| 0.0 : Hello and welcome to game 7 of the Indian T20 League, 2020. After their nail biting Super Over win, the young Delhi brigade will look to make it two-in-two. Chennai, on the other hand, will be looking to bounce back after being surprised by Rajasthan. Can the wounded Lions pounce stronger or will Delhi's young brigade be too hot to handle? |
| PITCH REPORT - Kevin Pietersen and Michael Slater are down with the pitch report. Slater says it looks like a great pitch and tells we have seen scores of 150-160 and also 200 and also reminds us of Rahul's innings from last evening. Pietersen says the batting is getting good and tells this is wicket looks very good to bat. Pietersen informs the seamers are picking wicket bowling short. Pietersen says if he wins the toss he would chase. Slater is in slight disagreement and says the side batting |
| TOSS - We are all in readiness for the spin of coin. MS Dhoni, the Chennai skipper and Shreyas Iyer, captain of Delhi are all in readiness at the middle. Match referee has the coin in hand. Up it goes. Dhoni calls Tails and it comes down in his favour. CHENNAI OPT TO BOWL! |
| Chennai skiper, MS Dhoni, says that they need to respect the conditition and the dew will come into play. Feels the side batting secnd has made a few mistakes. Tells that the wicket looks good and it comes on better. Expects the wickets to slow down but not that much as there are alot of grass and lot of strips. Tells there were a lot of controllable in the last game which they failed to do. Says there were a lot of positive. Informs Ngidi makes way for Hazlewood. Tells they will do whatever is |
| Delhi skipper, Shreyas Iyer, tells they needed a close game like that early in the tournament as it stabalizes the team. Admits he would have chosen to field as dew played a key role in the last game as well as the ball was skidding off the hand. Tells Ashwin is doing good but they want to give him a coule of days rest before getting him back.  Informs Mishra and Avesh Khan come in place for Ashwin and Mohit Sharma. |
| CHENNAI PLAYING XI - Murali Vijay, Shane Watson, Faf du Plessis, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Kedar Jadhav, MS Dhoni (WK/C), Sam Curran, Ravindra Jadeja, Josh Hazlewood (IN FOR LUNGI NGIDI), Deepak Chahar, Piyush Chawla. |
| DELHI PLAYING XI - Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Shimron Hetmyer, Shreyas Iyer (C), Rishabh Pant (WK), Marcus Stoinis, Axar Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Amit Mishra (IN FOR Ravichandran Ashwin), Anrich Nortje, Avesh Khan (IN FOR MOHIT SHARMA). |
| 0.1 : Deepak Chahar to Prithvi Shaw, Back of a length on off, Shaw pushes it to point. |
| 0.2 : Deepak Chahar to Prithvi Shaw, BEATEN! Good length delivery outside off, Shaw looks to defend but misses it. |
| 0.3 : Deepak Chahar to Prithvi Shaw, FOUR! Nice shot! Length delivery on off, Shaw pushes it through covers for a boundary. |
| 0.4 : Deepak Chahar to Prithvi Shaw, FOUR! Good shot! Full ball on off, Shaw drives it through covers for a boundary. |
| 0.5 : Deepak Chahar to Prithvi Shaw, Good length delivery outside off, Shaw hits it uppishly towards mid off. |
| 0.6 : Deepak Chahar to Prithvi Shaw, Shorter and outside off, Shaw slaps it through covers for a single. |
| 1.1 : Sam Curran to Prithvi Shaw, Full delivery on middle, Shaw drives it to mid on. |
| 1.2 : Sam Curran to Prithvi Shaw, Back of a length on leg, Shaw looks to flick but gets hit on the pads. It goes towards fine leg. The batsmen take a leg bye. |
| 1.3 : Sam Curran to Shikhar Dhawan, Length delivery outside off, Dhawan leaves it alone. |
| 0.6 : Sam Curran to bowl from the other end. |
| 1.4 : Sam Curran to Shikhar Dhawan, Short and outside off, Dhawan cuts it through point for a single. |
| 1.5 : Sam Curran to Prithvi Shaw, Back of a length on off, Shaw looks to defend but gets an outside edge. It bounces in front of Dhoni. He dives to his right and collects it on one bounce. |
| 1.6 : Sam Curran to Prithvi Shaw, Bouncer on middle, Shaw ducks under it. |
| 2.1 : Josh Hazlewood to Shikhar Dhawan, Back of a length on off, Dhawan taps it towards point for a single. |
| 2.2 : Josh Hazlewood to Shikhar Dhawan, Short ball on middle, Dhawan looks to pull but misses to get hit high on the thigh pad. |
| 2.3 : Josh Hazlewood to Shikhar Dhawan, Short delivery on middle, Dhawan flicks it towards mid-wicket for a single. |
| 2.4 : Josh Hazlewood to Prithvi Shaw, Back of a length on off, Shaw punches it towards point where the fielder dives and does well to stop it. The batsmen cross ends. |
| 2.5 : Josh Hazlewood to Shikhar Dhawan, Full on middle, Dhawan flicks it through square leg for a run. |
| 3.1 : Sam Curran to Prithvi Shaw, FOUR! Flicked away well! Back of a length ball around middle and leg, Shaw flicks it fine towards the deep square leg region for a boundary. |
| 3.2 : Sam Curran to Prithvi Shaw, Good length around leg, Shaw tucks this towards the fielder at mid-wicket. |
| 2.6 : Josh Hazlewood to Prithvi Shaw, Back of a length on off, Shaw punches it towards long off for a single. |
| 3.3 : Sam Curran to Prithvi Shaw, On a good length around off, Prithvi punches this towards the cover region. |
| 0.0 : Josh Hazlewood is into the attack. |
| 3.4 : Sam Curran to Prithvi Shaw, FOUR! Up up and away! Great shot! Back of a length ball around off, Shaw lifts this over the mid off region on the up and it will cross the fence at long off for four runs. |
| 3.5 : Sam Curran to Prithvi Shaw, WIDE! The umpire calls this a wide as this is down the leg side. |
| Sam Curran to Prithvi Shaw, Good length ball around leg, Shaw tucks this off his back foot towards the fine leg region and they will come back for the second run. |
| 3.6 : Sam Curran to Prithvi Shaw, FOUR! A boundary to end this over! Short of a good length around leg, Shaw flicks this with some power and it crosses the square leg fence for a boundary. |
| 4.1 : Josh Hazlewood to Prithvi Shaw, Good length around off, Shaw pushes this to the fielder at covers. |
| 4.2 : Josh Hazlewood to Prithvi Shaw, Back of a length ball around off, Shaw pulls this hard towards the long on region and luckily for him, it lands safe. Two taken. |
| 4.3 : Josh Hazlewood to Prithvi Shaw, Short of a good length around middle, Shaw tucks this towards the mid-wicket region for a single. |
| 4.4 : Josh Hazlewood to Shikhar Dhawan, Back of a length around off, Dhawan cuts this to the fielder at short third man. |
| 4.5 : Josh Hazlewood to Shikhar Dhawan, Josh dishes a back of a length ball around middle, Dhawan dances down the track and works it towards the off side. |
| 4.6 : Josh Hazlewood to Shikhar Dhawan, A dot to end the over as Dhawan pushes this to the point fielder. |
| 5.1 : Deepak Chahar to Prithvi Shaw, Back of a length ball outside off, Shaw pushes this to the fielder at point. |
| 0.0 : Deepak Chahar is back on. |
| 5.2 : Deepak Chahar to Shikhar Dhawan, Good length ball around off, Dhawan plays this on the up towards the deep cover region and it will land safe. Two taken. |
| 5.3 : Deepak Chahar to Shikhar Dhawan, Short of a good length ball around middle, Dhawan comes down the track and plays it towards the off side for a single. |
| 5.4 : Deepak Chahar to Prithvi Shaw, Good length on middle, Shaw pushes it for a single. |
| 5.5 : Deepak Chahar to Shikhar Dhawan, A slower length ball around middle, Shikhar looks to pull but misses it altogether. |
| 5.6 : Deepak Chahar to Shikhar Dhawan, Short of a good length ball around off, Dhawan plays this uppishly over the point region for a single to end the over. Delhi are at 36/0 at the end of the PowerPlay. |
| Piyush Chawla will bowl now, replacing Sam Curran. |
| 6.1 : Piyush Chawla to Shikhar Dhawan, Short ball on middle, Dhawan pulls it through mid on for a run. |
| 6.2 : Piyush Chawla to Prithvi Shaw, Short delivery on middle, Shaw pulls it through mid-wicket for a single. |
| 6.3 : Piyush Chawla to Shikhar Dhawan, Tossed up delivery on middle, Dhawan flicks it through mid-wicket for a run. |
| 6.4 : Piyush Chawla to Prithvi Shaw, FOUR! Good shot! Loopy delivery on off, Shaw punches it through covers. Chahar tries to stop it with his feet but fails to do so. It races away to the fence. |
| 6.5 : Piyush Chawla to Prithvi Shaw, Short ball on off, Shaw punches it through covers for a couple. |
| 6.6 : Piyush Chawla to Prithvi Shaw, FOUR! Cracking shot! Short ball on off, Shaw cuts it hard through point for a boundary. |
| 7.1 : Ravindra Jadeja to Shikhar Dhawan, SIX! That is huge! Flighted delivery on middle, Dhawan plays a slog sweep over square leg for a biggie. 50-run stand is up between Dhawan and Shaw! |
| 0.0 : Jadeja will grip the ball now, replacing Hazlewood. |
| 7.2 : Ravindra Jadeja to Shikhar Dhawan, A full toss on middle, Dhawan pushes it through mid on for a single. |
| 7.3 : Ravindra Jadeja to Prithvi Shaw, Tossed up on middle, Shaw flicks it through square leg for a run. |
| 7.4 : Ravindra Jadeja to Shikhar Dhawan, FOUR! Nicely played! Floated ball on middle, Dhawan plays a slog sweep over mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 7.6 : Ravindra Jadeja to Prithvi Shaw, On off, Shaw pushes it back towards the bowler. |
| 7.5 : Ravindra Jadeja to Shikhar Dhawan, Short ball outside off, Dhawan pulls it towards long on for a single. |
| 8.1 : Piyush Chawla to Shikhar Dhawan, Tossed up delivery on off, Dhawan pushes it towards point for a quick single. |
| 8.2 : Piyush Chawla to Prithvi Shaw, FOUR! Excellent shot! Full ball on off, Shaw lofts it over covers for a boundary. |
| 8.3 : Piyush Chawla to Prithvi Shaw, Floated delivery on off, Shaw drives it to point. |
| 8.4 : Piyush Chawla to Prithvi Shaw, FOUR! This is good batting from Prithvi Shaw! Flighted delivery on off, Shaw lofts it over covers for a boundary. |
| 8.5 : Piyush Chawla to Prithvi Shaw, Full ball on middle, Shaw drives it through mid on. The batsmen get two runs. |
| 8.6 : Piyush Chawla to Prithvi Shaw, On off, Shaw pushes it back towards the bowler. |
| 9.1 : Ravindra Jadeja to Shikhar Dhawan, Short delivery on middle, Dhawan pulls it through mid on for a couple. |
| 9.2 : Ravindra Jadeja to Shikhar Dhawan, Floated delivery on off, Dhawan sweeps it through square leg for a single. |
| 9.3 : Ravindra Jadeja to Prithvi Shaw, 50 for Prithvi Shaw! It has been a terrific innings from him! Floated delivery on off, Shaw nudges it towards the leg side for a single. |
| 9.4 : Ravindra Jadeja to Shikhar Dhawan, FOUR! Nice shot! On off, Dhawan lofts it over covers for a boundary. |
| 9.5 : Ravindra Jadeja to Shikhar Dhawan, Full ball on middle, Dhawan pushes it through mid on for a single. |
| 9.6 : Ravindra Jadeja to Prithvi Shaw, SIX! Amazing shot! Tossed up on middle, Shaw plays a slog sweep over square leg for a biggie. |
| 10.1 : Piyush Chawla to Shikhar Dhawan, Short delivery around off, Dhawan punches this towards long off for a single. |
| 10.2 : Piyush Chawla to Prithvi Shaw, Loopy outside off, Shaw works this towards the long off area for another single. |
| 10.3 : Piyush Chawla to Shikhar Dhawan, FOUR! What a slap this is by Gabbar! Short ball around middle, Dhawan dances down the track and plays this over the bowler's head for four runs. |
| 10.4 : Piyush Chawla to Shikhar Dhawan, OUT! LBW! Chawla has broken this partnership and Dhawan has to walk back now! Dhawan looks for the big one to continue his momentum but he doesn't quite get it right this time around. Loopy ball on middle, Dhawan looks to reverse sweep this one but misses and it hits him plumb onto the pads. The players appeal and the umpire obliges raising his finger. |
| Rishabh Pant is the new batsman in. |
| 10.5 : Piyush Chawla to Rishabh Pant, Another shout but not out! Floated a googly around middle, Pant looks to block this out and gets hit on the pads and he appeals, the umpire says no. |
| 10.6 : Piyush Chawla to Rishabh Pant, Short ball around leg, Pant looks to slog sweep but misses this one as it hits him on the pads. |
| 0.0 : STRATEGIC TIME-OUT! Advantage Delhi as we head into the first Time-Out of this game. Shaw and Dhawan have been phenomenal playing some brilliant strokes on their way to 71. Chennai are struggling to break this partnership and Dhoni will have to change something if he is to break these two up. Who comes out on top after the break? |
| 11.1 : Ravindra Jadeja to Prithvi Shaw, Short ball around off, Shaw punches this off his back foot through deep covers for a single. |
| 11.2 : Ravindra Jadeja to Rishabh Pant, Flatter delivery outside off, Rishabh plays this towards the cover region for another single. |
| 11.3 : Ravindra Jadeja to Prithvi Shaw, Short ball around off, Shaw cuts this hard towards point to collect a couple. |
| 11.4 : Ravindra Jadeja to Prithvi Shaw, FOUR! It looks like there is no stopping Shaw! Flatter ball around off, Shaw cuts this fine towards the third man region for a boundary. 100 up for Delhi, as well! |
| 11.5 : Ravindra Jadeja to Prithvi Shaw, On off, Shaw plays it back to the bowler. |
| 11.6 : Ravindra Jadeja to Prithvi Shaw, Flatter outside off, Shaw looks to cut this but misses it altogether. |
| 12.1 : Piyush Chawla to Rishabh Pant, Short ball around middle, Pant tucks this towards deep square leg for a single. |
| 12.2 : Piyush Chawla to Prithvi Shaw, OUT! STUMPED! This could be the commentator's curse as the commentator was just talking about how good Shaw has been! Flatter ball around off, Shaw comes down the track looking to play this but it comes off his pads towards Dhoni and Dhoni is as quick as flash as he whips the bails off. Shaw has to walk back but he should be pleased with his performance. |
| 12.3 : Piyush Chawla to Shreyas Iyer, On off, Iyer pushes this towards the off side. |
| 12.2 : Skipper Shreyas Iyer is the new batsman in. |
| 12.5 : Piyush Chawla to Shreyas Iyer, Short ball outside off, Iyer cuts this fine towards deep point to get off the mark. |
| 12.4 : Piyush Chawla to Shreyas Iyer, Flatter around middle, Shreyas works this towards the cover region. |
| 12.6 : Piyush Chawla to Rishabh Pant, Flatter around leg, Pant tucks this towards the mid-wicket region for a single. Great over for Chennai, just 3 runs and a wicket from it! |
| 13.1 : Ravindra Jadeja to Rishabh Pant, FOUR! Pant is taking over from the openers! Flatter around middle, Pant slog sweeps this over the deep square leg region and it crosses the fence on a bounce for a boundary. |
| 13.2 : Ravindra Jadeja to Rishabh Pant, Short ball on middle, Pant plays this to the leg side for a single. |
| 13.3 : Ravindra Jadeja to Shreyas Iyer, Floated around middle, Iyer flicks this towards square leg for a single. |
| 13.4 : Ravindra Jadeja to Rishabh Pant, Flatter around middle, Pant looks to play it but misses and it comes off his pads. |
| 13.5 : Ravindra Jadeja to Rishabh Pant, Loopy around off, Pant works this through towards long off for a single. |
| 13.6 : Ravindra Jadeja to Shreyas Iyer, Flatter ball outside off, Iyer plays it softly to the off side for a single to end the over. |
| 13.0 : Chahar is back into the attack. His figures so far : 2-0-15-0. |
| 14.1 : Deepak Chahar to Shreyas Iyer, Back of a length on off, Iyer pushes it through covers for a single. |
| 14.2 : Deepak Chahar to Rishabh Pant, Length ball on off, Pant punches it towards covers for a run. |
| 14.3 : Deepak Chahar to Shreyas Iyer, Back of a length on off, Iyer punches it towards covers for a single. Jadeja goes for a direct hit at the bowler's end but misses it and Jadhav does well to run in from the boundary ropes to collect the ball. |
| 14.4 : Deepak Chahar to Rishabh Pant, FOUR! Excellent shot! Full ball on off, Pant drives it through covers for a boundary. |
| 14.5 : Deepak Chahar to Rishabh Pant, Back of a length on off, Pant guides it towards short third man for a run. |
| 14.6 : Deepak Chahar to Shreyas Iyer, WIDE! Bouncer on off, Iyer lets it sail through to the keeper. |
| Deepak Chahar to Shreyas Iyer, Length ball on middle, Iyer flicks it through mid-wicket. The batsmen get two runs. |
| 14.0 : STRATEGIC TIME-OUT! Chennai have done well to crawl back into the game courtesy of Chawla sending the two set batters back into the hut, but Delhi won't be too worried as they have their skipper Iyer and Rishabh Pant out there. The tie is balanced at this point and it will be interesting to see which team finishes on top going towards the end of the first innings. Sam Curran will continue now with the ball for Chennai. His figures so far : 2-0-13-0. |
| 16.1 : Deepak Chahar to Shreyas Iyer, Back of a length on off, Iyer punches it through mid off for a run. |
| 16.2 : Deepak Chahar to Rishabh Pant, Short ball on middle, Pant pulls it through square leg for a single. |
| 16.3 : Deepak Chahar to Shreyas Iyer, Full delivery on middle, Iyer flicks it through mid-wicket. The batsmen get two runs. |
| 16.4 : Deepak Chahar to Shreyas Iyer, FOUR! Terrific shot! Full toss on middle, Iyer flicks it over square leg for a boundary. |
| 16.5 : Deepak Chahar to Shreyas Iyer, Short ball on middle, Iyer pulls it through mid-wicket for a couple. |
| 16.6 : Deepak Chahar to Shreyas Iyer, Short delivery on off, Iyer pulls it over mid on. The fielder at long on does well to stop it. The batsmen get two runs. |
| 17.1 : Josh Hazlewood to Rishabh Pant, PLAY AND A MISS! Full delivery outside off, Pant looks to loft it but misses it. |
| 17.2 : Josh Hazlewood to Rishabh Pant, WIDE! Hazlewood bowls it wide outside off, Pant leaves it alone. It is wided by the umpire. |
| Josh Hazlewood to Rishabh Pant, FOUR! Good shot! Full delivery on off, Pant drives it through covers. Kedar Jadhav in the deep tries to stop it but misfields and concedes a boundary. A good effort nonetheless. |
| 17.3 : Josh Hazlewood to Rishabh Pant, Full ball on middle, Pant flicks it through mid-wicket for a run. |
| 17.4 : Josh Hazlewood to Shreyas Iyer, Length delivery on off, Iyer guides it towards third man for a single. |
| 17.5 : Josh Hazlewood to Rishabh Pant, FOUR! Nicely played! Back of a length on off, Pant lofts it over covers for a boundary. |
| 15.1 : Sam Curran to Rishabh Pant, FOUR OVERTHROWS! Back of a length ball on off, Pant pushes it back towards the bowler where Curran picks the ball and goes for a direct hit at the keeper's end but misses it. It goes as four overthrows as the keeper had no chance. Very unnecesarry from Curran as there was no need to do that at this stage in the game. |
| 17.6 : Josh Hazlewood to Rishabh Pant, PLAY AND A MISS! Yorker outside off, Pant looks to steer it but misses it. |
| 15.2 : Sam Curran to Rishabh Pant, Full ball on middle, Pant flicks it towards fine leg for a single. |
| 15.3 : Sam Curran to Shreyas Iyer, Length delivery on middle, Iyer flicks it through square leg. The batsmen get two runs. |
| 15.4 : Sam Curran to Shreyas Iyer, Full ball on off, Iyer pushes it through mid off for a single. |
| 15.5 : Sam Curran to Rishabh Pant, Full delivery on middle, Pant drives it through mid on for a run. |
| 15.6 : Sam Curran to Shreyas Iyer, Full ball on off, Iyer drives it through covers for a single. |
| 18.1 : Sam Curran to Shreyas Iyer, Well bowled! Back of a length ball around middle and leg, Iyer makes some room but is not able to play at this. |
| 0.0 : Hazlewood is in for Curran. 2-0-7-0 are his figures so far. |
| 18.2 : Sam Curran to Shreyas Iyer, Short of a good length around off, Iyer punches it back towards Curran. |
| 0.0 : Sam Curran to bowl the 19th over. |
| 18.3 : Sam Curran to Shreyas Iyer, Good length ball around off, Iyer works this towards long off and the fielder does well to cut this off. One run taken. |
| 18.4 : Sam Curran to Rishabh Pant, Back of a length ball outside the off channel, Pant crunches this towards long off for a single. A good over so far for Chennai. |
| 18.5 : Sam Curran to Shreyas Iyer, Two runs collected as Iyer plays this towards mid-wicket. |
| 18.6 : Sam Curran to Shreyas Iyer, OUT! CAUGHT! What an over Sam Curran has bowled! Just 4 runs and a wicket to top it off! Dhoni just as quick as he has always been! Good length ball outside off, Iyer looks to heave this over the off side but it nips off his outside edge and Dhoni dives to his right and takes a brilliant catch. |
| Marcus Stoinis is the new man in. |
| 19.1 : Josh Hazlewood to Rishabh Pant, Good length ball around off, Pant looks to scoop this over Dhoni's head but he misses this one completely. |
| 19.2 : Josh Hazlewood to Rishabh Pant, FOUR! Pant plays this really well! On a good length outside off, Pant lifts this over the bowler's head and it crosses the fence on a bounce. |
| 19.3 : Josh Hazlewood to Rishabh Pant, A full toss on middle, Pant works this towards mid-wicket for a single. |
| 19.4 : Josh Hazlewood to Marcus Stoinis, FOUR! Played the field beautifully and this was going to be a boundary. A slower ball outside off, Stoinis shuffles across to his right and flicks this past the fielder at short fine leg for a boundary. |
| 19.5 : Josh Hazlewood to Marcus Stoinis, FOUR LEG BYES! Runs on offer! A slower ball outside off, Stoinis looks to copy the shot he played on the previous ball but he misses and so does Dhoni as this races away to the fence at third man. |
| 19.6 : Josh Hazlewood to Marcus Stoinis, Good length on off, Stoinis pushes this to the leg side for a single. CHENNAI WILL NEED 176 RUNS TO WIN THIS GAME! |
| It has been a great finish from Delhi. They have done well to reach 175. Prithvi Shaw and Shikhar Dhawan gave them a flying start. They added 94 runs between them. When Shaw got out, Delhi were 103/2. The partnership between Iyer and Pant was slow and that is where Chennai restricted them below 180. Pant could have been more aggressive. |
| Coming to Chennai, they have done well to restrict Delhi under 180. Piyush Chawla broke the opening stand and picked 2 wickets as he dismissed both the Delhi openers. Jadeja had an off day and Curran was good with the ball. Deepak Chahar went wicketless. |
| We have caught Prithvi Shaw for a chat. He starts off by saying that they had a slow start and later on played their natural shots. States that he decided to play his natural game and the outfield was nice and he was trying to play it in the gaps and he did not want to make silly mistakes hitting the ball in the air. Adds that they discussed to get into a good position in the Powerplay and to dispatch loose balls into boundaries. |
| Right then! A decent score on the board for Delhi. Dew might come into play. Will Delhi defend this total or will Chennai chase it? Join us for the chase in a bit. |
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