| 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. |
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