| 0.6 : 0.6: D Chahar to C Lynn, OUT! This is a big breakthrough for Chahar and Chennai. The dangerous Chris Lynn is out of here in the very first over of the game. This length ball is landed in line of the stumps, it skids off the deck and keeps slightly low, which becomes Lynn's undoing as he looks to go big across the line. He's struck flush in the front of the stumps on the pads and a loud appeal goes up. The umpire's finger follows and that's it for the Aussie. |
| 1.5 : 1.5: H Singh to S Narine, OUT! In the air... taken! Harbhajan Singh now strikes and both the openers are back in the hut inside the space of two overs. Dreadful start for the visitors. Narine continues to go after the off spinner. Steps down the track this time and looks to go over covers. The ball, however, turns a little, hits the toe-end and balloons towards the point region. Chahar from backward point and Rayudu from point are going for it. The former in the end calls for it and takes a good |
| 2.3 : 2.3: D Chahar to N Rana, OUT! No. 3 goes down now as Rana departs without troubling the scorers. Chahar gets his second in his second over. Another very good catch, this. It is slightly short and on middle, Rana looks to pull but it goes uppishly towards mid-wicket. Rayudu there dives forward and takes it inches above the ground. Kolkata slip further, they are in desperate need of a partnership. |
| 3.3: R Jadeja to D Karthik, FOUR! EDGY! Kolkata won't mind though as they need runs at the moment. Tossed up on off, Karthik looks to defend but gets an outside edge which goes past the first slip fielder and to the third man fence. |
| 4.1 : 4.1: D Chahar to R Uthappa, FOUR! Uppish but in the gap! A hit me delivery! Short and wide outside off, Uthappa stands tall and slaps it in the air but wide of the fielder at point and for a boundary. |
| 4.2 : 4.2: D Chahar to R Uthappa, FOUR! Consecutive boundaries! Runs starting to come now! Slightly short again and on middle, Uthappa picks the length early and pulls it over mid-wicket. |
| 4.4 : 4.4: D Chahar to R Uthappa, OUT! Another one bites the dust! Uthappa is the man walking back. He falls in the trap here. There was just one man out on the leg side and Uthappa picks him out. Another short one and on middle, Uthappa goes back and looks to pull. He had no intention to keep it down. He though does not get the distance. Jadhav at deep mid-wicket takes it with ease. A body blow this for the visitors as Uthappa is a very good player of spin and they needed him to stay out there on thi |
| 5.3 : 5.3: R Jadeja to D Karthik, FOUR! This time, he not only cuts but also finds the gap. Short and outside off, this one skids through. Karthik goes back and slaps it past the diving cover fielder and into the fence. |
| 8.3: I Tahir to D Karthik, FOUR! Very, very delicate this from Karthik. He plays the paddle sweep. Gets it very fine, between the legs of Dhoni and into the fine leg fence. A welcome boundary this. |
| 8.4 : 8.4: I Tahir to D Karthik, OUT! Tahir gets his revenge! He sends the Kolkata skipper packing! Half the side now back in the hut for the visitors. A sharp catch by Harbhajan. Chennai have been excellent in the field today. Tahir gives this a lot more air and bowls it full on middle. Karthik whips it powerfully towards mid-wicket. Singh there does really well to take it. Timely wicket as this partnership was just starting to build nicely for the visitors. |
| 10.1 : 10.1: I Tahir to S Gill, OUT! STUMPED! Tahir gets another! Chennai now into the lower order and Kolkata haven't even crossed 50. The googly does the trick. It lands on leg stump, Gill looks to drive it down the ground but leaves a gap between bat and pad. The ball sneaks through, Gill then loses his balance and his back foot comes out of the crease. Dhoni behind collects the ball and whips the bails off. |
| 11.2 : 11.2: H Singh to A Russell, SIX! That is out of here! This is easier for Russell, the ball turning in. He goes with the turn with a slog sweep and clears the mid-wicket fence. First of the game. |
| 12.5 : 12.5: I Tahir to P Chawla, SIX! HUGE! What a shot from Chawla. Not only is it a maximum but it would also take some pressure off Russell. Piyush goes down on one knee and slog sweeps it over the mid-wicket fence. |
| 13.5: S Kuggeleijn to A Russell, FOUR! Powerful shot from Russell. Length delivery on middle, Russell lofts it over mid-wicket for a boundary. A much-needed boundary for Kolkata. |
| 14.3 : 14.3: I Tahir to A Russell, FOUR! Do not try to stop that, it would have taken your hand off. What power. Dances down the track and takes it on the full. He smashes it past Tahir and that went to the fence in a jiffy. |
| 15.3: H Singh to P Chawla, OUT! Harbhajan gets his second. Not clever batting this from Chawla. He has Russell at the other end but instead of giving him the strike, he decides to be the hero. Steps out way too early. Singh spots that and slows it up wide outside off. Chawla looks to reach it but fails to do so. Dhoni makes no mistake behind. |
| 15.4 : 15.4: H Singh to K Yadav, OUT! RUN OUT! Yes, he has dislodged the bails cleanly. Two in two for the hosts. Kuldeep bags a golden duck. A crazy mix-up there. This is tossed up on off, the ball pitches and then turns away. Kuldeep looks to defend but only manages an outside edge towards short third man. Russell wants a run but Yadav is ball-watching. He eventually has to go for it. By that time though, Rayudu picks the ball up and throws it to the bowler. The throw is not a good one. Singh though |
| 16.3 : 16.3: R Jadeja to P Krishna, OUT! No. 9 goes down and Chennai have three more balls to wrap this up with Russell stranded at the non-striker's end. A soft dismissal this. It is full and on the pads. Krishna flicks it but does not keep it down. It goes straight to Singh at short mid-wicket who makes no mistake this time. |
| 17.1 : 17.1: S Kuggeleijn to A Russell, FOUR! That is exactly what Russell has to do in the next 17 balls. The slower one on middle, Russell waits for it and hits it in the gap in the mid-wicket region for a boundary. Ideal start to the over. |
| 18.3 : 18.3: D Chahar to A Russell, SIX! Once again it is not off the middle but such is the power of the man that it carries all the way. Length and on middle, Russell swings, it is not off the middle. Jadeja at long on for a second thought he has a chance but the ball clears him. Need a few more. Also, replays show Jadeja was slightly inside the ropes. Had he been at the ropes, it could have been a catch. |
| 19.3: S Kuggeleijn to A Russell, SIX! He has picked the bones out of that one but seems to be in a lot of pain as he clutches his palm. This is short and on the body, Russell sends it sailing over the mid-wicket fence. 3 balls to go, 2 more? |
| 19.4 : 19.4: S Kuggeleijn to A Russell, FOUR! Hammered! The fielder actually does well to get a hand to it. Short and on the body, Russell pulls it hard towards deep square leg. The fielder there runs to his left and looks to push it back in but the force is a lot and he fails to do so. 10 from the last two balls. |
| 19.6 : 19.6: S Kuggeleijn to A Russell, FOUR! Fifty for Russell, once again he is the hero with the bat for Kolkata. His 7th in this League. Ends the innings with a boundary. 15 from the last over. This is a length ball and on off, Russell clobbers it past the bowler. The fielder at long off runs to his right, dives but fails to stop it. KOLKATA END WITH 108/9! |
| 0.1 : 0.1: P Chawla to S Watson, FOUR! A boundary to begin things for Shane Watson and Chennai. Too full and outside off, no room for the ball to turn. Watson drills this through the left of mid off and finds the fence. |
| 0.5 : 0.5: P Chawla to S Watson, SIX! Powerful batting from Shane Watson here. Just muscles this away. A half-tracker in line of the stumps, Watson goes back and pulls it deep into the mid-wicket stands. |
| 2.1 : 2.1: S Narine to S Watson, FOUR! Watson seems in a hurry here. Starts off with a length ball outside off, du Plesses pushes it towards cover. |
| 2.2 : 2.2: S Narine to S Watson, OUT! That's a soft dismissal. Really soft. Kolkata have been handed a big boost in the form of Watson's wicket. Should have been put away, but instead it goes straight into the fielder's hands. Short and on the stumps, Shane sticks back and pulls it aerially straight to Chawla at square leg. Can Kolkata capitalize from here with a wicket or two more? |
| 2.4 : 2.4: S Narine to S Raina, SIX! All the way. Raina into the act now. Chennai want to finish it as soon as possible. Narine bowls it full and on the pads, Raina lofts it straight and over the bowler to the long on fence. Gets off the mark with a six. |
| 3.4: P Krishna to S Raina, FOUR! Had boundary written all over it from the moment it left the bat. Raina backed away early seeing the ball landed fuller, made some room for himself and lofted it over covers to send it across the boundary line. |
| 4.6 : 4.6: S Narine to S Raina, OUT! Take a bow, Piyush Chawla. Pretty sure most people wouldn't have thought he'd get this, but he has. Amazing catch. It's nicely floated up on off, a lot of flight on it, Raina looks to go big downtown. Gets plenty of height, but not enough distance. Chawla from mid on runs behind and takes it wonderfully as it comes over his shoulders. |
| 5.4 : 5.4: P Krishna to A Rayudu, FOUR! Makes very good use of the Free Hit. This is a length ball on off and it's right in Rayudu's zone. He stands inside the crease and heaves it over mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 9.5 : 9.5: H Gurney to A Rayudu, FOUR! Too much width on offer and that's always going to be punished. Short and wide outside off, Rayudu cuts it hard, past the diving point fielder and finds the fence. |
| 10.5: K Yadav to du Plessis, FOUR! Struck it firmly. Important boundary for Faf and Chennai, he breaks the shackles with this shot. Full and darted around off, du Plessis kneels down and hammers the slog sweep through mid-wicket, beating Russell in the deep who tries to run to his right and stop it. |
| 14.4 : 14.4: P Chawla to A Rayudu, OUT! Caught! This time Chawla gets his man. Rayudu patient innings comes to an end. This is tossed up and around middle, it is the leg spinner. Rayudu looks to slog sweep it but only manages a top edge towards covers where Rana takes it with ease. |
| 14.5 : 14.5: P Chawla to K Jadhav, FOUR! What a shot! The googly outside off, Jadhav goes against the spin, lofts it over covers and into the fence. |
| 16.3 : 16.3: H Gurney to du Plessis, FOUR! Excellent. Chennai almost home now. This boundary should make the home camp will feel much easier. Full toss on off stump, du Plessis lofts it over covers and places it well in the gap. Nobody out there, so it's a boundary. |
| 16.4 : 16.4: H Gurney to du Plessis, FOUR! Two in two. Chennai just one hit away from victory now. It's a short ball angling down, Faf just uses the pace and helps the pull down to fine leg. Finds the fence without any trouble. |
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