| 2.2 : 2.2: Deepak Chahar to Wriddhiman Saha, SIX! Cracking shot! There comes the first maximum and this is a really good shot! Short of a length, on off. Saha shifts his weight back and heaves it over the mid-wicket fence. |
| 2.4 : 2.4: Deepak Chahar to Wriddhiman Saha, SIX! Top, top shot! It is such a pleasing stroke to watch. Length ball, outside off. Saha extends his elbows and sends the ball sailing over the long off fence. A quality stroke. |
| 3.3 : 3.3: Josh Hazlewood to Jason Roy, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! There comes the first wicket and Roy departs for a cheap score! Chennai will be pleased with this one. They did not allow Roy to set free and his wicket is the result! Short of a length, outside off. Roy comes down the track to heave it away but gets the faintest of inside edge. MS Dhoni takes the catch and the finger is raised! |
| 3.6 : 3.6: Josh Hazlewood to Kane Williamson, FOUR! Bisects the gap! Kane Williamson places the ball well when he middles the ball but who knew that he could do the same with the outside edge? On a length, on off. Kane Williamson looks to block but gets the outside edge. The ball goes right between Dhoni and Raina, who is at first slip and runs to the fence! |
| 4.6: Shardul Thakur to Wriddhiman Saha, FOUR! Another lovely shot from Wriddhiman Saha. This one is on middle and Saha just extends his arms and lifts it back over the bowler's head. The ball races away into the fence. |
| 5.3 : 5.3: Deepak Chahar to Kane Williamson, FOUR! Cheeky, very cheeky from Kane Williamson. Williamson premeditates and shuffles across the stumps quickly. The ball is on a length and outside off. Williamson scoops it over the keeper's head and picks up a boundary. |
| 6.3: Dwayne Bravo to Kane Williamson, OUT! LBW! Dwayne Bravo has bagged the prized wicket of Kane Williamson. Bravo bowls a seam up delivery this time and pushes it full, on middle stump. Kane Williamson ends up playing all around a straight delivery and pays the price. The ball hits him full on the pads and the umpire raises his finger in a flash. Hyderabad on the back foot now. |
| 10.5 : 10.5: Dwayne Bravo to Priyam Garg, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Bravo strikes yet again for Chennai! Short ball, around off. Priyam Garg looks to pull but he only manages a top edge and the ball loops up in the air behind the sticks. MS Dhoni runs to his left and takes a good catch. Hyderabad are in deep trouble now. |
| 12.3 : 12.3: Ravindra Jadeja to Wriddhiman Saha, OUT! TAKEN! Another one bites the dust and Hyderabad are in big trouble now! Flatter ball, on off. Saha goes for the pull but gets the top edge. MS Dhoni moves forward and takes this with ease! |
| 13.4 : 13.4: Shardul Thakur to Abdul Samad, FOUR! Thrashed by Samad! On a length, outside off. Samad frees his arms and smacks it through covers for a boundary. |
| 13.6 : 13.6: Shardul Thakur to Abhishek Sharma, FOUR! Easy pickings for Sharma! Short ball, down the leg side. He pulls it hard to the fine leg fence. |
| 14.1 : 14.1: Josh Hazlewood to Abdul Samad, SIX! OH MY WORD! That is a terrific stroke! Length ball, on off. Samad extends his arms and sends the ball sailing over the long on fence. |
| 16.2 : 16.2: Josh Hazlewood to Abhishek Sharma, SIX! Here comes the big shot and what timing from Abhishek Sharma. This is pitched up on off and Sharma just holds his shape and whacks it over the cover fence for a biggie. |
| 16.3 : 16.3: Josh Hazlewood to Abhishek Sharma, OUT! CAUGHT! Six and out for Abhishek Sharma and he will be kicking himself. This is on middle and Abhishek Sharma looks to flick it over mid-wicket but chips it down to long on. Faf du Plessis takes a simple catch and Sharma pays the price for not following through with his shot. Just when Hyderabad looked to get some momentum, another wicket falls. |
| 16.5 : 16.5: Josh Hazlewood to Abdul Samad, OUT! TAKEN! Another one bites the dust and Hyderabad are falling apart now. Josh Hazlewood gets the wide yorker in and gets another wicket. Abdul Samad slashes the wide yorker towards point. Moeen Ali jumps up and takes a sharp catch. Good comeback from Hazlewood after being hit for a six early in the over. |
| 18.2 : 18.2: Shardul Thakur to Jason Holder, OUT! CAUGHT! That hung up in the air for eternity! Full and wide again and Holder goes deep in his crease and lifts it towards the extra cover boundary. Deepak Chahar runs in from deep the cover-point region and dives to his right to take a well-judged catch. Thakur gets his man. |
| 18.3 : 18.3: Shardul Thakur to Rashid Khan, FOUR! Edgy boundary but Rashid Khan won't mind. Full and wide, Khan slashes hard at it. The ball takes the outside edge and flies over Ambati Rayudu at short third man and into the fence. |
| 19.2 : 19.2: Deepak Chahar to Rashid Khan, FOUR! Very good batting from Rashid Khan. This is sliding onto the pads. Khan gets low and helps it over the fielder at short fine leg for a welcome boundary. |
| 2.1 : 2.1: Sandeep Sharma to Ruturaj Gaikwad, FOUR! Up and over from Ruturaj Gaikwad. Fullish ball, on leg stump. Gaikwad backs away and lifts it over mid off and gets the first boundary of the innings. |
| 3.3 : 3.3: Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Ruturaj Gaikwad, SIX! BANG! Ruturaj Gaikwad shimmies down the track again and gets the connection he is looking for. Length ball angled into the body, Gaikwad picks it up and deposits it over the wide long on fence for a biggie. |
| 3.6 : 3.6: Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Faf du Plessis, SIX! Faf du Plessis gets into the act now. A nothing delivery really from Kumar and the ball travels the distance. On middle and du Plessis just holds his shape and jabs it over the long on fence for another maximum. 15 runs off the over. |
| 4.2 : 4.2: Jason Holder to Faf du Plessis, FOUR! Nicely done! Slower ball, on a length, around middle. Faf du Plessis clears his front leg and whips it towards long on for a boundary. |
| 4.5 : 4.5: Jason Holder to Faf du Plessis, FOUR! This is Faf du Plessis at his very best! Length ball, on off. Faf du Plessis skips down a bit and lofts it over mid off for a boundary. |
| 5.1 : 5.1: Rashid Khan to Ruturaj Gaikwad, FOUR! Not where Gaikwad intended though! Tossed up, on middle. Ruturaj Gaikwad looks to sweep but he gets a top edge and the ball flies over short fine leg for a boundary. |
| 5.2 : 5.2: Rashid Khan to Ruturaj Gaikwad, SIX! WOW! Top class from Gaikwad! Floated, around off. Ruturaj Gaikwad skips down and powers it back over the bowler's head for a maximum! |
| 6.4 : 6.4: Siddarth Kaul to Faf du Plessis, SIX! Just over the ropes! Slower ball, on a length, outside off. Faf du Plessis reaches out and lofts it over the bowler's head for a biggie! |
| 6.6 : 6.6: Siddarth Kaul to Faf du Plessis, FOUR! Cracking shot to end the over! Back of a length, outside off. Faf du Plessis hangs back and cuts it hard through covers for a boundary now. |
| 8.4 : 8.4: Rashid Khan to Ruturaj Gaikwad, FOUR! Gorgeous stroke! Tossed up, outside off. Ruturaj Gaikwad leans into it and drives it past the diving cover fielder for a boundary. |
| 9.1 : 9.1: Abhishek Sharma to Ruturaj Gaikwad, FOUR! Straight as an arrow! Tossed up, on leg. Gaikwad comes down the track and hits it straight down the ground for a boundary. |
| 10.1: Jason Holder to Ruturaj Gaikwad, OUT! TAKEN! Holder comes back and gets the big wicket of Ruturaj Gaikwad! Length ball, on off. Ruturaj Gaikwad comes down the track and looks to go over mid off. But he hits straight towards the fielder. Kane Williamson takes a good catch over his head. |
| 10.6 : 10.6: Jason Holder to Moeen Ali, FOUR! Beautiful shot by Ali! Short ball, outside off. He rocks back and pulls it over the mid-wicket fielder for a boundary. |
| 12.4 : 12.4: Rashid Khan to Moeen Ali, FOUR! A bad ball and Ali punishes it. A rare short ball from Khan and Ali has all the time in the world to pull it into the square leg fence. |
| 14.4: Rashid Khan to Moeen Ali, OUT! BOWLED! Rashid Khan built up the pressure with those dot balls and does get the wicket of Moeen Ali. This one is flatter and quicker on middle. Ali rocks back and looks to hit across the line. The ball goes off the inside edge back onto the pads and then rolls onto the stumps. Is there still life left in this match? |
| 15.3 : 15.3: Jason Holder to Suresh Raina, OUT! LBW! Raina has to depart early. Jason Holder follows up the short ball with the yorker. Raina plays all around a straight delivery and pays the price. The ball raps him full on the pads and Holder appeals. The umpire doesn't hesitates and raises his finger straightaway. |
| 15.5 : 15.5: Jason Holder to Faf du Plessis, OUT! CAUGHT! Jason Holder is turning this match on its head. Holder bangs in the short one around off. Faf du Plessis sways away a bit and then looks to pull. The ball hurries onto him a bit and du Plessis gets the top edge. It is skied towards short mid-wicket where Siddarth Kaul settles underneath to take a nice catch. The set du Plessis is back in the shed and can Hyderabad make more inroads into the match? |
| 17.5: Siddarth Kaul to Ambati Rayudu, FOUR! That would have eased some pressure off the batters! Length ball, outside off. Ambati Rayudu presses forward and carves it aerially through cover for a boundary. |
| 18.2 : 18.2: Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Ambati Rayudu, SIX! Massive strike! Kumar errs in length and gets hammered here! Length ball, on leg. Ambati Rayudu clears his front leg and whips it all the way over the mid-wicket fence. 9 from 10 now. |
| 18.4 : 18.4: Bhuvneshwar Kumar to MS Dhoni, FOUR! BAM! Dhoni smacks this one hard! On a length, outside off. Dhoni pulls it hard to the wide long on fence. There is a man at long on and deep mid-wicket but they have no chance. |
| 19.4: Siddarth Kaul to MS Dhoni, SIX! BANG! VINTAGE DHONI AT SHARJAH! Kaul comes round the wicket and hurls across a length ball, on off. Dhoni clears his front leg and sends it sailing way over the deep mid-wicket fence for a maximum to seal the game! Chennai win the match by 6 wickets and they are into the playoffs! |
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