length ball and he pulls this one to deep square leg and Kings XI take pole position in the playoffs, they are the No.1 team
Kings XI vs RR, 52nd match at Mohali, IPL, May 23 2014 - Ball by Ball Commentary
Presentation:
Bailey: "We have been trying to have a smaller gap between your best and worst cricket. We said we had a lot of batters capable of scoring between 20 and 40 but the pleasing thing tonight was we kept wickets in hand and building stands. Karanveer has been patient and bowled beautifully tonight. I thought Balaji and Rishi were excellent in the middle overs. Akshar too."
Marsh is the Man of the Match: "Enjoyed batting with Manan. The bowlers were fantastic. The ball was coming on really nicely, full credit to our bowlers. Good that we got a good win tonight."
That's it from us here. Two games tomorrow but the first of the two is inconsequential - between a team that has qualified and one that is out. Sunrisers winning will make things interesting.
Join us tomorrow. Thanks for your company. Cheers!
End of the match: Royals' defeat will come as a huge relief for Mumbai Indians who are still in with a chance. The battle for fourth place is still on.
Watson: "Very good wicket. I'm a culprit for losing my wicket. Faulkner has been incredible with the bat. We have got to pick ourselves up from tonight's game. The game against Mumbai Indians is a knockout."
Peculiar batting order from the Royals. Questions will be asked why Hodge and Faulkner was sent in so late, ahead of Binny and Tewatia.
a single to fine leg is all he will get, down the leg side and pulled down to fine leg
he continues to swing them over the ropes, it was a length ball and he sent it over deep midwicket
good yorker and he drills this down to long-off and he refuses the single
when he connects it flies, this was a slower ball and landing on a full length and Faulkner sends that a few rows over wide long-on
nearly dragged that onto his stumps, this was a low full toss, he had the room but he missed it and the ball nearly shaved the off stump
Hendricks to bowl
fuller and he drills this down to long-on
another full toss and he gets away with it this time, outside off and thudded down to long-off on the first bounce
Fualkner's not giving up and boy that went really far back! This was a friendly full toss by Balaji, Faulkaner stayed at the crease and launched it several rows over the sight screen
The umpire has signalled a short run. Malik didn't ground his bat properly inside the crease on completing the first run
fuller and he drills it hard down to Miller at long-off, Miller's throw hits the stumps at the bowler's and the third umpire takes a look, Malik's bat was in the air for a while but he grounded it
4 + 6! This was a length ball outside off and Faulkner fetched that and launched it over long-on, clean strike
this was a low full toss outside off and Faulkner reached out and hit it hard wide of sweeper cover
turns it to midwicket for a single
fine running catch by Marsh! Tossed up and Cooper looks to smash it over the off side but miscues it, it was high in the air and falling in front of long-off and Marsh had a lot of ground to cover, he timed his fall well and took it and held on after hitting the ground
comes forward and lofts this one down to wide long-off and the fielder does well to cut it off and parry it to sweeper cover
another easy stumping for Saha, Hodge was looking to advance down the track and he made room, Akshar fired this towards the leg stump and Hodge was a long way down and missed it
flatter one and he sweeps and Hendricks fumbles at deep square leg and parries it to deep midwicket
he gets on his knee and sweeps him down to square leg
Mehul: "There we go, that is how you chase 179, guess Wastson was looking at the points table upside down by not sending in these two before."
expensive over! This was a length ball sliding on the pads and he lofts this one over long-on, 22 off this over
the slow bouncer, Hendricks bowls this one from the back of the hand, Hodge was looking to hook but got his head out of the way
Over 20 • RR 163/8
Kings XI won by 16 runs