| 0.0 : Hello and welcome to the curtain raiser of Indian T20 League, 2020. Two of the most successful teams are all set to get us underway. Defending champions Mumbai will look to get their title defense off to a flier with a win over their arch rivals. Chennai, on the other hand, will be desperate to avenge for last season's loss in the final. As we know, MS Dhoni will miss his right hand man, Suresh Raina and  it will be interesting to see how captain cool and his side fill that huge hole. Huge st |
| TOSS - We are all set for the coin to go up for the first time for this season. Mumbai skipper, Rohit Sharma and Chennai skipper, Dhoni are out along with the match referee. The match referee has the coin in hand. Rohit Sharma calls it incorrectly. CHENNAI OPT TO BOWL! |
| Chennai skipper, MS Dhoni starts by joking that he asked the match referee if he can have a first slip or not considering the social distancing norms. Dhoni then tells  that he is bowling first as he says that the wicket here has a tendency to keep low. Tells that the lockdown gave him time to work on himself, adds that he could not do physical running. Dhoni says they have to applaud the effort from every member in the squad as it is very difficult. Tells that after spending so much time wit |
| Mumbai skipper, Rohit Sharma, says they would have bowled first as well. Adds that it is better to bat under lights. Mentions that they had a little camp in Mumbai before coming to UAE. Sharma also says they practiced here also and it was good to practice under these conditions. Mentions they have had some new faces to the squad and they have had a good preparation. Informs they have four foreigners in the form of Quinton de Kock, Kieron Pollard, James Pattinson and Trent Boult. |
| Pitch Report - Kevin Pietersen starts by saying that there is an even covering of grass and he expects it to be a high scoring game and tells there is a breeze coming around. Adds that the guys will be looking to hit with the breeze. Michael Slater says that the par score here is 167 but expects it to be blown away. |
| Mumbai Indians (Playing XI) - Rohit Sharma (C), Quinton de Kock (WK), Suryakumar Yadav, Saurabh Tiwary, Krunal Pandya, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, James Pattinson, Rahul Chahar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah. |
| Chennai Super Kings (Playing XI) - Murali Vijay, Shane Watson, Faf du Plessis, Ambati Rayudu, Kedar Jadhav, MS Dhoni (WK/C), Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, Deepak Chahar, Piyush Chawla, Lungi Ngidi. |
| The wait is over and we are just inches away from the start. The two men that matter the most, the umpires make their way out. Chennai players are in a huddle with their skipper, MS Dhoni giving last words of motivation before his troops take their respective positions in the field. Mumbai skipper, Rohit Sharma and Quinton de Kock stride out to the middle to open the innings for the defending champions. Deepak Chahar takes the new ball for Chennai and to bowl the first over of the Indian T20 Lea |
| 0.1 : Finally! The issue is sorted and we are ready to go! |
| Deepak Chahar to Rohit Sharma,FOUR! Delightful start to the season! No rustiness from the Mumbai skipper. He kicks off the new season with a gorgeous boundary. Deepak starts with a good length ball outside off. Rohit pounces on the width and crunches it through covers to get us rolling with a boundary. |
| 0.2 : Deepak Chahar to Rohit Sharma, Deepak now cramps Rohit Sharma for room and bowls it on middle and leg. Rohit tucks it to the leg side and gets a single. |
| 0.3 : Deepak Chahar to Quinton de Kock, De Kock is off the mark! Fullish ball on off, de Kock pushes it to the right of mid off. The fielder there dives but misfields allowing Quinton to get off the mark with a couple. |
| 0.4 : Deepak Chahar to Quinton de Kock, FOUR! Deepak Chahar struggling to find the right line and length early on. He is guilty of bowling around the pads of de Kock. He says thank you very much and flicks it off the middle through mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 0.5 : Deepak Chahar to Quinton de Kock, Better from Chahar. Good length ball around off, de Kock plays it to point. |
| 0.6 : Deepak Chahar to Quinton de Kock, Single to end the over. A very good start for Mumbai. 12 runs from the first over. Length ball around off, de Kock taps it to the off side and keeps the strike. |
| Sam Curran to bowl from the other end. |
| 1.1 : Sam Curran to Quinton de Kock, No swing for Sam Curran first up. Bowls a full ball on the pads. De Kock looks to flick but misses and gets hit on the pad. |
| 1.2 : Sam Curran to Quinton de Kock, Length ball outside off, de Kock clears his front leg and hits it sweetly but straight to mid off. |
| 1.3 : Sam Curran to Quinton de Kock, Good length ball outside off, de Kock plays it behind square on the off side and gets a single. |
| 1.4 : Sam Curran to Rohit Sharma, FOUR! Loose delivery and Rohit has capitalised on it. Full wide outside off, Rohit creams it past the diving cover-point fielder and the ball races to the fence. |
| 1.5 : Sam Curran to Rohit Sharma, Smartly follows the boundary with a gentle single towards mid off. |
| 1.6 : Sam Curran to Quinton de Kock, De Kock takes a single and keeps the strike. Decent start from Curran. 7 off his first over. The last ball is tapped towards cover by the left-hander and he keeps the strike. |
| 2.1 : Deepak Chahar to Quinton de Kock, Good length ball on off, de Kock taps it to the off side and takes a run. |
| 2.2 : Deepak Chahar to Rohit Sharma, Full around off, Rohit pushes it with a straight bat to mid on. No movement so far for Deepak Chahar. |
| 2.3 : Deepak Chahar to Rohit Sharma, Full on off, Sharma flicks it to the left of mid-wicket. He looks for a quick run but they decide against it quickly. Good call as that would have been a suicidal run. |
| 2.4 : Deepak Chahar to Rohit Sharma, Good fielding from du Plessis. Full on off, Rohit drives it to the right of mid off. Faf there dives and saves a certain boundary. Just a single. |
| 2.5 : Deepak Chahar to Quinton de Kock, FOUR! De Kock makes room and picks up a boundary. Good length ball around off, it comes in a tad not much. De Kock clears his front leg and pulls it in front of square on the leg side for a boundary. |
| 2.6 : Deepak Chahar to Quinton de Kock, Good fielding from Sam Curran. Fuller on off, de Kock drives it to the left of mid off. Curran there dives and half stops it. He cannot hold onto it cleanly. They take two. |
| 3.1 : Lungi Ngidi to Rohit Sharma, Lungi starts with a full ball on off. Rohit flicks it to the leg side. Deepak Chahar at fine leg covers a good amount of ground and keeps it down to one. |
| 0.0 : Lungi Ngidi is into the attack. |
| 3.2 : Lungi Ngidi to Quinton de Kock, FOUR! De Kock takes on his country man with a delicious shot. Slightly overpitched around off, de Kock lofts it over mid off for a boundary. The South African skipper looks on song! |
| 3.3 : Lungi Ngidi to Quinton de Kock, Good bowling! De Kock was looking to premeditate the scoop shot and moved inside his stump. Lungi followed him and bowled it outside off. De Kock adjusts and plays it through point for a couple. |
| 3.4 : Lungi Ngidi to Quinton de Kock, WIDE! Ngidi misses his mark with the slower one and bowls it on the wrong side of the tramline. |
| Lungi Ngidi to Quinton de Kock, FOUR! First over mid off, now over mid on! Fuller around off, de Kock goes across the line and swipes it over mid on for another boundary. |
| 3.5 : Lungi Ngidi to Quinton de Kock, WIDE! Ngidi is looking to bowl it away from de Kock but bowls it too wide and loses his direction. It is well away from the tramline. |
| Lungi Ngidi to Quinton de Kock, FOUR! Clever batting! Good length ball outside off, de Kock goes across his stumps and plays it over fine leg for the third boundary of the over. |
| 3.6 : Lungi Ngidi to Quinton de Kock, Single to end the over! Bad start for Ngidi! 18 from his first! A superb over for Mumbai! The last ball is on a length around off, de Kock mistimes it over cover but it falls in no man's land. He keeps the strike and Mumbai are off to a great start here. 45/0 off the first 4 overs. Maybe time for Dhoni to try an over of spin. |
| Piyush Chawla is into the attack. |
| 4.1 : Piyush Chawla to Quinton de Kock, Piyush Chawla comes in and de Kock brings out the reverse sweep. Tossed up outside off, Quinton looks to play the reverse sweep but misses. |
| 4.2 : Piyush Chawla to Quinton de Kock, Floated on off, de Kock plays it through mid off for one. |
| 4.3 : Piyush Chawla to Rohit Sharma, Googly on off, Rohit reads it well and pushes it to mid off. |
| 4.4 : Piyush Chawla to Rohit Sharma, OUT! Caught! Big wicket for Chennai and the first over from spin brings the first success for Chennai! The new acquisition has his first wicket for his new side. Chawla has had a plenty of them for Kolkata and now he has his first for Chennnai. What a big wicket to get! It is the Mumbai skipper, Rohit Sharma! Foated on middle, Rohit looks to go inside out over mid off but it comes off the lower half of his bat and goes straight to Sam Curran at mid off.  Th |
| 4.5 : Piyush Chawla to Suryakumar Yadav, Suryakumar Yadav is off the mark! Tossed up on off, Suryakumar Yadav strokes it through cover for one. |
| 4.4 : Suryakumar Yadav is the new batsman in. |
| 4.6 : Piyush Chawla to Quinton de Kock, Shorter on off, it is a googly. Quinton tucks it towards mid-wicket and keeps the strike. |
| Sam Curran is back on. 1-0-7-0 are his figures so far. |
| 5.1 : Sam Curran to Quinton de Kock, OUT! Caught! One brings two and it is another new signing of the season, Sam Curran! Both the openers are back in the dug out for Mumbai! Sam Curran is in the thick of action. First with a catch and now with the wicket himself. He comes in and rolls his finger on this length ball. De Kock looks to pull but the ball comes slower than he anticipated and he hits it straight to Shane Watson at short mid-wicket. The experienced Australian makes no mistake. |
| 0.0 : Saurabh Tiwary is the next batsman in. |
| 5.2 : Sam Curran to Saurabh Tiwary, God length ball on off, Saurabh starts his innings with a punch to cover. |
| 5.3 : Sam Curran to Saurabh Tiwary, Tiwari is off the mark! On the pads, Saurabh turns it towards fine leg and gets a couple to get his scoreboard ticking. |
| 5.4 : Sam Curran to Saurabh Tiwary, Fuller on off, Tiwary pushes it to cover. |
| 5.5 : Sam Curran to Saurabh Tiwary, Full on off, Saurabh now taps it wide of cover and gets to the other end. |
| 5.6 : Sam Curran to Suryakumar Yadav, Good length ball on off, Suryakumar punches it back to the bowler. Excellent over from Sam Curran. 3 runs and a wicket of his second. A good comeback from Chennai in the last two overs to make it a very good Powerplay. 51/2 at the end of PP. |
| 6.1 : Ravindra Jadeja to Saurabh Tiwary, Jadeja starts with a tossed up ball on off, Tiwary strokes it to long off for one. |
| 5.6 : Ravindra Jadeja is into the attack. |
| 6.2 : Ravindra Jadeja to Suryakumar Yadav, FOUR! A very tough shot but Suryakumar Yadav has made it look easy. Tossed up on off and middle, Yadav comes down the track and goes inside out over extra cover for a boundary. |
| 6.3 : Ravindra Jadeja to Suryakumar Yadav, Floated on off, Yadav now chips it uppishly to long on for a single. |
| 6.4 : Ravindra Jadeja to Saurabh Tiwary, Flatter on off, Tiwary plays it towards point for a single. |
| 6.5 : Ravindra Jadeja to Suryakumar Yadav, Floated on off, Yadav milks it to long off and rotates th strike. |
| 6.6 : Ravindra Jadeja to Saurabh Tiwary, Short outside off, Tiwary cuts it to deep point and takes a single. 9 off Jaddu's first over. |
| 7.1 : Sam Curran to Saurabh Tiwary, Length delivery on off, de Kock punches it through covers for a single. |
| 7.2 : Sam Curran to Suryakumar Yadav, Back of a length on off, Yadav guides it towards third man for a run. |
| 7.3 : Sam Curran to Saurabh Tiwary, BEATEN! Full and outside off, Tiwary looks to drive but misses it. |
| 7.4 : Sam Curran to Saurabh Tiwary, Short delivery on leg, Tiwary pulls it through square leg for a single. |
| 7.5 : Sam Curran to Suryakumar Yadav, FOUR! Nice shot! Short delivery on off, Yadav cuts it hard through point. Piyush Chawla in the deep tries to stop it but it goes past him for a boundary. |
| 7.6 : Sam Curran to Suryakumar Yadav, On middle, Suryakumar flicks it through mid-wicket for a run. |
| 8.1 : Ravindra Jadeja to Suryakumar Yadav, Quicker on off, Yadav comes down the track to hit it but mistimes it towards long off for one. |
| 8.2 : Ravindra Jadeja to Saurabh Tiwary, SIX! Just over! These are big boundaries but Saurab Tiwary has managed to get enough to send it over the man at long on. Tossed up on off, Tiwary lofts it over long on. The fielder there stretches but cannot get anything. First biggie of the tournament and the game.  |
| 8.3 : Ravindra Jadeja to Saurabh Tiwary, Poor from Ngidi. Short outside off, Tiwary cuts it late to the right of short third man. Ngidi there misfields which allows them to get two. |
| 8.4 : Ravindra Jadeja to Saurabh Tiwary, FOUR! Cut and cut hard! Short and wide outside off, Tiwary gets on his back foot and cuts it viciously through point for a boundary, |
| 8.5 : Ravindra Jadeja to Saurabh Tiwary, Now follows the boundary with a single towards backward square leg with a sweep. |
| 8.6 : Ravindra Jadeja to Suryakumar Yadav, Tossed up on off, Yadav plays it off the inner half of his bat towards long on for a single. Another expensive over from Jadeja. 15 from it! |
| 9.1 : Piyush Chawla to Suryakumar Yadav, WIDE! Chawla misses his line and bowls one down the leg side. |
| Piyush Chawla to Suryakumar Yadav, Tossed up on off, Suryakumar drives it straight to the man at cover. |
| 9.2 : Piyush Chawla to Suryakumar Yadav, Slower through the air on off, Yadav looks to hit it over cover and mid off but it goes to long on off the inner half of his bat towards mid on for one. |
| 0.0 : Strategic Time-Out! Piyush Chawla is back on. 1-0-3-1 are his figures so far. |
| 9.3 : Piyush Chawla to Saurabh Tiwary, Quicker on middle and leg. Tiwary defends it. |
| 9.4 : Piyush Chawla to Saurabh Tiwary, Floated on off, Tiwary taps it into the ground. |
| 9.5 : Piyush Chawla to Saurabh Tiwary, Shorter on off, Tiwary tucks it towards deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 9.6 : Piyush Chawla to Suryakumar Yadav, Quicker one outside off. Suryakumar looks to sweep but misses. Dhoni whips the bails quickly but Yadav's back foot never left the crease. Halfway of the innings gone and Mumbai are 86/2! |
| 10.1 : Deepak Chahar to Saurabh Tiwary, Good length ball outside off, Tiwary punches it to long off for one. |
| 0.0 : Deepak Chahar is back on. 2-0-20-0 are his figures so far. |
| 10.2 : Deepak Chahar to Suryakumar Yadav, Good length ball on off, SkY pushes it to mid off. |
| 10.3 : Deepak Chahar to Suryakumar Yadav, Slower ball closer to off. Yadav looks to play it on the off side but the ball is too close. He manages to chop it to the off side and gets a single. |
| 10.4 : Deepak Chahar to Saurabh Tiwary, Good running. Shortish on off, Tiwary mistimes it to the right of long on. They see the opportunity to get two and they take it. |
| 10.5 : Deepak Chahar to Saurabh Tiwary, Slower bouncer! Tiwary pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 10.6 : Deepak Chahar to Suryakumar Yadav, WIDE! Another off pace delivery but Chahar misses his line and bowls it down the leg side, Yadav looks to pull but misses. |
| Deepak Chahar to Suryakumar Yadav, OUT! Caught! Chahar gets another wicket and once again Curran is in the action. Full on off, Suryakumar Yadav looks to loft it with the wind over long on. He cannot time it well and it is a big ground. Curran runs to his left and taks a very good catch. |
| Hardik Pandya is the new batsman in. |
| 11.1 : Ravindra Jadeja to Saurabh Tiwary, Short around off, Tiwary cuts it through point for one. |
| 11.2 : Ravindra Jadeja to Hardik Pandya, Tossed up on off, Hardikstarts his innings with a gntle push to mid off. |
| 11.3 : Ravindra Jadeja to Hardik Pandya, Flatter on middle, Pandya pushes it to mid on now. |
| 11.4 : Ravindra Jadeja to Hardik Pandya, Darted on the pads, Hardik flicks it to mid-wicket. |
| 0.0 : It will be interesting to see how Hardik goes about his business. Will he take his time or go for the big shots straightaway? |
| 11.5 : Ravindra Jadeja to Hardik Pandya, SIX! Hardik is off the mark with a bang! He is a stylish man and he loves to take centr stage. That is what he has done here. Tossed up around off, Hardik gets down on one knee and slog sweeps it just over mid-wicket for a biggie. The fielder in the deep is not at th ropes, had he been there it might have been a catch. |
| 11.6 : Ravindra Jadeja to Hardik Pandya, SIX! This was six the moment it left the bat! Short on middle and leg, Hardik will eat this for breakfast, lunch and dinner. He heaves his pull well into the stand over mid-wicket for the biggest six of the night. |
| 12.1 : Lungi Ngidi to Saurabh Tiwary, Full ball on off, Tiwary drives it to mid off. Hardik wants the run but Tiwary does well to send him back. The fielder goes for a direct hit at the bowler's end but misses it. |
| 0.0 : Lungi Ngidi is back on. |
| 12.2 : Lungi Ngidi to Saurabh Tiwary, Length delivery on off, Tiwary lofts it over covers. The fielder in the deep does well to stop it. The batsmen get two runs. |
| 12.3 : Lungi Ngidi to Saurabh Tiwary, FOUR! That is smashed! Short delivery on middle, Tiwary pulls it over mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 12.4 : Lungi Ngidi to Saurabh Tiwary, FOUR! Back-to-back boundaries for Tiwary! Full delivery on off, Tiwary comes forward and drives it through mid off for a boundary. |
| 12.5 : Lungi Ngidi to Saurabh Tiwary, Short delivery on leg, Tiwary pulls it through square leg for a single. |
| 12.6 : Lungi Ngidi to Hardik Pandya, Full ball on middle, Pandy flicks it to mid-wicket. |
| 13.1 : Piyush Chawla to Saurabh Tiwary,  Tiwary comes down the track and takes it very full on off. He milks it to long off for one. |
| 0.0 : Piyush Chawla is back on. 2-0-6-1 are his figures so far. |
| 13.2 : Piyush Chawla to Hardik Pandya, Googly around off. Hardik looks to go over on the off side but the ball goes to long on off the inner half of his bat for a single. |
| 13.3 : Piyush Chawla to Saurabh Tiwary,Misfield from substitute Vijay and they get two. Shorter on middle and leg. Tiwary gets on one knee and pulls it to the left of deep square leg. Vijay there fumbles and the batters get two. |
| 13.4 : Piyush Chawla to Saurabh Tiwary, NOT OUT! The ball is miising the stump and Chennai lose their review. Floated on middle, Tiwary looks to sweep but misses and gets hit on the pad. There is a huge appeal but the umpire turns it down.Dhoni and Chawla have a word. Chawla is not too confident but MS takes the review. Replay rolls in and Ultra Edge first shows no involvement of bat. Time for the ball tracker which shows that the ball is pitching in line, the impact is in line but the ball i |
| 13.5 : Piyush Chawla to Saurabh Tiwary, Floated on off, ST plays it to cover for one. |
| 13.6 : Piyush Chawla to Hardik Pandya, Shorter on off, HP plays it back to the bowler. |
| Jadeja is back on. |
| 14.1 : Kieron Pollard is the new batsman in. |
| Ravindra Jadeja to Saurabh Tiwary, OUT! Caught! Superb catch from Faf du Plessis. Finally something to cheer about for Jadeja. He has his first wicket. He has been expensive so far but he will hope this wicket changes things for him. Saurabh Tiwary's fine knock comes to an end. Tossed up on off, Tiwary looks to go for a big slog sweep. He does not get enough on it and the boundaries here are big as well. Faf du Plessis at deep mid-wicket, jumps and takes a very good catch at the edge of th |
| 14.2 : Ravindra Jadeja to Kieron Pollard, Floated delivery on middle, Pollard flicks it towards square leg for a single. |
| 14.3 : Ravindra Jadeja to Hardik Pandya, Tossed up delivery on off, Pandya pushes it towards mid off for a single. |
| 14.4 : Ravindra Jadeja to Kieron Pollard, On middle, Pollard flicks it through mid-wicket for a run. |
| Krunal Pandya is the next batsman in. |
| 14.5 : Ravindra Jadeja to Hardik Pandya,  OUT! CAUGHT! Another terrific catch by Faf du Plessis! |
| 14.6 : Ravindra Jadeja to Kieron Pollard, No run. |
| 14.5 : Ravindra Jadeja to Hardik Pandya, OUT! Caught! Another fantastic catch and what an over this is turning out to be. First Tiwary and now the big wicket of Hardik Pandya. We all know how dangerous he is especially in the death over. Jadeja has been expensive before this over but these two wickets have turned his bad day to a good evening. Tossed up on off, Hardik hits it flat and hard towards long off. Faf du Plessis there times his jump to perfection and takes a brilliant catch. He is all s |
| 14.6 : Ravindra Jadeja to Krunal Pandya, On middle, Krunal flicks it through mid-wicket for a couple. |
| 15.1 : Piyush Chawla to Kieron Pollard, Tossed up delivery on off, Pollard defends it off the front foot. |
| 15.2 : Piyush Chawla to Kieron Pollard, SIX! That is huge! Floated delivery on middle, Pollard lofts it over long on for a maximum. |
| 15.3 : Piyush Chawla to Kieron Pollard, Flighted delivery on middle, Pollard flicks it through mid-wicket for a single. |
| 15.4 : Piyush Chawla to Krunal Pandya, Loopy delivery on off, Pandya pushes it through point for a single. |
| 15.5 : Piyush Chawla to Kieron Pollard, On off, Pollard pushes it to mid off. |
| 15.6 : Piyush Chawla to Kieron Pollard, Short delivery on off, Pollard cuts it through point for a couple. |
| 16.1 : Lungi Ngidi to Krunal Pandya, OUT! Caught! Ngidi gets his first of the season. A very annoying wicket if you are a batsman but you are not complaining if you are the bowler. Slower ball on the leg side. Krunal looks t tickle it down to the leg side but gets a little edge on it. Dhoni dives to his right and takes a very good catch. Chennai strike right after the break. |
| 16.2 : Lungi Ngidi to James Pattinson, Good length ball on off, Pattinson plays it to third man and gets a single. |
| 0.0 : James Pattinson is the new man in. |
| 16.3 : Lungi Ngidi to Kieron Pollard, On the pads, Pollard flicks it towards fine leg and gets to the other end. |
| 16.4 : Lungi Ngidi to James Pattinson, Short ball. Pattinson pulls it to deep mid-wicket and rotates the strike. Good over so far, 3 runs and a wicket. Can he finish off these two balls well? |
| 16.5 : Lungi Ngidi to Kieron Pollard, Back of a length ball on off, Pollard tucks it to the leg side and takes a quick run. The fielder hits a direct hit at the keeper's end but Pattinson is well in. |
| 16.6 : Lungi Ngidi to James Pattinson, Swing and a miss! End of a very good over from Ngidi. His first good over of the game. Back of a length outside off, Pattinson swings but misses. 4 runs and a wicket of this one. |
| 0.0 : Strategic Time-Out! What a game we are having so far as we head into the final 4 overs. Just when it looks like one side has momentum, the other one strikes and changes the perception. Mumbai have lost their big hitter, Hardik Pandya but have the big man, Kieron Pollard and his older brother, Krunal who can also be dangerous with his hitting ability. Chennai have not been at their best both with the ball and on the field but they have had their big moments. Who will get the momentum in the fi |
| 16.6 : Sam Curran is back on. |
| 17.1 : Sam Curran to Kieron Pollard, Sam comes around the wicket and bowls it on middle and off. Pollard turns it to the leg side with the angle and gets a single. |
| 0.0 : Review time! Chennai have taken a review against Tiwari for LBW. They think they have their man. Let us see what the replays have to say. |
| 17.2 : Sam Curran to James Pattinson, FOUR! Powerful shot. Full on middle, Pattinson moves away from his stumps and hits it with power over Curran and over mid off for a boundary. |
| 17.3 : Sam Curran to James Pattinson, On the pads, JP flicks it to fine leg for one. |
| 17.4 : Sam Curran to Kieron Pollard, FOUR! Poor ball! Curran bowls it full and on the pads. Pollard flicks it away from short fine leg and fetches a boundary. |
| 17.5 : Sam Curran to Kieron Pollard, Sam comes around the wicket now and bowls it full on off. Pollard pushes it back to the bowler. |
| 17.6 : Sam Curran to Kieron Pollard, Good length ball on off, Pollard comes inside his stumps and looks to flick but misses. The ball hits his pad and goes to the leg side. Sam appeals but the umpire is unmoved. The batters take a leg bye. Good over for Mumbai. 11 from it. |
| 18.1 : Lungi Ngidi to Kieron Pollard, OUT! Caught behind! Massive wicket for Chennai as the big man Pollard departs. Ngidi finishing well here after having a terrible start! Ngidi hits the deck hard outside off, Pollard looks to hit it straight but ends up getting a thick outside edge which goes straight into the mitts of Dhoni. Massive blow for Mumbai as this can make a difference of 20-25 crucial runs. |
| 0.0 : Rahul Chahar is the next batsman in. |
| 18.2 : Lungi Ngidi to Rahul Chahar, Good length ball on off, Rahul tucks it to the leg side and gets a single. |
| 18.3 : Lungi Ngidi to James Pattinson, MISFIELD AND FOUR! Big oopsie from Deepak Chahar! Lungi Ngidi won't be happy.Good length ball on middle. Pattinson pulls it to the right of deep mid-wicket. Deepak Chahar runs to that side but the ball goes through him and to the fence. |
| 18.4 : Lungi Ngidi to James Pattinson, Back of a length on off, Pattinson swings across the line but misses it. |
| 18.5 : Lungi Ngidi to James Pattinson, OUT! Caught! A big turn around for Ngidi as he has his 3rd wicket of the game. Pattinson departs and Chennai keep plucking wickets. Back of a length on off, Pattinson goes for the pull. He hits it high in the air but finds long on. Faf du Plessis has taken two very tough catches but takes this comparatively easy one. |
| 18.6 : Lungi Ngidi to Rahul Chahar, Very full on the stumps, Bult manages to defend it. Lungi Ngidi finishes with 3/38 from his 4. Good comeback after his first two overs were fruitless and expensive. |
| 18.5 : Trent Boult is the new man in. |
| 19.1 : Deepak Chahar to Trent Boult, OUT! BOWLED! Another one bites the dust and Mumbai have struggled badly at the back end. Two in two for Deepak Chahar and he has made a good comeback as well just like many of his teammates. On the leg pole, Boult swings but misses and turns around to see his leg pole uprooted. |
| Jasprit Bumrah comes in at number 11 to face the hat-trick ball. |
| 19.2 : Deepak Chahar to Jasprit Bumrah, No hat-trick for Deepak Chahar. On a length on off, Bumrah manages to pull it to the leg side and gets a single. |
| 19.3 : Deepak Chahar to Rahul Chahar, Swing and miss. Deepak bowls a length ball over the stumps. His cousin, Rahul swings but to no avail. |
| 19.4 : Deepak Chahar to Rahul Chahar, Now Rahul connects with the pull but just for one. |
| 19.5 : Deepak Chahar to Jasprit Bumrah, Good length ball on off, Bumrah slices it over extra cover, in no man's land and gets a couple. |
| 19.6 : Deepak Chahar to Jasprit Bumrah, Good length ball on off, Bumrah slogs across the line to the right of long on and gets a couple. MUMBAI FINISH WITH 162/9 OFF THEIR 20! |
| Deepak Chahar to bowl the final over. |
| Excellent comeback from the Men in Yellow and it is they who enter the break with the momentum on their side. At one point it looked like they would be chasing a total in excess of 180 but their bowlers managed to find their rhythm at the right time of the innings and have managed to restrict the defending champions to an average score of 162! |
| A very good bowlng performance from Chennai.. They started off poorly but their bowlers started to find their groove towards the crucial end of the innings. The likes of Ngidi, Deepak Chahar and Jadeja started off on a very expensive note but managed to pull things back with wickets. New recruits, Sam Curran and Piyush Chawla were very good with the ball finishing with one wicket a piece with the eg spinner conceeding less than 6 rpo. Ngidi finished with 3 while Deepak and Jadeja managed |
| Mumbai, after being put into bat, got off to a very good start as Quinton de Kock and Rohit Sharma got off the blocks quickly. Suryakumar Yadav and Saurabh Tiwary looked steady with their 42-run stand and it looked like they were setting the platform for their big hitters in Hardik, Pollard and Krunal but the trio were unable to get a move along and the defending champions choked from 121/3 at the end of the 14th over to finish for 162/9 from their 20. The Men in Blue just could not get the fire |
| So 163 is the target for Chennai to kick off the new season with a win. Do not count out Mumbai as they have a nack of defending totals they are not expected to. They have a good bowling attack and will have to be at their best. Can they do the unexpected again and defend another lowish score? Join us after the break for the chase to find out. |
| 0.0 : We are back for the chase. The Mumbai players are out in the middle. Murali Vijay and Shane Watson will open the batting for Chennai. Trent Boult will start the proceedings for Mumbai. |
| 0.1 : Trent Boult to Murali Vijay, Chennai and Vijay are off the mark straightaway. Boult starts with a fulll ball on middle and leg. Vijay taps it to the left of mid on and takes a quick run to get off the mark. |
| 0.2 : Trent Boult to Shane Watson, Full outside off, Watson looks to drive but the bat turns in his hand and he hits it back to Boult. |
| 0.3 : Trent Boult to Shane Watson, Good length ball around off, Watson defends it with a straight bat. No movement for Boult. |
| 0.4 : Trent Boult to Shane Watson, Length ball around off, Watson plays his trademark late cut. Suryakumar Yadav at wide first slip jumps and saves runs for his side. |
| 0.5 : Trent Boult to Shane Watson, FOUR! Watson is off the mark in style! Slightly overpitched around off, Watson lofts it over covers and gets a boundary. |
| 0.6 : Trent Boult to Shane Watson, OUT! LBW! Mumbai needed an early wicket and their new recruit, Trent Boult has given them exactly that. Full and Boult shapes it in to the right hander. Watson looks to drive but misses and gets hit on the back pad. This is the ball that has troubled a lot of batters and it has done the same to Watson. The Mumbai players appeal and the umpire raises the dreaded finger. Watson has a word with Vijay but opts against the review. Good call as replay later on shows h |
| 1.1 : James Pattinson to Murali Vijay, Pattinson starts with a length ball around off, Vijay pushes it to cover. |
| 0.6 : Faf du Plessis walks out at number 3 Also, Mumbai's another new player, James Pattinson to bowl from the other end. |
| 1.2 : James Pattinson to Murali Vijay, WIDE! Pattinson misses his line and bowls one down the leg side. Vijay looks to flick but misses. |
| James Pattinson to Murali Vijay, On the pads, Vijay flicks it straight to mid-wicket. |
| 1.3 : James Pattinson to Murali Vijay, On middle, Vijay pushes it to mid on. |
| 1.4 : James Pattinson to Murali Vijay, A huge appeal but the umpire turns it down! A pacy delivery pitching on middle and coming back in. Murali looks to play it straight but misses and gets hit on the pad. The Mumbai players put in a huge appeal but the umpire turns it down. Rohit, de Kock and Pattinson have a chat but they decide not to take the review. |
| 1.5 : James Pattinson to Murali Vijay, Good length ball on middle, Vijay defends it. |
| 1.6 : James Pattinson to Murali Vijay, OUT! LBW! This time Pattinson gets his man. Mumbai are off to a flier with the ball here. Both the Chennai openers are back in the dug out for early showers. Good length ball pitching on off and once again it comes back in sharply and with pace. Vijay looks to play but misses and gets hit on the pad. Pattinson and co. appeal and the umpire this time raises the dreaded finger. Vijay has a word with Faf du Plessis and he decides not take the re |
| 2.1 : Trent Boult to Faf du Plessis, Back of a length and outside off, du Plessis leaves it alone. |
| 2.2 : Trent Boult to Faf du Plessis, Length delivery on off, du Plessis pushes it through point for a single. |
| 2.3 : Trent Boult to Ambati Rayudu, Back of a length on middle, Rayudu looks to defend but gets hit on the thigh pad. |
| 2.4 : Trent Boult to Ambati Rayudu, Good length delivery on off, Rayudu guides it towards third man for a run. |
| 2.5 : Trent Boult to Faf du Plessis, Back of a length on middle, du Plessis looks to defend but gets hit on the thigh pad due to the inswing on this one. |
| 2.6 : Trent Boult to Faf du Plessis, FOUR! Excellent shot! Full ball on off, du Plessis drives it through covers for a boundary. |
| 3.1 : James Pattinson to Ambati Rayudu, FOUR! Terrific shot! Length delivery on off, Rayudu punches it through covers for a boundary. |
| 3.2 : James Pattinson to Ambati Rayudu, Full delivery on middle, Rayudu flicks it to mid-wicket. |
| 3.3 : James Pattinson to Ambati Rayudu, Back of a length on off, Rayudu defends it to point. |
| 3.4 : James Pattinson to Ambati Rayudu, Good length ball on off, Rayudu guides it towards third man for a single. |
| 3.5 : James Pattinson to Faf du Plessis, Back of a length on middle, du Plessis looks to flick but gets hit on the thigh pad. |
| 3.6 : James Pattinson to Faf du Plessis, Full delivery on the pads, du Plessis flicks it through mid-wicket for a couple. |
| 4.1 : Trent Boult to Ambati Rayudu, FOUR! Glorious! Slightly overpitched and Rayudu creams it. Full around off, Ambati gets on his front foot and creams his drive through covers for a boundary. |
| 4.2 : Trent Boult to Ambati Rayudu, Boult pulls his length back around off, Rayudu taps it off his back foot to point. |
| 4.3 : Trent Boult to Ambati Rayudu, Slower ball outside off, Rayudu looks to defend but misses. |
| 4.4 : Trent Boult to Ambati Rayudu, Good length ball around off, AR plays it off the middle but straight to Pollard at point. |
| 4.5 : Trent Boult to Ambati Rayudu, Good length ball outside off, Rayudu leaves it alone. |
| 4.6 : Trent Boult to Ambati Rayudu, Ohh! That was just inches away from finding the outside edge of Rayudu's willow and sending him back to the dug out. Length ball just outside off, Ambati expects it to come in but it keeps his shape and misses outside edge of Rayudu's defensive blade. |
| 5.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Faf du Plessis, Bumrah starts with a good length ball on off, Faf defends it. |
| 5.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Faf du Plessis, Length ball around off, du Plessis plays it straight to Hardik at point. |
| 0.0 : Jasprit Bumrah is into the attack. |
| 5.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Faf du Plessis, The venomous inswinger now. It pitches on off and comes back in. Du Plessis looks to defend but gets an inside edge onto the pads.The ball almost rolls onto the stumps but misses. |
| 5.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Faf du Plessis, Length ball outside off, du Plessis looks to punch it on the off side but misses. |
| 5.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Faf du Plessis, Nicely played! Good length ball outside off, du Plessis punches it between cover and mid off. The fielder chases behind him and cleans it up with a slide. The batters come back for the third as this is a big ground. |
| 5.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Ambati Rayudu, Four! The short ball is dispatched. The square cut comes out the ball crosses the ropes. |
| Jasprit Bumrah to Ambati Rayudu, NO BALL AND FOUR! That went like a tracer bullet! Good length ball outside off, Rayudu smashes it over point and gets a boundary. Bumrah is guilty of overstepping and has been caught by the T.V. umpire. FREE HIT coming up. |
| 6.1 : Krunal Pandya to Faf du Plessis, Tossed up delivery on off, du Plessis pushes it through covers for a single. |
| 5.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Ambati Rayudu, SIX! Bang! Rayudu makes Bumrah pay for the Free Hit and the extra delivery! Shortish ball around off, Rayudu takes the license to go for it with open arms and smashes his pull over the mid-wicket fence for a biggie. It made a crunching sound as it hit the bat. 14 off Bumrah's first and that is a good end to the Powerplay for Chennai! Still Mumbai's Powerplay as Chennai are 37/2 at the end of it. |
| 6.2 : Krunal Pandya to Ambati Rayudu, Flighted delivery on middle, Rayudu flicks it through mid-wicket for a run. |
| 6.3 : Krunal Pandya to Faf du Plessis, Loopy delivery on middle, du Plessis flicks it towards fine leg for a single. |
| 6.4 : Krunal Pandya to Ambati Rayudu, Floated delivery on middle, Rayud pushes it to mid on. |
| 6.5 : Krunal Pandya to Ambati Rayudu, On off, Rayudu pushes it through point for a couple. |
| 5.6 : Krunal Pandya is into the attack. |
| Krunal Pandya to Ambati Rayudu, Flighted delivery on off, Rayudu flicks it through mid-wicket for a run. |
| Rahul Chahar is into the attack. |
| 7.1 : Rahul Chahar to Ambati Rayudu, Rahul starts with a floated leg spinner around off. Rayudu strokes it against the spin to long on for one. |
| 7.2 : Rahul Chahar to Faf du Plessis, Tossed up leg spinner around off now. Faf plays it to the right of the bowler and gets a single. |
| 7.3 : Rahul Chahar to Ambati Rayudu, Shorter on off, Ambati turns it to mid-wicket for a run. |
| 7.4 : Rahul Chahar to Faf du Plessis, Floated on off, du Plessis pushes it to cover. |
| 7.5 : Rahul Chahar to Faf du Plessis, FOUR! Beautifully played. Tossed up on off, du Plessis comes down the track and lofts it inside out over extra cover for a boundary. Not an easy shot to play but Faf has played it very well. |
| 7.6 : Rahul Chahar to Faf du Plessis, Another inside out shot but all along the ground to long off for one. 112 needed off 72! |
| 8.1 : Krunal Pandya to Faf du Plessis, Shorter on off, Faf punches it towards cover for a single. |
| 8.2 : Krunal Pandya to Ambati Rayudu, Was it a drop? Rahul Chahar is the man who might have droppped Rayudu and given him a lifeline here. Tossed up on off, Rayudu looks to flick but does so uppishly. It goes to the right of Rahul Chahar at short mid-wicket who dives and luckily for him it dos not carry to him so not a drop. They take a single. |
| 8.3 : Krunal Pandya to Faf du Plessis, Floated on off, du Plessis strokes it through covers for one. |
| 8.4 : Krunal Pandya to Ambati Rayudu, Shorter on off, Rayudu punches it through covers and rotates the strike. |
| 8.5 : Krunal Pandya to Faf du Plessis, On middle, Faf plays it to mid on and gets to the other end. |
| 8.6 : Krunal Pandya to Ambati Rayudu, Darted around the pad, AR glances it towards mid-wicket and keeps the strike. |
| 8.3 : Krunal Pandya to Faf du Plessis, WIDE! Down the leg side, Faf looks to flick but misses. Wide given. |
| 9.1 : Rahul Chahar to Ambati Rayudu, Tossed up delivery on middle, Rayudu flicks it through mid-wicket for a single. |
| 9.2 : Rahul Chahar to Faf du Plessis, Flighted delivery on middle, du Plessis flicks it through mid-wicket for a run. |
| 9.3 : Rahul Chahar to Ambati Rayudu, FOUR! Poor ball from Chahar! Short delivery on leg, Rayudu pulls it towards fine leg for a boundary. |
| 9.4 : Rahul Chahar to Ambati Rayudu, FOUR! Nicely played! Full ball on off, Rayudu lofts it over covers. Boult in the deep tries to stop it but misfields and concedes a boundary. |
| 9.5 : Rahul Chahar to Ambati Rayudu, On off, Rayudu punches it through mid off for a single. |
| 9.6 : Rahul Chahar to Faf du Plessis, On middle, du Plessis sweeps it through square leg for a run. |
| 10.1 : Krunal Pandya to Faf du Plessis, Du Plessis comes down the track but Krnal darts it full on off. Faf adjusts himself well and manages to milk it to long off for one. |
| 10.2 : Krunal Pandya to Ambati Rayudu, SIX! Rayudu punishing his old side here. He is looking in the mood here and has moved to 45 with that. Shorter on off, Ambati comes down the track and pulls it over mid-wicket for a biggie. |
| 10.3 : Krunal Pandya to Ambati Rayudu, Darted on the pads, AR follows the biggie with a single towards mid-wicket. |
| 10.4 : Krunal Pandya to Faf du Plessis, Floated on off, Faf flicks it square on leg side for a run. |
| 10.5 : Krunal Pandya to Ambati Rayudu, Flatter one outside off, Rayudu pushes it to deep cover for a single. |
| 10.6 : Krunal Pandya to Faf du Plessis, Tossed up on off, Faf milks it to long off and keps the strike. 11 off the over. 82 needed off 54 now. |
| 0.0 : Strategic Time-Out! It has been a good start from Mumbai. They have picked two wickets and put pressure on Chennai. The partnership between Rayudu and Faf du Plessis is taking the game away from them. Chennai, on the other hand, would want Rayudu and du Plessis to stay till the end. |
| 11.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Faf du Plessis, Good length ball around off, du Plessis strokes it towards cover and gets to the other end. |
| 11.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Ambati Rayudu, Length ball just outside off, Rayudu runs it down to third man and gets a single. |
| 0.0 : Jasprit Bumrah is back on. 1-0-14-0 are his figures so far. |
| 11.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Faf du Plessis, On a length on off, du Plessis punches it to sweeper cover and continues to churn singles. |
| 11.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Ambati Rayudu, Good ball! Bumrah bowls it into the surface and the ball zips and bounces off the surface. Rayudu looks to defend but misses. Even Quinton de Kock is surprised the way the ball comes to him. |
| 11.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Ambati Rayudu, FOUR! FIFTY FOR RAYUDU! His 19th in this competition and what an innings this has been! Becomes the first player of the season to score a half century and he gets there in style. Length ball on off, Rayudu comes down the track and slashes it hard to the right of Bumrah and through the long off fence for a boundary. |
| 11.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Ambati Rayudu, Length ball on off, Rayudu punches it but finds cover. |
| 12.1 : Rahul Chahar to Faf du Plessis, Tossed up on middle, Faf milks it to long on for one. |
| 12.2 : Rahul Chahar to Ambati Rayudu, SIX! Excellent footwork, timing and this is the shot of the day. Tossed up on off and middle, Rayudu comes down the track and lofts it with the spin over extra cover for a biggie. |
| 0.0 : Rahul Chahar is back on. |
| 12.3 : Rahul Chahar to Ambati Rayudu, Now whips it to mid-wicket for a single. |
| 12.4 : Rahul Chahar to Faf du Plessis, On middle, Faf turns it to the leg side and gets to the other end. |
| 12.5 : Rahul Chahar to Ambati Rayudu, Gives this leg spinner some air on middle, Rayudu glances it against the spin to the on side and rotates the strike, |
| 12.6 : Rahul Chahar to Faf du Plessis, Googly on off, Faf picks it and pushes it to long on and keeps the strike for the next over. |
| 13.1 : James Pattinson to Faf du Plessis, Short delivery on middle, du Plessis pulls it over mid on. The fielder at long on does well to stop it. The batsmen cross ends. |
| 13.2 : James Pattinson to Ambati Rayudu, Back of a length on middle, Rayudu comes down the track and looks to pull but misses it. It goes safely towards the keeper where de Kock pouches it safely. |
| 13.3 : James Pattinson to Ambati Rayudu, Full ball on off, Rayudu drives it through covers. The fielder in the deep does well to stop it. The batsmen get two runs. |
| 13.4 : James Pattinson to Ambati Rayudu, Short delivery on middle, Rayudu pulls it through square leg for a single. |
| 0.0 : James Pattinson is back on. |
| 13.5 : James Pattinson to Faf du Plessis, Short ball on middle, du Plessis pulls it towards fine leg for a run. |
| 13.6 : James Pattinson to Ambati Rayudu, Full delivery on middle, Rayudu flicks it through square leg for a single. |
| Strategic Time-Out! Chennai are on the course of victory and Mumbai need quick wickets to put pressure. They will badly need to break this partnership and need some tight overs from their bowlers. Chennai need 58 runs in 36 balls to win the match. Jasprit Bumrah is back on. |
| 14.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Ambati Rayudu, Ouch! Back of a length ball on the body. Rayudu comes down the track and looks to pull but it hits the glove and around his grill. |
| 14.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Ambati Rayudu, Bumrah special! A yorker on off, Rayudu manages to jam it out towards mid on and squeeze a single. |
| 14.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Faf du Plessis, FOUR! That went like a tracer bullet. Good length ball outside off, Faf comes inside his stumps and then goes away from it and smashes it through covers for a boundary. |
| 14.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Faf du Plessis, Length ball on leg, Faf looks to pull but gets an inside edge onto the pad. It goes to the off side and they take a single. |
| Is Rayudu short of his crease here? Big moment in this game here. |
| 14.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Ambati Rayudu, NOT OUT! Rayudu is well in! A very full ball on middle, Rayudu flicks it through mid-wicket. The fielder cleans it up with a slide. The batters look for two and rush for it. The throw is at the keeper's end. De Kock rushes to the stumps and disturbs the stumps. The square leg umpire goes upstairs and replay finds Rayudu to be well in. |
| 14.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Ambati Rayudu, WIDE! Bumrah overcooks the bouncer, it is over Rayudu. Wided by the umpire. |
| Jasprit Bumrah to Ambati Rayudu, Good work from Pattinson in the deep. Full on the pads, Rayudu flicks it fine down the leg side. Pattinson runs to his right from fine leg and puts a clean dive to parry the ball away. Two taken. |
| 15.1 : Rahul Chahar to Faf du Plessis, Short on off, du Plessis punches it through covers for one. |
| 0.0 : Rahul Chahar is back on. 3-0-31-0 are his figures so far. |
| 15.2 : Rahul Chahar to Ambati Rayudu, DROPPED! Tugh chance but havong got both his hands Krunal should have taken it. Tossed up on middle and leg. Rayudu brings out the reverse sweep and hits it uppishly to the right of point. Krunal runs to his right and dives. He gets both his hands but the ball pops in and out of his hand. |
| 15.4 : Rahul Chahar to Ambati Rayudu, On the pads, AR glances it to the on side for a single. |
| 15.5 : Rahul Chahar to Faf du Plessis, In the air but in no man's land. Floated on middle, du Plessis looks to hoick it on the leg side but it goes off the upper half of his bat and falls short of Suryakumar Yadav who charges from long on. |
| 15.6 : Rahul Chahar to Ambati Rayudu, OUT! Caught! Is this the turning point in this game? The man who was hitting the ball nicely and taking the game on to Mumbai departs, Rahul gets his first of the season and the well-set Rayudu is out of here. Floated leg spinner around off from Rahul. Rayudu comes down the track and looks to go over long off. It hits the lower half of his bat and goes high in the air. Rahul Chahar runs behind and calls it to be his catch. He manags to take a very good catch |
| 15.3 : Rahul Chahar to Faf du Plessis, Floated on off, du Plessis milks it to long off for a single. |
| 15.6 : Ravindra Jadeja walks out to bat. |
| 16.1 : James Pattinson to Ravindra Jadeja, FOUR! Poor delivery from Pattinson! Length ball on the pads, Jadeja flicks it towards fine leg for a boundary. |
| 16.2 : James Pattinson to Ravindra Jadeja, Back of a length on leg, Jadeja flicks it towards fine leg for a single. |
| 16.3 : James Pattinson to Faf du Plessis, Slower short ball on middle, du Plessis pulls it through mid-wicket. The fielder in the deep fumbles and concedes a couple. |
| 16.4 : James Pattinson to Faf du Plessis, IN THE AIR BUT SAFE! Short and outside off, du Plessis lofts it over covers. It lands safely between the three fielders. The batsmen take a single. |
| 16.5 : James Pattinson to Ravindra Jadeja, FOUR! Good shot! Full toss outside off, Jadeja smashes it through point for a boundary. |
| 16.6 : James Pattinson to Ravindra Jadeja, Back of a length on middle, Jadeja flicks it through mid-wicket for a single. |
| Krunal Pandya is back on. |
| 17.1 : Krunal Pandya to Ravindra Jadeja, OUT! LBW! The change in bowling does the trick. Krunal is a smart customer and he has used his smartness well here. He fires a quicker one on middle. Jadeja looks to flick it to the leg side and get a run or two but gets outdone by pace and gets hit on the pad. The Mumbai players appeal and the umpire raises his finger. 29 needed off 17 now. |
| 17.2 : Krunal Pandya to Sam Curran, Flatter on off, Sam comes down the track but hits it to long off of the lower half of his bat to long off for one. |
| 17.3 : Krunal Pandya to Faf du Plessis, Darted full and quick on middle and leg. Faf jams it out to the leg side and gets a single. |
| 17.4 : Krunal Pandya to Sam Curran, SIX! Why need Dhoni when you have Sam Curran? Low full toss on off and middle, Curran smokes it over the cow corner fence for a biggie. |
| 0.0 : No sign of the skipper as Sam Curran is the new man in. |
| 17.5 : Krunal Pandya to Sam Curran, FOUR! Curran on the charge! This man is sent to finish and so far he has not disappointed. Short and wide outside off, Curran slashes it over cover for a boundary. |
| 17.6 : Krunal Pandya to Sam Curran, Another full toss on middle, Curran hits it over to the right of mid-wicket for a single. 13 off the over. 16 needed off 12 now. |
| 18.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Sam Curran, SIX! Sam is not messing around and proving his worth in his debut for Chennai. Back of a length on off and middle, Curran pulls it over the mid-wicket fence for a biggie. 10 needed off 11 now. |
| 0.0 : Jasprit Bumrah to bowl the penultimate over. Can Boom do what he has done in the past on so many occasions? |
| 18.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Sam Curran, OUT! Caught! Bumrah gets rid of Sam Curran and there is still hpe for Mumbai. Fantastic catch from James Pattinson. Fullish ball on off and middle, Curran premeditates the scoop to go over fine leg but ends up chipping it high in the air and behind just behind fine leg. James Pattinson runs behind, not an easy task to do and takes a wonderful catch tumbling down. |
| Who is the new man? Will it be Kedar Jadhav or will we see the skipper, MS Dhoni? It is MS Dhoni! |
| 18.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Faf du Plessis, FOUR! Smoked over covers! Good length ball outside off, du Plessis slashes it over extra covers for a boundary. Moves to 49! |
| 18.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Faf du Plessis, FIFTY FOR FAF! A very good knock from the experienced Protea! He played second fiddle to Rayudu when he was going about his business and has played a very good knock here. His 13th in this league. Good length ball on off, du Plessis punches it towards extra cover and gets to his milestone. |
| 18.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to MS Dhoni, NOT OUT! No golden duck for MS Dhoni as he survives. Short ball around leg, Dhoni looks to pull but fails. Bumrah and Mumbai players go up in appeal and the umpire raises his finger. Dhoni reviews it and Ultra Edge finds nothing in replay. Dhoni survives. |
| 18.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to MS Dhoni, Fuller on middle, Dhoni flicks it to mid-wicket. |
| 18.4 : MS Dhoni has been given caught behind but he has reviewed it straightaway! |
| 19.1 : Trent Boult to Faf du Plessis, FOUR! Just a run away now from victory are the Men in Yellow! Good length ball around off, du Plessis punches it over cover for a boundary. |
| 18.6 : Trent Boult to bowl the final over of the match. |
| 19.2 : Trent Boult to Faf du Plessis, FOUR! There it is! Chennai have ended their rut against Mumbai and have won the game comprehensively. Back of a length ball on off, du Plessis pulls it through mid-wicket and finishes the game in style. CHENNAI WIN BY 5 WICKETS! |
| A convincing win for Chennai and they have avenged for last season's loss in the final. Not an ideal start for Mumbai for their title defense. The 3-time champions have ended their 5-game losing streak against Mumbai! Bragging rights belongs to the side from the South of India. |
| Sam Curran is down for an interview. He starts by saying that he expressed himself by playing the shots. Adds that it was Dhoni's move to send him at 5. Mentions that he is happy to be part of the Chennai team. |
| Chasing 163, Chennai got off to a disastrous start as they lost both their openers Watson and Murali Vijay early on. Ambati Rayudu though was in scintilating form. He took the charge in this chase while Faf du Plessis played the anchor role in their 115-run stand. Ambati's 71, Faf's unbeaten 58 and Sam Curran's 6-ball 18 was enough for Chennai to get over the line. |
| Not the best day with the ball for Mumbai as their strike bowler, Jasprit Bumrah had a rare off day. They got off to a good start with the ball with their new additions. Boult and Pattinson struck in their first two overs resepctively. That was the only major success their star bowlers had. Krunal, Bumrah and Rahul Chahar all got one wicket but went over 9 rpo. The performance of new recruits Pattinson and Boult though had a very good outing. Unfortunately that was not enough for the defending c |
| Chennai skipper, MS Dhoni says that the way they played after such a long time was a positive. Tells that initially they took a bit of time to know the lines to bowl. Tells there are a lot of positives but also areas to improve. Says if one does not lose early wickets then they can take adavantage of the dew. Says happy that no one is injured as many of them are retired. Tells that playing 300 ODIs is a dream for any player and tells that they need to put youngsters along with experience and the |
| For his match winning 71 off just 48 balls, Ambati Rayudu is named the Player of the Match. Rayudu says that they were training in lockdown and it was a stop start. Tells the pitch was good and once dew came on it quickened a bit. Says that practicing in Chennai and Dubai helped him. |
| So that is it from the opening game of this season's Indian T20 League. The defending champions have been humbled in the opener. Mumbai will look to comeback stronger in their next game. In Match No.2, Delhi take on Punjab in what promises to be an exciting contest. That game begins at 1800 local (1400 GMT). We hope to see you for that one. Till then, cheers! |
| Earlier in the day, after putting Mumbai to bat, Chennai did not get off to a good start as Quinton de Kock got off the blocks quickly but the Chennai bowlers managed to pull things back and choked the Mumbai batters towards the death. They restricted the run flow and kept chipping wickets at crucial intervals which saw them restrict Mumbai to 162. Ngidi came back stronger and his 3-wickets along with 2 wickets each from Jadeja and Chahar set up the win for Chennai. |
| Rohit Sharma, Mumbai skipper, says none of their batsmen carried on and Rayudu took the game away from them. Adds they were 15-20 runs short and the batsmen should have played better. Credits Chennai for playing well and Rayudu and Faf du Plessis performed brilliantly. Mentions it is important to win the first game of the tournament and that did not happen. Sharma also says that this is the new normal and they have to adjust to this atmosphere of not having crowds. Mentions that the pitch got be |
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