Karnataka vs Chhattisgarh, Semi Final 1 - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Pankaj Rao to Agarwal, 1 run, on the leg stump, Agarwal flicks it to backward square leg

Pankaj Rao to Rahul, no run, defended from the crease

Pankaj Rao to Rahul, 2 runs, lovely straight drive, the fielder in the deep cuts it off

Sumit Ruikar to Agarwal, 1 run, worked away behind square, wanted the second, decided against it

Pankaj Rao to Rahul, 2 runs, walks across the line and flicks this full delivery, cut off at deep mid-wicket

Pankaj Rao to Agarwal, 1 run, fullish delivery just outside off stump Agarwal drives it past cover

Pankaj Rao to Agarwal, 1 run, sharp run, just tapped this length delivery in front of point and took off, Rahul responded well

Ajay Mandal to Rahul, no run, turns it to mid-wicket and takes off, Agarwal sends him back

Ajay Mandal to Rahul, no run, low bounce, luckily it wasn't in line with the sticks, Rahul looks to force it through the off-side, toe-ends to cover

Ajay Mandal to Agarwal, 1 run, tucked away to the right of the bowler, balls escapes Ajay Mandal and rolls to long-on

Sumit Ruikar to Rahul, no run, on the leg stump, Rahul paddles it to short fine leg

Sumit Ruikar to Agarwal, 1 run, fullish delivery outside off stump, Agarwal drives it to long-off

Ajay Mandal to Agarwal, 1 run, dabbed through cover point. Rahul is against the second run

Sumit Ruikar to Agarwal, 1 run, straighter line, Agarwal closes his bat-face and glances it to backward square leg

Sumit Ruikar to Rahul, no run, pushed to point

Sumit Ruikar to Rahul, no run, Rahul comes down the track and opens his bat-face as he drives it to the left of cover. The fielder did well to stop that

Ajay Mandal to Rahul, no run, and again. Blocked into the off-side with a half-stride forward

Ajay Mandal to Rahul, no run, defended off the front foot

Ajay Mandal to Rahul, no run, driven neatly off the front foot, straight to short cover

Sumit Ruikar to Devdutt Padikkal, 1 run, turned through square leg

Ajay Mandal to Devdutt Padikkal, 1 run, punched to long-on

Sumit Ruikar to Devdutt Padikkal, 1 run, short of length, knocked down to long-on

Ashutosh to Rahul, no run,

Ashutosh to Devdutt Padikkal, 1 run, driven to the left of short extra cover, who dives and parries it to long-off

Puneet Datey to Devdutt Padikkal, 1 run, Padikkal moves leg-side and forces this back of a length delivery to deep backward point

Ajay Mandal to Devdutt Padikkal, 1 run, fullish outside off, paddled away to fine leg

Puneet Datey to Devdutt Padikkal, 1 run, steered to third man

Puneet Datey to Devdutt Padikkal, 1 run, good length ball, clipped away to deep mid-wicket

Ajay Mandal to Rahul, no run, away-turner, Rahul goes back

Ajay Mandal to Devdutt Padikkal, 1 run, floaty ball, Padikkal leans forward and eases it to long-on

Ajay Mandal to Devdutt Padikkal, 1 run, wristed away with the turn to fine leg

Vishal Kushwah to Devdutt Padikkal, 1 run, pitched up delivery, dinked to long-off

Ajay Mandal to Rahul, 2 runs, tossed up outside off, fuller in length and Rahul is enticed to drive off the front foot. The ball trims the outside edge and rolls towards third man

Ajay Mandal to Rahul, no run

Ajay Mandal to Rahul, no run, punched to short cover off the back foot

Ajay Mandal to Rahul, no run, slower ball, watchfully tapped to cover

Ajay Mandal to Devdutt Padikkal, 1 run, a walk forward, followed by a push to long-on

Vishal Kushwah to Devdutt Padikkal, no ball, 1 run, Kushwah over-steps and delivers an away-angler,

Vishal Kushwah to Rahul, no run, fuller than a good length ball wide of off, left alone

Ajay Mandal to Devdutt Padikkal, 1 run, tossed up ball on middle, nudged behind square on the on-side

Shashank Singh to Devdutt Padikkal, 1 run, knocks this fullish ball to mid-on

Sumit Ruikar to Devdutt Padikkal, 1 run, back in the crease, punching it down the ground

Sumit Ruikar to Rahul, no run, on middle, blocked down the pitch

Shashank Singh to Devdutt Padikkal, 1 run, delicately pats this in front of cover, and despite the fielder's direct hit, he's made it in easily

Shashank Singh to Devdutt Padikkal, 1 run, tapped softly in front of mid-on, who's pretty deep to be able to stop these singles

Sumit Ruikar to Rahul, no run, hurries in with the arm, skids low too. But kept out

Sumit Ruikar to Rahul, no run, steps down, pushing it back

Sumit Ruikar to Rahul, no run, opens up his bat, stroking it to point

Sumit Ruikar to Rahul, no run, makes room, rocking behind to carve it away to point

Sumit Ruikar to Rahul, no run, forward, pushing out defensively to cover

Shashank Singh to Devdutt Padikkal, 1 run, tapped in front of cover, and quick legs

Sumit Ruikar to Rahul, no run, drifting into middle, smothered down the pitch

Sumit Ruikar to Devdutt Padikkal, 1 run, rocks behind, slapping it to extra cover

Sumit Ruikar to Devdutt Padikkal, 1 run, a sitting lap, deflecting it from well outside off to fine leg

Pankaj Rao to Devdutt Padikkal, 1 run, crisply driven off the front foot, under a diving cover

Pankaj Rao to Rahul, no run, ugly. Very ugly. It's on a back of a length, it's not even wide, but Rahul for some reason shuffles close to the line at first and then even tries to cut -- oh he's really lucky here to not have nicked

Pankaj Rao to Rahul, no run, length, on off, a solid leaning defence

Pankaj Rao to Devdutt Padikkal, 1 run, clipped away from outside the line of off, into mid-wicket

Pankaj Rao to Rahul, no run, a rocking behind slap, can't quite get the gap though, picking out point

Pankaj Rao to Rahul, no run, another forward pressy block back down the pitch

Pankaj Rao to Rahul, no run, leans out to the pitch of it, driving to cover

Sumit Ruikar to Rahul, no run, walks out, stroking it away through the line to cover

Sumit Ruikar to Rahul, no run, more wrists in the defence now, but a smother nevertheless

Sumit Ruikar to Rahul, no run, tossed up on middle, forward and defended back

Puneet Datey to Rahul, no run, too full, Rahul drives but doesn't quite get under it, mistiming it away to mid-off

Puneet Datey to Rahul, 2 runs, pitched up on off, a squeezy-whip through mid-wicket

Puneet Datey to Rahul, no run, neat. Crisp forward drive, but picks out mid-off perfectly

Puneet Datey to Devdutt Padikkal, 1 run, a square punch on the up, third man

Pankaj Rao to Rahul, no run, floats it full, wide enough, leave worthy

Pankaj Rao to Rahul, no run, big stride, bat-pad stuck in the tap to cover

Pankaj Rao to Rahul, no run, fifth-stump, guiding it away towards backward point

Pankaj Rao to Rahul, no run, jags in sharply, hurrying past Rahul's adjusted nudge to find his legs

Pankaj Rao to Rahul, no run, presses forward, withdrawing into a leave with the line safely outside off

Puneet Datey to Devdutt Padikkal, 1 run, drives through the line, although very toe-ended, but is wide of mid-off

Puneet Datey to Rahul, no run, rolls his wrists to keep his cut down, but doesn't time it right, rolling meekly to point

Puneet Datey to Rahul, no run, a bigger stride out, and now has the bat close to the body as he keeps this out

Puneet Datey to Rahul, no run, oooooh beaten comprehensively. Rahul has a very loose drive away from his body, and the ball nips back in through bat-pad. So much so that even the off-pole wasn't really far

Puneet Datey to Rahul, no run, full, a hint of swing going away. Left alone

Puneet Datey to Devdutt Padikkal, 1 run, back foot punch, running off the outside half to third man

Pankaj Rao to Devdutt Padikkal, 1 run, pitched up on off. Stroked through the line, wide of mid-off

Pankaj Rao to Rahul, no run, presses out, bat stuck beside in steering it away to point

Pankaj Rao to Devdutt Padikkal, 1 run, a back-footed tap in front of point, quick legs

Puneet Datey to Rahul, no run, yorker, squeezed out watchfully

Puneet Datey to Rahul, no run, length, fourth stump. Rahul has a slight trigger in front, defending softly

Puneet Datey to Rahul, no run, back of a length with a hint of nip back in. Rahul looks to punch on the up, but ends up getting cramped up for room, keeping it out off the inside half

Puneet Datey to Rahul, no run, full, on off, and a solid forward defence to start with