| 0.0 : Hello all! Both Chennai and Hyderabad have had a similar start to their campaign. Both winning just a game each and now they would want to put in a thorough performance and get their campaign back on track. Chennai have had a long break and they will be fresh and would be raring to go while Hyderabad are coming off a morale-boosting win against Delhi. They would hope to continue the winning momentum. Who will come out on top? Chennai or Hyderabad? We will find out in a while. |
| Pitch Report - Kevin Pietersen and Michael Slater are down with the pitch report. Slater tells there is less grass. Pietersen agrees and informs that the wicket gets slower and lower. KP tells there is no grass at all. Slater informs 40 percent wickets have gone to spinners but adds pacers have had success as well. Slater informs we are on a different pitch tonight and expects it to be a little lower. When asked what would KP do if he won the toss, Pietersen thinks a bit and tells that he would |
| TOSS - We are all in readiness for the toss. Chennai skipper, MS Dhoni and Hyderabad skipper, David Warner are out in the middle alongside the match referee who has the coin in hand. MS Dhoni, the home skipper for this game calls Tails but it comes down as Heads. HYDERABAD OPT TO BAT! |
| Hyderabad skipper, David Warner says that the wicket looks nice and does not expect it to change hence the decision. Tells that the team is set up to chase as they are good at doing that and adds if they put on a good total and defend it. Informs they are unchanged from the last game. |
| Chennai skipper, MS Dhoni, admits that he wanted to bat first as well but says the team composition is such that they don't mind chasing. Tells this is a critical juncture and they did not have the first three fixtures how they wanted. Adds they have had a good break at a good time. Dhoni tells the bowlers have the experience and says that the ball has not turned and it is crucial that they bowl the right lengths. Informs there are quite a few changes as Vijay, Gaikwad and Hazlewood are replaced |
| Sunrisers Hyderabad (Unchanged playing XI) - David Warner (C), Jonny Bairstow (WK), Manish Pandey, Kane Williamson, Abdul Samad, Abhishek Sharma, Priyam Garg, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar,  Khaleel Ahmed, T Natarajan. |
| Chennai Super Kings (Playing XI) -  Shane Watson, Ambati Rayudu (IN PLACE OF MURALI VIJAY), Faf du Plessis, Kedar Jadhav, MS Dhoni (WK/C), Dwayne Bravo (IN PLACE OF JOSH HAZLEWOOD), Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, Shardul Thakur (IN PLACE OF RUTURAJ GAIKWAD), Piyush Chawla, Deepak Chahar. |
| We are all in readiness to begin! The Chennai players are in a huddle and they take their respective positions in the field. David Warner and Jonny Bairstow walk out as the openers for Hyderabad. Deepak Chahar will start with the ball. |
| Kane Williamson is there for a chat. He says that there is no secret and it was just an improved team performance and hopes to build on that and continue this. Williamson tells that T20 has encouraged players to adapt and tells coming to Dubai this year is all about adjustment. Tells the target is to improve and contribute to the team as much as he can. Kane says that it is important to understand your role and fulfill and it is crucial to adapt. Williamson says the mood is good after winning th |
| 0.1 : Deepak Chahar to David Warner, Warner and Hyderabad are off the mark straightaway! Good length ball outside off and it comes back in to the southpaw. Warner taps it through cover-point and takes a single to get us underway. Lovely seam position as well from Deepak first up. |
| 0.0 : A faulty run-up from Chahar first up. So he will try again now. |
| 0.2 : Deepak Chahar to Jonny Bairstow, Length ball around off, this one shapes away a bit from Bairstow. He taps it to point and looks for a quick run but Warner is quick to deny that. |
| 0.3 : Deepak Chahar to Jonny Bairstow, Fuller on off and again a good seam movement and away swinger. Bairstow drives it to mid off. |
| 0.4 : Deepak Chahar to Jonny Bairstow, OUT! BOWLED! Chahar strikes early on and Bairstow walks back for a duck! Big wicket for Chennai and a huge blow for Hyderabad. Two out-swingers followed by an in-swinger. Beautiful setup from Deepak Chahar. This is full on off, Bairstow looks to drive it on the up expecting it to go away from him but this one comes in and goes right through the gate between bat and pad to disturb the stumps. Perfect start for the Men in Yellow! |
| 0.5 : Deepak Chahar to Manish Pandey, EDGED AND FOUR! Cagey way to get off the mark but Manish Pandey is underway! Good length ball on off, this one goes away from Pandey. He looks to drive but gets a thick edge which flies through the vacant second slip region and to the fence. |
| 0.4 : What a ball that was from Deepak Chahar! That is what he is known for and Chennai will be happy with that. |
| 0.6 : Deepak Chahar to Manish Pandey, WIDE! Down the leg side. Deepak misses his line and sprays one down the leg side. Manish looks to flick but misses. Wided by the umpire. |
| Deepak Chahar to Manish Pandey, Fabulous first over! Good length ball around off, this one comes back in. Pandey looks to run it down on the off side but gets an inside edge onto his crease. Solid start from DC. 6 runs and a wicket off the first over of the game. |
| Sam Curran to partner Deepak Chahar first up. |
| 1.1 : Sam Curran to David Warner, Good length ball on off, Warner taps it towards point with the swing and gets a single. |
| 0.4 : Early blow for Hyderabad so who will walk out at number 3? Will it be Manish Pandey or Kane Williamson? It is Manish Pandey. |
| 1.2 : Sam Curran to Manish Pandey, Good length ball on middle and off, this one comes back in to the right-hander. Pandey defends it. |
| 1.3 : Sam Curran to Manish Pandey, FOUR! Good idea! Taking advantage of the field restrictions. Full on off, Pandey sees that mid off is up so he chips it over him and gets a boundary. |
| 1.4 : Sam Curran to Manish Pandey, Sam pulls his length back on this occasion and goes back to bowling length. Pandey defends it. |
| 1.5 : Sam Curran to Manish Pandey, Yorker outside off, Manish jams it out. |
| 1.6 : Sam Curran to Manish Pandey, Good running! Length ball on off, Pandey nudges it towards mid off and takes a quick single to keep the strike. |
| 2.1 : Deepak Chahar to Manish Pandey, FOUR! Lovely from Manish Pandey. Good length ball on off, it comes back in. Pandey plays it on the up and just times it away from mid off and the ball races away to the fence. |
| 2.2 : Deepak Chahar to Manish Pandey, Unnecassary there from Rayudu! Length ball outside off, Pandey taps it to point. Rayudu scores a direct hit at the bowler's end which was not needed at all. The ball deflects away and they take a single out of nothing. |
| 2.3 : Deepak Chahar to David Warner, Back of a length ball on off, Warner keeps it out. |
| 2.4 : Deepak Chahar to David Warner, Full on off, Warner pushes it to cover. |
| 2.5 : Deepak Chahar to David Warner, Lovely bowling this from Chahar. He is swinging it very nicely here. Good length ball on off, it pitches and comes back in late to David. He defends it with a dead bat. |
| 2.6 : Deepak Chahar to David Warner, Length ball on off, Warner pulls it to mid-wicket and takes a single. Another 6 run over from DC. |
| 3.1 : Sam Curran to David Warner, Length ball around off, Warner strokes it towards point and gets a single. |
| 3.2 : Sam Curran to Manish Pandey, FOUR! Nicely done! Pandey looks in the mood! Full and it comes into the right-hander. Pandey hits it hard over mid on and gets another boundary. |
| 3.3 : Sam Curran to Manish Pandey, On the pads, Manish tucks it to backward square leg and gets a single. |
| 3.4 : Sam Curran to David Warner, Little edge that has saved Warner. Full and it comes back in. Warner looks to drive but luckily for him gets an inside edge onto the pads. |
| 3.5 : Sam Curran to David Warner, WIDE! Short ball but down the leg side. Warner looks to pull but it is away from him. |
| Sam Curran to David Warner, Good length ball around off, Warner nudges it through covers and gets to the other end. |
| 3.6 : Sam Curran to Manish Pandey,  Length ball on off, Pandey whips it towards deep mid-wicket and keeps the strike. 9 off this Curran over. Hyderabad 27/1 after 4. |
| 4.1 : Deepak Chahar to Manish Pandey, On middle, Pandey tucks it to mid-wicket and makes an early call of wait to his partner. |
| 4.2 : Deepak Chahar to Manish Pandey, FOUR! Nice use of the wrists! Poor length from Chahar. Deepak bangs it short and he is not the quickest so Manish pulls it over cow corner using his wrists for a boundary. |
| 4.3 : Deepak Chahar to Manish Pandey, Good fielding from Shardul at short mid-wicket! Direct hit would have made it close. Shortish ball on off, Pandey pulls it to the right of short mid-wicket. Thakur gets to the ball quickly and has a shy at the keeper's end but misses. |
| 4.4 : Deepak Chahar to David Warner, Length ball on middle, DW defends it. |
| 4.5 : Deepak Chahar to David Warner, Good fielding! Chennai have started off well in the field today. Full on middle, Warner pushes it to the right of mid on. The fielder there dives to his right and keeps it down to one. |
| 4.6 : Deepak Chahar to Manish Pandey, No run, sharp bouncer! The batsman ducks. |
| 5.1 : Shardul Thakur to David Warner, Thakur starts with a length ball on middle, Warner pushes it back to the bowler. |
| 0.0 : Shardul Thakur is coming into the attack. He is playing his first game of the season. |
| 5.2 : Shardul Thakur to David Warner, A couple now! Warner has not yet got going! Good length ball on the pads, Warner flicks it in front of square on the leg side and picks up a couple before the fielder cuts it off. |
| 5.3 : Shardul Thakur to David Warner, Fullish ball on off, Warner drives it to mid off for another dot. |
| 5.4 : Shardul Thakur to David Warner, FOUR! Will this get David Warner going? This was played really well by the left-hander! Thakur dishes a full ball on middle, Warner hammers it past the bowler and into the fence. First boundary for David Warner. |
| 5.5 : Shardul Thakur to David Warner, Length ball on middle and leg, Warner works it to mid-wicket for a single. |
| 5.6 : Shardul Thakur to Manish Pandey, Well fielded! Full ball on middle, Pandey drives it past the bowler. Curran runs across and dives to make a half stop. Two taken. Hyderabad are 42 for 1 at the end of the Powerplay. |
| Dwayne Bravo is into the attack. Can he make an impact? |
| 6.1 : Dwayne Bravo to David Warner, Good length ball on off, Warner pushes it to point and crosses over for a single. |
| 6.2 : Dwayne Bravo to Manish Pandey, Full ball on middle at 129.2 kph. Pandey drives it to long on and gives Warner the strike with a single. |
| 6.3 : Dwayne Bravo to David Warner, Back of a length ball outside off, Warner punches it to deep cover for a run. |
| 6.4 : Dwayne Bravo to Manish Pandey, Good length ball on middle, Pandey tucks it to mid-wicket. |
| 6.5 : Dwayne Bravo to Manish Pandey, WIDE! Bravo bowls one down the leg side, Manish looks to flick but misses. Wide signalled. |
| Dwayne Bravo to Manish Pandey, Fuller ball on middle, Pandey works it down to long on for a single. |
| 6.6 : Dwayne Bravo to David Warner, Good start from Bravo! 5 from his first! Good length ball on off, Warner defends it to mid off. |
| 7.1 : Shardul Thakur to Manish Pandey, OUT! CAUGHT! Straight to the fielder at mid off! Pandey falls after getting off a start! Thakur gets his first wicket in this year's Indian T20 League! A partnership which was building is broken. Shardul dishes a good length ball outside off, Pandey does not move his feet and then looks to go over mid off but it takes the bottom half of the bat and goes towards Curran at mid off. He takes an easy catch and Pandey has to make his walk back to the pavilion. |
| 0.0 : Kane Williamson makes his way out to the middle. |
| 7.2 : Shardul Thakur to Kane Williamson, Full ball on off, Williamson lunges forward and drives it to cover. |
| 7.3 : Shardul Thakur to Kane Williamson, FOUR! Beautiful shot to get off the mark from Kane Williamson! It was in the air for a while but wide of the fielder! Good length ball outside off, Williamson drives it past the extra cover fielder for a boundary. 50 up for Hyderabad. |
| 7.4 : Shardul Thakur to Kane Williamson, Fullish ball on off, Williamson pushes it to mid off. |
| 7.5 : Shardul Thakur to Kane Williamson, Length ball on off, Kane taps it to point. |
| 7.6 : Shardul Thakur to Kane Williamson, Uppish but safe! Good length ball outside off, Willaimson goes hard at it but it goes off the outside edge towards third man. A single to end the over. |
| First signs of spin! Piyush Chawla comes into the attack. |
| 8.1 : Piyush Chawla to Kane Williamson, Chawla starts with a floated ball on middle, Williamson nudges it to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 8.2 : Piyush Chawla to David Warner, FOUR! That's beautifully played! Floated on middle, Warner goes on his knees and then reverse sweeps it to the third man region for a boundary. |
| 8.3 : Piyush Chawla to David Warner, Flatter and outside off, Warner cuts but finds the point fielder. |
| 8.4 : Piyush Chawla to David Warner, On the pads, Warner works it to the leg side and crosses over for a single. |
| 8.5 : Piyush Chawla to Kane Williamson, Loopy ball outside off, Kane punches it to deep cover and takes a run. |
| 8.6 : Piyush Chawla to David Warner, Quicker through the air on middle, Warner camps on his back foot and then pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 9.1 : Dwayne Bravo to David Warner, Slower full toss on off, Warner waits for it and then drives it to deep cover for a single. |
| 0.0 : DRINKS! A very good start for Chennai so far. They got rid of the dangerous, Jonny Bairstow early on and have also seen the back of Manish Pandey who was looking very good. The MS Dhoni-led side know that they need to get rid of Warner and Williamson though as these two are Hyderabad's two of the best batters. Dwayne Bravo has a change of ends. |
| 9.2 : Dwayne Bravo to Kane Williamson, A good ball from Bravo! Short ball around middle, Williamson sways away from it. |
| 9.3 : Dwayne Bravo to Kane Williamson, Length ball on middle, Kane nudges it to deep square leg for a single. |
| 9.4 : Dwayne Bravo to David Warner, Bravo bowls another slower ball on middle, Warner plays it to long on and crosses over for a single. |
| 9.5 : Dwayne Bravo to Kane Williamson, Good length ball on off, Williamson pushes it to point for another dot. |
| 9.6 : Dwayne Bravo to Kane Williamson, Excellent ball to end the over from Bravo! Yorker on off, Kane defends it to point. Bravo thinks that there is pad first and appeals. The umpire is not interested. Hyderabad are 63 for 2 at the half-way mark. |
| 10.1 : Piyush Chawla to David Warner, Short on middle, Warner punches it to cover. |
| 10.2 : Piyush Chawla to David Warner, Good bowling. Warner was looking for a big reverse hit. Chawla bowls it short and on leg. David adjusts in the end and taps it towards square leg for one. |
| 10.3 : Piyush Chawla to Kane Williamson, Tossed up on off, Williamson milks it to long off for one. |
| 10.4 : Piyush Chawla to David Warner, FOUR! Excellent! It is short and on middle, Warner creates some room and sweeps it over mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 10.5 : Piyush Chawla to David Warner, OUT! CAUGHT! Excellent catch from Faf du Plessis! He is making an habit of taking such catches and this is not the first time we have seen the Protea take a superb catch this season.Piyush Chawla has the last laugh and the dangerous Warner has to depart just when he was changing gears. Tossed up on middle, Warner comes down the track and looks to go over long on. He gets a good height on it but the distance is not enough. Faf du Plessis at long on, times h |
| 10.6 : Piyush Chawla to Kane Williamson, OUT! RUN OUT! This is awful news for Hyderabad. Both Warner and Williamson are out in quick succession. Chennai are all over Hyderabad at the moment and they have been very good in the field tonight. |
| 10.5 : Time for the young Hyderabad middle order to show their talent. Priyam Garg the first one who comes out to bat. |
| 10.6 : Abhishek Sharma is the new man in. |
| 11.1 : Ravindra Jadeja to Priyam Garg, Flatter on off, Garg defends it to point and takes a single. |
| 11.2 : Ravindra Jadeja to Abhishek Sharma, Flatter on off, Sharma defends it out onto the pitch. |
| 11.3 : Ravindra Jadeja to Abhishek Sharma, Quicker on middle, Abhishek works it to mid-wicket. |
| 11.4 : Ravindra Jadeja to Abhishek Sharma, Loopy ball on middle, Abhishek tucks it to the leg side for another dot. |
| 11.5 : Ravindra Jadeja to Abhishek Sharma, Flatter on middle, Abhishek pushes it back to the bowler. |
| 11.6 : Ravindra Jadeja to Abhishek Sharma, Quicker one on middle, Sharma plays it to long on for a single. Excellent over from Jadeja. Just 2 from it. |
| 12.1 : Piyush Chawla to Abhishek Sharma, FOUR! This one was a poor delivery from Chawla! Flighted down the leg side, Sharma just helps it it on its way to the fine leg region for a boundary. |
| 12.3 : Piyush Chawla to Abhishek Sharma, Googly on off, Abhishek lunges forward and drives it to long off for a single. |
| 12.2 : Piyush Chawla to Abhishek Sharma, Tossed up on off, Sharma pushes it to cover. The fielder has a shy at the bowler's end but misses. Garg would have been a goner. |
| 12.4 : Piyush Chawla to Priyam Garg, Flatter outside off, Garg punches it to deep cover for a single. |
| 12.5 : Piyush Chawla to Abhishek Sharma, Quicker on off, Sharma goes on his back foot and defends it back to the bowler. |
| 12.6 : Piyush Chawla to Abhishek Sharma, Loopy ball on middle, Sharma prods forward and plays it back to the bowler. |
| 13.1 : Ravindra Jadeja to Priyam Garg, Short on off, Garg turns it to mid-wicket for one. |
| 13.2 : Ravindra Jadeja to Abhishek Sharma, Floated on middle, Abhishek comes down the track and looks to hit it across the line. He misses and gets hit on the pad. There is a stifled appeal but the umpire turns it down. |
| 13.3 : Ravindra Jadeja to Abhishek Sharma, FOUR! Good shot! Short on middle, Abhishek reverse hits it through point for a boundary. |
| 13.5 : Ravindra Jadeja to Abhishek Sharma, 10 off the previous two balls so Abhishek cools himself and milks this to long on for a single. |
| 13.4 : Ravindra Jadeja to Abhishek Sharma, SIX! Smashed! Abhishek is a very good young batsman and he is showing his talent here. Floated on middle and off, Abhishek goes over mid-wicket for a biggie. |
| 13.6 : Ravindra Jadeja to Priyam Garg, Short around off, Garg punches it through covers and gets a couple. Expensive over from Jaddu. 14 off it. |
| 14.1 : Dwayne Bravo to Abhishek Sharma, Slower ball on middle, Sharma taps it to point. |
| 14.2 : Dwayne Bravo to Abhishek Sharma, Dipping low full toss at 105.1 kph on the pads. Abhishek glances it towards deep square leg for a single. |
| 14.3 : Dwayne Bravo to Priyam Garg, On the pads, Garg tickles it to fine leg and rotates the strike. |
| 0.0 : Change in bowling! Dwayne Bravo is back on! 2-0-8-0 are his figures so far. |
| 14.4 : Dwayne Bravo to Abhishek Sharma, WIDE! Short ball bowled at close to 125 kph but it is down the leg side. Abhishek looks to pull but misses. Bravo appeals but the umpire turns it down and signals it as wide. |
| Dwayne Bravo to Abhishek Sharma, Full on middle and off, Abhishek times it really well to play it to sweeper cover for a single. |
| 14.5 : Dwayne Bravo to Priyam Garg, Slower ball on middle, Garg strokes it towards mid on and gets to the other end |
| 14.6 : Dwayne Bravo to Abhishek Sharma, FOUR! Crisp! Full around off, Abhishek goes over mid off and gets another boundary. This young man is fearless and full of talent and he is showing it tonight. |
| 15.1 : Shardul Thakur to Priyam Garg, Good length ball on off, Garg strokes it to sweeper cover for one. |
| 0.0 : Bowling change. Shardul Thakur is reintroduced into the attack. |
| 15.2 : Shardul Thakur to Abhishek Sharma, WIDE! Thakur goes away from outside off, it is on the wrong side of the tramline as Abhishek moves towards the ball and leaves it. |
| Shardul Thakur to Abhishek Sharma, Full on off, Abhishek milks it to long on and gets to the other end. |
| 15.3 : Shardul Thakur to Priyam Garg, Full on middle, Garg flicks it to the left of Watson at short mid-wicket. |
| 15.4 : Shardul Thakur to Priyam Garg, Good running! Length ball around off, Garg runs it down towards backward point. The fielder from third man cleans it up but Garg wants two and they go for it. The throw is sent to Shardul at the bowler's end. He takes the ball in front of the stumps and has a shy at the stumps. He misses. The ball goes behind and they steal one more. |
| 15.5 : Shardul Thakur to Abhishek Sharma, Length ball around off, Garg milks it to sweeper cover for one. |
| 15.6 : Shardul Thakur to Priyam Garg, FOUR! Garg getting into the act now. Short ball on off, Garg pulls it using his wrists over square leg and gets a boundary. The young pair of Priyam and Abhishek showcasing their talent wonderfully here and taking their side out of a dangerous situation. They need to carry on though. |
| 16.1 : Sam Curran to Abhishek Sharma, Fuller on off, Abhishek flicks it to the on side and takes one. Garg wanted the second but Sharma was quick to deny that. |
| 0.0 : DRINKS! The last few overs have been good for Hyderabad! Two young players in Abhishek Sharma and Priyam Garg are looking good and they have pressed on the accelerator. They though know that the job is not done yet and would want to end on a high in the last 4 overs and get their side to at least 150. Chennai, on the other hand, have let things slip a little but they are still on top and they would want to stem the run-flow at the death. Sam Curran also comes back into the attack. |
| 16.2 : Sam Curran to Priyam Garg, Another brilliant piece of running! Full around off, Garg drives it to the right of short third man and takes off for a quick run. Thakur sends an unnecessary throw at the bowler's end. Sam looks to stop but half stops it. The ball goes behind and they take the second. |
| 16.3 : Sam Curran to Priyam Garg, FOUR! Lovely shot! Yorker outside off, Garg manages to squeeze it through backward point for a boundary. |
| 16.4 : Sam Curran to Priyam Garg, NO BALL AND FOUR! Curran looks to bowl a yorker but ends up delivering a high full toss. Garg makes room and lofts it over backward point for a boundary. Free Hit to come. |
| Sam Curran to Priyam Garg, SIX! Superb from Garg! Full on middle, Garg goes deep in his crease and heaves it over square leg for a biggie. Takes full toll of the Free Hit and the young Indian is showing his class. |
| 16.5 : Sam Curran to Priyam Garg, FOUR! Deft! Ahh... this is masterclass in batting! Full outside off, Garg after showing his power shows finesse and guides it through third man for a boundary. |
| 16.6 : Sam Curran to Priyam Garg, Play and a miss! Good length ball outside off, Garg looks to play the late cut again but misses it this time. Very good over for Hyderabad. 22 off it! Just what the doctor ordered! |
| Deepak Chahar is back on. |
| 17.1 : Deepak Chahar to Abhishek Sharma, DROPPED AND FOUR! Can you believe it? Jadeja drops a catch! You don't see that too often. Short ball on middle, Sharma pulls it to deep mid-wicket where Jadeja runs across and tries to take it reverse-cupped but he fails to hold on and it rolls to the fence, to make it worse for Chennai. |
| 17.2 : Deepak Chahar to Abhishek Sharma, DROPPED! Another dropped chance! This time it is Shardul Thakur! What is Chennai doing? They were in control of this game a little while earlier but are making in the field! Full ball outside off, Sharma lifts it towards deep extra cover. Thakur settles himself under it but makes a mess of it. A single taken. |
| 17.3 : Deepak Chahar to Priyam Garg, WIDE! Short ball down the leg side, Garg looks to pull but misses. Wide given. |
| Deepak Chahar to Priyam Garg, Fuller ball on middle, Garg flicks it to the deep square leg region and takes a couple. |
| 17.4 : Deepak Chahar to Priyam Garg, FOUR! This will run away! These two are doing a wonderful job for his side! Short ball on middle, Garg looks to pull but it takes thr top edge and it goes over short fine leg for a boundary. |
| 17.5 : Deepak Chahar to Priyam Garg, Short ball on middle, Garg pulls it to deep square leg for a single. |
| 17.6 : Deepak Chahar to Abhishek Sharma, OUT! CAUGHT! Dhoni will not drop these dollies and he does not! End of a terrific knock from Abhishek Sharma. He, along with Garg, have taken Hyderabad to a respectable score. Slower short ball outside off, Sharma looks to pull but gets an inside edge which goes back to Dhon who makes no mistake. Chahar has a smile on the face. |
| Abdul Samad is the next man in. Dwayne Bravo will bowl the 19th over. |
| 18.1 : Dwayne Bravo to Priyam Garg, FOUR! Excellently played from Garg! Full ball on off, Garg goes on his knees and then paddles it over the short fine leg region for a boundary. Good start to the over. |
| 18.2 : Dwayne Bravo to Priyam Garg, Full ball outside off, Garg drives it to deep point and takes a couple. Moves to 48. |
| 18.3 : Dwayne Bravo to Priyam Garg, Very full ball outside off, Garg drives it to cover and takes a single. |
| 18.4 : Dwayne Bravo to Abdul Samad, Very full ball on off, Samad heaves it wide of the deep mid-wicket fielder and picks up a couple. |
| 18.5 : Dwayne Bravo to Abdul Samad, Full on off, Samad drives but finds the cover fielder. |
| 18.6 : Dwayne Bravo to Priyam Garg, FIFTY FOR PRIYAM GARG! Maiden 50 for him in the Indian T20 League! What a moment for the 19-year old and this has been a top knock from him. His side needed him to fire tonight and he has done just that. Low full toss on middle, Garg flicks it to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| Shardul Thakur will bowl the final over. |
| 19.1 : Shardul Thakur to Priyam Garg, OUT! CAUGHT! NO, IT IS A NO BALL! Garg survives and Hyderabad will be a happy dugout! MS Dhoni will not be a happy man though! Thakur bowls a full ball outside off, Garg looks to go over extra cover but does not get the required elevation and it goes straight into the hands of the fielder. But it won't matter as it is a No Ball. A Free-Hit will follow. |
| Shardul Thakur to Priyam Garg, Nothing much of the Free-Hit! Good length ball outside off, Garg looks to heave it away but gets a top edge and it lands in the vacant cover area. Only a single. |
| 19.2 : Shardul Thakur to Abdul Samad, Excellent ball! Very full ball outside off, Samad drives it to mid off for a dot. |
| 19.3 : Shardul Thakur to Abdul Samad, Very full ball outside off, Samad powers it towards deep cover and collects a couple. This has been a good over from Shardul Thakur so far. |
| 19.4 : Shardul Thakur to Abdul Samad, Yorker outside off, Samad plays it to the off side and wants a couple and they make it back easily. Good running. |
| 19.5 : Shardul Thakur to Abdul Samad, Very full outside off, Samad heaves it to deep cover for a single. Only 7 from the over till now with one ball to go. |
| 19.6 : Shardul Thakur to Priyam Garg, A dot to finish the innings! Slower ball outside off, Garg looks to swing it away but misses it completely. Hyderabad though have recovered nicely. HYDERABAD FINISH ON 164 FOR 5. |
| Excellent finish to the innings for Hyderabad and majority of the credit has to go to Priyam Garg. The Mein in Orange and Black have managed to score 64 in the last 5 overs which has taken them to a very competitive total. |
| After opting to bat, Hyderabad got off to the worst possible start as they lost their dangerous Englishman Jonny Bairstow for a duck in the very first over. Warner was being kept quite at the other end but Manish Pandey was going about nicely before falling against the run of play. Warner and Williamson then looked to steady the ship but just when it looked like Warner was shifting gears he departed and to make matters worse, Williamson was run out the very next ball. |
| At this stage it looked like the young middle order of Hyderabad would crumble like it has in the past seasons and 150 looked farfetched. Priyam Garg though had other ideas. He did not let Williamson's run out to get better of him and instead showed his courage under pressure. The Indian Under-19 captain of the 2020 Under-19 World Cup showed his class scoring his maiden fifty in the league and built a superb 77-run stand with another youngster, Abhishek Sharma. This partnership c |
| Once again the problems that have been well spoken about Chennai this season came back to haunt them. They started off well though as the ball was swinging and Deepak struck early. The Chennai side looked sharp in the field but towards the end they did leak runs and dropped a couple of catches which has hurt them. Shardul Thakur though finished the innings well, an issue they had in the first three games. Deepak Chahar was the pick of the bowlers finishing with 2 wickets. Chawla was economica |
| So Chennai need 165 to get back to winnings ways. Hyderabad have a good bowling attack which found its feet in the last game so they will be confident of defending his total. Who will come out on top? Join us for the chase to find out but before, one of the young star of the evening, Abhishek Sharma is caught down for a quick chat. |
| Abhishek Sharma says that whatever was coming in their range, they were trying to hit and they knew that singles and doubles were important. Adds that they were ready for this situation as they practiced hard in the training. Says that it is all about a team game and the team management never gave them any pressure. Adds that they were looking at a total of above and this is a good score on this pitch as it is a slow wicket. |
| 0.1 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Faf du Plessis, Kumar starts with a good length ball outside off, du Plessis watches it carefully and leaves the ball alone. |
| 0.2 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Faf du Plessis, On a length on off, du Plessis rocks on his back foot and punches it to cover. |
| 0.3 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Faf du Plessis, Some swing there for Kumar! Good length ball on off, angling in. Du Plessis defends it back to the bowler. |
| 0.4 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Faf du Plessis, Chennai are underway! Length ball on middle, Faf flicks it to deep square leg for a single. |
| 0.5 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Shane Watson, An appeal for LBW turned down! Excellent ball from Bhuvneshwar Kumar! Good length ball on off, angling in sharply. Watson goes on the front foot and looks to defend but gets hit on the pads. There is an appeal for LBW but the umpire is not interested. |
| 0.6 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Shane Watson, Inside edge saves Watson! Good length ball outside off, Watson looks to drive but gets an inside edge onto the pads. Brilliant from Kumar. |
| Khaleel Ahmed will bowl from the other end. |
| 1.1 : Khaleel Ahmed to Faf du Plessis, Good length ball on middle, du Plessis works it to square leg. |
| 1.2 : Khaleel Ahmed to Faf du Plessis, Very full ball on middle, shaping in. Du Plessis flicks but finds the mid on fielder. Another dot. |
| 1.3 : Khaleel Ahmed to Faf du Plessis, On a length on middle, Faf tucks it to square leg. |
| 1.4 : Khaleel Ahmed to Faf du Plessis, Short ball on middle, du Plessis pulls it to deep square leg and crosses over for a single. |
| 1.5 : Khaleel Ahmed to Shane Watson, On a length on off, Watson guides it to the off side and crosses over for a single. |
| 0.1 : We are back for the chase! The Hyderabad players stride out to the middle, followed by Shane Watson and Faf du Plessis. Bhuvneshwar Kumar will start with the ball. |
| 1.6 : Khaleel Ahmed to Faf du Plessis, WIDE! Short ball down the leg side, du Plessis looks to pull but misses. Wide given. |
| Khaleel Ahmed to Faf du Plessis, Hits the pads! Short ball on the pads, Faf looks to pull again but gets hit on the pads. Khaleel puts up a huge appeal for LBW but the umpire is not interested. Good start from Khaleel as well. |
| 2.1 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Shane Watson, Back of a length ball on off, angling in. Watson pushes it to mid off. |
| 2.2 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Shane Watson, EDGY! Good length ball swinging in. Watson looks to defend but gets an inside edge onto the pads. |
| 2.3 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Shane Watson, OUT! DRAGGED ON! Chennai are off to a poor start again! Watson's struggles in this year's Indian T20 League continues. Kumar was troubling Watson with his line and length and he gets his reward. Back of a length ball outside off, Watson looks to cut but it takes the inside edge and it goes onto hit the stumps. Warner is happy as he knows how important that wicket is. Chennai need 161 from 105 balls. |
| Ambati Rayudu is the next man in. |
| 2.4 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Ambati Rayudu, Rayudu is off the mark! Good length ball on off, Rayudu guides it to third man for a single. |
| 2.5 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Faf du Plessis, Fullish ball outside off, du Plessis drives it to deep cover for a single. |
| 2.6 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Ambati Rayudu, On a length on off, Rayudu taps it to the off side for a single to end another good over for Hyderabad. |
| 3.1 : T Natarajan to Ambati Rayudu, On a length on off, Rayudu defends it out onto the pitch. |
| 3.2 : T Natarajan to Ambati Rayudu, Good length ball on the pads, Rayudu dances down and looks to flick but misses and gets hit on the pads. |
| 3.3 : T Natarajan to Ambati Rayudu, Full ball on middle, Rayudu pushes it to mid on. |
| 3.4 : T Natarajan to Ambati Rayudu, EDGED AND SAFE! Good length ball outside off, Rayudu dances down and looks to heave it to the off side but gets a top edge which goes towards third man. A single taken. |
| 3.5 : T Natarajan to Faf du Plessis, An appeal for LBW turned down! Full on the pads, Faf looks to flick but misses and gets hit on the pads. There is an appeal for LBW but the umpire is unmoved. Going down leg. |
| 3.6 : T Natarajan to Ambati Rayudu, FOUR! First boundary! Relief for Chennai! Full toss on the pads, Rayudu flicks it through mid-wicket for a boundary. Good end to the over. |
| 4.1 : Khaleel Ahmed to Faf du Plessis, FOUR! Beautifully played! Good length ball outside off, du Plessis drives it through extra cover for a boundary. |
| 0.0 : Khaleel Ahmed is back into the attack. |
| 4.2 : Khaleel Ahmed to Faf du Plessis, Short ball on middle, Faf pulls it to deep mid-wicket where the fielder does well to make a good stop. Three taken. |
| 4.3 : Khaleel Ahmed to Ambati Rayudu, Just short! Good effort from Rashid Khan! Short ball on the pads, Rayudu pulls it towards deep square leg. Rashid runs ahead and slides but it falls short. |
| 4.4 : Khaleel Ahmed to Faf du Plessis, Just short again! Very full ball outside off, Faf looks to drive but gets an outside edge. The fielder at short third man dives forward but it falls short. |
| 4.5 : Khaleel Ahmed to Faf du Plessis, FOUR! Smartly done! Good length ball on middle, du Plessis goes on his knees and paddle scoops it over the keeper for a boundary. |
| 4.6 : Khaleel Ahmed to Faf du Plessis, WIDE! Khaleel bowls a very full delivery down the leg side, du Plessis looks to paddle it but misses. Wide signalled. |
| Khaleel Ahmed to Faf du Plessis, That must have hurt! Full toss on off, du Plessis looks to swing it away but gets an inside edge and he gets hit near the box. |
| 5.1 : T Natarajan to Ambati Rayudu, OUT! BOWLED! What a beauty from Natarajan! Absolute peach to get rid of Ambati Rayudu. A little lapse in concentration as well from Ambati Rayudu. Natrajan steams in and bowls a length ball with a beautiful seam position. It pitches around leg and goes away from Rayudu. Ambati looks to defend but misreads the swing and the ball misses his outside edge to hit the top of middle and off. Rayudu looked excellent in his first outing but does not have a fairytale |
| 5.2 : T Natarajan to Kedar Jadhav, Kedar is up and running! On the pads, Kedar tucks it with the swing to mid-wicket for one. |
| 0.0 : Chennai are in trouble again with the bat. Who will walk at number 4? It is Kedar Jadhav. |
| 5.3 : T Natarajan to Faf du Plessis, FOUR! Faf continues his good scoring run! Length ball on middle, du Plessis comes down the ground and goes over the head of Natarajan for a boundary. |
| 5.4 : T Natarajan to Faf du Plessis, FOUR! Once again excellent use of the feet from the South African. Length ball on middle, Faf makes a bit of room by going away from his stumps and also dances down the track to flat-bat it over the bowler's head for a boundary. |
| 5.5 : T Natarajan to Faf du Plessis, On the pads, Faf looks to flick but misses. The ball hits his pad and goes to the leg side. Leg bye taken. |
| Is Faf short of his crease? He looks in trouble as the Hyderabad players are up in celebrations. Let us see what the replays have to say. |
| 5.6 : T Natarajan to Kedar Jadhav, OUT! RUN OUT! Faf is short of his crease and the ball has hit the stump. The two Chennai batters who have been the best batters for the side are back in the pavillion in quick succession. Chennai in huge trouble now. On the pads, Kedar flicks it to deep mid-wicket. Priyam Garg is having an awesome game here and cannot do much wrong tonight. He gets to the ball quickly and sends a throw at the keeper's end. Faf is slow in his stride. Bairstow runs towards the |
| 6.1 : Abhishek Sharma to Kedar Jadhav, Short ball on middle, Jadhav pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 6.2 : Abhishek Sharma to MS Dhoni, Loopy ball on middle, Dhoni runs down the track and then flicks it to mid-wicket. |
| 6.3 : Abhishek Sharma to MS Dhoni, Flatter on middle, Dhoni punches it to long on and crosses over for a single. |
| 6.4 : Abhishek Sharma to Kedar Jadhav, Tossed up on off, Jadhav prods forward and defends it to cover. |
| 6.5 : Abhishek Sharma to Kedar Jadhav, Flatter on middle, Jadhav works it to the deep on the leg side side for a single. |
| 6.6 : Abhishek Sharma to MS Dhoni, Flatter on middle, Dhoni tucks it to mid-wicket and takes a single. |
| Rashid Khan is into the attack. |
| 7.1 : Rashid Khan to MS Dhoni, Rashid starts with a googly. Dhoni looks to drive it with a lunge on his front foot but gets an inside edge onto the pads. |
| 7.2 : Rashid Khan to MS Dhoni, Shorter on middle, Dhoni punches it to long on and gets to the other end. |
| 7.3 : Rashid Khan to Kedar Jadhav, Beauty! Now the leg spinner. It is quick and turns away. Jadhav looks to drive but misses and it misses the outside edge only by a whisker. |
| 7.4 : Rashid Khan to Kedar Jadhav, Googly on off, Kedar does not pick it as he gets an inside edge which takes the ball to the leg side. |
| 7.5 : Rashid Khan to Kedar Jadhav, Shorter on middle and leg, Kedar plays it to mid-wicket. |
| 7.6 : Rashid Khan to Kedar Jadhav, Tossed up on middle, Jadhav defends it to get through the over. Solid start from Rashid. Just a run off his first over. Also a start that asked question to the batter in each of the 6 balls. |
| 0.0 : Will MS Dhoni walk out now or will we again see Sam Curran or Jadeja before him? It is MS Dhoni. Also, Abhishek Sharma is introduced into the attack. |
| 8.1 : Abdul Samad to MS Dhoni, Short on middle, Dhoni pulls it to deep mid-wicket for one. |
| 8.2 : Abdul Samad to Kedar Jadhav, OUT! CAUGHT! The change in bowling does the trick! Excellent captaincy from Warner. Floated leg spinner around off, Kedar looks to hit it on the up but ends up hitting it uppishly straight to short extra cover. The ball comes at a good pace but Warner is too good a fielder to drop those and he pouches it in safely as he tumbles to the ground. 123 needed off 70 balls now. Hyderabad on top at this point of time but with MS Dhoni still out in the middle,à |
| 8.3 : Abdul Samad to Ravindra Jadeja, Short on middle and off. Jadeja starts his innings with a defensive stroke. |
| 8.2 : DRINKS! Chennai are in a huge spot of bother at the moment! They have already lost 4 wickets and are staring down the barrel. They need 123 more from 70 balls and are in need of something special to get them out of this rut. MS Dhoni is still out there and they will need a big innings from him if they want to win the game from here. Hyderabad, on the other hand, are on top and they need to continue doing the good work. Ravindra Jadeja is the next man in. |
| 8.4 : Abdul Samad to Ravindra Jadeja, Jaddu is off the mark! Short around off, Jadeja cuts it to deep point for one. |
| 8.5 : Abdul Samad to MS Dhoni, Good fielding! Short outside off, Dhoni punches it to the left of cover. Warner dives to his left and saves runs for his side. Hyderabad skipper leading from the front here. |
| 8.6 : Abdul Samad to MS Dhoni, Short outside off, Dhoni chops it to point. Super start from Abdul Samad. Just 2 runs and a wicket off his first over. Chennai need 122 in 66 balls. |
| 9.1 : Rashid Khan to Ravindra Jadeja, Short and flat around off, Jadeja punches it to point. |
| 9.2 : Rashid Khan to Ravindra Jadeja, Shorter on middle, Jadeja punches it to cover. |
| 9.3 : Rashid Khan to Ravindra Jadeja, Tossed up on the stumps, Jadeja blocks it. |
| 9.4 : Rashid Khan to Ravindra Jadeja, Quicker and shorter on off, Jadeja strokes it towards mid off and gets a single. |
| 9.5 : Rashid Khan to MS Dhoni, Leg spinner on middle and leg. Dhoni looks to flick but gets a leading edge which goes to the right of Rashid. He dives and saves runs. Always electric is Rashid. |
| 9.6 : Rashid Khan to MS Dhoni, Another fantastic over from Rashid! Just one off this one. Floated on off, Dhoni pushes it to point. |
| 10.1 : Abdul Samad to Ravindra Jadeja, Flatter outside off, Jadeja cuts it through cover-point for a single. |
| 10.2 : Abdul Samad to MS Dhoni, FOUR! Get your hand out of the way, Samad! That went like a tracer bullet! Chennai need much more of these! Floated ball on off, Dhoni hammers it past the bowler and into the long off fence. |
| 10.3 : Abdul Samad to MS Dhoni, Short and outside off, Dhoni punches it to long off and picks up a couple before the fielder cuts it off. |
| 10.4 : Abdul Samad to MS Dhoni, Tossed up on middle, Dhoni heaves it to the deep long on region for a single. |
| 10.5 : Abdul Samad to Ravindra Jadeja, Short outside off, Jadeja punches it to deep cover and takes a single. |
| 10.6 : Abdul Samad to MS Dhoni, Sensational piece of fielding! Keeps it down to 2! Flatter on off, Dhoni sweetly times it through extra cover. Pandey runs across and dives to make an excellent stop. Saved a couple of runs. |
| 11.1 : Rashid Khan to Ravindra Jadeja, An appeal for caught behind which is turned down! Flatter ball down the leg side, Jadeja looks to flick but misses. Bairstow appeals but the umpire is not interested. Probably flicked the pads. |
| 11.2 : Rashid Khan to Ravindra Jadeja, On off, Ravindra pushes it to point. |
| 11.3 : Rashid Khan to Ravindra Jadeja, Quicker ball on off, Jadeja punches it to cover. Jadeja is struggling to get going at the moment. |
| 11.4 : Rashid Khan to Ravindra Jadeja, Loopy ball on middle, Jadeja tucks it to deep square leg for a single. |
| 11.5 : Rashid Khan to MS Dhoni, Rashid bowls a floated ball outside off, Dhoni drives it to deep cover for a run. |
| 11.6 : Rashid Khan to Ravindra Jadeja, Loopy ball on off, Jadeja plays it to deep cover for a single. |
| Khaleel Ahmed is back into the attack. 2-0-16-0 are his figures so far. |
| 12.1 : Khaleel Ahmed to Ravindra Jadeja, Good length ball outside off, Jadeja guides it to the off side for a single. |
| 12.2 : Khaleel Ahmed to MS Dhoni, On a length outside off, Dhoni plays it to third man for a single. Dhoni and Chennai need to attack a lot more. They need 105 needed from 46 balls. |
| 12.3 : Khaleel Ahmed to Ravindra Jadeja, PLAY AND A MISS! Good length ball outside off, Jadeja dances down the track and then looks to cut but fails to get any bat on it. |
| 12.4 : Khaleel Ahmed to Ravindra Jadeja, Short ball on middle, Jadeja pulls it to deep square leg for a single. |
| 12.5 : Khaleel Ahmed to MS Dhoni, PLAY AND A MISS! Good bowling from Khaleel! Short ball around middle, Dhoni looks to pull but misses. |
| 12.6 : Khaleel Ahmed to MS Dhoni, Another dot! Good length ball outside off, Dhoni punches it straight to cover. Brilliant over from Khaleel Ahmed! |
| T Natarajan is back on. |
| 13.1 : T Natarajan to Ravindra Jadeja, Jadeja is simply not getting his timing right! Good length ball outside off, Jadeja looks to cut but gets an inside edge back to the keeper. |
| 13.2 : T Natarajan to Ravindra Jadeja, FOUR! That has raced to the boundary! Will this get Jadeja going? Low full toss on the pads, Jadeja flicks it beautifully through square leg for a boundary. |
| 13.3 : T Natarajan to Ravindra Jadeja, Good running! Good length delivery outside off, Jadeja cuts it through cover-point. Dhoni wants the couple and takes off. They make it easily in the end. |
| 13.4 : T Natarajan to Ravindra Jadeja, WIDE! Down the leg side, Jadeja leaves it alone. Wide signalled. |
| T Natarajan to Ravindra Jadeja, Low full toss on middle, Jadeja drives it to long on and crosses over for a single. |
| 13.5 : T Natarajan to MS Dhoni, EDGY! Good length ball on off, Dhoni looks to swing it away to the leg side but gets an inside edge onto the pads. Only a single. |
| 13.6 : T Natarajan to Ravindra Jadeja, A single to end the over! Full ball on middle, Jadeja drives it to long on and will keep the strike for the next over with a single. |
| DRINKS! Hyderabad are running away with the game! Chennai need 94 from 6 overs but they cannot let their guard down as Dhoni is still out in the middle and we have seen these steep run chases being scaled down before. Chennai, on the other hand, would hope that Dhoni and Jadeja keep going and get out the big shots. Jadeja has struggled but everybody knows how dangerous he is and Chennai would hope that he comes good right about now. Abdul Samad is back into the attack. 2-0-13-1 are his figures s |
| 14.1 : Abdul Samad to Ravindra Jadeja, PLAY AND A MISS! A dot to start! Flatter outside off, Jadeja looks to cut but misses. |
| 14.2 : Abdul Samad to Ravindra Jadeja, SIX! Just over the fielder! Jadeja needs to hit more balls into the stands! Flighted ball on middle, Jadeja dances down the track and lifts it over long on for a maximum. |
| 14.3 : Abdul Samad to Ravindra Jadeja, Quicker one outside off, Jadeja cuts it through cover-point for a single. |
| 14.4 : Abdul Samad to MS Dhoni, EDGY! Tried to hit that miles but edges it! Loopy ball on off, Dhoni looks to swing it away but gets an inside edge onto the pads. |
| 14.5 : Abdul Samad to MS Dhoni, Flatter on off, Dhoni punches it to cover. Another dot. |
| 14.6 : Abdul Samad to MS Dhoni, Just short! Flatter and outside off, Dhoni moves inside his crease and then looks to cut but gets a top edge. It lobs towards short third man where the fielder comes running ahead and dives forward but it falls short. A single taken. 86 required from the final 5 overs. |
| 86 needed off 30 balls now. Chennnai need to throw caution out of the window now and go bang bang. Rashid Khan to bowl out now. |
| 15.1 : Rashid Khan to MS Dhoni, Floated on off, Dhoni looks to hit across but gets an inside edge which takes the ball behind square leg for one. |
| 0.0 : Warner has taken a gamble here and taken a review for LBW against Jadeja. To the naked eye, it looked to be missing leg. Let's see what the replays have to say. |
| 15.2 : Rashid Khan to Ravindra Jadeja, NOT OUT! Hyderabad have lost their review. The ball has pitched outside leg and Jadeja survives. Floated on the pads, Jadeja looks to flick but misses. The ball hits his pads and goes to the off side. They take a leg bye. Hyderabad players appeal but the umpire turns it down. Warner decides to take the review and replay shows that the ball pitched outside leg. |
| 15.3 : Rashid Khan to MS Dhoni, Good work in the deep by Natrajan. Short on middle, Dhoni pulls it to the left of fine leg. Natarajan runs and dives to save it before the ropes and save two for his side. |
| 15.4 : Rashid Khan to MS Dhoni, FOUR! This time Dhoni waits for the ball to come to him and then pulls it away from the fielder towards deep mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 15.5 : Rashid Khan to MS Dhoni, Flighted on off, Dhoni pushes it to cover. |
| 15.6 : Rashid Khan to MS Dhoni, Dot to finish the over. A good one and though wicketless it was a good day at the office for Rashid. Just 8 off his final over. Floated on off, Dhoni taps it back to Rashid. |
| 16.1 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Ravindra Jadeja, EDGED AND FOUR! Lucky but Chennai need everything that comes their way. Back of a length on middle and off, Jadeja looks to pull but gets an inside edge which goes to the left and away from Bairstow. |
| 16.2 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Ravindra Jadeja, FOUR! Bad ball and Jadeja gets another boundary. Good start to the over for Chennai. Short on the body, Jadeja pulls it over short fine leg for a boundary. 50-run stand comes up between the two. |
| 16.3 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Ravindra Jadeja, FOUR! Hat-trick of boundaries! Perfect for Chennai. Yorker but on the pads, Jadeja flicks it fine down the leg side for a boundary. |
| 0.0 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar is back on. |
| 16.4 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Ravindra Jadeja, On the pads, Jadeja flicks it towards mid-wicket. Dhoni and Jadeja are both quick so they get two with ease. |
| 16.5 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Ravindra Jadeja, Play and a miss! Bhuvi and Hyderabad needed this! Good length ball outside off, Jadeja looks to cut but misses. There is a stifled appeal and there was some noise but nothing from the umpire. |
| 16.6 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Ravindra Jadeja, Length ball around off, Jadeja plays it to the right of point. Abhishek Sharma dives and takes the pace off the ball. Just a single. So good comeback from Bhuvneshwar Kumar. So after going for 12 in his first 3 balls, he has gone for just 3 off the last 3. |
| 17.1 : T Natarajan to Ravindra Jadeja, DROPPED AND FOUR! The fielding has been good so far but not on this occasion! What's worse is that it goes for a boundary! Good length ball on off, Jadeja miscues it towards long off. Pandey moves backwards but fails to hold on and the ball goes to the fence. |
| 17.2 : T Natarajan to Ravindra Jadeja, Yorker on middle, Jadeja flicks it to deep mid-wicket for a couple. |
| 17.3 : T Natarajan to Ravindra Jadeja, SIX! Chennai needed biggies and Jadeja has got one. FIFTY FOR JADEJA! Natarajan attempts a yorker but bowls a full toss on the pads, Jadeja flicks it over square leg and gets to his fifty in style. |
| 0.0 : Who will it be now? Khaleel or Natarajan? 63 needed off 18 balls. It is Natarajan who will bowl now. |
| 17.4 : T Natarajan to Ravindra Jadeja, OUT! CAUGHT! Fifty and out for Jadeja! This is what the pressure of the required runs going up does. Short ball on middle, Jadeja pulls it but straight to Abdul Samad at deep square leg. He does not have to move an inch and the youngster takes a simple catch. Dhoni is still out there and the batters have crossed as that catch has been taken. No, they have not crossed. |
| Sam Curran joins his skipper out in the middle. |
| 17.5 : T Natarajan to Sam Curran, SIX! Sam Curran has hit one of the biggest sixes off the first ball he has faced. Bouncer on middle, Curran pulls it way over backward square leg for a biggie. |
| 17.6 : T Natarajan to Sam Curran, Low full toss on middle, Curran flicks it to deep mid-wicket and gets just a single. 19 off the over. Still below the required run rate. 44 needed off 12 balls now. |
| 18.1 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Sam Curran, Very low full toss on middle and off. Sam cannot do much but just play it to long on for one. Over to you, MS! |
| 0.0 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar has pulled out of his run up and walking gingerly. He is stretching now. Looks like a muscular issue and seems like he is done now. Not something Hyderabad would have wanted. Not something any cricket fan wants to see. 5 balls of this over remaining and if Bhuvneshwar cannot bowl it will have to be one of Abdul Samad or Abhishek Sharma. Well Bhuvneshwar Kumar has his thigh strapped up and looks like he will continue to bowl. This is a risky move as this can worsen the injur |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar has once again pulled out of his run up and he has just signalled that he cannot bowl. So it will have to be someone else who will have to finish this over. Well Warner has decided it will be Khaleel Ahmed who will bowl the remainder of the balls. Meaning one of the spinners will have to bowl the final over. |
| 18.2 : Khaleel Ahmed to MS Dhoni, MISFIELD AND FOUR! Poor from Samad. Back of a length on middle, Dhoni pulls it to the left of deep mid-wicket. Samad gets there but the ball goes between his legs and to the fence. |
| 18.3 : Khaleel Ahmed to MS Dhoni, Fuller on middle, Dhoni chips it over the bowler's head and gets a couple. |
| 18.4 : Khaleel Ahmed to MS Dhoni, Back of a length on middle, Dhoni looks to pull but mistimes it over square leg and gets another two. 35 needed off 8. |
| Dhoni is having some trouble now and looks like he too is having some muscular issue. The physio is out now to have a check on him. |
| 18.5 : Khaleel Ahmed to MS Dhoni, SIX! Just what Chennai needed! Poor from Khaleel. He bowls a length ball on off and middle, Dhoni pulls it flat over mid-wicket for a biggie. 29 off 7! |
| 18.6 : Khaleel Ahmed to MS Dhoni, Fullish around off, Dhoni cannot get under it and hits it to long on for one. |
| 19.1 : Abdul Samad to MS Dhoni, FIVE WIDES! Way down the leg side, Dhoni comes down the track but misses. Bairstow behind the stumps misses it and the ball goes between his legs and the ball goes to the fence. 23 needed off 6 balls now. |
| 18.6 : A huge opportunity for a youngster to become a star. If Samad or Abhishek can defend 28 off the final over then they will become a superstar. It will be the leg spin of Abdul Samad who will bowl the final over. A huge call from Warner. A few years ago Axar bowled the final over against Dhoni and was taken to the cleaners. |
| 19.1 : Abdul Samad to MS Dhoni, Flatter on off, Dhoni comes down the track and hits it to long on and gets two as Manish Pandey misfields there. 21 off 5 needed now. |
| 19.2 : Abdul Samad to MS Dhoni, FOUR! Good ball but Dhoni has hit it like a bullet! Tossed up very full on off, Dhoni comes down a bit and hits it straight and hard past Samad for a boundary. 17 needed now off 4 balls. |
| 19.3 : Abdul Samad to MS Dhoni, Short and quick around off, Dhoni pulls it to deep mid-wicket and gets just a single. 16 off 3 needed now. Sam Curran over to you. |
| 19.4 : Abdul Samad to Sam Curran, Superb! Take a bow Abdul Samad! Floated full on off and middle. Curran comes down the track and hits it to deep mid-wicket for a single. Now two legal deliveries will do for Hyderabad. |
| 19.5 : Abdul Samad to MS Dhoni, Flighted on off, Dhoni comes down but hits it to wide long on for one. Samad, you new superstar for Hyderabad. Brilliant final over from the young Abdul Samad. |
| 19.6 : Abdul Samad to Sam Curran, SIX! Curran finishes it in style but it is not enough! Tossed up on middle, Curran comes down the track and hits it straight over Abdul Samad's head for a biggie. Does not matter though! HYDERABAD WIN BY 7 RUNS! |
| Hyderabad's bowling was top notch! They were not in the mood to give easy runs away and they did just that. They kept a tight hold on the run-scoring and even picked up wickets at regular intervals. The biggest concern for them would be the injury to Bhuvneshwar Kumar as he went off in the 19th over and Hyderabad would hope that he is fit and fine to go in the future games. All the bowlers bowled really well with Natarajan picking up 2 wickets. He was expensive but his wickets went a long wa |
| Earlier in the day, Priyam Garg's quickfire half-century and some good contributions from Abhishek Sharma and David Warner helped Hyderabad post a good score of 164 on the board. At one stage, they did not look like they will score above 150 but Garg flayed the ball all over the park and helped his side post a daunting score on the board. Chennai bowlers were brilliant up until the 14th over and that's when they lost the plot as they conceded plenty of runs and were messy in the field as wel |
| Chennai skipper, MS Dhoni admits he was unable to middle the deliveries and feels he was hitting too hard. Tells he is fine and says it is very hot and his throat got dry. Admits they need to get a lot of things right and take catches and not bowl No Balls. Feels they are making the same mistakes. Tells nobody wants to drop catches but after a while they have to draw the line and catches like these can hamper the side. Feels there are plenty of positives in this game and he says they will com |
| Hyderabad's Afghanistan superstar, Rashid Khan is now caught down for a quick chat. Rashid says that it is good to be back in form and bowl in the right areas. Tells the fuller you bowl here, it becomes easier for the batter to hit you for sixes. Tells he does not focus on his wickets but looks to bowl tight and he is quite happy with his figures. Rashid thinks they do not go after him and tells he is looking to reduce the loose deliveries. Credits Garg and Abhishek Sharma for their efforts a |
| Hyderabad skipper, David Warner says that he backed Samad and admits he did not have any other option. Tells he bowled Khaleel because he wanted to kill the game in the penultimate over. Tells if you bowl stump to stump here then it is hard and was happy to see some swing today. Warner tells he is proud of the youngsters and tells that they went out there, assessed their conditions and tells the way they played was outstanding. Jokes that he did not know Muralitharan was here and tells the g |
| Another day! Another tight match we have had in the Indian T20 League! In the end, it is Hyderabad who takes the honours. There were some nerves in the end for them but they prevailed and have beaten Chennai. Back-to-back wins for Hyderabad while Chennai lose their third game of the tournament. |
| Chennai did not get off a good start at all as they lost Watson very early on in the innings while Rayudu and the man-in-form, Faf du Plessis could not last long as well. Chennai struggled throughout the innings and they did not show intent until the last 5 overs. Jadeja and Dhoni started off too slow but they pressed on the accelerator a little too late. Jadeja's fifty and Dhoni and Curran's blows, in the end, were not enough to get Chennai over the line. Their batting has been a real strug |
| For his brilliant 51 off just 26 balls, Priyam Garg is named the Man of the Match! Garg says he felt very nice as this is a great stage for him as there are a lot of seniors here. Garg tells he was looking to play his natural game and thanks the team management for backing him and allowing him to play his natural game. Tells he was just looking to play his shots and they bowled there luckily. Says he has been playing with Abhishek since childhood. Tells an innings like this always increases the |
| That's all from this game! Hyderabad outclass Chennai in this game! They have won back-to-back games now and they will look to continue the momentum gained going forward. Chennai, on the other hand, need to do something about their batting. They have struggled in their last three games and have to improve considerably. On Saturday, we have our first double-header day of this edition of the Indian T20 League. The first match is between Rajasthan and Bangalore, which will be followed by the cla |
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