Punjab Kings vs Punjab Kings, मैच 23, Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune, 13 April 2022 - कमेंट्री

SIX! BOOM! UNADKAT BELIEVES! A short ball, around middle. Unadkat sits back and pulls it way over the square leg fence for a biggie. 16 runs needed off 5 balls. Can Unadkat do a Tewatia at Pune?

Smith goes 'round the wicket and serves a full ball, outside off. Jaydev Unadkat drags it back past the bowler towards long off for a brace.

OUT! CAUGHT! Unadkat tries to go for a big one but he holes out! Back of a length, around off. Jaydev Unadkat looks to pull hard but he looks to pull, It goes off the top edge, high in the air towards extra cover. Mayank Agarwal there, backtracks and takes a fine catch.

Wide! A short ball, angling across the batter, well outside off. Jasprit Bumrah reaches out to cut but he misses. Wided!

OUT! TAKEN! Another one bites the dust! Back of a length, around off. Bumrah throws his bat it. It goes off the outer half of the blade towards the point region. Shikhar Dhawan there takes a simple catch.

A slower bumper, angling across the batter, from off. Tymal Mills looks to whack it on the leg side but he fails to make any connection.

OUT! CAUGHT! There it is! Third wicket of the over and Smith makes sure that he takes his side over the line this time around. Another ball that is into the surface, around off. Mills swings his blade. It takes the top edge and goes towards the cover fielder. The skipper, Mayank Agarwal settles under it and takes a sitter. Punjab win by 12 runs!

FOUR! Easy pickings! Rabada goes for a yorker but misses his mark. It turns out to be a low full toss, around middle. SKY shuffles across and whips it behind square on the leg side for a boundary.

A full ball, on middle. SKY nudges it towards mid-wicket and comes back for the second run. Excellent running between the wickets.

Another low full toss, around middle. Suryakumar Yadav flicks it towards deep mid-wicket but Unadkat doesn't take the single.

OUT! CAUGHT! Suryakumar Yadav holes out! That could be it for Mumbai! Rabada serves a full toss, around middle. SKY looks to tonk it over the long on fence. It goes off the toe end of the bat, high in the night sky towards long on. Odean Smith there, settles under it and pouches it with ease. Punjab on top now!

Back of a length, well outside off. Murugan Ashwin drags it back to the bowler.

A short ball, well outside off. Ashwin reaches out and looks to cut hard but he fails to get any bat on it. Top over for Punjab, just 6 runs and the wicket of Suryakumar Yadav. 22 runs needed off 6 balls now.

A yorker, angling in from middle. Suryakumar Yadav misses his flick and gets hit low on his pad. An appeal from the bowler but that was surely heading down leg.

A short ball, around middle. SKY looks to pull but it goes off the top edge towards the fine leg fielder, on the bounce. The batters manage only a single.

An overpitched ball, well outside off. Unadkat chips it over the cover fielder for a brace. 30 runs needed off 15 balls.

A yorker, outside off. Unadkat sits back and looks to slog but he fails to get any blade on it.

A yorker-length ball, around off. Jaydev Unadkat digs it out towards the cover fielder for a run.

A low full toss, around middle. SKY eases it towards and takes a single. He will retain the strike. 28 runs needed off 12 balls.

Wide! A full ball, well outside off. Pollard shuffles across to slog but he misses. The umpire signals wide. The bowler is clearly not happy with umpire's decision.

OUT! RUN OUT! A big mix-up and this is a huge wicket in the context of this game. Never run on a misfield they say, but Pollard had some different ideas. Absolute chaos in the middle and Punjab are on top of the game now! This is a full ball, around middle. Pollard digs it out towards long on. Odean Smith there fails to collect the ball cleanly. Pollard and SKY look to steal the second run due to the fumble in the deep. Smith recovers quickly and throws the ball towards the keeper. Jitesh Sharma gathers the ball and whips the bails off. Pollard is well short of his crease and he is a goner!

Jaydev Unadkat gets off the mark! Slightly short, outside off. Jaydev Unadkat dabs it to backward point for a single.

A length ball, outside off. Suryakumar Yadav gets it back to the keeper off the under-edge. 

SIX! WOW! What a shot from Suryakumar Yadav! A full ball, outside off. SKY sits back and lofts it way over the cover fence for a maximum.

SIX! Even better from Suryakumar Yadav! Arora goes for a yorker but he misses his mark and ends up serving a full ball, outside off. SKY slices it over the third man fence and bags another biggie. Brilliant wrist work from the batter. GAME ON!

Good-length delivery, outside off. Suryakumar Yadav pushes it through the off side and collects a single. 33 runs needed off 18 balls.

Full and around off. Suryakumar Yadav drives it to deep extra cover for a single.

An appeal for LBW but turned down! A flat googly, on a length, around middle and turning in sharply. Pollard misses his flick and gets hit on his pad.

Pollards skips down the track and whips it to deep mid-wicket for a single.

Floated, on a length, around off. Suryakumar Yadav rocks back and punches it towards cover.

Tosses it up, outside off. Suryakumar Yadav prods and works it to deep extra cover for a run.

A flatter ball, going on with the arm, from off. Pollard stays back and tucks it to the leg side. Just the single. Excellent over from Rahul Chahar, just 4 singles off it.

Full length, on the pads, Kieron Pollard flicks it through square leg for one.

Rabada nails a yorker, on off. Suryakumar Yadav digs it out watchfully.

SIX! BANG! Easy pickings! Good length, on the pads. Suryakumar Yadav stands tall and sends it over the square leg fence for a biggie.

Full length, outside off. Suryakumar Yadav gets very lucky this time. He gets it to fine leg off the inside edge. They take one.

Back of a length, outside off. Kieron Pollard shuffles across and dabs it to point.

Two dots on the trot to end the over! Very full, on middle and leg. Kieron Pollard flicks it to mid-wicket but straight to the fielder. 9 runs off it. Mumbai need 53 runs in 30 balls. With Suryakumar Yadav and Kieron Pollard anything is possible.

Fuller, on leg. Kieron Pollard gets in a little tangle, as he tries to flick it away.

FOUR! Nicely played! Kieron Pollard is off the mark with a boundary. Looped up, full and on leg. Kieron Pollard comes down the track, chips it over mid-wicket for a boundary.

Fuller, on off. Kieron Pollard sweeps it to deep mid-wicket for a single.

Flatter, outside off. Suryakumar Yadav cuts it hard to backward point but is unable to find the gap.

Length, outside off. Suryakumar Yadav punches it to sweeper cover for a single.

Full length, outside off. Kieron Pollard kneels down and sweeps it to deep mid-wicket for a single. 

Back of a length, outside off. Suryakumar Yadav miscues his pull shot to deep mid-wicket. It lands safely and the batters pick up two runs.

A short ball, on the hips. Suryakumar Yadav lifts his front leg and tries to flick it away but misses. The ball rolls out in front of him off the thigh pads.

NO BALL! Could've been another dot but this time Arshdeep Singh oversteps. A length ball, outside off. Suryakumar Yadav tries to chase it but misses. The umpire signals a Free Hit. 

SKY could only get a couple off the Free Hit. Full length, on off. Suryakumar Yadav tries to whip it across the line. The ball goes to third man off the top-edge. The man in the deep spills the catch but it won't matter as it's a Free Hit. They take two.

SIX! This will calm his nerves for sure. Back of a length, on off. Suryakumar Yadav swivels on the back foot and gets enough power on it to beat the man in the deep. Maximum!

OUT! RUN OUT! A terrible mix-up and the curtains are down for Tilak Varma. The youngster walks back in a frustrating manner. It is full length, on middle and leg. Suryakumar Yadav flicks it to mid-wicket but straight to the fielder. While Suryakumar Yadav was ball watching, Tilak Varma was halfway down the track looking for a single. He was late to realise to see where his partner was. Mayank Agarwal gathers the ball and throws it to Arshdeep Singh at the non-striker's end who clips the bails quickly.

Full length, on off, blocked out. 

Touch short, on off. Tilak Varma pulls it to mid-wicket for one.

What a ripper! It is tossed up, around off, this one grips and turns away. Suryakumar Yadav tries to defend it out but misses, It zips past the outside edge. Jitesh Sharma gathers and clips the bails quickly. The umpire takes it upstairs to confirm. The replays show, SKY had his back leg inside the crease. Not out.

Length, outside off. Suryakumar Yadav flicks it to long on for one.

Full length, on off. Varma drives it down the ground for a single.

Flighted, drifts in around off. Suryakumar Yadav is drawn forward. He tries to defend it out but gets beaten on the outside edge as the ball grips and turns away off the deck. This is a brilliant comeback by Chahar.

Short ball, outside off. Suryakumar Yadav cuts it hard to deep point for a single.

SIX! Tilak Varma joins the party as well. This one beats the fielder with ease. A short ball, outside off. Tilak Varma stands tall and upper cuts it towards point. The fielder in the deep leaps but the ball evades him with ease. Maximum.

Touch short, on off. Varma blocks it out.

Full length, on middle and leg. Tilak Varma flicks it to deep mid-wicket for a single.

Back of a length, outside off. Dewald Brevis moves back a bit, tries to cut it away but only connects with thin air.

DROPPED AND FOUR! The third man comes in does not judge it at all and it ends up going over the ropes. A full-length ball, on off. Dewald Brevis swings hard at it. The ball flies to third man off the top-edge. The fielder does the hard work but is unable to pouch it safely. Four off it.

OUT! CAUGHT! Odean Smith finds the much-needed breakthrough for his side. He sends back Dewald Brevis on 49. The youngster misses out on his fifty by a whisker. It is a short ball, on the bodyline. Dewald Brevis pulls it to deep square leg. Arshdeep Singh comes forward and takes a sharp catch. Dewald Brevis has certainly got the chase back on track.

FOUR! Everything going in Mumbai's way at the moment! A short ball, around off. Tilak Varma looks to pull but it flies off the top edge, over the keeper and into the third man fence.

A length ball, around middle. Varma gets inside the line of the ball and tucks it around the corner for a run.

A slower ball, into the wicket, around middle. Dewald Brevis skips down the track and eases it to long on for a single.

Good-length delivery, angling across the batter from outside off. Tilak Varma looks to cut but the ball beats his outside edge.

SIX! It is raining sixes at the moment! A slower ball, into the wicket, around leg. Varma shuffles across a bit, gets under it and just helps it on its way over the fine leg fence for a biggie.

A slower ball, full and outside off. Tilak Varma drives it to long off and settles for a single. 94 runs needed off 60 balls.

This is darted on the pads. Tilak Varma nudges it around the corner and rotates the strike.

FOUR! WHACKED! A short ball, around off. Dewald Brevis rocks back and hammers it back past the bowler. The ball races away to the long on fence.

SIX! BOOM! This is tossed up, on middle. Brevis prods and sends it sailing way over the long on fence for a maximum.

SIX! BREVIS MEANS BUSINESS! A loopy ball, full and outside off. Brevis gets forward and slog-sweeps it way over the mid-wicket fence for a biggie.

SIX! THREE MAXIMUMS IN A ROW! This is excellent batting from the youngster! Chahar errs in length and serves a short ball, outside off. Brevis rocks back and whacks it over the long on fence for a massive biggie. Chahar under the pump against his former team here.

SIX! WHOAAA! BREVIS, YOU BEAUTY! 29 runs off the over and Mumbai are back in this contest. Another ball, tossed up, outside off. Brevis gets to the pitch of the ball and tonks it way over the long on fence for a maximum.

FOUR! EDGY! Liam starts with a flatter ball, on a length, around off. Tilak Varma rocks back and looks to cut it hard. It takes the thick outside edge and races away to the third man fence.

An arm ball, on a length and going on with the angle, from middle. Tilak Varma works it to deep mid-wicket for one run.

Short and outside off. Brevis cuts it towards deep cover for a single.

FOUR! Nails his cut shot this time and plays it very fine! Slightly short and just outside off. Varma sits back and cuts it past the diving fielder at point for a boundary.

DROPPED! Tough to call it a dropped catch but there was a chance nonetheless! A low full toss, around off. Tilak Varma strokes it straight back to the bowler. Liam Livingstone gets down low to his right but gets only a hand on it. The ball rolls away behind him for a run.

Floated, full and outside off. Dewald Brevis drives it through cover for a single.

WIDE! Length ball, wide outside off, outside the tramline as well. Tilak Varma chases but fails to connect. Wide called.

On a length and well outside off. Tilak Varma sits back and guides it towards third man. The batters cross ends.

SIX! BANG! Brevis is on the charge! A short ball, around middle. Brevis stands tall and pulls it just over the deep square leg fielder for a maximum.

Good-length delivery, well outside off. Dewald Brevis has a wild swing at it but fails to make any connection.

Full and outside off. Dewald Brevis drives it wide of the mid off fielder for a single.

On a length, outside off. Tilak Varma sits back in his crease and looks to cut hard but fails to get any bat on it.

Short and outside off. Varma cuts it hard through cover but there is a fielder stationed in the deep. A single taken.

Good-length ball, outside off. Varma stays back and guides it towards third man for a single.

Fuller in length, jagging back in from middle. Dewald Brevis drives but finds the mid on fielder.

Back of a length, shaping away from outside off. Dewald Brevis looks to push it through cover but the ball beats his outside edge.

FOUR! SMASHED! That made a cracking sound of the bat! Short of a length, just outside off. Brevis stands tall and caresses it through the cover-point region for a boundary.

FOUR! Back-to-back boundaries for Brevis! Singh bowls it full and around off. Brevis steps out a bit and drives it past the mid off fielder for another boundary.

A slower ball, on a length, around off. Brevis taps it towards backward point. A dot to end the over. Mumbai are 42/2 at the end of the Powerplay.

WIDE! Full length, wide outside off. Ishan Kishan tries to drive it away but misses. Wide called.

OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Vaibhav Arora comes up with a peach right now to dismiss Ishan Kishan on a timid score. Mumbai lose their second wicket inside the Powerplay and they are in all sorts of trouble at the moment. A length ball, angled across the left-hander, around off. Ishan Kishan stays back and tries to defend it out. The ball takes the thinnest of outside edge and goes towards the keeper. Jitesh Sharma behind the sticks makes no mistake. Tilak Varma comes in at number 4.

Back of a length, outside off. Tilak Varma steers it to third man for a single. 

An appeal for LBW but turned down! A length ball, jagging back in from off. Dewald Brevis looks to block but he misses and gets hit high on his thigh pad.

Play and a miss! Brevis comes down the track to get a big one. Arora deliberately serves it wider, outside off. Brevis throws his bat at it but the ball beats his outside edge.

Short of a length, outside off. Dewald Brevis stays back and punches it to the backward point fielder.

Big swing and a miss! Shorter in length, outside off. Dewald Brevis shimmies down the track and throws the kitchen sink at it. He fails to make any connection.

Back of a length, outside off. Rohit Sharma punches it to point.

Fuller length, on off. Rohit Sharma is rooted inside his crease. He works it to point off the outer half in the end.

SIX! KABOOM! Rohit Sharma racks up 10,000 runs in T20 cricket with this maximum. This is landing outside off, fuller in length. Rohit Sharma throws the kitchen sink at it and sends it flying over the cover fence.

OUT! CAUGHT! Oh dear, a little indecisive and Rohit Sharma is on his way back to the pavilion. Kagiso Rabada finds a crucial breakthrough for his side. It is a short ball, on the bodyline. This one hurries onto the batsman. Rohit Sharma is only able to get a top-edge off it. The ball flies towards short fine leg. Vaibhav Arora takes a stunning catch in the end.

Length ball, in the corridor of uncertainty. Dewald Brevis leaves it alone for the keeper.

Full length, outside off. Dewald Brevis tries to lift it down the ground but misses.

A length ball, angled in, on middle and leg. Ishan Kishan gets cramped for room this time. The ball hurries onto him as well. Kishan fails to block it and gets pinged on the pads. Arshdeep Singh makes a stifled appeal but the umpire shows no interest.

Back of a length, outside off. Ishan Kishan cuts it through point for one.

A length ball, around middle and leg. It nips in off the deck. Rohit Sharma fails to flick it away and gets pinged high on the pads. Singh appeals but the umpire is unmoved.

A length ball, angled across, on off. Rohit Sharma gets it to backward point off the outer half. Singh asking the right questions to Sharma.

Full length, on the pads. Rohit Sharma flicks it to deep mid-wicket. The batters take one with ease. Rahul Chahar though concedes an overthrow. The batters get two.

Length ball, outside off. Rohit Sharma guides it to third man for a single. A good over by Arshdeep Singh, just four runs off it.

A length ball, on off. Ishan Kishan gets squared up a bit. The ball goes to deep point off the outer half. They take one.

FOUR! Played with elegance! Full length, wide outside off. Rohit Sharma leans in and creams it through covers for a boundary. 

Good length, outside off, angling away. Rohit Sharma leaves it alone. 

FOUR! Second boundary of the over for Rohit Sharma. He is off to a flyer here. A length ball, outside off. Rohit Sharma prods and looks to block it with soft hands. The ball goes along the ground to third man and beats the effort of the man in the deep for a boundary.

Back of a length, outside off. Rohit Sharma tries to cut it away but misses. 

On a length, outside off, turns away a hint. Rohit Sharma shuffles across and lets it be. Kagiso Rabada goes for 9 runs in his first over.

Rohit Sharma and Mumbai are off the mark instantly. Deep serves a length ball, angled into the pads. Rohit Sharma flicks it to deep square leg for one.

On a length, angling across the left-hander. Ishan Kishan pushes it gently to cover. 

Now, Ishan Kishan gets off the mark. Length ball, outside off. Ishan Kishan steers it down to third man for an easy single.

FOUR! EDGY! Pressure on Rohit Sharma, but the luck is on his side. It is full and outside off. Rohit Sharma tries to reach out and paddle to the leg side. The ball flies over the slip fielder off the top-edge, it races away. 

Good length, just outside off. Rohit Sharma leaves it alone for the keeper.

SIX! BANG! What a start for Mumbai. It is full and outside off. Rohit Sharma reaches out and paddles it over the fine leg fence for a biggie. This time he gets he where he intended to hit.