| 0.2 : 0.2: Matt Henry to Ajinkya Rahane, FOUR! First boundary of the game from Ajinkya Rahane's blade! Short and wide outside the off stump and Ajinkya Rahane cuts the ball along the ground between covers and point for a boundary. |
| 1.1 : 1.1: Mohsin Khan to Rachin Ravindra, OUT! b Mohsin Khan. |
| 2.6 : 2.6: Matt Henry to Ajinkya Rahane, SIX! Ajinkya Rahane finishes the over in style! Short ball with pace at the batter and Ajinkya Rahane stands tall, gets on top of the bounce and pulls it away flat, over the deep mid-wicket boundary line for a superb SIX. |
| 3.6: Mohsin Khan to Ajinkya Rahane, FOUR! Wild swing of the bat and gets a lucky boundary to end the over! Mohsin Khan hits the length outside the off stump line and Ajinkya Rahane flashes the bat hard, getting a thick top edge taking the ball over short third man's head for a boundary. |
| 4.1 : 4.1: Yash Thakur to Ruturaj Gaikwad, Four! |
| 4.2 : 4.2: Yash Thakur to Ruturaj Gaikwad, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Yash Thakur comes back strong and the bowling change works wonders for KL Rahul. Yash Thakur pitches the ball up outside the off stump line, calling Ruturaj Gaikwad out for a drive. Ruturaj Gaikwad takes a long foot out and throws his hands at the ball but only manages to get an outside edge back to KL Rahul who takes a good catch diving to his right. |
| 4.5 : 4.5: Yash Thakur to Ajinkya Rahane, Four! |
| 4.6 : 4.6: Yash Thakur to Ajinkya Rahane, FOUR! Two in two for Ajinkya Rahane to close the 5th over of the innings. Yash Thakur pitches the ball up outside the off stump line and Ajinkya Rahane drives the ball off the front foot, in the air, over covers and finds himself a boundary. |
| 5.1 : 5.1: Matt Henry to Ravindra Jadeja, FOUR! No half-measures by the southpaw! |
| 7.4 : 7.4: Ravi Bishnoi to Ajinkya Rahane, FOUR! Not in complete control but manages to pick the gap! |
| 7.6 : 7.6: Ravi Bishnoi to Ravindra Jadeja, EDGED AND FOUR! No slip in place and it races away! Bishnoi floats it up and gets the ball to spin away from the left-hander, full and around off, Ravindra Jadeja presses forward to defend. Gets an outside edge that goes past the keeper and beats short third to his right for four more runs. 11 runs off Bishnoi's first over. |
| 8.1 : 8.1: Krunal Pandya to Ajinkya Rahane, OUT! CLEANED HIM UP! Krunal Pandya gets into the act! Ajinkya Rahane perishes in trying to get a move on! |
| 8.5 : 8.5: Krunal Pandya to Ravindra Jadeja, Four! |
| 9.4 : 9.4: Ravi Bishnoi to Ravindra Jadeja, FOUR! Jadeja sweeps and sweeps well! |
| 11.1 : 11.1: Marcus Stoinis to Shivam Dube, OUT! CAUGHT! Huge wicket for Marcus Stoinis and Lucknow! Marcus Stoinis gets his man off the first ball of his spell. Bowls the ball short and wide outside the off stump from over the wicket angle and Shivam Dube looks to pull it from outside off but only manages to hit it straight up in the air. KL Rahul runs in and completes the catch well to send back Shivam Dube. |
| 12.2 : 12.2: Krunal Pandya to Sameer Rizvi, OUT! STUMPED! Krunal Pandya flights the ball up on the off stump line and Sameer Rizvi steps down and swings the bat, missing the ball completely and KL Rahul does the rest behind the stumps. 5th wicket down for Chennai. |
| 15.3 : 15.3: Yash Thakur to Ravindra Jadeja, FOUR! A boundary after 34 balls for Chennai. |
| 16.3: Mohsin Khan to Ravindra Jadeja, DROPPED AND SIX! Deepak Hooda palms it over the ropes for a fence! The trademark sword celebration comes out from Ravindra Jadeja as he gets to his FIFTY. |
| 17.2 : 17.2: Ravi Bishnoi to Moeen Ali, SIX! BANG! Moeen Ali gets the connection this time! |
| 17.3 : 17.3: Ravi Bishnoi to Moeen Ali, SIX! This is even bigger! Bishnoi bowls the same line, around middle and leg, Moeen Ali gets down on one knee again and hammers the slog sweep over deep square leg for six more runs. |
| 17.4 : 17.4: Ravi Bishnoi to Moeen Ali, SIX! THREE IN THREE! Ravi Bishnoi bowls it flat and short, outside off, Moeen Ali hangs back in his crease and flat bats it. Clears the long off fence for the third six of the over and this is just the over Chennai were after. |
| 17.5 : 17.5: Ravi Bishnoi to Moeen Ali, OUT! c Ayush Badoni b Ravi Bishnoi. |
| 18.1 : 18.1: Mohsin Khan to MS Dhoni, FOUR! Muscled away but it was not far away from the fielder in the deep. Slanting away from over the wicket, on a length, MS Dhoni extends his arms and thumps it flat to the right of deep cover. Ravi Bishnoi covers good ground and puts in a dive to his right but the ball evades him and goes away for a boundary. |
| 18.2 : 18.2: Mohsin Khan to MS Dhoni, SIX! Clever, very clever from the former Chennai skipper. |
| 19.3 : 19.3: Yash Thakur to MS Dhoni, SIX! PICKED THE BONES OUT OF THAT! The crowd erupts as Dhoni deposits it into the stands. |
| 19.4 : 19.4: Yash Thakur to MS Dhoni, FOUR! Not where he intended but Chennai will take it any which way they come. |
| 19.6 : 19.6: Yash Thakur to MS Dhoni, FOUR! Sliced away and MS Dhoni finishes the innings in style! Chennai go past 175 and the crowd have got their money's worth, having witnessed another quickfire knock from Dhoni. Yash Thakur stays around the wicket and nails it on a fullish length, outside off, MS Dhoni sits deep in his crease and opens the bat face perfectly. Steers it to the left of backward point for a boundary to end the innings. 19 runs come off the final over and Lucknow have been made to |
| 1.2 : 1.2: Tushar Deshpande to Quinton de Kock, Four! |
| 2.1 : 2.1: Deepak Chahar to KL Rahul, FOUR! Top shot! Fractionally short by Chahar, leg-cutter, outside off, KL Rahul gets this one at a good height and pulls it through mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 2.5 : 2.5: Deepak Chahar to KL Rahul, SIX! KL Rahul goes big! Chahar hurls it on a short of a good length, on off, KL Rahul holds his shape and takes no half-measures in going down town. Gets it off the upper part of the bat but gets more than enough distance to clear the long on fence for the first maximum of the Lucknow innings. |
| 3.2 : 3.2: Mustafizur Rahman to KL Rahul, FOUR! Uppish but Rahul gets the reward! |
| 4.1 : 4.1: Tushar Deshpande to KL Rahul, FOUR! KL Rahul picks the slower ball and hits it in gap. Tushar takes pace off and bowls it on a hard length, over middle, KL Rahul shuffles across a bit and swats it behind square on the leg side for a boundary. |
| 4.6 : 4.6: Tushar Deshpande to Quinton de Kock, SIX! Quinton de Kock finally connects one! |
| 5.1 : 5.1: Deepak Chahar to KL Rahul, Four! |
| 5.2 : 5.2: Deepak Chahar to KL Rahul, SIX! Short and wide again and this time KL Rahul extends his hands and times the ball to perfection over the head of covers and gets the ball to go all the way over for a SIX. |
| 7.2: Matheesha Pathirana to KL Rahul, SIX! BANG! Matheesha Pathirana drops the ball short outside the off stump line with pace and KL Rahul says Thank you, plays a superb upper cut and times it well enough to make it sail over the head of third man at the boundary for a maximum. |
| 8.1 : 8.1: Ravindra Jadeja to Quinton de Kock, FOUR! Quinton de Kock times one to perfection! Ravindra Jadeja tosses the ball up on the off stump line and Quinton de Kock takes the front foot out and launches the ball straight over the head of the bowler for a boundary on the bounce. |
| 10.2 : 10.2: Ravindra Jadeja to Quinton de Kock, FOUR! Nicely done! Fires it in, short and around leg, Quinton de Kock gets inside the line nicey and early and picks it up well to deposit it towards the deep backward square leg fence for a boundary. |
| 10.4 : 10.4: Ravindra Jadeja to KL Rahul, FOUR! KL Rahul cracks the cut and brings up his 35th Indian T20 League FIFTY. The Lucknow skipper is leading from the front here in a crucial run chase. |
| 10.5 : 10.5: Ravindra Jadeja to KL Rahul, FOUR! Uppish but in the gap! Short and around off, KL Rahul makes room and goes for the cut again. Gets a thickish outside edge that goes to the right of short third for four more runs. |
| 11.5: Mustafizur Rahman to KL Rahul, FOUR! Quality shot by a quality batter! Mustafizur Rahman goes into the wicket and it is the slower one as well, a bit too straight though, on leg, KL Rahul gets on top of the bounce and rolls his wrists nicely on the ball to pull it wide of deep backward square leg for a boundary. The boundaries continue to come every over for Lucknow. |
| 13.4 : 13.4: Tushar Deshpande to Quinton de Kock, FOUR! Smart batting! On a length, in the corridor of off, Quinton de Kock pulls out the reverse scoop and plays it to perfection. Hits it between the keeper and short third to pick up a boundary. Moves to 48 with this shot. |
| 14.3 : 14.3: Mustafizur Rahman to KL Rahul, FOUR! KL Rahul threads the needle to perfection. Shot of the night by the Lucknow skipper. Angling across the left-hander, fuller and slower, KL Rahul moves away to the off side nice and early. Angles the bat face perfectly to drive it right in the gap between deep backward point and deep cover for a boundary. |
| 14.5 : 14.5: Mustafizur Rahman to Quinton de Kock, FOUR! Expertly placed! Another slower delivery by Mustafizur Rahman, on a good length, outside off, Quinton de Kock waits for the ball to arrive and plays it late. Cuts it well and gets it past the backward point fielder for a boundary. |
| 14.6 : 14.6: Mustafizur Rahman to Quinton de Kock, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Chennai finally get a breakthrough! Quinton de Kock has done his job though. |
| 15.4 : 15.4: Matheesha Pathirana to Nicholas Pooran, SIX BANG! It does not take long for Pooran to go big. |
| 16.1 : 16.1: Mustafizur Rahman to Nicholas Pooran, FOUR! Nails a yorker and Nicholas Pooran grills it from the ground and fetches it behind point, along the ground for a superb boundary to start the over after the break. What a shot. |
| 16.2 : 16.2: Mustafizur Rahman to Nicholas Pooran, Four! |
| 16.5 : 16.5: Mustafizur Rahman to KL Rahul, FOUR! Slower ball again, fuller in length outside the line of the off stump. KL Rahul takes the front foot out and creams the ball into the gap behind point, along the ground, beating both the fielders at the boundary for a four. |
| 17.1 : 17.1: Matheesha Pathirana to KL Rahul, OUT! CAUGHT! Ravindra Jadeja, you beauty! Perfectly times shot from KL Rahul, nothing wrong with that but Ravindra Jadeja plucks it with one hand diving to his left on a full stretch. Matheesha Pathirana drops it short and wide and KL Rahul executes the cut shot to perfection only to fine Ravindra Jadeja at point. |
| 18.2 : 18.2: Tushar Deshpande to Marcus Stoinis, Four! |
| 18.6 : 18.6: Tushar Deshpande to Nicholas Pooran, FOUR! Finishes off in style! Short ball from Tushar Deshpande outside the off stump line and Nicholas Pooran slashes it hard over the head of the point fielder and gets a boundary to win the match for his team. |
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