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Over20

9 runs, 2 wickets

GL 196/7CRR: 9.80

James Faulkner 9 (5b 1x4)Praveen Kumar 0 (0b)

Thisara Perera2/41 (4)

11.45pm Faulkner leaps and unleashes a fist pump. Raina takes hugs in the dug-out. MS Dhoni gesticulates to Rahane that he should have fired that throw to the bowler's end. Faulkner pats Steven Smith. Lions consolidate their top spot with their sixth win in seven matches.

Dhoni, Supergiants captain: First six overs, sixty runs, and it puts a lot of pressure. I feel we definitely need to improve our new-ball bowling. We should crack the code. Otherwise, we will be at the receiving end. Injuries are beyond control. Still, more than the batting, the bowling has struggled. We have tried five-bowler combinations, six-bowler combinations. It is not happening for us. I like it when there is not a lot of break between matches. We have to sort out a few things. Otherwise, we will keep losing.

Raina, Lions captain: Close win. Baz and Smith did the damage in first six overs. Jimmy had a good birthday tonight. When you have a target in mind, you can attack the first six overs. It is working for us. Captaincy has been good. Learnt a lot from MS. I am not going to see MS tonight. He will be very, very upset. I'll see him later.

Dwayne Smith, Man of the Match: I enjoy opening, especially with Baz. I hope we can continue doing that. It was great to see Baz take the mantle. I just had to sit back. The boys are really up for it.

Baz: Really pleased. Neither team deserved to lose that game. It was a great finish and the crowd loved it. Me and Smith enjoy batting together. We are good friends off the field.

AnanatKhatavkar: "And Birthday Boy rescues his team !!!"

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19.6

Perera to Faulkner, 1 run

Birthday boy Faulkner seals a last-ball win for Lions. Dug in short and outside off, swat-pulled away to the right of a diving Steven Smith at short mid-on. It was in the air but just wide of the fielder

PK was too slow at the bowler's end

19.5

Perera to Faulkner, 2 runs

Faulkner dances outside leg, Perera follows him with a full ball. Driven to long-off. They hustle for the second. The throw from Rahane was wild. Perhaps, he wasn't sure of which end to throw. He puts his hand up in apology

Praveen joins Faulkner

19.4

Perera to Ishan, OUT

pretty full on off, bunted to mid-off. Kishan and Faulkner set off. Kishan is caught short despite a dive. Tiwary nailed the direct hit. He ran in and attacked the ball. Tense faces in the Lions dug out

Ishan Kishan run out (Tiwary) 0 (1b 0x4 0x6 1m) SR: 0

Ishan Kishan

19.3

Perera to Raina, OUT

Perera knocks Raina over. Nice and full on off, Raina targets the square leg boundary. There was no protection there. He can only toe-end it back onto the stumps. 3 needed off 3

Suresh Raina b Perera 34 (28b 2x4 0x6 64m) SR: 121.42

19.2

Perera to Faulkner, 1 run

full cutter on off, driven to cover for one

19.2

Perera to Faulkner, 1 wide

slides it wide outside off. Slower one goes wrong

19.1

Perera to Faulkner, FOUR runs

low full toss on the leg stump, delicious ball. Tucks into it and sweeps it away between fine leg and deep square leg

Lions need nine off the last over. Perera to bowl it. Four men on the leg-side boundary. Third man inside the circle

Over19

11 runs, 2 wickets

GL 187/5CRR: 9.84 RRR: 9.00

Suresh Raina 34 (27b 2x4)James Faulkner 1 (1b)

Ashok Dinda2/40 (4)

18.6

Dinda to Raina, 2 runs

Raina makes room and crunches a ball to deep cover

18.5

Dinda to Raina, FOUR runs

Raina moves away outside leg, Dinda chases him. Glanced off the thigh to the right of a diving Dhoni. The captain is on the ground, shaking his head

18.4

Dinda to Faulkner, 1 run

blockhole ball on middle, jammed to long off

Birthday boy Faulkner

Swapnil Shah: "There's the CR7 celebration off a Dhoni run-out! #Dinda"

18.3

Dinda to Jadeja, OUT

Jadeja has been run out for a duck. Time for the CR7 celebrations. Yorker shading towards the leg stump, Jadeja can't connect with a flick. He sets off in search of a quick bye. Raina wasn't interested. Dhoni collects the ball, runs in, teases Jadeja before breaking the stumps

Ravindra Jadeja run out (†Dhoni) 0 (1b 0x4 0x6 1m) SR: 0

Jadeja joins Raina

AT: "did the CR7 celebration come out again?!" --- No CR7 celebrations yet

18.2

Dinda to Dwayne Bravo, OUT

Dinda has Bravo nicking behind. Full and wide outside off, past the tramline again. Bravo reaches out again. He aims to drive end ends up edging it behind

Dwayne Bravo c †Dhoni b Dinda 7 (6b 1x4 0x6 11m) SR: 116.66

18.1

Dinda to Dwayne Bravo, FOUR runs

Bravo charges down the track, this is speared past the tramline. Bravo reaches out, loses his balance, carves it over short third man for four

Over18

4 runs

GL 176/3CRR: 9.77 RRR: 10.00

Dwayne Bravo 3 (4b)Suresh Raina 28 (25b 1x4)

Murugan Ashwin0/22 (3)

sujay: "Thats MSD for you.. Brings M Ashwin... few would have expected it"

17.6

M Ashwin to Dwayne Bravo, 1 run

faster and shorter, pulled to fine leg. Good over from M Ashwin

17.5

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M Ashwin to Dwayne Bravo, no run

googly again? Yes, zips in and hits the thigh pad

17.4

M Ashwin to Raina, 1 run

dug in short and outside off, swatted to deep midwicket

17.3

M Ashwin to Raina, 2 runs

slides on outside off, Raina shuffles across off and top-edges it over midwicket. Rahane rushes in from the deep but the ball dies in front of him

17.2

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M Ashwin to Raina, no run

another googly zips through outside off, he still can't connect with the slog sweep

17.1

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M Ashwin to Raina, no run

googly outside off, slog sweep and miss

M Ashwin in the hotseat. Dhoni calls for a helmet

Over17

11 runs, 1 wicket

GL 172/3CRR: 10.11 RRR: 8.00

Dwayne Bravo 2 (2b)Suresh Raina 25 (21b 1x4)

Ashok Dinda1/29 (3)

16.6

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Dinda to Dwayne Bravo, no run

bouncer outside off, beats Bravo's hook

Supergiants vs Guj Lions, 25th match at Pune, Apr 29 2016 - Ball by Ball Commentary