It wasn't a tough run by any means and it didn't turn out to be one either! Just that Royal Eagles lost four wickets along the way. But as expected, they were able to pick up victory with the bonus point.
And would you believe it, the biggest contributor for them was extras! As many as 19 runs were given away as extras in the innings. Catches and run outs were missed too by Kashmir Budapest. When you're defending a low score, those are almost a strict no-no.
So with this win, the first points of Group B get registered. Royal Eagles will be up next in action to try and pick up yet another win.
6.3 Ziaul Saykat to Arvind Kumar, SIX RUNS TO END IT! ROYAL EAGLES WIN WITH THE BONUS POINT! Short around off-stump. A flat-batted shot on the back foot over long-off for a maximum!
6.2 Ziaul Saykat to Fayaz Khan, short on middle-stump. Pulled around to deep mid-wicket off the back foot for a single.
6.1 Ziaul Saykat to Fayaz Khan, FOUR! Full and wide outside off-stump. Slammed over the cover area off the middle of the bat for a boundary!
6
overs
55/4score
1wd
0
0
0
1wd
1
2
1
runs
Fayaz Khan*
3(3)
Arvind Kumar
2(5)
Mohammad Kamran
0/6
5.6 Mohammad Kamran to Fayaz Khan, full toss on middle-and-leg. A bit of a checked pull stroke to the deep square-leg area for just the single!
5.5 Mohammad Kamran to Fayaz Khan, back of a length around off-stump. Stroked away to the cover region off the back foot for a brace.
5.4 Mohammad Kamran to Arvind Kumar, PUT DOWN! Full and swinging away around off-stump. Outside edged off the attempted cover drive that gets dropped at gully! One run taken.
5.4 Mohammad Kamran to Arvind Kumar, another WIDE outside the line of off-stump! Far too many extras being given away!
5.3 Mohammad Kamran to Arvind Kumar, good length away-going ball around off-stump. A swing and a miss through the line on the charge.
5.2 Mohammad Kamran to Arvind Kumar, good length wider ball outside off-stump. A leave on line as the ball swung away.
5.1 Mohammad Kamran to Arvind Kumar, full around off-stump with the away-swing. A push away from the body and a miss!
5.1 Mohammad Kamran to Arvind Kumar, WIDE outside the line of off-stump yet again! Time to reload.
5
overs
49/4score
1
1
1wd
6
1wd
0
W
0
runs
Fayaz Khan*
0(1)
Arvind Kumar
1(1)
Ziaul Saykat
1/10
4.6 Ziaul Saykat to Fayaz Khan, good length ball on off-stump. Tapped to the short cover area gently for no run.
4.5 Ziaul Saykat to Sachin Chauhan, GOT HIM! Good length ball on off-stump. Heaved on the up but flat over the in-field. Long-on then comes into play and takes yet another smart catch near the rope!
4.4 Ziaul Saykat to Sachin Chauhan, Oh! Full on off-stump. The attempted lofted drive ends up getting inside-edged past the stumps to short fine-leg, no run.
4.4 Ziaul Saykat to Sachin Chauhan, WIDE down the leg-side now. Good take by the keeper to his left!
4.3 Ziaul Saykat to Sachin Chauhan, SIX! Full on off-stump. Whacked away well over long-on off the front foot for a maximum!