full on off stump, and that is that. A straight-bat push to the left of midwicket, off a full ball on off stump, and a quick single
Supergiant vs Kings XI, 4th match at Indore, Apr 08 2017 - Ball by Ball Commentary
Kings XI won by 6 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)
That's it from the first game of today's double-header. Switch over to Royal Challengers v Delhi Daredevils which will be under way in about 15 minutes. Good night, from here, and see you soon.
Glenn Maxwell: "Nice to start off with a new home ground and get some joy. We haven't had fruitful seasons recently so it was nice. It was a clean slate for the team, we came with blank minds and had plans for all their batsmen. We can't control the past, only the future. We practiced well and got around 230 in one of the practice games, so it felt nice to restrict them to 163. It's better to chase here, to know how to pace it and keep wickets in the back end."
Glenn Maxwell is the Man of the Match.
Steven Smith: "Probably wasn't quite enough. The wicket hardened up a bit, came on a bit nicer in the second innings. Was hard work in the afternoon, wicket was a bit tacky. We needed more, but we did well to get what we got after our start. We probably needed to play a bit more aggressively, without fear, should have gone a bit harder. 160 was reasonable, but we probably needed more than that."
Suresh: "If these two play like this, surely Kings XI have a chance like 2014, but missing Sehwag's starts."
7.25pm Pune remain win-less while batting first. Their total, 163 on a good batting pitch, was really not challenging enough today. Kings XI got themselves into a bit of trouble after their promotion of Axar Patel went wrong for them, but Maxwell and Miller did what Maxwell and Miller are renowned for, putting on an unbroken 79 off 52 to steer them home comfortably. Maxwell ends up with 44 off 20, and I now realise Miller faced seven balls more than his captain today.
One to win now.
predictably, given the field, a bouncer, and he loses his line and whangs it a long way down the leg side while taking a tumble in his follow-through
Two to win. Will this be the last ball? Mid-on and mid-off inside the circle.
wide yorker, slashed away, thick edge down to third man
sees him coming down the track and cramps him with a slower ball into the body. Defends with a straight bat into the covers
wide yorker, Miller gets down low, looks for the flat-bat slap, and misses
short, gets up to chest height, and Miller is back and across in a flash to pull it, bat coming from up to down, and swivels to place it to the left of deep square leg. Super shot
back of a length close to off stump, a bit of off-cut on that. Miller gets behind it to defend to short cover
Stokes around the wicket to Miller.
12 off what was a fairly decent over from Dinda. Such is life in the IPL.
full on the pads, clipped to deep square leg
leg-stump yorker, clipped away through square leg
in the blockhole on middle stump, and what a shot that is! That delivery is blameless, and Miller simply makes himself room and shovels under it, with a dead-straight bat, back over the bowler's head, and into the rope on the full. Christian, diving to his right from long-on, can't quite get a hand to it
bouncer, Miller steps across to try and hook, can't connect and it sails over his right shoulder
full, close to off stump, extra cover gets his left hand on the ball to slow down a firm drive from Miller
Maxwell in the 2016 IPL: 1st inns - ave 3.83, SR 82.14, 23 runs in 7 inns; 2nd inns - ave 52, SR 162.50, 156 runs in 4 inns.
yorker on leg stump. Maxwell had moved away from leg stump well before release. Drags it off the toe end of the bat down to long-on
Here's the glorious, prancing headband, Ashok Dinda.
Prashant: "M&M candies should hire these two for endorsement"
fullish on the stumps, clipped back to the bowler
looks for the reverse-sweep, misses, and Dhoni bellows a huge appeal for lbw. Looks to have pitched in line and gone straight on. May have been sliding down leg
legbreak tossed up outside off, turns a long way and Maxwell's slog hits the toe end and rolls to midwicket
shortish, close to off stump, keeps a little low as he makes room to cut. Has to chop it down into the ground, a short way into the cover point region
another googly. Looks to sweep, misses, and it ricochets off pad into the off side
googly, pitches outside off, and turns a long way away. Miller shapes to cut, has to check himself because it turns so much
tossed up wide of off, driven to long-off
Over 19 • KXIP 164/4
Kings XI won by 6 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)