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That brings us to the end of our coverage for this contest. Till the next time, this is myself (Arya Sekhar Chakraborty) signing off also on behalf of my fellow commentator and good mate Maanas Upadhyay. Cheers!
Royal Tigers won by 9 wickets (with 38 deliveries to spare)
The target of 79 was never going to challenge the powerful batting lineup of the Royal Tigers as that turned out to be the case in the end. Riding on a blazing start from Zeeshan Kukikhel, the target of 79 looked a tiny one. After smashing 13 runs off the opening over, Kukikhel turned in on in the next over as he thrashed Anup Gupta for 30 runs in an over which included 3 sixes and 3 fours.
It was sheer carnage on display as Anup just didn't find any answers in front of his brutal onslaught. The Royal Eagles would have thought they got some leeway when Zeeshan decided to retire after scoring a 12-ball 40 and sent in Saifi out in the middle. Darshan Sudarshnaiah who started off cautiously took the onus on himself when Zeeshan decided to go. It was just sheer carnage on display as the Royal Tigers raced to the target inside the 4th over.
3.4 Emad Khan to Zahir Safi, SIX! BANG! Safi finishes it off in style! Short and outside off, Safi rocks onto the back-foot and absolutely thrashes that over the point region for a huge maximum! And that wraps it up!
3.3 Emad Khan to Zahir Safi, FOUR! Short and on the body, Safi swivels on the pull and gets it along the ground through the fine leg region for a boundary!
3.2 Emad Khan to Darshan Sudarshnaiah, short of a length and on the body, Darshan gets onto his toes and tucks it into the square leg region for a single.
3.2 Emad Khan to Darshan Sudarshnaiah, FOUR! A massive full toss outside off, Darshan shuffles across and absolutely smacks that down the ground for a boundary! Was that over the waist? Yes it was! Free hit coming up!
3.1 Emad Khan to Zahir Safi, DROPPED! Length ball on the fourth stump line, Zahir has a massive swipe but gets a top-edge high in the air. The deep third man fielder takes off his hat to catch but ends up dropping it in the end!
The result is a foregone conclusion now with Sudarshnaiah also pummeling sixes after sixes. Just 17 more needed and this could well be the final over of this match.
3
overs
62/0score
0
0
0
4
6
5nb
4
runs
Darshan Sudarshnaiah*
14(7)
Zahir Safi
0(0)
Sami Ullah
0/27
2.6 Sami Ullah to Darshan Sudarshnaiah, FOUR! Full and outside off swinging away, Darshan shuffles across and swings hard across the line. Slices it over the short third man fielder and races away to the boundary rope!
2.6 Sami Ullah to Darshan Sudarshnaiah, FIVE WIDES! Sprayed down the leg side and it goes past the keeper and away to the boundary rope!
2.5 Sami Ullah to Darshan Sudarshnaiah, SIX! BANG! Short and outside off, Darshan shuffles across and absolutely thumps that straight back down the ground for a huge maximum!
2.4 Sami Ullah to Darshan Sudarshnaiah, FOUR! SHOT! A low full toss on the off stump, Darshan gets going with a punch over the extra cover region.
2.3 Sami Ullah to Darshan Sudarshnaiah, full and outside off swinging away, Darshan is on the move as he charges down and looks to drive but to no avail.
2.2 Sami Ullah to Darshan Sudarshnaiah, full and outside off swinging away, Darshan shuffles across and looks to drive it away but to no avail.
2.1 Sami Ullah to Darshan Sudarshnaiah, full and angled in at the pads, Darshan looks to hoick it away but misses. Gets a bit of pad on it en route the keeper.
Zahir Safi, RHB is the new man in.
Boundaries coming off every delivery in that over. 3 sixes off the first 3 deliveries and 3 fours to finish the over off. Oh what has happened here?? Zeeshan has walked out the ground retired. This is a strange decision given the match could have been over in the next couple of overs.
2
overs
43/0score
6
6
6
4
4
4
runs
Zeeshan Kukikhel*
40(13)
Darshan Sudarshnaiah
0(0)
Anup Gupta
0/30
1.6 Anup Gupta to Zeeshan Kukikhel, FOUR MORE! Three sixes and three fours in the over! Length ball on the leg stump line, Zeeshan swings hard and sends that packing through the square leg region for a boundary!