| 0.4 : 0.4: D Chahar to R Sharma, FOUR! In the air... and safely through the gap. First boundary of this season comes from the bat of the Mumbai skipper. Fuller ball, a bit too full and shaping away a touch. Sharma drives it on the up. It's in the air but flies through the gap at cover to get the crowd going with a boundary. |
| 2.1 : 2.1: D Chahar to E Lewis, OUT! The big West Indian walks back for a duck! The Chennai fans find their voices in the crowd. Big, big wicket for the visitors. Deepak Chahar with a breakthrough. Fuller ball, nipping in appreciably and beating the attempted flick shot of Lewis who gets rapped on the pads and nearly falls over. In fact, even the bowler is down in his followthrough. A huge appeal from him and he gets the nod from the umpire. Lewis takes the review, the first of the season but it does |
| 3.3 : 3.3: S Watson to R Sharma, SIX! That's gone the distance. This should get Sharma going. Fuller in length and moving away from off, Sharma reaches out to that one and goes inside out over cover. Seemed to have sliced it but doesn't matter as the ball goes over the rope for the first maximum of the season. |
| 3.5 : 3.5: S Watson to R Sharma, OUT! Top edge and Rohit Sharma's nervy stay at the crease comes to an end. Shane Watson lets out a huge roar as he sends the Mumbai skipper back. Good length delivery, shaping away a touch, Rohit Sharma wants to hit it over mid-wicket but the away movement takes the big top edge and go high up in the air. Rayudu at backward point calls for it, comes a couple of steps ahead, keeps his eyes on the ball and takes it safely in the end. It almost popped out but the ex-Mumba |
| 4.2 : 4.2: D Chahar to S Yadav, FOUR! Shot! Cracking sound it made off the beat. On a length and a bit of room on offer, Yadav punches it through point and opens his account in style. |
| 5.3 : 5.3: S Watson to S Yadav, FOUR! Suryakumar is in the mood it seems! Has timed the ball really well on the both the occasions. Back of a length delivery outside off, Yadav gets on top of the bounce and hits it through covers for a boundary. Pierced the gap to perfection. |
| 5.6 : 5.6: S Watson to S Yadav, SIX! Elegant from SKY and it's gone into the sky. A bit too straight from Watson, Yadav walks across the stumps and drops kicks it handsomely over mid-wicket for half a dozen. Nice way to end the Powerplay. |
| 7.2 : 7.2: R Jadeja to I Kishan, FOUR! Slapped! Jadeja fires it full and wider outside off, Kishan lunges ahead and slaps it through extra cover for a boundary. |
| 7.5 : 7.5: R Jadeja to I Kishan, FOUR! Deft! Flatter ball outside off, Kishan waits for the ball to come and opens the face of the bat at the last moment. Almost takes it off Dhoni's gloves and picks up a boundary towards third man. Played that really well. |
| 8.3 : 8.3: H Singh to S Yadav, FOUR! Drilled! Floated delivery outside off, Yadav makes a bit of room and drills it through extra cover. Not a soul moved there. This is good batting. |
| 10.1 : 10.1: I Tahir to I Kishan, FOUR! Misfield from Bravo! How often do you see that? Tahir starts off with a fuller ball outside off, Kishan slams it straight down the ground towards long off. Dwayne Bravo charges towards the ball but tumbles and lets the ball through. A boundary to welcome the leggie. |
| 10.2 : 10.2: I Tahir to I Kishan, SIX! Up and over Jadeja! The stand between these two is worth 50-plus runs now. A good move on from Mumbai. Floated delivery on off, Kishan gets down on one knee and smacks it over long on. Jadeja leaps with his left hand up but the ball clears him and goes into the fence for a maximum. |
| 10.3 : 10.3: I Tahir to I Kishan, FOUR! 14 from the first three balls! Tahir is taken for runs already. Kishan makes a bit of room, shimmies down the track and belts it straight back. No stopping it. |
| 11.1 : 11.1: D Bravo to S Yadav, FOUR! Runs continue to bleed! Shortish delivery to begin with, Suryakumar stays back and pulls it with disdain over mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 11.2 : 11.2: D Bravo to S Yadav, FOUR! Dropped! Length delivery outside off, Yadav stands tall and lofts it towards mid off. Jadeja at the edge of the circle leaps to take it reverse cup but the ball bursts through his fingers and trickles away to the fence. |
| 11.3 : 11.3: D Bravo to S Yadav, FOUR! Clean shot! 30 from the last 9 balls. Mumbai are getting a move on. These two are unleashing now. On a length and outside. Yadav stays leg side and lofts it cleanly. Inside out over extra cover she goes. |
| 12.3: S Watson to S Yadav, OUT! Watson strikes and provides the much-needed breakthrough for his side. He is all pumped up. Chennai needed this wicket as these two were going great guns. Watto drops it short on middle, it keeps climbing on Yadav who doesn't want to hold back. Takes on the challenge of pulling it and that brings his downfall. Hits it straight down the throat of Harbhajan Singh at deep square leg who takes it easily. Oh boy, he is pumped up as well. Tosses the ball and kicks it aw |
| 13.1 : 13.1: M Wood to H Pandya, FOUR! What was that? Shortish ball, angling into the body, Pandya moves across and duck-pulls it down to fine leg. Innovation from Hardik. |
| 13.5 : 13.5: M Wood to H Pandya, FOUR! Now a duck-cut, says Simon Doull on air. He shares some words of wisdom with Mark Wood after the shot. This could be a contest, folks. Shortish ball outside off, Hardik waits for the ball to come, arches his back and ramps it over the keeper for the second boundary of the over. |
| 14.4 : 14.4: I Tahir to I Kishan, OUT! Top edge and gone! Imran Tahir picks up a wicket after taken for aplenty in his first over. Bowls a googly, it keeps going away from the southpaw. Kishan gets down on one knee and tries to swing it across the line. A big fat top edge is taken which goes high in the air towards short third man where Mark Wood takes a dolly of a catch. In the first over that Tahir bowled, he wasn't able to bowl the googly with the correct length as he ended up bowling too full. This |
| 14.5 : 14.5: I Tahir to K Pandya, FOUR! Krunal Pandya doesn't need any sighters. Gets a fuller ball outside off which he absolutely drills it through extra cover. That's some way to get off the mark. |
| 16.1 : 16.1: M Wood to K Pandya, SIX! Picks the slower one and deposits it! Stays back to a length delivery, slower in pace and smacks it powerfully over the mid-wicket fence for a maximum. |
| 16.4 : 16.4: M Wood to K Pandya, FOUR! Nicely done! This time he uses the pace does Krunal. Gets across to a pacy length delivery on leg stump and pulls it past the man at short fine leg for a boundary. |
| 16.6 : 16.6: M Wood to K Pandya, FOUR! Brilliantly done! Fuller delivery, angling in, Krunal Pandya makes a bit of room and drills it along the carpet through extra cover to fetch 19 from the 17th over. The elder brother has quickly moved to 23 off just 11 balls. |
| 18.2 : 18.2: M Wood to K Pandya, FOUR! Fuller delivery on the stumps, KP clears the front leg and hits it past the non-striker for a boundary. |
| 18.3 : 18.3: M Wood to K Pandya, FOUR! Dead straight again! Pitched up again from Wood, Krunal makes room and belts it straight back again. Back-to-back boundaries for Krunal Pandya. 150 comes up for Mumbai! |
| 18.6 : 18.6: M Wood to K Pandya, SIX! Ends the over with a biggie. Mark Wood has gone for 49 in his first ever game. Shortish again, Krunal anticipates it as he walks across, lifts one leg up and dumps it over fine leg for a maximum. |
| 0.6 : 0.6: M McClenaghan to A Rayudu, FOUR! Down the track and boom! Mitchell McClenaghan lands it on a back of a length outside off, Ambati Rayudu walks down the track and flat-bats it over mid off for end the first over with a boundary. |
| 1.1 : 1.1: M Rahman to S Watson, FOUR! In the air... and above the in-field. Fuller delivery from Rahman, he rolls his fingers on it. Watson reaches out to that one as he looks to drive it away. Slices it over point and it goes away to the fence. |
| 1.6 : 1.6: M Rahman to A Rayudu, FOUR! Timing, all timing, shouts Simon Doull on air. An overpitched delivery, angling away, Rayudu leans ahead and drives it crisply through the gap at extra cover and mid off. So both the overs ending with a boundary. A good start for the visitors. |
| 3.3 : 3.3: H Pandya to S Watson, SIX! That's a great looking shot. Fuller ball, swinging away, Watson leans across and lofts it inside out over extra cover. Gets enough meat behind the shot to clear the fence for a maximum. |
| 3.4 : 3.4: H Pandya to S Watson, OUT! Shane Watson departs! Hardik Pandya draws first blood for his side. It was the knuckle ball from him. On a length and around middle and off, Watson just looks to flick it away. But he mistimes it high in the air and holes out to Evin Lewis at deep square leg. Chennai need 139 from 98 balls. |
| 3.6 : 3.6: H Pandya to A Rayudu, FOUR! Gorgeous! Hardik bowls it really full outside off, Rayudu leans across a touch and drives it along the ground through cover for a boundary. So 12 runs and a wicket off it. |
| 4.2 : 4.2: M McClenaghan to A Rayudu, FOUR! Slapped! Short of a length delivery outside off, Rayudu comes down the track and slaps it between cover and point to pick his fourth boundary of the innings. He's off to a good start. |
| 5.6 : 5.6: H Pandya to S Raina, OUT! Hardik Pandya with another one. Remember the saying? A lion is even more dangerous when he is injured? You can allocate it here. Short ball, a good one which cramps Raina for room. Suresh comes down the track and is not in any control to play the pull shot but still goes after it and pays the price. Ends up mistiming it towards mid on where Krunal Pandya takes a good catch. Like Mumbai, even Chennai lose two wickets inside the Powerplay. |
| 6.3 : 6.3: M Markande to A Rayudu, OUT! Trapped in front! Mayank Markande gets the Wankhede going. Ambati Rayudu departs. Lovely googly from the rookie, Rayudu gets down to play the sweep but misses and gets hit on the pads. A huge appeal follows and the umpire raises his dreaded finger. The batter has a word with his partner regarding the DRS but they decide against it. Good call as Hawk Eye shows it would have clipped the top of the stumps. Chennai in a bit of bother now. |
| 8.3: M Markande to MS Dhoni, OUT! That's dead plumb! Mayank Markande is at it again as he nets the big fish. The joy on his face is something he will cherish for a really long time. He was denied a wicket on the previous over when replays showed that Kedar Jadhav was out LBW but this time he gets an even bigger wicket of the opposition skipper. His googlies are working wonders. Another one which Dhoni fails to pick and gets hit on the back pad right in front of the stumps. Huge appeal but the um |
| 10.2 : 10.2: M Markande to K Jadhav, SIX! Floated ball on middle and off, Jadhav clears his front leg and deposits this over Pollard at long on for a biggie. |
| 11.3 : 11.3: M Rahman to R Jadeja, FOUR! Hit hard down the ground to the fence by Jadeja. Fizz serves this full on off, Ravindra gives room and muscles it along the turf towards long off for a boundary. |
| 11.6 : 11.6: M Rahman to R Jadeja, OUT! Jadeja holes out trying to hit the boundaries. Rahman rolls his fingers to this one and serves on a good length outside off. Ravindra goes for the big swing and gets a top edge to this. The ball balloons towards mid off where Suryakumar Yadav comes a few steps ahead, settles under it and takes the skier. Chennai are now losing wickets at regular intervals. They need 91 more off 48 balls. |
| 12.4 : 12.4: M Markande to D Bravo, SIX! That's huge! Full in line of the stumps, Bravo makes room and smacks this over the bowler's head for half a dozen. They need more of this, Chennai. |
| 12.6 : 12.6: M Markande to D Chahar, OUT! Markande gets his third wicket! What a debut he is having! Deepak charges down the track on his very first ball, Mayank bowls this slower through the air on off, it's the googly again. Chahar is outfoxed by it completely. It goes past his bat and Ishan Kishan takes the bails off in a flash. Chahar doesn't come back in time and an easy decision for the square leg umpire to make. Chennai need a miracle from here if they are to win. Meanwhile, the young man is don |
| 13.4 : 13.4: M Rahman to D Bravo, FOUR! Slow ball outside off, Bravo looks to drive it away from the body but gets an edge past the vacant slip cordon for a boundary. |
| 13.6 : 13.6: M Rahman to H Singh, FOUR! Misfield from McClenaghan at third man and the ball goes for a boundary. Slow ball outside off, Singh cuts it past backward point. Mitchell gets low to save the boundary but the ball goes through him. Very sloppy from the New Zealander as he leaks runs for his side. |
| 14.1 : 14.1: M McClenaghan to D Bravo, FOUR! Length ball around off, Bravo plays an inside out shot over covers for a boundary. |
| 14.5 : 14.5: M McClenaghan to H Singh, OUT! A nothing shot from Singh and it leads his downfall. Back of a length ball outside off, Singh makes room and looks to cut this over backward point. But he ends up slicing it off the outside edge towards Bumrah at third man who takes a very easy catch. |
| 15.1 : 15.1: J Bumrah to D Bravo, SIX! Flush on the ropes! Fuller in length on off, Bravo leans ahead and lifts it cleanly over extra cover. It falls flush on the ropes but still the umpires check it upstairs. Replays find the same. A maximum results! |
| 16.3 : 16.3: H Pandya to M Wood, OUT! Pandya picks up another wicket. Slower ball on a good length around middle and leg, Wood gets into the position and whips this to the deep square leg region. He gets it off the bottom of the bat and the ball goes straight down the throat of Rahman stationed there. |
| 17.2 : 17.2: M McClenaghan to D Bravo, SIX! Full around off, Bravo hits this over long off for a maximum. That was a cleanly struck. He is not going down without a fight. |
| 17.3 : 17.3: M McClenaghan to D Bravo, SIX! Back-to-back maximums from Bravo! This one is flicked over mid-wicket for another biggie. Those wrists. Game on, folks! |
| 17.5 : 17.5: M McClenaghan to D Bravo, FOUR! Now then, this doesn't go all the way but will get four from it. Short ball, Bravo charges down and pulls it over mid-wicket for a boundary. He moves to 47 now. |
| 18.1 : 18.1: J Bumrah to D Bravo, SIX! Starts the over by hitting a maximum. just the start needed. Full on off, Bravo lofts this over mid off all the way for a biggie. Fifty for Bravo and he has surely brought this game back to life. |
| 18.2 : 18.2: J Bumrah to D Bravo, SIX! Bumrah changes the angle and comes from around the wicket. A full toss on leg, Bravo whips this over mid-wicket for back-to-back maximums. Don't go anywhere this game isn't over. |
| 18.5 : 18.5: J Bumrah to D Bravo, SIX! Another maximum from Bravo! This time over mid-wicket and it goes all the way. Bumrah dishes out a low full toss, Bravo gets underneath it and swings it it over mid-wicket for another maximum. 20 already from the over. Surely Chennai can believe now. |
| 18.6 : 18.6: J Bumrah to D Bravo, OUT! Bumrah has the last laugh! Dwayne Bravo departs after playing a brilliant, brilliant knock. The Wankhede erupts! Back of a length, slower one outside off, Bravo looks to fetch it from outside off but ends up slicing it towards Rohit Sharma at extra cover who takes it at the edge of the circle. So has the game tilted back in Mumbai's favour again? |
| 19.4 : 19.4: M Rahman to K Jadhav, SIX! Scooped it over short fine leg! Kedar Jadhav, you little beauty. He gets down and across to a cutter angled away outside off, Kedar Jadhav with a bad hamstring isn't afraid to go low and scoop it. Connects well and sends it sailing over the fine leg fence for a maximum. |
| 19.5 : 19.5: M Rahman to K Jadhav, FOUR! And Kedar Jadhav does it for Chennai. A bad hamstring? What? It doesn't matter. He's taken his side through. The Yellow army from the dugout barges out to show its emotions. What a match! A thriller. Wow! Fuller ball, angled across, Jadhav brings his bat down like a hammer and drills it all along the carpet through the gap at covers to finish things off in style. CHENNAI WIN BY 1 WICKET! |
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