Kolkata XI vs Punjab XI 44th Match at Indore, 12 May, 2018

Toss: Punjab XI, who chose to bowl
Kolkata XI 245/6 (20)
Punjab XI 214/8 (20)
Kolkata XI won by 31 runs
Man of the Match: Sunil Narine
  • Mohit Sharma 4 * (3)
  • Barinder Sran 1 * (1)

Over 3.1 Andre Russell good length delivery to Lokesh Rahul, 1 run, gets forward and works it to short fine leg and gets a single.

Over 3.2 Andre Russell bowls a pitched up delivery to CH Gayle, Boundary! Comes on to the front foot and smashes it straight over the bowler's head and the ball went to the fence like a bullet.

Over 3.3 Andre Russell good length delivery to CH Gayle, 1 run, goes deep in the crease and guides it away down to the third man and gets a single.

Over 3.4 Andre Russell bowls a pitched up delivery to Lokesh Rahul, 1 run, gets forward and cracks it through cover and picks up a single.

Over 3.5 Andre Russell bowls a yorker right into the blockhole to CH Gayle, no runs, goes deep in the crease and blocks it towards mid-off.

Over 3.6 Andre Russell good length delivery to CH Gayle, no runs, made room and then had to make do with a slice to point. 

Over 5.1 Andre Russell good length delivery to CH Gayle, Six!!  Backs away and pummel this pull off the front foot. Over deep mid-wicket without any fuss.

Over 5.2 Andre Russell good length delivery to CH Gayle, no runs, stays on the front foot and blocks it back to the bowler.

Over 5.3 Andre Russell good length delivery to CH Gayle, no runs, gets across the line on the back foot and works it towards mid on.

Over 5.4 Andre Russell good length delivery to CH Gayle, out Caught by Karthik!! Got his front leg out of the way to similarly hack the ball open-stance over square leg. Gets a top-edge that carries nicely to Karthik.

Over 5.5 Andre Russell good length delivery to Mayank Agarwal, out Caught by Searles!!

Over 5.6 Andre Russell bowls a pitched up delivery to Lokesh Rahul, 1 run, gets forward and drives it to mid off and picks up a single.

Over 7.1 Andre Russell good length delivery to Karun Nair, 1 run, gets forward and defends it to point and gets a single.

Over 7.2 Andre Russell good length delivery to Lokesh Rahul, Six!! Shuffled a bit in his crease before making room to this short delivery, uppercuts it into the second tier over the third man.

Over 7.3 Andre Russell bowls a yorker right into the blockhole to Lokesh Rahul, 2 runs, gets forward and squeezes it off the outer half of the bat to backward point and picks up a couple of runs.

Over 7.4 Andre Russell bowls a pitched up delivery to Lokesh Rahul, 1 run, gets forward and slaps it down to sweeper cover and picks up a single.

Over 7.5 Andre Russell bangs it short onto the pitch to Karun Nair, no runs, goes deep in the crease and ducks under it to sways away from the bouncer.

Over 7.6 Andre Russell good length delivery to Karun Nair, out Caught by Prasidh!! , Nair spots it early and goes through with the lofted on-drive, seemed to have struck it enough before Krishna came into the frame, ran to his left from long-on, went with two hands over his head, but the ball got stuck in his left hand.

Over 18.1 Andre Russell good length delivery to Ravichandran Ashwin, Six!! Gets forward and lined himself up for the big heave-ho and gave it the full monty, cleared long-on quite comfortably.

Over 18.2 Andre Russell bowls a yorker right into the blockhole to Ravichandran Ashwin, 1 run, gets forward and jams it on the off side and gets a single.

Over 18.3 Andre Russell good length delivery to Andrew Tye, 1 leg bye, gets forward and flicks it off the pads down the leg side and picks up a leg bye.

Over 18.4 Andre Russell good length delivery to Ravichandran Ashwin, Six!! Gets cleared his front leg and hammered it over cow corner. Got the elevation and the distance.

Over 18.5 Andre Russell bowls a back of length delivery to Ravichandran Ashwin, Boundary! Backs away in the crease and plays an upper cut over the keeper and  the ball went to the fence for four.

Over 18.6 Andre Russell bowls a yorker right into the blockhole to Ravichandran Ashwin, no runs, gets forward and looks to digs it out on the off side, the ball takes the inside edge on to the pads.