| 0.0 : Welcome to match 41 of this edition's Indian T20 League, where Chennai host Hyderabad. Both sides come into this one in contrasting run. The hosts are on a 2 game losing rrun whereas, the visitors are on a 2 game winning run. Chennai are back home after 4 away games on the trot and will look to continue their domination at home and win their 5th game here. Hyderabad meanwhile travel for the first time after 3 home games. They will miss the services of their skipper, Kane Williamson who has flown |
| Pitch Report - Darren Ganga is the pitch expert for tonight. He says that the spinners will be important here as there is more spin on offer here than any other pitch. Informs us that there is no grass on the wicket but there will be moisture. Mentions that the last game played at this venue, Chennai scored 175 on this pitch and he believes it will be down to the execution of the batsmen. |
| TOSS - Chennai win the toss and elect to field first. |
| MS Dhoni says they will bowl first. States that it's good to be back here and is looking forward to playing at this venue. Mentions that when you're not travelling so much, it helps and the scheduling of their matches in this tournament has helped his side a lot. On changes, Dhoni informs that Harbhajan Singh comes in for Shardul Thakur. Continues to say that Bhajji's experience will help them a lot. Reckons that the shot selection needs to be better, and chasing tonight will give his batsmen th |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar says they would have bowled first as well as he's unsure how the wicket will play. Informs that the team will miss Kane Williamson but hopes that David Warner and Jonny Bairstow can continue their good form. Tells everyone that there is no worry regarding the form of the middle order batting. Mentions that Kane Williamson and Shahbaz Nadeem are out of this one and Shakib Al Hasan and Manish Pandey come into the team. Ends by saying that the middle order is the place where they |
| Chennai XI - Shane Watson, Faf du Plessis, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, Kedar Jadhav, MS Dhoni (WK/C), Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja, Deepak Chahar, Harbhajan Singh (IN), Imran Tahir |
| Hyderabad XI - David Warner, Jonny Bairstow (WK), Manish Pandey (IN), Vijay Shankar, Shakib Al Hasan (IN), Yusuf Pathan, Deepak Hooda, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar (C), Sandeep Sharma, Khaleel Ahmed |
| We are all set to begin. The umpires are out in the middle. MS Dhoni and his men are out in the field too and taking their fielding positions. The explosive pair of Jonny Bairstow and David Warner are the openers for Hyderabad. Deepak Chahar to start the proceedings with the new ball for Chennai. |
| 0.1 : D Chahar to D Warner, Swing straightaway for Chahar. Good length ball on middle. The ball angles in after pitching. Warner defends it late off his front foot. |
| 0.2 : D Chahar to D Warner, WIDE! Chahar misses his line and bowls it wide outside off. It is outside the tramline. Wide signalled. |
| D Chahar to D Warner, Almost a calamitous start for Hyderabad. Good length ball on middle, it comes in after pitching. Warner defends it to the on side and looks for a single. He comes out of his crease but Bairstow is not interested. Deepak Chahar gets to the ball and has a shy at the batsman's end but misses. Replays show Warner would have been in had he hit. |
| 0.3 : D Chahar to D Warner, Warner is off the mark. Good length ball on the pads, Warner flicks it wide of fine leg and gets a couple. |
| 0.4 : D Chahar to D Warner, Slightly fuller outside off, Warner looks to cut it but it goes to the keeper on the bounce off the bottom edge. |
| 0.5 : D Chahar to D Warner, Full on the pads, Warner defends it off his front foot. |
| 0.6 : D Chahar to D Warner, Fuller on middle and leg, Warner strokes it towards mid on and keeps the strike with a single. Tight start from Chahar. 4 off the first over. |
| Harbhajan Singh to bowl from the other end. |
| 1.1 : H Singh to D Warner, Harbhajan starts with a shorter delivery on the leg, Warner gets on his back foot and hits it towards cover and takes a single. |
| 1.2 : H Singh to J Bairstow, Good turn on this. Flighted on middle. It is an off spinner, Bairstow shoulders arms to it and it flicks his thigh pad on its way to Dhoni. |
| 1.3 : H Singh to J Bairstow, OUT! Just the start Chennai wanted. Harbhajan strikes in his very first over and the crowd here in Chennai is going bonkers. Quicker and straighter outside off, Bairstow looks to cut but gets an outside edge to the keeper. Dhoni takes the catch and goes up in celebration. Bairstow does not wait and starts walking. Huge, huge blow for Hyderabad and the dangerous Bairstow walks out without troubling the scorers. |
| Manish Pandey is the new batsman in. |
| 1.4 : H Singh to M Pandey, FOUR! What a way to get off the mark. Manish does not wait long and takes the charge to Harbhajan in the very first over. Flighted on off, Manish lofts it straight over the bowler's head for a boundary. |
| 1.5 : H Singh to M Pandey, Shorter on off, Pandey hits it straight to the man at cover. |
| 1.6 : H Singh to M Pandey, Floated on the stumps, Manish blocks it to see off the over. Excellent start for Harbhajan. 5 runs and a wicket off his first over. |
| 2.1 : D Chahar to D Warner, Good fielding. Short and wide outside off, Warner cuts it hard square of the wicket on the off side. Raina at point dives quickly to his right and saves a sureshot boundary. |
| 2.2 : D Chahar to D Warner, Wide! Length delivery shaping down leg, Warner looks to flick but misses. Wide signalled by the umpire. |
| D Chahar to D Warner, Going away from the batsman, a length ball around off, it's kept out from inside the crease. |
| 2.3 : D Chahar to D Warner, Drives this fuller length ball firmly to mid off. Wants the single but then decides against it. |
| 2.4 : D Chahar to D Warner, FOUR! First boundary for Warner! Shorter on middle and off, Warner pulls it over mid-wicket. The track might be slow but the outfield is not and the ball beats the chasing fielder to the ropes. |
| 2.5 : D Chahar to D Warner, On the pads, Warner flicks it to the fielder at square leg. |
| 2.6 : D Chahar to D Warner, Full on off, Warner hits it to mid off and keeps the strike with a quick single. |
| 3.1 : H Singh to D Warner, SIX! Just over! Tossed up delivery on off from Harbhajan. Warner takes his front leg out of the way and smokes it over the bowler's head. The ball just about clears the rope. First six of the evening. |
| 3.2 : H Singh to D Warner, Shorter outside off, Warner slaps it wide of deep cover and gets a couple. |
| 3.3 : H Singh to D Warner, Shorter around off, Warner slaps it straight to point. |
| 3.4 : H Singh to D Warner, On the pads, David flicks it to the on side and gets a single. |
| 3.5 : H Singh to M Pandey, Flatter outside off, Pandey hits it straight to the man at point. |
| 3.6 : H Singh to M Pandey, SIX! Manish Pandey looks on fire tonight. He has played just 5 balls so far but is looking very dangerous. Tossed up on off, Pandey takes the aerial route and smokes it over long off for a maximum. |
| 4.1 : D Chahar to D Warner, FOUR! Nice shot from David Warner. Length delivery on middle, Warner punches it past the bowler through mid off for a boundary. |
| 4.2 : D Chahar to D Warner, Good length ball on middle. It comes in after pitching, Warner defends it with soft hands and takes a quick single as the ball goes towards the mid-wicket region. |
| 4.3 : D Chahar to M Pandey, FOUR! Unstoppable! Good length ball on off, Manish Pandey hits it like a venom straight towards the bowler. Deepak Chahar for a minute thinks to stop it but then ducks under it. Good decision from him as it was hit with some power. The ball goes to the fence for a boundary at long off. |
| 4.4 : D Chahar to M Pandey, Excellent fielding! Fuller on the pads, Pandey flicks it brilliantly through mid-wicket. Faf du Plessis gives it a chase and does extremely well and stops a run for his side with a dive. Three runs taken. |
| 4.5 : D Chahar to D Warner, Good length ball outside off, Warner does not get on its way and leaves it. |
| 4.6 : D Chahar to D Warner, Fuller on off, Warner strokes it to mid off and keeps the strike. |
| 5.1 : H Singh to D Warner, Floated delivery on middle, Warner nudges it towards square leg for a single. |
| 5.2 : H Singh to M Pandey, FOUR! Deft touch! It was tossed up on middle, Pandey flicks it towards fine leg for a boundary. |
| 5.3 : H Singh to M Pandey, Flighted delivery on middle, Pandey defends it off the front foot. |
| 5.4 : H Singh to M Pandey, Tossed up delivery on middle, Pandey flicks it through square leg. The batsmen pick up a couple. |
| 5.5 : H Singh to M Pandey, FOUR! The partnership now moves to 49 and Manish Pandey is looking extremely comfortable out in the middle. Shorter outside off, Pandey gets on his back foot and cuts it through point for a boundary. |
| 5.6 : H Singh to M Pandey, Floated on off, Pandey defends it off the back foot. Hyderabad are 54/1 after 6 overs. A good Powerplay for them. Both the batsmen are looking good after Jonny Bairstow's early departure. |
| Ravindra Jadeja is into the attack. |
| 6.1 : R Jadeja to D Warner, FOUR! What a way to welcome Jadeja into the bowling attack. Jadeja gives it air and bowls it full on off, Warner clears his front leg and lofts it in the gap between mid-wicket and long on for a boundary. And with that, 50 partnership comes up between these two. A much-needed one for Hyderabad. They lost Bairstow early but these two have been brilliant and stabilized the innings well. |
| 6.2 : R Jadeja to D Warner, Floated on off, Warner drives it wide of deep cover and gets a couple. |
| 6.3 : R Jadeja to D Warner, Tossed up on off, Warner blocks it off his front foot. |
| 6.4 : R Jadeja to D Warner, On the pads, Warner flicks it towards square leg and gets a single. |
| 6.5 : R Jadeja to M Pandey, Flighted on off, Pandey strokes it to deep cover and takes a single. |
| 6.6 : R Jadeja to D Warner, Shorter on the body, Warner pulls it wide of fine leg for a single. He keeps the strike. |
| Strategic Break! Bairstow's loss hasn't affected the visitors much, as Warner and Pandey have looked set and are playing their shots well. Chennai started well, with Harbhajan getting the first breakthrough, but haven't been able to capitalize since then. This next phase of play will be important for both sides. Also, Dwayne Bravo is into the attack. |
| 7.1 : D Bravo to D Warner, Bravo starts with a good length delivery outside off, Warner flat-bats it but straight to mid off. |
| 7.2 : D Bravo to D Warner, In the air but safe. Slower bouncer from Bravo. Warner is taken by surprise. He plays a half-hearted pull shot. Luckily for him it falls wide of Bravo. Warner looks for a quick single. Bravo gets to the ball and cannot collect it cleanly allowing them to complete the single with ease. Bravo is furious with himself. He knows Warner would have been in all sorts of trouble had he collected the ball cleanly. |
| 7.3 : D Bravo to M Pandey, Length ball outside off, Pandey plays it towards point and rotates the strike. |
| 7.4 : D Bravo to D Warner, On the pads, Warner flicks it to towards fine leg and rotates the strike. |
| 7.5 : D Bravo to M Pandey, Back of a length ball outside off, Pandey cuts it to point and takes another single. |
| 7.6 : D Bravo to D Warner, Fuller on middle and leg, Warner hits it wide of long on and gets a couple. |
| 8.1 : R Jadeja to M Pandey, Full on off, Pandey drives it towards covers where Raina tries to collect the ball but misfields. It goes through him and Rayudu from deep cover does well to stop it. The batsmen take a single. |
| 8.2 : R Jadeja to D Warner, Floated on middle, Warner hits it over mid on. The batsmen get two runs. |
| 8.3 : R Jadeja to D Warner, Tossed up on off, David guides it towards third man for a single. |
| 8.4 : R Jadeja to M Pandey, Full on off, Pandey drives it towards covers for a single. |
| 8.5 : R Jadeja to D Warner, SIX! The power of David Warner. No ground is too big for him. Nails this to perfection. Tossed up around off, it turns in, the Aussie opener gets low and slog sweeps it into the mid-wicket stands for half a dozen. |
| 8.6 : R Jadeja to D Warner, Flighted delivery on off, Warner makes room and plays it towards covers for a single. 12 runs have come from the over. |
| Imran Tahir is into the attack. |
| 9.1 : I Tahir to D Warner, Short delivery on off, Warner pulls it through mid-wicket for a single. |
| 9.2 : I Tahir to M Pandey, Tossed up on off, Pandey looks to cut but gets a bottom edge on this one. |
| 9.3 : I Tahir to M Pandey, Very full on middle, Pandey hits it straight to Jadeja at cover. |
| 9.4 : I Tahir to M Pandey, SIX! Pandey is in fine touch this evening. Flighted delivery on middle and leg, the batsman gets on one knee and slog sweeps it over the mid-wicket fence for a maximum. |
| 9.5 : I Tahir to M Pandey, Floated on leg, Manish lofts it wide of deep mid-wicket and gets a couple. |
| 9.6 : I Tahir to M Pandey, Single to end the over. Another good one for Hyderabad. 10 runs off Tahir's first. Flighted on off, Pandey strokes it to deep cover and keeps the strike. |
| Dwayne Bravo is back into the attack. |
| 10.1 : D Bravo to M Pandey, FOUR! Perfect placement. Full on off, Pandey drives it stylishly through covers. The fielder in the deep runs to his right but cannot get close to the ball and the ball races away to the fence. |
| 10.2 : D Bravo to M Pandey, WIDE! The pressure gets to Bravo. He misses the line with the slower one and bowls it down the leg side. Pandey looks to flick but misses. Wide signalled. |
| D Bravo to M Pandey, Fuller on middle, Pandey strokes it to long on and gets a single. |
| 10.3 : D Bravo to D Warner, Slightly slower outside off, Warner swings his bat at it but misses. |
| 10.4 : D Bravo to D Warner, Good length ball on off, Warner plays it uppishly towards point and gets a single. |
| 10.5 : D Bravo to M Pandey, FOUR! Great way to get to his 13th fifty of the League. He has looked absolutely stunning tonight and he has justified his selection in the team. The fine leg was inside the circle, Bravo bowls it short on the body, Pandey manages to hit his pull wide of the fielder to get to his fifty. |
| 10.6 : D Bravo to M Pandey, Follows the boundary with a single. Smart batting. Good length ball on the pads, Pandey flicks it away to the on side and keeps the strike. |
| 11.1 : I Tahir to M Pandey, Tossed up delivery on middle, Pandey hits it over mid on for a single. |
| 11.2 : I Tahir to D Warner, Fifty for David Warner. What a season he is having. He has continued his form and not let his foot off the gas. His second consecutive fifty. On the pads, Warner flicks it to square leg to get to his 43rd fifty in the League. Also, the 100-run stand comes up for this pair. |
| 11.3 : I Tahir to M Pandey, Tossed up on middle, Pandey defends it off the back foot. |
| 11.4 : I Tahir to M Pandey, Flighted delivery on middle, Pandey punches it towards mid on for a run. |
| 11.5 : I Tahir to D Warner, Flighted delivery on middle, Warner flicks it towards mid-wicket for a run. |
| 11.6 : I Tahir to M Pandey, Tossed up outside off, Pandey drives it towards wide mid off for a run. |
| Ravindra Jadeja is back on. |
| 12.1 : R Jadeja to M Pandey, FOUR! First ball of his new spell and Manish Pandey straightaway gets on the charge. Tossed up on middle, Pandey comes down the track and hits it over the bowler's head. The ball just bounces before the rope. |
| 12.2 : R Jadeja to M Pandey, Shorter on off, Pandey punches it towards point and takes a single. |
| 12.3 : R Jadeja to D Warner, Floated on middle, Warner looks to drive it but gets an inside edge. The ball goes down the leg side and they take a single. |
| 12.4 : R Jadeja to M Pandey, Flatter on off, Pandey strokes it to cover and gets another single. |
| APPEAL FOR RUN OUT! It has been referred upstairs. Manish Pandey was the danger man and the throw from Faf was at the keeper's end. |
| 12.5 : R Jadeja to D Warner, Not Out1 Pandey survives. Shorter on the bidy, Warner is taken by surprise. He looks to pull but gets a top edge on it. They run the first one hard. The batsmen then look for a second. Faf du Plessis gets quickly onto the ball. Warner and Manish Pandey are half way down the track and Manish Pandey sends him back. The throw at the bowler's end is not the greatest one. Jadeja takes the bails off but Warner is in and then he throws the ball at the keeper's end. Dhoni the |
| 12.6 : R Jadeja to M Pandey, Play and a miss. Quicker outside off, Pandey looks to play it but misses. |
| Harbhajan Singh is back into the attack. |
| 13.1 : H Singh to D Warner, Floated on middle, Warner flicks it through mid-wicket. The batsmen get two runs. |
| 13.2 : H Singh to D Warner, Tossed up on off, Warner plays a reverse sweep over short third man. It falls in no man's land. The batsmen get two runs. |
| 13.3 : H Singh to D Warner, OUT! Warner is gone! Harbhajan comes back into the attack and gets rid of the dangerous Australian. This is huge. The crowd erupts. The bowler comes from around the wicket and provides a lot of flight to this. It lands on off and turns away with some extra bounce. Warner stays leg side, looks to go big downtown but misses and in the process, his back leg is dragged out. Seeing this, Dhoni, lightning as ever, whips the bails off in a flash. The 115-run stand comes to a |
| Vijay Shankar is the new batsman in. |
| 13.4 : H Singh to V Shankar, Direct hit and Pandey could have been a goner. Flighted on the stumps, Vijay Shankar flicks it towards fine leg and looks for two. Manish Pandey responds quickly and they go for it. The fielder has a shy at the bowler's end but misses. |
| 13.5 : H Singh to V Shankar, Shorter on off, Shankar punches it towards cover and gets to the other end. |
| 13.6 : H Singh to M Pandey, Flatter around off, Pandey guides it towards third man and keeps the strike. |
| Imran Tahir is back into the attack. |
| 14.1 : I Tahir to M Pandey, Floated on off, Pandey guides it towards third man for a quick single. |
| 14.2 : I Tahir to V Shankar, SIX! That was six the moment it left the bat. Flighted ball on middle and leg, Shankar takes the aerial route. There is a man at long on but Shankar hits it so well that the man cannot do much but just watch it sail over the fence for a maximum. |
| 14.3 : I Tahir to V Shankar, Flighted delivery on middle, Shankar defends it off the front foot. |
| 14.4 : I Tahir to V Shankar, Floated delivery on middle, Shankar tucks it to short mid-wicket. |
| 14.5 : I Tahir to V Shankar, Tossed up on off, Shankar drives it towards point for a run. |
| 14.6 : I Tahir to M Pandey, In the air..but in no man's land. Tossed up outside off, Manish Pandey stretches out and looks to hit it over the bowler's head. He top edges it and it falls way short at mid off. The man comes in from long off which allows them to get a couple. |
| Ravindra Jadeja is back into the attack. |
| 15.1 : R Jadeja to V Shankar, It was tossed up just outside off, Shankar looks to defend but gets beaten due to the away turn on this one. |
| 15.2 : R Jadeja to V Shankar, Floated on middle, Shankar flicks it through mid-wicket. The batsmen get two runs. |
| 15.3 : R Jadeja to V Shankar, Tossed up on off, Shankar keeps it out. |
| 15.4 : R Jadeja to V Shankar, Flighted delivery on middle, Shankar defends it off the back foot. |
| 15.5 : R Jadeja to V Shankar, Floated delivery on off, Vijay plays it towards the off side and takes a quick run. |
| 15.6 : R Jadeja to M Pandey, Tossed up on off, Pandey plays it towards covers for a run. |
| Strategic break. Chennai have got the wicket of David Warner but Manish Pandey is still out in the middle and is looking very good. He is joined by Vijay Shankar. Hyderabad will hope that Pandey can bat through the innings and take them to a score close to 190. Chennai, on the other hand, will look to get another couple of wickets and restrict them under 170. |
| 16.1 : I Tahir to M Pandey, Tossed up on middle, Pandey comes down the track and milks it wide of long off and gets a couple. |
| 16.2 : I Tahir to M Pandey, SIX! Short and punished. Imran Tahir bowls it way short and Pandey takes full toll of it and pulls it over mid-wicket for a maximum. |
| 16.3 : I Tahir to M Pandey, Tossed up on off, Pandey strokes it to cover and takes a single. |
| 16.4 : I Tahir to V Shankar, Floated on middle, Vijay nudges it to long on and rotates the strike. |
| 16.5 : I Tahir to M Pandey, On the pads, Manish flicks it to the on side and gets to the other end. |
| 16.6 : I Tahir to V Shankar, Slower through the air on leg, Shankar milks it wide of long on and gets a brace. |
| Dwayne Bravo is back into the attack. |
| 17.1 : D Bravo to M Pandey, Full on middle and leg, Pandey looks to go big but gets an inside edge onto the pads. It goes towards the off side for a run. |
| 17.2 : D Bravo to V Shankar, Quicker one on the pads, Vijay Shankar looks to flick but misses and the ball goes towards the square leg region off his pad. They steal a leg bye. |
| 17.3 : D Bravo to M Pandey, Yorker on off, Pandey does well to jam it out and get a single. |
| 17.4 : D Bravo to V Shankar, FOUR! Excellent shot! Full outside off, Shankar gets on his back foot and hits it over covers for a boundary. |
| 17.5 : D Bravo to V Shankar, Follows it up with a single. Full on off, Shankar nudges it to long off and gets to the other end. |
| 17.6 : D Bravo to M Pandey, Slower one outside off, Pandey hits it to covers and takes a single. 9 off the over. |
| Deepak Chahar is back into the attack. |
| 18.1 : D Chahar to M Pandey, Excellent from Chahar. Knuckle ball which is a yorker as well. Pandey cannot do much but just jam it out and take a single.. |
| 18.2 : D Chahar to V Shankar, Another dot! This is worth in gold at the moment. First a yorker and now a good bouncer. Shankar is caught by surprise. He tries to pull but misses. |
| 18.3 : D Chahar to V Shankar, Fuller on middle, Shankar mistimes his loft over mid-wicket. It falls short of the fielder and gets a single. |
| 18.4 : D Chahar to M Pandey, Dropped! This is a rare sight. You hardly see Raina dropping catches but he has dropped one on this occasion. Slower and fuller outside off, Pandey looks to go over covers but mistimes it. Raina running backwards gets to the ball but the ball gobbles out of his hand. He should have taken that one. |
| 18.5 : D Chahar to V Shankar, FOUR! Shorter delivery on off, Shankar pulls it to square leg. Imran Tahir runs in from fine leg but cannot stop it. |
| 18.6 : D Chahar to V Shankar, OUT! Finally Chahar gets the reward for bowling a great over here. Slower ball on middle, Vijay Shankar looks to go over mid-wicket but does not time it well and the ball goes straight to Jadeja in the deep. He takes a simple catch and Vijay Shankar's innings comes to an end. 7 runs and a wicket of the penultimate over. |
| Yusuf Pathan is the new batsman in. |
| 19.1 : D Bravo to M Pandey, Full delivery attacking the stumps, almost a yorker, Pandey slogs it off the inner half through the mid-wicket area. A single is collected. |
| 19.2 : D Bravo to Y Pathan, Terrific bowling. Right in the blockhole. Could have been a run out. Superb all around from Bravo. Fires it full and outside off, Pathan digs it out to the left of the bowler. Bravo moves, a little ahead as well, turns and has a shy at his end seeing Pandey come out. The throw misses and the non-striker survives. |
| 19.3 : D Bravo to Y Pathan, Low full toss outside off, smacked through the covers for a couple of runs. |
| 19.4 : D Bravo to Y Pathan, Two more. Pathan does well to slap this length ball back past the bowler. Faf from long off moves to his right and cuts it off with a tumbling effort. Nicely done. |
| 19.5 : D Bravo to Y Pathan, Low full toss. Almost a yorker on middle, Yusuf manages to get his bat down and get a single. Can he finish it off well here? |
| 19.6 : D Bravo to M Pandey, Yes he can. Excellent running though! Slower around off, Manish Pandey hits it towards long off. The batsmen look for two and they get it as Yusuf responds swiftly. 8 off the final over and Hyderabad finish with 175/3 from their 20 overs. |
| It's a good score on the board, but you get the feeling that Hyderabad won't be exactly happy with that. They couldn't really accelerate in the death overs, which didn't allow them to get close to 190. Being asked to bat first, Hyderabad lost Bairstow early but Warner and the returning Pandey were on song. The duo made a century stand between them and scored their respective fifties as well. Warner got dismissed, but Pandey kept the fight going and remained unbeaten on 83. Just the fact that pos |
| Chennai will be pleased with how they finished the innings. Despite that early breakthrough, they couldn't capitalize and got taken for a lot of runs by the Warner-Pandey duo. Though, the fact that they got wickets towards the end at crucial junctures and gave away just 41 runs in the final 5 overs, should provide some momentum. Everyone was a bit on the expensive side in the Chennai bowling line-up, in which Harbhajan took 2 wickets and Chahar took the remaining 1. |
| Jonny Bairstow is caught for a chat with Darren Ganga. He says that he loved playing in the League this season and it was a very good experience. States that having confidence is very crucial and playing up top without any pressure was the key. Admits that it has been fantastic batting at the top with David Warner. Reckons that it will be a tight game and says they have a good bowling attack which can restrict the opposition. Feels that the seamers will be crucial and if they can restrict the ea |
| So 176 is the target for Chennai. It won't be an easy task against the likes of Rashid and Bhuvneshwar, but the hosts have the batting attack to do it and the pitch looks a good one to bat on. Chennai's reply is not far away. So stay tuned. |
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