Karthik CA to Naga Bharath, out Caught by Jeswath Acharya!! A tired pull this, not getting on top of the bounce and getting a big fat top-edge as it lobs tamely to deep mid-wicket. Naga Bharath c Jeswath Acharya b Karthik CA 35(39) [4s-3]
17.5
Abhilash Shetty to Naga Bharath, wide, another full toss. Although this one's legally below waist, but it's way outside off
17.4
6
Abhilash Shetty to Shivraj S, SIX, one short delivery too many. This time around, Shivraj's waiting for it on his back foot, to pull it away over deep square leg
17.1
6
Abhilash Shetty to Shivraj S, SIX, massive hack across the line, and it's onto the road beyond backward square leg. Well, well. Shivraj just picks up the good length delivery, and unleashes a monster swing
16
W
Abhilash Shetty to Pavan Deshpande, out Caught by Padikkal!! And finally, Deshpande runs out of luck. He falls to a pull, that gets big on him, taking the top-edge, and ballooning to long-on, who doesn't mess up. Pavan Deshpande c Padikkal b Abhilash Shetty 41(30) [4s-4 6s-1]
15.2
4
Abhilash Shetty to Pavan Deshpande, FOUR, backs away, making room for himself, and chopping it away behind point, milking Shetty's pace on offer
14.5
Manoj Bhandage to Pavan Deshpande, 1 run, chopped, and it falls just short of point. Bharath takes off for the single, Deshpande doesn't even move, and with both batsmen stranded at the same end, Padikkal tries a direct hit at the non-striker's end, and misses
14.4
Manoj Bhandage to Pavan Deshpande, 2 runs, a sitter dropped. Deshpande pulls, gets a top-edge, and the fielder at long-on makes a proper mess of it
14.3
Manoj Bhandage to Naga Bharath, 1 run, sharp bouncer, taking Bharath by surprise as he swivel-pulls it down to backward square leg
14.1
4
Manoj Bhandage to Pavan Deshpande, FOUR, a lucky edge, and a lucky boundary. A slower delivery angling across, and Deshpande throws his bat at it, and gets it past the flying keeper
13.4
4
Vidhwath Kaverappa to Naga Bharath, FOUR, short, outside off, and Bharath jumps backwards, riding the bounce and slapping it over extra cover. A much-needed momentum booster this for the Warriors
13.2
Vidhwath Kaverappa to Naga Bharath, 1 run, whips it uppishly from well outside off, behind square
12.3
4
Manoj Bhandage to Pavan Deshpande, FOUR, waits on the back of a length delivery, and very elegantly places his cut past a point in the ring
10
4
Pranav Bhatia to Pavan Deshpande, FOUR, goes flat, down leg, and Deshpande merely swivels to help it along behind square with a heave
9.5
6
Pranav Bhatia to Pavan Deshpande, SIX, steps out, swings full-blooded after getting right under the length, to tonk it into the sightscreen straight down the ground
9.1
4
Pranav Bhatia to Naga Bharath, FOUR, a proper gift this. Short, wide, and Bharath has all the time in the world to pick his spot, which he does behind point with a proper thrash
8.2
W
Manoj Bhandage to Nihal Ullal, out Caught by Ritesh Bhatkal!! Hangs his bat out away from his body, and doesn't fully commit to his cut, ending up slicing it straight down backward point's throat. Nihal Ullal c Ritesh Bhatkal b Manoj Bhandage 27(23) [4s-2 6s-1]
5.1
4
Pranav Bhatia to Naga Bharath, FOUR, a juicy short half-tracker. Bharath rocks back and slaps it away through the covers
4.4
W
Karthik CA to Nihal Ullal, out Karun Nair Run Out!! There's a twist, and it comes in the only form that seemed possible: a run-out. Ullal inside-edges it just next to the pitch, and Nair calls him through for a quick single. But Karthik runs to the ball quicker, dives, and breaks the stumps, with Nair just short of his crease. Karun Nair run out (Karthik CA) 18(12) [4s-2 6s-1]
4.3
6
Karthik CA to Nihal Ullal, SIX, smoked over cow corner, heaving at the good length delivery and cleanly tonking it way over
3.1
4
Abhilash Shetty to Nihal Ullal, FOUR, the leakage continues. Shetty feeds a back of a length sitter of a delivery, and Ullal pumps it flat-batted over square leg
2.5
4
Vidhwath Kaverappa to Karun Nair, FOUR, too straight again, and Nair piles on with a soft tickle off his legs, to send it very fine past the keeper
2.3
4
Vidhwath Kaverappa to Karun Nair, FOUR, strays onto the pads just a slight bit, and Nair, with a delicate roll of his wrists, glances it away behind square
2.1
6
Vidhwath Kaverappa to Karun Nair, SIX, steps away, makes room for himself, extending his arms then to loft it inside-out over sweeper cover
0.1
4
Vidhwath Kaverappa to Nihal Ullal, FOUR, a wayward delivery to start: short, wide outside off, and swinging further away. Ullal cuts it away powerfully, uppishly. past a diving backward point