- BATSMENRB4s6sSR13.3 Conway perishes! Another full delivery on middle and leg stump. Conway looks to repeat the dose but this one might have just been a shade fuller. Cannot quite get underneath it completely and arrows it straight to Chand at long on, who snaffles up the chance! 120/31.1 gone first ball! du Plessis bites the dust! Full outside off stump and it entices du Plessis to throw his hands at it. He is not quite to the pitch of the ball, though, and has to reach out just a bit. Clinks it off the toe end and Chand does the rest at short extra cover to send the TSK skipper back on his way! 12/15.2 Ali Khan gets Milantha! Rank full toss at the stumps and Milantha could have hit that anywhere. But instead, he is rushed into his stroke and ends up splicing his slog. The ball spoons up towards mid on, who does the rest. The umpires want to check the height of the delivery but it looked fine on first glance. Milantha is out of his crease and seems to meet the ball when it is below his waist. Not a No ball and LAKR have their second! 43/217.6 holes out to deep mid wicket! Slower delivery that seems to land in the slot on off stump. Miller, looking at the length, tries to smash it over cow corner. He is deceived by the lack of pace, though, and heaves at it too early. Ends up dragging it to Guptill at deep mid wicket, who does the rest! The umpires check if Ferguson has overstepped but he hasn't. Comfortably behind the line and Miller has to go! 151/514.5 huge appeal and given! Full delivery that pitches just outside off stump before spinning back into Milind. He plants his front foot and plays outside the line. The ball nips past the inside edge and raps him on the front pad, right in front of off stump. The umpire raises his finger and Milind does not even bother with the review! 127/418.3 Santner departs! Full and hung outside off stump. Santner tries to carve it over the deep extra cover fence but has to reach out for this a tad bit. The ball skews off the toe-end and Guptill gobbles up the chance at deep point! 159/6Extras4 (lb 1, w 3)TOTAL181/6 (20 Overs, RR: 9.05)Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Faf du Plessis, 1.1 ov), 2-43 (Lahiru Milantha, 5.2 ov), 3-120 (Devon Conway, 13.3 ov), 4-127 (Milind Kumar, 14.5 ov), 5-151 (David Miller, 17.6 ov), 6-159 (Mitchell Santner, 18.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Ali Khan 4 0 40 2 10.00 10 4 2 0 0 LH Ferguson 4 0 23 2 5.75 13 0 2 0 0 AD Russell 3 0 37 0 12.33 6 3 2 2 0 CA Dry 2 0 22 0 11.00 3 4 0 0 0 SP Narine 4 0 29 1 7.25 7 0 2 1 0 A Zampa 3 0 29 1 9.66 2 0 2 0 0
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- BATSMENRB4s6sSR0.3 soft dismissal! Full delivery just outside off that shapes away. Guptill gives himself room and tries to go over mid off. Loses his shape a little and is perhaps early into the stroke. Shanks it off the toe-end eventually and pops it straight to Bravo at mid on! 0/13.1 Chand bites the dust, and Coetzee is absolutely pumped! Back of a length delivery just outside off stump that hurries onto the batter. Chand does not get into a good position but tries to hack it away anyway. Because he is late on the stroke, he only manages an inside edge that smashes into the stumps. And just like that, the Knight Riders lose another! 20/40.6 chops it on, Theron has two! Full and angled across the batter outside off stump. Rossouw tries to force it through the off side but just tugs at it slightly. The bottom hand takes over and he can only drag it back onto his stumps. TSK have two in the first over, and LAKR are in some early strife! 4/21.6 sharp take at short extra cover and LAKR are three down now! It's all happening here! Length delivery outside off stump. Nitish thinks it is full enough to drive and throws his hands at it. Cannot keep it down, though, and the ball flies towards Santner at short extra cover, who dives to his left and snares it! 7/35.2 goes through him like a hot knife through butter! Back of a length delivery on off stump that pitches and skids through. Malhotra is hopping around his crease, looking to work it away but is awfully late on the stroke. The ball thunders into the stumps, even before Malhotra has gotten his bat down! 56/512.4 edged and taken! Bravo gets Russell! Is that the game? Full, fast and outside off stump. Russell plants his front foot and looks to smash the cover off the ball. The ball is just far enough from his hitting arc, though, and he can only feather it through to the keeper. Russell is audibly livid with himself (frustrated perhaps at the wide call the previous ball too) and trudges back to the pavilion! 109/811.1 holes out to long on! Length delivery just outside off stump and this one seems to skid through. Narine, camping deep in his crease, tries to maul it over long on but he is late on the stroke. Shanks it towards long on, and Bravo does the rest, before indulging in a little celebratory jig! 103/611.3 cleans him up with a corker! Beautifully flighted googly that lands on a full length on off stump. Dry has absolutely no clue about this and goes wafting at it, leaving a massive gap between bat and pad. The ball breezes through that gap and thuds into the stumps! 103/713.1 and he knocks Zampa over! Looped up on a length on off stump. Zampa pre-meditates the paddle and walks across his stumps. In the end, he cuts himself off and is nowhere close to making contact as the ball goes past the thigh pad and then hits off stump! 111/913.6 that will be that! Texas Super Kings win the inaugural fixture of the MLC by 69 runs! Another perfectly disguised wrong'un that Ferguson fails to pick. He swings for the hills but is not to the pitch of the ball. It spins back, goes past the flailing bat and thunders into the stumps! Mohsin ends with a four-wicket haul, and this has been an utterly dominant display by the Super Kings! 112/10Extras7 (lb 3, nb 1, w 3)TOTAL112 all out (14 Overs, RR: 8)Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Martin Guptill, 0.3 ov), 2-4 (Rilee Rossouw, 0.6 ov), 3-7 (Nitish Kumar, 1.6 ov), 4-20 (Unmukt Chand, 3.1 ov), 5-56 (Jaskaran Malhotra, 5.2 ov), 6-103 (Sunil Narine, 11.1 ov), 7-103 (Corné Dry, 11.3 ov), 8-109 (Andre Russell, 12.4 ov), 9-111 (Adam Zampa, 13.1 ov), 10-112 (Lockie Ferguson, 13.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB J Theron 2 0 16 2 8.00 7 2 1 0 0 CP Savage 2 0 25 1 12.50 6 2 2 0 1 G Coetzee 2 0 22 2 11.00 6 2 2 0 0 MJ Santner 3 0 28 0 9.33 5 2 1 3 0 DJ Bravo 2 0 10 1 5.00 5 1 0 0 0 Mohammad Mohsin 3 0 8 4 2.66 13 1 0 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Los Angeles Knight Riders , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
13 July 2023 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Texas Super Kings 2, Los Angeles Knight Riders 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 45 runs, 2 wickets)
- Texas Super Kings: 50 runs in 6.3 overs (39 balls), Extras 1
- Strategic Timeout: Texas Super Kings - 71/2 in 9.0 overs (DP Conway 37, DA Miller 16)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 33 balls (DP Conway 16, DA Miller 34, Ex 0)
- Texas Super Kings: 100 runs in 11.5 overs (71 balls), Extras 2
- DP Conway: 50 off 36 balls (7 x 4, 1 x 6)
- DA Miller: 50 off 34 balls (2 x 4, 3 x 6)
- Strategic Timeout: Texas Super Kings - 133/4 in 16.0 overs (DA Miller 53, MJ Santner 3)
- Texas Super Kings: 150 runs in 17.3 overs (105 balls), Extras 3
- Innings Break: Texas Super Kings - 181/6 in 20.0 overs (DJ Bravo 16, CP Savage 5)
- Over 0.1: Review by Texas Super Kings (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - JA Lindo, Batter - MJ Guptill (Struck down)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 64 runs, 5 wickets)
- Los Angeles Knight Riders: 50 runs in 4.5 overs (30 balls), Extras 2
- Strategic Timeout: Los Angeles Knight Riders - 74/5 in 8.0 overs (AD Russell 39, SP Narine 3)
- Los Angeles Knight Riders: 100 runs in 10.6 overs (67 balls), Extras 7
- AD Russell: 50 off 29 balls (6 x 4, 3 x 6)
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