Karnataka vs Vidarbha, 2nd Semi-Final - Live Cricket Score, Commentary
Series: Ranji Trophy, 2017-18 Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata Date & Time: Dec 17-Dec 21, 09:30 AM LOCAL
Siddesh Neral 0-78(19 ov)
91.6
Siddesh Neral to Vinay Kumar, no run, short and wide out-swinger outside off, seaming away as well and looks even more wide after the seam movement. Three very mediocre deliveries after that jaffa on the third ball
91.5
Siddesh Neral to Nair, 1 run, back of a length on the pads, tucked away easily to fine leg for a comfortable single
91.4
Siddesh Neral to Nair, no run, back of a length on middle and leg, clipped towards short mid-wicket
91.3
Siddesh Neral to Vinay Kumar, 1 run, back of a length on middle, seaming into the rib-cage and it hurried onto the batsman. A top-edge lobs up, squares up the batsman, and lands in the vacant region between backward point and the slip cordon. Oh, so unfortunate for Siddesh Neral
91.2
Siddesh Neral to Nair, 1 run, short outside off, Nair hangs back, gets on his toes and steers it with a vertical bat to deep backward point for a single
91.1
Siddesh Neral to Nair, no run, back of a length on off, Nair gets on the back foot, stands tall, and punches it towards short extra cover
82.6
Siddesh Neral to Vinay Kumar, no run, extra bounce, Vinay Kumar controls it into the pitch. Yanks his bottom hand off on cue
82.5
Siddesh Neral to Vinay Kumar, no run, left alone outside off
82.4
Siddesh Neral to Vinay Kumar, FOUR, nicely punches it away through backward point with an open bat face
82.3
Siddesh Neral to Nair, 1 run, runs it down to fine leg. Keeper fielder is, running all the way across
82.2
Siddesh Neral to Nair, no run,
82.1
Siddesh Neral to Nair, 2 runs, worked round the corner. Uses the linear line to good use
80.6
Siddesh Neral to Nair, no run, he's played this late to cover but couldn't get the intended single to cover
80.5
Siddesh Neral to Vinay Kumar, leg byes, 1 run, seaming in from a fuller length this time, and all Vinay Kumar could offer was his pad. Planted on leg-stump, so cannot be out leg-before
80.4
Siddesh Neral to Vinay Kumar, 2 runs, seams in from back of a length, Vinay Kumar works it through mid-wicket
80.3
Siddesh Neral to Nair, 1 run, starts with a line of the pads, is picked uppishly to fine leg
80.2
Siddesh Neral to Nair, no run, left off the front foot
80.1
Siddesh Neral to Nair, no run, full outside off, blocked
78.6
Siddesh Neral to Nair, 1 run, that's a top-edged pull that's been fielded by the deep backward square fielder. Not in control at all - and not for the first time against the short ball today - but gets lucky with the placement
78.5
Siddesh Neral to Nair, no run, doesn't flirt with the short ball. There's a third man in place for the upper-cut he plays
78.4
Siddesh Neral to Vinay Kumar,Legbyes 1 run, nudged this round the corner
78.3
Siddesh Neral to Nair, 1 run, balls seams in, cramping Vinay Kumar for Nair for room, but that's been nicely steered with a flat-bat to third man
78.2
Siddesh Neral to Vinay Kumar, 1 run, pokes off the back foot and nudges a single, does he? Yeah, behind square on the off-side
78.1
Siddesh Neral to Vinay Kumar, no run, bottom-handed push to mid-on
76.6
Siddesh Neral to Vinay Kumar, no run, extra bounce from a back of a length, left alone outside off
76.5
Siddesh Neral to Vinay Kumar, no run, full outside off, left alone
76.4
Siddesh Neral to Vinay Kumar, no run, plays well inside the line of this delivery
76.4
Siddesh Neral to Vinay Kumar, wide, banged in too short. Siddesh Neral sees the batsman charging down and does so
76.3
Siddesh Neral to Vinay Kumar, no run, beats him. Makes him play slightly away from his body
76.2
Siddesh Neral to Vinay Kumar, FOUR, these runs will hurt Vidarbha. They had a foot in the door but now Vinay's playing shots like these: coming forward and timing the pants off a cover drive
76.1
Siddesh Neral to Nair, 1 run, overpitched, Nair drives it through cover/cover-point
74.6
Siddesh Neral to Vinay Kumar, no run, left alone outside off
74.5
Siddesh Neral to Vinay Kumar, no run, levers his bat up outside off. Some seam movement for Siddesh Neral here; this one decks in
74.4
Siddesh Neral to Vinay Kumar, no run, squeezes out a full length delivery towards mid-on
74.3
Siddesh Neral to Vinay Kumar, no run, brilliant ball. Vinay Kumar is sucked forward into defending but Siddesh Neral just gets the ball to hold its line outside off. Beaten
74.2
Siddesh Neral to Vinay Kumar, no run, gets forward and pushes into the off-side
74.1
Siddesh Neral to Vinay Kumar, no run, starts with a fifth stumps line; left alone
62.6
Siddesh Neral to Nair, no run, fuller delivery drilled to cover
62.5
Siddesh Neral to Nair, FOUR, soft-hands the edge wide of the slip fielder
62.4
Siddesh Neral to Nair, no run, full and drifting down leg, Nair looks to flick and misses
62.3
Siddesh Neral to Nair, FOUR, opens the bat face and steers the wide ball in the gap between the slip cordon and gully
62.2
Siddesh Neral to Mithun, 1 run, flays the cut square on the off-side
62.1
Siddesh Neral to Nair, 1 run, tucked off the hip to deep backward square
60.6
Siddesh Neral to Mithun, FOUR, oh audacious shot! Pitched up, and he has his feet glued to the crease as he gets under it to loft it over mid-on to the long on fence for four. Doesn't quite get the elevation he was hoping for, but manages to evade the mid-on fielder who was too wide. It was quite flat, and Nair at the non-striker's end was seen taking evasive action
60.5
Siddesh Neral to Mithun, no run, back of a length just outside off, cramped for room and Mithun uses his bottom hand to punch it off the back foot towards cover point
60.4
Siddesh Neral to Nair, 1 run, good length outside off, steered with a vertical bat square of the wicket for a single
60.3
Siddesh Neral to Nair, no run, back of a length in the channel outside off, Nair pushes it to cover from the crease
60.2
Siddesh Neral to Nair, no run, back of a length just outside off, seaming in a touch, and missing off-stump by about a stump and a half as Nair shoulders arms. Nair on 85 now, nearing a well-deserved hundred
60.1
Siddesh Neral to Nair, no run, back of a length on off, Nair gets back quickly and blocks it back down the pitch
58.6
Siddesh Neral to Nair, no run, good length ball too wid eof off to cause any trouble, and Nair is content with letting that one go through to the keeper
58.5
Siddesh Neral to Nair, FOUR, full and on the pads, clipped away with ease to the deep mid wicket fence. Effortless short. All timing.
58.4
Siddesh Neral to Nair, no run, back of a length outside off, Nair stuck in the crease again, and Nair pokes away from his body. The ball beats the edge of the set batsman. Oh this is excellent cricket!
58.3
Siddesh Neral to Nair, no run, back of a length ball coming in with the angle, left alone by Nair again
58.2
Siddesh Neral to Nair, no run, back of a length outside off, Nair shoulders arms. A little bit of seam movement into the batsman
58.1
Siddesh Neral to Nair, no run, back of a length outside off, very quick and skiddy, bounces and gets quickly onto Nair. He is upto it and defends off the back foot
56.6
Siddesh Neral to Shreyas Gopal, no run, back of a length outside off, Shreyas Gopal comes forward and drives away fromt he body. The ball moved away off the seam, maintained its seam position after bouncing and continued to swing away into the keeper's gloves after beating the outside edge of Shreyas Gopal
56.5
Siddesh Neral to Shreyas Gopal, no run, on a good length outside off, jagging in off the seam and Shreyas Gopal shoulders arms
56.4
Siddesh Neral to Nair, 1 run, good length delivery outside off, Nair comes forward and dabs it in front of point as they scamper across for a single. The man at cover comes in and fires ina throw and there is no one backing up. They don't run any extra overthrows
56.3
Siddesh Neral to Nair, no run, back of a length wide outside off, Nair shoulders arms as the ball moves sharply away off the seam
56.2
Siddesh Neral to Nair, no run, back of a length outside off, seaming in and swinging late after the bounce into Akshay's gloves as Nair shoulders arms
56.1
Siddesh Neral to Shreyas Gopal, 1 run, back of a length outside off, Shreyas Gopal stays back and pokes tentatively, gets it off the outer-half to backward point for a quick single
54.6
Siddesh Neral to Shreyas Gopal, no run, back of a length wide outside off, seaming in and Shreyas Gopal is happy to let that one go
54.5
Siddesh Neral to Shreyas Gopal, no run, good length outside off, but too wide to cause any alarms, Gopal shoulders arms
54.4
Siddesh Neral to Nair, 1 run, good length delivery outside off, Nair throw his bat at it with feet cemented to the ground, gets it off the outer half towards third man. It was in the air for a while, but safe
54.3
Siddesh Neral to Nair, no run, back of a length just outside off, Nair blocks it from inside the crease and right under his eyes
54.2
Siddesh Neral to Nair, no run, back of a length and an even better bounce, and it seaming in a little from outside off. The batsman raises the bat getting it out of the line
54.1
Siddesh Neral to Nair, no run, back of a length outside off, seaming in sharply but still not close enough to off-stump, Nair comes forward and shoulders arms. Good carry through to the keeper
34.6
Siddesh Neral to Nair, no run, doesn't commit to the drive, just a mere push past the bowler. Mid-on tidies up
34.5
Siddesh Neral to Nair, no run, compact forward defence into the off-side
34.4
Siddesh Neral to Gautam, leg byes, 1 run, walks across, plays outside the line of a in-decker and is rapped high on the back pad. Mild appeal, not given
34.3
Siddesh Neral to Gautam, no run, way wide of off, Gautam lets it be
34.2
Siddesh Neral to Nair, 1 run, strays into the pads, Nair picks him through square leg
34.1
Siddesh Neral to Nair, no run, full inswinger just outside off, Nair drives firmly. Thick inside half and back to the bowler
32.6
Siddesh Neral to Nair, 1 run, glanced away off the pads to fine leg
32.5
Siddesh Neral to Nair, no run, in the channel outside off, tapped to cover
32.4
Siddesh Neral to Nair, no run, nip-backer, zips off the pitch and hits the splice as Nair tries to release his bottom hand off the blade
32.3
Siddesh Neral to Nair, no run, sits back inside his crease and blunts a fullish delivery towards extra cover
32.2
Siddesh Neral to Nair, no run, full and straight, flicked to short mid-wicket
32.1
Siddesh Neral to Gautam, 1 run, short ball on middle, pulled along the ground to deep mid-wicket
30.6
Siddesh Neral to Gautam, 1 run, good length delivery in the channel outside off, Gautam plays it late and dabs it towards point for a qucik single
30.5
Siddesh Neral to Nair, 1 run, good length delivery on the pads, deflected to deep square leg for a single
30.4
Siddesh Neral to Nair, no run, back of a length outside off, a bit of movement off the pitch and a bit of shape in after it hit the deck and it goes through to the keeper. One of those rare occasions when the ball maintains the seam position after bouncing
30.3
Siddesh Neral to Gautam, 1 run, back of a length outside off, Gautam stays in the crease and dabs it to point for a quick single
30.2
Siddesh Neral to Gautam, no run, full ball on off, Gautam walks at the bowler and crunches a drive straight to the man at mid-off
30.1
Siddesh Neral to Gautam, no run, back of a length outside off, Gautam shuffles across towards off and leaves it watchfully
28.6
Siddesh Neral to Gautam, 1 run, not very short, but Gautam manages to pull that one towards deep square leg for a single
28.5
Siddesh Neral to Gautam, no run, oh this would have been troublesome if it was a little closer to off. Out-swinger, swinging away in the early part of the flight, and seaming in again. Gautam shoulders arms
28.4
Siddesh Neral to Gautam, no run, back of a length on middle and leg, Gautam stays in the crease and defends it towards mid-on
28.3
Siddesh Neral to Gautam, no run, back of a length on off, seaming away and beating the bat! Finally, the kind of jaffas we saw late last evening
28.2
Siddesh Neral to Gautam, no run, good length outside off, Gautam leaves it alone as it seams in towards the off-stump, but not close enough to cause any alarms
28.1
Siddesh Neral to Nair, 1 run, full and wide outside off, and Nair leans into a princely drive towards the cover point boundary, Point comes around to collect the ball and the 100 is up for Karnataka
26.6
Siddesh Neral to Nair, no run, back of a length outside off, Nair shoulders arms and it thuds into the keeper's mitts
26.5
Siddesh Neral to Gautam, 3 runs, good length outside off, Gautam comes forward and steers it in front of point, and Neral runs from third man to collect it near the boundary line and saves a run
26.4
Siddesh Neral to Gautam, no run, good length on middle, Gautam tries to glance it but gets an inside edge onto the pad
26.3
Siddesh Neral to Gautam, no run, good length outside off, Gautam comes forward and blocks
26.2
Siddesh Neral to Gautam, no run, good length on middle and off, Gautam pushes it towards mid-on from the crease
26.1
Siddesh Neral to Gautam, no run, back of a length wide outside off, seaming in sharply but too much bounce to cause trouble. Left alone by the batsman
24.6
Siddesh Neral to Gautam, no run, good length outside off, the ball stays low, but too wide to cause Gautam any trouble who shoulders arms comfortably
24.5
Siddesh Neral to Nair, 1 run, back of a length on off, Nair gets back in the crease and pushes it to extra cover for a quick single
24.4
Siddesh Neral to Nair, 2 runs, back of a length outside off, guided through the vacant backward point region for a couple
24.3
Siddesh Neral to Nair, FOUR, not too short but wide outside off, Nair frees his arms and cuts it in front of point for four. Karun is a short man, so a slightly short ball and he can get under it
24.2
Siddesh Neral to Gautam, 3 runs, full delivery outside off, Gautam leans into a princely cover drive and times it towards deep extra cover. The man at short cover gives chase to save the boundary and keep it to three
24.1
Siddesh Neral to Gautam, no run, back of a length but a little wide, and a touch of seam movement off the pitch. Gautam shoulders arms after shuffling towards off-stump
14.6
Siddesh Neral to Gautam, FOUR, full and wide outside off, Gautam shuffles across towards off stump and opens the face of the bat to guide it in front of backward point for four. That raced away off the bat and a wayward first over from Neral comes to an end. 8 off it
14.5
Siddesh Neral to Gautam, no run, on a good length but too wide outside off, Gautam leaves it alone comfortably
14.4
Siddesh Neral to Gautam, FOUR, full and swinging in, but too wide. The batsman leans forward and slices it wristily to the deep backward point fence for four
14.3
Siddesh Neral to Gautam, no run, back of a length on a sixth stump line, and it seams in. The batsman shoulders arms as it goes through
14.2
Siddesh Neral to Gautam, no run, good length ball but wide outside off, stays low and goes through to the keeper after several bounces
14.1
Siddesh Neral to Gautam, no run, back of a length just outside off, the batsman has no qualms about letting that go through to the keeper
12.6
Siddesh Neral to Nair, no run, back of a length just outside off, Nair shuffles again, stays back and defends it into the off-side
12.5
Siddesh Neral to Nair, no run, good length outside off, far too wide to cause any problems for Nair, as he shoulders arms
12.4
Siddesh Neral to Gautam, 1 run, full on the pads, clipped away behind square for a single
12.3
Siddesh Neral to Gautam, no run, back of a length outside off, Gautam shuffles across, gets on his toes, and defends. He takes his bottom hand off the bat to keep it down
12.2
Siddesh Neral to Gautam, FOUR, back of a length delivery heading towards the thigh guardm Gautam just shuffles across, gets into a front-on position and deflects it to fine leg for four
12.1
Siddesh Neral to Gautam, no run, short-ish delivery wide outside off, too wide to cause any trouble. Gautam shuffles across outside off and shoulders arms
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