Bangalore XI vs Kolkata XI Eliminator at Sharjah, 11 Oct, 2021

Toss: Bangalore, who chose to bat
Bangalore XI 138/7 (20)
Kolkata XI 139/6 (19.4)
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 4 wickets
Man of the Match: Sunil Narine
  • Shakib Al Hasan 9 * (6)
  • Eoin Morgan 5 * (7)

Over 0.2 Mohammed Siraj bowls a pitched up delivery to Venkatesh Iyer,1 run, comes on to the front foot and slaps it through cover and picks up a single.

Over 0.6 Mohammed Siraj bowls a pitched up delivery to Venkatesh Iyer, no run, gets forward and punches it hard but straight to the man at cover.

Over 1.2 George Garton bowls a good length delivery to Venkatesh Iyer,1 run, gets a thick leading-edge as he looks to flick, running away to short third man

Over 1.4 George Garton bowls a good length delivery to Venkatesh Iyer, no run,  presses forward, waits, and opens his bat face to tap it out to point

Over 1.5 George Garton bowls a pitched up delivery to Venkatesh Iyer, no run, presses in front, with a wristy push now, to cover

Over 1.6 George Garton bowls it short of length to Venkatesh Iyer, Six! Walks across, swivels, pulls, and tonks it onto the roof at backward square leg

Over 2.3 Mohammed Siraj bowls a good length delivery to Venkatesh Iyer,1 run, gets to the pitch of the ball and drives it wide of mid-on and gets a single.

Over 2.5 Mohammed Siraj bowls a good length delivery to Venkatesh Iyer, no run, opens his bat face and squeezes it straight to backward point

Over 2.6 Mohammed Siraj bowls a pitched up delivery to Venkatesh Iyer, no run, gets forward and  flicking this slower one early, but safely and well short of mid-on

Over 3.5 George Garton bowls a pitched up delivery to Venkatesh Iyer,1 run, steps down, punching it on the up to the right of cover

Over 4.3: No runs. Mohammed Siraj to Venkatesh Iyer,

Over 4.4: No runs. Mohammed Siraj to Venkatesh Iyer,

Over 4.5: Single. Mohammed Siraj to Venkatesh Iyer,

Over 5.1 Harshal Patel bowls a pitched up delivery to Venkatesh Iyer,1 run, backs away in the crease and slices it down to the deep point.

Over 5.2 Harshal Patel bowls a good length delivery to Shubman Gill, out Caught by de Villiers!!  Gill dances down, makes room, tries tonking it downtown. Ends up slicing it with his bottom-hand off the handle too, and ends up with only height, with distance equalling mid-on

Over 5.3 Harshal Patel bowls a pitched up delivery to Venkatesh Iyer, 2 runs, gets forward and driven uppishly, through the covers and picks up a couple of runs.

Over 5.4 Harshal Patel bowls a good length delivery to Venkatesh Iyer,1 run, steps away, opens his bat face and steers it away in front of point

Over 6.1 Yuzvendra Chahal tossed up delivery to Venkatesh Iyer,1 run, gets forward and flicks it down to deep mid-wicket and picks up a single.

Over 6.3 Yuzvendra Chahal tossed up delivery to Venkatesh Iyer,1 run,  uses his feet and pushes it to long-off as Chahal pushes it through a little quicker

Over 6.5 Yuzvendra Chahal bowls it short of length to Venkatesh Iyer,1 run, punches off the back foot to sweeper cover

Over 7.1 GJ Maxwell tossed up delivery to Venkatesh Iyer,1 run, gets forward and driven down to long-off and picks up a single.

Over 7.4: No runs. GJ Maxwell to Venkatesh Iyer,

Over 7.5: Single. GJ Maxwell to Venkatesh Iyer,

Over 8.2: Single. Yuzvendra Chahal to Venkatesh Iyer,

Over 8.4: Single. Yuzvendra Chahal to Venkatesh Iyer,

Over 9.1: Single. GJ Maxwell to Venkatesh Iyer,

Over 9.4: Single. GJ Maxwell to Venkatesh Iyer,

Over 10.1: Single. Harshal Patel to Venkatesh Iyer,

Over 10.3: Single. Harshal Patel to Venkatesh Iyer,

Over 10.6: No runs. Harshal Patel to Venkatesh Iyer,

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