Warrier to G Ajitesh, FOUR, short again, and Ajitesh gets hold of it once more, with a roll of his wrists on top of the ball this time to send it into the mid-wicket ropes all along the ground. 184 it is ..
19.5
6
Warrier to G Ajitesh, SIX, stands deep in his crease, gets on top of this back of a length delivery, and pulls it away big over deep mid-wicket
19.3
4
Warrier to Sanjay Yadav, FOUR, short ball, top-edged, and short fine leg completely misjudges it. He runs back, circles under the ball, which easily goes over
18.2
4
Sonu Yadav to G Ajitesh, FOUR, full, slot ball, and Ajitesh crouches to hammer it away through an empty extra cover
17.5
W
Harish Kumar to Suryaprakash, out Caught by M Siddharth!! A part of the show ends. Suryaprakash walks across his stumps and whips this uppishly, but doesn't get it off the middle, with the inside-half going straight down deep mid-wicket's throat. Suryaprakash c M Siddharth b Harish Kumar 62(50) [4s-8]
17.2
4
Harish Kumar to Suryaprakash, FOUR, a slower floaty delivery outside off. Suryaprakash wafts at it, gets a thick outside-edge, and it runs away past the keeper
16.5
Sonu Yadav to Sanjay Yadav, 1 run, full, outside off, jammed down to long-off
16.5
6
Sonu Yadav to Sanjay Yadav, no ball, SIX, a higher, juicier full toss, and Yadav makes sure to put it over deep mid-wicket. Also, it's over waist height says ths square leg umpire
15.2
6
M Siddharth to Sanjay Yadav, SIX, sliced, with so much bat on it that he's deposited it onto the trees. Another full-wide delivery outside off, and Yadav doesn't let go of this one
15.2
M Siddharth to Sanjay Yadav, wide, flat, further outside off. Yadav doesn't even bother
15
F
B Arun to Suryaprakash, 1 run, advances down the pitch and flicks it to deep mid-wicket
14.2
6
B Arun to Sanjay Yadav, SIX, too full, and Yadav keeps going about his business, clearing out that front leg and hoicking it way over cow corner
14
F
M Siddharth to Sanjay Yadav, SIX, it's massive. A monstor strike. Yadav stays his ground, crouches, and just slogs it away into the first tier down the ground. Some serious swagger to get to his fifty!
13.3
M Siddharth to Suryaprakash, no run, missed stumping. Suryaprakash steps out again, gets beaten, but the keeper messes up
13
4
Harish Kumar to Suryaprakash, FOUR, just sheer authority here. Kumar overpitches, and Suryaprakash drills it away through extra cover
12.5
4
Harish Kumar to Suryaprakash, FOUR, steps out, makes himself some room, and drives it inside-out over mid-off. Delightful shot
12.1
4
Harish Kumar to Suryaprakash, FOUR, back of a length, angling in. Suryaprakash makes room, and then takes it off the front foot with a flat-batted whack to dispatch it into deep mid-wicket
11.2
4
Sonu Yadav to Sanjay Yadav, FOUR, solid straight drive this. Proper full bat-face presented, high elbows, on the up, and nailed down the ground
10
R Alexander to Sanjay Yadav, 1 run, flat, short, outside off, punched to deep sweeper
9.5
6
R Alexander to Sanjay Yadav, SIX, another slog, but much straighter this time. Yadav crouches and send it sailing over long-on
9.3
6
R Alexander to Sanjay Yadav, no ball, SIX, slogged over cow corner. Yadav gets a nice solid stride in front, gets under the length, and tonks it cleanly. To make it worse, Alexander has overstepped as well
8.5
4
B Arun to Sanjay Yadav, FOUR, sits to slog, but the ball sneaks under, taking a streaky under-edge and going past the stumps, once again into fine leg
8.4
4
B Arun to Sanjay Yadav, FOUR, flat, sliding in from round the wicket, and glanced delicately off the pads, very fine
8.3
B Arun to Suryaprakash, 1 run, steps out and flicks it to long-on
7.2
4
R Alexander to Sanjay Yadav, FOUR, straying onto the pads, and whipped away behind square, beating short fine leg quite comfortably
6
4
Sonu Yadav to Suryaprakash, FOUR, heaved away. Full, outside off, and Suryaprakash swings across the line to get it through mid-wicket. Mid-on gives it the chase, but falls short
5.4
4
Sonu Yadav to Suryaprakash, FOUR, tries the bouncer, and Suryaprakash gets a top-edge as he goes to pull, and it flies very fine
5.2
W
Sonu Yadav to Indrajith, out Bowled!! Full, straight, on the stumps. Indrajith shuffles across to try and scoop it over short fine, but misses the line entirely, and gets cleaned up with the off-stump cartwheeling. Indrajith b Sonu Yadav 3(6)
5
4
Warrier to Suryaprakash, FOUR, back of a length, outside off, carved away off the back foot through the covers. Warrier has clearly overcompensated here
4.5
4
Warrier to Suryaprakash, FOUR, tonked straight down the ground. Suryaprakash gets the ball in his slot, and has a full swing this time to send it nearly all over
3.1
W
M Siddharth to Aparajith, out Caught&Bowled!! A juicy short delivery, which Aparajith pulls straight back down the pitch. Siddharth goes to his right, collides into Suryaprakash, but doesn't drop the ball in the process. Aparajith c and b M Siddharth 2(3)
2.3
W
Warrier to Pradosh Paul, out Caught by M Siddharth!! A quick sharp back of a length delivery around the ribs, climbing big on Pradosh's pull, cramping him up as well, and ballooning up tamely off the gloves to square leg in the ring. Warrier draws 2022's first blood! Pradosh Paul c M Siddharth b Warrier 7(9) [4s-1]
1.3
4
M Siddharth to Pradosh Paul, FOUR, that's 2022's first boundary .. a short delivery that Paul pounces on, making room and cutting it in front of point