| 1.3 : 1.3: Josh Hazlewood to Prithvi Shaw, FOUR! Off the top edge! A 141 kph short delivery outside off, Prithvi Shaw again tries to pull from the back foot but this time it grabs the top edge and flies behind the keeper for a boundary. |
| 1.6 : 1.6: Josh Hazlewood to Prithvi Shaw, SIX! Another edgy shot and this one has gone the distance. Short and around leg, angling down at 132 clicks, Prithvi Shaw swivels to pull but top-edges it behind the keeper for a biggie. Nothing wrong in the over from Josh Hazlewood but still he has conceded 12 runs. |
| 2.2 : 2.2: Deepak Chahar to Prithvi Shaw, FOUR! Prithvi Shaw is the master of edges this evening. Back of a length, around off, Prithvi Shaw stays back to smash it over the leg side but drags it off the inner edge past short fine leg. Another boundary. |
| 2.3 : 2.3: Deepak Chahar to Prithvi Shaw, FOUR! Sweetly timed. This one is right from the middle of the bat. Fractionally short and around off, Prithvi Shaw rocks on the back foot and punches it through point for a boundary. |
| 2.5 : 2.5: Deepak Chahar to Prithvi Shaw, FOUR! Boundaries are flowing from the bat of Shaw. The line from Chahar is quite ordinary. It's on a length around middle and leg, at 118 kph, Shaw glances it behind square leg and beats the chasing short fine leg fielder. |
| 2.6 : 2.6: Deepak Chahar to Prithvi Shaw, FOUR! Very poor from Chahar. Offers width outside off, short in length, Shaw latches onto it and whacks it through backward point for yet another boundary. 17 from the over and Delhi are off to a flying start in Qualifier 1. |
| 3.1 : 3.1: Josh Hazlewood to Shikhar Dhawan, FOUR! Dhawan joins the fun. Fuller in length and on middle, Shikhar walks down the track and lofts it over the bowler's head for a boundary. |
| 3.2 : 3.2: Josh Hazlewood to Shikhar Dhawan, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Josh Hazlewood responds with a wicket, a big scalp for Chennai as Dhawan departs. Hazlewood shows that the Test-match length can work in T20s as well. Puts it on a good length around off, gets it to nip away a shade at 144.7 kph, Dhawan is caught on the back foot as he tries to push it through the line. A thick outside edge gets generated and Dhoni does the rest behind the wickets. |
| 4.1 : 4.1: Shardul Thakur to Prithvi Shaw, SIX! Prithvi Shaw has nailed it! A touch short in length outside off, Shaw attacks it with all his might and dismisses it all the way over deep mid-wicket. Prithvi Shaw will continue to play his shots, that's his role. |
| 4.5 : 4.5: Shardul Thakur to Prithvi Shaw, SIX! Dismissed with a straight bat. Quality strike from the young man. Fuller and around off, Prithvi Shaw shows tremendous bat speed as he launches it behind the bowler for a biggie. 50 up! |
| 5.3 : 5.3: Josh Hazlewood to Shreyas Iyer, OUT! Second wicket for Josh Hazlewood as Shreyas Iyer is CAUGHT! Another delivery is angled on middle and leg at 136.8 kph, sliding down further, Shreyas Iyer tries to flick but closes the face of his bat early. The leading edge flies towards covers, Ruturaj Gaikwad moves across to his right from point, keeps his eyes on the ball and takes the skier safely. |
| 6.4 : 6.4: Ravindra Jadeja to Axar Patel, FOUR! Full and wide, outside off. Axar Patel slices that one over point. Dwayne Bravo runs to his left to stop the ball but misfields and allows the ball to go over the ropes. A boundary. |
| 8.2 : 8.2: Ravindra Jadeja to Prithvi Shaw, FOUR! Finds the gap! Short and outside off, Prithvi Shaw sits deep in his crease and carves it through backward point for a boundary. He reaches his fifty as well. What an attacking display it has been from the youngster so far! |
| 8.4 : 8.4: Ravindra Jadeja to Prithvi Shaw, FOUR! Beautifully played! Very full and on the stumps, Prithvi Shaw gets down on one knee and belts that one between deep square leg and deep mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 9.4: Moeen Ali to Axar Patel, OUT! CAUGHT! Moeen Ali gets the breakthrough. The idea of promoting Axar Patel up the order doesn't work. Moeen Ali drops the ball short and outside off, Axar Patel goes on the back foot and tries to pull. The ball though goes off the top edge towards long on. The substitute fielder, Mitchell Santner, settles himself under it and grabs the ball without any fuss. |
| 10.2 : 10.2: Ravindra Jadeja to Prithvi Shaw, OUT! TAKEN! You cannot keep Ravindra Jadeja out of the game, can you? He always delivers for his team, be it with the ball, bat, or in the field. This time he bags a wicket and removes the dangerous Prithvi Shaw. Jadeja tosses it up, on off. Prithvi Shaw makes room for himself and plays an inside-out shot. He gets enough contact but just not enough to clear the ropes. Faf du Plessis at long off runs to his left and completes the catch with a perfectly-ti |
| 13.2: Moeen Ali to Shimron Hetmyer, SIX! Bang! This is dragged down from Moeen Ali. Shimron Hetmyer rocks back and gets enough power on it to clear the mid-wicket fence and it's a welcome biggie for Delhi. 100 up! |
| 14.4 : 14.4: Dwayne Bravo to Shimron Hetmyer, FOUR! Seam up from Bravo and it's very full, outside off. Shimron Hetmyer opens the face of the bat and guides it to the third man fence. |
| 15.2 : 15.2: Shardul Thakur to Rishabh Pant, SIX! How has that gone the distance? A full toss, on off. Rishabh Pant looks to fetch it and whack it across but his one hand comes off the bat. The ball still goes high and handsome over the cow corner fence. Unreal! |
| 16.2: Dwayne Bravo to Shimron Hetmyer, FOUR! Seam up from Bravo and this is short and wide. Shimron Hetmyer stands his ground and pulls it powerfully to the cow corner fence. The 50-run stand comes up! |
| 16.6 : 16.6: Dwayne Bravo to Rishabh Pant, FOUR! A streaky boundary for Rishabh Pant. Fullish ball, outside off. Pant throws his bat at it as he looks to go over covers. Pant gets a thick outside edge and it flies wide of Dhoni for a boundary at third man. |
| 17.1 : 17.1: Josh Hazlewood to Shimron Hetmyer, FOUR! Full, on off. Shimron Hetmyer has nailed this one right back over the bowler's head for yet another boundary. Delhi are in ascendancy now! |
| 17.3 : 17.3: Josh Hazlewood to Rishabh Pant, FOUR! A length ball, on off and around 142 kph. Rishabh Pant just whips it and the ball races to the left of the long on fielder, into the fence. 150 comes up! |
| 18.1 : 18.1: Dwayne Bravo to Rishabh Pant, SIX! Another one-handed shot. Bravo looks for the blockhole but misses and Rishabh Pant takes full advantage. Pant gets enough on it yet again and the ball just sails over the long off fence. Maximum. |
| 18.4 : 18.4: Dwayne Bravo to Shimron Hetmyer, OUT! CAUGHT! Dwayne Bravo has his man but probably the damage is already done. Bravo bangs in a short one, on off and angling across the left-hander. Shimron Hetmyer goes after it and looks to pull on the leg side. He ends up skying it towards the deep mid-wicket region. Ravindra Jadeja settles under it and takes a fine catch. Shimron Hetmyer has to depart after stitching a crucial partnership. |
| 19.4: Shardul Thakur to Rishabh Pant, FOUR! Edgy boundary but Pant won't mind as he moves to 47 with that. Very full and outside off. Pant looks to crunch it through covers but gets an inside edge past the stumps. The ball racesaway to the fine leg fence. |
| 0.4 : 0.4: Anrich Nortje to Faf du Plessis, OUT! STUMPS SHATTERED! That's a snorter from Anrich Nortje, at 147.5 kph. He hurls it in the line of the stumps, du Plessis stays rooted inside the crease as he attempts to work it on the leg side. The ball lands, skids on at a brisk pace, beats the inside half of his bat and cannons onto the stumps. Anrich Nortje is all pumped up, a perfect start for Delhi! |
| 0.5 : 0.5: Anrich Nortje to Robin Uthappa, FOUR! A confidence-boosting boundary for Robin Uthappa. Full and around off, at 148.8 kph, Uthappa leans into the drive and plays a sublime shot through covers for a boundary. |
| 1.1 : 1.1: Avesh Khan to Robin Uthappa, FOUR! Deft! A touch short in length and outside off, Robin Uthappa stays on the back foot and at the last moment, he guides it fine down to third man for a boundary. |
| 3.1: Kagiso Rabada to Ruturaj Gaikwad, SIX! Gaikwad was quiet for too long and decides to cut loose. A touch short and around off, at 139 kph, Ruturaj Gaikwad advances down the track and towers it over the bowler's head for a biggie. He has knocked the stitches out of this one, with no respect whatsoever for a world-class bowler. |
| 3.5 : 3.5: Kagiso Rabada to Robin Uthappa, FOUR! Easy pickings! Very full and around leg at 145 clicks, Uthappa moves his back foot across and clips it neatly wide of short fine leg for a boundary. |
| 4.5: Axar Patel to Ruturaj Gaikwad, FOUR! Ruturaj Gaikwad gets one away! Floated one, full and around leg, Gaikwad steps back to make room and lofts it nonchalantly over cover-point for a boundary. |
| 5.2 : 5.2: Avesh Khan to Robin Uthappa, SIX! This one has been dismissed. Fuller in length, around off at 137 clicks, Uthappa gets on the front foot and smokes it over mid-wicket for a biggie. |
| 5.3 : 5.3: Avesh Khan to Robin Uthappa, FOUR! Uthappa is looking in the mood. So refreshing to watch him bat in full flow. Slower delivery, full and around off, Robin picks it up and whips it over mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 5.5 : 5.5: Avesh Khan to Robin Uthappa, SIX! Robin is on fire! Khan delivers it on a length and outside off at 133.4 kph, Uthappa stands tall, holds his shape nicely and bludgeons it down the ground over long on. |
| 5.6 : 5.6: Avesh Khan to Robin Uthappa, FOUR! Robin Uthappa has arrived for Chennai! What a shot and what a knock from him thus far. Full and outside off, Robin attacks the room and rifles it over mid off. 20 from the over, Chennai have raced to 59/1 at the end of the Powerplay. 114 needed off 84 balls. |
| 10.2 : 10.2: Axar Patel to Ruturaj Gaikwad, SIX! Just over! Nicely flighted, and slower through the air. Ruturaj Gaikwad reaches for it and lifts it just over Kagiso Rabada at the long on fence for a biggie. |
| 10.3 : 10.3: Axar Patel to Ruturaj Gaikwad, FOUR! Patel goes full and straight now, Gaikwad swings through the line and thumps it back over the bowler's head for another boundary. That's straight as an arrow, no chance for the fielders in the deep. |
| 12.2 : 12.2: Ravichandran Ashwin to Robin Uthappa, FOUR! Cheeky from Robin Uthappa and he is just keeping up the ante. Flatter one, on middle and Uthappa reverse-heaves it over short third man for a boundary. |
| 12.3 : 12.3: Ravichandran Ashwin to Robin Uthappa, FOUR! Clean as a whistle! Ashwin tosses this one up and Robin Uthappa just dances down the track and hammers it over the bowler's head. This is dead straight and the fielders in the deep have no chance. |
| 13.3: Tom Curran to Robin Uthappa, OUT! TAKEN! Tom Curran gets the breakthrough. Bangs in short and on middle, Robin Uthappa has an enormous swipe at it. The ball goes off the splice towards long on. Shreyas Iyer is stationed over there and he does take the catch. Axar Patel though comes running across to his left from deep mid-wicket and breezes past Shreyas Iyer. They do not collide but that makes Iyer lose his balance. Good presence of mind is shown by Shreyas though. He immediately tosse |
| 13.6 : 13.6: Tom Curran to Shardul Thakur, OUT! CAUGHT! Same bowler, same fielder. Tom Curran bowls a length ball, outside off. Shardul Thakur has a massive swing at it. He is too early though and the ball gets the height but not the distance. Shreyas Iyer at long on runs to his right and takes the simplest of catches. Two wickets in quick succession for Delhi. |
| 14.4 : 14.4: Kagiso Rabada to Ruturaj Gaikwad, OUT! RUN OUT! What's happening out there? Suddenly, Chennai lose their fourth wicket in no time. What a turnaround from Delhi! Short of a length, on leg. Ruturaj Gaikwad mistimes his pull towards mid-wicket. The batters decide to go for the second run. Shreyas Iyer is on fire in the field. He attacks the ball in the deep, running in from long on and fires in a rocket throw to the bowler. Rabada collects, loses his balance a bit but still manages to t |
| 15.5 : 15.5: Anrich Nortje to Moeen Ali, FOUR! This will release some pressure! Short ball, on middle. Moeen Ali pulls it to deep mid-wicket. He fetches himself a boundary with that pull. |
| 16.5: Avesh Khan to Ruturaj Gaikwad, FOUR! Poor ball from Avesh Khan. Bowls a full toss on middle, Ruturaj Gaikwad shuffles across and clips the ball neatly between fine leg and deep square leg for a boundary. |
| 17.1 : 17.1: Anrich Nortje to Ruturaj Gaikwad, FOUR! Gaikwad is the man for Chennai. Anrich Nortje starts with a full ball, on off. Ruturaj Gaikwad smashes it just wide of mid off. Shimron Hetmyer dives to his right but couldn't gather the ball. The ball races away to the long off fence. 400 runs in the UAE leg for Ruturaj Gaikwad. |
| 17.5 : 17.5: Anrich Nortje to Ruturaj Gaikwad, FOUR! Class, that's the word! Anrich Nortje sees Ruturaj Gaikwad charging down the track and bowls a full toss, outside off, in search of the wide yorker. Ruturaj Gaikwad slices it over backward point for a boundary. 600 runs in the season for Gaikwad! |
| 18.1 : 18.1: Avesh Khan to Ruturaj Gaikwad, OUT! TAKEN! Avesh Khan gets rid of the big fish and what a time to pick up a wicket. He bowls a low full toss outside off, Ruturaj Gaikwad swings his bat hard. The ball goes towards deep mid-wicket. Axar Patel runs to his left and dives at full pace to take a fantastic catch. Ruturaj Gaikwad walks off the field after an impressive knock. |
| 18.2 : 18.2: Avesh Khan to Moeen Ali, FOUR! Well played by Moeen! A low full toss outside off, Moeen latches onto it with an angled bat and lofts it clinically over point for a boundary. |
| 18.5 : 18.5: Avesh Khan to MS Dhoni, SIX! Vintage Dhoni! What a cracking shot, the crowd has gone bonkers! Short in length and around off, MS hangs on the back foot and hammer-pulls it over wide long on for a maximum. |
| 19.1 : 19.1: Tom Curran to Moeen Ali, OUT! CAUGHT! The game still hangs in the balance. Tom Curran bowls a short-of-a-length delivery, on middle. Moeen Ali pulls it straight down the throat of the deep square leg fielder. Kagiso Rabada is stationed over there and he does not make any mistake. Tom Curran is pumped up. |
| 19.2 : 19.2: Tom Curran to MS Dhoni, FOUR! Wonderful from MS Dhoni! Short of a length, outside off. MS Dhoni jumps on his toes and whacks it over extra cover to collect a boundary. 9 needed off 4! |
| 19.3 : 19.3: Tom Curran to MS Dhoni, FOUR! Streaky but Chennai will take it with both hands. Length ball, outside off. MS Dhoni throws the kitchen sink at it. The ball goes off the inside edge, past the stumps, to fine leg for a boundary. 5 needed off 3! |
| 19.4 : 19.4: Tom Curran to MS Dhoni, FOUR! MS Dhoni finishes things off in style. You have heard that before, haven't you? Curran bowls a shortish ball, on middle. MS Dhoni waits deep in the crease and clubs it past deep mid-wicket to seal the deal. CHENNAI WIN BY 4 WICKETS! |
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