R More to Lochan Appanna, out Caught by J Suchith!! Third catch for Suchith and he says he did not pick it from the lights after taking that. The slower delivery on a fuller length on the stumps, Lochan Appanna loses his bottom-hand as he hoicks, straight to deep mid-wicket. Lochan Appanna c J Suchith b R More 10(8) [4s-1 6s-1]
18.4
4
Kumar LR to Lochan Appanna, FOUR, full outside off, Lochan Appanna gets forward and drives, the thick outside-edge runs away through the vacant slip cordon for four
18.2
6
Kumar LR to Lochan Appanna, SIX, no wonder Kumar is standing with his hands on his hips. Dropped by deep mid-wicket as he palms it over for six. Lochan Appanna comes on the front foot and hoicks the good length delivery and even though the fielder (Chethan) is right on the boundary, he allows the ball to burst through his reverse-cupped hands. Poor stuff
17.3
4
R More to Shubhang Hegde, FOUR, Shubhang Hegde with a deft touch. Sinks low and paddles the full delivery on the stumps to the fine-leg fence
17
W
Pradeep T to Shivraj S, out Caught by J Suchith!! Another catch for Suchith coming in from the deep mid-wicket fence. He nearly drops it but clutches it onto his body after it was slipping out. A slower delivery outside off, Shivraj slogs and the thick top-edge goes straight up, Suchith gets there and completes the catch after a wobble. Shivraj S c J Suchith b Pradeep T 13(7) [4s-1 6s-1]
16.5
4
Pradeep T to Shivraj S, FOUR, low full-toss outside off, Shivraj picks the gap as he drives hard and wide of extra-cover
16.4
Pradeep T to Shivraj S, 2 runs, tremendous effort from Aneesh running and diving forward from sweeper cover but the ball bounces on the half-volley to him and he parries it away. Still top marks for the effort after Shivraj sliced that towards him
16.2
6
Pradeep T to Shivraj S, SIX, good length on off, Shivraj gets forward and swings across the line, lots of power and he clears deep square leg with ease
15.4
W
Kumar LR to Shreyas Gopal, out Caught by Rishi Bopanna!! Very full on the stumps, Shreyas Gopal backs away and carves it low, dying on backward point who scoops it up before the ball touches the turf. Deemed a fair catch by the third umpire and the cameo from Gopal ends. Shreyas Gopal c Rishi Bopanna b Kumar LR 27(19) [4s-4 6s-1]
15.3
4
Kumar LR to Shreyas Gopal, FOUR, deep backward square leg slips and then has no chance as the ball spins away to beat him on his left. This is a good length delivery on the stumps, swung away and the slip+spin gives Shreyas Gopal the boundary
14.4
4
J Suchith to Shreyas Gopal, FOUR, hat-trick of fours. Round-armish from Suchith but still tossed up outside off, Shreyas Gopal gets forward and lofts beautifully over extra-cover and this time the fielders had no chance
14.3
4
J Suchith to Shreyas Gopal, FOUR, good batting. Shreyas Gopal gets inside the line, and sweeps the leg-stump delivery to the deep backward square leg fence, talk about manipulating the field
14.2
4
J Suchith to Shreyas Gopal, FOUR, good effort from long-off to his left but the ball wins. Shreyas Gopal backs away to go over extra-cover and times the inside-out hit well, gets four as the ball kisses the skirtings off the hands on the dive
13.3
6
Rishi Bopanna to Shreyas Gopal, SIX, the free-hit goes for six. Fullish and fired in outside off, Shreyas Gopal swings hard and straight over long-on's head. Connected that well
12.4
J Suchith to Shubhang Hegde, 1 run, slower on the stumps, Shubhang Hegde works a single to deep mid-wicket
11.4
W
Rishi Bopanna to Pavan Deshpande, out Pavan Deshpande Run Out!! 1 run completed. What a way to get out. Pavan Deshpande lofts this inside-out to the right of long-off and is ambling back for the second, the fielder spots that and fires an accurate throw to Shivkumar Rakshith who whips the bails off, catching Deshpande short. What Deshpande did before he was caught short has to be explained here, he was looking back, taking it easy with his back turned to the ball, then as the throw came in, he tried to avoid getting hit, allows the ball to go the keeper by taking the bat away from the line of the throw, easy passage for the ball as Rakshith is quick with his work. Deshpande tried to slide the bat in, but fails to do so in time. Such a classy innings ended in the most awkward of fashions and it's all Deshpande's mistake here. The Blasters don't care. They celebrate. Pavan Deshpande run out (Kranthi Kumar/Shivkumar Rakshith) 55(36) [4s-7 6s-2]
11.1
F
Rishi Bopanna to Pavan Deshpande, SIX, flatter delivery on the stumps, Pavan Deshpande brings out the slogsweep and it's miles over deep mid-wicket. Right into his arc and he did not miss
11
4
Aniruddha Joshi to Shubhang Hegde, FOUR, dropped by Pradeep running to his left at long-on and what's more, it slips away for four. Nicely bowled from Aniruddha Joshi as he beats Shubhang Hegde in the flight, the batter gets forward and lofts, an easy catch but horribly missed by Pradeep
10.1
4
Aniruddha Joshi to Shubhang Hegde, FOUR, tossed up outside off, Shubhang Hegde gets forward and lofts straight down the ground for a pleasing boundary
10
4
Rishi Bopanna to Pavan Deshpande, FOUR, in the air and just wide of the outstretched right hand of the fielder at backward point who flies to try and grab that, misses as the cut flies away for four
7.2
W
Rishi Bopanna to Nihal Ullal, out Caught by J Suchith!! Nihal Ullal tries to go to leg with his hoick, but gets a big top-edge, Suchith is one of the best fielders in the country, he runs in and takes it at mid-wicket and does a mini CR7 calma celebration, assuring he is there. That's a good catch for the ball went high and he had to cover distance from deep mid-wicket, took it easily in the end. Nihal Ullal c J Suchith b Rishi Bopanna 23(19) [4s-4]
7.1
4
Rishi Bopanna to Nihal Ullal, FOUR, short and wide outside off, Nihal Ullal cuts in the air but well wide of backward point who is inside the ring
6.5
4
J Suchith to Pavan Deshpande, FOUR, dragged down outside off, Pavan Deshpande belts the pull to the deep mid-wicket fence, wide of the fielder
6.3
J Suchith to Pavan Deshpande, 1 run, pushed through on a good length on off-stump, punched to long-on
6
Kumar LR to Nihal Ullal, 1 run, good length leg-cutter on off, pulled to deep square leg on the bounce
5.3
4
Kumar LR to Pavan Deshpande, FOUR, fine shot. Fraction short, on a back of a length across him, he short-arm jabs it to the deep mid-wicket fence
4.5
6
Pradeep T to Pavan Deshpande, SIX, length ball sliding down, Pavan Deshpande helps it with a fat top-edge taking it over the deep backward square leg fence. Almost cleared the roof there on that stand
4.4
4
Pradeep T to Pavan Deshpande, FOUR, tremendous drive between extra-cover and mid-off. Fullish and angled across, Pavan Deshpande gets forward and smashes it on the rise
4.2
4
Pradeep T to Nihal Ullal, FOUR, full outside off, Nihal Ullal gets forward and lofts through the line, wide and over mid-off
3.5
4
Kumar LR to Nihal Ullal, FOUR, fullish outside off, Nihal Ullal gets forward to loft and just clears the leaping left-hand of Mayank who was stretching backwards to try and catch that at mid-off. Runs away
3.3
4
Kumar LR to Pavan Deshpande, FOUR, full and wide outside off, Pavan Deshpande latches on and drives superbly past the packed off-side field for four. Typical left-hander's elegance
2.2
4
R More to Nihal Ullal, FOUR, great timing on this back foot punch, a good length delivery on off-stump and he gets four wide of backward point and to the left of that man
2
4
Pradeep T to Pavan Deshpande, FOUR, more luck for Pavan Deshpande. Drives at a full away-angler outside off and the slip is taken out, the outside-edge goes right there at a catchable height and runs away to the fence
1.4
4
Pradeep T to Pavan Deshpande, FOUR, Pavan Deshpande gets lucky, slashes at a good length delivery outside off, the thick inside-edge misses off-stump and beats the diving keeper to his right
1.2
W
Pradeep T to Karun Nair, out Caught by Shivkumar Rakshith!! Loud appeal for caught behind and it's given. Karun Nair stands there exasperated. He does not think he has edged this. Backed away to go over the off-side with the inside-out hit, but misses the good length delivery which flies over off and middle stumps, umpire DL Deepak raises the finger much to the chagrin of Nair. He drags himself off while the Blasters celebrate. Poor decision. Karun Nair c Shivkumar Rakshith b Pradeep T 1(3)