| 0.0 : Even if they do that, a lot of other pieces have to work in their favour. Mumbai meanwhile would be relishing on listening to all this. They were handed a loss in the tournament opener by Dhoni's men and the roads hence for the two sides have been very divergent. Now, Rohit's men are presented with the opportunity of sending the Lion back. A perfect way to make even the loss earlier. What will happen? Stay tuned as we bring you the toss and the team updates... |
| Right then, back to Sharjah after a long time. And we have 2 champion sides...err... should we say just 1 maybe? Well, for the headlines it is El Clasico Round 2 but we all know how one-sided this fixture could be. Especially when a team's captain and coach themselves concede how disappointing this campaign has been... |
| Chennai's skipper was lost for words during the presser after the loss against Rajasthan. He kept harping on the 'process' that he believes in and how it went wrong, besides, taking an unsavoury jibe against the younger lot. Fleming meanwhile remarked that the side has 'run out of juice'. How Chennai will come out of the mental drain and do what they need to do from their end - win all their remaining games, remains to be seen. |
| Pitch Report - Murali Kartik is out in the middle with Kumar Sangakkara. The latter states that the spinners need to slide it low and make it skiddy on this track for the batsmen to make it hard to play. Sangakkara further adds that death bowling becomes very critical after the new ball. Given the conditions, both of them reckon that the side winning the toss would want to bat first. |
| Toss - The two captains are out in the middle. The match referee gives the coin some air. It lands in Mumbai's favour. THEY WILL FIELD! |
| MS Dhoni, Chennai's captain, says that for a surprise they won't be bowling first. On this year's performance, Dhoni believes there are quite a few reasons for it. States that they had a camp in Chennai and one in Dubai after landing, the latter made the former irrelevant. In play, Dhoni reckons that the players have not performed well in certain phases. On the changes, Dhoni says that they have 3 changes and chuckles that he has to remember 6 names. Watson, Chawla and Jadhav miss out and in the |
| Chennai (Playing XI) - Faf du Plessis, Sam Curran, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni (WK/C), Ravindra Jadeja, Ruturaj Gaikwad (IN PLACE OF PIYUSH CHAWLA), Narayan Jagadeesan (IN PLACE OF KEDAR JADHAV), Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Josh Hazlewood, Imran Tahir (IN PLACE OF SHANE WATSON). |
| Kieron Pollard, Mumbai's captain in the absence of Rohit Sharma due to injury, says they will field first. Reason being that he believes it will be easier batting second. On whether being in the top 2 positions in the table is a big motivation, Pollard says it definitely is. On the Super Over game last, double Super Over in fact, Pollard states that they are not thinking too much about that. Pollard hopes that Rohit Sharma can comeback soon and lead the side. On the changes, he informs that Rohi |
| Mumbai (Playing XI) - Saurabh Tiwary (IN PLACE OF ROHIT SHARMA), Quinton de Kock (WK), Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard (C), Krunal Pandya, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Rahul Chahar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah. |
| We are all set to begin then! The umpires are making their way to the field. Following them are the Mumbai players. Chennai's openers are Faf du Plessis and the youngster, Ruturaj Gaikwad. The latter would want to make a mark now, given that there should be no pressure on him now. Gaikwad was not much impressive in his initial couple of outings earlier this edition. Will want to set that right now. Trent Boult to begin with the ball for Mumbai. 3..2..1.. TIME TO GO... |
| 0.1 : Trent Boult to Ruturaj Gaikwad, Nicely negotiated by Gaikwad, just about the middle of the bat. Full on off and middle, he tucks this back to the bowler. |
| 0.2 : Trent Boult to Ruturaj Gaikwad, BEATEN! Ooops... spoken too early. Good length ball around off, Gaikwad looks to have a poke at it but is beaten. |
| 0.3 : Trent Boult to Ruturaj Gaikwad, BEATEN, AGAIN! On a length well outside off, the youngster looks to drive on the up but misses. Need to be careful here, Gaikwad. Patience is key. |
| 0.4 : Trent Boult to Ruturaj Gaikwad, On a good length around off, Gaikwad taps it to his right on the off side. |
| Review time! Pollard takes it upstairs for a LBW against Gaikwad. What does technology have to say? UltraEdge says there is daylight between bat and ball. Ball Tracker is in, THREE REDS, OUT! |
| 0.5 : Trent Boult to Ruturaj Gaikwad, OUT! LBW! Trent Boult has done a fantastic job for his side here. Chennai are 1 down without even opening their account. On a good length on middle and leg, Gaikwad looked to tuck that on the leg side but misses to get hit on the pads. Boult appeals fervently for a LBW but it is turned down. He has a long chat with Pollard and the big man, the skipper in this game, finally flashes the T. It goes upstairs and Ball Tracker shows THREE REDS. Gaikwad has to make |
| 0.6 : Trent Boult to Ambati Rayudu, Short ball outside off, Rayudu initially looked to play at it but then lets it be. |
| 0.5 : Who will walk out to bat now? Ambati Rayudu is the man who comes in now. |
| 0.6 : Jasprit Bumrah is into the attack. |
| 1.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Faf du Plessis, Full, around off, defended back to the bowler. |
| 1.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Faf du Plessis, On a good length on off, du Plessis works it off the inner half to the leg side for a single. Gets off the mark as well. |
| 1.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Ambati Rayudu, On off and middle, clipped to deep square leg for a couple. |
| 1.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Ambati Rayudu, OUT! TAKEN! Up in the air.... and gone! Wicket No. 98 for Bumrah in the League. Shortish ball on top of the stumps, Rayudu looks to pull but gets it off the glove. It lobs in the air just to the left of de Kock. The keeper takes it with ease. |
| Who will walk out to bat now? N Jagadeesan it is. |
| 1.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Narayan Jagadeesan, OUT! CAUGHT! 2 in 2 for Bumrah. He is on a hat-trick now. He is also just one wicket away from 100 wickets in the League. Full and outside off, inviting Jagadeesan for the drive. The batsman falls for the trap. Ends up getting an outside edge, it goes a bit low to Suryakumar Yadav at second slip. SKY lunges forward a bit to take it. |
| MS Dhoni, the skipper, walks out to the middle now. |
| 1.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to MS Dhoni, Not a hat-trick for Bumrah, but what an over it was! Short ball on top of the stumps, Dhoni sways away from the line to let it through. 3 runs and 2 wickets from that over. What an over it was! |
| 2.1 : Trent Boult to Faf du Plessis, Almost another wicket here! Not surprised though, we are. Full and around off, du Plessis watchfully lets it be. That one was not too far from the off pole. |
| 2.2 : Trent Boult to Faf du Plessis, Full and outside off, this is stabbed to the man at backward point. |
| 2.3 : Trent Boult to Faf du Plessis, Full and outside off, driven to cover. |
| 2.4 : Trent Boult to Faf du Plessis, Yes, no, yes, no.... no single in the end. Fullish and outside off, this is stabbed to the right of backward point. Du Plessis wants one but Dhoni sends him back. A single was there as Kishan fumbled a little. |
| 2.5 : Trent Boult to Faf du Plessis, OUT! TAKEN! Another one bites the dust. Chennai crumbling like ninepins here. Full and outside off, Faf looks to slash hard at it. But he ends up getting an outside edge. It goes to de Kock who takes it with ease. |
| Ravindra Jadeja walks out to bat now. |
| 2.6 : Trent Boult to Ravindra Jadeja, A couple and Sir Jadeja is off the mark. On middle, full, tucked to the on side for an easy couple. |
| 3.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to MS Dhoni, EDGED AND FOUR! Well that would not have carried though, even if there was a slip fielder there. Full and outside off, Dhoni looks to drive but an outside edge is induced. It goes through the vacant slip region between the keeper and second slip. A boundary as it goes to the third man boundary. |
| 3.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to MS Dhoni, Full and on off and middle, Dhoni taps it back to the bowler. |
| 3.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to MS Dhoni, FOUR! Terrific shot. Fullish and around off, Dhoni stands tall and punches it through the covers for a boundary. |
| 3.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to MS Dhoni, On a good length on off, Dhoni looks to defend but it comes off the inner half. The ball goes to the on side and one run taken. |
| 3.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Ravindra Jadeja, FOUR! It has gone fine and Jadeja picks up four. Full on middle and leg, Jadeja flicks it to the fine leg fence. |
| 3.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Ravindra Jadeja, Bouncer to finish. Jadeja ducks under it to let it through. |
| Krunal Pandya to bowl now. |
| 4.1 : Krunal Pandya to MS Dhoni, WIDE! Slips a fuller one down the leg side, Dhoni misses his flick. The keeper, de Kock, too misses it. It goes towards fine leg and Chennai take a run. |
| Krunal Pandya to Ravindra Jadeja, Flatter on off, clipped through short mid-wicket for a single. |
| 4.2 : Krunal Pandya to MS Dhoni, Tossed up on middle, Dhoni works it to the right of mid on. Initially looked for the single but since the fielder was quick to it, lets it be. |
| 4.3 : Krunal Pandya to MS Dhoni, Slower through the air on the stumps, tapped to mid on for a dot. |
| 4.4 : Krunal Pandya to MS Dhoni, Loopy ball on off and middle, played back to the bowler. |
| 4.5 : Krunal Pandya to MS Dhoni, Tossed up outside off, this is worked to the off side. |
| 4.6 : Krunal Pandya to MS Dhoni, Floated around off, Dhoni prods forward to drive that on the off side but it comes off the inside half back to the bowler. |
| 5.1 : Trent Boult to Ravindra Jadeja, Full on off, defended back to the bowler. |
| 0.0 : Trent Boult is back to bowl, having switched ends. |
| 5.2 : Trent Boult to Ravindra Jadeja, OUT! CAUGHT! Ohh... he has hit it straight to the fielder! Chennai have never lost 5 wickets inside the Powerplay but it has been that sort of a season for them this one. Shortish ball on off, it does not bounce as much off the surface though. Jadeja skips down the track and pulls it but does not time it well. It goes low to Krunal Pandya at short mid-wicket who takes it safely. |
| 5.3 : Trent Boult to Sam Curran, On a good length on the body, clipped towards fine leg for a single. Curran is up and running straightaway. |
| 5.2 : Sam Curran walks out to the middle now. |
| 5.4 : Trent Boult to MS Dhoni, Boult switches to around the wicket. Bowls it well outside off, Dhoni lets it be. Wide called. |
| Trent Boult to MS Dhoni, Full on middle, driven to cover. |
| 5.5 : Trent Boult to MS Dhoni, Fullish on middle, Dhoni tucks this to square leg and takes a single. |
| 5.6 : Trent Boult to Sam Curran, Full on middle and leg, Curran defends it to mid off. End of the Powerplay and Chennai are 24/5. What a one-sided one it has been. |
| 6.1 : Rahul Chahar to MS Dhoni, Floated on middle and leg, Dhoni works it to the right of the bowler. Chahar runs there and stops it. |
| 0.0 : The leggie, Rahul Chahar, is into the attack now. |
| 6.2 : Rahul Chahar to MS Dhoni, Tossed up around off, blocked to the off side for a dot. |
| 6.3 : Rahul Chahar to MS Dhoni, SIX! That is more the Dhoni we all know! Floated outside off, he comes down the track and powers this mightily over long off for a maximum. |
| 6.4 : Rahul Chahar to MS Dhoni, OUT! CAUGHT! Got to feel for Chennai in this season, nothing is really going their way. Dhoni's eyes lit up there but he only got an edge on it. Tossed up outside off, the legbreak, Dhoni looked to whack that over covers but there was a lot of spin there. Dhoni does not read that well, it takes the outside edge and de Kock pouches onto it. |
| 6.5 : Rahul Chahar to Deepak Chahar, Short and slow on off. Deepak turns it to mid-wicket. |
| 6.6 : Rahul Chahar to Deepak Chahar, Floated on off, Chahar defends it against the spin to the on side. |
| 6.4 : Deepak Chahar walks out to the middle now. Chahar to Chahar. |
| 7.1 : Nathan Coulter-Nile to Sam Curran, Play and a miss! Coulter-Nile starts with a length ball which is slower outside off. Curran looks to punch but misses. |
| 7.2 : Nathan Coulter-Nile to Sam Curran, This one is closer to the off pole. Sam keeps it out. |
| 7.3 : Nathan Coulter-Nile to Sam Curran, Tasty short ball! Curran sways away from it. |
| 7.4 : Nathan Coulter-Nile to Sam Curran, WIDE! Coulter-Nile overcooks the short one this time. Curran ducks under it. |
| Nathan Coulter-Nile to Sam Curran, Length ball on off, Sam Curran taps it to point. |
| 7.5 : Nathan Coulter-Nile to Sam Curran, Quick single. The last thing Chennai need right now is a run out. Good length ball around off, Curran taps it towards backward point and takes a quick run. Little bit of risk but they make it. |
| 7.6 : Nathan Coulter-Nile to Deepak Chahar, Length ball on off, Deepak Chahar keeps it out. 8 overs gone. Supreme 8 overs so far from Mumbai. Chennai are struggling at 32/6. |
| 8.1 : Rahul Chahar to Sam Curran, Outside off, tapped behind square on the off side for a single. |
| 8.2 : Rahul Chahar to Deepak Chahar, Tossed up down the leg side, Deepak looks to tuck it towards fine leg but it comes off his pads. It goes towards fine leg. They take 3 off leg byes. |
| 8.3 : Rahul Chahar to Sam Curran, SIX! Goes for the big one and gets the desired result. Tossed up ball around off, Curan mows a slog sweep over deep mid-wicket. These are short boundaries. |
| 8.4 : Rahul Chahar to Sam Curran, Flighted outside off, tucked towards deep point for a single. |
| 8.5 : Rahul Chahar to Deepak Chahar, OUT! STUMPED! It is just chaos out there. If you are a Chennai fan, you do not want to be seeing this anymore. It is also impressive umpiring because the square leg umpire has given the stumping out without referring it upstairs. Even Deepak Chahar kept walking without choosing to have a look at it. Rahul tosses the legbreak outside off, Deepak looks to heave that over wide long on but misses. De Kock collects and effects the stumping. He appeals and the squar |
| 8.6 : Rahul Chahar to Shardul Thakur, Thakur is off the mark. Tossed up on off and middle, he taps this towards fine leg and takes one. |
| 8.5 : DRINKS! You are not the only one who is pinching themselves to see whether this is a dream/nightmare or reality. What we have witnessed so far is absolutely bonkers. veryone knew Chennai were a wounded lions heading into this but tonight they have looked like a lion with no paws, no teeth and no limb. If you are a Chennai fan this must be very hard to digest. Mumbai are coasting and roasting the 3-time champions here. Shardul Thakur is out to bat after the break. |
| 9.1 : Nathan Coulter-Nile to Shardul Thakur, Full on off and middle, Shardul looks to slam this on the leg side but ends up getting an inside edge onto his pads. |
| 9.2 : Nathan Coulter-Nile to Shardul Thakur, Full, around off, driven to the left of mid on for a run. |
| 9.3 : Nathan Coulter-Nile to Sam Curran, SIX! You get full reward for your shots in Sharjah. Shortish ball on middle, Curran swivels a touch and pulls it well over fine leg. |
| 9.4 : Nathan Coulter-Nile to Sam Curran, Short, outside off, Curran this time ducks to let it through. |
| 9.5 : Nathan Coulter-Nile to Sam Curran, Full on middle, tapped to mid on for a single. |
| 9.6 : Nathan Coulter-Nile to Shardul Thakur, On a fullish length outside off, Thakur finds backward point with his shot. At the halfway mark, Chennai are 52/7. Struggling to say the least. |
| 10.1 : Rahul Chahar to Sam Curran, Shortish, outside off, Curran looks to cut but ends up chopping it off the track to the off side. |
| 0.0 : Mumbai's bowling coach Shane Bond, is caught for a chat. Bond says that he is the mst relaxed one can be in a T20 game. Says they just did the usual stuff and credits the bowlers for bowling well. Tells it is one of those games where edges and everything are finding the fielder. Bond says that the bowlers have done an outstanding job so far and have executed the plan well and been exceptional so far in the tournament. On coaching Bumrah, Bond says that there are different aspects of coaching and |
| 10.2 : Rahul Chahar to Sam Curran, Outside off, Curran strokes it nicely to the left of sweeper cover. Gets a couple. |
| 10.3 : Rahul Chahar to Sam Curran, Flatter on off and middle, tucked to the leg side for a dot. |
| 10.4 : Rahul Chahar to Sam Curran, Lands the legbreak on off, Curran bunts it down to mid on for a single. |
| 10.5 : Rahul Chahar to Shardul Thakur, Tossed up on middle and off, Thakur drives this to mid on for a single. |
| 10.6 : Rahul Chahar to Sam Curran, Flatter ball outside off, Curran strokes it firmly but finds Kishan at cover. |
| Well, the skipper has to decided to have a ball now. Kieron Pollard brings himself into the attack. |
| 11.1 : Kieron Pollard to Shardul Thakur, Shortish and outside off, Thakur cuts but finds cover-point. |
| 11.2 : Kieron Pollard to Shardul Thakur, Good length ball on off, clipped to square leg for a single. Thakur says no to Curran for the second. |
| 11.3 : Kieron Pollard to Sam Curran, Full, slow, outside off, Curran looks to drive but it comes off the outer half to point. A single. |
| 11.4 : Kieron Pollard to Shardul Thakur, Another slower one outside off, tapped towards cover. Shardul Thakur wants the single but Curran rightfully sends him back. Could have run himself out there, Thakur. |
| 11.5 : Kieron Pollard to Shardul Thakur, Full and outside off, driven to cover for a quick single. |
| 11.6 : Kieron Pollard to Sam Curran, A single to finish. Fullish and outside off, dabbed towards point for a run. |
| 12.1 : Rahul Chahar to Sam Curran, On the shorter side outside off, tapped through the diving cover fielder for a single. |
| 12.2 : Rahul Chahar to Shardul Thakur, Lands a flat legbreak on off, it spins away sharply. Thakur looks to play at it but ends up inside edging it back onto his pads. |
| 12.3 : Rahul Chahar to Shardul Thakur, BEATEN! Tossed up nicely outside off, Thakur wants to have a poke at it but the ball whizzes past his outside edge. |
| 12.4 : Rahul Chahar to Shardul Thakur, On the shorter side outside off, stroked through the covers for a single. |
| 12.5 : Rahul Chahar to Sam Curran, Short and outside off, cut to the left of deep point for a single. |
| 12.6 : Rahul Chahar to Shardul Thakur, On the shorter side on off, quicker through the air, Thakur taps it back to the bowler. |
| DRINKS! Mumbai are still miles ahead in this game. Sam Curran along with Thakur is trying to get his side to a respectable total and have at least something to bowl at. At the moment it looks like a mountain too big to scale. The Men in Yellow's first aim will be to at least get to 100. Can they do it? |
| Krunal Pandya is back in the attack. 1-0-3-0 so far for him. |
| 13.1 : Krunal Pandya to Sam Curran, Flatter ball outside off, Curran cuts it towards deep point for a single. Thakur comes way down, looking for the second but Curran sends him back. |
| 13.2 : Krunal Pandya to Shardul Thakur, Tossed up around off, defended to cover-point. |
| 13.3 : Krunal Pandya to Shardul Thakur, Flighted on off, Thakur hits it back to the bowler. |
| 13.4 : Krunal Pandya to Shardul Thakur, Shorter on off, this is clipped to mid-wicket for a single. |
| 13.5 : Krunal Pandya to Sam Curran, Low full toss outside off, driven to deep cover for a single. |
| 13.6 : Krunal Pandya to Shardul Thakur, Tossed up on middle from wide of the crease, Thakur clips it to short fine leg for a single. |
| Right, Rahul Chahar is done with his spell of 4 overs. Who will bowl now then? Coulter-Nile is back. 2-0-10-0 for him. |
| 14.1 : Nathan Coulter-Nile to Shardul Thakur, In the air.... who wants it? Falls safely! Thankfully for Shardul Thakur. Fullish on middle, Thakur looks to slog this on the leg side but ends up getting it high in the air towards mid-wicket. Short mid-wicket and the fielder from the deep run towards it but it falls safely. A single taken. |
| 14.2 : Nathan Coulter-Nile to Sam Curran, Short ball on the body, Curran swivels to pull at it but ends up missing it. It hits the elbow and falls on the pitch. Curran loses his balance and falls on the off side. He is safe to continue though. |
| 14.3 : Nathan Coulter-Nile to Sam Curran, Outside off, chopped to backward point off the track for a single. |
| 14.4 : Nathan Coulter-Nile to Shardul Thakur, In the air.... just, just away from Kieron Pollard. Length ball outside off, Thakur drives it uppishly towards cover-point. It is just to the left of Pollard. It goes through him and two taken. |
| 14.5 : Nathan Coulter-Nile to Shardul Thakur, OUT! CAUGHT! Wicket No. 8 falls for Chennai. They are going in deeper trouble. Shortish ball outside off, Thakur looks to go over point for a boundary. But he ends up hitting it uppishly towards backward point. Suryakumar Yadav there takes it with ease. |
| Imran Tahir walks out to the middle now. |
| 14.6 : Nathan Coulter-Nile to Sam Curran, Short ball to finish. Curran moves to the off side and looked to pull that to fine leg. Ends up missing it. |
| Jasprit Bumrah is back to bowl now. 2-0-16-2 for him. |
| 15.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Imran Tahir, Oh.. that has missed everyone there. Full toss outside off, Tahir looks to drive but gets an outside edge. It goes on a bounce to de Kock who misses to take it. It hits his boot and rolls towards fine leg. Chennai take a bye. |
| 15.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Sam Curran, Full on the stumps, this is driven back to the bowler. |
| 15.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Sam Curran, Full and around off, driven to the off side. |
| 15.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Sam Curran, Full on off, an on-drive to long on. Curran says no to the single. |
| 15.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Sam Curran, Now he takes one as the end of the over is approaching. Fullish on middle and leg, this one is bunted down to the left of Bumrah for one. |
| 15.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Imran Tahir, Well negotiated by Imran Tahir. Full and outside off, driven to cover. |
| 16.1 : Krunal Pandya to Sam Curran, Flatter on off, tapped towards mid on for one. |
| 0.0 : Krunal Pandya is back to bowl his third over. 2-0-7-0 so far. |
| 16.2 : Krunal Pandya to Imran Tahir, Oooh... chekky there from Tahir. Flatter ball outside off, Tahir moves to the off side and paddles this nicely to fine leg for a couple. |
| Is that a stumping? The umpires are going upstairs to have a look. Normally, de Kock does not waste time prodding the umpires to have a look. Replays are in and.... NOT OUT! |
| 16.3 : Krunal Pandya to Imran Tahir, NOT OUT! Probably from de Kock's angle the stumping looked possible, which is why he pressed for it. Tossed up outside off, Tahir looks to sweep but misses. De Kock collects and effects the stumping. Appeals to the square leg umpire who takes it upstairs. Replays are in and Tahir was well in too. |
| 16.4 : Krunal Pandya to Imran Tahir, Misfield and a single. Tahir taps the flatter ball towards Pollard at cover-point. The big man misfields there, allowing the single to happen. |
| 16.5 : Krunal Pandya to Sam Curran, Pulled uppishly... but it lands safe. Shorter ball on off, Curran comes down the track and pulls it uppishly towards deep mid-wicket. There is Boult there but it lands on a bounce to him. Single taken. |
| 16.6 : Krunal Pandya to Imran Tahir, FOUR! A boundary.... a much needed one for Chennai. Flatter ball outside off, Tahir cuts ir nicely in the gap between short third man and backward point for a boundary. |
| Nathan Coulter-Nile is back to bowl his last. 3-0-14-1 for him. |
| 17.1 : Nathan Coulter-Nile to Sam Curran, On a good length on off, clipped to the leg side. |
| 17.2 : Nathan Coulter-Nile to Sam Curran, FOUR! What a cricketer Sam Curran is turning out to be. He shuffles across to the off side, the ball was full outside off, Curran nicely laps this over the keeper's head to the fine leg boundary. |
| 17.3 : Nathan Coulter-Nile to Sam Curran, Outside off, punched to the left of sweeper cover for two. |
| 17.4 : Nathan Coulter-Nile to Sam Curran, Digs in a shortish one, it though does not bounce as much. Goes under the swinging blade of Curran. |
| 17.5 : Nathan Coulter-Nile to Sam Curran, Another shortish one, this time on top of the stumps, Curran looks to play it on the on side but misses it completely. |
| 17.6 : Nathan Coulter-Nile to Sam Curran, WIDE! Bowls one down the leg side, Curran lets it be. The keeper misses to collect it. It goes to fine leg and the batters sneak in a couple. NCN is not happy with the umpire for widing that. |
| Nathan Coulter-Nile to Sam Curran, WIDE! Another wide. Bowls one down the leg side, a legcutter. Curran looked to lap it over fine leg but misses. Wided. |
| Nathan Coulter-Nile to Sam Curran, Full and around off, driven down to mid off for a single. |
| 18.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Sam Curran, Yorker down the leg side, Curran moved to the leg side and digs it out to cover. |
| 0.0 : Jasprit Bumrah to bowl out. 3-0-17-2 for him. |
| The umpires will have a look to see if that was cleanly stopped. Not a boundary. |
| 18.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Sam Curran, Very full on off, Curran drives it to the right of sweeper cover. Krunal Pandya runs in there, dives and keeps it down to a couple. Well fielded. The umpires want to confirm once. Replays are in and Pandya is fine. |
| 18.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Sam Curran, On off, tapped to the leg side for a single. |
| 18.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Imran Tahir, FOUR! That bring up the 100 for Chennai as well. Nice way to get to it. And they do get to 100, Chennai. Length ball on top of the stumps, Tahir moves to the on side and paddles it over the keeper's head to the third man fence. |
| 18.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Imran Tahir, Yorker on off, dug out well by Tahir back to the bowler. Looks for a single but Bumrah mimes a throw and sends him back. |
| 18.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Imran Tahir, Full and outside off, driven through the covers for a single. |
| 19.1 : Trent Boult to Imran Tahir, Very full and outside off, Tahir looks to drive but it comes off the outside edge and is racing to the third man boundary. Tiwary there, runs to his left, uses his legs to stop it. Keeps it to just a single. |
| 19.2 : Trent Boult to Sam Curran, FOUR! Sam Curran gets a boundary. Short ball, he pulls this to the deep square leg boundary. The deep square leg fielder runs to his left but cannot cut it off. |
| 19.3 : Trent Boult to Sam Curran, An appeal for LBW but not given. Could have been outside the line of off stump. Full and around off, Curran moves to the off side and looks to slam this on the leg side. Misses to get hit on the pads. De Kock and Boult appeal but the umpire is not interested. |
| 19.4 : Trent Boult to Sam Curran, FOUR! Nice little stroke from Sam Curran. Full and outside off, Curran slashes this over point for a boundary. |
| 19.5 : Trent Boult to Sam Curran, FOUR! This is a good over for Chennai. 50 for Curran as well. His first for Chennai and second in the League. Shortish ball on top of the stumps, Curran moves to the off side and pulls it well to the right of fine leg for a boundary. |
| 19.6 : Trent Boult to Sam Curran, OUT! CLEANED HIM UP! Boult has 4 wickets. But it is a fine innings from Sam Curran, 52 runs from 47 balls. Boult knows that Curran will move across to the off side and hence bowls a yorker on the off pole. Curran moves to the off side and looks to flick on seeing the yorker length. He though misses and the off pole is knocked out. CHENNAI FINISH ON 114/9. |
| No Rohit - No problem. Mumbai did not miss their talismanic skipper at all. After opting to bowl, Mumbai's New Zealand recruit, Trent Boult set the ball rolling for his side with early wicket. The Kiwi was at his magnificent best and finished with the enviable figures of 4-1-18-4. He was well supported from the other end as well as Bumrah and Chahar picking up 2 each while Coulter-Nile scalping one. All-in-all, it was as close to a perfect bowling display as Mumbai could have asked for. |
| The star of Mumbai's bowling attack tonight and the man of the moment, Trent Boult is up for a chat. Trent Boult says that it feels nice. States that the wicket is good, there is a little bit of swing. The job is only half done, now we need to come out and bat well, he says. Boult says that he tries not to do too much, this is a finicky format. Boult says that it is nice to be working with Shane Bond. States that Kieron Pollard is a good replacement for Sharma as the captain, given the former |
| Decent recovery from Chennai. They have managed to get past 100 and save some blushes and given them something to bowl at. Nonetheless a magnificent performance from the Mumbai bowlers. They are head and shoulders ahead in this game and their bowlers have set up the platform for a comprehensive win. |
| If you thought Chennai's performance could not get worse then you were completely wrong. Their batting has been sub par before this but tonight they were woeful and abject. Their only ray of light that has kept shinning throughout the season, Sam Curran once again shone and his lone fight of helped Chennai reach the total of and save them from complete humiliation. His 52 has given something for the bowlers to bowl at. |
| So 115 is what Mumbai need to win this game and avenge for their loss earlier in the season. Though Mumbai do not have their skipper, Rohit Sharma, their batting is still too string and should chase it with ease. Chennai will need a miracle to win this but will look to at least make it hard for the Men in Blue. Can Chennai do the unthinkable or will Mumbai do what is expected of them? Join us for the chase to find out. |
| 0.1 : We are back for the chase! 115 is what Mumbai require. Ishan Kishan and de Kock are their openers who stride out to the middle. The Chennai players make their way out to the middle and take their respective positions on the field. Deepak Chahar with the ball. Here he comes... |
| Deepak Chahar to Quinton de Kock, Full and swinging into middle, driven to mid off. |
| 0.2 : Deepak Chahar to Quinton de Kock, FOUR! This one swings the other way, takes the outside edge and goes away for a boundary. Full and swinging away outside off, de Kock looks to drive but gets a thick outside edge. It goes to the third man region. Hazlewood runs to his right, puts in the dive but fails to stop it. |
| 0.3 : Deepak Chahar to Quinton de Kock, FOUR! SHOT! Full and around off, driven straight down the ground, to the long off boundary. |
| 0.4 : Deepak Chahar to Quinton de Kock, Outside off, de Kock looks to cut but ends up chopping it on the off side off the pitch. |
| 0.5 : Deepak Chahar to Quinton de Kock, Full and around off, driven to mid off. |
| 0.6 : Deepak Chahar to Quinton de Kock, Outside off, punched to cover-point. 8 off the first over. |
| Who will bowl from the other end? Hazlewood? Yes, it is him. |
| 1.1 : Josh Hazlewood to Ishan Kishan, FOUR! Beautifully hit for a boundary. Kishan is off the mark as well. Shortish and outside off, Kishan cuts it in front of point and gets a boundary. |
| 1.2 : Josh Hazlewood to Ishan Kishan, Outside off, stroked to backward point. |
| 1.3 : Josh Hazlewood to Ishan Kishan, FOUR! And again, Kishan splits the gap well. Shortish and outside off again from Hazlewood, Kishan cuts it nicely in the gap between short third man and point for a boundary. |
| 1.4 : Josh Hazlewood to Ishan Kishan, Outside off, steered to short third man. |
| 1.5 : Josh Hazlewood to Ishan Kishan, Good length ball outside off, Kishan chops it towards short third man off the track. |
| 1.6 : Josh Hazlewood to Ishan Kishan, A singe to finish. 9 runs off that over. Outside off, Kishan comes on the front foot and gently nudges it towards point for a single. |
| 2.1 : Deepak Chahar to Ishan Kishan, Outside off on a good length, Kishan looks to play that on the off side but Chahar gets the better of him this time. That is the ball goes past the outside edge to Dhoni. |
| 2.2 : Deepak Chahar to Ishan Kishan, Outside off, punched to the right of third man for one. |
| 2.3 : Deepak Chahar to Quinton de Kock, Around off, fullish, de Kock punches it nicely but finds the man at cover. |
| 2.4 : Deepak Chahar to Quinton de Kock, Full and outside off, de Kock cuts but finds Hazlewood at backward point. |
| 2.5 : Deepak Chahar to Quinton de Kock, FOUR! Lucky there for de Kock. Full and outside off, de Kock comes down and looks to hit this over covers. But he ends up getting a thick outside edge. The ball goes high in the air but lands safely and trickles away finely to the third man boundary. |
| 2.6 : Deepak Chahar to Quinton de Kock, Full and around off, driven to mid off. |
| 3.1 : Josh Hazlewood to Ishan Kishan, MISFIELD AND A BOUNDARY! Oh dear.... that's not good, not good at all. Outside off, Kishan punches it firmly off the back foot. It goes straight to Gaikwad at point who fails to stop it. It goes through for a boundary. |
| 3.2 : Josh Hazlewood to Ishan Kishan, Around off, fullish, tapped towards backward point. |
| 3.3 : Josh Hazlewood to Ishan Kishan, No single was possible there. Full and around off, Kishan hits this to cover and comes down looking for a single. But de Kock sends him back and that was the right thing to do. |
| 3.4 : Josh Hazlewood to Ishan Kishan, EDGED AND FOUR! Ishan Kishan is a very interesting player to watch. Fullish and outside off, Kishan looks to cut but gets a thick outside edge. The ball flies over du Plessis at first slip as he makes a leap to try to grab it. The ball goes to the third man boundary. |
| 3.5 : Josh Hazlewood to Ishan Kishan, Outside off, Kishan slashes hard at it but misses. |
| 3.6 : Josh Hazlewood to Ishan Kishan, Full on middle and leg, with the angle from round the wicket, Kishan tucks this on the leg side and says no to a single. |
| 4.1 : Deepak Chahar to Quinton de Kock, Full and on middle and leg, clipped to the on side for a single. |
| 4.2 : Deepak Chahar to Ishan Kishan, Full and outside off, Kishan hits it behind point and calls for two immediately. Gets it. |
| 4.3 : Deepak Chahar to Ishan Kishan, Full on leg, Kishan looks to flick but it comes off the shoulder and goes to short mid-wicket. |
| 4.4 : Deepak Chahar to Ishan Kishan, FOUR! Firm shot. Full and width on offer outside off, Kishan cuts it firmly to the right of point and the ball races away for a boundary. |
| 4.5 : Deepak Chahar to Ishan Kishan, FOUR! Kishan has taken a particular liking to that area there. Fullish and outside off, Kishan stands tall and punches this in front of point and bags a boundary. |
| 5.1 : Imran Tahir to Quinton de Kock, Flatter ball on off, tapped to mid-wicket for a single. |
| 4.6 : Deepak Chahar to Ishan Kishan, SIX! The signal says it all, it is a maximum. Short ball, Kishan ferociously pulls it to the deep square leg fence. That one absolutely rocketed to the fence. Hit so hard. |
| Imran Tahir, who is playing his 1st match in this edition is into bowl now. |
| 5.2 : Imran Tahir to Ishan Kishan, Very full and around off, driven past cover for one. |
| 5.3 : Imran Tahir to Quinton de Kock, Full and spinning into middle, flicked to deep mid-wicket for a run. |
| 5.4 : Imran Tahir to Ishan Kishan, On the shorter side outside off, punched to Curran at mid off for a single. |
| 5.5 : Imran Tahir to Quinton de Kock, Tossed up around off, clipped towards square leg for a single. |
| 5.6 : Imran Tahir to Ishan Kishan, That brings to an end an excellent Powerplay for Mumbai. Mumbai are 52/0 and need 63 runs in 84 balls. Tossed up on the stumps, this one is hit back to the bowler for a dot. |
| 6.1 : Shardul Thakur to Quinton de Kock, FOUR! And he is welcomed with a boundary. Full and around off, de Kock lifts it over mid off for a boundary. |
| 0.0 : Shardul Thakur is into the attack now. |
| 6.2 : Shardul Thakur to Quinton de Kock, Fullish on the pads, tucked to deep square leg for a single. |
| 6.3 : Shardul Thakur to Ishan Kishan, Very full around off, Kishan hits it firmly to long on for one. |
| 6.4 : Shardul Thakur to Quinton de Kock, SIX! De Kock has got plenty on that and he gets a maximum. Shortish ball on the body, de Kock swivels and pulls it over the fine leg boundary. De Kock exerted minimal effort there. |
| 6.5 : Shardul Thakur to Quinton de Kock, Full and keeping low outside off, de Kock hangs his bat outside the line a touch but the ball sneaks past to the keeper. |
| 6.6 : Shardul Thakur to Quinton de Kock, Full and around off, driven to mid off. |
| Will Dhoni continue with Tahir after the break? Yes, it is the spinner to continue. |
| DRINKS! Mumbai are steamrolling through Chennai and the opening pair of de Kock and Ishan Kishan are in a hurry to finish this game. The pair have blasted to their 64-run stand. The Men in Blue need just another 51 off 78balls with all their wickets in tact. |
| 7.1 : Imran Tahir to Ishan Kishan, Lands on off and spins into middle, Kishan taps it to point. |
| 7.2 : Imran Tahir to Ishan Kishan, SIX! He makes it ridiculously easy, Kishan. Tossed up on off, Kishan slog sweeps it over long on. |
| 7.3 : Imran Tahir to Ishan Kishan, Outside off, tossed up, Kishan looks to steer it to third man but misses. |
| 7.4 : Imran Tahir to Ishan Kishan, Full and around off, driven through mid off for a single. |
| 7.5 : Imran Tahir to Quinton de Kock, Flatter ball, keeping low on the leg pole line, de Kock looks to clip it on the leg side but it comes off his pads. It goes towards fine leg and they sneak in a couple off leg byes. |
| 7.6 : Imran Tahir to Quinton de Kock, On the pads, glanced to deep square leg for a single. |
| 8.1 : Ravindra Jadeja to Quinton de Kock, Flatter on middle, tucked to deep square leg for a single. |
| 0.0 : Ravindra Jadeja is in to bowl now. |
| 8.2 : Ravindra Jadeja to Ishan Kishan, Flatter ball on off, tapped to the left of Dhoni and the Chennai skipper fields it. |
| 8.3 : Ravindra Jadeja to Ishan Kishan, SIX! This is a terrific shot as well. What a way to get to your second fifty this season. Tossed up on middle, Kishan reverse sweeps this uppishly over deep backward point. |
| 8.4 : Ravindra Jadeja to Ishan Kishan, SIX! Jadeja is just bowling to Kishan's comfort here. Full, around off, slog swept over wide long on for a maximum. |
| 8.5 : Ravindra Jadeja to Ishan Kishan, Short ball, Kishan pulls it firmly but finds deep square leg. Just the single. |
| 8.6 : Ravindra Jadeja to Quinton de Kock, On midde, de Kock clips it to deep square leg for a single. |
| 9.1 : Imran Tahir to Quinton de Kock, Tossed up on the stumps, de Kock blocks it back to the bowler. |
| 9.2 : Imran Tahir to Quinton de Kock, Full and outside off, driven through mid off for a single. |
| 9.3 : Imran Tahir to Ishan Kishan, Floated on off, Kishan looks to slam that on the leg side but ends up mistiming it to backward square leg. Just the single. |
| 9.4 : Imran Tahir to Quinton de Kock, An appeal for LBW but not given. Perhaps it was outside the line of off stump. Tossed up around off, de Kock moves to the off side and looks to paddle this towards fine leg. But he misses to get hit on the pads. Dhoni and Tahir appeal but to no avail. Tahir tries to convince his skipper to take the review but Dhoni was not interested. |
| 9.6 : Imran Tahir to Ishan Kishan, SIX! Kishan goes big and gets a maximum. Tossed up around off, Kishan comes on the front foot and lofts this over the bowler's head, over long on. A huge one. |
| 9.5 : Imran Tahir to Quinton de Kock, De Kock drives it on the off side for a single. |
| 10.1 : Shardul Thakur to Quinton de Kock, Good length ball around off, de Kock runs it down to third man for one. |
| 10.2 : Shardul Thakur to Ishan Kishan, Crunched but the fielder at short cover gets a hand to it and takes pace off the ball. Full around off, Kishan crunches his drive through extra cover. The man at short cover dives and gets his hand to it. Making it easy for Deepak Chahar in the deep to stop it. Just a single. |
| 10.3 : Shardul Thakur to Quinton de Kock, SIX! Smashed! De Kock now has joined Ishan Kishan in the mission to go back to the hotel room early. Full around off, de Kock lofts it over covers for a biggie. |
| 10.4 : Shardul Thakur to Quinton de Kock, Thakur pulls his length back, de Kock milks it to long off for one. |
| 10.5 : Shardul Thakur to Ishan Kishan, DROPPED! Gaikwad's horror day continues. Very full on the pads of Kishan. He flicks it upishly to short mid-wicket. Ruturaj Gaikwad there jumps, gets both his hands to the ball but cannot hold onto it. Single taken. |
| 10.6 : Shardul Thakur to Quinton de Kock, Good length ball on off, de Kock defends it off the upper half of his bat. |
| 11.1 : Deepak Chahar to Ishan Kishan, Good length ball which comes in with the angle. Kishan swats it using the angle but there is a man at deep backward square leg, so just a single. |
| 11.2 : Deepak Chahar to Quinton de Kock, On middle and leg, de Kock tucks it to the on side and rotates the strike. Just 5 needed now. |
| 11.3 : Deepak Chahar to Ishan Kishan, Slower ball outside off, Kishan punches it to long on for one. |
| 11.4 : Deepak Chahar to Quinton de Kock, Good length ball around off, de Kock taps it to the left of cover-point. |
| 11.5 : Deepak Chahar to Quinton de Kock, Length ball on middle, de Kock taps it back to the bowler now. |
| 11.6 : Deepak Chahar to Quinton de Kock, Edged and a single. Fuller on off, the ball pitches and shapes away a bit from de Kock. He looks to play it straight but the ball goes off the outside edge towards third man for a single. Quinny will keep the strike. 3 needed now. |
| 12.1 : Shardul Thakur to Quinton de Kock, Good length ball around off, de Kock punches it but cannot go past cover. |
| 12.2 : Shardul Thakur to Quinton de Kock, FOUR! De Kock finishes the game in style! Good length ball on middle and off, Quinton uses the angle to pull it over square leg to get a boundary. MUMBAI WIN BY 10 WICKETS! |
| There was nearly no way the Chennai bowlers were going to spring a surprise, that too against the calibre of a side like Mumbai. They barely put up a fight. The fielding was not upto the mark, defending a low total. None of the bowlers showed any intent. They could not manage a single wicket! |
| Earlier, after winning the toss, Mumbai opted to field. It was a horror start for Chennai. They had slumped to 43/7 towards the end of the 9th over. After that, they managed to stitch a recovery of sorts, posting 114/9, courtesy of Curran and some useful little knocks from Thakur and Tahir towards the end. But it was never going to be enough against a champion side like Mumbai. The Men in Blue and Gold coasted home with ease, with 10 wickets to spare. |
| MS Dhoni, Chennai's skipper, says that losing by 10 wickets does hurt. Says one must see what has been going around them. This season itself has not gone well for the side, Dhoni states. He says that his side has been doing everything but sometimes such things happen in the tournament, cannot do much about it. Dhoni further adds that when a bit of luck on your side is always good, which was not there on Chennai's side. On not playing on the home ground being a reason for Chennai not doing well, |
| Ishan Kishan is up for a chat. He says that he was trying to be positive. In the middle, he was talking with Quinny on how to play - should he keep knocking the ball around or play the big shots. Adds that he has enjoyed batting with de Kock and has learnt a lot from him. In the off season, Kishan says that he did a lot of hard work. States that he was playing the shots according to how the ball landed. Says further that no game against Chennai is an easy one and that Mumbai were keeping their f |
| Stay tuned for the presentation ceremony. |
| The VICTORIOUS SKIPPER, Kieron Pollard, to share his thoughts now. On what does he feel about winning 15 matches on the trot as a captain, Pollard jokingly says who's counting and then laughs a little. States that he was working closely with the team and is pleased that it came off well in this game. Adds that it was important to rein in Chennai later on as they had done well to recover. States that it is a total team effort. Finishing the game without any uncertainties was fantastic, Pollard re |
| For his wreckage at the top, Trent Boult, 4/18 from his 4 overs is the MAN OF THE MATCH. Says that it is a new franchise, different personnel and he is enjoying it. Is happy with the way it is going. States that it was about pitching it nice and full. On the swing factor, Boult says that he is lucky to be getting it upfront in his very first over. Boult believes that it comes down to accuracy when bowling. Keep it accurate and the batsmen will find it hard to go out against you, he says.  |
| Right then, that's it from Match 41. What a one-sided affair the 2nd round of El Clasico was between Mumbai and Chennai. The former have bulldozed their way to the top with a strong NRR while the latter has to head back home in most respects now. How sad to see the second most successful side in the League meet such a fate! Anyway, moving on, Saturday, 24th October 2020, sees a return to double headers. In the 1st game, Kolkata take on Delhi at Abu Dhabi and later Punjab take on Hyderabad in Dub |
| The first time Chennai have lost a league game by 10 wickets! Demolition, humiliation and complete annihilation! That is what Mumbai have done to Chennai! It was a game of men against boys and the experienced side of Chennai were made to look like kids. A comprehensive 10-wicket win for Mumbai and they overtake Bangalore and Delhi to sit top of the pile. |
| Chasing 115, it was always going to be a relatively easy chase for Mumbai's destructive batting line-up. Ishan Kishan and de Kock came out with intent and aggression. The pair was in a hurry to wrap this up with the Indian southpaw going after the Chennai bowlers to rub salt in their wounds. He finished unbeaten on 68 from 37 balls and de Kock was clinical with the bat as well, unbeaten on 46 from 37 balls. Mumbai won comfortably in the end with a good 46 balls to spare. |
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