PS3: Arjwiz's live commentary thread

[arjwiz]

He himself is playing in this match, and typing when he can...

Yup, it's me all right!

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I used to do a bit more earlier, but now I am getting a bit bored and I am also trying to watch movies on my iPad at the same time. I play DBC without the volume.

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10 off that last over. 75/8.

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8 off that over. 87/8 after 13. Harbhajan up to 24*

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Harbhajan Singh LBW. Valiant knock of 26(23).

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15 to win. Last wicket in hand.

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Malinga out caught behind! And it's all over. MI came closer than was expected of this bowling. CSK win by 14 runs! We have just witnessed a great match here, folks! Goodnight everyone!

 

[lion100lion]

We have just witnessed a great match here, folks! Goodnight everyone!

Who is the MOM and also the presentation ceremony

 

[kushari]

Who is the MOM and also the presentation ceremony

MOM was all the spinners playing in CSK Team...

 

[Solomon]

MoM Ashwin 5/27

 

[lion100lion]

MoM Ashwin 5/27

Congrats @Solomon for winning the game.
I am a fan of CSK and so closely following this league..
I hope you will upload the video this time.

 

[arjwiz]

arjwiz (Mumbai Indians) vs @chaman82 (Bangalore Royal Challengers) in an official IPL match

Mumbai win the toss again and elect to field first.

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Good over for RCB, 8 off it.

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Parthiv Patel LBW to Zaheer's first ball!

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Sachin Rana caught in the deep off a lofted shot. Great over by Zaheer, 3 runs and 2 wickets off it! RCB 11/2 after 2.

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Yuvraj Singh, MI's nemesis in the previous match, is looking solid here.

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18 runs scored off the over! 29/2 after 3.

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And they get the prized wicket! Yuvraj Singh is run out trying to sneak a single.

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Actually, it's Kohli who's out. Yuvraj hits another boundary.

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40/3 after 4

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Harbhajan gets ABD out caught behind first ball!

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15 runs of Ojha's first over, all by Yuvraj. 62/4 after 6

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70/4 after 7

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50 for Yuvraj!

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83/4 in 9
89/4 in 10

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Morkel out caught at mid on after he fifty partnership. 15(18). RCB 5 down.

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Malinga with a quicker one, gets the wicket of Yuvraj, bowled for 57!

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And Starc is bowled first ball!

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Aaron clean bowled! Malinga gets a hattrick!

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Chahal blocks the double hattrick ball. 1 run and 4 wickets off that over from Malinga!

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Vijay Zol run out. Looked in.

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Muralitharan with a cover drive for four, first ball to Zaheer!

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RCB 101/9 after 12

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8 runs scored by the tailenders, before Malinga gets his fifth wicket. Bowled! RCB all out for 109. Can MI chase this? They scored 160+ in their previous chase versus RCB, so this looks like an exciting match.

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Hussey and Rayudu in the middle. Looks like Murali is opening.

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10/0 after 1

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17/0 after 2

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35/0 after 3. Great over for MI against Murali.

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45/0 after 4

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51/0 after 5

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58/0 after the 6 powerplay overs

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69/0 after 7

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Hussey has been given LBW off Chahal, but he reviews it. Looks like it hit him outside off. Hawkeye says it's out, decision stands. Hussey is the first man to go. 73/1 after 8. Hussey 30(24).

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Tare out first ball, caught behind of Muralitharan!

Rohit Sharma out to bat next.

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Sharma is bowled! Suddenly, MI are three wickets down!

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And now Pollard is out LBW first ball. The spinners are doing the trick! 4 wickets down.

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Great over for RCB, 4 runs and 3 wickets off it. MI now 78/4 after 9

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84/4 after 10

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7 off Murali's last over. MI 91/4 after 11

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Rayudu 50*(37)

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DBC's commentators think he can get three figures. What do you reckon? MI need about 10 runs to win.

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100 up in 12.1 overss

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And that's the game! Mumbai chase the target in 12.4 overs!

 

[kushari]

Congrats @arjwiz I didn't expected you to win so easily against @chaman82

Great game buddy...

 

[arjwiz]

Delhi Daredevils (@issue) vs Mumbai Indians (arjwiz) official IPL match.

Welcome to the second leg of this game at Ferozeshah Kotla. We had a tense first game, with Mumbai winning by just one wicket. Let's see what happens here.

We are a little late coming into the commentary box today. We catch up with Pietersen just getting run out, after looking strong. Yet again, MI won the toss and elected to bowl.

DD 38/2 after 5
38/3 after 5.1 (Pietersen run out by Tare)
38/4 after 5.2 (Karthik caught behind off Anderson)

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43/4 after 6

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Ross Taylor in form here. Late cut for six over third man!

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17 from Pollard's over. 60/4 after 7

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8 off the over. 68/4 after 8

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75/4 after 9

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The ever-reliable Zaheer Khan comes on and grabs a wicket of Kumar, caught behind for 23(16)

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BIG hit for six off the free hit by Ross Taylor. Very expensive over by Zaheer. 92/5 after 10, 17 off the over.

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A diving catch at mid on of Ojha's bowling sees the back of Taylor for 44(30). Danger man out!

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93/6

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Parnell run out for failing to ground his bat!

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97/7 after 11

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Kaul run out trying to sneak a single after an LBW appeal! Shami comes to bat now. DD 102/8 after 12

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Coulter-Nile up to double figures. He troubled MI in the last game as well.

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7 off Malinga's over. DD 109/8 after 13

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116/8 after 14

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4 off the over. 120/8 after 15. MI need some wickets now.

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And a boundary from Shami to round off Zaheer's expensive spell. 10 off the over. Great partnership here. 130/8 after 16

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MI are reviewing an appeal. No shot offered by the batsman. Pitched outside, impact outside, and missing leg. Poor appeal!

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Coulter-Nile with a smashing shot for 6!

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And finally, he's bowled for 29(18)! Great knock by Coulter-Nile.

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142/9 after 17

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Ojha comes on and gets a wicket first ball. Batsman appeal for the sake of it, but it's going to stand. Last wicket galls. DD 142 all out, they will be happy with that total. Tricky times ahead for Mumbai. Can Hussey and Rayudu get off to another good start like they did yesterday against RCB?

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Well what do we have here? Parnell chooses not to end his run up, and he runs all the way to the wicketkeeper! Everyone is confused here, and Parnell walks back and warms up....for a minute. He's stuck here!

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What do we have here? The game is stuck! And there is no save file!

Luckily, both captains have decided to start a new game with Mumbai batting and needing 143 runs to win.

 

[arjwiz]

9/0 after 1

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Oh lord, Mr Cricket is bowled off a fast yorker!

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21/1 after 3

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Tare unlucky! Caught off a rolling ball. MI 23/2

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What a huge wicket for Delhi! Rohit Sharma, the captain, out caught behind first ball! MI now 27/3

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36/3 after 5

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Loud appeal for LBW by Unadkat on Pollard, but it's not out. They don't review. 43/3 after 6 overs.

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51/3 after 7

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Rayudu lucky to survive that caught behind appeal. Coulter-Nile bowling very well.

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55/3 after 8, 4 off that over

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Another tight over from Shami, just 3 runs off it. MI 58/3 after 9

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Coulter-Nile gets another wicket. Pollard the man gone, caught behind! Great bowing by CN. Pollard gone for 13(15). Anderson comes out to bat now at 58/4

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Wonderful over by Coulter-Nile. Just one run and the wicket of Pollard from it! MI 59/4 after 10

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Rayudu breaks the shackles and hits a six over cover!

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67/4 after 11

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Rayudu really struggling here.

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70/4 in 12

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Rayudu's vigil comes to an end. Tries to up the scoring rate. Caught for 31(39).

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78/5 after 13

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81/5 in 14

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Finally a six for MI. Their boundaries have absolutely completely dried up. And Gautam goes for a reverse sweep off the last ball, and is adjudjed LBW. He refers. It hit his shoulder, but it looks out.

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Pitched outside, impact in line, wicket umpire's call. Decision stands. Kaul's slow short bowling working wonders. Just the six runs from the over, with 4 dot balls and 1 wicket.

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87/6 in 15

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Harbhajan Singh bowled for 0(4) trying for the big shots. Looks like it's game over for Mumbai!

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Well now it definitely is. Anderson bowled for 6(10)!

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Ojha bowled first ball! 88/9

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96/9 in 17

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Edged behind for four!

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Malinga and Khan with some unorthodox shots and crazy running. They bring the score up to 111/9 in 18. Hit Coulter-Nile all over the park!

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Some really strange appealing all day. If the ball misses the bat, they see an appeal.

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As the keeper appeals yet again, the batsman sneka through a bye!

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Zaheer with a SIX over deep square! Where was this aggression 10 overs earlier?

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13 off that over. One over, one wicket, 19 to win.

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FOUR! That's now 133/9. 10 to win in 3 balls!

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Striaght to the keeper, they sneak a bye! 9 off two.

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Single

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SIX off the last ball!!! OH MY GOD! What a finish by Zaheer and Malinga. They made 53*(26). MI 141/9 after 20 overs. MUMBAI LOSE BY ONE RUN!

 

[harshit9935]

what a hell of a game this is

 

[arjwiz]

what a hell of a game this is

Thanks. I had completely given up after 15 overs, given how the 8 overs before that had gone. I was lucky to reach as close as I did, though.

 

[arjwiz]

arjwiz (Delhi Diamond Cutters) vs @kushari (Punjab Warriors) official Ranji match begins!

Harsha: And a test match comes back to Mumbai after a long time. Sehwag calls heads. And arjwiz finally loses a toss. Punjab elect to bat first. I have the one and only Ravi Shastri with me. And Goeffrey next to him.

Shastri: Paaji Sidhu coming to bat!

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Oh a rolling ball out, first ball. This is very unfortunate and not fun at all. Hopefully this doesn't continue, otherwise they may restart the game.

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Sidhu at the crease with arjwiz's nemesis, Y Singh.

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7/1 after 1

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Yuvraj Singh run out strolling at the non-striker's end! BIG wicket for DDC.

PW 16/2 after 2.4

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24/2 in 4

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Boycott: Sidhu smashes a shot that hits the non-striker right on the head!

Shastri: Paaji, not everyone wears turbans!

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28/2 in 5

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Ajmal comes on and gets Shakib bowled first ball off a viscous off-spinner.

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Boycott: He just played the wrong line. There was nothing loopy about that one.

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Pietersen comes up and is bowled first ball! Ajmal with a flighted, full-pitched delivery from around the wicket. What a great match so far!

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Angelo Matthews hits that down the ground for a single.

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And a slow ball gets the big wicket of Sidhu, bowled! But wait, the ball just continues as if nothing happened. This makes up for the rolling ball out, perhaps.

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Chawla comes on to bowl a top spinner, and gets Matthews LBW! Great comeback for Chawla, who was dropped by DDC for their previous game.

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Wait a minute, PW have chosen to appeal. That looked out, but let's have a look shall we?

Pitched in line. Hit in line. Hitting middle and leg well below the bails. Plumb.

Sanju Samson, who has a great batting average in this tournament so far, comes to the crease.

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33/5 in 7

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6 singles down the ground to Ajmal.

Samson coming down the ground to Chawla, expecting a slow ball, but it's a quicker one that gets him bowled!

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W Saha caught behind first ball! Chawla on a hattrick. The spinners are working their magic, here!

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Well PW have appealed this. DDC are surprised, but they use the time for a quick beer break.

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Steyn sees out the hattrick ball.

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Ajmal with a quicker full ball and gets the big wicket of Sidhu, out LBW!

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..for 21(28). PW now 41/8

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Steyn bowled off a top spinner!

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And we come back from the save break, and we see the first boundary off the match, just wide off long on, with a valiant dive.

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Chawla takes revenge, bowled! But he continues, another bowled not given out!

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But that one doesn't go wrong. Bowled! 9 down.

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That's three bowled not given out for DDC. One rolling ball and one unfortunate run out given out for PW.

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Balaji hits a boundary off his first ball!

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Oh, dropped by the keeper. Ajmal misses out on revenge for that boundary.

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Quicker one from Chawla. Balaji is LBW! PW all out!

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DDC batting first. Oh what a blunder! Sehwag run out first ball, diving before he needed to. Unfortunate run out. Where was the concentration?

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Gambhir hits 8 off 3, but is then bowled off a slower ball. Great bowling! DDC 8/2

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Shakib opening the bowling at the other end.

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Amla four first ball!

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Kohli hits a cut shot straight at the keeper's head. "Have that, BC, he claimed!".

24/2 in 2 overs.

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32/2 in 3

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Matthews takes over from Shakib

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Amla very comfortable against Steyn with his cover drives.

11 off the over. 47/2 in 5

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Kohli bowled! 19(16)

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Amarnath off the mark with a couple of couples.

Shastri: "That's probably his best score in the tournament!"

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55/3 in 6

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Oh Steyn back with a BIG wicket. Amla bowled off a very slow ball, beautifully delivered. Gone for 22.

Ed Joyce to the crease now.

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62/4 in 7

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DDC have covered the deficit. Now 67/4 in 8

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Commentators are taking a bit of a break now to catch some FIFA World Cup action.

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101/4 in 13.1 overs

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Steyn bowls out Joyce for about 25.

104/5

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Amarnath bowled Yadav 31(28).

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138 all out. Steyn 6 wickets.

 

[arjwiz]

Welcome back everyone. A week later, we are here to finish this exciting game between Punjab Warriors and Delhi Diamond Cutters.

As it stands, Punjab batted first and were all out for 66. Delhi Diamond Cutters were then all out for 138. Punjab will bat again, trailing by 72 runs. Delhi Diamond Cutters looking on top for the moment, but can PW bounce back?

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Oooh edged, but there's no first slip. They scramble through for a couple.

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Good first over for PW. In a game where runs are crucial, they are already 10/0 in 1 over.

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14/0 in 2 overs.

Ajmal replaces Mohit Sharma.

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Ooh misses the stump by an inch! They run through for a bye!

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Well what's happened here? Rahane caught off a rolling ball? Unlucky, PW 17/1

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arjwiz's tormentor, Yuvraj Singh, comes in to bat.

 

[xvalerianx]

Good luck @arjwiz and @kushari.

 

[arjwiz]

PW looking good at 47/1. Last innings' tormentor, Piyush Chawla, comes on to bowl and foxes Sidhu, who comes down the track and misses. But the keeper is so excited that he begins appealing, and misses the stumps! Not out!

PW 57/1 in 8 overs and looking strong.

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Singh bowled Ajmal 22(17). Quicker one.

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The Punjabis gaving some troubles with their power. Break again. They are looking good in the game, though. They trail by about 5 runs and have lost just two wickets.