Story Match Concluded: Kohli XI vs Dhoni XI

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So I was just trying my hands on a simulator (CWSim to be precise) and I made a small database of 22 players with two teams, Kohli XI and Dhoni XI. And simulated a T20 match. I have a result. And it was quite satisfactory.

The following are the line-ups for the same:

Kohli XI

Spoiler: KOHLI XI LINE UP

Rohit Sharma
Shikhar Dhawan
Virat Kohli
KL Rahul
Hardik Pandya
Rishabh Pant
Ravindra Jadeja
Bhuvaneshwar Kumar
Kuldeep Yadav
Mohammad Shami
Jasprit Bumrah

vs

Dhoni XI

Spoiler: DHONI XI LINE UP

Virender Sehwag
Sachin Tendulkar
Gautam Gambhir
Yuvraj Singh
Suresh Raina
MS Dhoni
Irfan Pathan
Ravichandran Ashwin
Harbhajan Singh
Zaheer Khan
Ashish Nehra

Now I know many of you, after seeing the line ups, might say that the given Dhoni XI is actually Ganguly XI and the given Kohli XI is indeed the Dhoni XI, but for now, please assume these are the two teams.

Whom do you think is a better team and will win?

Spoiler: FINAL SCORECARD

Man of the Match:
Sachin Tendulkar 62 (39 balls)

 

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Virat Kohli spins the coin as MS Dhoni says Heads, and Heads it is.
MS Dhoni has won the toss and decided to field first.

The batsman to take strike is
Rohit Sharma

And the batsman at the runner's end is
Shikhar Dhawan​

 

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The bowler to bowl now is
Zaheer Khan​

 

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Over - 0.1: Zaheer Khan to Rohit Sharma: 1 RUNS
Over - 0.2: Zaheer Khan to Shikhar Dhawan: 1 RUNS
Over - 0.3: Zaheer Khan to Rohit Sharma: 0 RUNS
Over - 0.4: Zaheer Khan to Rohit Sharma: 4 RUNS
 FOUR, Rohit Sharma makes room and launches it over extra cover for four, that was a length ball, asking to be hit.

Over - 0.5: Zaheer Khan to Rohit Sharma: 1 RUNS
Over - 0.6: Zaheer Khan to Shikhar Dhawan: 0 RUNS
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End of Over 1 (7 runs) | Kohli XI: 7/0 ( RR: 7 )
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Rohit Sharma: 6* (4b, 0x6, 1x4) at a S/R of 150.0
Shikhar Dhawan: 1* (2b, 0x6, 0x4) at a S/R of 50.0
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Current Partnership : 7 ( 6 )
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Zaheer Khan: 1-0-7-0
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A good start for India as Rohit is looking to capitalize right from the first over.

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The bowler to bowl now is
Irfan Pathan​

 

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Over - 1.1: Irfan Pathan to Rohit Sharma: 1 RUNS
Over - 1.2: Irfan Pathan to Shikhar Dhawan: 0 RUNS
Over - 1.3: Irfan Pathan to Shikhar Dhawan: 1 RUNS
Over - 1.4: Irfan Pathan to Rohit Sharma: 6 RUNS
Distance : 66 meters
  SIX, in the slot and that's smouldered over midwicket for a big six, Rohit Sharma plonks his foot forward and swings hard, fine shot.

Over - 1.5: Irfan Pathan to Rohit Sharma: (WIDE BALL)
Over - 1.5: Irfan Pathan to Rohit Sharma: 1 RUNS
Over - 1.6: Irfan Pathan to Shikhar Dhawan: 1 RUNS
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End of Over 2 (11 runs) | Kohli XI: 18/0 ( RR: 9 )
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Shikhar Dhawan: 3* (5b, 0x6, 0x4) at a S/R of 60.0
Rohit Sharma: 14* (7b, 1x6, 1x4) at a S/R of 200
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Current Partnership : 18 ( 12 )
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Irfan Pathan: 1-0-11-0
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Looks like its Hitman's day as he is already knocking it out of the park.

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Over - 2.1: Zaheer Khan to Shikhar Dhawan: OUT!
Shikhar Dhawan: c Gautam Gambhir b Zaheer Khan 3 (6b, 0x6, 0x4) at a S/R of 50.0
 OUT, Caught! Poor shot selection, played straight in the hands of Gautam Gambhir.

And Zak is back. That is why we say, experience matters. Disappointing from Dhawan.

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The crowd cheers as,

The new man in is
Virat Kohli​

 

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Over - 2.2: Zaheer Khan to Virat Kohli: 4 RUNS
 FOUR, misfielded but the fielder gets a bad bounce! Slapped to extra cover and the fielder failed to get behind it, the ball bounces high over his head and races away.

Over - 2.3: Zaheer Khan to Virat Kohli: 2 RUNS
Over - 2.4: Zaheer Khan to Virat Kohli: 2 RUNS
Over - 2.5: Zaheer Khan to Virat Kohli: 1 RUNS
Over - 2.6: Zaheer Khan to Rohit Sharma: 1 RUNS
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End of Over 3 (10 runs) | Kohli XI: 28/1 ( RR: 9.33 )
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Rohit Sharma: 15* (8b, 1x6, 1x4) at a S/R of 187.50
Virat Kohli: 9* (4b, 0x6, 1x4) at a S/R of 225.00
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Current Partnership : 10 ( 5 )
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Zaheer Khan: 2-0-17-1
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Over - 3.1: Irfan Pathan to Rohit Sharma: 4 RUNS
 FOUR, short ball and bang, bang. Rohit Sharma has hammered it to the square leg boundary with a powerful pull.

Over - 3.2: Irfan Pathan to Rohit Sharma: 0 RUNS
Over - 3.3: Irfan Pathan to Rohit Sharma: 1 RUNS
Over - 3.4: Irfan Pathan to Virat Kohli: 1 RUNS
Over - 3.5: Irfan Pathan to Rohit Sharma: 1 RUNS
Over - 3.6: Irfan Pathan to Virat Kohli: 1 RUNS
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End of Over 4 (8 runs) | Kohli XI: 36/1 ( RR: 9 )
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Virat Kohli: 11* (6b, 0x6, 1x4) at a S/R of 183.33
Rohit Sharma: 21* (12b, 1x6, 2x4) at a S/R of 175.00
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Current Partnership : 18 ( 11 )
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Irfan Pathan: 2-0-19-0
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Over - 4.1: Zaheer Khan to Virat Kohli: 1 RUNS
Over - 4.2: Zaheer Khan to Rohit Sharma: 1 RUNS
Over - 4.3: Zaheer Khan to Virat Kohli: 0 RUNS
Over - 4.4: Zaheer Khan to Virat Kohli: 0 RUNS
Over - 4.5: Zaheer Khan to Virat Kohli: 1 RUNS
Over - 4.6: Zaheer Khan to Rohit Sharma: 2 RUNS
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End of Over 5 (5 runs) | Kohli XI: 41/1 ( RR: 8.2 )
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Virat Kohli: 13* (10b, 0x6, 1x4) at a S/R of 130.0
Rohit Sharma: 24* (14b, 1x6, 2x4) at a S/R of 171.43
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Current Partnership : 23 ( 17 )
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Zaheer Khan: 3-0-22-1
This spell: Zaheer Khan: 1-0-5-0
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Excellent running between the wickets here by these two. Need to up the ante as the match progresses.

 

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The bowler to bowl now is
R Ashwin

........and MS has decided to give the ball to R Ashwin in the last over of powerplay.

Over - 5.1: R Ashwin to Virat Kohli: 1 RUNS
Over - 5.2: R Ashwin to Rohit Sharma: 1 RUNS
Over - 5.3: R Ashwin to Virat Kohli: 1 RUNS
Over - 5.4: R Ashwin to Rohit Sharma: 0 RUNS
Over - 5.5: R Ashwin to Rohit Sharma: 1 RUNS
Over - 5.6: R Ashwin to Virat Kohli: 1 RUNS
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End of Over 6 (5 runs) | Kohli XI: 46/1 ( RR: 7.67 )
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Virat Kohli: 16* (13b, 0x6, 1x4) at a S/R of 123.08
Rohit Sharma: 26* (17b, 1x6, 2x4) at a S/R of 152.94
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Current Partnership : 28 ( 23 )
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R Ashwin: 1-0-5-0
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Over - 6.1: Zaheer Khan to Virat Kohli: 6 RUNS
Distance : 60 meters 
  SIX, into the second tier! Can we have the ball back please? He lofts that high over the bowler's head, that went back a long way.

Over - 6.2: Zaheer Khan to Virat Kohli: 1 RUNS
Over - 6.3: Zaheer Khan to Rohit Sharma: 4 RUNS
 FOUR, poor ball, a full toss down the leg side and Rohit Sharma helps it down to the fine-leg boundary.

Over - 6.4: Zaheer Khan to Rohit Sharma: 2 RUNS
Over - 6.5: Zaheer Khan to Rohit Sharma: 1 RUNS: (NO BALL)
Over - 6.5: Zaheer Khan to Virat Kohli: 1 RUNS
Over - 6.6: Zaheer Khan to Rohit Sharma: 0 RUNS
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End of Over 7 (16 runs) | Kohli XI: 62/1 ( RR: 8.86 )
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Virat Kohli: 24* (16b, 1x6, 1x4) at a S/R of 150.0
Rohit Sharma: 33* (21b, 1x6, 3x4) at a S/R of 157.14
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Current Partnership : 44 ( 30 )
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Zaheer Khan: 4-0-38-1
This spell: Zaheer Khan: 2-0-21-0
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Over - 7.1: R Ashwin to Virat Kohli: 0 RUNS
Over - 7.2: R Ashwin to Virat Kohli: 4 RUNS
 FOUR, terrific shot, stands on the back foot and punches a short of a length delivery superbly through cover.

Over - 7.3: R Ashwin to Virat Kohli: 1 RUNS
Over - 7.4: R Ashwin to Rohit Sharma: 1 RUNS
Over - 7.5: R Ashwin to Virat Kohli: 1 RUNS
Over - 7.6: R Ashwin to Rohit Sharma: 1 RUNS
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End of Over 8 (8 runs) | Kohli XI: 70/1 ( RR: 8.75 )
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Rohit Sharma: 35* (23b, 1x6, 3x4) at a S/R of 152.17
Virat Kohli: 30* (20b, 1x6, 2x4) at a S/R of 150.0
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Current Partnership : 52 ( 36 )
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R Ashwin: 2-0-13-0
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Shift of pace from Kohli, playing very aggressively now.

 

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The bowler to bowl now is
Harbhajan Singh

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Over - 8.1: Harbhajan Singh to Rohit Sharma: 1 RUNS
Over - 8.2: Harbhajan Singh to Virat Kohli: 1 RUNS
Over - 8.3: Harbhajan Singh to Rohit Sharma: 0 RUNS
Over - 8.4: Harbhajan Singh to Rohit Sharma: 0 RUNS
Over - 8.5: Harbhajan Singh to Rohit Sharma: 2 RUNS
Over - 8.6: Harbhajan Singh to Rohit Sharma: 1 RUNS
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End of Over 9 (5 runs) | Kohli XI: 75/1 ( RR: 8.33 )
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Rohit Sharma: 39* (28b, 1x6, 3x4) at a S/R of 139.29
Virat Kohli: 31* (21b, 1x6, 2x4) at a S/R of 147.62
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Current Partnership : 57 ( 42 )
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Harbhajan Singh: 1-0-5-0
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The bowler to bowl now is
Sachin Tendulkar

Dhoni being Dhoni, hands to bowl to the golden arm little master. Will he be able to break the current partnership?

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Over - 9.1: Sachin Tendulkar to Rohit Sharma: 4 RUNS
 FOUR, full, on the pads, flicked away past square leg for a boundary.

Over - 9.2: Sachin Tendulkar to Rohit Sharma: 0 RUNS
Over - 9.3: Sachin Tendulkar to Rohit Sharma: 4 RUNS
 FOUR, short, into the body, and he has pulled it away disdainfully, bisecting the two fielders in the deep.

Over - 9.4: Sachin Tendulkar to Rohit Sharma: (WIDE BALL)
Over - 9.4: Sachin Tendulkar to Rohit Sharma: 4 RUNS
 FOUR, audacious shot, makes room to a short delivery and swings and gets a top edge that clears the keeper.

Over - 9.5: Sachin Tendulkar to Rohit Sharma: 1 RUNS
Over - 9.6: Sachin Tendulkar to Virat Kohli: 0 RUNS
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End of Over 10 (14 runs) | Kohli XI: 89/1 ( RR: 8.9 )
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Rohit Sharma: 52* (33b, 1x6, 6x4) at a S/R of 157.58
Virat Kohli: 31* (22b, 1x6, 2x4) at a S/R of 140.91
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Current Partnership : 71 ( 48 )
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Sachin Tendulkar: 1-0-14-0
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Sachin hammered here as Rohit brings up his 50 in just 32 balls.

 

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Over - 10.1: Harbhajan Singh to Rohit Sharma: 0 RUNS
Over - 10.2: Harbhajan Singh to Rohit Sharma: OUT!
Rohit Sharma: c Ashish Nehra b Harbhajan Singh 52 (35b, 1x6, 6x4) at a S/R of 148.57
 OUT, Caught! Slower ball, full and angled well across, the batsman tries to smite that but is too far through the shot when he makes contact. The ball loops high into the air and Ashish Nehra comes in to take the catch.

Getting too carried away? The flight worked and hit the edge of the bat to go up high in the air costing Virat XI a huge wicket.

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The new man in
KL Rahul​

 

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Over - 10.3: Harbhajan Singh to KL Rahul: 1 RUNS
Over - 10.4: Harbhajan Singh to Virat Kohli: 6 RUNS
Distance : 78 meters
  SIX, that's launched into the skies, good-length ball with some room outside off, Virat Kohli swings in a controlled fashion and smotes that way over midwicket for six.

Over - 10.5: Harbhajan Singh to Virat Kohli: 0 RUNS
Over - 10.6: Harbhajan Singh to Virat Kohli: 0 RUNS
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End of Over 11 (7 runs) | Kohli XI: 96/2 ( RR: 8.73 )
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KL Rahul: 1* (1b, 0x6, 0x4) at a S/R of 100
Virat Kohli: 37* (25b, 2x6, 2x4) at a S/R of 148.00
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Current Partnership : 7 ( 4 )
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Harbhajan Singh: 2-0-12-1
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Over - 11.1: Sachin Tendulkar to KL Rahul: 2 RUNS
Over - 11.2: Sachin Tendulkar to KL Rahul: 4 RUNS
 FOUR, too short, KL Rahul gets on the back foot and hammers that to the midwicket boundary.

Over - 11.3: Sachin Tendulkar to KL Rahul: 1 RUNS
Over - 11.4: Sachin Tendulkar to Virat Kohli: 0 RUNS
Over - 11.5: Sachin Tendulkar to Virat Kohli: 2 RUNS
Over - 11.6: Sachin Tendulkar to Virat Kohli: 4 RUNS
FOUR, width outside off, Virat Kohli waits and slices it past the point fielder, has enough muscle to go to the deep point fence.

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End of Over 12 (13 runs) | Kohli XI: 109/2 ( RR: 9.08 )
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KL Rahul: 8* (4b, 0x6, 1x4) at a S/R of 200
Virat Kohli: 43* (28b, 2x6, 3x4) at a S/R of 153.57
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Current Partnership : 20 ( 10 )
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Sachin Tendulkar: 2-0-27-0
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Over - 12.1: Harbhajan Singh to KL Rahul: OUT!
KL Rahul: c&b Harbhajan Singh 8 (5b, 0x6, 1x4) at a S/R of 160.0
 OUT, Caught and Bowled! A chip back to the bowler, Harbhajan Singh moves across to his left to latch on to that. The ball foxes the batsman.

The new man in
Hardik Pandya

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Over - 12.2: Harbhajan Singh to Hardik Pandya: 1 RUNS
Over - 12.3: Harbhajan Singh to Virat Kohli: 4 RUNS
 FOUR, very unconventional shot, punched it over midwicket and the placement was good enough to bisect the gap at deep midwicket.

Over - 12.4: Harbhajan Singh to Virat Kohli: 1 RUNS
Over - 12.5: Harbhajan Singh to Hardik Pandya: 1 RUNS
Over - 12.6: Harbhajan Singh to Virat Kohli: 1 RUNS
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End of Over 13 (8 runs) | Kohli XI: 117/3 ( RR: 9 )
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Virat Kohli: 49* (31b, 2x6, 4x4) at a S/R of 158.06
Hardik Pandya: 2* (2b, 0x6, 0x4) at a S/R of 100
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Current Partnership : 8 ( 5 )
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Harbhajan Singh: 3-0-20-2
This spell: Harbhajan Singh: 1-0-8-1
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The bowler to bowl now is
Ashish Nehra
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Over - 13.1: Ashish Nehra to Virat Kohli: 0 RUNS
Over - 13.2: Ashish Nehra to Virat Kohli: 1 RUNS

Mr.Consistent completes another fifty. Cake walk for him, these fifties.

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Over - 13.3: Ashish Nehra to Hardik Pandya: 1 RUNS
Over - 13.4: Ashish Nehra to Virat Kohli: 1 RUNS
Over - 13.5: Ashish Nehra to Hardik Pandya: 2 RUNS
Over - 13.6: Ashish Nehra to Hardik Pandya: 2 RUNS
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End of Over 14 (7 runs) | Kohli XI: 124/3 ( RR: 8.86 )
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Virat Kohli: 51* (34b, 2x6, 4x4) at a S/R of 150.0
Hardik Pandya: 7* (5b, 0x6, 0x4) at a S/R of 140.0
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Current Partnership : 15 ( 11 )
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Ashish Nehra: 1-0-7-0
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Over - 14.1: Harbhajan Singh to Virat Kohli: 1 RUNS
Over - 14.2: Harbhajan Singh to Hardik Pandya: 1 RUNS
Over - 14.3: Harbhajan Singh to Virat Kohli: OUT!
Virat Kohli: c Harbhajan Singh b Harbhajan Singh 52 (36b, 2x6, 4x4) at a S/R of 144.44
 OUT, Caught! Slower ball, and Virat Kohli connects with the pull, only to hole out to the fielder.

Another caught and bowled by Bhajji. He is fit as other to be in the game, even at this age.

Big blow for Virat XI. Virat departs.

The new man in
Rishabh Pant
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Over - 14.4: Harbhajan Singh to Rishabh Pant: 0 RUNS
Over - 14.5: Harbhajan Singh to Rishabh Pant: 4 RUNS
 FOUR, this is a huge slog, Vince charged again and tried to pull a short ball but was in no control. He top edged it over the in field and towards the deep square leg boundary.

Over - 14.6: Harbhajan Singh to Rishabh Pant: 2 RUNS
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End of Over 15 (8 runs) | Kohli XI: 132/4 ( RR: 8.8 )
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Hardik Pandya: 8* (6b, 0x6, 0x4) at a S/R of 133.33
Rishabh Pant: 6* (3b, 0x6, 1x4) at a S/R of 200
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Current Partnership : 6 ( 3 )
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Harbhajan Singh: 4-0-28-3
This spell: Harbhajan Singh: 2-0-16-2
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Virat XI have scored 132/4 in 15 overs

as we are now stepping into the death overs with two explosive batsmen Hardik and Pant on crease.

Stay tuned! ​