Rest of India vs Gujarat, Irani Cup - Live Cricket Score, Commentary
S Nadeem 4-64(29 ov)
89.6
S Nadeem to Gandhi, 1 run, Gandhi fetches it from well outside off and sweeps it uppishly towards vacant mid-wicket region
89.5
S Nadeem to Gandhi, FOUR, and again, Nadeem is on the shorter side. This time he gives width too for Gandhi to free his arms. Cut away to deep point for a boundary
89.4
S Nadeem to Gandhi, no run, quicker delivery on the stumps, Gandhi defends off the back foot
89.3
S Nadeem to Gandhi, no run, turning away from Gandhi as he cuts it late to deep backward point
89.2
S Nadeem to Gandhi, no run, Gandhi gets forward in defence
89.1
S Nadeem to Gandhi, no run, short delivery outside off, Gandhi cuts it to the left of backward point
87.6
S Nadeem to Hardik Patel, no run, turns into the left-hander, Hardik Patel gets inside the line and decides to pad it away. Nadeem goes up for a muted LBW appeal. Umpires turns it down as it could have slipped down leg-stump
87.5
S Nadeem to Hardik Patel, no run, Hardik Patel dead-bats it to the left of Nadeem
87.4
S Nadeem to Gandhi, 1 run, Gandhi sweeps it along the ground to deep mid-wicket for a single
87.3
S Nadeem to Gandhi, no run, Gandhi blocks it back to Nadeem
87.2
S Nadeem to Gandhi, no run, tossed up delivery outside off, Gandhi drops it to cover
87.1
S Nadeem to Gandhi, no run, Gandhi whips it to deep square leg, decide against the run
85.6
S Nadeem to Hardik Patel, no run, turning into the left-hander, Hardik Patel tucks it to short mid-wicket
85.5
S Nadeem to Gandhi, 1 run, quick single from the duo and they make it with ease. Gandhi taps it in front of point and shouts 'YES'
85.4
S Nadeem to Gandhi, no run, tad shorter in length, Gandhi knocks it cover-point
85.3
S Nadeem to Gandhi, no run, Gandhi waits for the ball and bunts it to the off-side
85.2
S Nadeem to Gandhi, no run, turn and bounce for Nadeem. Gandhi prods forward in defence and gets beaten on the outside edge
85.1
S Nadeem to Gandhi, no run, well tossed up delivery outside off, Gandhi charges down the ground and plays the ugly slog. Gets a thick inside edge that goes past his leg-stump towards short fine leg
83.6
S Nadeem to Gandhi, byes, FOUR, this time he tries the conventional sweep and misses as the ball sneaks under his bat. Saha fails to glove it and the ball runs down to towards the boundary for four byes
83.5
S Nadeem to Gandhi, no run, Gandhi tries the reverse sweep and misses. Is pinged on the helmet as he took his eyes off the ball. Nothing serious though
83.4
S Nadeem to Gandhi, 2 runs, shortish delivery on the stumps, Gandhi makes room and cuts it wide of point for a brace. Sweeper cover tidies it to running to his left
83.3
S Nadeem to Gandhi, no run, well flighted delivery outside off, driven to sweeper cover. Gandhi decides against the single
83.2
S Nadeem to Gandhi, no run, tossed up delivery on the stumps, Gandhi leans onto the front foot in defence
83.1
S Nadeem to Gandhi, no run, short delivery hurries onto Gandhi, punched to cover
81.6
S Nadeem to Hardik Patel, no run, Hardik Patel prods froward in defence
81.5
S Nadeem to Hardik Patel, no run, turns into the left-hander, Hardik Patel pads it away as the line was going down leg
81.4
S Nadeem to Gandhi, 1 run, Gandhi drops it to cover and calls for a quick single. Gets it with ease
81.3
S Nadeem to Gandhi, no run, hint of turn away from the right-hander, Gandhi defends off the outside half of the blade towards cover
81.2
S Nadeem to Gandhi, no run, tossed up delivery outside off, Gandhi gets a big stride forward in defence
81.1
S Nadeem to Gandhi, no run, Gandhi comes down the track and pushes it to Nadeem
79.6
S Nadeem to Hardik Patel, no run, loopy delivery around off-stump, Hardik Patel squeezes it to the right of mid-off and decides against a run
79.5
S Nadeem to Hardik Patel, no run, turns into the left-hander, Hardik Patel dead-bats it
79.4
S Nadeem to Gandhi, 1 run, pitched well up to the batsman's reach, Gandhi gets forward and eases it down to long-on
79.3
S Nadeem to Gandhi, no run, nicely flighted delivery on the stumps, Gandhi bunts it to the off-side
79.2
S Nadeem to Gandhi, no run, Gandhi reaches out and mistimes the drives back to Nadeem
79.1
S Nadeem to Gandhi, no run, tossed up delivery on the stumps. Gandhi taps it back to Nadeem
77.6
S Nadeem to Hardik Patel, no run, stays back and defends it down into the turf
77.5
S Nadeem to Gandhi, 1 run, this guy can do it all!! Goes for a reverse paddle for a single. A new trick from his hat as he gets a run
77.4
S Nadeem to Gandhi, no run, outside off and Gandhi leaves it alone
77.3
S Nadeem to Gandhi, no run, another stride forward to counter the delivery turning away
77.2
S Nadeem to Gandhi, no run, tossed up and combated with a push into the off-side
77.1
S Nadeem to Gandhi, no run, yorks the ball out as it was speared in at the sticks
75.6
S Nadeem to Hardik Patel, no run, comes forward and smothers the delivery out with a push back to the bowler
75.5
S Nadeem to Hardik Patel, no run, the ball turns in from the rough to tickle the pad. The impact was outside off
75.4
S Nadeem to Hardik Patel, no run, stamps forward and defends it back to Nadeem
75.3
S Nadeem to Hardik Patel, no run, a neat push back to the bowler with a closed face of the bat
75.2
S Nadeem to Hardik Patel, no run, defends it back to the deck with soft hands
75.1
S Nadeem to Hardik Patel, no run, looks to defend off the back foot and gets beaten as he ends up playing inside the line of the ball
73.6
S Nadeem to Hardik Patel, no run, the ball turns in from wide of the crease and the batsman goes back to defend
73.5
S Nadeem to Chintan Gaja, out Bowled!! That was a superb delivery from Nadeem as he traverses the gap between bat and pad. It was the arm ball from wide of the crease and skidded through after landing to shatter the sticks. He set the batsman up with similar balls which were slower in nature and almost on the same length. This time though went wider and pushed it in quicker to rattle the sticks down. Can they still get to 400? Chintan Gaja b S Nadeem 2(11)
73.4
S Nadeem to Chintan Gaja, no run, well tossed up outside off and Chintan Gaja is happy to have a leave at that
73.3
S Nadeem to Chintan Gaja, no run, forward and defended back to the bowler with a push
73.2
S Nadeem to Chintan Gaja, no run, stays back and defends it
73.1
S Nadeem to Gandhi, 1 run, takes it from the sticks and sweeps. The ball has been picked up by the man at mid-wicket
71.6
S Nadeem to Gandhi, no run, yorks the ball out as it was fired in outside off
71.5
S Nadeem to Gandhi, no run, too much of flight outside off, Gandhi is happy to let that go through
71.4
S Nadeem to Gandhi, no run, another push forward and the ball has been pushed away into the off-side
71.3
S Nadeem to Gandhi, no run, defends it into the covers
71.2
S Nadeem to Gandhi, no run, another left alone stance which pings the front pad on the way. The impact was well outside off
71.1
S Nadeem to Gandhi, no run, a lot of turn outside off, Gandhi strides forward, sees the line and leaves
69.6
S Nadeem to Thadani, out Lbw!! Misses a straight ball and is gone!! Umpire Virender Sharma did not have much of a doubt in his mind as he raised the dreaded finger. It was full and right up there, Thadani played all across it and missed it to be adjudged LBW. Thadani was not happy with the call but he missed the leather. He did make contact with the ground on the attempted clip. The ball dipped in front of him and missed his attempt. Pinged flush on the boot. Thadani lbw b S Nadeem 11(31) [4s-2]
69.5
S Nadeem to Thadani, no run, defended into the off-side by bending down on it
69.4
S Nadeem to Thadani, no run, a little wander out of the crease followed by a clip to the man at mid-wicket
69.3
S Nadeem to Thadani, no run, again goes back to a full delivery and keeps it out in a tentative manner
69.2
S Nadeem to Thadani, no run, goes back to a very full ball and is beaten by the length and line
69.1
S Nadeem to Gandhi, 1 run, a little whip onto the on-side with a walk across the sticks
67.6
S Nadeem to Thadani, no run, well outside off, innocuous delivery and Thadani is happy to let it go unscathed
67.5
S Nadeem to Thadani, 2 runs, loopy with a lot of hang time but the batsman does the bait and drags the ball away past the man at mid-wicket for a couple
67.4
S Nadeem to Thadani, no run, and again, has a look at that delivery ballooned up outside off, leaves it
67.3
S Nadeem to Thadani, no run, outside off and a some turn imparted on it, Thadani decides to bail out of the poke
67.2
S Nadeem to Thadani, no run, tossed up delivery just outside off and Thadani moves into the forward defence to smother it
67.1
S Nadeem to Thadani, no run, lot of height on that arm ball and the batsman missed the tuck. The ball was also going down leg is what it seemed. A huge appeal was made but had no impact on the ump
65.6
S Nadeem to Thadani, no run, well forward and smothered into the deck
65.5
S Nadeem to Thadani, no run, gets beaten on the outside edge as he looked to force the issue on the off-side by surfing back
65.4
S Nadeem to Thadani, no run, drives it with the turn to cover
65.3
S Nadeem to Thadani, no run, turned away on the on-side as the ball drifted onto the pads
65.2
S Nadeem to Thadani, no run, the arm ball pushes the batsman on the back foot and Thadani keeps it out on the on-side in a hurried manner
65.1
S Nadeem to Thadani, no run, stands back and pushes it back to the bowler
63.6
S Nadeem to Gandhi, no run, and again, drags the line wider, same gait from Gandhi as he comes up with a left alone stance
63.5
S Nadeem to Gandhi, no run, well outside off, looped up, Gandhi is more than happy to leave
63.4
S Nadeem to Gandhi, no run, pushes it away into the off-side by playing it with the turn
63.3
S Nadeem to Gandhi, no run, outside off, lot of loop, left alone
63.2
S Nadeem to Gandhi, no run, defends it down into the deck with a solid bat coming down on it
63.1
S Nadeem to Gandhi, 2 runs, fetches it from well outside off and sweeps it away in front of square. They came back for a dicey couple and make it in the end. The throw came in at the bowler's end and had it been a clean pick up from the bowler, things could have been tight for Thadani
61.6
S Nadeem to Thadani, no run, defended solidly after covering the line of the ball
61.5
S Nadeem to Thadani, no run, clips it away into the on-side, lands on a few bounces to the man at short mid
61.4
S Nadeem to Thadani, no run, goes back to a full ball and gets beaten on the poke. Lots of noise now from the RoI players
61.3
S Nadeem to Karan Patel, out Bowled!! Nadeem miffed last ball, does the redemption act now. The ball was on a length and skidded through, Karan Patel steered back to play the cut but was visibly late and missed it. The ball taversed the path to the sticks to give RoI another opening. Karan Patel b S Nadeem 15(27) [4s-2]
61.2
S Nadeem to Karan Patel, no run, hug stride forward with a glued set of bat and pad coming down on that delivery. A huge appeal transpires as the inside edge is not picked by the ring of fielders and the bowler. Umpire Virender Sharma asks the RoI team to calm down
61.1
S Nadeem to Karan Patel, no run, flattish and defended awkwardly with a push back
59.6
S Nadeem to Gandhi, no run, flatter and outside off, Gandhi covers the sticks with a little shuffle and leaves
59.5
S Nadeem to Gandhi, no run, lot of dip, some turn and and bounce but all of it outside off for Gandhi to see it through
59.4
S Nadeem to Gandhi, no run, pushes forward and defends it back itno the turf
59.3
S Nadeem to Gandhi, no run, tossed up delivery outside off, has a look before letting it go
59.2
S Nadeem to Gandhi, FOUR, slams the slog sweep with a fetch from the sticks. Muscled and it went into the vacant region of mid-wicket. The stellar show from Gandhi continues
59.1
S Nadeem to Gandhi, no run, hangs back and pushes it away into the off-side with a jab of the hands
57.6
S Nadeem to Gandhi, no run, shouts of "catch" but it falls short by a couple of yards. This one turned away and deceives Gandhi as he went for the cut, skews it off the outer half and was momentarily in the air for a while but luckily, dropped short of cover-point
57.5
S Nadeem to Gandhi, no run, flighted delivery on middle, defended
57.4
S Nadeem to Gandhi, no run, there wasn't any excitement and that itself is an indication that Che wasn't confident. A tossed up delivery outside off, Gandhi went for the drive, hits it on the rise. Pujara at extra cover dived forward, the ball was dying on him. He went with both hands but it carried to him just on the half-volley. Gandhi survives
57.3
S Nadeem to Gandhi, no run, tossed up on middle, defended
57.2
S Nadeem to Karan Patel, 1 run, shorter outside off, cut through point
57.1
S Nadeem to Karan Patel, no run, tossed up outside off, defended
55.6
S Nadeem to Gandhi, no run, touch slower, Gandhi gets forward and kills it down the pitch
55.5
S Nadeem to Gandhi, no run, tossed up on off, defended
55.4
S Nadeem to Gandhi, 2 runs, chaos. Gandhi drives it towards cover, sets off for a quick single. The fielder fires a needless throw at the striker's end. Conceded an overthrow as there was no-one backing up
55.3
S Nadeem to Gandhi, FOUR, edged and over first slip! A flatter delivery outside off, Patel went for the cut, ekes an outside edge which flew to Tiwary. He didn't bother to react, went too quickly, must say. But I guess he was blinded for a second because of the sun rays. Sees it loop over his head. Nadeem looks flabbergasted
55.2
S Nadeem to Karan Patel, 1 run, poked towards cover
55.1
S Nadeem to Karan Patel, no run, tossed up on the stumps, forward and defended
53.6
S Nadeem to Karan Patel, no run, goes back and across to punch this flatter ball to cover
53.5
S Nadeem to Gandhi, 1 run, floated up outside off, push-drives it towards cover, secures a sharp single
53.4
S Nadeem to Gandhi, no run, touch quicker outside off, Gandhi jumps back and dabs it very late to backward point
53.3
S Nadeem to Gandhi, no run, loop and dip on this one, Gandhi brings his bat in front of his pad to defend
53.2
S Nadeem to Gandhi, no run, 77kph, very slow through the air, Gandhi lunges forward in defence
53.1
S Nadeem to Gandhi, no run, weight forward and bat close to the pad to smother this tossed up down the pitch
51.6
S Nadeem to Gandhi, FOUR, Gandhi counterattacks. Uses the sweep to good effect, buries on one knee, fetches the ball from outside off and brooms it away with swagger in front of square on the leg-side
51.5
S Nadeem to Gandhi, no run, lots of revs, Gandhi gets inches forward and blocks
51.4
S Nadeem to Gandhi, no run, flighted delivery outside off, left alone
51.3
S Nadeem to Gandhi, no run, tossed up outside off, defended
51.2
S Nadeem to Gandhi, no run, gentle query for LBW but the angle was taking the ball down leg. A quicker delivery from Nadeem, sneaks through and beats his inside edge, raps him on the pad
51.1
S Nadeem to Gandhi, no run, waits in his crease to bunt this flatter delivery
49.6
S Nadeem to Juneja, no run, angles one quicker, Juneja waits on the back foot to stonewall it
49.5
S Nadeem to Gandhi, 1 run, looped up on off, draws Gandhi forward, who pushes it gently towards cover
49.4
S Nadeem to Juneja, 1 run, tad shorter, punched towards cover
49.3
S Nadeem to Juneja, no run, snaking in on middle, Juneja presses forward in defend, drags it off inner half into the on-side
49.2
S Nadeem to Juneja, no run, skids one with the angle, forces Juneja to hang back and dead bat it
49.1
S Nadeem to Gandhi, 1 run, runs straightaway. Gandhi goes deep in his crease to this flatter delivery outside off and scythes the cut through the unmanned point region
47.6
S Nadeem to Gandhi, no run, forward to that flattish delivery and defended
47.5
S Nadeem to Juneja, 1 run, goes back and stabs the punch away into the off-side for single
47.4
S Nadeem to Juneja, no run, pushed into the covers
47.3
S Nadeem to Gandhi, 1 run, punches it into the covers as the ball drifted into him
47.2
S Nadeem to Parthiv Patel, out Caught by Herwadkar!! A shocker from Virender Sharma. Might be the turning point of the game. The batsman lunged forward towards the line of the ball, missed it, got hit on the pads on the move. The ball then vapoured up for the man at FSL to take an excellent catch over his head as he completed it with a dive. But more importantly there was no bat, nowhere close. The game can be cruel to you..Parthiv is not mincing his emotions either, mutters away into the pavilion. Parthiv Patel c Herwadkar b S Nadeem 32(53) [4s-3]
47.1
S Nadeem to Parthiv Patel, no run, defended into the off-side as the ball turned in
45.6
S Nadeem to Parthiv Patel, no run, allows the ball to turn in, loosens his bottom hand grip and barricades the delivery out softly into the 22 yards
45.5
S Nadeem to Juneja, 1 run, slides into his crease and punches it off the back foot to get a single into the covers
45.4
S Nadeem to Juneja, no run, stays back and pushes it away into the off-side
45.3
S Nadeem to Juneja, no run, defends it into the off-side as the ball was flattish in trajectory
45.2
S Nadeem to Juneja, no run, tossed up outside off and Juneja looks to drive it only to miss it
45.1
S Nadeem to Juneja, no run, clips the ball away to mid-wicket
43.6
S Nadeem to Juneja, no run, brings the bat in front of the pad and dead bats it
43.5
S Nadeem to Juneja, no run, goes back a little and keeps it down
43.4
S Nadeem to Juneja, no run, forward and smothered into the deck
43.3
S Nadeem to Juneja, no run, tossed up outside off and Juneja is happy to shoulder arms
43.2
S Nadeem to Juneja, no run, on the sticks and was well flighted. Batsman defends it
43.1
S Nadeem to Parthiv Patel, 1 run, walks into the drive to get it away towards long-on
35.6
S Nadeem to Parthiv Patel, 1 run, on leg-stump line, tucked away behind square
35.5
S Nadeem to Panchal, 1 run, punched to sweeper cover
35.4
S Nadeem to Panchal, 2 runs, Panchal reaches his fifty. Continues his rich vein of form. Goes low and plays the paddle sweep, sends it very fine and gets a brace
35.3
S Nadeem to Panchal, no run, spinning in from outside leg, Panchal leaves it alone
35.2
S Nadeem to Parthiv Patel, 1 run, short again, Patel rocks back and pulls it ferociously to deep mid-wicket
35.1
S Nadeem to Parthiv Patel, FOUR, Patel doesn't want to waste any scoring opportunity. Sees a half-tracker, a pie from Nadeem asking to be eaten up, Patel swallows it. Goes back and slaps it through the vacant cover region, races away to the fence
33.6
S Nadeem to Panchal, 2 runs, again, the ball follows Kuldeep as Panchal punches this flatter delivery to sweeper cover, no theatrics this time but still good running from the pair and they get a brace
33.5
S Nadeem to Panchal, 2 runs, that is clumsy from Kuldeep at sweeper cover. Panchal went back and forced it through cover, Kuldeep is slow to get to the ball and that allows the pair to pinch a couple
33.4
S Nadeem to Panchal, no run, slower through the air around off, forward and blocked
33.3
S Nadeem to Panchal, no run, stretches forward and bunts it to cover
33.2
S Nadeem to Parthiv Patel, 1 run, a little shimmy again and stabs this flighted delivery towards mid-on, the fielder was whisked back and they will get a single
33.1
S Nadeem to Parthiv Patel, FOUR, Patel doesn't want to let the spinner settle. Dances down the track, meets the pitch of the ball and lifts it over mid-on, couple of bounces and into the fence. Che walks up to the bowler and has a chat with him. This is what pressure can do
31.6
S Nadeem to Parthiv Patel, no run, uses his feet again, is defeated by the flight after he fails to meet the pitch. Offers his pad and kicks it away
31.5
S Nadeem to Parthiv Patel, no run, this one rips back into Patel from outside off, Patel went back on the cut, gets cramped and adjusts well to bunt it into the off-side
31.4
S Nadeem to Panchal, 1 run, drifts it on the pads, Panchal crouches low and knocks it through square leg
31.3
S Nadeem to Panchal, no run, tad shorter, Panchal accommodates for the bounce by going back. Defends it into the off-side with an angled blade
31.2
S Nadeem to Parthiv Patel, 1 run, spinning down leg, nurdled away behind square
31.1
S Nadeem to Parthiv Patel, no run, gives a lot of loop on this tossed up delivery, Patel takes a step forward and looks to smother it out, isn't to the pitch and gets his bat close to his pad to defend. The ball spins back in a touch and raps him on the pad. No real appeal
23.6
S Nadeem to Dhruv Raval, 1 run, lovely drive into the covers and a sliding tackle by the man there restricts the batsmen for a single
23.5
S Nadeem to Panchal, 1 run, the lady luck continues to be with Dhruv Raval. That was driven past the bowler, man at mid-on picked it up and had a shy at the striker's end. No direct hit but Saha picked it up to whip the bails off. But, Dhruv Raval was in, just in the nick of the time. He was reluctant to take a run but the call was for Panchal to make. And while taking the single, Dhruv Raval did look back to see where the throw was going towards. That ate up sometime but thankfully no direct hit for him
23.4
S Nadeem to Panchal, no run, a delivery dipping in and Panchal smothers it out with a push onto the front foot
23.3
S Nadeem to Panchal, no run, thrown up wide outside off and Panchal taps it down into the deck
23.2
S Nadeem to Panchal, no run, whips the clip to be impeded by the man at mid-wicket
23.1
S Nadeem to Panchal, no run, tossed up delivery and Panchal is happy to come up with a lunge forward and then the block
21.6
S Nadeem to Panchal, no run, solidly moving forward and then quashed into the 22 yards
21.5
S Nadeem to Panchal, no run, slightly quickish on the pads and Panchal wanted a single as he played it away onto the on-side. Dhruv Raval rejects his partner's plea
21.4
S Nadeem to Panchal, no run, works it off his legs and clips it to mid-wicket
21.3
S Nadeem to Panchal, no run, loopy and Panchal bends down on it to defend it solidly
21.2
S Nadeem to Panchal, no run, driven back to the bowler as the ball was too full. The bowler fumbled a bit
21.1
S Nadeem to Panchal, no run, tossed up delivery to start off and Panchal defends it down
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