| 6.2 : 6.2: Deepak Chahar to Deepak Hooda, OUT! CAUGHT! Another one bites the dust and the ploy to bowl out Chahar works wonder for Chennai. What a game he has had! Mind-boggling to say the least. A genuine seam-up delivery on off, Hooda is early into his shot, He ends up chipping it straight to mid off. Faf du Plessis there is never going to drop those. He takes a simple catch and half the side is back in the dugout for Punjab. This is outrageous and abysmal batting from Punjab. |
| 2.5 : 2.5: Deepak Chahar to Chris Gayle, OUT! RUN OUT! The dangerous KL Rahul is out of here courtesy of a fabulous piece of fielding from Ravindra Jadeja. He is an exceptional fielder and his exceptional skills have got the better of the Punjab skipper. Fullish ball angling into Gayle around his pad. Gayle looks to flick but misses. The ball hits his pad and there is an appeal from Chennai players. The batters meanwhile try to take a leg bye. The ball rolls towards cover-point. Jadeja is not interest |
| 4.2 : 4.2: Deepak Chahar to Chris Gayle, OUT! CAUGHT! Jadeja into the act once again. First with a run out and now with a very good flying catch. Gaikwad will be a relieved man. He dropped Gayle on 0 and luckily for him it has cost just 10 runs. Chahar gets his second. He should have had Gayle in his first over but he has him in his third over. Chahar goes full and makes this one move away from Gayle and also it is the knuckle ball so the pace does the Universe Boss too. Gayle looks to play it towar |
| 4.4 : 4.4: Deepak Chahar to Nicholas Pooran, OUT! CAUGHT! Pooran goes back for yet another duck. That is two-in-two for him. Bouncer from Chahar and that gets the wicket. Whatever this man is touching is turning to gold tonight. When it rains, it pours and for Punjab wickets are pouring here. Bouncer on middle, Pooran pulls it. There is just one man at deep square leg. Pooran picks him to perfection. Thakur does not even have to move as it is straight to him. |
| 5.2 : 5.2: Shardul Thakur to Deepak Hooda, FOUR! What a shot! Good length ball around off, Hooda gets on his back foor and punches it right out of the screws over cover for a boundary. |
| 0.4 : 0.4: Deepak Chahar to Mayank Agarwal, OUT! BOWLED! Peach of a delivery from Deepak Chahar and it is too good for Mayank Agarwal. He is out of here without troubling the scorers. There was going to be an early movement for the seamers and Deepak Chahar has made the most of it. Good length delivery pitching on middle and off. Mayank Agarwal looks to defend it but the ball shapes away late and Mayank is fully committed to the shot. He is completely squared up and the ball hits the top of off. Unpl |
| 1.5 : 1.5: Sam Curran to KL Rahul, FOUR! Easy pickings! Fuller length ball on middle and leg, shaping down, Rahul gets enough bat behind it and sends it running to the fine leg fence. |
| 2.1 : 2.1: Deepak Chahar to Chris Gayle, FOUR! Gayle gets his first boundary! Slightly too full from Chahar. It is on middle, Gayle knows that there is no one at deep mid-wicket so he just clips it over mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 2.2 : 2.2: Deepak Chahar to Chris Gayle, EDGED AND FOUR! Gayle has swung hard at it and has got some luck there. Good length delivery outside off, Gayle looks to punch it straight over the bowler's head but gets a thick outside edge which goes over Raina's head at slip for a boundary. |
| 8.1 : 8.1: Shardul Thakur to Jhye Richardson, FOUR! Beautiful shot from Richardson! Gets his first boundary in the League! Over pitched on middle and leg, Richardson creams it through the mid-wicket region for a boundary. |
| 7.6 : 7.6: Ravindra Jadeja to Shahrukh Khan, SIX! Smoked! A rare short ball on middle, Shahrukh Khan is quick to pounce onto it. He gets on his back foot and heaves it over the cow corner fence for a biggie. |
| 8.6: Shardul Thakur to Shahrukh Khan, FOUR! Superb shot! Length ball outside off, Shahrukh Khan gets on top of the bounce and creams it away from sweeper cover. Deepak Chahar gives it a chase but he cnnot stop it. |
| 11.4 : 11.4: Ravindra Jadeja to Jhye Richardson, FOUR! Finds the gap this time! Flatter and shorter on off, the Aussie is quick to go on the back foot and punches it sweetly through covers. Fetches a boundary. |
| 12.1 : 12.1: Moeen Ali to Jhye Richardson, OUT! BOWLED! Jhye Richardson departs as well. Cannot blame him. His job is to do the damage with the ball. Moeen gets his first wicket of the game. Short and turning in from off stump. Jhye Richardson gets on his back foot to whack it over the leg side. He misses as the ball is not as short as he thought. It goes under his bat to disturb the stumps. The 31-run stand has been broken. |
| 14.1: Moeen Ali to Shahrukh Khan, SIX! Gone the distance! SRK won't go down without a fight at Wankhede! He jumps down the track to a fuller delivery on off and smashes it all the way over mid-wicket for a biggie. |
| 15.2 : 15.2: Shardul Thakur to Shahrukh Khan, FOUR! Good shot! Shahrukh Khan is keeping that glimmer of hope alive. An attempted bouncer but the ball sits up nicely for Shahrukh Khan. He pulls it over mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 16.3 : 16.3: Dwayne Bravo to Shahrukh Khan, FOUR! Nice strike and Shahrukh continues to impress. Slower ball on off, it is in the slot though. Shahrukh Khan waits for it and hits it away from long on for a boundary. |
| 16.5 : 16.5: Dwayne Bravo to Murugan Ashwin, OUT! CAUGHT! Murugan Ashwin departs and Bravo too joins the party. Gets his first wicket in his first over. Good length ball on off, Murugan Ashwin looks to hit it on the up but ends up scooping it to mid off. Faf du Plessis keeps his eyes on the ball and takes a simple catch. |
| 17.6 : 17.6: Shardul Thakur to Shahrukh Khan, EDGY FOUR! Doesn't matter how they come at this stage. Thakur goes short and delivers it outside off at 129 kph, Shahrukh attempts for the pull shot but it flies off the top edge and goes behind Dhoni for a boundary. Valuable runs. 9 from the over! |
| 19.1 : 19.1: Sam Curran to Shahrukh Khan, OUT! CAUGHT! The sole batter who showed some fight and took Punjab to a respectable total is out of here too. Shahrukh Khan falls short of a well-deserved fifty but he can go back with his head held high. Sam Curran gets his first wicket of the game. He rolls his finger on it and bangs it short. Shahrukh Khan pulls it but with no timing. He finds Jadeja at deep mid-wicket. Worst fielder to pick because he will never drop those. Once again no mistake from Jaddu |
| 3.2 : 3.2: Jhye Richardson to Faf du Plessis, FOUR! Du Plessis takes charge and gets the reward! Good length ball around off, Faf comes down the track and slams it away from mid offf. The fielder there is slow to react but had no chance anyway. |
| 3.6 : 3.6: Jhye Richardson to Faf du Plessis, SIX! Innovative, tactical and super from du Plessis! Full on off, Faf premeditates it. He knows the man at deep square leg is too wide. He comes inside his stumps and paddles it over the backward square leg fence for a biggie. 14 off the over and if there was any pressure building., that has been released. |
| 4.6: Arshdeep Singh to Ruturaj Gaikwad, OUT! CAUGHT! Ruturaj Gaikwad's struggle out in the middle comes to an end. He never looked comfortable out in the middle and has to depart. Arshdeep gets the first wicket of the innings. Can Punjab strike a few more quickly and unsettle the Chennai dressing room? Bouncer on middle, Gaikwad looks to pull but mistimes it yet again. This time he finds Deepak Hooda to perfection at deep mid-wicket. |
| 5.2 : 5.2: Riley Meredith to Moeen Ali, FOUR! Glorious! Out of the middle of the bat from Moeen Ali. Fuller length ball around off, angling aay, Moeen nicely transfers his weight into the drive and thumps it through covers. |
| 5.6 : 5.6: Riley Meredith to Moeen Ali, FOUR! Shot! A lovely way to cap off the Powerplay overs. Meredith takes a length ball away from the left-hander with his angle, Moeen presses forward, opens the face of his bat, doesn't try to hit it hard and just places it sweetly through the gap between point and cover-point. Top class placement. 32/1 in 6 overs, 75 needed more. |
| 6.6: Arshdeep Singh to Moeen Ali, FOUR! Tantalizingly close but away! Short ball around off, Moeen pulls it with power. He gets it just wide of short mid-wicket and to the fence for a boundary. Spoils the over b ut still a good one. Just 5 off it. |
| 7.2 : 7.2: Murugan Ashwin to Moeen Ali, EDGY FOUR! A genuine outside edge but it goes wide of Gayle at slip. Murugan dishes out the wrong 'un and lands it on a fuller length on off, Moeen pushes inside the line, without realizing that it will turn away. The outside edge is generated but it speeds past the left side of Gayle for a boundary at third man. |
| 8.1 : 8.1: Riley Meredith to Moeen Ali, FOUR! CREAMED! Meredith comes charging in and the ball goes to the fence even faster. Full and wide outside off, Meredith does not learn from his mistake. Moeen stays in his crease and slams it through covers for a boundary. |
| 9.1: Murugan Ashwin to Faf du Plessis, FOUR! Poor delivery and punished! Short in length and outside off, spinning away, du Plessis rocks back and whacks it through point for a boundary. Anil Kumble in the dugout is not looking pleased! |
| 10.2 : 10.2: Mohammed Shami to Moeen Ali, FOUR! Crunched! This time Moeen gets hold of it. Another short one from Shami. Moeen stays deep in his crease and pulls it over mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 10.6 : 10.6: Mohammed Shami to Moeen Ali, FOUR! Gorgeous from Moeen! Ends the over in style. 10 off it and Chennai are probably looking to finish this quickly and shoot up their net run rate. Shami overpitches it on off, Moeen says thank you for the gift and creams it through extra cover for a biundary. |
| 11.4 : 11.4: Jhye Richardson to Faf du Plessis, FOUR! Slower one, full and around off, du Plessis picks it early and blazes his drive past the diving wide mid off fielder for a boundary. |
| 12.1 : 12.1: Murugan Ashwin to Moeen Ali, SIX! BOOM! Moeen is in the zone now. Murugan is guity of bowing in the slot on off. Moeen heaves it against the spin over the cow corner region for a biggie. |
| 12.3 : 12.3: Murugan Ashwin to Moeen Ali, OUT! CAUGHT! Straight to the man at deep mid-wicket. Moeen has done his job here. Floated on middle, it is the wrong 'un again. Moeen once again looks to slog it over on the leg side This time he does not get under it and hits it straight to Shahrukh Khan at deep mid-wicket. He has had a good game and he takes a simple catch. Murugan has something to smile about. |
| 12.5 : 12.5: Murugan Ashwin to Suresh Raina, FOUR! Raina is off the mark in style! Flighted around off, Raina gets on his front foot and creams it through mid off for a boundary. |
| 14.2 : 14.2: Mohammed Shami to Suresh Raina, OUT! CAUGHT! Raina departs to the short ball. This will not affect the outcome of the game but might see Raina being peppered with a lot of short stuff. It is close to the body. Raina looks to pull but gloves it to KL Rahul. He takes a simple catch. |
| 14.3 : 14.3: Mohammed Shami to Ambati Rayudu, OUT! CAUGHT! Shami gets his second wicket! Short delivery outside off, Rayudu comes down the track and looks to go over covers but gets a top edge. It goes towards the fielder where Nicholas Pooran takes a comfortable catch. |
| 15.4 : 15.4: Riley Meredith to Sam Curran, FOUR! Sam Curran finishes it in style! Short delivery on middle, Curran pulls it through square leg for a boundary. CHENNAI WIN BY 6 WICKETS! |
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