GT vs SRH Ball by Ball Commentary

THAT'S IT! Gujarat are the first team to qualify for the playoffs and wins this game convincingly by 34 runs. Full and just outside the leg stump line. Fazalhaq Farooqi swings hard and fails to connect. A dot to end the innings and a job well done by Gujarat.

Tossed up on the middle and leg. Mayank Markande lifts it toward the long on region on a bounce for a single.

FOUR! Full on the middle and leg. Mayank Markande gets down and slogs it away toward the deep mid-wicket region. Rashid Khan drops this one at the fence and bunts it over the ropes for four runs.

Flatter on the middle and leg. Fazalhaq Farooqi gets an outside edge toward covers for one.

Length ball just outside off, Fazalhaq Farooqi swings hard and misses.

Tosses it up fuller, Markande uses his feet and drills it down to long-on for a single.

Good length delivery on off. Fazalhaq Farooqi defends it to point.

Bangs it short and down the leg. Fazalhaq Farooqi ducks under and lets it pass.

OUT! WICKET! CAUGHT! On a good length and on off. Bhuvneshwar Kumar lofts it toward the deep point region. Rashid Khan comes running in from the boundary and takes a fantastic catch. Mohit Sharma gets his fourth and Bhuvneshwar Kumar departs after playing a handy knock.

Full and straight at the stumps. Mayank Markande drills it to long on for one.

FOUR! BANG! The slower ball into the surface around off. Mayank Markande picks it nicely and swats it over the bowler and down to long off for a cracking boundary.

SIX! SMACKED! Back of a length around off. Mayank Markande clubs it straight over the bowler and down the ground for a biggie.

Short of a length on off. Mayank Markande pulls it into the vacant mid-wicket region for one.

On a good length and angled across the batter. Mayank Markande plays and misses.

Back of a length at the middle and leg. Bhuvneshwar Kumar runs it down to deep third for one.

FOUR! On a length and outside off. Bhuvneshwar Kumar lofts it over the extra cover region and the ball races away to the ropes for four runs.

WIDE! Bumper outside off. Bhuvneshwar Kumar goes for the uppercut and misses. Wide called by the umpire.

Slower ball outside off, Bhuvneshwar Kumar lifts it over the extra cover region and picks up two.

Full and angling just outside off. Bhuvneshwar Kumar swings hard and misses.

Full-length delivery on off. Mayank Markande defends and blocks it away.

OUT! In the air and Taken! Mohammad Shami gets the huge wicket of Klaasen and this is pretty much curtains for Hyderabad. Full and at the stumps. Heinrich Klaasen clears his front leg and lofts it down the ground toward long off. David Miller stationed at the boundary takes a sharp catch. Klaasen departs after playing a fine knock.

Full and outside off, Bhuvneshwar Kumar goes for the drive but gets an outside edge along the carpet to deep third for one.

Hard length delivery on off. Heinrich Klaasen drills it past the bowler down to long on for one.

Slower full ball at the stumps, Bhuvneshwar Kumar pushes it past the bowler toward mid off for one.

Length ball at the stumps. Heinrich Klaasen heaves it down to long-on for one.

Tewatia bowls a length delivery at the stumps. Bhuvneshwar Kumar hangs back and bunts it back to the bowler.

Flatter and around off. Heinrich Klaasen stays back and slaps it hard back at Noor Ahmad. He is hit on the ankle as the ball ricochets toward covers for one. Noor Ahmad is looking in a lot of pain and the physio is in the middle to have a look. He is going off the field for further treatment.

FOUR! HAMMERED! Overpitched and in the slot. Heinrich Klaasen clears the front leg and smashes it down the ground. One bounce and over the ropes for four runs.

Short and wide outside off, cut away to deep point for one.

WIDE! On a length and goes outside the tramline. Bhuvneshwar Kumar lets it go and the umpire calls it a wide.

FOUR LEGBYES! Flat and down the leg. Bhuvneshwar Kumar gets one knee and works off his pad toward fine leg for four extras.

Bowls it full and at the stumps. Heinrich Klaasen drills it past the bowler down the ground for one.

Short of a length angled into the batter at the middle. Bhuvneshwar Kumar stands tall and defends it to point.

Low full toss on the leg peg, Heinrich Klaasen lifts it on the bounce to the deep mid-wicket fielder for one.

FOUR! SMASHED! Slower ball on a length and just outside off. Heinrich Klaasen waits and muscles it hard past the bowler through mid-off for a powerful boundary.

Full on off, driven past the bowler down the ground for one.

Back of a length just outside off. Bhuvneshwar Kumar dabs it to point.

Hard length into the surface on off. Heinrich Klaasen hangs back and punches it to long on for one.

FIFTY up for Heinrich Klaasen and it has been another fighting knock from him. This is short and wide, Klaasen rocks back and cuts it to deep cover-point for a single.

Pushed through quicker and on middle, Heinrich Klaasen blocks it out.

Drops it short now, Bhuvneshwar Kumar backs away and works it down to wide long on for a run.

Floated up around middle, Bhuvneshwar Kumar looks to turn it leg side but gets a leading edge back toward the bowler.

FOUR! Nicely played! Tossed up around off, Bhuvneshwar Kumar plays a defensive shot but opens the bat face a bit and runs it down to third man for a boundary.

Slightly shorter on off, Heinrich Klaasen hangs back and wrists it in front of mid-wicket for one. Klaasen looks for two but has to settle for the single.

Floated up full and on off, driven down to long off for just one more.

Around middle, Bhuvneshwar Kumar pushes it through mid-wicket and picks up a single.

Full and straight, this is bunted back to the bowler.

FOUR! Streaky but Bhuvneshwar Kumar will take it. Short and around off, angling away. Kumar stays back and slashes at it. The ball takes the outside edge and goes wide of Rahul Tewatia at first slip for a boundary.

Short and around off, hit away down to long on for one.

SIX! BANG! Heinrich Klaasen putting on a lone fight for Hyderabad as he has been for most of this season. Tossed up on the stumps, Klaasen gets down on one knee and slog-sweeps it well over the square leg fence for a biggie.

Short of a length and outside off, this is flat-batted down to long on for a single.

Slightly short and wide, Heinrich Klaasen pounces on it and crunches it away but finds the man at point.

Pushes this one fuller and well outside off, Heinrich Klaasen reaches out and pats it away toward cover.

WIDE! Length again and once again it is well down the leg side. Wided.

WIDE! On a good length and spilled down the leg side and a wide is called.

On a hard length over off stump, Heinrich Klaasen punches it out toward extra cover.

Pitched up on off stump, Bhuvneshwar Kumar pushes it away through the cover region and picks up a single.

On a good length around off and angling away. Bhuvneshwar Kumar tries to drive off the back foot but is beaten on the outside edge.

Fuller and around off, driven a bit uppishly and square on the off side for a single.

Nicely bowled! Quicker one, a bit short and around off. This one zips through the deck and Bhuvneshwar Kumar is well beaten.

Full and around off, turning away. Bhuvneshwar Kumar looks to drive at it but gets an outside edge wide of the man at first slip and picks up a couple of runs.

On the shorter side and around off, punches away through cover for a single.

FOUR! Dragged down around off, Heinrich Klaasen rocks back and muscles it right back past the bowler for a boundary.

SIX! What just happened there? This is nicely tossed up by Noor Ahmad, full and around off. Heinrich Klaasen backs away and tonks it straight down the ground. David Miller from long off runs around to his right and takes the catch, or rather seems to have taken the catch as his foot touches the rope and the ball pops out as well. The ball goes over the ropes for a maximum.

Another googly and this one turns in a bit sharply and from outside off. Heinrich Klaasen goes on the back foot and hits it away toward deep cover for a single.

The wrong'un now, turning into middle. Bhuvneshwar Kumar plays it through mid on and turns the strike over.

On the pads, nudged away in front of square on the leg side for a run.

Short and turning into the pads, Heinrich Klaasen backs away and turns it through mid-wicket for a couple of runs.

Pushed through around off, eased away in front of point for a single.

Quicker and a bit shorter on off, Heinrich Klaasen punches it off the back foot and toward long off for a single.

OUT! CAUGHT! Marco Jansen doesn't hang around for long either and Hyderabad lose their 7th wicket. Mohit Sharma pitches this one up around off, inviting the lofted shot. Jansen backs away and tries to get under the ball. jansen ends up lifting it high but without much timing and just over mid off. Hardik Pandya there walks back a bit and takes a safe catch. Sharma gets his third wicket of the game.

Around the top of off, played on the up toward extra cover.

Back of a length around off, hit away square on the off side for a single.

A touch shorter and outside off, Heinrich Klaasen stays back and hammers it away well in front of sweeper cover. Rashid Khan there runs around to his right and keeps it down to a brace.

Perfect length on off stump and this one just nips back in a touch. Heinrich Klaasen punches it out toward cover.

Back of a length and around off, Heinrich Klaasen punches it sweetly on the up and in front of the square on the off side for a couple of runs.

Shorter one, turning into the batter, Heinrich Klaasen works it away past square leg and picks up a single.

Tossed up around middle, driven on the up and down to long on for one more.

This is the googly from Rashid Khan, Marco Jansen tries to step out but adjusts quickly and ends up defending it.

A tad short and wide, Heinrich Klaasen cuts it off the back foot and in front of cover-point for a run.

Flatter delivery on off, Heinrich Klaasen backs away and hits it straight toward cover.

On middle, Marco Jansen strides forward and pushes it down to long on for a single.

Good length around off, Heinrich Klaasen drives it on the up but straight to mid off.

Hard length around off, punched away through the cover region for a single.

OUT! TAKEN! Straight to the man and now Abdul Samad departs as well. Mohit Sharma howls a back of the hand slower ball and pulls back the length a bit. Samad stays back and looks to muscle it away but gets no elevation whatsoever. The ball is crunched straight to short mid-wicket where the substitute fielder, Shivam Mavi crouches down and takes a sharp catch. Hyderabad going down in a hurry here.

FOUR! Hammered away! On a length and outside off, Abdul Samad shimmies down the track and creams it through the cover region for a boundary.

Hard length over middle, tucked away in front of mid-wicket.

OUT! CAUGHT! Mohit Sharma gets a wicket off his very first delivery and Hyderabad have now lost half of their side. Sharma bangs this one in and bowls it outside off. Sanvir Singh backs away and looks to slap it away over the point region. The ball hurries on to Singh and he ends up slicing it wide of third man. Sai Sudharsan there runs around to his right and takes a good running running.

Floated up around off, Sanvir Singh leans on and works it down to long on for one.

A tad shorter on middle, pulled away down to long on for a single.

SIX! Oh, that is class from Heinrich Klaasen! This is a bit fuller and on off, Klaasen makes a bit of room and lofts it inside-out all the way over the extra cover fence for a biggie.

Shorter one around leg stump, Heinrich Klaasen goes deep in his crease and works it away in between deep mid-wicket and long on for a couple of runs.

Pushes it through on middle, Heinrich Klaasen blocks it back to the bowler.

Starts off with a quicker and flatter one around off. Heinrich Klaasen rocks back to cut but is beaten all ends up.

SIX! BOOM! Sanvir Singh gets off the mark in style! Back of a length delivery around off. Sanvir Singh smokes this over the wide long-on fence for a biggie.

On a good length and brings this one back into the batter. Sanvir Singh goes for the short arm jab but misses and takes a thud on the pad.

Hard length into the surface outside off. Sanvir Singh plays it nicely off the backfoot to the cover fielder.

Back of a length outside off. Sanvir Singh punches off the backfoot straight to the man at cover-point.

OUT! SHAMI IS ON FIRE! Another one bites the dust! Good length delivery on the middle and leg. Aiden Markram looks to flick this one but gets a leading edge and gives a simple catch to Dasun Shanaka at the covers. Hyderabad skipper departs for 10.

On a good length and gets that one to nip back in. Aiden Markram skips down the track to flick it away but plays all around it and is beaten on the inside.

Back of a length delivery on off. Aiden Markram punches it past point for one.

FOUR! SHOT! Full and just outside off. Aiden Markram gets forward and drives it elegantly through mid off for a glorious boundary.

On a good length again on the leg stump line. Aiden Markram tucks it through the wide mid on region and collects a couple.

Good length delivery shapes back into the batter on the leg peg. Aiden Markram misses the flick and takes a thud on the pad.

On a good length outside off. Heinrich Klaasen guides it to deep third for one.

FOUR! Well-Timed! Back of a length outside off. Heinrich Klaasen punches this through covers and times it well enough to reach the boundary in a flash.

On a good length and outside off. Heinrich Klaasen dabs it past point for a single. A slight fumble by Sai Sudharsan allows the batters to cross for a run.

Hard length delivery outside off. Aiden Markram stays back and punches it through the covers for a comfortable three. Dasun Shanaka gives the chase and saves a run for his side.

Back of a length around off. Aiden Markram rides the bounce and punches it to backward point.

Good length delivery outside off. Heinrich Klaasen runs it down to the third man for a single.

Jaffa! On a good length and just outside off. Heinrich Klaasen prods forward and is beaten on the outside edge. Excellent bowling.

OUT! CAUGHT! WICKET NUMBER 3! Hard-length delivery just outside off. Rahul Tripathi pokes at it with no foot movement and edges it straight to Tewatia at first slip. He holds onto the catch this time and Hyderabad are in trouble early in the chase. Rahul Tripathi's poor form continues.

On a good length and just around off. Aiden Markram jumps and dabs it to point.

Good length delivery on off. Rahul Tripathi pushes it toward mid off for a single.

OUT! EDGED AND TAKEN! Full and shapes it away outside off. Abhishek Sharma goes for the drive but gets an outside edge to Saha, who takes a fine catch moving to his left. Yash Dayal is delighted as Hyderabad loses their second.

Back of a length around off. Abhishek Sharma steers it to backward point. Sai Sudharsan dives to his left and makes a fine stop.

Wayward! Full and angling down the leg. Abhishek Sharma flicks and misses. Wide signaled by the umpire.

Short and shapes away outside off. Abhishek Sharma goes for the cut and misses.

FOUR! CREAMED! On a good length and a hint of swing outside off. Abhishek Sharma carves it through the covers for a beautiful boundary.

Good length delivery on off. Aiden Markram gets behind the line and defends solidly.

OUT! CAUGHT! SHAMI STRIKES! Rashid Khan takes the catch and Tewatia will be a relieved man. Hard-length delivery just outside off. Anmolpreet Singh looks to pull it away but gets a top edge that flies to Rashid Khan at the third-man fence. He runs around the boundary to his left and takes a fine catch.

FOUR! Short and wide outside off. Anmolpreet Singh cuts it nicely through the backward point region for a boundary.

Back of a length on the leg stump line. Abhishek Sharma looks to tuck it away but drops into the off-side for a quick single.

DROPPED! Full and swings away outside off. Anmolpreet Singh pushes at it and gets a thick edge to Rahul Tewatia at the first slip. He spills this one and the ball deflects toward third man for a single.

Shami starts off on a length and on the middle and leg. Anmolpreet Singh tucks it to short mid-wicket.