short ball on the stumps, Mundhe pulls off the front foot and gets a top-edge over square leg and India Blue take the series opener by 12 runs
India Blue vs India Red, at Ahmedabad, Oct 25 2007 - Ball by Ball Commentary
Joginder keeps his cool again but truth be told it was the pressure put on by Mishra in the slog overs as India Red fell under the gun chasing 247. There were some handy stands, not least the one between Rawat and Praveen, but their back-to-back dismissals swung it completely the Blues' way.
The Blues won the toss and put up a competitive 246, thanks mainly to Raina's 100-ball 92. It proved a winning total.
Join us tomorrow for the Red versus Green game, starting at 9.00 GMT. Thanks for tuning into Cricinfo again. Until next time, this is Jamie Alter signing off on behalf of Binoy George as well. Cheers!
Last ball coming up
full and drifting down leg stump, Mundhe hits across the line but cant connect
overpitched outside off, Ojha slams it to mid-off for one
That should be the game now for India Blue
full and wide again, no pace at all, Ojha stands and flashes, beaten again
full and wide, Ojha drives at it but cant connect
runs in from around the stumps, serving up a waist-high full toss on leg stump, Ojha is cramped for room and he misses out on the slog
16 to win from the final over. Tension, tension ... the ice man Jogi to bowl
tossed up on leg stump, he swings across the line and a misfield at deep square leg allows the second
flat outside off stump, Ojha goes for the big hit but mistimes it to mid-off
tossed up on middle and leg, Mundhe drives to long-on for one
tossed up again, driven to extra cover where Bose misfields and allows two
tossed up quickly outside off, Ojha gets struck on the front pad as he stries to sweep ... very close shout
tossed up on middle and leg, agriculturally slogged to midwicket
cleaned up! Joginder bowls it on a length and Trivedi charges down, heaving widly across the line, missing the ball totally and his off stump gets pegged back!
108.8ks, good length outside off, he stands and drives loosely, getting an inside-edge to short fine leg
full on leg stump, he makes room and clubs it along the ground to long-off
Siddharth Trivedi is the next man out.
Jogiya khalli balli! Rawat gets too adventurous, walking too far across his stumps in an attempt to scoop over fine leg, but ends up flicking the ball onto his stumps! He was trying to be cheeky, but as Pakistan's Misbah-ul-Haq learnt in the Twenty20 final, you cant do that against Jogi! India Red seven down now
good length outside off stump, he waits and pushes towards point for one
Its that man Joginder Sharma back at the death.
tossed up on off stump, Mundhe shuffles and drives into the covers
uses the feet, collecting it on the full and chipping to midwicket for one