| 1.2 : 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. |
| 2.6 : 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. |
| 3.2 : 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. |
| 3.4 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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. |
| 4.4 : 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. |
| 4.6 : 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. |
| 8.2 : 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 |
| 8.3 : 8.3: Shreyas Gopal to Ambati Rayudu, OUT! There is an LBW appeal made and up goes the umpire’s finger. |
| 9.6 : 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. |
| 13.2 : 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. |
| 13.5 : 13.5: 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 : 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. |
| 17.3 : 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. |
| 17.4 : 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 |
| 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 : 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. |
| 0.2 : 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. |
| 1.5 : 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. |
| 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 : 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 |
| 3.2 : 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 |
| 4.3 : 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. |
| 6.2 : 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. |
| 8.4 : 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. |
| 9.3 : 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. |
| 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 : 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. |
| 13.5 : 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. |
| 14.3 : 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 : 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 : 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. |
| 16.1 : 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. |
| 16.4 : 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. |
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