| 0.6 : 0.6: D Chahar to V Kohli, FOUR! First boundary for Bangalore. Full on middle and leg, Kohli flicks it beautifully over mid-wicket for a boundary. 5 runs have come from the first over. |
| 2.2 : 2.2: D Chahar to V Kohli, FOUR! Streaky runs for Kohli and Bangalore. The batsman gives the charge to this length delivery around off, it shapes away a bit, Kohli comes out, plays away from his body and gets an edge over first slip for a boundary. |
| 2.3 : 2.3: D Chahar to V Kohli, OUT! Edged and Virat Kohli is gone! Deepak Chahar once again doing the business in the Powerplay. This is a massive wicket. On a good length and outside off, Kohli once again plays away from the body and this time the away movement does him in. He nicks it behind and Dhoni collects well diving to his right. The centurion from the previous game has been dismissed quite early here. |
| 3.3: S Thakur to de Villiers, FOUR! How does he manage to generate such power? Nice shot from AB. Short of a length delivery, around off, de Villiers stands his ground and pummels it over mid on for a boundary. |
| 3.6 : 3.6: S Thakur to P Patel, SIX! Parthiv has nailed that. Makes such sweet connection. Thakur once again bangs it in short, the opener sticks on the back foot, swings his bat across the line and pulls it deep into the deep backward square leg stands. Super shot. |
| 4.4 : 4.4: D Chahar to de Villiers, SIX! That's outta here! AB de Villiers isn't wasting much time in finding his touch. Length ball on middle and leg, fraction straight in line and that's all AB needs. He eyes the mid-wicket fence and slogs it over the boundary line with ease. |
| 5.3 : 5.3: S Thakur to P Patel, SIX! Parthiv going along well here. He's timing the ball well. Shaping in from middle stump, on a length, the southpaw plays the pick-up shot and dumps it over the square leg boundary. Fine hit. |
| 5.5 : 5.5: S Thakur to de Villiers, FOUR! Nicely timed. Fuller and on the pads, AB flicks it through square leg for a boundary, beating the dive from Tahir in the deep. |
| 5.6 : 5.6: S Thakur to de Villiers, FOUR! Beautifully played. Are we in for the AB show? Sure seems like it right now. Full and attacking the stumps, de Villiers makes room and gives it the full swing of his bat. Clears mid on and ends the Powerplay in style. Bangalore are 49/1 at the end of the first six. |
| 6.2 : 6.2: R Jadeja to P Patel, SIX! BAM! Parthiv Patel with another big hit. Full, loopy and around off, it turns in, the left-hander plants his front foot forward and lofts it ever so well over mid-wicket. Clears the boundary line with ease and that's a biggie. |
| 6.5 : 6.5: R Jadeja to de Villiers, OUT! The bowling change does the trick. This is a huuuuugggeeeee wicket! Faf, well... sort of make amends for his earlier 'dropped' chance. De Villiers holes out after looking in dangerous touch. He steps out to this flatter delivery, gets a little deceived by the flight and the slight away turn as he mistimes his lofted shot down the ground. It goes straight down du Plessis' throat who takes it very well just inside the rope. |
| 7.5: D Bravo to A Nath, FOUR! Shot. This is all about the timing. No real power behind it. Fuller in length and outside off, Nath just leans into the drive and caresses it through the gap in the covers to find the fence. |
| 10.3 : 10.3: R Jadeja to A Nath, SIX! Gives the charge to the bowler and gets the desired result. Nath jumps out quickly, gets close to the pitch of the ball and slogs it over mid-wicket. Maximum. |
| 11.3: I Tahir to P Patel, SIX! That's a terrific shot. Picks his spot, takes the aerial route and gets the desired result without any trouble. Flighted and full on off, Patel clears mid-wicket for half a dozen. |
| 12.4 : 12.4: R Jadeja to A Nath, OUT! Now Nath departs. His rather timid knock has come to a close. Slower through the air, fuller around off and just behind a driving length, Nath takes a step out of his crease as he attempts to clear the long off boundary. Can only get it as far as Faf du Plessis out in the deep, who settles under the ball moving to his left and takes an extremely good catch. |
| 13.6 : 13.6: D Bravo to P Patel, FOUR! It was a good over until now but this boundary spoils it. A pacey delivery by Bravo, he offers width outside off and Patel drills his drive through covers for a cracking boundary. |
| 14.6: I Tahir to M Stoinis, SIX! This one has gone the distance! Once again the last ball of the over has spoiled a good over. Tahir drops it short and Stoinis immediately gets back to pull it massively over square leg for a biggie. |
| 15.3 : 15.3: D Bravo to P Patel, FOUR! Fifty for Parthiv Patel, his 13th in the League. He's done a fine job so far, but he needs to stay till the end. Length ball around off, Patel drags the slog in front of square leg and finds the fence. |
| 15.4 : 15.4: D Bravo to P Patel, OUT! Oh, dear. This isn't good. Scores a fifty and then departs immediately. Bravo takes the pace off this one, bowls it slightly short too outside off, Parthiv looks to slap this over extra cover but doesn't get the desired timing on it. Hands a rather straightforward catch to Shane Watson there. He takes a couple of steps back and takes it over his head. |
| 16.3 : 16.3: I Tahir to M Stoinis, OUT! Well done, Faf! Well done. He's been superb in the field since the innings began, continues to do so now. Colin Ingram produced something similar last evening against Punjab, this follow-up act from Faf is too good. Tossed up outside off, Stoinis gets low to go big downtown. He gets a big top edge and the ball skies towards long off. Du Plessis runs to his right, dives, catches the ball but is going over the rope with the momentum. He, however, is alert to the si |
| 16.4 : 16.4: I Tahir to M Ali, FOUR! The leg break turning in on leg, Ali flicks it off the pads fine down the leg for a boundary. |
| 17.2 : 17.2: S Thakur to M Ali, FOUR! Thumped! This is the shot of a batsman in prime form. Receives the shorter delivery in his half and pulls it mercilessly over mid-wicket. No chance for the fielder in the deep. |
| 18.3 : 18.3: D Chahar to M Ali, FOUR! Deft. Nicely done. Length ball outside off, Ali opens the face and guides it down and across the third man fence for a boundary. |
| 18.6 : 18.6: D Chahar to P Negi, OUT! GONE! The persistent slower one does the trick. Chahar with a shorter delivery outside off, Negi attempts to cut but due to the lack of pace, ends up slicing it to Rayudu at backward point. He moves to his left and takes a simple catch. 4-0-25-2, Chahar ends his impressive spell. He has been the star with the ball this season for Chennai. |
| 19.2 : 19.2: D Bravo to M Ali, FOUR! Dangerous line to be bowling with the off side field inside the crease. Full and wide outside off, Ali gets under it and carves it hard over backward point. Nobody out there in the deep, so it'll be a boundary. |
| 19.4 : 19.4: D Bravo to M Ali, FOUR! Shot. Bravo changes the angle but the result isn't pretty. Full ball wide outside off, angling away, Ali opens the face and steers it across the third man boundary. |
| 19.5 : 19.5: D Bravo to M Ali, OUT! Bravo gets his revenge. Takes the pace off this one as he serves it on a length around off, Moeen Ali looks to go big downtown but can only hit it as far as Thakur at long off. He takes a good catch. A good cameo from the Englishman comes to an end. |
| 0.4 : 0.4: D Steyn to S Watson, FOUR! Nicely timed! Back of a length delivery on middle, Watson gets on top of the bounce and pulls it through square leg for a boundary, first of the innings. |
| 0.5 : 0.5: D Steyn to S Watson, OUT! This is a Test match dismissal off the bowling of one of the very best Test bowlers around. This line outside off will always trouble any batsman. Perfect landing of the seam, it's on a length outside off and nips away, Watson goes for a big drive through the line but ends up edging it behind to Stoinis at first slip. The Aussie takes the catch over his head and makes no mistake that he made in the last match against Kolkata when he dropped Lynn. Early setback for |
| 0.6 : 0.6: D Steyn to S Raina, OUT! Snorter from Steyn and he has gunned down Chennai's best batsman. A perfect yorker on off at 143.7 kph, Raina is late in bringing his bat down and it goes right through to shatter the stumps. Steyn is pumped up. Kohli hugs him. This is the kind of start they needed. Raina bags a rare golden duck. Nothing much you can do as a batsman when you are welcomed with a jaffa like this. Just accept it's not your night and return to the pavilion. Two wickets in the first over |
| 3.6: U Yadav to du Plessis, OUT! Du Plessis was looking rattled and has finally fallen here. Umesh bangs in a shortish ball on middle, Faf tries to pull it across the line but fails to properly get on top of the bounce. It takes the top edge and balloons straight up in the air towards mid on. Nath rushes forward and so does AB de Villiers from mid off. The latter reaches there first, no calling is made and AB does well eventually to hang onto the catch as Akshdeep collides with him and goes down |
| 4.6: D Steyn to K Jadhav, FOUR! STREAKY! Chennai won't mind though as it is a much-needed boundary for them. Steyn bowls it on a length and around off, this one comes back in sharply. Jadhav looks to play at it tentatively but only manages an inside edge to the fine leg fence. Another very testing over from Steyn but 6 from it. Also, this was probably his last over of this spell. He has bowled three, taken two wickets and given away only 16 runs. |
| 5.4 : 5.4: U Yadav to K Jadhav, FOUR! Poor delivery and punished! Umesh's love for batsman's pads is well-known. Another delivery sliding down there and Jadhav has no qualms in putting it away with a flick shot over mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 5.5 : 5.5: U Yadav to K Jadhav, OUT! Wicket number 4 goes down inside the Powerplay! This is a very strong start from Bangalore. Jadhav's sorry form also continues. Back of a length delivery outside off, Kedar stands back to pull it across the line but it takes the top edge and loops in the air towards mid off. AB de Villiers settles underneath it and takes the simplest of catches. Chennai staring down the barrel... |
| 5.6 : 5.6: U Yadav to MS Dhoni, FOUR! And Mahi begins with a delightful square drive. An overpitched delivery outside off, Dhoni reaches out for it and crunches it through point for a glorious boundary. 32/4 in the Powerplay, Bangalore are roaring! |
| 6.3 : 6.3: N Saini to A Rayudu, FOUR! Nicely played. Short in length and wide outside off, Rayudu uses the extra pace of the bowler and ramps it down to third man for a boundary. This partnership holds the key for Chennai. |
| 7.3: P Negi to MS Dhoni, FOUR! Smart shot but a poor ball also! Down the leg side, Dhoni paddles it very fine, no chance for any fielder and a boundary results. |
| 8.5 : 8.5: M Stoinis to MS Dhoni, FOUR! No stopping this one! Short in length and on middle, Dhoni swivels on the back foot and pulls it behind square leg. Good timing and placement. 50 up for Chennai, 109 needed off 67 balls. |
| 10.3 : 10.3: M Stoinis to MS Dhoni, SIX! Dhoni has dismissed this one out of his sight! A delivery with a plenty of width outside off, MSD shimmies down the track, throws his bat at it and packs a punch over covers. It has gone all the way and the crowd is chanting Dhoni! Dhoni! Dhoni! |
| 12.2 : 12.2: U Yadav to A Rayudu, SIX! Over the fence! This time Rayudu connects with the cross-batted shot. It was a short one and Rayudu went for a similar shot he played on the last ball. This time though he does not dance down the track. Gets it off the middle and it flies over the wide long on fence. They need one almost every over and they have got theirs in this one. |
| 12.5 : 12.5: U Yadav to A Rayudu, FOUR! Brilliant batting! Picks his spot nicely. Rayudu steps down the track and also makes room. Yadav bangs it short once again. Rayudu gets on top of the bounce and slaps it over mid off for a boundary. 12 from this over, still a ball to go. |
| 13.1 : 13.1: Y Chahal to A Rayudu, OUT! Death rattle! Chahal is up and running in celebration as the stadium erupts. Wicket number 49 at this venue for the leggie. A flighted delivery, landing full around leg, Rayudu tries flicking it on the leg side but misses as it skids on after landing. The ball kisses his front pad and deflects behind to tickle the off pole. The 55-run partnership is broken. 79 needed off 41 balls. |
| 15.6 : 15.6: Y Chahal to MS Dhoni, SIX! Goes straight back! Tossed right up there, on middle stump, Dhoni takes a step out of his crease and smokes it back over the bowler's head for a biggie. Chennai need 57 runs to win in 24 balls. |
| 16.4 : 16.4: N Saini to MS Dhoni, OUT! RUN OUT! Huge mix-up in the middle and Jadeja pays the price for it. Wicket at the wrong time for Chennai. Dhoni looks to pull this away but mistimes it in front of mid-wicket. Both batsmen take off, there's some hesitation, Jadeja continues on, and when he gets to the halfway mark, Dhoni turns around and leaves him stranded. Saini collects the ball and then has all the time in the world to go to the stumps at his end and take the bails off. |
| 16.5 : 16.5: N Saini to MS Dhoni, EDGED and FOUR! Runs Dhoni and Chennai won't mind at all. Back of a length with some room on offer outside off, Dhoni cuts and it goes off the outer half through the vacant slip cordon for a boundary. |
| 17.4 : 17.4: D Steyn to MS Dhoni, SIX! Fifty for MS Dhoni, his 23rd in the Indian T20 League. Gets there in style too. This back of a length ball just sits up for him, MSD camps back and muscles the heave over wide long on for half a dozen. |
| 18.3 : 18.3: N Saini to MS Dhoni, No ball and SIX! Well, obviously MSD knows more than us. It's a Free Hit too so this could be a big bonus for Chennai. Short ball outside off, Dhoni cuts it over the third man boundary. Saini overstepped. Let's see what happens here. |
| 18.6 : 18.6: N Saini to D Bravo, OUT! Edged and taken! Saini with a good over, ends it in the best possible manner. Back of a length in line of the stumps, with some extra bounce, Bravo backs away to swing across the line but gets an edge behind. Parthiv Patel times his leap perfectly and takes it well above his head. |
| 19.1 : 19.1: U Yadav to MS Dhoni, FOUR! Slower short ball on middle and off, Dhoni picks it up early. Rolls his wrists as he controls the pull behind square leg and beats the fielder in the deep to the fence. |
| 19.2 : 19.2: U Yadav to MS Dhoni, SIX! That's huuuuuuggggeeeeee!!!!!! Are we in for another MS Dhoni special? Could it be? That's hit the roof. Shortish ball on middle, Dhoni absolutely nails the pull and sends it high and handsome over the mid-wicket boundary. Wow. 16 needed in 4 now. |
| 19.3 : 19.3: U Yadav to MS Dhoni, SIX! 10 off 3 now. Oh wow! MS Dhoni, you beauty! Full delivery and right in the slot, Dhoni gets underneath the ball and hammers it over long off. Ab de Villiers at the rope leaps and tries to catch it, but it's just over it. |
| 19.5 : 19.5: U Yadav to MS Dhoni, SIX! Another maximum! MS Dhoni is taking his side home. He accepts this juicy full toss and swings his bat hard across the line. it's a flat hit and the ball clears the mid-wicket rope. Insane hit. Just 2 needed off the final ball. What will happen here? |
| 19.6 : 19.6: U Yadav to MS Dhoni, OUT! THAKUR IS JUST SHORT! Even the dive doesn't save him. BANGALORE WIN BY 1 RUN! Umesh bowls the slower one outside off, Dhoni looks to poke it on the off side but misses and seeing this, without any doubt to anyone, both batsmen take off. Parthiv collects the ball and has a shy at his end. Scores a direct hit and it's taken upstairs. Replays roll in and show Thakur is gone for all money. |
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