Lucknow Super Giants vs Lucknow Super Giants, मैच 66, Dr. DY Patil Sports Academy, Navi Mumbai, 18 May 2022 - कमेंट्री

FOUR! Cracking shot! Too full in length and wide outside off, Rinku drills his drive and finds the gap at extra cover for a boundary. 17 needed off 5 balls.

SIX! OUT OF HERE! Rinku Singh, you beauty boy! Short in length, around off, Singh holds his balance inside the crease, generates immense power behind his shot and pummels it over wide long on. 11 needed off 4 balls.

SIX! RINKU SINGH, YOU GEM! The local talent of India is taking on one of the established all-rounders in international cricket. 5 needed off 3 balls. Fuller in length, wide outside off, Rinku Singh rifles it over long off for a maximum.

Fuller in length, around off, Singh whips it to deep mid-wicket for a couple of runs. 3 needed off 2 balls. 

OUT! STUNNER BY EVIN LEWIS! That's unbelievable. One for the highlight reels. Wow, under pressure, full speed and Lewis has grabbed a ripper. We have seen everything tonight. Fullish and outside off, pace off, Rinku Singh lofts it over extra cover. Not much power or timing behind it. Evin Lewis rushes forward from the deep, puts in a bit of slide and sticks his left hand out. Voila! It sticks and the Lucknow dugout goes bonkers. 3 needed off 1 ball. Super Over?

OUT! OFF STUMP OBLITERATED! Absolute scenes out there. Even someone as silent as Gambhir is all pumped up! He is screaming in joy. The Lucknow dugout is ecstatic. Agony in the camp of Kolkata, their season is over. Phew, what a match! Marcus Stoinis nails his yorker when it mattered the most. It's too good for Umesh Yadav who swings his bat at it but misses. The off stump is floored. LUCKNOW WIN BY 2 RUNS!

SIX! Up and over! Narine is the man for Kolkata. Fuller and around middle, angling in, Narine stays deep inside the crease and lifts it over the leaping long on fielder for a biggie. 32 needed off 11 balls.

Holder goes short and on middle, Narine takes his eyes off and pulls it through square leg for one. 

SIX! Rinku Singh flexing his muscles! Short again from Holder, on the slower side, Rinku Singh runs down the track and smacks it over wide long on. 25 needed off 9 balls.

Holder follows the batter down the leg side with a low full toss, Rinku flicks it to deep mid-wicket, only a run. Single is a win for Lucknow.

Keeps his length very full, around leg, Narine clears his front leg and whips it to deep mid-wicket. Only a single again.

Wide! Too full and down the leg side, Rinku holds his ground and allows it through.

Well bowled! A yorker around leg, Singh swings his bat at it but fails to connect properly. It rolls to square leg and they cross. 21 needed off the final over.

Full and at the stumps, Rinku Singh shuffles across the off stump and laps it behind square on the leg side for a couple of runs.

SIX! A much-needed maximum for Kolkata. Slower delivery, shorter in length and around leg. Rinku Singh picks up the length early and smokes it over the square leg fence for a biggie.

WIDE! Full and wide, a bit too wide though. Wide called.

Better from Avesh, full and on off. Singh works it through mid-wicket and picks up a single.

SIX! Poor from Avesh Khan and he is having a night to forget out there. Avesh misses the blockhole and ends up serving a juicy full toss outside off. Sunil Narine hangs deep and muscles it over the wide long off fence for a biggie. 39 needed now off 14 balls.

Does get it right this time Avesh Khan. Very full and outside off, driven through extra cover for just a single.

Can't get it away and it will be a dot ball. Avesh Khan ends the night giving away 60 runs off his 4 fours. This is full and at the stumps, Singh shuffles but he cannot get it past the man at backward square leg. 38 needed now off 12 balls.

AERIAL BUT SAFE! Mohsin Khan bowls a slower one, full and way wide outside off, Dre Russ reaches out and tries to power it over covers. But it takes the toe end and flies behind cover-point. It drops safely and the batters cross.

FOUR! Wrong line from Mohsin Khan. Delivers it full and on the pads, Rinku Singh nudges it neatly off his pads to fine leg for a boundary. 

Great fielding by Krishnappa Gowtham. Short and around off, Rinku pulls it behind square leg and takes a run. Krishnappa Gowtham makes a diving stop and releases the ball immediately despite being off-balance, denying the batters the second run. 

OUT! DRE RUSS HOLES OUT! A body blow to Kolkata. Mohsin Khan has been magical this evening. Dishes out a slower one, at 123.3 clicks, full and outside off, Andre Russell winds up for a big shot down the ground but gets more height than distance. Deepak Hooda catches the ball at the edge of the fence at long off. Well done, Hooda. Well done, Mohsin. And well done, Krishnappa Gowtham, his fielding effort on the last ball kept Andre Russell on strike. All these things matter. 

This is a slower short ball, around off. Narine looks to pull it across but gets a bottom edge back onto the deck.

SIX! A touch short in length, around off, Sunil Narine turns inside the crease and powers it over deep mid-wicket for a maximum. 4-0-20-3, what an effort from Mohsin Khan! 

Flighted and full, around off, Billings drags his attempted slog-sweep to deep mid-wicket for a run.

Shortish around leg, Russell gets back and forces it to long on for a run.

SIX! Boom! Billings gets one away! Loopy and full, around leg, Sam Billings sits down on knee and muscles it over fine leg for a maximum.

OUT! STUMPED! Ravi Bishnoi shows the courage to toss it up despite going for a maximum. It's a googly, landing outside off, Sam Billings skips down the track and tries to heave it over the leg side but misses. Quinton de Kock does the rest neatly. A fine knock from the Englishman but Kolkata needed more from their set batter. 69 needed off 26 balls.

Short and wide outside off, Singh cuts it to deep point for a run.

Bishnoi goes short around off, from 'round the wicket, Russell mistimes his pull to deep mid-wicket. Only a run. 

DROPPED! Or was it? Length from Avesh, around off. Andre Russell pummels it flat towards Jason Holder at long on who seems to have dropped the catch but the replay shows that it fell just short. Single taken.

Back of a length, outside off. Billings fetches it and pulls it in front of square on the leg side for one.

Another dot ball and the required rate just keeps on soaring high. Slower bumper, bowled well outside off. Russell tries to reach it but can only manage to toe-end it towards cover-point.

Pace on this time from Avesh. On a shorter length and outside off. Russell takes a swing at it but misses. Two dots in a row now.

Peach of a delivery from Avesh and what a comeback over this is proving to be! Avesh goes quick and full and nails the yorker on leg. Russell can do nothing other than just jam it out.

Terrific over fom Avesh Khan and Lucknow have now bowled three overs on the go where they have conceded less than a run-a-ball. Avesh grunts and steams in only to bowl a slower delivery, full and outside off. Russell tries to cream it through covers but gets an inside edge towards the keeper.

Shreyas Iyer will feel he missed out there. Marcus Stoinis starts off with a floaty full toss on off, Iyer heaves it towards deep mid-wicket for a single.

Lucknow won't mind the singles at this stage. Stoinis gets it into the blockhole. Billings digs it out to long on for a run.

Good running. Slower delivery, around the hips. Iyer nudges it behind square on the leg side and races back for the second. Brings up his fifty but he knows that the job is far from done.

OUT! CAUGHT! Just before the over began it felt like something's got to give and Shreyas Iyer departs while looking to up the ante. Sometimes all you need is one good over and the momentum shifts immediately. Stoinis serves it a bit fuller and on off, taking the pace off the delivery. Shreyas Iyer is into the lofted shot way too early and ends up skying it towards deep mid-wicket. Deepak Hooda misjudges it a bit at first but takes it eventually. 80 needed now off 38 balls.

Good bumper from Stoinis. This is banged in around off, Russell lets it be.

In the air but safe! Short of a length, around off. Andre Russell looks to muscle it over the mid-wicket fence but gets it high off the bat. The ball falls short of Deepak Hooda who comes racing in from the deep. Single taken. Just 5 runs and a wicket off it and the pressure is back on Kolkata.

Mohsin starts off with a slower one, angled well across the right-hander. Billings flails his bat at it but doesn't connect.

Short of a length, on off. This is pulled away towards deep mid-wicket for one.

Excellent from Mohsin Khan. On a good length, it is the slower delivery and it's the cutter. Iyer is surprised by the slowness of the delivery as he almost gets a leading edge back to the bowler.

Mohsin sees Iyer backing away and goes full and wide this time. Iyer can't reach it and this is turning out to be the over Lucknow were looking for.

Slower again, on a good length and close to the off pole. Iyer dabs it down towards gully and picks up a single.

Mohsin knows Billings is looking to swing across the line and hence bowls it full and pushes it wide of the off stump. Billings tries to get low and slog it away but is undone by the lack of pace here. Just 2 runs came off it.

Nicely bowled. Holder sees Billings shuffling past the leg stump and follows him with a slower delivery. Billings swings across the line but is well beaten.

WIDE! Attempted slower delivery, spilled well down the leg side. No shot offered from Billings.

Leg bye! Slower again, full and angling onto the pads. Billings misses the clip and the ball goes off the pads towards leg slip. The keeper collects the ball but the batters scamper through for a leg bye.

Length ball, Holder takes the pace off it and angles it into middle and leg. Iyer blocks it out.

SIX! Just when Lucknow were looking to get in a quiet over, Shreyas Iyer picks up a boundary. Short and over leg stump, Iyer swivel-pulls it over the fine leg fence for a biggie.

Quick single this time. Full and wide, squeezed towards cover-point for one.

Slower again, bowled into the pitch. Billings pulls it behind square on the leg side and picks up a single.

FOUR! Just wide! This is tossed up outside off from Bishnoi. Shreyas Iyer just throws his hands at it and muscles it to the left of Deepak Hooda at wide long off. Hooda with a valiant dive but can't get to it, the ball goes into the fence.

Quicker one, fuller and outside off. Iyer hammers it down to long off and picks up a single.

Swing and a miss! Bishnoi just gives it a bit more air and floats it up outside off. Billings looks to slog-sweep but the ball turns in and Billings gets beaten past the inside edge.

SIX! Great use of the feet from Sam Billings and he is playing a gem of an innings here. Tossed up, on middle and leg, Billings dances down the track to meet it on the half-volley and lifts it over the wide long on fence for a biggie.

Shorter in length, on middle. Billings turns it off the back foot onto the leg side for a run.

FOUR! 16 off the over and Kolkata are in charge at the moment. This is speared into middle and Iyer just pummels it back past the bowler for yet another boundary. 96 needed now off 54 balls.

Back of a length, close to off, Billings plays late and guides it down to third man for a run.

Bowls it short and on off, Shreyas goes back and slaps it to deep cover for a run. Singles won't do it for Kolkata. They need to find boundaries.

SIX! There you go and this has gone the distance. A low full toss around off, Sam Billings walks across the stumps and spoons it all the way over fine leg for a maximum. The siren goes off and it's a no ball for overstepping. Free Hit loading...

FOUR! Shot! Too full in length and around off, Sam Billings stays deep inside the crease and fires his drive through extra cover.

Wide called for height! Khan bangs it in short and it goes way over the head of the batter. Reload.

FOUR! Superb shot! Short in length and around off, Sam rocks on the back foot and hammer-pulls it well in front of square on the leg side. The fielder in the deep reacts to his left but has no chance. Avesh is leaking too many runs this evening.

On a length and around off, Billings again steps back and steers it through point for one.

A low full toss on middle, Shreyas nudges it to deep mid-wicket for a run. At the halfway mark, Kolkata need 112 runs off 60 balls.

Flighted and full, around off, Iyer lifts it from the bottom half of his bat. It goes to long off, only for a run.

Googly, landing full and outside off, Billings tries driving but it takes the inner edge and rolls back to the bowler. Bishnoi dives to stop the ball to his right.

Loopy and full, around off, Sam advances down the track and drives it back to the bowler. Ravi Bishnoi collects the ball and has a shy at the striker's end but misses.

APPEAL FOR AN LBW! Floated delivery, full and around off, Billings dances down the track and tries to flick it on the leg side but misses. He is pinged on the front leg, they appeal but the finger stays down. KL Rahul reviews the decision. The UltraEdge finds no bat and the Ball Trackings shows that it's clipping the leg stump. Umpire's call. A leg bye has been added to the total.

Flatter and on middle, worked to deep mid-wicket for a run.

Flighted and outside off, Sam goes back and strokes it to deep cover for a run. Another tidy over from the leggie.

OUT! Rana holes out! The pressure was building and the last over has played a big role in this wicket. Tossed up, outside off and a bit on the shorter side. Nitish Rana tries to hammer it over extra cover to release the pressure but ends up mistiming it aerially towards long off. Marcus Stoinis makes no mistake and this is a big blow to Kolkata. 146 needed off 77 balls.

Krishnappa Gowtham pushes it quicker through the air, around leg, Sam gets back and helps it through square leg for one.

Flatter and on leg, defended back to the bowler.

SIX! Dismissive! Too full on this occasion, outside off, Shreyas Iyer gets the chance to align himself and launches it over long off.

Fires it flat, around leg, Shreyas tucks it through square leg for two.

Another delivery on the pads, this has been worked through square leg again but only for a run this time.

Very full and around leg, Rana clips it in front of square leg and runs the first run hard. That's all he will get.

Flighted delivery, very full again and on middle, Iyer forces it down to long on for a run.

Drags his length short and delivers it close to off, Rana goes back and pulls it to long on. Another single.

Attempts a googly but it slips from his hand and reaches the batter on the full, Shreyas strikes it to deep cover and gets only a run. Needs to put away the bad deliveries.

Fuller and around leg, swept through backward square leg for a single.

Another poor delivery goes unpunished. A half-tracker, outside off, Shreyas cuts but finds backward point. Only 5 from the over.

FOUR! Kolkata are maximizing the Powerplay overs. Flatter and quicker, around off, Rana hammers it inside-out over cover-point for a boundary.

Just short! Tossed up, full and on off, Rana again aims for an inside-out shot but this time it goes off the outside edge to short third man. Doesn't carry to the fielder.

FOUR! Nailed! Too full and around leg, Nitish Rana kneels down and nails his sweep shot in front of square on the leg side for a cracking boundary.

FOUR! Fine shot! Fuller and around off, this time a reverse-batted shot is employed by Rana as he sends it whistling past short third man. The 50-run stand comes up.

Quicker one, short and on off, Rana cuts but finds backward point.

Skidding down the leg side, Rana goes down to sweep but doesn't middle the shot properly. It runs wide of short fine leg and they cross. 13 from the over, Kolkata have raced away to 60/2 at the end of the Powerplay.

FOUR! Smacked! Shortish delivery, around off, Shreyas Iyer stays back inside the crease and slams it over extra cover. Four boundaries in a row now.

SIX! Now add a biggie to the list! Holder pitches it up this time, around off, Shreyas goes downtown and towers it over long off for a maximum. 

FOUR! This is carnage! Lucknow are bleeding boundaries. Short again from Holder, around middle and leg, Shreyas gets across the stumps and pulls it off the top edge to fine leg for a boundary.

Sanity prevails now. A yorker around middle, Shreyas Iyer digs it out to mid off and scoots to the other end for a single.

Short around off, angling away, Rana tries to be cute with his dab but finds short third man. Shreyas looks for a run but is sent back. Dot.

Angling in from around off, Nitish pushes it gently to covers and pinches a single. Three good balls to round off the over.

WIDE! Loosener to start with from Avesh. This is full and well outside off, wide called.

FOUR! This is short and around leg, Rana looks to pull but gets hurried on. The ball goes off the top edge over short third man and into the fence.

FOUR! Back of a length, around off. Nitish Rana frees his arms and flat-bats it over the bowler's head for a boundary.

Slower bumper, on middle. Rana looks to pull but is a bit early into the shot, ends up mistiming it towards mid-wicket.

FOUR! Avesh with another length ball outside off, Rana makes use of the width and goes inside-out over extra cover for a boundary.

FOUR! Nitish Rana is ripping Avesh Khan apart at the moment. This is angled in full and on middle and leg, Rana is able to free his arms and whacks it over mid on for yet another boundary.

FOUR! The fifth boundary of the over and Rana is dragging Kolkata back into the contest. Full and wide, Rana goes over extra cover and makes it 21 runs off the over.

Mohsin keeps it close to the off pole and Rana can only tap it towards cover-point.

Sliding onto the pads, flicked away towards fine leg for a single.

This is on a hard length, slanting across the right-hander. Tomar has a poke at it but gets beaten for pace.

OUT! CAUGHT! What a revelation Mohsin Khan has proved to be for Lucknow! Mohsin serves it on a length, slower in pace and around leg. Abhijeet Tomar looks to up the ante and flicks it across the line. The ball goes off the toe end of the willow towards the mid-wicket region. The skipper KL Rahul settles under it and takes a simple catch. Kolkata are in a spot of bother at the moment.

WIDE! Attempted bouncer, down the leg side. Wide called.

Back of a length, around off. Shreyas Iyer punches it off the back foot towards cover-point.

Pitched up, on off. This is pushed towards mid off. Another outstanding over from Mohsin.

Full and wide, Tomar lets it through to the keeper.

Back of a length, around off. Tomar hangs back and dabs it down towards backward point.

FOUR! Abhijeet Tomar is off the mark with a boundary. Holder offers a bit of width and Tomar latches onto it as he cuts it past the diving short third man fielder for a boundary.

Around the top of off, Tomar defends it out with soft hands.

Length again from Holder, around off. Tomar can't get it away through covers.

Slower delivery, outside off. Tomar waits for it and just nudges it to the left of short third man but the fielder makes a good stop. Just the boundary off the over.

Mohsin starts off with a length ball, right around the top of off. Venkatesh Iyer hangs back and punches it towards mid off.

This one is angled into the middle stump, Iyer watchfully nudges it out on the leg side.

A comedy of errors! What just happened here? This is a good-length ball, outside off. Venkatesh Iyer tries to lift it over cover-point but ends up slicing it just in front of the man at point. Marcus Stoinis picks up the ball and has an eternity to hit the stumps at the bowler's end as Abhijeet Tomar is left stranded midway. Stoinis misses and Tomar survives.

OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Early breakthrough for Lucknow and you just can't keep Quinton de Kock out of the game at the moment. This is angled in from over the stumps and on middle, shaping in, Venkatesh Iyer looks to play straight but gets an inside edge that flies to the right of de Kock. De Kock springs to his right and takes a one-handed stunner. Mohsin Khan is elated.

FOUR! Nicely timed! Full and straight, Nitish Rana gets a bit low and works it in front of square on the leg side to pick up a boundary. Kolkata are up and running.

Top over from Mohsin Khan to start off proceedings. This is banged in short over middle, Rana ducks under it.