- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR7.2 oh this is brilliant, the last one swerved in, this one went straight from a length. The batsman came forward to push, but the ball didn't come in as he would have thought. Ojha edges it to the keeper 33/136.3 slower short delivery that doesn' get up match, Reddy goes for a pull nonetheless and gets a thick top-edge that flies towards deep backward square leg, Umesh Yadav runs backwards and dives in the end to snaffle up a super catch. 190/333.2 and the middle stump is knocked back! Manish Pandey makes a lot of room and Umesh bowls a slower delivery, which beats the batsman's poke. The crowd finds its noise 176/249.3 short of length outside off, he waits in the crease and pulls it straight to deep midwicket. He was looking for a second, but Nayar sends him back as there was none in that one, but Mithun collects the ball and flicks the bails in quick time. He is disappointed for being run out here 341/4Extras23 (lb 5, w 18)TOTAL345/4 (50 Overs, RR: 6.9)Fall of wickets: 1-33 (Naman Ojha, 7.2 ov), 2-176 (Manish Pandey, 33.2 ov), 3-190 (Akshath Reddy, 36.3 ov), 4-341 (Yuvraj Singh, 49.3 ov)
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR3.2 oh no, I spoke too soon! This length was a touch shorter and the batsman again went for a repeat of that shot, but the ball was a bit further away from him as well, he gets a thick outside edge that settles in the lap of Yuvraj at first slip. Big blow to Reds chances 16/127.3 now Mukund steps out and smashes it hard, but he gets more height than distance.. It looked like it was going for a six, but this ones comes down comfortably in the lap of long-on fielder. The pressure of runs has taken its first toll 150/240.4 oh he has missed the straighter one! He walks down the pitch and the ball slips between the bat and pad, but Naman Ojha fumbles the ball and takes a while before taking the bails off. Jadhav however didn't turn immediately as that could have saved him. He was rather slow. But Chawla has a wicket! And a big one 248/432.5 he has holed out at long-on and Yuvraj has the wicket! The crowd is still making noise, but it''s the one of disappointment. It was not a full delivery, but Yusuf goes ahead with a lofted shot and gets it nowhere, turns out to be a tame chip towards long-on where Bhuvi takes a forward diving catch. A big anti climax this 180/341 there is the googly and the batsman didn't pick it up at all. Tried to defend it from the crease, but left a gap between bat and pad and that strikes timber... 249/546.3 slower delivery outside off and he has whacked it straight down the ground! But hello hello! Out of nowhere, Piyush Chawla rolls into the reel and takes a double-handed leaping catch at long-on. No one saw that coming 298/743.1 full and flighted, invites the across the line slog and the ball skims under the bat to strike the middle stump 262/649.5 slower delivery, the batsman has no option but to throw his bat, he top-edges it and is caught at long-on 334/1047.4 brings up a good yorker that is headed for the middle stump, Suraj is late to bring his bat down to stop that from heading into the stumps 307/849.3 he gets over ambitious, goes across the stumps and tries to flick it fine, but it's quick, it's full and it hits the base of the middle stump 333/9Extras9 (lb 3, nb 1, w 5)TOTAL334 all out (49.5 Overs, RR: 6.7)Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Robin Uthappa, 3.2 ov), 2-150 (Abhinav Mukund, 27.3 ov), 2-177* (Smit Patel, retired not out ), 3-180 (Yusuf Pathan, 32.5 ov), 4-248 (Kedar Jadhav, 40.4 ov), 5-249 (Ishank Jaggi, 40.6 ov), 6-262 (Abhimanyu Mithun, 43.1 ov), 7-298 (Gurkeerat Singh Mann, 46.3 ov), 8-307 (Suraj Yadav, 47.4 ov), 9-333 (Umesh Yadav, 49.3 ov), 10-334 (Shahbaz Nadeem, 49.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB B Kumar 9 0 74 1 8.22 2 1 R Vinay Kumar 10.5 0 76 4 7.01 3 0 PP Chawla 8 0 55 2 6.87 0 0 Yuvraj Singh 9 0 47 1 5.22 0 0 AS Rajpoot 6 0 34 0 5.66 0 0 I Saxena 7 0 45 2 6.42 0 0
Match Details
Toss
India Red , elected to field first
Season
Hours of play (local time)
09.00 start, First Session 09.00-12.30 Interval 12.30-13.15, Second Session 13.15-16.45
Match days
27 September 2013 (50-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
India Blue 4, India Red 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 41 runs 1 wicket)
- India Blue 50 runs in 12.1 overs
- India Blue 100 runs in 21.3 overs
- PA Reddy 50 runs off 63 balls (3x4, 1x6)
- MK Pandey 50 runs off 64 balls (5x4, 1x6)
- India Blue 150 runs in 28.1 overs
- India Blue 200 runs in 37.2 overs
- Powerplay 2: Overs 33.1 - 38.0 (Batting side - 30 runs 2 wickets)
- India Blue 250 runs in 42.5 overs
- Yuvraj Singh 50 off 35 balls (4x4, 3x6)
- India Blue 300 runs in 46.5 overs
- AM Nayar 50 runs off 29 balls (4x4, 3x6)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 45 runs 1 wicket)
- India Red 50 runs in 10.3 overs
- A Mukund 50 runs off 55 balls (7x4)
- India Red 100 runs in 18.5 overs
- SK Patel 50 off 68 balls (5x4)
- India Red 150 runs in 27.2 overs
- India Red 200 runs in 36.4 overs
- Powerplay 2: Overs 35.1 - 40.0 (Batting side - 54 runs)
- India Red 250 runs in 41.4 overs
- India Red 300 runs in 46.5 overs
- SK Patel retired hurt on 67* from 177/2 (32.1 ov) to 333/9 (49.3 ov)
Match Coverage
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India Blue nosed ahead in another nail-biting finish, against India Red, to seal a place in the final of the Challenger Trophy