We are back for the chase!
...THE RUN CHASE…
Right then! A ground were 200 seems to be a par score has seen 169 runs being scored by the team batting first. It is a different wicket though tonight but given the fast outfield and the dew factor coming into play, Hyderabad should get the job done. Can Lucknow get a bright start with the ball and make a real contest out of this one? Find out soon as the chase is up next.
Deepak Hooda is down for a chat. He says that his innings was good but he is a bit disappointed that he could not stay until the end. Tells that he was not thinking about his runs tally but was looking to spend time in the middle. Adds that Rahul just told him to spend some time in the middle and says that he is high on confidence. Informs that it is a decent score and the ball is not coming on the bat that well.
Hyderabad were clinical with the ball at the start and Washington Sundar was simply outstanding inside the Powerplay as he picked up two big wickets. However, in the middle overs, Umran Malik went for a lot of runs and wickets were hard to come by. In the death overs though Bhuvneshwar Kumar and T Natarajan pulled back things very nicely with the latter picking up a couple of wickets as well. This hard work though was a bit undone by Romario Shepherd as he bowled an expensive final over but Hyderabad would have taken 170 runs to win at the start and they will now look to get their first win of the tournament.
Two in-form left-handers, Quinton de Kock and Evin Lewis were dismissed cheaply very early on and then Manish Pandey's abysmal form continued as after hitting a couple of boundaries, he just couldn't keep his composure. It was then the repair work done by the skipper KL Rahul and Deepak Hooda that brought Lucknow back into the contest. Both batters scored half-centuries but Hooda was dismissed soon after. Rahul hit a few important blows and it was that man once again, Ayush Badoni with a fine cameo to get his side to a defendable total. The bowling from Lucknow still has to be top class in order to defend this score.
A late blitz in the end from Ayush Badoni and Jason Holder and what a recovery this has been from Lucknow! From being 27 for 3 inside the first five overs, the KL Rahul led side has posted a defendable total of 169 runs on the board. This is by no means a big score but still it might turn out to be a challenging one. Hyderabad will feel they have let the momentum slip and will look to get a fast start when they come out to bat.
19.6 overs (0 Run) OUT! RUN OUT! Ayush Badoni is out while stealing a bye off the last ball but he has played a good handy knock yet again. This is a slower length delivery, outside off. Ayush Badoni dances down the track and looks to heave it towards the leg side. He misses. The ball goes off the bounce to the keeper. Nicholas Pooran. He throws it at the non-striker's end as the batters try to steal a bye. Romario Shepherd collects the ball and flicks it onto the stumps quickly. The leg umpire takes it upstairs and the replays comfirm that Ayush Badoni is short of his crease. So Lucknow finish with 169/7.
19.5 overs (1 Run) A fuller delivery on middle. Holder heaves it towards deep mid-wicket for a single.
19.4 overs (6 Runs) SIX! Just over the fence! A slower length ball, around off. Holder drags it over long on and just over Aiden Markram there for a maximum.
19.3 overs (1 Run) A fuller delivery on middle. Ayush Badoni hits it to long on for a single.
19.3 overs (3 Runs) THREE WIDES! This is full and down the leg side. Way too down the leg side and Ayush Badoni leaves it. The keeper misses it too and two byes are taken.
19.2 overs (4 Runs) FOUR! This is high quality batting! Ayush Badoni sees that the fielders are in the ring on the off side. He makes room and smashes this length ball, on middle over covers for a boundary.
19.1 overs (2 Runs) A length ball, outside off. It is a slower delivery at 120 kph. Ayush Badoni gets across and sweeps it to deep backward square leg for a couple.
Romario Shepherd (3-0-25-2) to bowl the final over of the innings.
18.6 overs (1 Run) Goes for a yorker again, on off. Ayush Badoni gets across and takes it on full. He paddles it to fine leg for a single. Just 8 from the over and two wickets. Brilliant stuff!
18.5 overs (1 Run) A very full ball, on off. Holder drills it to long off for a single.
Jason Holder is in next.
18.4 overs (0 Run) OUT! BOWLED! This is what T Natarajan is known for and it is amazing to see how perfectly he has mastered this art of bowling yorkers. This is a yorker on middle and leg. Pandya looks to whip it away but the ball sneaks through his legs as it beats him and shatters the stumps. Two wickets in the over for T Natarajan.
18.3 overs (4 Runs) FOUR! T Natarajan tries a short delivery on middle. Pandya pulls and pulls it well towards deep backward square leg for a boundary.
18.2 overs (2 Runs) A low full toss on middle and leg. Pandya whips it to deep square leg for a couple.
Krunal Pandya is in at number 7.
18.1 overs (0 Run) OUT! LBW! T Natarajan strikes and the death-specialist does his job! This is a very full delivery on middle. Rahul looks to paddle it but misses. The ball hits his pads and there is a big appeal. The umpire raises his finger as it looks dead straight. Rahul takes a review though. The replays roll in and the UltraEdge shows no bat involved. The Ball Tracker shows three reds. So Rahul has to walk back and this is a big wicket for Hyderabad.
T Natarajan (3-0-18-0) to bowl the penultimate over of the innings.
17.6 overs (1 Run) Another yorker to end the spell! On middle and all Rahul can dot is to somehow hit it to long off for a single.
17.5 overs (1 Run) A brilliant yorker again on middle. Ayush Badoni looks to hit it away but ends up getting it towards the leg side for a single.
17.4 overs (1 Run) A low full toss on middle. Rahul stays deep in his crease and hits it to long on for a single.
17.3 overs (0 Run) Nails a yorker on off. Rahul digs it out back to the bowler.
17.2 overs (2 Runs) Dropped! Brilliant effort from Abdul Samad though! A length delivery, outside off. Rahul hits it uppishly towards deep cover. Samad runs to his right and dives. He reaches towards the ball but fails to pouch it. Two runs taken.
17.1 overs (2 Runs) A full toss on middle. Rahul works it towards cow corner and gets a couple.
16.6 overs (4 Runs) FOUR! Top shot from Ayush Badoni! 17 runs from the over! This is full, around off. Ayush Badoni gets low and sweeps it to deep square leg. The fielder in the deep runs to his left and dives to stop it but makes a mess of it. Boundary.
16.5 overs (1 Run) Spears this quicker on off. Rahul again slog-sweeps it to deep mid-wicket for a single.
16.4 overs (1 Run) A single again! A flatter delivery on middle. Ayush Badoni dances down the track and heaves it to deep backward square leg for a single.
16.3 overs (1 Run) Goes fuller on off. Rahul slog-sweeps it to deep mid-wicket for a single.
16.2 overs (6 Runs) SIX! Giving 17th over to the spinner was always a gamble and Rahul is taking on Sundar here! Sundar fires it quicker but shorter on off. Rahul hangs back and deposits it over deep mid-wicket fence.
16.1 overs (4 Runs) FOUR! Rahul starts the over with a boundary! On the shorter side on middle. Rahul pulls it to deep backward square leg for a boundary.
Washington Sundar (3-0-11-2) comes back in to finish his spell.
15.6 overs (0 Run) Hits the length hard again, on off. Ayush Badoni blocks it out.
15.5 overs (0 Run) On a length, on middle. Ayush Badoni works it to mid-wicket.
15.4 overs (4 Runs) FOUR! That will be the first boundary for Ayush Badoni today! It is full and outside off. Ayush Badoni creams it through cover-point. Abdul Samad runs to his left and dives to stop it but his body touches the ropes as he tries to stop the ball.
15.3 overs (1 Run) Fifty for KL Rahul! Another captain's knock from him, his team needed him to drop anchor and he has done it perfectly. A short ball, around off. Rahul pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a single.
15.2 overs (1 Run) Lands on a length, around off. Ayush Badoni opens the face of his blade and steers it towards third man for a single. He is off the mark.
Ayush Badoni is in next for Lucknow.
15.1 overs (0 Run) OUT! CAUGHT! So Romario Shepherd comes back into the attack and gets rid of dangerous Deepak Hooda! End of a very fine knock from Deepak Hooda! It is on the shorter side on off. Hooda makes room and looks to launch it over deep mid-wicket. However, he fails to get enough distance and probaly it hits the bottom of his blade. The ball goes straight to Rahul Tripathi there and he takes a good catch. Can Hyderabad now restrict the scoring rate?
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