| 0.0 : TOSS - MUMBAI have won the toss and will BOWL. |
| Hardik Pandya, the captain of Mumbai says that they will bowl first for the obvious reasons as the dew does set in and they are more comfortable chasing. Adds that he is expecting a lot of runs in the game and want to do the basics right. Mentions that winning is great for the morale of the team and want to stick to their strengths. Adds that any franchise that has tasted success, they have had a lot of different individuals do well. Says that the dew does set in quite a bit and in the last game |
| Impact Players opted by Mumbai - Suryakumar Yadav, Dewald Brevis, Naman Dhir, Nehal Wadhera, Harvik Desai. |
| Chennai (Playing XI) - Ruturaj Gaikwad (C), Rachin Ravindra, Ajinkya Rahane, Daryl Mitchell, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Sameer Rizvi, MS Dhoni (WK), Shardul Thakur, Tushar Deshpande, Mustafizur Rahman. |
| Mumbai (Unchanged Playing XI) - Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan (WK), Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya (C), Tim David, Mohammad Nabi, Romario Shepherd, Shreyas Gopal, Jasprit Bumrah, Gerald Coetzee, Akash Madhwal. |
| Ruturaj Gaikwad, the skipper of Chennai says they would have bowled first as well but they cannot control the toss and now they hope to do well in all three departments. Adds they are coming after a good win but one game here and there could change things. Shares whichever team plays good cricket will win. Informs the team change, Matheesha Pathirana comes in for Maheesh Theekshana. |
| Impact Players nominated by Chennai - Matheesha Pathirana, Nishant Sindhu, Mitchell Santner, Moeen Ali, Shaik Rasheed. |
| 0.1 : Mohammad Nabi to Ajinkya Rahane, Tosses it up, full and outside off. Ajinkya Rahane pushes it to the left of mid off. |
| 0.2 : Mohammad Nabi to Ajinkya Rahane, This is full and on middle, spins in. Ajinkya Rahane flicks it to deep mid-wicket for a single. Chennai and Ajinkya Rahane are underway. |
| 0.0 : All in readiness for this massive clash to begin! The two umpires are the first ones to walk out to the middle as the players of Mumbai can be seen in a huddle led by skipper Hardik Pandya before taking their places on the field. Surprisingly, it is the pair of Ajinkya Rahane and Rachin Ravindra that comes out to open the innings for Chennai. It will be spin to begin proceedings with the ball as Mohammad Nabi has been handed the new ball. Let's play... |
| 0.3 : Mohammad Nabi to Rachin Ravindra, Mohammad Nabi comes around the wicket to the lefty. This is full and on off, Rachin Ravindra turns it to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 0.4 : Mohammad Nabi to Ajinkya Rahane, Flatter delivery, outside off. Ajinkya Rahane punches it to cover. Dot ball. |
| 0.5 : Mohammad Nabi to Ajinkya Rahane, FOUR! First boundary of the game comes from Rahane's bat. Full and on middle, turning in. Ajinkya Rahane sweeps and hits it well over short fine leg for a boundary. |
| 0.6 : Mohammad Nabi to Ajinkya Rahane, Tosses it up, full and on middle, Ajinkya Rahane pushes it down but mid off cuts it off. |
| 0.0 : Gerald Coetzee to steam in from the other end. |
| 1.1 : Gerald Coetzee to Rachin Ravindra, Wide! Bowls it full and well over the tramline. Rachin Ravindra leaves. |
| Gerald Coetzee to Rachin Ravindra, Finds the gap! Fuller delivery on middle, Rachin Ravindra tucks and threads it through mid-wicket and mid on. Tim David cuts it off as he runs from mid on. One. |
| 1.2 : Gerald Coetzee to Ajinkya Rahane, A length ball, around off at 143.3 kph. Ajinkya Rahane makes a solid block. |
| 1.3 : Gerald Coetzee to Ajinkya Rahane, A thick edge saves Ajinkya Rahane here. Very full and angling around off, just nips away. Ajinkya Rahane looks to heave it but gets an inside edge onto the pads. It rolls back to the keeper. |
| 1.4 : Gerald Coetzee to Ajinkya Rahane, OUT! Gerald Coetzee strikes and it is the short ball again that serves him the wicket here. |
| 0.0 : Ruturaj Gaikwad walks in at number 3. |
| 1.5 : Gerald Coetzee to Ruturaj Gaikwad, Short in length and around off. Ruturaj Gaikwad taps it to point. A huge shout of 'NO' as it rolls straight to the fielder. |
| 1.6 : Gerald Coetzee to Ruturaj Gaikwad, Played deliberately! A length ball, outside off. Ruturaj Gaikwad opens the bat face and dabs it to third man to get off the mark. A single. A successful over for the home team. |
| 2.1 : Mohammad Nabi to Ruturaj Gaikwad, Might be too high! Flatter and on middle, bit of extra bounce. Ruturaj Gaikwad looks to sweep but misses and gets hit near the chest area. |
| 2.2 : Mohammad Nabi to Ruturaj Gaikwad, 95.2 kph! Fuller and on middle, Ruturaj Gaikwad nudges it to deep mid-wicket for a single. Stumps-to-stumps bowling from the President. |
| 2.3 : Mohammad Nabi to Rachin Ravindra, Another single! Tossed up on middle and angling in. Rachin Ravindra turns it to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 2.4 : Mohammad Nabi to Ruturaj Gaikwad, SIX! Skipper with an early impact. Tossed up, outside off. Ruturaj Gaikwad gets on his knee and thumps it over long on for a maximum. |
| 2.5 : Mohammad Nabi to Ruturaj Gaikwad, Plays with the spin now. Full and on middle, turning in, Ruturaj Gaikwad sweeps it to deep square leg for a single. |
| 2.6 : Mohammad Nabi to Rachin Ravindra, Straight to the fielder! 9 runs off the over. A bit short and well outside off. Rachin Ravindra hits it hard but to the man at covers. |
| 3.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Ruturaj Gaikwad, A huge roar as Jasprit Bumrah steams in and hurls a length ball on middle, Ruturaj Gaikwad uses his feet and hits it to mid-wicket. |
| 2.6 : Jasprit Bumrah has now been handed the ball. |
| 3.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Ruturaj Gaikwad, A good-length delivery, angling outside off. Ruturaj Gaikwad plays with an angled bat to third man. Sprints quickly but settles with one. |
| 3.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Rachin Ravindra, Wide! Jasprit Bumrah gets a bit to swing. This is full and on leg and swings down more. Rachin Ravindra looks to flick but misses and te keeper does well to dive and stop a certain boundary. |
| Jasprit Bumrah to Rachin Ravindra, This one shapes away now. On a length and outside off. Rachin Ravindra punches it nicely but straight to point. |
| 3.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Rachin Ravindra, A length ball on middle and leg. Rachin Ravindra looks to flick but inside edges it to square leg. Rachin Ravindra feeling a bit of pressure, he needs a boundary. |
| 3.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Rachin Ravindra, BEATEN! TOP NUT! A length ball, outside off and it zips away late. Rachin Ravindra looks to punch it without much foot movement and is beaten. |
| 3.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Rachin Ravindra, FOUR! He was looking for it and he gets it. A length ball on middle from around the wicket. Rachin Ravindra flicks with great timing and beats the man at mid-wicket. It rolls to the fence in no time. 6 runs of this one. |
| Gerald Coetzee (1-0-3-1) changes ends. |
| 4.1 : Gerald Coetzee to Ruturaj Gaikwad, FOUR! Gerald Coetzee follows Ruturaj Gaikwad on the leg side as he serves a length ball. Ruturaj Gaikwad is cramped as he tries to fend it away but luckily gets some bat on it and it rolls to fine leg. |
| 4.2 : Gerald Coetzee to Ruturaj Gaikwad, SIX! MASSIVE! Good start by the skipper. 20 runs off 10 balls already. A bumper on leg. Ruturaj Gaikwad probably anticipated the length as he makes room to slash this one over backward point for a biggie. |
| 4.3 : Gerald Coetzee to Ruturaj Gaikwad, Gerald Coetzee follows him agian on the leg side but pushes his length a bit forward. Ruturaj Gaikwad tucks it to mid-wicket. |
| 4.4 : Gerald Coetzee to Ruturaj Gaikwad, FOUR! That was a freebie! A gentle full toss on middle and Ruturaj Gaikwad flicks it with ease to to the left of deep square leg for a boundary. 14 runs so far of this over. |
| 4.5 : Gerald Coetzee to Ruturaj Gaikwad, A length ball on middle, Ruturaj Gaikwad defends it on the deck. |
| 4.6 : Gerald Coetzee to Ruturaj Gaikwad, Better end to the over than the start! A length ball, around off. Ruturaj Gaikwad drops it late to backward point. |
| 5.1 : Akash Madhwal to Rachin Ravindra, Close but not close enough! Akash Madhwal comes in from around the wicket and serves it very full into the stumps, Rachin Ravindra jams it out towards mid on and looks for the single but Ruturaj Gaikwad isn't interested. Tim David picks up the ball and has a direct hit at the keeper's end but the replays show that Rachin was back in. |
| 5.2 : Akash Madhwal to Rachin Ravindra, FOUR! Should have been stopped! |
| 5.3 : Akash Madhwal to Rachin Ravindra, Short and wide again and this time Rachin Ravindra cuts it straight to deep point for just a single. |
| 5.4 : Akash Madhwal to Ruturaj Gaikwad, FOUR! A bit too straight from Akash Madhwal and he pays the price. A pacey length ball from over the wicket and right on the pads, just wristed away around the corner by Ruturaj Gaikwad for another boundary. Chennai ending the Powerplay with a bit of a flourish. |
| 5.5 : Akash Madhwal to Ruturaj Gaikwad, Hard length around the top of off and angling back in, Ruturaj Gaikwad looks to make room and slice it away but can't get it past the fielder at point. |
| 5.6 : Akash Madhwal to Ruturaj Gaikwad, A quick single to end the Powerplay and Chennai are 48/1! Slightly back of a length and around off, Ruturaj Gaikwad hops back and dabs it down just behind point for a single, good running. |
| 0.0 : Strategic Break! The last two overs have gone well for Chennai and that will help them relax a bit. Chennai though will hope to dominate the middle phase now, they have the firepower and have to target a score around 200 knowing the impact dew creates as well. For Mumbai, they won't be much worried with this scoreline but will love to take a couple of wickets in the next few overs. Mohammad Nabi is back into the attack. |
| 6.1 : Mohammad Nabi to Ruturaj Gaikwad, No run. |
| 6.2 : Mohammad Nabi to Ruturaj Gaikwad, A good change up from Mohammad Nabi as he bowls it flatter and quicker at 95 clicks and pushes it into middle and leg. Ruturaj Gaikwad gets pegged back and just about manages to get some bat on it and flick it to short fine leg. |
| 6.3 : Mohammad Nabi to Ruturaj Gaikwad, Drags the length back slightly and bowls it on the stumps, worked away through mid-wicket by Gaikwad for one. |
| 6.4 : Mohammad Nabi to Rachin Ravindra, Comes from around the stumps for the left-hander and bowls it on a length around off stump, Rachin Ravindra knocks it down to long off with the full face of the bat for one. |
| 6.5 : Mohammad Nabi to Ruturaj Gaikwad, 1 run. |
| 6.6 : Mohammad Nabi to Rachin Ravindra, The arm ball now, bowled on a good length and darted into middle and leg, Rachin Ravindra goes back and across before whipping it away to wide long on for one more. Just 4 singles off that over. |
| Shreyas Gopal is into the attack. |
| 7.1 : Shreyas Gopal to Rachin Ravindra, Gets away with it! Starts with a half-tracker outside off stump, Rachin Ravindra has to wait a long time and ends up hitting it off the toe end of the bat down to long off for a single. |
| 7.2 : Shreyas Gopal to Ruturaj Gaikwad, No run. |
| 7.3 : Shreyas Gopal to Ruturaj Gaikwad, A bit flatter and around off, punched away square on the off side for a single by Gaikwad. |
| 7.4 : Shreyas Gopal to Rachin Ravindra, SIX! Up, up and away! Tossed up full and around off, Shreyas Gopal doesn't get it wide enough and Rachin Ravindra is able to reach it with ease. Ravindra gets low and powers it a long way over long on for a maximum. |
| 7.5 : Shreyas Gopal to Rachin Ravindra, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! What an excellent take by Ishan Kishan and what a review as well. More than half an appeal for caught behind but the keeper seems to be the only one interested. Oh, hang on! Hardik Pandya has reviewed it! Shreyas Gopal bowls this one flat and on a length, angling it well across the left-hander, Rachin Ravindra looks to reach out and cut but seems to be beaten past the outside edge. Kishan takes a sharp take to his left and UltraEdge |
| 0.0 : Shivam Dube is the new man in. |
| 7.6 : Shreyas Gopal to Shivam Dube, On the shorter side and on leg stump, Shivam Dube works it away off the back foot through square leg and gets off the mark with a single. |
| Jasprit Bumrah (1-0-6-0) is back into the attack. |
| 8.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Shivam Dube, No run. |
| 8.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Shivam Dube, Brings out the slower one now and bowls it on a tad fuller length, angling it onto middle, Shivam Dube defends it from the crease. |
| 8.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Shivam Dube, Looks for the yorker now and spears it in at 143 clicks around off but gets it too full. Shivam Dube hits the low full toss straight to cover where Tim David makes a half stop and Dube starts running. Gaikwad though sends him back in time. Three dots in a row now. |
| 8.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Shivam Dube, Takes pace off and bowls it shorter on the hips, Shivam Dube hops and nudges it away down to fine leg for a single. |
| 8.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Ruturaj Gaikwad, WIDE! Quick bumper around off stump but this one flies over Gaikwad's head and a wide is called. |
| Jasprit Bumrah to Ruturaj Gaikwad, Hard length in the channel outside off and just a tad bit slower at 13 clicks, Ruturaj Gaikwad punches it sweetly and to the left of point but the fielder there makes a sharp stop. |
| 8.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Ruturaj Gaikwad, A fumble in the deep and Ruturaj Gaikwad manages to get back for the second run. Goes wider on the crease and looks to angle a yorker in at the toes but just gets it a bit too leg side. Ruturaj Gaikwad clips it away to deep backward square leg where Akash Madhwal fumbles and allows an extra run to the opposition. |
| Hardik Pandya is into the attack. |
| 9.1 : Hardik Pandya to Shivam Dube, FOUR! Shivam Dube will be much more comfortable with Pandya's pace. Too short to begin with and over leg stump, Dube gets nicely on top of the bounce and nails the pull into the square leg fence. |
| 9.2 : Hardik Pandya to Shivam Dube, Back of a length over middle and angling across the left-hander, Shivam Dube stands tall and taps it in front of covers. |
| 9.3 : Hardik Pandya to Shivam Dube, FOUR! In the gap! Pitched-up delivery outside off and Shivam Dube gets his hands through for the cover drive. The ball goes a bit uppishly and between cover and mid off, not perfectly timed and Mohammad Nabi gave a valiant chase but the outfield is just lightning quick. |
| 9.4 : Hardik Pandya to Shivam Dube, FOUR! Easy pickings and Hardik Pandya is getting it all wrong at the moment. |
| 9.5 : Hardik Pandya to Shivam Dube, Good length at the stumps, tucked away through wide mid on for a single. |
| 9.6 : Hardik Pandya to Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sweetly timed and well fielded in the deep as well. Floated, full and wide outside off, Ruturaj Gaikwad just checks the cover drive and punches it on the up through covers. Akash Madhwal at sweeper cover runs around to his right and cuts it off for a brace. 15 off that over, a big one for Chennai. |
| 10.2 : Romario Shepherd to Shivam Dube, Romario Shepherd removes all the pace from this one, length and outside off. Dube swings and misses. |
| 10.3 : Romario Shepherd to Shivam Dube, On a length and around off, Dube plays it down to long on for a single. |
| 10.1 : Romario Shepherd to Shivam Dube, FOUR! CHANCE! Huge chance but was a hard one to grab! A hard length delivery, outside off. Dube gives a full kitchen sink into it, hits it hard and to the right of mid off. Hardik Pandya dives but just gets his fingertips to it. The ball was dipping towards the fielder and was a hard one to stop. |
| 10.4 : Romario Shepherd to Ruturaj Gaikwad, MISFIELD! A slower ball, on a length and on leg. Ruturaj Gaikwad makes room and sweeps it to square leg. Akash Madhwal there lets it through but just one run added. |
| 10.5 : Romario Shepherd to Shivam Dube, Dube heating things up. Seems busy since he arrived in the middle. Length ball, outside off, Dube knocks it through covers for a couple of runs. |
| 10.6 : Romario Shepherd to Shivam Dube, FOUR! More runs! 12 runs of this over. Mumbai leaking runs suddenly. 27 runs in last two overs. Short and outside off, Dube ramps it over short third man for a boundary. Poor delivery knowing third man was in. |
| Akash Madhwal (1-0-10-0) is back on. |
| 11.2 : Akash Madhwal to Ruturaj Gaikwad, Very full and around off. Ruturaj Gaikwad pushes it but straight to cover. |
| 11.1 : Akash Madhwal to Ruturaj Gaikwad, A length ball on top of off. Ruturaj Gaikwad swings and hits it to deep mid-wicket. Romario Shepherd runs to his left and dives to save a couple. Good stop. |
| 11.3 : Akash Madhwal to Ruturaj Gaikwad, Well bowled! Brings the yorker out, this is well outside off. Ruturaj Gaikwad fails to jam it out. |
| 11.4 : Akash Madhwal to Ruturaj Gaikwad, DROPPED! Wasn't easy this one too. Short in length and around off. Ruturaj Gaikwad plays the pick up shot and plays a bit too well as he picks up deep mid-wicket. Rohit Sharma runs to his right and dives but the ball was just dipping and Sharma fails to hold on. One run. |
| 11.5 : Akash Madhwal to Shivam Dube, On middle, fuller and Dube turns it to deep square leg for a single. |
| 11.6 : Akash Madhwal to Ruturaj Gaikwad, SIX! 10 runs off the over. 100 up for Chennai! They know 200 isn't enough and are keeping up well for the goal. A length ball on middle, Ruturaj Gaikwad hangs back and tonks it over long on for a biggie. Ball comes well onto the bat. |
| 12.1 : Gerald Coetzee to Shivam Dube, Nails the yorker as Gerald Coetzee bowls it full and on off. Dube squeezes it out to cover. |
| 12.2 : Gerald Coetzee to Shivam Dube, Two good ones in a row. Mumbai need this over to go their way. Too many runs given away lately. A yorker again on off and Dube blocks it out. |
| 12.3 : Gerald Coetzee to Shivam Dube, Leg bye! A huge appeal for LBW but was it just going down? A scrambled seam delivery from around the wicket, on a length and on the pads. Dube fails to flick and gets rapped on the pads. There was not much support for Gerald Coetzee with the appeal. |
| 12.4 : Gerald Coetzee to Ruturaj Gaikwad, SIX! Fifty for Ruturaj Gaikwad! Excellent knock so far! He needs to continue! What a shot though to reach the landmark! A length ball, around off. Ruturaj Gaikwad with a lofted shot, generates the power off the forearm and hits it well over long off. |
| 12.5 : Gerald Coetzee to Ruturaj Gaikwad, Length and on off, Ruturaj Gaikwad knocks it to the left of mid off for a single. |
| 12.6 : Gerald Coetzee to Shivam Dube, Was there an edge? The facial expressions from Ishan Kishan and Gerald Coetzee do say a bit there. Short of a length and on middle, nips in late. Dube is hurried on this one, he tries to push it away but misses and the keeper dives to his right but doesn't gobble it up. |
| 13.1 : Romario Shepherd to Ruturaj Gaikwad, On a length and on middle, Ruturaj Gaikwad drills it to long off for a single. |
| 13.2 : Romario Shepherd to Shivam Dube, SIX! That was six right from when it left the bat. Short of a length and on the hips, sits nicely for the left-hander. Shivam Dube pulls it over square leg for a biggie. |
| 13.3 : Romario Shepherd to Shivam Dube, SIX! THIS IS HUGE! Absolute monster of a shot from Shivam Dube! He loves this ground. He is a Mumbaikar after all. This is in the arc, full and on middle, Shivam Dube launches it over long on for a biggie. Two in a row. |
| 13.4 : Romario Shepherd to Shivam Dube, FOUR! Dube turning it up for Chennai! Time for another over from Bumrah maybe? Short in length and on middle, well-directed but Shivam Dube pulls it well in the gap and even the dive from deep mid-wicket is not enough. Four. |
| 13.5 : Romario Shepherd to Shivam Dube, Leg bye! Short in length and was the slower ball on middle, Dube is early as he looks to pull but misses and gets hit on the pads. It rolls away to point for one. |
| 13.6 : Romario Shepherd to Ruturaj Gaikwad, FOUR! Ruturaj Gaikwad's one hand comes off but he times it so well here. A gentle full toss, outside off. Ruturaj Gaikwad throws his bat and hits it well past deep point for a boundary. What an over for Chennai, 22 runs off it. |
| 14.1 : Akash Madhwal to Shivam Dube, Too full and too wide outside off. Dube carves it to deep point for a single. |
| 14.2 : Akash Madhwal to Ruturaj Gaikwad, Very full and on middle and leg. Ruturaj Gaikwad makes room and pushes it to cover for a single. |
| 14.3 : Akash Madhwal to Shivam Dube, FOUR! Through the hands! This is very full and outside off, Shivam Dube drives it uppishly and to covers. Rohit Sharma flies to his right and tries to take one-handedly but it shaves past his fingers for four. |
| 14.4 : Akash Madhwal to Shivam Dube, 1 run. |
| 14.5 : Akash Madhwal to Ruturaj Gaikwad, SIX! Shot of a the day so far! Ruturaj Gaikwad and Shivam Dube are putting on a show. Both Mumbabikars putting Mumbai under pressure. A full toss, outside off. Ruturaj Gaikwad steps down and slashes it. The fielder there watches it sail over him. |
| 14.6 : Akash Madhwal to Ruturaj Gaikwad, FOUR! This is an assault now on the bowlers! Ruturaj Gaikwad again steps down, this is full and wide of off. Ruturaj Gaikwad yet again times his shot close to perfection as he hits it to deep point for a boundary. 17 runs of the over. |
| 15.1 : Hardik Pandya to Shivam Dube, Pitches it up full and outside off stump, Shivam Dube hangs back and looks to power it over covers but ends up slicing it down to deep point for one. That brings up the FIFTY for Dube as well and this has been another high-class knock from the southpaw. |
| 15.2 : Hardik Pandya to Ruturaj Gaikwad, OUT! CAUGHT! The skipper brings himself on in a pressure situation and does the job for his side. |
| 0.0 : Strategic Break! Mumbai need to gulp some drinks as they have taken some serious beating from Ruturaj Gaikwad and Dube. Hardik Pandya though has broken the stand and it is time to limit the damage. Chennai have 28 more balls to play and plenty of batting still to come. More than 200 has to be their aim. Daryl Mitchell walks to the middle. |
| 15.3 : Hardik Pandya to Daryl Mitchell, Back of a length on the fifth stump line, Daryl Mitchell stays back in the crease and can only manage to hit it back to the bowler. |
| 15.4 : Hardik Pandya to Daryl Mitchell, Another golden dot! A tad fuller at 137 clicks and bowled around the off stump, Daryl Mitchell has to block it off from the crease. |
| 15.5 : Hardik Pandya to Daryl Mitchell, Banged in a bit short and over off and middle, Daryl Mitchell pulls it away while leaning back and straight to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 15.6 : Hardik Pandya to Shivam Dube, What a comeback over from Hardik Pandya, just 2 runs and a wicket off it as well. A well-directed slower bumper, right around the back shoulder and Shivam Dube miscues the pull completely. The ball lobs up off the gloves and falls short of Jasprit Bumrah at short fine leg. |
| 16.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Daryl Mitchell, Bumrah comes back in and starts with a slowish delivery, full and wide of the off stump, Daryl Mitchell with half a drive through covers for a single. Mitchell and Bumrah are both watching the ball and collide a bit but thankfully, there's no damage done. |
| 16.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Shivam Dube, Bowled full and right in the blockhole on middle from around the stumps, Shivam Dube hangs back and clears the front leg before drilling it down to long on for one more. |
| 16.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Daryl Mitchell, Nails another yorker but this has been squeezed in the gap. Full and tailing back into the toes, Daryl Mitchell manages to dig it out through mid-wicket for a brace. |
| 16.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Daryl Mitchell, Another yorker that lands right on the money! This is on middle and Daryl Mitchell jams it off the inside edge behind square leg for just another single. |
| 16.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Shivam Dube, Four! |
| 16.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Shivam Dube, Too good again from Bumrah but Chennai do get 10 runs off it. This is very full and right on the base of off stump, Dube stays leg side of the ball and hits it down to long off for a single. |
| Gerald Coetzee is back on. |
| 17.1 : Gerald Coetzee to Shivam Dube, FOUR! Flicked away with ease and Gerald Coetzee is under pressure right away. A full toss on the pads, Shivam Dube picks it up nd flicks it over backward square leg for a boundary. |
| 17.2 : Gerald Coetzee to Shivam Dube, Leg bye! Lucky! Goes full and on the pads again, there to be hit. Dube swings at it but misses and the ball thuds off the pads to fine leg as they get a leg bye. |
| 17.3 : Gerald Coetzee to Daryl Mitchell, 2 runs. |
| 17.4 : Gerald Coetzee to Daryl Mitchell, Length ball outside off stump, Daryl Mitchell pushes it down to long on for a single. |
| The ball has lost its shape and the umpire wants it to change. A slight halt in play. |
| 17.5 : Gerald Coetzee to Shivam Dube, Brings out the slower bumper and bowls it around leg stump, cramping Dube for room. Dube tries to angle the pull shot away but misses and gets hit on the body. |
| 17.6 : Gerald Coetzee to Shivam Dube, FOUR! Gerald Coetzee was playing with fire there and Shivam Dube does get the boundary, albeit a streaky one. Banged in short and over leg stump, pace on this time and Diube just goes at it. The ball takes the top edge and flies down to fine leg for four runs. |
| 18.1 : Jasprit Bumrah to Daryl Mitchell, 1 run. |
| 18.2 : Jasprit Bumrah to Shivam Dube, That is perfection! Steams in and nails the yorker at 144 clicks, this one is bowled from around the wicket and angles into middle and leg. Shivam Dube can only toe-end it down to long on for one more. |
| 18.3 : Jasprit Bumrah to Daryl Mitchell, Cheeky but effective from Daryl Mitchell. Another quick yorker at the stumps, Mitchell shuffles across to the leg side and reverse-ramps it over the keeper's head for a couple of runs as the man from fine leg is able to cut it off. |
| 18.4 : Jasprit Bumrah to Daryl Mitchell, Nice and full, tailing back into the stumps, hit away firmly down to long on for one more. |
| 18.5 : Jasprit Bumrah to Shivam Dube, The level of consistency from Jasprit Bumrah here is unparalleled! Another yorker at the toes at over 1544 clicks, Dube manages to get the front leg out of the way and hits it down to long on for a run. |
| 18.6 : Jasprit Bumrah to Daryl Mitchell, Just another single to end! Full and straight at the stumps, Daryl Mitchell mistimes the straight drive off the toe end of the bat but manages to get it past the bowler for a single. |
| Hardik Pandya to bowl the final over. Akash Madhwal had one over but the skipper believes he can do the job. |
| 19.1 : Hardik Pandya to Daryl Mitchell, WIDE! Length ball, pushed wide of the off stump, Daryl Mitchell fails to reach it and a wide is called. There is a late review from Pandya challenging the wide call. The replays roll in and the third umpire concludes that the ball out of the batter's reach and it will stay a wide. |
| Hardik Pandya to Daryl Mitchell, FOUR! Powered down the ground! |
| 19.2 : Hardik Pandya to Daryl Mitchell, WIDE! Full and wide, a bit too wide even considering the fact that Daryl Mitchell is standing on or past the off stump. Pandya isn't convinced and challenges the call once again. The third umpire concludes that the batter is standing outside off stump but the ball is still pretty wide and out of his reach. |
| Hardik Pandya to Daryl Mitchell, OUT! CAUGHT! Top catch from Mohammad Nabi in the deep and Hardik Pandya gets his man. Tries to go full and outside off, Daryl Mitchell shuffles across the off stump and tries to power it over long on but hits it flat towards the long on fence where Nabi grabs it around his head. Mitchell was struggling a bit with his timing and now has to depart. |
| 0.0 : MSD walks to the crease. He has four balls to make an impact. |
| 19.3 : Hardik Pandya to MS Dhoni, SIX! The decibel levels are at a max after that shot! |
| 19.4 : Hardik Pandya to MS Dhoni, SIX! Wow, that was hit hard! Fractionally short and around off, MS Dhoni leans back this time and muscles the ball flat and between deep mid-wicket and long on for back-to-back sixes. |
| 19.5 : Hardik Pandya to MS Dhoni, SIX! A hattrick of sixes from the legend himself and the crowd is going wild. Hardik Pandya is being pummeled here and the 200 comes up for Chennai as well. A poor delivery really as Pandya serves a juicy full toss on the legs, Dhoni just swings across the line and dumps it into then stands over deep square leg. Already 24 off the over and there's one ball remaining. |
| 19.6 : Hardik Pandya to MS Dhoni, Ishan Kishan with a vital hand on it and they will get two runs! Hardik Pandya goes into the pitch now and bowls it around off stump, MS Dhoni mistimes the pull off the back foot and gets an inside edge past the stumps. The ball goes to the left of the keeper who dives and gets his gloves on it. The ball rolls toward fine leg for a couple of runs and Chennai finish with 206/4 on the board! |
| 0.0 : A total carnage from Chennai and they'll be reasonably happy where they stand right now. Mumbai won the toss and asked Chennai to bat first. Ajinkya Rahane opened along with Rachin Ravindra but the former didn't make much impact. Ruturaj Gaikwad though did play a vital knock as he and Ravindra did build a stand to add 52 runs between them. Rachin Ravindra struggled to hit but then came the partnership which Chennai were looking for. Ruturaj Gaikwad and Shivam Dube made havoc as they dealt |
| Hardik Pandya resisted to give an over to the spinners when Shivam Dube and Ruturaj Gaikwad were batting. Shreyas Gopal had a fairly decent last game but bowled just one over today. The seamers were going for plenty but there was no change in bowling from the captain for most of the time. As usual, Jasprit Bumrah was at his best, the pick of the lot while the others went for runs. |
| Gerald Coetzee is up for a chat. He says that the score is about par and the wicket is very good and the dew has set in as well. Adds that they learned from the previous game and tried to use the big side. On Bumrah, he says that he is the best in the world and it is great to learn from him. Mentions that the exciting part is that you keep learning and not everytime things go your way and ends by saying that he is loving the experience. |
| You see a score above 200 and feel wow what a score but then you see it is Wankhede and you feel it's a par one! Chennai have the momentum but Mumbai have chased down around 200 in their last game. They again have to do it. Can the openers lay the foundation yet again? Let's find out after the break. |
| ...THE CHASE... |
| 0.1 : Tushar Deshpande to Rohit Sharma, Good start from Tushar Deshpande! Bowls it on a hard length around the top of middle and just gets it to nip away a touch. Rohit Sharma stays forward and covers the line well before defending it out. |
| 0.2 : Tushar Deshpande to Rohit Sharma, BEAUTY! Just a tad fuller around off stump and swinging away from the right-hander, Rohit Sharma plays well inside the line of the ball. |
| 0.3 : Tushar Deshpande to Rohit Sharma, Bowled back of a length and again on a tight line around off stump, Rohit Sharma tentatively blocks it out from the crease. |
| 0.4 : Tushar Deshpande to Rohit Sharma, Can't get off the mark yet! Back of a length and a tad wider, Rohit Sharma punches it sweetly off the back foot but straight to covers. |
| 0.5 : Tushar Deshpande to Rohit Sharma, FOUR! Tucked away neatly and Rohit Sharma is off the mark with a boundary and Mumbai have their first runs on the board. Good length around middle, slanting in and just clipped away off the pads in front of square leg for four runs. |
| 0.6 : Tushar Deshpande to Rohit Sharma, Good fielding from Ravindra Jadeja! |
| 0.0 : Who'll bowl from the other side? It is Mustafizur Rahman. |
| 1.1 : Mustafizur Rahman to Rohit Sharma, FOUR! Erring in line right away and Rohit Sharma won't miss out on that one. Bowled on a length and on leg stump, Sharma gets inside the line and flicks it down to fine leg for a boundary to begin the over. |
| 1.2 : Mustafizur Rahman to Rohit Sharma, Good length around off and angling away, Rohit Sharma waits back and just taps it away in front of point for a quick single. |
| 1.3 : Mustafizur Rahman to Ishan Kishan, Hits the deck hard and bowls it around the top of off stump, Ishan Kishan with a half-prod forward and pushes it back on the deck. |
| 1.4 : Mustafizur Rahman to Ishan Kishan, Top effort in the field! Tad short but well wide of the off stump, Ishan Kishan slaps the ball away in front of cover-point but Shivam Dube dives to his left and gets a big hand on it. Just the single then. |
| 1.5 : Mustafizur Rahman to Rohit Sharma, Slower delivery, floated up on the pads, Rohit Sharma gets low and nudges it around the corner and straightaway calls for two. He gets it with ease as well. |
| 1.6 : Mustafizur Rahman to Rohit Sharma, Too high! Hard length around leg stump at 137 clicks and angling across, Rohit Sharma plays all around it and gets hit high on the pads in front of the stumps. |
| 2.1 : Tushar Deshpande to Ishan Kishan, Pitches it a bit further up on the stumps, Ishan Kishan solidly blocks it off. |
| 2.2 : Tushar Deshpande to Ishan Kishan, FOUR! Ishan Kishan latches onto that one in a flash! |
| 2.3 : Tushar Deshpande to Ishan Kishan, Short of a length and angled across the left-hander, Ishan Kishan frees his arms and taps the ball into the gap at cover-point for a single. |
| 2.4 : Tushar Deshpande to Rohit Sharma, Takes pace off by rolling his fingers over the ball and bowls it over off and middle at 118.7 clicks, Rohit Sharma is early into the pull and mistimes it to mid-wicket. |
| 2.5 : Tushar Deshpande to Rohit Sharma, SIX! That's bread and butter for Rohit Sharma! Dug in short but just around waist height and outside off, Sharma gets across a bit and pulls it handsomely off the front foot and over deep mid-wicket for a biggie. |
| 2.6 : Tushar Deshpande to Rohit Sharma, Good length on middle and angling in, tickled away to short fine leg for a single. |
| 3.1 : Shardul Thakur to Rohit Sharma, Starts with a pace-off delivery at just 110 clicks and bowls it slightly back of a length over middle, Rohit Sharma gets inside the line and tucks it away to fine leg for a single. |
| 3.3 : Shardul Thakur to Ishan Kishan, FOUR! Exquisite ball striking from Ishan Kishan! Pitched up around off stump and right in the slot, Kishan gets on the front foot and creams the drive through the gap at covers for a boundary. |
| 3.2 : Shardul Thakur to Ishan Kishan, SIX! BANG! Banged in short over leg stump and hurried the batter but Ishan Kishan watches it well and swivels on his toes before brutally hitting the pull shot over deep backward square leg for a maximum. |
| 3.4 : Shardul Thakur to Ishan Kishan, Sloppy fielding but it will only be a single. Shorter and outside off, cut away hard off the front foot and to the left of Shivam Dube at point but he gets a bit of a bad bounce and fumbles the ball. |
| 3.5 : Shardul Thakur to Rohit Sharma, Back of a length and on the fifth stump line, Rohit Sharma stands upright and punches it away to covers. |
| 3.6 : Shardul Thakur to Rohit Sharma, Ends with a slower one, bowled on a hard length and angled in from off stump, Rohit Sharma brooms it away to deep square leg and picks up a single. |
| 4.1 : Mustafizur Rahman to Rohit Sharma, FOUR! Rohit Sharma takes the aerial route and Mumbai are flying at the moment. Fuller one floated up on off and middle, trying to angle it across but Sharma comes down the pitch and backs away before lofting it over mid off for a boundary. |
| 4.2 : Mustafizur Rahman to Rohit Sharma, SIX! That is massive and probably the biggest one of the game! Hits the deck hard and around off, Rohit Sharma goes deep in the crease and shuffles across a touch before pulling it into the top tier over the deep square leg fence for a 90-meter behemoth. |
| 4.3 : Mustafizur Rahman to Rohit Sharma, Pitched up quite full and on off stump, Rohit Sharma leans on and just pushes it with a straight bat to the right of mid off for a single. |
| 4.4 : Mustafizur Rahman to Ishan Kishan, Oh, hello! That bamboozled Ishan Kishan completely. |
| 4.5 : Mustafizur Rahman to Ishan Kishan, Full and around off stump, right in the blockhole, jammed out firmly to covers. |
| 4.6 : Mustafizur Rahman to Ishan Kishan, FOUR! Gets a loose delivery and puts it away to make it 15 runs in the over. Slightly short and wide, Ishan Kishan latches onto the width and cuts it past the point fielder for a boundary. The 50-run stand comes up between these two as well. |
| 5.1 : Shardul Thakur to Rohit Sharma, This is very full and on middle, Rohit Sharma is late as he looks to flick and gets a leading edge, all along the ground through point for a couple of runs. |
| 5.2 : Shardul Thakur to Rohit Sharma, FOUR! Flick of the wrist! Runs coming thick and fast! Mumbai off to a flier. A full toss on the pads, too straight and Rohit Sharma hammers it over mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 5.3 : Shardul Thakur to Rohit Sharma, A good length ball, around off. Rohit Sharma makes a solid block back to the bowler. |
| 5.4 : Shardul Thakur to Rohit Sharma, Shardul Thakur needs to stick to this length. Good-length again on off. Rohit Sharma steps across and defends it back. |
| 5.5 : Shardul Thakur to Rohit Sharma, FOUR! Good delivery but Rohit Sharma adjusted beautifully. Goes for the yorker but misses by an inch, this is on middle. Rohit Sharma steps down and across to squeeze this out in the gap through point for a boundary. |
| 5.6 : Shardul Thakur to Rohit Sharma, Rohit Sharma shuffles across. Shardul Thakur sticks to the length ball, around off, this is played back to the bowler. Massive Powerplay for Mumbai as they have scored 63 in no time. |
| 0.0 : Strategic Break! 200 plus needed for the win and Munmbai are off to a perfect start here. They are scoring at over 10 runs per over and with no wickets lost, the openers have set the tone for the rest of the innings. Chennai need wickets to get back into the game and will be counting on their spinners to do the job in the middle phase. It will also be interesting to see when Matheesha Pathirana is brought into the attack. With that said, Ravindra Jadeja comes into the attack. |
| 6.1 : Ravindra Jadeja to Ishan Kishan, Starts with a half-tracker on middle, Ishan Kishan pulls it flat and hard to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 6.2 : Ravindra Jadeja to Rohit Sharma, Tossed up on off, Rohit Sharma taps it in front of point for a quick single. |
| 6.3 : Ravindra Jadeja to Ishan Kishan, Flat, quick and away from the batters arc. Across Ishan Kishan who looks to cut but misses. |
| 6.4 : Ravindra Jadeja to Ishan Kishan, Similar delivery from Jadeja but Ishan Kishan plays it late this time to point for one. |
| 6.5 : Ravindra Jadeja to Rohit Sharma, Quicker again, full and on the pads. Rohit Sharma looks to flick but misses. |
| 6.6 : Ravindra Jadeja to Rohit Sharma, FOUR! Rohit Sharma recently has started to use this shot quite often. Tossed up on middle, Rohit Sharma gets inside the line and paddles it over short fine leg for a boundary. Just bounces near the ropes. 7 runs off it. |
| 7.1 : Matheesha Pathirana to Ishan Kishan, OUT! c Shardul Thakur b Matheesha Pathirana. |
| 7.2 : Matheesha Pathirana to Suryakumar Yadav, Swing and a miss! This is full and outside off, away from SKY's hitting arc and he fails to drive this away. |
| 0.0 : Suryakumar Yadav walks in at number 3 in the form of an Impact Player as Akash Madhwal gets subbed off. |
| 7.3 : Matheesha Pathirana to Suryakumar Yadav, OUT! TAKEN! Excellent catch from Mustafizur Rahman in the deep. Excellent field placement as well. |
| 7.2 : Is that out? Mustafizur Rahman might just have done a stellar job here but the third umpire is called into action. The replays roll in and show that Fizz took it well and somehow managed to keep his balance on one leg and was able to flick it back in before going over the ropes. |
| 0.0 : Tilak Varma is the new man in. |
| 7.4 : Matheesha Pathirana to Tilak Varma, Matheesha Pathirana has changed the complexion of the game. Very full and on the pads. Varma fails to flick it away. It was pitching outside leg. |
| 7.5 : Matheesha Pathirana to Tilak Varma, FOUR! Gives the width and gets punished. Pitched up, outside off. Varma drives it uppishly but away from covers for a boundary. |
| 7.6 : Matheesha Pathirana to Tilak Varma, Short and into the pitch on middle. Varma gets hurried as he pulls it to mid-wicket just for one. A successful over for Chennai. |
| 8.1 : Ravindra Jadeja to Tilak Varma, Tossed up, around off, Varma punches it to long on for a single. |
| 8.2 : Ravindra Jadeja to Rohit Sharma, This is full and on middle, Rohit Sharma is happy to block this one out. |
| 8.3 : Ravindra Jadeja to Rohit Sharma, FOUR! Fine, fine shot from Rohit Sharma! A bit short and outside off, Rohit Sharma cuts it through point for a boundary. Brings up his fifty as well. A muted celebration from the opener. He knows the job is not yet done. |
| 8.4 : Ravindra Jadeja to Rohit Sharma, Flat and quicker on middle, Rohit Sharma plays it back to the bowler. |
| 8.5 : Ravindra Jadeja to Rohit Sharma, Another dot! Quicker, flatter and around off, Rohit Sharma knocks it back to Jadeja. |
| 8.6 : Ravindra Jadeja to Rohit Sharma, Decent over from Jadeja, just 6 runs off it. Fuller and on off, this is swept to deep square leg for a single. |
| 9.1 : Tushar Deshpande to Rohit Sharma, Pace off delivery, full and on middle, Rohit Sharma turns it to mid-wicket for a single. |
| 9.2 : Tushar Deshpande to Tilak Varma, FOUR! Clubbed back! Excellent shot! Short ball, going across the left-hander, outside off. Varma plays a tennis shot, slaps it down to long off for a boundary. |
| 9.3 : Tushar Deshpande to Tilak Varma, A length ball, around off, this is eased down to long on for a single. |
| 9.4 : Tushar Deshpande to Rohit Sharma, MSD got a big hand on it. Short, slower and around off. Rohit Sharma waits on the back foot as he dabs it to the right of the keeper, Dhoni gets a big hand to prevent it from running away to the fence. One. |
| 9.5 : Tushar Deshpande to Tilak Varma, Varma shuffles across and pulls this short ball to deep mid-wicket for a single. Pre-meditated shot. |
| 9.6 : Tushar Deshpande to Rohit Sharma, Rohit Sharma advances down the track and Tushar Deshpande drags his length back, this is short and around off, Rohit Sharma mistimes his pull well in front of long on for a single. Things have slowed down for Mumbai. |
| 10.1 : Ravindra Jadeja to Rohit Sharma, FOUR! Not every day do you see Rohit Sharma playing the reverse sweep but he gets the job done here. |
| 10.3 : Ravindra Jadeja to Rohit Sharma, On the shorter side on off, punched off the back foot through covers for one. |
| 10.2 : Ravindra Jadeja to Rohit Sharma, SIX! Going, going and just gone! Fuller one on middle, looking to spin it away from middle but Rohit Sharma once again goes on his knees and slog-sweeps it away towards deep square leg. Tushar Deshpande runs across a long way to his right and grabs it with both hands but the ball pops out and goes over the ropes for a maximum. A difficult chance goes down! |
| 10.4 : Ravindra Jadeja to Tilak Varma, 2 runs. |
| 10.5 : Ravindra Jadeja to Tilak Varma, FOUR! Hammered away and Ravindra Jadeja is being put away in this over. Too full and wide outside off, Tilak Varma opens up his arms and thrashes the drive through covers for another boundary. |
| 10.6 : Ravindra Jadeja to Tilak Varma, Fired in at the pads, tucked away around the corner for a single. 18 off that over and Mumbai are back on track. |
| 11.1 : Shardul Thakur to Tilak Varma, Fraction short over off stump and slower too, Tilak Varma waits on the back foot before slogging it away to deep mid-wicket for one. |
| 11.2 : Shardul Thakur to Rohit Sharma, Beaten! Slower one again, on a hard length and outside off, Rohit Sharma looks to stay back and just hit through the line but is early in the shot and the ball beats the outside edge. |
| A direct-hit at the bowler's end. |
| 11.3 : Shardul Thakur to Rohit Sharma, NOT OUT! Full and quick outside off, gets it in the blockhole, Rohit Sharma jams it out to the left of covers and sets off for the single. Ruturaj Gaikwad there runs around and fires in a quick throw at the bowler's end and hist the bullseye. The replays though show that Rohit streatched enough and made his ground in time. |
| 11.4 : Shardul Thakur to Tilak Varma, Takes pace off and bowls it into the deck over off stump, Tilak Varma pulls it off the back foot down to long on for a single. |
| 11.5 : Shardul Thakur to Rohit Sharma, SIX! Banged away and a fairly good over from Shardul Thakur is ruined with just one hit. |
| 11.6 : Shardul Thakur to Rohit Sharma, Hard length pushed wide of the off stump, Rohit Sharma advances and throws his hands at it, getting it off the outer half of the bat to sweepers for a single. 89 needed now off 48 balls. |
| 12.1 : Ravindra Jadeja to Rohit Sharma, Pre-meditated and this time Ravindra Jadeja reads it well. Rohit Sharma sets up for the reverse sweep but this is fired in quick and short at the batter, Rohit cannot get enough bat to get it past short third. |
| 12.2 : Ravindra Jadeja to Rohit Sharma, 1 run. |
| 12.3 : Ravindra Jadeja to Tilak Varma, FOUR! Tilak Varma nails the reverse sweep and brings up the 50-run stand as well. Fuller in length and on off stump, Varma reverse-sweeps it away wide of short third and picks up a boundary. |
| 12.4 : Ravindra Jadeja to Tilak Varma, Faltter one around the pads, Tilak Varma looks to get inside the line and pull it past fine leg but misses and gets hit on the pads. |
| 12.5 : Ravindra Jadeja to Tilak Varma, Another dot ball! Slightly short on off and middle, Tilak Varma can't make enough room and ends up playing it straight to covers. |
| 12.6 : Ravindra Jadeja to Tilak Varma, Top over, just 6 runs off it! |
| 0.0 : Change. Matheesha Pathirana (1-0-5-2) is back on. |
| 13.1 : Matheesha Pathirana to Tilak Varma, Full and straight on middle at 146 clicks, Tilak Varma stays very deep in the crease and clears the front leg before drilling it to mid off for a single. There is a direct hit at the keeper's end but Rohit Sharma is well in. |
| 13.2 : Matheesha Pathirana to Rohit Sharma, Bowls it a tad short and around off stump, trying to slant it across the right-hander, Rohit Sharma pulls it off the back foot to deep mid-wicket and picks up another single. |
| 13.3 : Matheesha Pathirana to Tilak Varma, FOUR! Oh, that is extremely well-timed from Tilak Varma. Looks for the toe-crushing yorker at 150.6 clicks but Varma is ready for it. Varma clears the front leg and uses the wrists to whiop it wide of long on for a boundary. |
| 13.4 : Matheesha Pathirana to Tilak Varma, No run. |
| 13.5 : Matheesha Pathirana to Tilak Varma, OUT! TAKEN! A brilliant catch from Shardul Thakur and Matheesha Pathirana has done it again! |
| Hardik Pandya is the new man in and he joins Rohit Sharma in the middle. |
| 13.6 : Matheesha Pathirana to Hardik Pandya, Bowled a bit shorter and outside off, Hardik Pandya hops and dabs the ball down in front of point for no run. Chennai slightly ahead in the game now. |
| 14.1 : Shardul Thakur to Rohit Sharma, Finds the fielder! Slower one, bowled into the deck and well wide of the off stump, Rohit Sharma has to reach for it and hammers it straight to Ruturaj Gaikwad at extra cover. |
| 14.2 : Shardul Thakur to Rohit Sharma, Swing and a miss! Full and wide, pace on too and Shardul Thakur nails this one. Rohit Sharma throws the kitchen sink at it but loses his shape and misses the connection. A couple of golden dot balls already fro Shardul. |
| 14.3 : Shardul Thakur to Rohit Sharma, Full and wide, gets it full enough and Rohit Sharma just squeezes it away with an open-bat face to third man for just a single. You can feel the tension in the crowd as they start to get real anxious and the pressure is on these two batters. |
| 14.4 : Shardul Thakur to Hardik Pandya, A third dot in the over! Hard length wide of the off stump, Hardik Pandya stays put and hits it straight to covers. |
| 14.5 : Shardul Thakur to Hardik Pandya, Would you believe it? A fourth dot ball and Shardul Thakur is in the zone here. Hardik Pandya has challenged the decision for a wide call here. Slower ball from Shardul, on a good length and flirting with the tramline outside off, Pandya gets across a bit and swings at it but fails to connect. The replays show that the ball was within Pandya's reach and it will be a dot ball. |
| 14.6 : Shardul Thakur to Hardik Pandya, What an over! Just two singles off it and Shardul Thakur has jammed the brakes on Mumbai's innings here. Back of a length and bowled into the pitch outside off, Hardik Pandya can only hit it to long off for a single. 75 needed now off just 30 balls. |
| 15.1 : Tushar Deshpande to Hardik Pandya, Chennai are doing well here to bowl slow balls. Absolutely no pace at all. A length ball, outside off. Hardik Pandya heaves it to the left of deep mid-wicket who picks up on a bounce. One. |
| 15.2 : Tushar Deshpande to Rohit Sharma, Slow again! Short in length and outside off, Rohit Sharma pulls it to deep square leg for a single. Even Rohit Sharma has lost his touch. |
| 15.3 : Tushar Deshpande to Hardik Pandya, OUT! c Ravindra Jadeja b Tushar Deshpande. |
| 0.0 : Strategic Break! This has been some turnaround for Chennai after they faced an early onslaught but the captaincy has been good and the bowlers have executed their plans to the tee. Mumbai have lost a lot of momentum with the fall of a further couple of wickets and Rohit Sharma needs more of the strike. With Matheesha Pathirana still having a couple of overs up his sleeve and already having taken 3 wickets in the game, one would bet on Chennai from here. However, Mumbai have the firepower but n |
| 15.4 : Tushar Deshpande to Tim David, Starts with a swing and a miss! Short ball, outside off, in the arc for Tim David to pull but misses. |
| 15.5 : Tushar Deshpande to Tim David, A length ball, around off, Tim David nudges it to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 15.6 : Tushar Deshpande to Rohit Sharma, It's not just happening for Rohit Sharma and Mumbai! A bumper, around off. Rohit Sharma waits to play the map shot but misses it. What an over from Tushar Deshpande. Incredible turnaround from the bowling team. |
| 16.1 : Mustafizur Rahman to Tim David, SIX! The crowd has got their voice once again but Mumbai need more of these. Pitched up on off. David powers it over long on for a biggie. |
| 16.2 : Mustafizur Rahman to Tim David, Wide! Tries to stay away from the arc but bowls it well over the tramline. David leaves. |
| Mustafizur Rahman to Tim David, SIX! Another one from David! Well played! The off-cutter, across David but this was in the arc for David who hammers it over long on for a maximum. |
| 16.3 : Mustafizur Rahman to Tim David, OUT! c Rachin Ravindra b Mustafizur Rahman. |
| 0.0 : Romario Shepherd walks out to bat now. |
| 16.4 : Mustafizur Rahman to Romario Shepherd, A length ball, outside off, Romario Shepherd cuts it to deep point for a single. |
| 16.5 : Mustafizur Rahman to Rohit Sharma, FOUR! Hit hard! A full toss, across the batter, outside off. Rohit Sharma lofts it over extra cover and well wide of long off. Boundary. Rohit Sharma needs to take more of the strike now. |
| 16.6 : Mustafizur Rahman to Rohit Sharma,  Rohit Sharma opens up his body and shuffles across. Mustafizur Rahman bowls it full and wide outside off. Rohit Sharma sweeps it to square leg who runs to his left, slides and makes an excellent stop. One. So, 53 runs needed in 18 balls. |
| 17.1 : Matheesha Pathirana to Rohit Sharma, Matheesha Pathirana stems and serves it full and on middle, Rohit Sharma goes back to flick but mistimes it to mid-wicket. Still gets two with ease. |
| 17.2 : Matheesha Pathirana to Rohit Sharma, Rohit Sharma just not able to time. Very full and outside off. Rohit Sharma miscues his drive to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 17.3 : Matheesha Pathirana to Romario Shepherd, OUT! BOWLED! Matheesha Pathirana showing the dug out how many wickets he has got. Four-fer for him. A length ball on middle and leg and it nips in. Romario Shepherd blindly swings across and misses. The ball crashes the stumps. Not looking good for Mumbai now. |
| 0.0 : Mohammad Nabi is the new man in. |
| 17.5 : Matheesha Pathirana to Rohit Sharma, A length ball, outside off, Rohit Sharma shuffles way across to paddle it over but mistimes it to point. Nabi wanted a quick single is there but is sent back by Rohit Sharma. |
| 17.4 : Matheesha Pathirana to Mohammad Nabi, A toe-crushing yorker but sliding on the pads. Nabi inside edges his flick to square leg for a single. |
| 17.6 : Matheesha Pathirana to Rohit Sharma, Too full and on middle and leg, Rohit Sharma drives it down to long on for a couple of runs. 47 runs needed in 12 balls. |
| 18.1 : Mustafizur Rahman to Mohammad Nabi, Short in length and around off, Nabi pulls it to the right of long on for a single. |
| 18.2 : Mustafizur Rahman to Rohit Sharma, Wide! Bowls it way, way over the tramline and Rohit Sharma leaves it. |
| Mustafizur Rahman to Rohit Sharma, JUST SHORT! This is very full and outside off, Rohit Sharma swings hard but only to cue end his shot to short third man where Shardul Thakur dives forward but it fells just short of him. |
| 18.3 : Mustafizur Rahman to Mohammad Nabi, Very full and outside off. Nabi plays it down to long off for a single. |
| 18.4 : Mustafizur Rahman to Rohit Sharma, This is incredible from Chennai! Fielders placed so well here. Very full and outside off. Rohit Sharma smashes it to deep cover for just one run. |
| 18.5 : Mustafizur Rahman to Mohammad Nabi, Goes full and outside off, Nabi heaves it to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 18.6 : Mustafizur Rahman to Rohit Sharma, Wide! Rohit Sharma shuffles across and Rahman bowls it wide outside off, over the tramline for a wide. |
| Mustafizur Rahman to Rohit Sharma, SIX! Rohit Sharma shakes his head as he hits this one away. He knows this is not his best knock by anymeans. Fuller and around off, Rohit Sharma goes back and tonks it over mid-wicket for a biggie. |
| 19.1 : Matheesha Pathirana to Mohammad Nabi, Short of a length and outside off. Nabi slashes and misses. That should do. 5 legal deliveries needed. |
| 19.2 : Matheesha Pathirana to Mohammad Nabi, Bye! A yorker, going down leg and Nabi fails to get his bat on it. The ball hits Dhoni on his pads and rolls away. One. |
| 19.3 : Matheesha Pathirana to Rohit Sharma, FOUR! Century for Rohit Sharma but not even a smile or small celebration from him. The crowd loved it though. Full and outside off, Rohit Sharma smashes it down to wide long off for a boundary. |
| 19.4 : Matheesha Pathirana to Rohit Sharma, FOUR! Pitches it up on middle, Rohit Sharma steps across and flicks it behind square leg past the fielder for a boundary. |
| 19.5 : Matheesha Pathirana to Rohit Sharma, Two wides! Spills it down the leg side, Rohit Sharma misses his flick and Dhoni fumbles to stop it cleanly. One. |
| Matheesha Pathirana to Mohammad Nabi, Too full and on leg. Nabi gets a faint edge as he looks to flick. This rolls to short fine leg for one. |
| 19.6 : Matheesha Pathirana to Rohit Sharma, An excellent bowling performance by Chennai. Too full and outside off, Rohit Sharma pushes it to point for a single. CHENNAI WIN BY 20 RUNS. |
| 0.0 : In the battle of the Titans, it is the Yellow of Chennai that has toppled the Blue of Mumbai and with that big win, Chennai got their first points on the road and made it 4 wins out of 6 overall. Chennai were under the pump inside the Powerplay as the opening pair of Mumbai were doing some real damage. However, the introduction of Matheesha Pathirana in the 8th overturned things around in the blink of an eye as he got two big wickets in his first over and got his side back in the game. Chennai |
| Mumbai will be disappointed with that loss as they let things slip after being in a dominant position both with the bat and earlier with the ball as well. They should have restricted Chennai for about 190 runs but conceded 15 runs or so more and then with the bat, they left too many runs for the death overs. Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan put on 70 runs before Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav got out in the space of 3 deliveries. Rohit went on to score a half-century and Tilak Varma reignited the |
| Hardik Pandya, the skipper of Mumbai says it was a gettable score but credits Chennai who bowled really well.  Adds Matheesha Pathirana made the difference and overall Chennai were very smart with their plans. Shares there is a man behind the stumps for Chennai who was handling well. Reckons they were on course through to chase it down before Pathirana struck twice in his first over. On not giving the spinners many overs, Pandya says it was slightly about the match-up but he went with what he |
| Shardul Thakur is now down for a chat. Thakur says that Mumbai vs Chennai is known for producing quality cricket and a few individuals did brilliantly but they held their nerve better. Adds that they spoke about keeping it simple and bowling according to the field and not trying to be too smart and it was the same pitch as the last match and when the pitch is repeated here, the slower ones hold better. He then gives credit to the way Matheesha Pathirana bowled and reckons there wasn't much |
| Earlier in the game, Hardik Pandya won the toss and had no hesitation in bowling first and it seemed like a good decision as Gerald Coetzee got Ajinkya Rahane out pretty early. Chennai had a slowish Powerplay but started to fire and once they lost the wicket of Rachin Ravindra, the likes of Ruturaj Gaikwad and Shivam Dube took full flight. Both scored quick half-centuries and the skipper kept on batting till the end. Jasprit Bumrah was yet again impressive for Mumbai and bowled well at the |
| The Presentation ceremony... |
| Ruturaj Gaikwad, the skipper of Chennai says their young wicket-keeper who scored three sixes made a big difference. He adds that it's important to get 10-15 more runs on this kind of wicket, they bowled well but they were happy with the score. Tells that they would have taken Mumbai's Powerplay score any day. Shares on this kind of pitch, it demand skills from both bat and ball. Mentions Matheesha Pathirana, their 'baby Malinga,' bowled exceptionally well. Reckons Ajinkya Rahane was carrying a |
| Matheesha Pathirana is the Player of the Match for his exceptional bowling performance of 4 for 28 in 4 overs. Pathirana says that he was nervous but MS Dhoni came to him and asked him to keep calm and that helped him. Adds that he doesn't mind getting hit and he only thinks about his execution and if he executes well, he will get the rewards. Adds that sometimes he has to change his gameplan and adds that he had a niggle over the last 2 weeks but the staff supported him and he was able to pe |
| Right then, Mumbai's two-game winning streak at the Wankhede in this edition of the Indian T20 League has ended and with that win, Chennai become the team to defeat Mumbai the most number of times at this venue, with 5 wins, joint highest along with Punjab. Another week of stellar cricketing action has flown by and things are starting to heat up. Next up, the new week kicks off with a clash between Bengaluru and Hyderabad at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium on Monday, 15 April. That game will begin a |
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