Chahal to Pollard, out Bowled!! Cleaned up! Two wickets in three balls and Chahal has made sure India are not batted out of the game. These are crucial breakthroughs especially in the final 15 balls. The quicker one that drifts in after pitching, Pollard plays down the wrong line as he looks to loft it over the […]
Jadeja to Brandon King, out Stumped!! Smart cricket from Jadeja. He saw the batsman advance and dragged the length back, there is a bit of grip and deviation from the surface and it beats King’s swinging willow. Pant does the rest behind the stumps. King had adjusted well to such a delivery from Sundar earlier but […]
Washington Sundar to Lewis, out Lbw!! Lewis has been adjudged lbw but the replays confirm the impact to be outside off. But King thinks this was out and suggests the batsman to keep walking. Gues West Indies have missed out on a trick here. They should have taken the review, especially with the way Lewis was taking […]
Chahar to Simmons, out Caught by Rohit!! Chahar strikes in his first over, dream start for the pacer. Bowls an outswinger in the channel outside off, it’s a length delivery and the batsman drives at it with lack of footwork. The outside edge is induced and it’s a regulation take for Rohit Sharma at first slip, the […]
Junior Dala to de Villiers, FOUR, AB is in the mood to school bowlers! Dala has a wry smile on his face! Better bowlers have faced this, so you gotta feel for him. The reverse paddle sweep, or the reverse ramp maybe? Can’t describe it well enough but he has got it straight over the keeper’s head. Here […]
Steyn to de Villiers, no run, 141.4kph, low full toss, de Villiers drills it straight back to the bowler. Smiles exchanged and Steyn breaks the stumps at the striker’s end. A friendly appeal for run-out too. Two legends, two friends. By the way, at the End, Dale Steyn took the wicket of AB de Villiers, […]
Riaz to Dane Vilas, SIX, Dane Vilas is down on the ground but he has cleared the fence. That is an outrageous shot! He knew Riaz will bowl a yorker. He almost sits, even takes the eyes away from the ball but manages to put bat to it and the connection was so good that it […]
Gowtham to Ashwin, FOUR, smashed downtown. Gowtham feeds the cardinal length, bang in the slot, and Ashwin is quick to go one-kneed and smartly decides to tonk this straight down Gowtham to Ashwin, FOUR, slog-sweeps, doesn’t control, it’s ballooning down. Padikkal is at deep square leg, he charges in for the catch, but suddenly then decides to […]
T Natarajan to Devdutt Padikkal, SIX, shot of the day. Perhaps, the shot of the tournament. This should ease his nerves. Rahul played a similar kind of pick-up shot in the last game and now it’s Padikkal, who shows his class. He was itching to smack a few and gets this one in the slot. On […]
Murugan Ashwin to Manish Pandey, SIX, Pandey special. The crowd loves it. This is a towering hit from Pandey. Waltzes down the track, gets near the pitch and keeps a steady base to belt it straight down the ground. This has gone out of the park; new balls please. Here is the clip of that video: