Texas Super Kings stay alive in the tournament and they will take on the loser between Washington Freedom and San Francisco Unicorns. That's all from this encounter. We have the Qualifier 1 coming up tomorrow. Do join us for that. Until next time, goodbye and stay safe..
Faf du Plessis | Player of Match Really good intent. Ifyou get a good powerplay then you can get ahead in the game. We were 50 for no loss and that was important. It was the balance of someone playing with merit, I am the aggressor but batting partnerships work when you complement each other. He (Conway) would be frustrated withthat knock, it was one of those scratchy innings but an in-batter is always good to have in such chases. We were there and thereabouts with the run-rate all the time. We didn't know what to do at the toss, we knew they area good chasing team and that was the reason to bowl. 160 was below par, 180-185 would have been a good total on that wicket. Yes, Bravo got injured and we needed someone to bowl those last few overs.. Stoinis stepping up and bowling the 19th over was unbelievable. Even Hardie bowling the last over made 5-10 runs difference, that is what you expect from experienced guys.
Kieron Pollard: We wanted to get a few more runs in the last two overs. 170 would have been a good total psychologically. But the conditions did get better in the second innings. You can look at different aspects as to why we lost, yes fielding was one of the reasons. But credit to Texas, they were better than us and deserved to go ahead. We fought all the way and are not satisfied with this finish. We have to continue working hard and there are some guys who need to get up to standard with the level of cricket. We got through to the playoffs but we didn't play good cricket. Hopefully we come back stronger next season.
Devon Conway: Struggled to catch up with Faf today, watching him from the non striker’s end. Was just trying to hit the ball too hard and was losing shape. Tough night for me but happy to get the win. After Faf got out, it was important for me to bat through and get the team home even if it looked a bit ugly. (On the target) We felt it was competitive, a bit under par and we knew that dew would play a factor in the second innings. Credit to them for coming out with a lot of energy and making it tough for us.
23:11 Local Time, 04:11 GMT, 09:41 IST: It turned out to be quite comprehensive in the end, didn't seem that way for most part of the chase as the game was in balance at the 15-over mark. But three big overs (44 runs) after the time-out just knocked the stuffing out of MI New York.
18.3
Rushil Ugarkar to Hardie, FOUR, to fine leg
18.2
Rushil Ugarkar to Hardie, 2 runs, off-pace delivery on short of length, Hardie punches it uppishly wide of cover and David gets around from long-off, keeps it to a brace
18.1
Rushil Ugarkar to Conway, 1 run, slower ball around off, Conway waits and works it to long-on
Rushil Ugarkar [2.0-0-12-0] is back into the attack
17.6
Boult to Hardie, FOUR, straight down the ground
17.5
Boult to Hardie, SIX, to deep mid-wicket, the partnership between Hardie and Conway is now
17.4
Boult to Hardie, no run
17.3
Boult to Hardie, SIX, shot!
17.2
Boult to Conway, 1 run, to long-on
17.1
Boult to Hardie, 1 run, angled in from round the wicket, Hardie flicks to deep mid-wicket
Trent Boult [3.0-0-32-0] is back into the attack
26 runs off the last two overs has completely shifted the tide in TSK's favor.
16.6
Nosthush Kenjige to Hardie, 1 run, to deep mid-wicket
16.5
Nosthush Kenjige to Hardie, no run, quicker and short of length, Hardie punches it straight to cover
16.4
Nosthush Kenjige to Conway, 1 run, flatter and fraction short, Conway pulls it to long-on