Cummins to Narine, SIX, Narine is away with a six. A short of length delivery on the stumps, Narine pulls off the front foot and sends this over deep mid-wicket. So easy
Pat Cummins, right-arm fast, comes into the attack
0.6
Bhuvneshwar to Gurbaz, no run
0.5
Bhuvneshwar to Gurbaz, no run, now Gurbaz respects the fine delivery by shouldering arms, again Test-match line and length outside off, shapes away
0.4
Bhuvneshwar to Gurbaz, no run
0.4
Bhuvneshwar to Gurbaz, wide, Bhuvneshwar hurls this on a short of length outside off as he sees Gurbaz give the charge, the ball is close to the tramline, given as a wide and Klaasen is interested in a review but Bhuvneshwar says it's fine, let it go
0.3
Bhuvneshwar to Gurbaz, no run
0.2
Bhuvneshwar to Gurbaz, FOUR, width and Gurbaz cashes in. A back of a length delivery outside off, too much room for Gurbaz who cuts in the air but well wide of backward point and gives Natarajan at third man no chance
0.1
Bhuvneshwar to Gurbaz, no run, and immediately Gurbaz is down the track, he wants to unsettle Bhuvneshwar, lovely full outswinger outside off, Gurbaz is beaten as he looks to defend
Gurbaz and Narine are at the crease. Gurbaz is on strike. Bhuvneshwar will open the attack
The players are walking out to the middle.
Welcome back.
Andre Russell: Very happy, very happy, especially getting three wickets in this game. We all know how important this game is. As big players, we all stood up tonight. Very happy with how I am bowling and very happy with how everyone's bowling. Just being disciplined, bowling to the plans and trying to bowl less bad balls. My fitness is a big part of that but mentally I am in a better space. I was mentally down for the last few years, going through a lot. At the end of the day, we stand firm, back ourselves and back the talent we have. My body is feeling very good, I want to stay this way for another couple of years. We are not going to take it (target) lightly. These guys (SRH) are going to come out and try to defend this total. We have to make sure that we get a good powerplay. If we get 40-50 without loss or even one wicket down, we are on our way. The bowlers set it up very well. We as batters have to get the job done.
This is the first instance of no player from a team reaching 30 in an IPL final across 33 innings (the highest being Pat Cummins' 24).
Starc 2/14 Arora 1/24 Harshit 2/24 Narine 1/16 Russell 3/19 Varun 1/9 Only the second time six different bowlers have taken a wicket in an IPL final; the first being MI vs CSK at Eden Gardens in 2013.
Lowest totals for SRH (IPL) 96 vs MI Hyderabad 2019 113 vs MI Hyderabad 2015 113 vs KKR Chennai 2024 * 114 vs PBKS Dubai 2020
Lowest totals in IPL finals 113 SRH vs KKR Chennai 2024 * 125/9 CSK vs MI Kolkata 2013 128/6 RPS vs MI Hyderabad 2017 129/8 MI vs RPS Hyderabad 2017
21:13 Local Time, 15:43 GMT: What just happened? It will take a while to wrap our heads around this SRH innings. Yes, the surface was difficult and not a belter but surely it was not a 113 kind of pitch.
18.3
Russell to Cummins, out Caught by Starc!! SRH are bowled out for 113. Starc makes amends for his earlier drop. Cummins c Starc b Russell 24(19) [4s-2 6s-1]
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