Watson shines with the ball as Gujarat Lions struggle
May 24, 2016  21:36


Gujarat 154-8 (19 ovs) vs RCB | Scorecard

Jordan to bowl the 18th over. He misses the yorker and ends up bowling a full toss which Bravo drives through the covers for a four. Two balls later, Dwivedi gets four leg byes as 12 runs come from the over.

Watson to bowl the penultimate over. Dwivedi comes down the track and lofts the first ball over the off-side for a six and then pulls the next ball over midwicket for another six.

Watson gets his man as Dwivedi goes for another big shot but this time fails to make proper connection as Kohli does well at long-on to take a low catch diving forward.

The umpires initially had given it not out before a furious Kohli walks all the way up to them and asks why they had not given it out. It is finally referred to the third umpire who rules that Kohli has taken the catch cleanly to send back Dwivedi, who played a good hand of 19 from nine balls.

It turns out to be quite a dramatic over from Watson. He comes from round the wicket and bowls Bravo, who swings across the line but fails to make connection and is bowled for eight.

Two sixes followed by two wickets, Watson is turning it on.

Watson misses the hat-trick as he bowls a wide, trying the slower bouncer against Dhawal Kulkarni.

Kulkarni swats the next ball over midwicket as Kohli makes another valiant effort but fails to stop the ball despite a full length drive as it goes for a four. Kulkarni then lofts the last ball over the off-side for another four.

Despite the two wickets, Watson has ended up giving 21 runs in his final over to finish with four for 29 in his four overs.

This was how Watson's final over went. 6 6 W W Wd 4 4


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