Harbhajan strikes as Stokes fails again

May 11, 2018 22:21

Rajasthan 48-1 (4 ovs) vs CSK 176-4 | Scorecard

It's all Englishmen to begin here after the break. Jos Buttler walks out to open the batting with his fellow England player while Ben Stokes, while another England fast bowler David Willey will open the bowling.

Willey starts with a loose delivery, short and wide, which Buttler smashes through the off-side to start off in confident fashion with a boundary.

The next ball is again hit for a four through the off-side before the third ball is hit past point as Buttler starts off with a hat-trick of fours.

Two dot balls before a single helps Buttler retain the strike as 13 comes from the first over.

Harbhajan Singh to bowl from the other end. The second ball is on the pads as Buttler flicks it fine for a four before he reverse sweeps the fourth ball for another boundary and then smashes the next ball straight down the ground for a six.

Stokes gets a lifeline off the last ball as he comes halfway down for a single but striker Buttler is not interested however Harbhajan fails to collect the ball cleanly to give Stokes a reprieve.

Spin from both ends as Ravindra Jadeja comes into the attack. Stokes looks to sweep the first ball fine but misses before he attempts the reverse and misses again.

Stokes takes a single before Buttler makes room and lofts Jadeja over the covers for a four.

In the next over, Buttler pulls a short ball from Harbhajan through midwicket for a four and then takes one.

Stokes has a huge swing but gets an inside edge which hits him on the pads and goes to Dhoni, who claims the catch, before it is referred to the third umpire.

But the ball bounced before hitting the boots and was taken by Dhoni so Stokes survives.

Stokes has another wild swing and this time he gets a thick inside edge which narrowly misses the stumps and goes fine on the leg side for a four.

But he finds the middle of the bat with the next ball, slog sweeping it powerfully over midwicket for a six.

However, Harbhajan gets revenge with the last delivery. Stokes comes down the track as he attempts another big shot but misses the ball completely and is bowled for 11.

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