| 0.3 : 0.3: Tushar Deshpande to Sam Curran, OUT! CAUGHT! It is a clean catch. Top work at the fence by Nortje. Opening with Curran doesn't work out for Chennai this time around. Tushar with a success in the first over. Shortish and outside off, Curran looks to pull but gets a top edge. The ball balloons high and towards third man. Nortje is waiting for the ball there. He takes the catch but realizes the momentum will take him over the ropes. So, he manages to lob the ball up, and return back to take it |
| 2.4 : 2.4: Tushar Deshpande to Shane Watson, FOUR! Aah...that is a gem of a shot. Full and around off, Watson drives it beautifully through mid off for a boundary. Just the free flow of the bat there. |
| 2.6 : 2.6: Tushar Deshpande to Shane Watson, FOUR! Watson waits and waits and then pounds it for a boundary. Deshpande digs it in short, it though does not bounce as much. Good enough to pull still and Watson does that. Sends it over mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 4.1 : 4.1: Anrich Nortje to Faf du Plessis, SIX! Very clever from du Plessis. Full and on middle, du Plessis moves to the off side and paddles it aerially. It goes over fine leg for a maximum. Woah! |
| 4.4 : 4.4: Anrich Nortje to Faf du Plessis, FOUR! Pressure right back on Delhi now. Fullish, around off, du Plessis swings across the line and sends it over mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 4.6 : 4.6: Anrich Nortje to Faf du Plessis, FOUR! Shouts of catch but no one was catching that. Full and outside off, du Plessis takes the aerial route. Gets it over the man at cover-point and the ball races away to the boundary. |
| 5.4 : 5.4: Kagiso Rabada to Faf du Plessis, FOUR! THUMP! Short and wide outside off, du Plessis swivels and powers it over square leg and it races away to the fence. |
| 5.6 : 5.6: Kagiso Rabada to Shane Watson, FOUR! Short and wide outside off, Watson uses the pace of the bowler and manages to run it down to the third man fence.10 off the final over of the Powerplay. |
| 8.2 : 8.2: Axar Patel to Shane Watson, FOUR! Wrong line and paddled. Floated around off and middle, Watson gets across and paddles it well over the keeper's head, to the fine leg boundary. |
| 9.2: Ravichandran Ashwin to Faf du Plessis, FOUR! In the gap and he gets a boundary. Fullish ball outside off, du Plessis swings across the line and sends it to the deep square leg fence. |
| 9.4 : 9.4: Ravichandran Ashwin to Shane Watson, FOUR! Bisects the fielders to perfection, Watson. Width on offer, short and wide outside off, Watson rocks back and hits it firmly past the diving cover fielder. It is to the left of Nortje at long off as well. Nortje runs there but fails to cut it off. |
| 9.6 : 9.6: Ravichandran Ashwin to Shane Watson, FOUR! Powerfully hit! Short and outside off, Watson muscles it uppishly over the bowler's head, to long off and bags a boundary. Another good over for Chennai as they get 15 off it. |
| 10.1 : 10.1: Tushar Deshpande to Faf du Plessis, SIX! Beautiful shot. Full and outside off, in the slot, du Plessis powers it over wide long off. |
| 10.4 : 10.4: Tushar Deshpande to Faf du Plessis, FOUR! He has done it again, du Plessis. Full and outside off, du Plessis premeditates it, gets across, paddles it well and uppishly over Nortje at short fine leg for a boundary. |
| 11.4: Anrich Nortje to Shane Watson, OUT! BOWLED! Shane Watson gives himself some room on the off side but that proves to be his undoing this time around. Test match length fetches Nortje the result. On a good length around off, Watson moves to the leg side and looked to heave it over covers. However he ends up missing it badly. But Nortje does not. It hits the stumps behind, top of off. |
| 13.3 : 13.3: Ravichandran Ashwin to Ambati Rayudu, SIX! Pressure off du Plessis as well with that hit, even though Rayudu hit it. Floated full on the stumps, Rayudu gets down and slog sweeps it over deep mid-wicket. |
| 14.1 : 14.1: Kagiso Rabada to Faf du Plessis, FOUR! Du Plessis throws the kitchen sink at that. Fullish and on middle, du Plessis swings across the line but gets an inside edge. It goes to the right of his stumps, past the keeper and into the fine leg boundary. |
| 14.4 : 14.4: Kagiso Rabada to Faf du Plessis, OUT! CAUGHT! A well made 58 from 47 balls from du Plessis comes to an end. Shikhar Dhawan makes it up for his earlier fumbles with that. On off, du Plessis looked to slam that high on the leg side but ends up getting it off the toe edge. It goes uppishly towards long on. Shikhar Dhawan runs to his front and takes it this time. He is ecstatic with that as well. 50 wickets for Rabada in the Indian T20 League as well. Superb from the South African. |
| 15.5 : 15.5: Marcus Stoinis to Ambati Rayudu, SIX! He got a lot of that, Ambati Rayudu. Fullish and outside off, he shimmies down the track and powers this well over wide long on. |
| 16.1 : 16.1: Anrich Nortje to Ambati Rayudu, SIX! CRUNCHED! Full and outside off, Rayudu picks it up and deposits it over deep cover for a maximum. A slower ball but that did not matter to Rayudu. |
| 16.3 : 16.3: Anrich Nortje to MS Dhoni, OUT! CAUGHT! A faint edge. A little edge. Length ball around off, Dhoni comes down the track and looked to hammer that over mid-wicket. Ends up getting a faint outside edge back to the keeper, Alex Carey, who takes it. Not much of an excitement there, Dhoni starts walking and Nortje has his second. The Chennai skipper could just manage 3 runs. |
| 16.6 : 16.6: Anrich Nortje to Ambati Rayudu, FOUR! Nicely turned around the corner. Full on middle, Rayudu moves to the off side and paddles it fine well to the right of the man at short fine leg and gets a boundary. |
| 17.5 : 17.5: Tushar Deshpande to Ravindra Jadeja, SIX! High in the air....and across to the road outside the stadium. Full ball on the pads, a pickup shot from Jadeja. Sends it soaring over deep backward square leg. A boy near the road takes away with that ball. Has Jadeja to thank for it. |
| 18.3 : 18.3: Kagiso Rabada to Ambati Rayudu, SIX! Very nicely timed. Length ball outside off, Rayudu comes down the pitch, swings across the line and sends it over the deep square leg boundary. |
| 18.6 : 18.6: Kagiso Rabada to Ravindra Jadeja, SIX! Full toss, at this stage, oh dear! Full toss outside off, Jadeja picks it up from there and sends it soaring over deep mid-wicket. 16 from the penultimate over. Rabada finishes with 4-1-33-1. |
| 19.3 : 19.3: Anrich Nortje to Ravindra Jadeja, SIX! Gets just about enough of it, Jadeja. Low full toss outside off, Jadeja powers it over wide long on, by just, off the bottom half. A biggie. |
| 19.4 : 19.4: Anrich Nortje to Ravindra Jadeja, SIX! Nortje does not miss his length by much here but he is still punished. Full and on off, Jadeja hammers it over wide long on again. |
| 0.2 : 0.2: Deepak Chahar to Prithvi Shaw, OUT! CAUGHT AND BOWLED! Shaw departs! First ball duck in the last game. Second ball duck here! Chennai are off to a perfect start. Shaw can be a dangerous customer if he gets going but it won't be the case here in this game. A length ball, this one is around off, it shapes away. Shaw looks to drive it on the up but the ball hits the splice of this bat and lobs back to the bowler. Chahar makes no mistake as he takes it easily. |
| 1.3 : 1.3: Sam Curran to Shikhar Dhawan, FOUR! Dhawan and Delhi are up and running! Short ball around off, Dhawan picks it up and powers it over square leg for a boundary via a pull. |
| 1.5 : 1.5: Sam Curran to Shikhar Dhawan, FOUR! SHOT! One bounce and into the fence! A length ball around off, Dhawan gives it a charge and lifts it over the bowler's head for a boundary. |
| 2.5: Deepak Chahar to Shikhar Dhawan, FOUR! Up and over! Terrific batting! Not good bowling though. Short and wide outside off, Dhawan lifts it over backward point and finds a boundary. |
| 3.3 : 3.3: Shardul Thakur to Ajinkya Rahane, FOUR! Good shot. Shortish ball, around off, Rahane lifts it well over mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 4.1 : 4.1: Deepak Chahar to Ajinkya Rahane, OUT! CAUGHT! What a catch from Sam Curran. That was an absolute blinder. Full and around off, it hurried onto Rahane. He drives it uppishly just to the right of Sam Curran. The fielder keeps his eyes on the ball and pulls off a stunner. It came quickly to him and he did well to grab that. 154 runs needed in 95 balls. |
| 5.2 : 5.2: Shardul Thakur to Shreyas Iyer, SIX! Full ball on middle, Iyer hammers it over long on for a maximum. |
| 5.5 : 5.5: Shardul Thakur to Shikhar Dhawan, FOUR! Well placed by Dhawan, to perfection. Outside off, he carves it over backward point and gets a boundary. |
| 6.4 : 6.4: Ravindra Jadeja to Shikhar Dhawan, FOUR! Poor ball and it gets the treatment. Short and wide outside off, Dhawan flays it over the leaping point fielder for a boundary. |
| 6.5 : 6.5: Ravindra Jadeja to Shikhar Dhawan, FOUR! Pulled away! Jadeja drags this one short and around off, Dhawan swivels and pulls it hard through mid-wicket for a boundary. 50 up for Delhi. |
| 8.2 : 8.2: Karn Sharma to Shikhar Dhawan, FOUR! POWERED! Floated around off, Dhawan smashes it over the bowler's head, to the long off boundary. |
| 8.3 : 8.3: Karn Sharma to Shikhar Dhawan, FOUR! Gets a chance to free his arms and makes full use of it. Flatter ball outside off, Dhawan rocks back and powers it through the extra cover region for a boundary. |
| 10.1 : 10.1: Sam Curran to Shikhar Dhawan, FOUR! Down the ground and that is four. Shortish ball outside off, Dhawan stands tall and slaps this to the left of the bowler, to the long on boundary. |
| 10.4 : 10.4: Sam Curran to Shikhar Dhawan, FOUR! There is another boundary. Full and well outside off, Dhawan drives it through extra cover, to the right of long off. No chance for Bravo in the deep. |
| 11.1 : 11.1: Dwayne Bravo to Shreyas Iyer, FOUR! Not a good start to Bravo's second over. Strays with a fuller one down the leg side, Iyer helps it on its way. Tickles it to the fine leg fence. |
| 11.3 : 11.3: Dwayne Bravo to Shreyas Iyer, OUT! CAUGHT! Just what the doctor ordered for Chennai. Captain Iyer has to go back for a run-a-ball 23. Full ball around off, Iyer looked to hammer it over long on for a maximum. However, he ends up getting only as far as the fielder there. Du Plessis, one of the safest hands in the deep for Chennai, takes it with ease. 86 runs needed in 51 balls for Delhi. |
| 12.4 : 12.4: Karn Sharma to Marcus Stoinis, SIX! Super shot. Floated full on off and middle, Marcus Stoinis goes straight down the ground, over the bowler's head for a maximum. |
| 12.5 : 12.5: Karn Sharma to Marcus Stoinis, FOUR! Go full at your own risk, Sharma. Floats the legbreak around off, Stoinis hammers it with the turn, over cover, for a boundary. |
| 13.2 : 13.2: Dwayne Bravo to Shikhar Dhawan, FOUR! What a shot, what a shot, what a shot this was. Bravo rolls his fingers and bowls a slower one outside off, Dhawan goes across, sweeps it thoroughly, to the deep square leg boundary. |
| 14.5 : 14.5: Karn Sharma to Shikhar Dhawan, FOUR! Shot! Excellent shot! Dhawan makes room now but Karn follows him but bowls a very full ball that lands right in the slot. Dhawan powers it over mid-wicket and finds the fence. |
| 15.3 : 15.3: Shardul Thakur to Marcus Stoinis, SIX! Here's the insult to injury! Thakur should've had a wicket to his name on the last ball but that didn't happen. And now, he is smashed for a six. A short ball around off, Stoinis goes for the pull. He doesn't time it as well as he would've liked but he manages to clear Faf du Plessis at long on. |
| 15.4 : 15.4: Shardul Thakur to Marcus Stoinis, OUT! CAUGHT! Rayudu gobbles it this time. A short ball again, Stoinis goes for the pull again. Gets a top edge this time. The ball balloons high towards mid-wicket. Rayudu comes ahead and takes the catch easily. A much-needed wicket for Chennai. 43 more needed for Delhi in 26 balls. |
| 16.3 : 16.3: Sam Curran to Shikhar Dhawan, FOUR! What a great shot. He is striking it well, Dhawan. Full ball around off, he lifts it supremely well, gets it between deep mid-wicket and wide long on. |
| 16.4 : 16.4: Sam Curran to Shikhar Dhawan, SIX! Goodness, me! Just brilliant. Full on middle and leg, Dhawan presents the full face of the bat and smashes that mightily over long on. |
| 17.6 : 17.6: Shardul Thakur to Shikhar Dhawan, FOUR! Dhawan ends it in style for Delhi. Low full toss outside off, Dhawan moves to the off side and sweeps it over square leg for a boundary. This is a much-needed boundary. Dhawan's highest total in the Indian T20 League. Just 2 away from his maiden ton. 21 needed in 12 balls. |
| 18.1 : 18.1: Sam Curran to Alex Carey, OUT! CAUGHT! Carey departs! Curran with the wicket. A low full toss around off, Carey just flicks it, doesn't do it with a lot of power. He just kind of checks his shot. The ball goes to the left side of the long on fielder. Faf is the man there. He hardly drops. He moves to his left and takes a tumbling catch. 21 needed in 11 balls. |
| 18.5 : 18.5: Sam Curran to Shikhar Dhawan, OUT! CAUGHT! |
| 19.2 : 19.2: Ravindra Jadeja to Axar Patel, SIX! BANG! Axar Patel connects one and sends it over the fence. Jadeja bowls it short and around off, Axar goes back and pumps it over mid-wicket. One more six and Delhi will be very close. |
| 19.3 : 19.3: Ravindra Jadeja to Axar Patel, SIX! Take that! Pressure? What pressure? Axar says I don't care! Short and outside off, he reaches out and slams it over wide long off for a biggie. Just 3 needed now. |
| 19.5 : 19.5: Ravindra Jadeja to Axar Patel, SIX! WOW! Out of here! What a way to end the game! The last ball is given a bit of air by Jadeja, Axar reaches out and launches it over long on for a huge six. What a win! DELHI WIN BY 5 WICKETS! |
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