leg side and takes off for the single. He barely gets any wood on the shot, and it's only dribbling by the side of the pitch, and Johnson sprints through in his follow-through and kicks the ball onto the stumps at the keeper's end, finding Jadeja well short of his crease

length ball on off stump. Jadeja is stuck to the crease, moving neither forward nor back, and simply shows the ball the full face to push towards mid-on

fired in full at the pads, and it hits the pads and dribbles down towards fine leg after Jadeja misses the flick