Get Ball by Ball Commentary of Kings XI Punjab vs Mumbai Indians, Indian Premier League 2013, 69th match

Presentation:

Rohit: "We didn't start off well. I thought it was chaseable. We kept losing wickets. Very difficult to come back. Plan was to see off the first 4-5 overs. I would like to congratulate him. We need to regroup. We got to leave the negatives out."

Gilchrist: "Harbhajan took my wicket many many times so I just wanted to mimic the reaction. Really well received by this fab crowd. 8 wins and 8 losses, that sums up our cricket the last three years. It will be interesting to see how careers go over the next few years. Happy to watch now and be entertained. Wonderful memories with Kings XI."

Azhar Mahmood is the Man of the Match: "I knew I was at 196 wickets in the last game. No.3 is a good number to bat on. I used the slower balls a lot. This Man of the Match is for my daughters. Quite fortunate to play under Gilchrist."

That's it from here. There will be another inspection in Bangalore at 8.10pm. That's if it doesn't rain between now and then. It's 7.55 as I write. Thanks for your company. Cheers!

End of match: Dhawal Kulkarni will not bat so it's victory to Kings XI. What a fitting moment for Gilchrist to depart. At least he had some fun in a dead rubber. He shares a laugh with the Mumbai players. He will take Harbhajan's case forever you reckon.

Gilchrist does a lap around the ground. It's not Kings XI's main home ground - it's Mohali, but the crowd loves him nevertheless. The whole team joins him.

Looks like the rain has delayed the toss in Bangalore. The rain has stopped but the groundstaff are in for a lot of work. That's not going to get underway too soon.

Aby Siby Kalappurayil: "So that means, Adam Gilchrist would end up his twenty20 career with 100% strike rate... Unbelievable"

Stay with us for the presentation. The host broadcasters are still discussing the dead rubber that was just completed, without a word on the status in Bangalore. Somebody send them a nudge, rather, a shove.

19.1

Gilchrist to Harbhajan Singh, OUT, Gilly bowls an innocuous off spinner and he gets a wicket first-ball! Harbhajan slogs one-handed, goes straight down Gurkeerat's throat at long-on, Gilly does the Gangnam! Rather the half Gangnam, charges off, leaps, you should have seen him celebrate!

Harbhajan Singh c Gurkeerat Singh b Gilchrist 5 (19m 8b 0x4 0x6) SR: 62.50

The last over a mere formality. Believe it or not Gilchrist is bowling! Praveen Kumar to keep wicket. Not kidding

END OF OVER:
19 | 3 Runs 1 Wkt | MI: 133/8 (51 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 7.00, RRR: 51.00)

Harbhajan Singh5 (7b)
Lasith Malinga1 (1b)

Azhar Mahmood4-0-24-2
Sandeep Sharma4-0-39-2

18.6

Azhar Mahmood to Harbhajan Singh, 1 run, pushes a yorker down to long-off

18.5

Azhar Mahmood to Harbhajan Singh, no run, another good yorker, outside the off stump and he fails to dig it out

18.4

Azhar Mahmood to Harbhajan Singh, no run, that's a good slower ball, swings and misses it

18.3

Azhar Mahmood to Malinga, 1 run, that was the slower one and he chips it towards mid-on

The rain has picked up in Bangalore so the toss will certainly be delayed

18.2

Azhar Mahmood to Coulter-Nile, OUT, the off stump is flattened! This was a inswinging yorker, tough to dig those out, Coulter-Nile jams his bat on the pitch and the off stump is down, that's his 200th wicket in T20

NM Coulter-Nile b Azhar Mahmood 9 (7m 6b 0x4 1x6) SR: 150.00

18.1

Azhar Mahmood to Harbhajan Singh, 1 run, slower delivery and he swivels and pulls to the on side

END OF OVER:
18 | 10 Runs | MI: 130/7 (54 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 7.22, RRR: 27.00)

Nathan Coulter-Nile9 (5b)
Harbhajan Singh3 (3b)

Sandeep Sharma4-0-39-2
Azhar Mahmood3-0-21-1

17.6

Sandeep Sharma to Coulter-Nile, SIX, a bit too late in the day, this was a length ball on middle and leg and he swivels and clubs it over deep midwicket

17.5

Sandeep Sharma to Harbhajan Singh, 1 run, fullish in length outside off and he pushes it to extra cover

Guessit: "Pollard's dismissal proves 2 things. Law of Averages; and Fate has a sense of humor (3 in 3 huh?)"

17.4

Sandeep Sharma to Coulter-Nile, 1 run, another slower ball and he mistimes the pull to mid-on

17.3

Sandeep Sharma to Harbhajan Singh, 1 run, slower delivery outside off and he chops it to the off side

17.2

Sandeep Sharma to Coulter-Nile, 1 run, swings it on the pads and he works it to midwicket

17.1

Sandeep Sharma to Coulter-Nile, no run, slower delivery outside off and he plays and misses

END OF OVER:
17 | 3 Runs 1 Wkt | MI: 120/7 (64 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 7.05, RRR: 21.33)

Nathan Coulter-Nile1 (1b)
Harbhajan Singh1 (1b)

Azhar Mahmood3-0-21-1
Sandeep Sharma3-0-29-2

16.6

Azhar Mahmood to Coulter-Nile, 1 run, good length outside off and pushed to mid-off

azhar: "nice to see pollard involving in missing hatrick catches and also other way round... being caught out in 3 straight deliveries...only man do experience such a thing i guess"

16.5

Azhar Mahmood to Dhawan, OUT, good inswinging yorker but was that missing leg? Dhawan once again shuffled across to the off stump to slog that away, it was on the base of the pads and it looked like going down leg with the angle

R Dhawan lbw b Azhar Mahmood 14 (26m 15b 2x4 0x6) SR: 93.33

16.4

Azhar Mahmood to Harbhajan Singh, 1 run, stays back and he punches it to the off side

16.3

Azhar Mahmood to Dhawan, 1 run,

16.2

Azhar Mahmood to Dhawan, no run, good slower ball, goes right across to the off stump and attempts a slog but misses

MI INNINGS		R	B
GJ Maxwell	caught	0	3
AP Tare	bowled	22	12
AT Rayudu	caught wk	26	22
RG Sharma	bowled	25	25
KD Karthik	caught	0	3
KA Pollard	caught	22	21
R Dhawan	lbw	14	15
Harbhajan Singh	caught	5	8
NM Coulter-Nile	bowled	9	6
SL Malinga	not out	1	1
DS Kulkarni	absent hurt
EXTRAS	(lb 6, w 2, nb 1)
TOTAL	133 (all out; 19.1 ovs)

Kings XI BOWLING	O	R	W	Econ
P Kumar	3.0	15	1	5.00	(1w)
Azhar Mahmood	4.0	24	2	6.00
Sandeep Sharma	4.0	39	2	9.75	(1nb)
P Awana	4.0	29	1	7.25
PP Chawla	4.0	20	2	5.00	(1w)
AC Gilchrist	0.1	0	1	0.00

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	0	GJ Maxwell	AP Tare
2nd	27	AT Rayudu	AP Tare
3rd	35	AT Rayudu	RG Sharma
4th	7	KD Karthik	RG Sharma
5th	9	RG Sharma	KA Pollard
6th	39	KA Pollard	R Dhawan
7th	2	Harbhajan Singh	R Dhawan
8th	12	Harbhajan Singh	NM Coulter-Nile
9th	2	Harbhajan Singh	SL Malinga

END OF OVER:
19 | 3 Runs 1 Wkt | MI: 133/8 (51 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 7.00, RRR: 51.00)

END OF OVER:
18 | 10 Runs | MI: 130/7 (54 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 7.22, RRR: 27.00)

END OF OVER:
17 | 3 Runs 1 Wkt | MI: 120/7 (64 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 7.05, RRR: 21.33)

Match Coverage

Mumbai Indians look to preserve dominance

Gilchrist 0.1-0-0-1

Kings XI go down with a bang

Dharamsala, the IPL's dream setting

MI 2nd innings Partnerships

Indian Premier League

Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
CSK	16	11	5	22	0.53
MI	16	11	5	22	0.441
RR	16	10	6	20	0.322
SRH	16	10	6	20	0.003
RCB	16	9	7	18	0.457
PBKS	16	8	8	16	0.226
KKR	16	6	10	12	-0.095
PWI	16	4	12	8	-1.006
DC	16	3	13	6	-0.848

END OF OVER:19 | 3 Runs 1 Wkt | MI: 133/8 (51 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 7.00, RRR: 51.00)

END OF OVER:18 | 10 Runs | MI: 130/7 (54 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 7.22, RRR: 27.00)

END OF OVER:17 | 3 Runs 1 Wkt | MI: 120/7 (64 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 7.05, RRR: 21.33)

Mumbai Indians look to preserve dominance

Gilchrist 0.1-0-0-1

Kings XI go down with a bang

Dharamsala, the IPL's dream setting

END OF OVER:
19 | 3 Runs 1 Wkt | MI: 133/8 (51 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 7.00, RRR: 51.00)

END OF OVER:
18 | 10 Runs | MI: 130/7 (54 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 7.22, RRR: 27.00)

END OF OVER:
17 | 3 Runs 1 Wkt | MI: 120/7 (64 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 7.05, RRR: 21.33)