10th Match

Jaydev Unadkat to Rishabh Pant, FOUR, Rishabh Pant hits the winning runs! Overpitched outside off, the LSG captain leans forward

Equation: 1 run | 2 balls.

Jaydev Unadkat to Rishabh Pant, no run, low full toss, driven straight to mid-off for another dot. Pant said no with a smile on his face

Equation: 1 run | 3 balls.

Jaydev Unadkat to Rishabh Pant, no run, yorker outside off, Pant jams it to cover and the batters don't take the single

Jaydev Unadkat to Rishabh Pant, FOUR, Rishabh Pant is off-balance, the bottom hand comes off the bat handle but he's hit another boundary. Pace off on a back of a length, Pant moves leg-side to forehand-slap and manages to elevate it over mid-off. Scores level

Jaydev Unadkat to Rishabh Pant, FOUR, boundary to start the over! Pitched up delivery, Pant stays leg-side and drives hard straight down the ground. Unadkat tries to stop it with his boot but it eludes him and runs away to the fence

Jaydev Unadkat [3.0-0-38-0] is back into the attack

Equation: 9 runs | 6 balls. Pant on strike. It'll be interesting to see if he'll take the single when there's an opportunity

Harshal Patel to Mukul Choudhary, no run, full toss from Harshal Patel, Mukul Choudhary looks to heave it across the line and misses to get hit on the back thigh. The ball dipped on the batter but the impact seems to be outside off. Given out onfield, let's see what ball-tracking says. UltraEdge confirms no bat. Impact outside off and it's a successful review. Excellent penultimate over from Harshal - just 4 off it

DRS!

Harshal Patel to Mukul Choudhary, no run, full toss, Mukul swipes and toe-ends it back to the bowler. Back-to-back dots and Mukul will be under a bit of pressure

43-ball is Rishabh Pant’s second-slowest fifty in IPL, after 46 balls fifty by him for DC against RCB in 2021. This is also the slowest fifty in this IPL season.

Harshal Patel to Mukul Choudhary, no run, Mukul Choudhary walks across a long way to play the scoop. It's a pace-off delivery on a short of length. Beats the inside-edge before going into the keeper's gloves. SRH ponder and decide not to review it. Don't think there was a nick there

Harshal Patel to Rishabh Pant, 1 run, low full toss outside off, Pant throws the kitchen sink and slices it through cover

Harshal Patel to Rishabh Pant, 2 runs, off-speed shortish ball outside off, Pant walks forward to slap it to deep cover. NKR misfields and the batters come back for the second

Harshal Patel to Rishabh Pant, no run

Harshal Patel to Mukul Choudhary, 1 run, low full toss, flicked over midwicket and long-on moves to his right to take it on the bounce

Harshal Patel [2.0-0-12-0] is back into the attack

Harsh Dubey to Rishabh Pant, FOUR, 102.3kph, low full toss, Pant drives hard and down the ground. Livingstone sprints to his right from long-on and slides to his right. Good effort but he ends up palming it past the boundary rope. The boundary also brings up Pant's fifty! Not his most fluent knock but this should give him a lot of confidence

Harsh Dubey to Mukul Choudhary, 1 run, 98.9kph, very full outside off, driven to long-off

Mukul Choudhary, right handed bat, comes to the crease

Harsh Dubey to Abdul Samad, out Caught by Liam Livingstone!! Holes out! SRH are very much alive in this contest. Full delivery and Samad decides to go for the big hit. It was actually in his arc and hence swung through the line. Strikes hard but miscues and hits it straight down long-off's throat. Abdul Samad c Liam Livingstone b Harsh Dubey 16(12) [4s-2]

Harsh Dubey to Abdul Samad, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

Harsh Dubey to Rishabh Pant, 1 run, Pant is on the walk to whip this quick delivery on a length through midwicket

Harsh Dubey to Rishabh Pant, no run, shortened length outside off, slapped to extra cover

Harsh Dubey to Rishabh Pant, no run, Pant shimmies down, gets too close to the pitch of the ball and jams it back to the bowler. The crowd thinks that it's a catch. Clearly hit the deck

Harsh Dubey [3.0-0-12-1] is back into the attack

Equation: 19 runs | 3 overs.

Eshan Malinga to Rishabh Pant, 1 run, off-speed delivery wide of off, cut to deep backward point

Eshan Malinga to Rishabh Pant, no run, off-cutter into the deck, Pant shapes to slap it through the covers and gets beaten by the lack of pace

Eshan Malinga to Abdul Samad, 1 run, 115.6kph, very full, Samad chips it over the bowler's head. Long-off tidies up

Eshan Malinga to Abdul Samad, FOUR, goes over the fielder now. Slow and on a shortish length outside off. Samad spots it, hops and throws his arms to slash it over backward point

Eshan Malinga to Abdul Samad, no run, slower ball on a short of length, Samad pushes it to backward point off the back foot

Eshan Malinga to Abdul Samad, 1 run

Eshan Malinga to Abdul Samad, FOUR, 138.7kph, full delivery, Samad drills it hard down the ground. Long-on didn't have to move much but the ball went to the fence like a bullet. Struck so hard

Equation: 29 runs | 24 balls.

Jaydev Unadkat to Abdul Samad, 1 run, 131.6kph, drives this full delivery along the ground to deep cover. 14 runs off the over

Jaydev Unadkat to Rishabh Pant, 1 run, slow and short, pulled through backward square leg

Jaydev Unadkat to Rishabh Pant, 2 runs, slower ball bouncer, a shuffling Pant just drops it towards square leg and runs hard to take a couple more. Ishan Kishan moved swiftly to get to the ball

Jaydev Unadkat to Rishabh Pant, FOUR, 130.5kph, low full toss and Pant brings his wrists into play to flick it through backward square leg. Second boundary of the over and Unadkat has his arms on his hips

Jaydev Unadkat to Rishabh Pant, 2 runs, Pant comes down the track, waits and pulls this off-speed short ball to deep midwicket for a couple of runs

Jaydev Unadkat to Rishabh Pant, FOUR, back of a length, the line is down leg, Pant swivels and pulls it square of the short fine leg fielder. Poor line and punished

Jaydev Unadkat [2.0-0-24-0] is back into the attack

Strategic timeout! Last 3 overs: 12 runs, 2 wickets. There's still life in this contest. It's still advantage LSG though. Equation: 43 runs | 30 balls.

Eshan Malinga to Rishabh Pant, 1 run, 113.5kph, pace off again, Pant dabs it to point and hares to the other end

Eshan Malinga to Abdul Samad, 1 run, 108.6kph, slower full delivery, driven to deep point

Eshan Malinga to Rishabh Pant, 1 run, off-speed ball on a short of length outside off, chopped to deep point

Pooran’s scores in 2026 (T20s) \n12 \n17 \n33 \n14 \n17 \n17 \n2 \n8 \n1 \n \n– 9 innings, 121 runs at 13.44, SR: 117.5

Eshan Malinga to Abdul Samad, 1 run, slower ball into the deck, Samad hops to cut it to the right of backward point. Shivang makes a diving stop to his right. Malinga applauds and there's a roar from the crowd as well. There's still belief in the SRH camp