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44th T20 • Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium • Lucknow
team-logo Lucknow Super Giants
*37/2 (5.3)
team-logo Rajasthan Royals
RR elected to field
CRR: 6.73
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Batters
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Deepak Hooda *
13
8
2
0
162.50
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KL Rahul
16
18
2
0
88.89
Partnership
26 (21)
Bowlers
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Sandeep Sharma *
1.3
0
4
1
2.67
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Ravichandran Ashwin
1
0
10
0
10.00
4 0 1 4 0 0
Over 3
Runs: 9
1 0 1 1 2 0
Over 4
Runs: 5
1 0 0 4 1 4
Over 5
Runs: 10
0 0 1
Over 6
Runs: 1
Commentary
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5.3 Sandeep Sharma to KL Rahul, 1 run
5.2 Sandeep Sharma to KL Rahul, full and on the middle stump swinging in, KL flicks it towards mid-wicket. Deepak had taken off for the single but is sent back immediately. 
5.1 Sandeep Sharma to KL Rahul, OH! NEARLY! KL Rahul moves across massively and tries to sweep Sandeep away. Sandeep though sticks to his plans and bowls a yorker which misses the off stump by inches!
Sandeep Sharma [1.0-0-3-1] will bowl the last over of the powerplay

10 off the over and this is an expensive one given the way things have gone so far. Have a funny feeling that this pitch is much better than it looks and it has a lot of runs in it if you are willing to spend some time
5
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36 /2 score
1
0
0
4
1
4
runs
cricket bat icon Deepak Hooda *
13 (8)
cricket bat icon KL Rahul
15 (15)
cricket ball icon Ravichandran Ashwin
0 /10
4.6 Ravichandran Ashwin to Deepak Hooda, FOUR! OFF THE EDGE! Short in length outside the off stump and Hooda throws his hands at it. The edge flies through the vacant slip region before trickling down to the ropes for four
4.5 Ravichandran Ashwin to KL Rahul, pulls his length back outside the off stump. Rahul punches it to extra cover for one
Rahul is flat on the pitch but he got it over square leg for a boundary, the skipper does not want to be bogged down here
4.4 Ravichandran Ashwin to KL Rahul, FOUR! The slip-sweep - is that what we name this shot? Carrom ball at the stumps which comes out as a low full toss as Rahul goes for the sweep. He slips in the process but still manages to swipe it behind square as he goes aerial. On the bounce and over the fence
4.3 Ravichandran Ashwin to KL Rahul, length ball outside the off stump. Rahul steps out and thumps it only as far as extra cover
4.2 Ravichandran Ashwin to KL Rahul, OH! Full outside the off stump as Rahul comes forward looking to turn it leg-side. Gets a leading edge that falls short of backward point!
Deep mid-wicket and long-on in place for the spin wizard
4.1 Ravichandran Ashwin to Deepak Hooda, full in length on the off stump. Hooda gets forward and works it towards long on for a single
Ravichandran Ashwin, right-arm off break, comes into the attack

Time for spin now
Batters running 3 runs, stumps flying, new-ball doing the talk. This match has already been so different from what he have been used to in the last few days as Avesh Khan bowls out another economical over in the powerplay
4
overs
26 /2 score
1
0
1
1
3
0
runs
cricket bat icon KL Rahul *
10 (11)
cricket bat icon Deepak Hooda
8 (6)
cricket ball icon Avesh Khan
0 /6
3.6 Avesh Khan to Deepak Hooda, OOH! Pounds it into that hard length outside the off stump before it nips back in. Hooda looks to ride the bounce and steer it square of the wicket but it just sneaks below his bat
3.5 Avesh Khan to Deepak Hooda, good length delivery with room outside the off stump. Hooda stands tall and punches it right into the gap along the covers. Easy brace taken!
3.4 Avesh Khan to KL Rahul, full length ball outside the off stump. Rahul pushes it into the covers and picks up a single
Interesting that Sandeep was given just one over given the way he was bowling, probably he has a much bigger job to do later but wouldn't have minded one more from him.