| 2.2 : 2.2: D Chahar to de Kock, FOUR! Fortuitous! Mumbai will not mind as they get their first boundary of the game. Outside off, moving away, de Kock looks to push through the off side but gets a thick inside edge which rockets past the stumps to fine leg! |
| 2.3 : 2.3: D Chahar to de Kock, OUT! Caught next ball! De Kock falls early. A short ball outside off, de Kock looks to pull but the ball goes off the inner half of the bat. Probably because it skidded off the deck. So instead of going to mid-wicket, the ball travels to square leg where Kedar Jadhav completes the formalities. Replays show that the bat twisted a bit as well. Early strike then for Chennai and who is the hero? Deepak Chahar - their go-to Powerplay man. |
| 3.1 : 3.1: S Thakur to S Yadav, FOUR! Lovely shot. On a length outside off, Surya drives this on the up, through the covers and finds the gap. |
| 3.2 : 3.2: S Thakur to S Yadav, FOUR! BEAUTY! He is such a sight to watch. Overpitched from Thakur and Yadav drives it straight back to where it came from. Down the ground, past mid on. Consecutive boundaries. |
| 3.4 : 3.4: S Thakur to R Sharma, FOUR! Rohit into the act now! Poor bowling from Shardul. 'Loose bowling coming in all sorts of packages', says Matthew Hayden on air. Short and wide outside off, Sharma flays hard and gets it wide of point for the third boundary of the over. |
| 4.2 : 4.2: D Chahar to S Yadav, FOUR! Stand and deliver! We have a mid off, cover, cover-point and point. But Yadav still finds the gap. A length ball outside off, Surya stands tall and punches it sweetly, right where extra cover would have been. But there is no one there. |
| 4.3 : 4.3: D Chahar to S Yadav, MISFIELD, FOUR! Again, SKY has two boundaries in as many balls. On middle and leg, Yadav flicks it through mid-wicket. Ambati Rayudu gets to the ball and puts in a dive but cannot quite stop it. He then gets up and runs after the ball, dives near the boundary again and tries to sweep the ball back in with his left hand but fails again. |
| 4.4 : 4.4: D Chahar to S Yadav, FOUR! Hat-trick of fours for Yadav! Similar ball, too straight, on the pads and this time Suryakumar flicks it effortlessly wide of mid on. No dive or chase this time. |
| 7.1 : 7.1: R Jadeja to R Sharma, OUT! Given out caught behind! Well, Rohit will feel aggrieved by that. Entire Mumbai camp will be. Replays show that when Jadeja landed his foot, his heel was on the line, in the air and then got dragged in. However, after numerous replays, the umpire has given it out. On the dismissal, it was slowly tossed up outside off, Rohit looked to push at it but missed. The outside edge was snapped by Dhoni in a flash. Controversial dismissal. |
| 8.3 : 8.3: I Tahir to Y Singh, OUT! It is a clean catch and Yuvraj walks back too. Another big blow. Tahir has his second. Floated outside off, Yuvraj leans and lofts it over long off. At first, it seems like he will clear the boundary but then Ambati Rayudu is seen pouching the catch at the boundary line. He celebrates but the umpires ask Yuvi to wait. Replays are crystal clear that it is a clean catch. |
| 9.5 : 9.5: R Jadeja to K Pandya, FOUR! Nicely played. Just using the pace! Full and outside off, Krunal gets down and reverse paddles it past short third man. A boundary after 30 balls! |
| 10.2 : 10.2: I Tahir to S Yadav, FOUR! Terrific batting. Bowled at 104 kph, Suryakumar gets down and sweeps it ferociously past short fine leg. He is playing a beauty here, is Surya. If Mumbai are going to get a big total, he needs to be playing for a while. |
| 11.4 : 11.4: M Sharma to K Pandya, FOUR! Up and over! Intelligent batting from Krunal. Spots that mid off is up and he goes exactly over him, one bounce and into the fence! |
| 11.5 : 11.5: M Sharma to K Pandya, FOUR! Tough luck for Rayudu. This is a brutal hit from Pandya. Dropped short from Mohit, KP swivels and pulls it powerfully, straight to Ambati Rayudu at deep mid-wicket. He stops the ball on the bounce, but the power on the shot takes him beyond the ropes. He tries to recover and then push the ball away but at that time, he is outside the boundary. Now he comes inside and tries to push it away but by that time, the ball touches the ropes. |
| 14.2 : 14.2: I Tahir to K Pandya, SIX! BOOM! There comes the first biggie of the night. Floated around middle, Krunal gets down and swings this over long on! The stand moves to 40 from 35 balls. |
| 15.2: D Bravo to S Yadav, FOUR! Excellent placement. Picked the gap to perfection. Surya knew that third man was up and he was up for it. Backed away to the leg side, the bowler followed him, cramped him for room but Yadav still managed to guide it square of short third man! |
| 16.2: M Sharma to K Pandya, TOP EDGE, CATCH MISSED, FOUR! A length ball outside off, Pandya swings hard but gets a top edge. The ball circles around short third man but just eludes Kedar Jadhav. He runs back and then tries to pull it back with a slide but in vain. |
| 16.3 : 16.3: M Sharma to K Pandya, FOUR! Just over! Krunal is flirting with his luck. Outside off, Pandya looks to go off side but mistimes it over extra cover. Shane Watson leaps but misses. |
| 16.4 : 16.4: M Sharma to K Pandya, OUT! Caught! Third time unlucky for Krunal. Actually, it is the third time just in this over. Overall, it will be the nth time. Outside off, fractionally short, Pandya backs away and slaps hard but gets more height than distance. Ravindra Jadeja gets across from long off and takes it Australian style with fingers pointing skywards. Excellent knock from Krunal - injecting some momentum into the innings. |
| 16.5 : 16.5: M Sharma to S Yadav, SIX! BOSH! 6th League Fifty for Surya! Full and outside off, Yadav gets down and slog sweeps it over mid-wicket! Raises his bat to the crowd. Can he stay till the end? 170 is still on. |
| 17.5: D Bravo to S Yadav, FOUR! BRUTAL! Yadav is slowly opening his arms now. Bravo misses his yorker length by a fraction and that is enough for Surya. Bludgeons it down the ground. Ravindra Jadeja races across to his left from long on, dives full length and looks to stop the ball. But it hits him on his hand and deflects away. |
| 17.6 : 17.6: D Bravo to S Yadav, OUT! Gone! Caught. Surya cannot quite stay till the end. A length ball, around middle, Yadav looks to swing hard but gets hit on the higher part of the bat. Gets more height than distance and Ravindra Jadeja takes a dolly at long on. Decent knock from Surya but now, Mumbai have two new batsmen in the middle. 100th wicket in the Indian T20 League playing for Chennai for Bravo! |
| 18.1 : 18.1: S Thakur to H Pandya, SIX! CLOBBERED! Where has that gone? To Pune from Mumbai! A short ball, outside off, Hardik pulls it over mid-wicket for a colossal hit! |
| 18.5 : 18.5: S Thakur to K Pollard, SIX! This one has gone too! A length ball outside off, Pollard uses his long levers and swings it over mid-wicket! |
| 19.3 : 19.3: D Bravo to K Pollard, NO BALL! SIX! Error and then a blunder from Bravo. Pollard's turn to dance. A full toss and that too above the waist. Caribbean power on display as Pollard swings it into orbit above mid-wicket. Replays show that it might have been a harsh call. That was not quite above the waist. |
| 19.4 : 19.4: D Bravo to H Pandya, SIX! The helicopter Pandya! Hardik is pumped up. Full and outside off, Pandya swings it cleanly over mid-wicket! |
| 19.5 : 19.5: D Bravo to H Pandya, FOUR! Excellent batting. Full and wide outside off, Hardik gets this over cover and makes it another boundary ball! |
| 19.6 : 19.6: D Bravo to H Pandya, SIX! A flat hit on the final ball! Full and outside off, Hardik leans into this one and slices it over backward point. It goes all the way! 29 from the over as MUMBAI FINISH ON 170/5! |
| 0.4 : 0.4: J Behrendorff to A Rayudu, OUT! Rayudu departs! A short of a length delivery on middle and shaping away. Rayudu was just looking to defend it but suddenly the ball gets big on him. The extra bounce takes the shoulder of the bat on its way to the keeper. De Kock takes an easy catch. The start Mumbai needed. Brilliant stuff from Behrendorff. Strikes in his very first over on debut. |
| 1.1 : 1.1: L Malinga to S Watson, EDGE AND FOUR! Short of a length delivery outside off, Watson looks to pull but gets an outside edge. It goes above Rohit Sharma at first slip towards third man for a boundary. |
| 1.2 : 1.2: L Malinga to S Watson, OUT! Malinga gets his first. Big wicket for Mumbai. Short and outside off, Watson looks to cut hard but finds the cover fielder. It goes towards Pollard who plucks it very safely with two hands. Chennai need 165 runs in 112 balls. |
| 2.2: J Behrendorff to S Raina, SIX! That is Raina for you. A length delivery on off and Raina just lifts it above the point fielder for a maximum. Super shot that. |
| 3.4 : 3.4: L Malinga to K Jadhav, SIX! Amazing shot. Full on leg, Jadhav flicks it over square leg for a maximum. |
| 3.6 : 3.6: L Malinga to K Jadhav, FOUR! Nice shot. It was bowled full on leg, Jadhav flicks it over short fine leg where the fielder jumps but it goes over him for a boundary. 11 runs have come from the over. |
| 4.3 : 4.3: J Behrendorff to S Raina, FOUR! Off the outside edge! Or probably, it was a good shot in the end. Outside off, Raina backs away and in the end, just guides it wide of the keeper to the third man fence! |
| 4.4 : 4.4: J Behrendorff to S Raina, FOUR! Excellent shot. Back of a length outside off, Raina backs away to the leg side and then lofts it over cover. Hardik Pandya gives it a chase from mid off, then stops but then starts to run again. In the end, comes second. |
| 4.6 : 4.6: J Behrendorff to S Raina, OUT! That is a stunner from Kieron Pollard! What an acrobatic piece of fielding. Short and outside off, Raina backs away and hits it hard over cover-point. For a second, it seems like it is a biggie. But out of nowhere Pollard throws himself upwards and catches it with one hand, not losing the ball as he falls on the ground! The Wankhede has become deafening. Chennai are rocked early. 33/3, chasing 171! |
| 6.2 : 6.2: J Bumrah to K Jadhav, FOUR! Extraordinary shot. A short ball, Jadhav plays a short-arm jab, pulling it wide of mid on for a boundary! |
| 6.3 : 6.3: J Bumrah to K Jadhav, FOUR! Bottoms up! Strong bottom hand in play. This is not a bad ball at all. It is almost a yorker but Kedar, with Herculean bottom hand power, whips it over mid on for a boundary! |
| 6.4 : 6.4: J Bumrah to K Jadhav, FOUR! Excellent batting! A short ball, outside off, cramping Jadhav for room but KJ arches back and deftly guides it over the keeper to the third man fence! |
| 7.6 : 7.6: R Chahar to K Jadhav, EDGED, FOUR! Mumbai have their hands on their head. Just a ball ago, there was a slip in place. Then, he was removed and the scoreboard moved. Full and outside off, Jadhav looks to drive but gets a thick outside edge which flies over the vacant slip region to the third man fence! |
| 13.2 : 13.2: K Pandya to K Jadhav, FOUR! Terrific shot. Full and outside off, Jadhav gets down and slog sweeps it over mid-wicket. Rahul Chahar chases it to his right, dives but the ball goes through. 50-RUN STAND. |
| 14.1 : 14.1: H Pandya to MS Dhoni, OUT! Dhoni falls to Hardik! Is that the end of the run chase? No one better than him to take it till the last over and then seal a win. A short ball, outside off, MS looks to pull but the ball skids on slightly. His pull is without venom and it goes straight to Suryakumar Yadav who makes no mistake. 84 needed from 35 balls now and sans Dhoni, it looks like a bridge too far. |
| 14.4 : 14.4: H Pandya to R Jadeja, OUT! Caught behind! Second wicket in the over and the wheels seem to be coming off now. Jadeja backs away to the leg side and Hardik follows him with a short ball outside leg. Jadeja swings hard but gets a thick outside edge behind. De Kock dives spectacularly to his left and takes a wonderful catch. |
| 15.1 : 15.1: L Malinga to K Jadhav, FOUR! Off the outside edge! Outside off, Jadhav looks to drive but the ball moves away a touch, takes the outside edge and flies out of de Kock's reach to the third man fence. |
| 15.2 : 15.2: L Malinga to K Jadhav, FOUR! Just using the pace. Full and down the leg side, Jadhav flicks it behind square leg and the ball races away! |
| 17.1 : 17.1: L Malinga to K Jadhav, OUT! Caught behind! Another one in the coffin. Malinga has his second. A length ball, outside off, Jadhav swings hard but gets a thick outside edge behind. He does not go initially but then de Kock appeals along with the bowler and Tucker sends the batsman on the way. A valiant knock from Jadhav, ran out of partners, poor fellow. |
| 17.4 : 17.4: L Malinga to D Bravo, SIX! CLUBBED! Bravo gets one into the stands. A length ball, Bravo swings it over mid-wicket for half a dozen! |
| 17.5 : 17.5: L Malinga to D Bravo, OUT! Caught down the leg side! That is a delivery from Malinga of the old. Those slinging yorkers. Bravo departs, becoming Slinga's third victim. A firing yorker, outside leg, Bravo is opened up, as he looks to dig it out but all he gets is an inside edge behind. Normally, those run away to the boundary. But not if there is an obstruction named Quinton de Kock. He flings himself to his left acrobatically and takes a stunner. That should be the end of the chase now and |
| 18.3 : 18.3: J Bumrah to D Chahar, FOUR! Nice shot. Outside off, Chahar leans and lofts it over cover for a boundary. |
| 19.1 : 19.1: H Pandya to D Chahar, OUT! Caught. Third wicket for Hardik. A short ball, around middle, Chahar swings hard but does not hit the middle of the bat. Jasprit Bumrah keeps his eyes on the ball and runs to his left from fine leg, hanging on to a neat catch. |
| 19.2 : 19.2: H Pandya to S Thakur, SIX! Not a bad shot at all. A length ball, outside off, Thakur swings hard, gets a bit high on the bat and manages to clear long off. |
| 19.3 : 19.3: H Pandya to S Thakur, FOUR! Beautiful shot again. Outside off, Thakur gives himself room to the leg side and punches it wide of mid off for a boundary! |
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