| 0.0 : There is a big milestone for MS Dhoni! This will be his 200th game in the Indian T20 League and he becomes the first player to reach this feat. What a proud achievement for a player who has been there since the start of the League and is still standing strong, despite him being retired from the international arena. Will he celebrate this feat with a victory? |
| PITCH REPORT - Daren Ganga and JP Duminy are out for the pitch report. Ganga says that it is the same pitch that was used yesterday. Says that the square boundaries and the boundaries down the ground are on the shorter length. Adds that it looks a lot drier than it was yesterday and that the bounce will be a little uneven. JP says that the shorter deliveries have been successful and as a batter, your batting on the square side has to be good. Adds that the middle period is the most important thi |
| Hello and a warm welcome to the 37th match in the 2020 Indian T20 League and it is a face-off between Chennai and Rajasthan. These are two teams who are in desperate need of a win and they will be looking to play their best cricket if they want to make it to the playoffs. Chennai were dealt a big blow in their last game as Dwayne Bravo was ruled out for at least two weeks and it will be interesting to see who will replace him. Will Imran Tahir get a game finally? Rajasthan too have plenty of que |
| TOSS - We are all in readiness for the spin of coin. Chennai skipper, MS Dhoni calls Heads and it comes down in his favour. CHENNAI OPT TO BAT! |
| Rajasthan skipper, Steven Smith, says that Ben Stokes is fortunately okay and good to go. Smith tells that the equation is simple for them as they need to keep winning. Hopes that they bowl well first and then chase it down. Informs Rajpoot comes in for Unadkat. |
| Chennai skipper, MS Dhoni, says that the chances are the pitch would get slow and hence they want to bat. Informs Bravo will not be available for the next few games and tells it has been a concern not just them but for others as well as many players have not played regularly. Smiles and says he got to know it is his 200th game after Morrison told him. Tells he is fortunate to play so many games and thanks god as injuries were not a major concern in his career. Informs there are two changes in hi |
| CHENNAI PLAYING XI - Faf du Plessis, Sam Curran, Shane Watson, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni (WK/C), Ravindra Jadeja, Kedar Jadhav, Deepak Chahar, Piyush Chawla (IN FOR KARN SHARMA), Shardul Thakur, Josh Hazlewood (IN FOR DWAYNE BRAVO). |
| RAJASTHAN PLAYING XI -  Robin Uthappa, Ben Stokes, Sanju Samson (WK), Steven Smith (C), Jos Buttler, Riyan Parag, Rahul Tewatia, Jofra Archer, Shreyas Gopal, Ankit Rajpoot (IN FOR JAYDEV UNADKAT), Kartik Tyagi. |
| 0.1 : Jofra Archer to Sam Curran, Play and a miss first up! Full ball bowled at around 141 kph around off. Curran looks to drive but the ball shapes away from him and beats the outside edge of Sam's willow. |
| 0.2 : Jofra Archer to Sam Curran, Curran and Chennai are off the mark! Good length ball on off, Curran taps it on the off side and takes a quick run to get off the mark. |
| 0.0 : We are all set for the action to begin! The Rajasthan players are in a huddle before they take their respective positions in the field. Sam Curran and Faf du Plessis stride out to open the innings for Chennai! Jofra Archer to start with the new ball for Rajasthan. |
| 0.3 : Jofra Archer to Faf du Plessis, Faf du Plessis is off the mark straightaway! Full on off and middle, it comes in to the right hander. Du Plessis hits it towards mid on off the inner half of his bat and gets to the other end. |
| 0.4 : Jofra Archer to Sam Curran, Good length ball on off and middle, Sam Curran defends it by getting right behind the ball. |
| 0.5 : Jofra Archer to Sam Curran, Good ball! A pacy short ball from Archer. It is around off, Curran looks to defend but luckily decides to take his bat away from the line of the ball and the ball misses his glove by a mere inch. |
| 0.6 : Jofra Archer to Sam Curran, Good start by Archer and Rajasthan. Just two runs off the first over. Good length ball around off, Curran looks to defend but gets beaten again. Nervy start for Sam against his international teammate. |
| 1.1 : Ankit Rajpoot to Faf du Plessis, Rajpoot starts with a length ball on off, Faf plays it to cover. |
| 0.6 : Ankit Rajpoot to bowl from the other end. |
| 1.2 : Ankit Rajpoot to Faf du Plessis, FOUR! First boundary of the game! Back of a length delivery on off, du Plessis pulls it through mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 1.3 : Ankit Rajpoot to Faf du Plessis, Follows the boundary with a single via the tuck to the on side. |
| 1.4 : Ankit Rajpoot to Sam Curran, Poor from Robin Uthappa. Good lenghth ball around off, Curran mistimes his pull towards mid on. Uthappa there misfields which allows him to get to the other end. |
| 1.5 : Ankit Rajpoot to Faf du Plessis, Good fielding from Kartik Tyagi! A well-directed bumper from Rajpoot. Du Plessis looks to pull but gets a top edge which goes over the keeper's head towards third man. Karthik Tyagi covers a lot of ground and puts in a dive to save two for his side. Brilliant from the India Under-19 internaional. |
| 1.6 : Ankit Rajpoot to Faf du Plessis, Dot to end the over! Good length ball on middle, Faf du Plessis defends it to get through the over. |
| 2.1 : Jofra Archer to Sam Curran, Length ball on off, Curran keeps it out. |
| 2.2 : Jofra Archer to Sam Curran, Lovely from Archer! Good length delivery, it is a Test match line and length from him. It shapes away from the southpaw as he looks to drive. |
| 2.3 : Jofra Archer to Sam Curran, Edged but safe! Good length ball around off, Curran looks to drive but gets a thick outside edge which ges wide of slip and to third man for one. |
| 2.4 : Jofra Archer to Faf du Plessis, Length delivery around off, du Plessis punches it to cover. |
| 2.5 : Jofra Archer to Faf du Plessis, Slower full delivery, it is close to being a yorker. Faf turns it through mid-wicket for a couple. |
| 2.6 : Jofra Archer to Faf du Plessis, OUT! Caught! Wonderful catch from Jos Buttler! He has taken an extremely good catch without the gloves on. Usually he has the gloves but Samson is handed the keeping responsiblity. Archer has a wicket to show for his wonderful start. Back of a length delivery around off, Faf du Plessis looks to flat-bat it towards point but he hits it to the left of short cover. Buttler there dives to his left like a football goal keeper and takes a stunner. |
| 3.1 : Kartik Tyagi to Sam Curran, Tyagi starts with a yorker outside off, Curran looks to play but misses. |
| 3.2 : Kartik Tyagi to Sam Curran, FOUR! First boundary for Curran! He has been tested by Archer but now he gets the first ball in his slot and he makes full use of it. Tyagi is guilty of giving width outside off to Curran. Sam drives it through cover-point and gets a boundary. |
| 0.0 : Who will walk out at number 3? Will it be the expected man in Watson or we have some surprise? It is Shane Watson. Also, Karthik Tyagi is into the attack. |
| 3.3 : Kartik Tyagi to Sam Curran, Good length ball outside off, Curran hits it uppishly off the upper half of his flat-bat but it is in the gap through short third man for one. |
| 3.4 : Kartik Tyagi to Shane Watson, FOUR! You bowl short to an Aussie, he will more often than not punish you. It is on middle, Watson pulls it through mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 3.5 : Kartik Tyagi to Shane Watson, FOUR! Lucky for Watson, harsh on young Tyagi! It is a very good ball around off, Watson looks to squeeze it on the off side but he chops it onto the ground and it bounces over the head of Sanju Samson behind the stumps and to the fence. |
| 3.6 : Kartik Tyagi to Shane Watson, OUT! CAUGHT! Watson departs! Tyagi has another big name to his wickets column in this tournament. Watson will be kicking himself for getting out in this way to this delivery. It is full and on the pads, there to be hit. Watson flicks but he does so uppishly and straight to Rahul Tewatia at short mid-wicket. He makes no mistake. Jubilation for Tyagi and Rajasthan. Chennai are in troubled waters now. |
| 4.1 : Ben Stokes to Sam Curran, SIX! SLAMMED! First biggie of the evening. Poor start from Stokes. Bowls a full ball, in the slot for Curran. The English batter takes his international teammate downtown for a biggie. |
| 4.2 : Ben Stokes to Sam Curran, Follows the biggie with a single towards backwards point. Smart cricket. |
| 4.3 : Ben Stokes to Ambati Rayudu, Length ball on off, Rayudu defends it with a straight bat. |
| 4.4 : Ben Stokes to Ambati Rayudu, FOUR! Rayudu is off the mark in style! Short ball on middle, Rayudu pulls it through square leg for a boundary. |
| 4.5 : Ben Stokes to Ambati Rayudu, Calmly blocks this delivery. Full and on the stumps, Rayudu keeps it out. |
| 4.6 : Ben Stokes to Ambati Rayudu, FOUR! Rayudu looks in the mood. Poor start for Stokes. Good length ball on off, Rayudu comes down the track and lofts it over mid off for a boundary. 15 off Stokes' first and the pressure that was building on Chennai has been released. |
| 0.0 : 2 early wickets! Who comes out to bat now? Ambati Rayudu it is! |
| 5.1 : Kartik Tyagi to Sam Curran, Length ball on the stumps, Curran keeps it out. |
| 5.2 : Kartik Tyagi to Sam Curran, On off, Curran punches it to the off side for one. |
| 5.3 : Kartik Tyagi to Ambati Rayudu, Tight bowling from Tyagi. He is not offering much room to Rayudu to play with. Ambati defends it. |
| 5.4 : Kartik Tyagi to Ambati Rayudu, Swing and a miss! Good length ball outside off, Rayudu swings but does not get anything on it. |
| 5.5 : Kartik Tyagi to Ambati Rayudu, Full toss but Rayudu misses out. It is around off, Rayudu hits it hard but straight to Tewatia at point. |
| 5.6 : Kartik Tyagi to Ambati Rayudu, Yorker on off, Rayudu manages to play it to mid on and keeps the strike. End of the Powerplay and Rajasthan will be the happier side as they have managed to get two wickets. Chennai are 43/2! |
| 6.1 : Shreyas Gopal to Ambati Rayudu, Floated around off, Rayudu pushes this one to the off side. |
| 6.2 : Shreyas Gopal to Ambati Rayudu, Loopy ball around off, Rayudu pushes this one towards long off for a single. |
| 6.3 : Shreyas Gopal to Sam Curran, Flighted ball around off, Curran defends this one towards the mid off region. |
| 6.4 : Shreyas Gopal to Sam Curran, Flighted delivery around off, Curran cuts but finds the man at covers. |
| 6.5 : Shreyas Gopal to Sam Curran, Tossed up ball around middle, Curran looks to flick this one but it comes off his outside edge and goes towards the man at covers. |
| 6.6 : Shreyas Gopal to Sam Curran, Short ball outside off, Curran pushes it towards covers to collect a single. A good start by Gopal with the ball. Only 2 runs off his first over. |
| 7.1 : Rahul Tewatia to Sam Curran, Short ball outside off, Curran taps this one towards point and scampers through for the single. |
| 0.0 : Change in bowling. Spin from both ends. Rahul Tewatia is into the attack. |
| 7.2 : Rahul Tewatia to Ambati Rayudu, WIDE! NO BALL! Tewatia bowls this way outside the off stump. Rayudu leaves it alone! Wided. Also, Tewatia has overstepped and a no ball has been called. A free hit will follow. |
| Rahul Tewatia to Ambati Rayudu, Rayudu does not use the free hit to the maximum! Flatter ball around off, Rayudu dances down the track and looks to go big but does not time it well as it goes towards the point region. The fielder takes the catch but to no effect. A single. |
| 7.3 : Rahul Tewatia to Sam Curran, Flatter on middle, Curran punches this one off his back foot towards the long on region for one. |
| 7.4 : Rahul Tewatia to Ambati Rayudu, Floated around off, Rayudu looks to have a poke at this but it spins away and takes the outside edge and goes towards the point region. |
| 7.5 : Rahul Tewatia to Ambati Rayudu, Tossed up ball on off, Rayudu taps this off his front foot towards the cover region for a single. 50 up for Chennai. |
| 7.6 : Rahul Tewatia to Sam Curran, Short ball on off, Curran punches this one to the mid-wicket region for a single to end the over. Just 6 runs off this over. |
| 8.1 : Shreyas Gopal to Sam Curran, DROPPED? It looked like it took the top edge off Curran's bat! Samson should have done better! Floated around off, Curran looks to slog sweep this one but misses and even the keeper misses this one and it goes towards the third man region. The batters collect a couple. |
| 8.2 : Shreyas Gopal to Sam Curran, OUT! CAUGHT! That will be the end of Curran's innings and it is Gopal who has struck! It is Buttler who has caught this one and even though he is not behind the wickets for this game, he is scalping some catches out there. Not the best shot by Curran and he has to depart because of this! Floated around off, Curran dances down the track and looks to go big but his shot does not have the juice required for it to cross the ropes and he holes out to Buttler at long |
| DRINKS! The first 50 balls of the game have belonged to Rajasthan. Barring Stokes' one over it has been a very good display of bowling. They have got the top three but will need to coninue to chip wickets. Chennai need a partnership to get going. MS Dhoni to join Ambati Rayudu out in the middle. |
| 8.3 : Shreyas Gopal to Ambati Rayudu, OUT! There is an LBW appeal made and up goes the umpire’s finger. |
| 8.2 : Ambati Rayudu has been adjudged LBW! After a chat wih Dhoni he has decided to review it. Let us see what the replays have to say. |
| 8.3 : Shreyas Gopal to Ambati Rayudu, NOT OUT! Rayudu survives but for a second there it did seem like he will have to walk back to the hut! He survives, just! Loopy ball around off, Rayudu looks to defend this one but misses it and it hits him on the pads. The players appeal and the umpire obliges raising his finger. Rayudu has a chat with Dhoni and they take the review. Replays show that this would be missing the leg stump. The decision is reversed. |
| 8.4 : Shreyas Gopal to Ambati Rayudu, On off, Rayudu pushes this one to the off side. |
| 8.5 : Shreyas Gopal to Ambati Rayudu, Short ball on middle, Rayudu works this one to the mid-wicket region for a single. |
| 8.6 : Shreyas Gopal to MS Dhoni, On off, Dhoni pushes this one to the cover region to collect a single to end the over. A good over for Rajasthan. Just the 4 runs and also a wicket off this over. |
| 9.1 : Rahul Tewatia to MS Dhoni, Loopy around off, Dhoni plays this to the man at covers. |
| 9.2 : Rahul Tewatia to MS Dhoni, Flighted ball on middle, Dhoni blocks this off his front foot towards the mid off region. |
| 9.3 : Rahul Tewatia to MS Dhoni, Loopy on middle, Dhoni is solid in his defense. |
| 9.4 : Rahul Tewatia to MS Dhoni, Flighted ball around off, Dhoni pushes this one towards the long off region for a single. |
| 9.5 : Rahul Tewatia to Ambati Rayudu, Tossed up around off, Rayudu dances down the track and works this towards the mid off region. |
| 9.6 : Rahul Tewatia to Ambati Rayudu, OUT! CAUGHT! This was so simple for Rajasthan! Rayudu was looking good but he will have to walk back now. This is a soft dismissal for Chennai. They would have wanted Rayudu to stay out there but he gifts his wicket away. Flatter on middle, Rayudu looks to sweep this one but it comes off his top edge and balloons towards the short fine leg region. Sanju Samson calls for it and takes a very simple catch in the end. |
| Ravindra Jadeja joins his skipper out in the middle. |
| 10.1 : Shreyas Gopal to MS Dhoni, Short ball around middle, Dhoni pulls this one to the mid-wicket region for a single. |
| 10.2 : Shreyas Gopal to Ravindra Jadeja, Flighted ball on middle, Jadeja works this one to the mid on region. |
| 10.3 : Shreyas Gopal to Ravindra Jadeja, Floated ball on off, Jadeja defends it back towards the bowler. |
| 10.4 : Shreyas Gopal to Ravindra Jadeja, Short ball around off, Jadeja rocks on his back foot and pulls this one towards the mid-wicket region. The fielder there threw himself at it but could not scalp it. The batters end with two runs in the end. |
| 10.5 : Shreyas Gopal to Ravindra Jadeja, Jadeja works this to the short third man region for a single run. |
| 10.6 : Shreyas Gopal to MS Dhoni, Short ball on middle, Dhoni punches this one to the long on region to retain the strike for the next over. Another good over for Rajasthan. Just the 5 runs. |
| 11.1 : Rahul Tewatia to MS Dhoni, Flatter around off, Dhoni waits for it and cuts it through point. A misfield by the man at point will fetch Chennai three runs. Very good running by these two batters. Poor fielding by Rajasthan. |
| 11.2 : Rahul Tewatia to Ravindra Jadeja, Loopy around off, Jadeja blocks this one back towards the bowler. |
| 11.3 : Rahul Tewatia to Ravindra Jadeja, Short ball outside off, Jadeja cuts this one through point for a couple on this occasion. Good running again. |
| 11.4 : Rahul Tewatia to Ravindra Jadeja, Flatter delivery around off, Jadeja opens up the face of his bat and cuts this to the man at short third man. Jadeja thinks about the single but Dhoni sends him back. |
| 11.5 : Rahul Tewatia to Ravindra Jadeja, Flatter around off, Jadeja works this one to the cover region. |
| 11.6 : Rahul Tewatia to Ravindra Jadeja, Loopy ball around off, Jadeja sweeps this one towards the fine leg region and will collect two runs to end the over. |
| 12.1 : Shreyas Gopal to MS Dhoni, Loopy around off, Dhoni plays this to the point region for a quick single. |
| 12.2 : Shreyas Gopal to Ravindra Jadeja, Short ball on off, Jadeja taps this to the short third man region. |
| 12.3 : Shreyas Gopal to Ravindra Jadeja, Flatter on off, Jadeja pushes this one to the long on region for just a single. |
| 12.4 : Shreyas Gopal to MS Dhoni, Loopy ball on middle, Dhoni works this one off his front foot to the point region and says no for the single to Jadeja. |
| 12.5 : Shreyas Gopal to MS Dhoni, Flighted around off, Dhoni pushes this to the off side. |
| 12.6 : Shreyas Gopal to MS Dhoni, A single to end the over as Dhoni works this one to the cover region. Chennai need some big hits if they want to finish with a good total. It has been slow batting so far from them. |
| 13.1 : Kartik Tyagi to MS Dhoni, On a good length around off, Dhoni pushes this one to the off side. |
| 13.2 : Kartik Tyagi to MS Dhoni, FOUR! Will this shot get Dhoni going? It is a good stroke by the skipper of Chennai. On a full length around off, Dhoni drives this through the extra cover region to fetch a boundary. |
| 13.3 : Kartik Tyagi to MS Dhoni, PLAY AND A MISS! Back of a length ball outside off, Dhoni swings his bat but he does not connect bat with ball. |
| 13.4 : Kartik Tyagi to MS Dhoni, Back of a length ball on middle, Dhoni pushes this one to the long on region for a single. |
| 13.5 : Kartik Tyagi to Ravindra Jadeja, WIDE! Tyagi bowls this back of a length ball outside leg, Jadeja leaves it alone. Wide signaled by the umpire. |
| Kartik Tyagi to Ravindra Jadeja, EDGY FOUR! Lucky boundary but Chennai will accept them any way they come! On a good length around off, Jadeja looks to play at this but it goes off his outside edge and goes past the ropes at the third man region. |
| 13.6 : Kartik Tyagi to Ravindra Jadeja, FOUR! This one was intentional and it was played brilliantly! This one comes off Jadeja's bat as well! Back of a length ball outside off, Jadeja waits for it and steers this one towards the backward point region and it will cross the ropes. A good over for Chennai as they collect 14 runs off the 14th over. |
| 14.1 : Rahul Tewatia to MS Dhoni, Flatter around middle, Dhoni punches this to the long on region for a single. |
| 14.2 : Rahul Tewatia to Ravindra Jadeja, Short ball outside off, Jadeja reaches out and works this one to the deep cover region for one. |
| 14.3 : Rahul Tewatia to MS Dhoni, In the air but safe! Loopy around off, Dhoni plays this slightly uppish towards the cover region but it lands safe before the fielder can scalp this one. |
| 14.4 : Rahul Tewatia to MS Dhoni, Short ball around off and middle, Dhoni punches this one to the long on region for another single. |
| 14.5 : Rahul Tewatia to Ravindra Jadeja, Short ball on off, Jadeja taps this to the point region and looks for the single. You can hear Dhoni yelling no for the same. A dot in the end. |
| 14.6 : Rahul Tewatia to Ravindra Jadeja, Short ball around off, Jadeja keeps the strike as he works this to the deep cover region for a single. A good spell by Tewatia comes to an end as he concedes only 18 runs off his quota of 4 overs and also picked up a wicket. |
| Ben Stokes is back. |
| 15.1 : Ben Stokes to Ravindra Jadeja, Appeal for LBW but it is turned down and Rajasthan have not taken the review either. Good length ball on the pads, Jadeja looks to play but misses. The ball hits his pads and goes to the off side. Stokes and co. appeal but the umpire is unmoved. The batters meanwhile take a leg bye. All eyes on Smith now as he chats with his bowler from a distance. No signal from Steven Smith. Good call as replays later on show that it pitched outside leg. |
| 15.2 : Ben Stokes to MS Dhoni, On the pads, Dhoni turns it to mid-wicket and eases to the other end. |
| 15.3 : Ben Stokes to Ravindra Jadeja, Good length ball on off, Jaddu taps it to point and rotates the strike. |
| 15.4 : Ben Stokes to MS Dhoni, Fumble from skipper Smith and that allows Dhoni to get two. Good length ball on off and middle, Dhoni plays it towards mid on. Smith comes steaming from long on and gets to the ball quickly. He though fumbles while picking the ball up and that allows the pair of Jadeja and Dhoni to take two. |
| 15.5 : Ben Stokes to MS Dhoni, On off, MS plays it to point and rotates. |
| 15.6 : Ben Stokes to Ravindra Jadeja, Single to end the over. Length delivery on off, Jadeja plays it to point and keeps the strike. Better over from Stokes. Just 7 off this one. |
| 16.1 : Jofra Archer to Ravindra Jadeja, Leading edge but safe! Good length ball on off and middle, Jadeja looks to flick but closes the face of the bat early. The ball goes towards point off the leading edge. Luckily for Chennai and Jadeja, it falls well ahead of Buttler there. Jaddu takes off for a run. Buttler has a shy at the bowler's end but misses. Would have been close had he hit. |
| 0.0 : Bowling change. Jofra Archer is back! |
| 16.2 : Jofra Archer to MS Dhoni, Yorker wide outside off, Dhoni looks to squeeze it through point but it goes off the lower half of his bat towards third man for one. |
| 16.3 : Jofra Archer to Ravindra Jadeja, Play and a miss! Good length ball outside off, Jadeja looks to drive but the ball shapes away from him and fizzles past the outside edge. |
| 16.4 : Jofra Archer to Ravindra Jadeja, Full toss on the pads, Jadeja turns it to square leg and gets to the other end. |
| 16.5 : Jofra Archer to MS Dhoni, Slower bouncer outside off, Dhoni thinks it is too high and leaves it but the umpire does not feel so. |
| 16.6 : Jofra Archer to MS Dhoni, Single to end the over. Chennai are 100/4 at the end of 17 overs. Just 4 off this Archer over. On the pads, Dhoni tucks it to the on side and keeps the strike. |
| 17.1 : Kartik Tyagi to MS Dhoni, Full toss on off, Dhoni cannot time it and hits it to long on on a bounce for one. It has been a struggle out in the middle for Dhoni so far. Can MS turn it around and roll back the clock? |
| 0.0 : Change in bowing. Kartik Tyagi to bowl out. |
| 17.2 : Kartik Tyagi to Ravindra Jadeja, Appeal but nothing from the umpire. The pitching seemed to be an issue and a replay later on shows it was pitching outside leg. On the pads, Jadeja looks to whip it through on the on side but misses. The ball hits his pads and goes to the off side. They take a leg bye. |
| 17.3 : Kartik Tyagi to MS Dhoni, FOUR! School boy stuff from Archer. Harsh on Tyagi. Brings up the 50-run stand betweem Jadeja and Dhoni. Full outside off, Dhoni hits it hard to the left of long off. Archer gets to the ball but lets it nutmeg himself and the ball goes to the fence. |
| Has Dhoni made his ground? This looks touch and go. Let's see what the replays have to say. |
| 17.4 : Kartik Tyagi to MS Dhoni, OUT! RUN OUT! Archer makes amends of his mistake and also very well done by Samson. Not Dhoni's evening. He struggled throughout and could not change gears. Again good bowling by Tyagi, full and away from Dhoni. He hits it to the left of Archer at long off. He fumbles again but this time makes up for it quickly. Dhoni decides to take the arms of Archer. Bad call. He sends his throw a bit wide at the keeper's end. Samson though does extremely well to collect the |
| Who will walk out to bat now? It is Kedar Jadhav. |
| 17.5 : Kartik Tyagi to Kedar Jadhav, Bouncer! Jadhav sways away from it. |
| 17.6 : Kartik Tyagi to Kedar Jadhav, Excellent over from Tyagi. Finishes with a dot and just 7 off this one. He bowls another short one, this time Jadhav swings but misses. |
| 18.1 : Jofra Archer to Ravindra Jadeja, Very full on off, almost a yorker. Jadeja cannot do much but just jam it to mid off for one. |
| 18.2 : Jofra Archer to Kedar Jadhav, Beauty from Archer! He hits the deck hard on off, Jadhav looks to flick but the ball shapes away from Kedar who looks to flick but misses. |
| 18.3 : Jofra Archer to Kedar Jadhav, On off, Jadhav pushes it to the off side and gets his first run after 4 balls. |
| 18.4 : Jofra Archer to Ravindra Jadeja, FOUR! Good hit and a much-needed one as well. Full on off, Jadeja hits it over mid off and gets a boundary. |
| 18.5 : Jofra Archer to Ravindra Jadeja, FOUR! Valuable runs these for Chennai! On the body of Jadeja, he tickles it fine down the leg side for a boundary. 10 off the over so far. |
| 18.6 : Jofra Archer to Ravindra Jadeja, 11 off Archer's final over. The last ball is again bowled around the body, Jadeja drops it to the leg side and keeps the strike. |
| 19.1 : Ben Stokes to Ravindra Jadeja, Just a single off the first ball! Good length ball on off, Jadeja comes down the track and slaps it to cover for one. |
| 18.6 : Who will bowl the final over for Rajasthan? Will it be Rajpoot or Stokes. It is the experienced Ben Stokes who is handed the responsiblity to bowl the final over. |
| 19.2 : Ben Stokes to Kedar Jadhav, DROPPED! Archer is having a horror day at long off. Good length ball on off, Jadhav looks to clear long off but mistimes it and it goes high in the air to the right of long off. Archer runs to that side, gets both his hands to it but fails to bask it in. Two taken. |
| 19.3 : Ben Stokes to Kedar Jadhav, Yorker length on middle, Kedar flicks it to the leg side for one. |
| 19.4 : Ben Stokes to Ravindra Jadeja, Full outside off, Jadeja stretches and hits it to the right of long on. Archer gets to the ball quickly and sends a bullet throw at the keeper's end. Jadeja wanted two but Jadhav sliipped at the keeper's end. So just one. |
| 19.5 : Ben Stokes to Kedar Jadhav, Swing and a miss but they take a bye! Slower ball outside off, Kedar swings but connects with nothing. Samson fails to take it cleanly behind the stumps which allows them to take the run. |
| 19.6 : Ben Stokes to Ravindra Jadeja, Just a single to end the innings. Just 7 off the final over. The last ball is a back of a length ball on the body, Jadeja tucks it to the leg side and takes just one. CHENNAI FINISH WITH 125/5! |
| Rajasthan will be the happier side heading into the break because their bowling has done really well to restrict this Chennai side to just 125 runs on the board. Rajasthan will believe that they have the batting firepower required for them to chase this down. Chennai, on the other hand, will be very disappointed to end their batting with a low score. |
| The batting of Chennai never took off. It was their relaible batter Faf du Plessis who went back right at the start of the Powerplay. Shane Watson followed him back quickly after. Sam Curran and Ambati Rayudu were out in the middle but they were struggling to get going. These two were back in the hut towards the end of the 10th over. It was then the skipper, MS Dhoni and Jadeja who stitched a good partnership but they batted real slow and did not step on the gas. Jadeja scored some valuable runs |
| One of Rajasthan's stars with the ball tonight, Shreyas Gopal is caught for a chat. Gopal says that there was a little bit of spin and it was holding a bit and they had to bowl slow to make it harder for them. Tells it is always fun to bowl with another leggie and says its fun to bowl with Tewatia and they keep learning from each other. Hopes they can get he target, feels that keeping wickets in hand will be vital. |
| Right then! Chennai have ended their innings with 125 on the scoreboard. This should be a piece of cake for the batting firepower that Rajasthan possess and it will be really surprising if they fail to chase this down. Chennai, on the other hand, will have to bowl just as good as Rajasthan did if they are to defend this total. An exciting chase awaits. Join us for the chase in a bit. |
| 0.0 : DRINKS! Rajasthan are well and truly on top so far. Chennai are trying to rebuild as they have lost wickets regularly. The pair of Dhoni and Jadeja have set their eyes in and the latter has also started to free his arms. They will look to get close to 140. Can Chennai do it? |
| 19.6 : With the ball, Rajasthan were phenomenal. All the bowlers, with the exception of Stokes, were good with the ball. Their spinners, Gopal and Tewatia were economical and also scalped a wicket each. Archer, too started off well with the ball and he started applying pressure right from the get go and that set the tempo for the bowling that followed. It was impressive outing with the ball for Rajasthan. |
| 0.1 : Deepak Chahar to Ben Stokes, Chahar's right on the money! Good length ball pitching on middle and swinging in to the southpaw. Stokes tucks it to the on side. |
| 0.2 : Deepak Chahar to Ben Stokes, FOUR! Authoritative from Stokes! After a very good first ball, Chahar bowls a length ball wide outside off, Stokes says thank you very much and smashes it through covers for a boundary. |
| 0.3 : Deepak Chahar to Ben Stokes, Play and a miss! Outside off and a bit fuller. Stokes comes down the track and looks to hit but misses as the ball shapes away from him. |
| 0.4 : Deepak Chahar to Ben Stokes, FIVE OVERTHROWS! Ohh this is nightmare start for Chennai defending 125! Good length ball on off, Stokes plays it to point and takes a quick single. Rayudu sends a throw at the bowler's end which is not needed at all. It misses the stumps and there is no back up. The ball goes to the fence. |
| 0.5 : Deepak Chahar to Robin Uthappa, Length ball on off, Uthappa blocks it. |
| 0.6 : Deepak Chahar to Robin Uthappa, NOT OUT! Umpire's call! No blame on Chahar as the review is retained. Good length ball pitching on middle and is shaping away. Uthappa looks to flick but misses. The ball hits his pad and the Chennai players appeal. The umpire though turns it down. Chahar convinces Dhoni to refer it. Replay rolls in and Ball Tracker shows that the ball is clipping the top of off but not enough to reverse the on-field call. |
| 1.1 : Josh Hazlewood to Robin Uthappa, FOUR LEG BYES! Hazlewood starts with a good length ball on top of middle, Uthappa shuffles inside his stumps and looks to flick but the ball kisses his thigh pad and goes fine down the leg side to the fine leg fence. |
| 1.2 : Josh Hazlewood to Robin Uthappa, Length ball on off, Uthappa plays it to backward point for one. |
| 0.5 : Chennai have taken a review for LBW against Uthappa. Chahar was dead sure he had his man. Dhoni, though was hesitant. After a few words, Dhoni signals the 'T'. |
| 1.3 : Josh Hazlewood to Ben Stokes, Swing and a miss. Length ball outside off, Stokes swings but the ball bounces a bit more and misses the outside edge of Stokes' willow. |
| 1.4 : Josh Hazlewood to Ben Stokes,Good length delivery on off, shaping away from Stokes. He guides it to backward point. |
| 1.5 : Josh Hazlewood to Ben Stokes, EDGED AND FOUR! Short ball, a well-directed one. Stokes looks to pull but the ball goes off the top edge fine of fine leg and away from Dhoni to the fine leg fence. |
| 1.6 : Josh Hazlewood to Ben Stokes, Stokes is going for every ball! Full outside off, Stokes looks to smack it outside off but gets a thick outside edge towards third man. Just a single. |
| 2.1 : Deepak Chahar to Ben Stokes, On a good length outside off, Stokes lofts this one over the cover region and it lands safely. The batters cross ends for a single run. |
| 2.2 : Deepak Chahar to Robin Uthappa, Back of a length ball on off, Uthappa works this one to the mid on region. |
| 2.3 : Deepak Chahar to Robin Uthappa, On a good length outside off, Robin is solid in his defense. |
| 2.4 : Deepak Chahar to Robin Uthappa, Short of a good length ball outside off, Uthappa slashes this one through towards the short third man region for a single. |
| 2.5 : Deepak Chahar to Ben Stokes, FOUR! Cracking shot! He has played this one right from the middle of his blade! On a good length around off, Stokes creams this drive through the cover region to fetch a boundary. |
| 2.6 : Deepak Chahar to Ben Stokes, OUT! TIMBER! What a comeback delivery and outcome this is for Chahar! Chennai needed a breakthrough right at the start and they have got just that. The very dangerous Englishman Stokes is walking balk to the hut. You could hear a squeal from Stokes as he seemed very disappointed with this outcome. Chahar dishes a back of a length ball around off, Stokes looks to work this one to the off side, it comes off the inside edge and goes onto disturb the stumps behin |
| 3.1 : Josh Hazlewood to Robin Uthappa, Fuller on off and middle, Uthappa chips it over mid on and gets a couple. |
| 0.0 : Who will walk out at number 3? Sanju Samson is the man at number 3! |
| 3.2 : Josh Hazlewood to Robin Uthappa, OUT! CAUGHT! Chennai striking back with wickets here. A very audacious shot from Uthappa. It was not needed at all at this stage. That is the thing with such strokes, when they come off, you look cool but when they don't, you look very bad. Good length ball around off, Uthappa looks to scoop it over the keeper by shuffling inside the stumps. The ball bounces a bit more than he anticipated as Hazlewood is a tall man. It hits the top part of the |
| 3.3 : Josh Hazlewood to Steven Smith, Fullish on middle, it pitches and shapes away a tad. Smith looks to defend but does so off the outer half of his bat. |
| 3.4 : Josh Hazlewood to Steven Smith, Again on the money, it is full on the stumps. Smith defends it. |
| 3.5 : Josh Hazlewood to Steven Smith, Good length delivery on off, Smith keeps it out. |
| 3.2 : Who will walk out at number 4? It is the skipper, Steven Smith. |
| 3.6 : Josh Hazlewood to Steven Smith, On off, Smith defends it. Excellent over from Hazlewood. Just 2 runs and a wicket. |
| 4.1 : Deepak Chahar to Sanju Samson, Beauty from DC! Good length ball pitching on off and it swings away from Samson. He is forced to have a feel of it but gets beaten. |
| 4.2 : Deepak Chahar to Sanju Samson, Good length ball on off, Samson threatens to come down the track but stays back in and defends it. |
| 4.3 : Deepak Chahar to Sanju Samson, OUT! CAUGHT! WHAT A CATCH! MS Dhoni, you beauty! Brilliant from the young MS Dhoni! On the pads and shaping away. Samson looks to flick but tickles it to the left of Dhoni. He dives and takes a stunning one-handed catch. This game has turned on its head. Looks like it was ages ago, when Stokes was smashing it. Duck for Sanju and his tournament that started so well is turning out to be a disastrous one. 98 needed in 93 balls. |
| Jos Buttler is the new man in. |
| 4.4 : Deepak Chahar to Jos Buttler, Good length ball on off, Buttler starts his innings with a defensive stroke. |
| 4.5 : Deepak Chahar to Jos Buttler, Fuller on off and middle, Buttler pushes it to mid on. |
| 4.6 : Deepak Chahar to Jos Buttler, Superb over from Chahar! It is a wicket maiden! The last ball is on a length on off, Buttler defends it to cover. |
| 5.1 : Josh Hazlewood to Steven Smith, NOT OUT! Dhoni asked if there was an edge, he was told there was not but turns out there was. Smith has been saved by just a feather. Full ball pitching on off and it comes back in. Smith looks to flick but shuffling across in his usual way. He misses and gets hit on the pad. There is a huge appeal but the umpire turns it down. After a brief thought, Dhoni takes it upstairs. Replay rolls in and Ultra Edge shows there is a spike. Even Smith is surprised by tha |
| 5.2 : Josh Hazlewood to Steven Smith, Good length ball on off, Smith taps it to backward point and gets to the other end. |
| 0.0 : Appeal for an LBW against Smith. The umpire does not agree and Dhoni asks his bowler is there an edge? The bowler says no and after some thought, MS has decided to take it upstairs. |
| 5.3 : Josh Hazlewood to Jos Buttler, On off, Buttler defends it. |
| 5.4 : Josh Hazlewood to Jos Buttler, Good length ball on off, Buttler drives it through covers and gets two to get off the mark. |
| 5.5 : Josh Hazlewood to Jos Buttler, Length delivery on off, JB pushes it to cover. |
| 5.6 : Josh Hazlewood to Jos Buttler, Excellent over from Hazlewood. Just 3 off the over. The last ball is a length ball around off, Buttler pushes it cover again. |
| 6.1 : Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, Floated around off, pushed to the off side for a single. |
| 6.2 : Ravindra Jadeja to Jos Buttler, FOUR! The reverse sweep is out by Buttler and the execution is great on this one! Floated around off, Buttler reverse sweeps this one towards the deep point region and it crosses the fence for a boundary. |
| 6.3 : Ravindra Jadeja to Jos Buttler, Floated around off, Buttler paddles this to the leg side and the batters collect a couple before the fielder can clean up. |
| 6.4 : Ravindra Jadeja to Jos Buttler, Flatter on middle, Buttler tucks this to the square leag are for a single. |
| 6.5 : Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, Loopy around off, Smith drives this to the cover region. |
| 6.6 : Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, Short ball outside off, Smith punches this one to the deep cover region for a single. Rajasthan need 86 runs in 78 balls. |
| 7.1 : Deepak Chahar to Steven Smith, On a good length around middle, Smith works this to the mid on region. |
| 7.2 : Deepak Chahar to Steven Smith, Back of a length ball around off, Smith looks to tuck this to the leg side but the outside edge sends the ball to the cover region. |
| 7.3 : Deepak Chahar to Steven Smith, Short of a good length around off, Smith drives this one towards the cover region and the batters will collect two runs on this occasion. |
| 7.4 : Deepak Chahar to Steven Smith, A dot this time as Smith taps this one to the cover region. |
| 7.5 : Deepak Chahar to Steven Smith, Another dot follows as Smith works this to the man at cover-point. |
| 7.6 : Deepak Chahar to Steven Smith, A single to end the over though as Smith works this one to the deep cover region to retain the strike for the next over. Chahar is done with his spell and he has been good with the ball. Only 18 runs and 2 wickets off his four overs. |
| 8.1 : Josh Hazlewood to Steven Smith, On a good length around middle, Smith works this to the fielder at mid-wicket. |
| 0.0 : Hazlewood is back. So just one over for Jadeja before both the frontline seamers were brought back from different ends for their 3rd over. |
| 8.2 : Josh Hazlewood to Steven Smith, Back of a length ball around off, Smith pushes this one to the mid off region and scampers through for the single. A throw is made by the fielder at the non-striker's end but misses. |
| 0.0 : Bowling change. First one of the innings and it sees the introduction of spin. Ravindra Jadeja is into the attack. |
| 8.3 : Josh Hazlewood to Jos Buttler, On a short length around off, Buttler pulls this one hard towards the deep square leg region and the batters will come back for the second run. |
| 8.4 : Josh Hazlewood to Jos Buttler, FOUR! Beautiful! Good shot by Buttler and some pressure is released for Rajasthan! On a good length around off, Buttler lofts this one towards the long on region and it crosses the ropes on a bounce. |
| 8.5 : Josh Hazlewood to Jos Buttler, Short of a good length ball on off, Buttler taps this to the fielder stationed at covers. |
| 8.6 : Josh Hazlewood to Jos Buttler, Good length delivery around off, Buttler pushes this to the cover region for a single. Rajasthan still require 75 runs in 66 balls. |
| DRINKS! Wow, what a game we have on our hands! 82 needed in 70 balls, this equation in today's world would seem a walk in the park for the batting side but this pitch has been a tough one to bat on. The game is right in the balance. The pair of Buttler and Smith hold the key for Rajasthan. Chennai need to keep picking up wickets. Which way this match will go? |
| Shardul Thakur into the attack for the first time tonight. |
| 9.1 : Shardul Thakur to Jos Buttler, PLAY AND A MISS! Thakur starts off well! On a good length outside off, Buttler looked to have a go at that but misses it completely. |
| 9.2 : Shardul Thakur to Jos Buttler, WIDE! Bowls this on a fullish length down the leg side, Buttler looks to flick but misses. Wided. |
| Shardul Thakur to Jos Buttler, Short of a good length delivery outside off, Buttler works this to the deep cover region for a couple. |
| 9.3 : Shardul Thakur to Jos Buttler, FOUR! That did not look like it would travel to the ropes but it does in the end! This is bowled on a good length on middle, Buttler flicks this one through the mid-wicket region past the diving fielder and it will cross the ropes in the deep. Another fielder in the deep tries to stop this one but fails. |
| 9.4 : Shardul Thakur to Jos Buttler, On a good length outside the off pole, Buttler looked to play this but it goes off his outside edge towards the third man region and the batters exchange ends. |
| 9.5 : Shardul Thakur to Steven Smith, On off, Smith taps this to the off side. |
| 9.6 : Shardul Thakur to Steven Smith, Full length ball on middle, Smith works this one to the man at mid on as signals no for the run. 67 needed in the last 10 overs. |
| 10.1 : Sam Curran to Jos Buttler, Back of a length ball around middle and leg, Buttler tucks this one to the deep square leg region for a couple. |
| 0.0 : Bowling change. Chennai's best player of the season, Sam Curran is into the attack for the first time this evening. 5th bowler used by Dhoni so far. |
| 10.2 : Sam Curran to Jos Buttler, Good length on off, Buttler eases this to the man at covers and denies the single on this occasion. |
| 10.3 : Sam Curran to Jos Buttler, Short of a good length ball on off, Buttler opens up the face of his blade and nudges this one to the third man region. The batters run well to come back for the second run as a throw is made at the keeper's end. |
| 10.4 : Sam Curran to Jos Buttler, On off, Buttler punches this towards the off side for a single. |
| 10.5 : Sam Curran to Steven Smith, On a good length around off, Smith looks to flick this but it takes the outside edge and goes towards the third man region. One run. |
| 10.6 : Sam Curran to Jos Buttler, LEG BYE! Back of a length ball around off and middle, Buttler looks for the flick but misses. It hits him on the pads and goes towards point. The batters collect a leg bye. There is a mild appeal by Curran but this seemed to be too high. |
| 11.1 : Shardul Thakur to Jos Buttler, PLAY AND A MISS! On a good length around off, Buttler looks to work this on the off side but he misses and it goes into the mitts of Dhoni. Thakur looked excited and appealed loudly as he thought that the batter had nicked this one. The umpire does not move. No reviews left for Chennai as well. A dot in the end. |
| 11.2 : Shardul Thakur to Jos Buttler, Buttler punches this towards the deep cover region to collect a couple of runs. |
| 11.3 : Shardul Thakur to Jos Buttler, FOUR! Buttler is looking good so far! Short length ball outside off, Buttler rocks on his back foot and slashes this through the point region for a boundary. |
| 11.4 : Shardul Thakur to Jos Buttler, SIX! What a shot by Buttler! Not a lot of sixes in this game but Buttler does not care! Very nicely done! On a good length around off, Buttler lofts this one nonchalantly over the long off region for a biggie. |
| 11.5 : Shardul Thakur to Jos Buttler, On a full length on middle, Buttler tucks this away to the mid-wicket region. A dot. |
| 11.6 : Shardul Thakur to Jos Buttler, On a good length on off, Buttler works this through the cover region and Jadhav does well there to dive and stop this one. A single in the end. A good over for Rajasthan as they collect 13 runs off this one. |
| 12.1 : Piyush Chawla to Jos Buttler, Flatter around off, Buttler punches this to the mid off region. Rayudu does well to stop this one. |
| 0.0 : Chawla time. Piyush Chawla is into the attack now. |
| 12.3 : Piyush Chawla to Jos Buttler, SWING AND A MISS! Flatter ball around off, Buttler looks to have a swing at this but misses it completely. |
| 12.2 : Piyush Chawla to Jos Buttler, Buttler tucks this one to the mid-wicket region for a couple of runs. Running has been good between these two batters. |
| 12.4 : Piyush Chawla to Jos Buttler, On off, Buttler plays this one to the deep cover region for a single run. |
| 12.5 : Piyush Chawla to Steven Smith, Loopy around off, Smith looks to get under this but does not and the ball rolls to the leg side off Dhoni's pads. A dot. |
| 12.6 : Piyush Chawla to Steven Smith, Short ball on middle, Smith nudges this one to the mid-wicket region for a single. 43 required in 42 balls. |
| 13.1 : Shardul Thakur to Steven Smith, Short of a good length ball on off, it is worked to the third man region for a single. |
| 13.2 : Shardul Thakur to Jos Buttler, On middle, Buttler fends this back towards the bowler. |
| 13.3 : Shardul Thakur to Jos Buttler, A couple this time! Back of a length delivery around off, Buttler nudges this to the square leg region and two runs are collected. |
| 13.4 : Shardul Thakur to Jos Buttler, On off, Buttler eases this one to the long off region for a single. |
| 13.5 : Shardul Thakur to Steven Smith, FOUR! Cheeky! On this occasion, it is Smith and not Buttler who plays a cheeky shot! On a good length around middle, Smith goes low and paddle scoops this over the short fine leg region into the fence. |
| 13.6 : Shardul Thakur to Steven Smith, Outside off, Smith punches this one to the deep cover region for a single. He will retain the strike for the next over. |
| 14.1 : Piyush Chawla to Steven Smith, Smith again being cheeky! Floated around middle, Smith looks for the paddle scoop and it goes behind Dhoni towards the short fine leg region and the batters collect a couple. |
| 14.2 : Piyush Chawla to Steven Smith, Short ball outside off, Smith works this to the off side for a single. |
| 14.3 : Piyush Chawla to Jos Buttler, FOUR! FIFTY FOR BUTTLER! What an innings this has been and by the looks of things, it could well be the match winning innings. Loopy around off, Buttler hammers this down the ground and it crosses the fence at long off for a four. |
| 14.4 : Piyush Chawla to Jos Buttler, FOUR! Buttler is continuing his attacking approach! Short ball outside off, Buttler powers this one through point and it will run away to the fence for a boundary. |
| 14.5 : Piyush Chawla to Jos Buttler, FOUR! Oh, Sam Curran! It should have been stopped but it goes through! Loopy on middle, Buttler lofts this wide of the long on fielder and Curran runs in to stop this one but he misjudges this and it goes by the ropes. |
| 14.6 : Piyush Chawla to Jos Buttler, Outside off, Buttler works this to the cover region for a single. Just 18 runs required now. |
| 15.1 : Shardul Thakur to Jos Buttler, Good length ball on off, Buttler turns it to mid-wicket. |
| 15.2 : Shardul Thakur to Jos Buttler, On off, Buttler keeps it out. |
| 15.3 : Shardul Thakur to Jos Buttler, Length ball on off, Buttler strokes it to the left of mid on and gets to the other end. |
| 15.4 : Shardul Thakur to Steven Smith, Agricultural from Smith! Back of a length ball around off, Smith pulls it to long on for one. |
| 15.5 : Shardul Thakur to Jos Buttler, Length ball on middle, Buttler turns it to square leg for another easy run. |
| 15.6 : Shardul Thakur to Steven Smith, Trademark Smith square drive. Good length ball outside off, Smith waits for it and drives it behind point in his typical style and keeps the strike. 14 needed in 24. |
| 16.1 : Piyush Chawla to Steven Smith, FOUR! Smith now is in a hurry to finish it! Floated on off, Smith sweeps it over and in the gap at cow corner for a boundary. |
| 16.2 : Piyush Chawla to Steven Smith, Flighted on off, Smith lunges on his front foot and blocks it. |
| 16.3 : Piyush Chawla to Steven Smith, Tossed up around off, Smith pushes it towards cover and takes a quick run this time. |
| 16.4 : Piyush Chawla to Jos Buttler, SIX! Jadeja tries his best but cannot maintain his balance and takes the catch and goes over the ropes. Floated on middle, Buttler comes down the track and goes over long on. Jadeja there jumps and takes it one-handed catch but cannot release the ball and falls over the ropes. |
| 16.5 : Piyush Chawla to Jos Buttler, Flatter around off, Buttler hits it to mid-wicket off the inner half of his bat for one. |
| 0.0 : DRINKS! This total had to be chased down by Rajasthan as the total was a tame one and it does look like they will chase it down with some ease in the end. They just require 14 runs in the last 4 overs and with Buttler and Smith out in the middle, it looks like this will be chased down without any hitches. Chennai, can apply some pressure by scalping a wicket but it looks like this game is done and dusted. |
| 16.6 : Piyush Chawla to Steven Smith, Flighted on off, Smith keeps it out. |
| 17.1 : Ravindra Jadeja to Jos Buttler, Shorter on off, Buttler punches it but finds cover. |
| 17.2 : Ravindra Jadeja to Jos Buttler, On the pads, Buttler turns it towards square leg and takes a run to level the score. |
| 17.3 : Ravindra Jadeja to Steven Smith, That is it! Rajasthan have humbled Chennai! Shorter on off, Smith strokes it to long on and finishes the game with ease. RAJASTHAN WIN BY 7 WICKETS! |
| This total had to be chased down by Rajasthan as this was a low score and they have made sure that they do chase it down. It was a bit tough in the start as they lost three quick wickets, but the Aussie-Englishman combo of Steven Smith and Jos Buttler, with a partnership of 98 runs have made sure that the total was chased down in the end with some ease. Steven Smith will be a happy captain tonight. |
| Rajasthan's speed merchant, Jofra Archer is caught for a chat. Archer says that it is good to bowl with some grass on it. Archer says it has been difficult in the bubble as there is not much motivation to go to the gym but they have to go for it as many have not played a game for a long time. Tells that he works on his core and works a little bit on weights in the gym. Smiles and says that he sledged Curran asking if he nicked one. |
| Earlier in the day, Chennai started off with the bat. Their batting never quite took off as they kept losing quick wickets right from the start of the game. Chennai were down by 4 wickets towards the 10th over. It was then their skipper, Dhoni and Jadeja who did well to steady the ship but their pace was really slow and they were not able to capitalize. Jadeja added some important runs in the end but the total was very low in the end and they were probably 25-30 runs short. The bowling by Rajast |
| Chennai skipper, Dhoni says that there was something for the pace bowlers. Tells he brought Jadeja to see ho much it was stopping but it did not. Feels that it was easier to bat in the second innings as the spinners were not getting the turn. Tells results is always a byproduct of the process. Adds that they are trying to address the issue. On changing the batting order, Dhoni says they have tried a few things and tells one does not want to do too much of chopping and changing as he feels it can |
| The bowling by Chennai was not the best on the night but with a tame total of 125 on the board, you can't really point your fingers at the bowling. They started off well though, as Chahar scalped 2 wickets and Hazlewood picked a wicket in the Powerplay. But the bowling fizzed out in the middle overs and then the batting duo of Smith and Buttler took over. They could have tried to be more aggressive in the middle overs and they could have tried to get rid of one of the batters out there. Dhoni |
| For his brilliant batting display, Jos Buttler has been named the Man of the Match. Buttler says that they let a couple of games slip and is happy to get this one over the line. Tells he tries to come out with a bit of intensity and he was determined to come in and he managed to get a couple away which made him comfortable. Says you do not face a lot of balls in T20 cricket but one can take their time and settle in. On batting at no. 5, Buttler says he is happy to bat wherever the team wants him |
| Rajasthan skipper, Steven Smith, says that it was certainly a different game than the last time they met as Sharjah was a different ground. Adds that it was sticking on the pitch today. Credits his spinners for bowling well, adds that they bowled well in the Powerplay. Tells that Gopal has been good for them for the past 2 years and Tewatia has been good as well. Tells Buttler took the pressure of him and played a great innings. Admits he was not aware he edged it but tells Buttler told him and |
| Right then! We have had a pretty one-sided game between Chennai and Rajasthan. It was never Chennai's game to win after they posted a weak total of 125. They started off the bowling well but then strayed away and Rajasthan won the game in the end with some ease. The action continues on Tuesday, the 20th of October, 2020 as Punjab lock horns with Delhi in Dubai. The game will begin at 1800 local (1400 GMT). Do join us for all the action. Until then, stay safe! |
| Rajasthan started off in the worst way possible as they lost Stokes very early on. He was looking good but he lost his wicket early once again. Uthappa and Samson, both followed him back pretty quickly and Rajasthan were three wickets down in the Powerplay. It was then, the batting duo of Buttler and Smith who stitched a good partnership of 98 runs and made sure that the game was wrapped up by them. |
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