| 0.0 : Clash of the Titans! Battle of the heavyweights! El Clasico of the Indian T20 League. The clash between Chennai and Mumbai has always been fierce and these two rivals are once again locking horns this season. The blue brigade won the reverse fixture and would be aiming to make it 2 in 2 while the yellow army would be eyeing revenge. Both possess a formidable unit and the star value of this encounter is going to be sky-high. Welcome to the coverage of this electric contest. We just can't wait for |
| BIG NEWS - MS Dhoni is down with fever and won't be playing tonight. Suresh Raina will be leading Chennai. |
| Pitch report - Daren Ganga is inspecting the surface and he starts by mentioning that this is the same deck where Bangalore got all out for 70 and Hyderabad made 175 in the last game which was later chased down by Chennai. Ganga feels that it will be easier for batting and advises the batsmen to play straight early on. Reckons that both teams are likely to play three spinners. |
| Toss - The coin falls in favour of Suresh Raina and CHENNAI WILL FIELD! |
| Chennai skipper, Suresh Raina says that they will bowl first as the wicket looks the same and dew will be a factor later on. Adds that they have done well as a batting unit and just need to do the process right. Confirms that MS Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja are not well, and Faf du Plessis is not playing. Mitchell Santner, Dhruv Shorey and Murali Vijay are the replacements. |
| Mumbai skipper, Rohit Sharma says that they would have chased as well because of the dew in the second half of the game. Adds that they now have to post the score that they can defend. Mentions that the first half of the season was a bit up and down for them but now they know what exactly they have to do. States that his boys are getting together nicely and hopes for a good performance tonight. Considers it a challenge to play cricket at this venue. Informs about the two changes - Ben Cutting an |
| Chennai XI - Shane Watson, Murali Vijay (in for Faf du Plessis), Suresh Raina(C), Ambati Rayudu(WK), Dhruv Shorey (in for MS Dhoni), Kedar Jadhav, Dwayne Bravo, Mitchell Santner (in for Ravindra Jadeja), Deepak Chahar, Harbhajan Singh, Imran Tahir. |
| Mumbai XI - Quinton de Kock(WK), Rohit Sharma(C), Evin Lewis (in for Ben Cutting), Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Anukul Roy (in for Mayank Markande), Rahul Chahar, Lasith Malinga, Jasprit Bumrah. |
| Quinton de Kock gives a quick interview and says they played a lot of cricket last week and the 5-day break was much-needed. He is expecting a big crowd for this game. Tells that he is working hard on his fitness and trying to keep things simple. Laughs and says that he will be looking to target Imran Tahir if the opportunity comes. |
| Time to get underway! Rohit Sharma and Quinton de Kock are the openers for Mumbai. It's a jam-packed stadium and the crowd is making a lot of noise. Deepak Chahar to begin proceedings. One slip in place. Here we go... |
| 0.1 : D Chahar to R Sharma, FOUR! Mumbai are away in style! Chahar overpitches it outside off, Rohit leans into the drive and crunches it square of the wicket on the off side for a boundary. |
| 0.2 : D Chahar to R Sharma, Width on offer this time, the length is on the shorter side, Rohit reaches out for it and guides it down to third man for a run. |
| 0.3 : D Chahar to de Kock, Fine delivery to the southpaw. Good length ball landing on off and moving back in to cramp the batsman. De Kock keeps it out safely on the off side. |
| 0.4 : D Chahar to de Kock, Gorgeous drive from de Kock's bat now. Full in length and outside off, the South African drives it through extra cover and it races through. Vijay gives the chase and pulls it back near the fence. The third umpire has a look and finds it to be fine. One run is saved. |
| 0.5 : D Chahar to R Sharma, Play and a miss! Chahar bowls an outswinger on the shorter side outside off, Rohit has a lazy waft at it but fails to make any contact. |
| 0.6 : D Chahar to R Sharma, A bit short in length and outside off, Sharma punches it off his back foot to the left of the cover fielder and they scamper across for a brisk run. 9 from the first over, a good start for Mumbai. |
| Harbhajan Singh to bowl from the other end. A slip in place for him. |
| 1.1 : H Singh to R Sharma, Bowls the first delivery on the flatter side. A touch short on middle, Rohit helps it in the gap at mid-wicket and rotates the strike. |
| 1.2 : H Singh to de Kock, Short in length and outside off, de Kock plays the square cut but finds the point fielder. |
| 1.3 : H Singh to de Kock, Arm ball this time. It lands on the fuller side on middle and skids back in. De Kock tries playing through the line off the front foot but it takes the inside half of his blade and rolls to wide mid on for a run. |
| 1.4 : H Singh to R Sharma, Floated and full on middle, Rohit gently eases it down to long on for a run. |
| 1.5 : H Singh to de Kock, Short again, this one is spinning away too, de Kock goes back to punch it through covers but mistimes it down to long off. Two is the call but they will only get a run. |
| 1.6 : H Singh to R Sharma, Some spin there again. Turning in from outside off, Sharma flicks but finds mid-wicket. 4 from the over! |
| 2.1 : D Chahar to de Kock, SIX! De Kock has dismissed it from his presence. Chahar serves it short and on middle, Quinton turns inside the crease and powers his pull shot over square leg for a maximum. |
| 2.2 : D Chahar to de Kock, FOUR! Delightful shot! Width on offer outside off, it's on a length and de Kock drives it crisply through covers. Once it beats the fielder inside the circle, it's always a boundary. 10 from the first two overs... |
| 2.3 : D Chahar to de Kock, A delivery on the pads, de Kock misses out on his flick shot. He is hit on the pads. That was a knuckle delivery and the variation in pace deceived the batsman. |
| 2.4 : D Chahar to de Kock, Wide! Short and down the leg side, de Kock shapes up for the pull shot but then pulls out. |
| D Chahar to de Kock, OUT! Slower delivery consumes de Kock this time. Well bowled by Chahar. He dishes it on a short of a length on middle at 116.2 kph, Quinton is early into his attempted horizontal bat shot and gets a big top edge. It flies straight up and Rayudu walks ahead to take the catch behind the stumps. Early setback for Mumbai as they lose their in-form opener. |
| Evin Lewis is the new batsman in. |
| 2.5 : D Chahar to E Lewis, Beaten first up! Pace is up this time as Chahar delivers a full length ball outside off at 133.4 kph, Lewis tries to play an extravagant drive through covers but fails to connect. |
| 2.6 : D Chahar to E Lewis, Shortish around leg, Lewis tries to pull but misses and it goes off his thigh pad to short fine leg. 11 runs but a wicket from it as well for Chennai. |
| 3.1 : H Singh to R Sharma, Slower off spinner on middle, Rohit flicks it off his pads but finds square leg. |
| 3.2 : H Singh to R Sharma, A little quicker through the air this time, the line is just outside off and Sharma taps it down in the direction of short third man for a run. |
| 3.3 : H Singh to E Lewis, Shout for an lbw! A tossed up delivery, landing just outside off and turning away a bit, Lewis gets down and across to sweep but misses. They appeal but the impact is outside off. |
| 3.4 : H Singh to E Lewis, Another appeal for an lbw! Not given and the umpire indicates it's high. Tossed up ball on middle, Lewis once again fails to sweep and is hit high on the pads. The appeal is not entertained. |
| 3.5 : H Singh to E Lewis, Shorter and flatter this time, around off, Lewis punches it off his back foot but finds the cover fielder. |
| 3.6 : H Singh to E Lewis, Full and around leg, Lewis plays the sweep this time, connects as well but it goes straight to short fine leg. |
| 4.1 : D Chahar to R Sharma, Slower delivery, shortish and outside off, Sharma calmly runs it down to third man for one. |
| 4.2 : D Chahar to E Lewis, FOUR! Nicely played! Short in length around middle and leg, Lewis glances it off his hips and it speeds in front of square leg for a boundary. |
| 4.3 : D Chahar to E Lewis, FOUR! Lucky for Lewis. He nearly dragged it down. Short in length and outside off at 120.7 kph, Lewis stands back to pack a punch through covers but it catches the inside edge and runs past the keeper for a boundary at fine leg. |
| 4.4 : D Chahar to E Lewis, Helps it off his pads towards wide short fine leg for one. |
| 4.5 : D Chahar to R Sharma, Nicely played by the Mumbai skipper. Rohit fetches a slower short ball from outside off and pulls it down to deep mid-wicket for a couple of runs. |
| 4.6 : D Chahar to R Sharma, FOUR! Wow, what a shot by Sharma! Chahar is on the shorter side again but the line this time is on middle and leg. Rohit swivels on the back foot and pulls it behind square leg for a boundary. 16 from the over, Chahar proving to be expensive today. |
| 5.1 : H Singh to E Lewis, Flat and short around leg, Lewis turns and eases it past Tahir at short fine leg. The South African gives the chase and then puts in a slide to pull it back. They take three runs. |
| 5.2 : H Singh to R Sharma, Play and a miss! Full and flighted outside off, Rohit goes down on one knee to slog sweep but gets hit on the gloves. It's deflected on the grille of his helmet. No harm done. |
| 5.3 : H Singh to R Sharma, Driven towards the mid on region. The batsmen have run through for a single. |
| 5.4 : H Singh to E Lewis, Flighted and on middle, worked on the leg side but straight to mid-wicket. |
| 5.5 : H Singh to E Lewis, Played to mid-wicket by the batsman. No run. |
| 5.6 : H Singh to E Lewis, Beauty of a delivery. Slower through the air, gripping and spinning outside off, Lewis pushes inside the line and misses. 4 from the over, 45/1 in the Powerplay. |
| Imran Tahir is into the attack. |
| 6.1 : I Tahir to R Sharma, Too full in length outside off, Rohit goes down low and deflects his paddle sweep to fine leg for a run. |
| 0.0 : Hang on! On 5.6 we are shown the replays and the Ultra Edge detects an outside edge. No one appealed there, strangely. Hmm... |
| 6.2 : I Tahir to E Lewis, Driven through the covers by the batsman. One run added to the total. |
| 6.3 : I Tahir to R Sharma, Knocks a full ball down to long on for a run. |
| 6.4 : I Tahir to E Lewis, Appeal for an lbw! Flighted delivery around leg, Lewis goes down to sweep but misses. It ricochets off his pads and they cross. The replays find that it pitched outside leg. |
| 6.5 : I Tahir to R Sharma, Full and flighted outside off, pushed through covers for a single. |
| 6.6 : I Tahir to E Lewis, It's been driven superbly through the covers. They pick up a single. |
| 7.1 : H Singh to E Lewis, Flighted delivery on off, Lewis taps it down with the spin to cover-point for a run. |
| 7.2 : H Singh to R Sharma, SIX! High and handsome! Tossed up ball around off, turning back in, Rohit runs down the track and dispatches it over wide long on for a biggie. Sweetly struck. |
| 7.3 : H Singh to R Sharma, Quicker one outside off, Sharma pushes inside the line and gets it away off the outer half to short third man. |
| 7.4 : H Singh to R Sharma, SIX! Sharma is on the charge! Once again he dances down the track to a full ball on off and muscles it straight over the bowler's head for a biggie. |
| 7.5 : H Singh to R Sharma, Harbhajan is forced to go flat and serves it quicker on off, Rohit moves back and turns it to mid-wicket for one. |
| A slip in place for the left-hander. |
| 7.6 : H Singh to E Lewis, Short in length and outside off, Lewis rocks back to play the square cut but finds the backward point fielder. 14 from Harbhajan's final over has spoiled his figures just a bit, still a great effort from the Turbantor, 4-0-23-0. |
| 8.1 : I Tahir to R Sharma, Flatter and shorter on off, it's punched off the back foot to sweeper cover for a run. |
| 8.2 : I Tahir to E Lewis, Googly on the shorter side, wide outside off, Lewis punches it off his back foot to sweeper cover for one. |
| 8.3 : I Tahir to R Sharma, Mishit! Loopy leg spinner on off, Sharma tries to play the slog sweep but fails to connect properly. It finds the top half and then rolls down to long on for a run. |
| 8.4 : I Tahir to E Lewis, SIX! Lewis takes on Tahir! The leggie is very full with his length, it's around off and the West Indian powerhouse has clubbed it over the bowler's head for a maximum. 50-run stand comes up! |
| 8.5 : I Tahir to E Lewis, FOUR! Bang! Tahir goes quicker, it's flat and full around off at 102.7 kph, Lewis stands his ground and whips it down the ground for a boundary as the long on fielder runs across to his right. |
| 8.6 : I Tahir to E Lewis, Played to the point region by the batsman. They pick up a single. 14 from the over, 28 in the last two. |
| Strategic Break! Good going from Mumbai in spite of losing Quinton de Kock early. Rohit Sharma has looked in fine touch and Evin Lewis is also finding his range now. Chennai would hope to dislodge this stand quickly as it can hurt them really bad. Here comes Dwayne Bravo into the attack. |
| 9.1 : D Bravo to E Lewis, Bravo starts with a length delivery wide outside off, Lewis shoulders his arms to this one. |
| 9.2 : D Bravo to E Lewis, On a good length on off, Lewis pushes it back towards the bowler. |
| 9.3 : D Bravo to E Lewis, WIDE! Bowls it wide outside off, Lewis chases the ball but misses it. |
| D Bravo to E Lewis, Short and outside off, Lewis cuts it through point for a run. |
| 9.4 : D Bravo to R Sharma, Full and outside off, Sharma drives it through covers for a run. |
| 9.5 : D Bravo to E Lewis, Full on off, Lewis drives it towards covers for a run. |
| 9.6 : D Bravo to R Sharma, Again on the fuller side and outside off, Sharma drives it through covers for a single. 5 runs have come from the over, a quiet one after a couple of expensive ones. |
| Mitchell Santner is into the attack now, replacing Imran Tahir. |
| 10.1 : M Santner to R Sharma, Beaten! Terrific start from the Kiwi! Gets his ball to drift into the batsman and then it turns away from around off. Rohit gets forward to defend but it beats the outside edge. |
| 10.2 : M Santner to R Sharma, Floated delivery on middle, Sharma sweeps it towards fine leg. The batsmen pick up a couple. |
| 10.3 : M Santner to R Sharma, Floated delivery on off, Sharma plays it to point. |
| 10.4 : M Santner to R Sharma, FOUR! Flatter and fuller on off, Rohit makes room and stretches forward before swatting it through backward point. The fielder in the deep chases across to his left but the ball wins the race. |
| 10.5 : M Santner to R Sharma, A low full toss on middle, Sharma pushes it back to the bowler. It brushes his hands and deflects towards mid on. They cross as the bowler himself runs and collects the ball. |
| 10.6 : M Santner to E Lewis, Flatter and shorter on middle, turning back in, Lewis goes back and punches it down to long on for one. 8 from Santner's first over. |
| 11.1 : D Bravo to E Lewis, Attempted slower one by Bravo but he fails to execute it well. He ends up delivering a low dipping full toss on middle and Lewis almost at the last minute turns it in front of square leg. A single is taken. |
| 11.2 : D Bravo to R Sharma, On a length on middle, Sharma plays it towards mid on for a run. |
| 11.3 : D Bravo to E Lewis, On a length and outside off, Lewis plays it towards covers for a run. |
| 11.4 : D Bravo to R Sharma, Big inside edge! A length ball around off, angling back in, Rohit tries to heave it over the leg side but gets a thick inside edge onto the pads. Could have easily dragged it on. |
| 11.5 : D Bravo to R Sharma, FOUR! Well played! Short in length and outside off, Rohit quietly waits on the back foot and at the last moment ramps it down to third man for a boundary. |
| 11.6 : D Bravo to R Sharma, Terrific delivery. Plants his yorker right in the slot, Sharma cannot do much and just digs it back to the bowler. |
| 12.1 : M Santner to E Lewis, OUT! Lewis holes out! Nothing much wrong in the shot selection but the West Indian fails to middle it properly. Flighted delivery, landing full on middle, this one is right in the slot and Evin decides to heave it over the leg side. But it catches the inner half of his bat and flies straight down to Dwayne Bravo at deep mid-wicket. The 75-run stand is broken and Chennai would like to build on this. |
| 0.0 : Krunal Pandya is in next, probably to maintain the left-right combination. |
| 12.2 : M Santner to R Sharma, Tries playing the inside-out shot but fails to middle his shot. It takes the leading half of his blade and rolls to mid off. |
| 12.3 : M Santner to R Sharma, Sharma has played that off the front foot and into the ground. |
| 12.4 : M Santner to R Sharma, Maiden fifty for Rohit Sharma this season, 35th overall. He reaches there with a single through covers. The Mumbai skipper would target to make it big! |
| 12.5 : M Santner to K Pandya, Krunal has defended it by getting right behind the line of the delivery. |
| 12.6 : M Santner to K Pandya, Walks down the track and forces it through square leg for one. Top over from the Kiwi, two runs and a wicket from it! |
| Imran Tahir returns. |
| 13.1 : I Tahir to K Pandya, OUT! Krunal holes out now! 2 wickets in the space of 7 balls. Identical to the fashion in which Lewis got out. Full and around off, Pandya gets down to slog sweep but does not middle it properly. Mitchell Santner is waiting for it at deep mid-wicket and all of a sudden Mumbai are in trouble... |
| 0.0 : Hardik Pandya walks in. |
| 13.2 : I Tahir to R Sharma, Around off, worked through mid-wicket for a single. |
| 13.3 : I Tahir to H Pandya, Full and outside off, pushed through mid off for a run. |
| 13.4 : I Tahir to R Sharma, Outside off, punched towards cover. |
| 13.5 : I Tahir to R Sharma, Full and outside off, watchfully pushed back to the bowler. |
| 13.6 : I Tahir to R Sharma, Around off, pushed back to the bowler again. |
| Strategic break. Mumbai were going great guns but all of a sudden they have encountered a roadblock. Two wickets in quick succession and Chennai have got an opening here. They would try to build on this and limit Mumbai to as much as possible. But the presence of Rohit and Hardik in the middle along with the intimidating sight of Kieron Pollard sitting in the dugout will be bothering them. Let's see how the innings ends... |
| 14.1 : M Santner to H Pandya, Quicker and fuller on the pads, Hardik tries to flick but closes the face of the bat early. It takes the leading edge and rolls to short third man. |
| 14.2 : M Santner to H Pandya, Beauty of a delivery! Floated delivery, full and on middle, turning away sharply, Pandya tries his best to defend but it curls past the outside edge. There is definitely some spin on offer. |
| 14.3 : M Santner to H Pandya, Beaten again! This one is wide outside off, Pandya reaches out for it to play the cover drive but fails to meet the ball. It once again spins past his blade. |
| 14.4 : M Santner to H Pandya, Finally connects. It's been driven superbly through the covers. One run added to the total. |
| 14.5 : M Santner to R Sharma, Flighted on off, Rohit has defended it by getting right behind the line of the delivery. |
| 14.6 : M Santner to R Sharma, Loopy and on off, Sharma drives it through extra cover for a run. 105/3 with five overs to go, can Mumbai add another 70-75 from here? |
| 15.1 : I Tahir to R Sharma, FOUR! A good attempt in the deep by Shorey but to no avail. A long hop on middle and off, Rohit gets back and pulls it to deep mid-wicket. Shorey runs across to his right in the deep, puts in a dive but fails to pull it back. |
| 0.0 : Rohit is not happy with his bat. Matthew Hayden reckons that with the death overs approaching, the skipper might be looking to go in for a lighter bat. |
| 15.2 : I Tahir to R Sharma, FOUR! Two in two for Rohit! Tahir alters his length and goes too full this time. It's flat and on middle, Sharma takes his front leg forward and heaves it over mid-wicket. This time Shorey sprints across to his left but fails to keep it inside the rope. |
| 15.3 : I Tahir to R Sharma, Oohhh...nearly deceived the batsman there. Sharma is early into the charge and Tahir senses that. He shortens his length and serves it outside off. Sharma adjusts well to play it out safely towards short third man for a run. |
| 15.4 : I Tahir to H Pandya, Forces a full ball back to the bowler and Tahir does really well to stop it in his followthrough. |
| 15.5 : I Tahir to H Pandya, The batsman works it down the leg side. They pick up a single. |
| 15.6 : I Tahir to R Sharma, SIX! Make it a 16-run over from Tahir. Tossed up ball on middle, Rohit kneels and slog sweeps it over mid-wicket. Shorey in the deep tries his best to jump and catch it but the ball sails over his head. |
| 16.1 : M Santner to H Pandya, Flatter and shorter, Pandya punches it down to long on for a run. |
| 16.2 : M Santner to R Sharma, OUT! Body blow to Mumbai, Rohit Sharma is dismissed. Santner follows the batsman down the leg side with a flat and full delivery, Sharma aims to go downtown but fails to generate enough power or timing behind his shot. Murali Vijay in the deep at long on takes the simplest of catches. A fine knock by the Mumbai skipper but he would have liked to bat till the end. |
| Kieron Pollard arrives. Suresh Raina has employed two slips for the big man. |
| 16.3 : M Santner to K Pollard, Edgy! Tossed up ball around middle and off, Pollard pushes inside the line and gets it away off the outside half. It rolls wide of second slip. |
| 16.4 : M Santner to K Pollard, Fullish and on off, driven back to the bowler. |
| 16.5 : M Santner to K Pollard, Pollard has played that off the front foot and into the ground. |
| 16.6 : M Santner to K Pollard, Beaten! Spinning away from the batsman, Kieron winds up for a big shot, probably over the bowler's head but misses. Rayudu collects the ball and appeals but nothing from the umpire. The keeper looks at his skipper standing at second slip who takes it jokingly and turns down the offer. Santner has bowled out with exceptional figures, 4-0-13-2! |
| Dwayne Bravo is back on. 2-0-12-0 so far. |
| 17.1 : D Bravo to H Pandya, The score reads 123/4! Slower and fuller outside off, it's driven through mid off for a run. |
| 17.2 : D Bravo to K Pollard, Beaten comprehensively. A slower delivery outside off, Kieron walks across the stumps to play at it but is early into his shot. It beats the inside edge and rolls behind. Bravo and Pollard exchange stares. A friendly one. |
| 17.3 : D Bravo to K Pollard, Driven through the covers by the batsman. One run added to the total. |
| 17.4 : D Bravo to H Pandya, Wide! Slower one but way wide outside off, it's a yorker, Pandya allows it through. |
| D Bravo to H Pandya, On a length and outside off, it's whacked to deep cover-point for a couple of runs. |
| 17.5 : D Bravo to H Pandya, Driven through mid off by the batsman. They pick up a single. |
| 17.6 : D Bravo to K Pollard, A yorker wide outside off, just inside the tramline, Pollard allows it through. 6 from the over, a good one at this stage particularly. |
| Deepak Chahar returns. 3-0-36-1 so far. |
| 18.1 : D Chahar to H Pandya, Pandya plays a pull shot to this short delivery. They manage to come back for the second. |
| 18.2 : D Chahar to H Pandya, IN THE AIR... SAFE! Slower delivery deceives the batsman. It's on the shorter side outside off, Hardik stands back to play the pull shot but it takes the top edge and flies towards mid off. Raina puts in a sprint from extra cover but it falls wide of him. The Chennai skipper rolls over the ball and seems to have hurt himself. He is in some pain but then recovers quickly. One run has been added to the total. |
| 18.3 : D Chahar to K Pollard, FOUR! Not in control but still a boundary. Chahar delivers a short ball again, on the slower side, Pollard drags his pull shot behind square leg and there is no protection in the deep. |
| 18.4 : D Chahar to K Pollard, Full and sliding down the leg side, Pollard tries to flick but misses. It goes off his pads to square leg and they cross a couple of times. Given as runs. Maybe, some bat involved. |
| 18.5 : D Chahar to K Pollard, Short in length on off, slower in pace, Pollard pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a run. |
| 18.6 : D Chahar to H Pandya, Left alone thinking it to be a wide? Short in length and wide outside off, Hardik allows it through. Only 10 from the over given the caliber of batsmen in the middle. Chennai would take it. |
| 19.1 : D Bravo to K Pollard, FOUR! Boom! Bravo delivers it slower and fuller outside off, Pollard throws all his power behind his shot and spanks it over the bowler's head for a boundary. |
| 19.2 : D Bravo to K Pollard, Bravo eyes the yorker but ends up slipping a low full toss outside off, Pollard strokes it down to long off for a run. |
| 19.3 : D Bravo to H Pandya, Smartly bowled. Bravo sees the batsman moving across on the off side and bowls it fullish and wide outside off. Hardik swings his bat at it but it goes underneath. |
| 19.4 : D Bravo to H Pandya, FOUR! Yet another boundary down the ground. Bravo misses his mark and it's a low full toss around off, Hardik gives it the full whack of his bat and smacks it down the ground for a boundary. |
| 19.5 : D Bravo to H Pandya, SIX! This one has disappeared! Slower delivery again from Bravo but it's on a fuller length outside off, Pandya shows his muscle power there as he deposits it over long on for a biggie. 150 up for Mumbai. |
| 19.6 : D Bravo to H Pandya, Too full in length and outside off, Pandya squeezes it out through point for a couple of runs. Mumbai end on 155/4! |
| Exceptional bowling at the death by Chennai to restrict Mumbai to a par score. A very underwhelming finish for the touring team. They were going superbly in the Powerplay and were in a decent position at the halfway mark. But then, Evin Lewis and Krunal Pandya departed in quick succession and that was soon followed by the wicket of Rohit Sharma, who struck his maiden fifty this season. Hardik Pandya and Kieron Pollard did try hard but failed to give the kind of finish they usually do. |
| This pitch is tailor-made for spinners. Harbhajan Singh was very tidy at the start while Mitchell Santner choked Mumbai in the middle overs. Imran Tahir had an off day along with Deepak Chahar but the efforts of the Turbanator and the Kiwi meant that the yellow team didn't lose too much ground. Here is Santner giving an interview to Michael Slater... |
| Mitchell Santner admits that it is very hot and humid. Reckons that Mumbai have got a pretty competitive total but also hopes that Chennai chase it down. Is happy with the fact that the pitch turned, given that they do not turn much in New Zealand. On his limited opportunities this season, Mitchell puts it down to the quality of the squad and puts his belief in doing the basic things right and making the best of every chance. On Dhoni's fitness, MS says that captain MS has a bit of a stiff back |
| Right then, a target in excess of 150 on a turning deck is always dicey. Mumbai also possess quality in their spin department and their pacers cannot be ignored as well. Chennai, minus Faf du Plessis and MS Dhoni, have to bat really well to scale down this target and avoid their first loss at home. A riveting chase coming up shortly, don't go too far away... |
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