| 0.0 : Hello and welcome to the curtain raiser of Indian T20 League, 2020. Two of the most successful teams are all set to get us underway. Defending champions Mumbai will look to get their title defense off to a flier with a win over their arch rivals. Chennai, on the other hand, will be desperate to avenge for last season's loss in the final. As we know, MS Dhoni will miss his right hand man, Suresh Raina and  it will be interesting to see how captain cool and his side fill that huge hole. Huge st |
| TOSS - We are all set for the coin to go up for the first time for this season. Mumbai skipper, Rohit Sharma and Chennai skipper, Dhoni are out along with the match referee. The match referee has the coin in hand. Rohit Sharma calls it incorrectly. CHENNAI OPT TO BOWL! |
| Chennai skipper, MS Dhoni starts by joking that he asked the match referee if he can have a first slip or not considering the social distancing norms. Dhoni then tells  that he is bowling first as he says that the wicket here has a tendency to keep low. Tells that the lockdown gave him time to work on himself, adds that he could not do physical running. Dhoni says they have to applaud the effort from every member in the squad as it is very difficult. Tells that after spending so much time wit |
| Mumbai skipper, Rohit Sharma, says they would have bowled first as well. Adds that it is better to bat under lights. Mentions that they had a little camp in Mumbai before coming to UAE. Sharma also says they practiced here also and it was good to practice under these conditions. Mentions they have had some new faces to the squad and they have had a good preparation. Informs they have four foreigners in the form of Quinton de Kock, Kieron Pollard, James Pattinson and Trent Boult. |
| Pitch Report - Kevin Pietersen starts by saying that there is an even covering of grass and he expects it to be a high scoring game and tells there is a breeze coming around. Adds that the guys will be looking to hit with the breeze. Michael Slater says that the par score here is 167 but expects it to be blown away. |
| Mumbai Indians (Playing XI) - Rohit Sharma (C), Quinton de Kock (WK), Suryakumar Yadav, Saurabh Tiwary, Krunal Pandya, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, James Pattinson, Rahul Chahar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah. |
| Chennai Super Kings (Playing XI) - Murali Vijay, Shane Watson, Faf du Plessis, Ambati Rayudu, Kedar Jadhav, MS Dhoni (WK/C), Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, Deepak Chahar, Piyush Chawla, Lungi Ngidi. |
| The wait is over and we are just inches away from the start. The two men that matter the most, the umpires make their way out. Chennai players are in a huddle with their skipper, MS Dhoni giving last words of motivation before his troops take their respective positions in the field. Mumbai skipper, Rohit Sharma and Quinton de Kock stride out to the middle to open the innings for the defending champions. Deepak Chahar takes the new ball for Chennai and to bowl the first over of the Indian T20 Lea |
| 0.1 : Finally! The issue is sorted and we are ready to go! |
| Deepak Chahar to Rohit Sharma,FOUR! Delightful start to the season! No rustiness from the Mumbai skipper. He kicks off the new season with a gorgeous boundary. Deepak starts with a good length ball outside off. Rohit pounces on the width and crunches it through covers to get us rolling with a boundary. |
| 0.2 : Deepak Chahar to Rohit Sharma, Deepak now cramps Rohit Sharma for room and bowls it on middle and leg. Rohit tucks it to the leg side and gets a single. |
| 0.3 : Deepak Chahar to Quinton de Kock, De Kock is off the mark! Fullish ball on off, de Kock pushes it to the right of mid off. The fielder there dives but misfields allowing Quinton to get off the mark with a couple. |
| 0.4 : Deepak Chahar to Quinton de Kock, FOUR! Deepak Chahar struggling to find the right line and length early on. He is guilty of bowling around the pads of de Kock. He says thank you very much and flicks it off the middle through mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 0.5 : Deepak Chahar to Quinton de Kock, Better from Chahar. Good length ball around off, de Kock plays it to point. |
| 0.6 : Deepak Chahar to Quinton de Kock, Single to end the over. A very good start for Mumbai. 12 runs from the first over. Length ball around off, de Kock taps it to the off side and keeps the strike. |
| Sam Curran to bowl from the other end. |
| 1.1 : Sam Curran to Quinton de Kock, No swing for Sam Curran first up. Bowls a full ball on the pads. De Kock looks to flick but misses and gets hit on the pad. |
| 1.2 : Sam Curran to Quinton de Kock, Length ball outside off, de Kock clears his front leg and hits it sweetly but straight to mid off. |
| 1.3 : Sam Curran to Quinton de Kock, Good length ball outside off, de Kock plays it behind square on the off side and gets a single. |
| 1.4 : Sam Curran to Rohit Sharma, FOUR! Loose delivery and Rohit has capitalised on it. Full wide outside off, Rohit creams it past the diving cover-point fielder and the ball races to the fence. |
| 1.5 : Sam Curran to Rohit Sharma, Smartly follows the boundary with a gentle single towards mid off. |
| 1.6 : Sam Curran to Quinton de Kock, De Kock takes a single and keeps the strike. Decent start from Curran. 7 off his first over. The last ball is tapped towards cover by the left-hander and he keeps the strike. |
| 2.1 : Deepak Chahar to Quinton de Kock, Good length ball on off, de Kock taps it to the off side and takes a run. |
| 2.2 : Deepak Chahar to Rohit Sharma, Full around off, Rohit pushes it with a straight bat to mid on. No movement so far for Deepak Chahar. |
| 2.3 : Deepak Chahar to Rohit Sharma, Full on off, Sharma flicks it to the left of mid-wicket. He looks for a quick run but they decide against it quickly. Good call as that would have been a suicidal run. |
| 2.4 : Deepak Chahar to Rohit Sharma, Good fielding from du Plessis. Full on off, Rohit drives it to the right of mid off. Faf there dives and saves a certain boundary. Just a single. |
| 2.5 : Deepak Chahar to Quinton de Kock, FOUR! De Kock makes room and picks up a boundary. Good length ball around off, it comes in a tad not much. De Kock clears his front leg and pulls it in front of square on the leg side for a boundary. |
| 2.6 : Deepak Chahar to Quinton de Kock, Good fielding from Sam Curran. Fuller on off, de Kock drives it to the left of mid off. Curran there dives and half stops it. He cannot hold onto it cleanly. They take two. |
| 3.1 : Lungi Ngidi to Rohit Sharma, Lungi starts with a full ball on off. Rohit flicks it to the leg side. Deepak Chahar at fine leg covers a good amount of ground and keeps it down to one. |
| 0.0 : Lungi Ngidi is into the attack. |
| 3.2 : Lungi Ngidi to Quinton de Kock, FOUR! De Kock takes on his country man with a delicious shot. Slightly overpitched around off, de Kock lofts it over mid off for a boundary. The South African skipper looks on song! |
| 3.3 : Lungi Ngidi to Quinton de Kock, Good bowling! De Kock was looking to premeditate the scoop shot and moved inside his stump. Lungi followed him and bowled it outside off. De Kock adjusts and plays it through point for a couple. |
| 3.4 : Lungi Ngidi to Quinton de Kock, WIDE! Ngidi misses his mark with the slower one and bowls it on the wrong side of the tramline. |
| Lungi Ngidi to Quinton de Kock, FOUR! First over mid off, now over mid on! Fuller around off, de Kock goes across the line and swipes it over mid on for another boundary. |
| 3.5 : Lungi Ngidi to Quinton de Kock, WIDE! Ngidi is looking to bowl it away from de Kock but bowls it too wide and loses his direction. It is well away from the tramline. |
| Lungi Ngidi to Quinton de Kock, FOUR! Clever batting! Good length ball outside off, de Kock goes across his stumps and plays it over fine leg for the third boundary of the over. |
| 3.6 : Lungi Ngidi to Quinton de Kock, Single to end the over! Bad start for Ngidi! 18 from his first! A superb over for Mumbai! The last ball is on a length around off, de Kock mistimes it over cover but it falls in no man's land. He keeps the strike and Mumbai are off to a great start here. 45/0 off the first 4 overs. Maybe time for Dhoni to try an over of spin. |
| Piyush Chawla is into the attack. |
| 4.1 : Piyush Chawla to Quinton de Kock, Piyush Chawla comes in and de Kock brings out the reverse sweep. Tossed up outside off, Quinton looks to play the reverse sweep but misses. |
| 4.2 : Piyush Chawla to Quinton de Kock, Floated on off, de Kock plays it through mid off for one. |
| 4.3 : Piyush Chawla to Rohit Sharma, Googly on off, Rohit reads it well and pushes it to mid off. |
| 4.4 : Piyush Chawla to Rohit Sharma, OUT! Caught! Big wicket for Chennai and the first over from spin brings the first success for Chennai! The new acquisition has his first wicket for his new side. Chawla has had a plenty of them for Kolkata and now he has his first for Chennnai. What a big wicket to get! It is the Mumbai skipper, Rohit Sharma! Foated on middle, Rohit looks to go inside out over mid off but it comes off the lower half of his bat and goes straight to Sam Curran at mid off.  Th |
| 4.5 : Piyush Chawla to Suryakumar Yadav, Suryakumar Yadav is off the mark! Tossed up on off, Suryakumar Yadav strokes it through cover for one. |
| 4.4 : Suryakumar Yadav is the new batsman in. |
| 4.6 : Piyush Chawla to Quinton de Kock, Shorter on off, it is a googly. Quinton tucks it towards mid-wicket and keeps the strike. |
| Sam Curran is back on. 1-0-7-0 are his figures so far. |
| 5.1 : Sam Curran to Quinton de Kock, OUT! Caught! One brings two and it is another new signing of the season, Sam Curran! Both the openers are back in the dug out for Mumbai! Sam Curran is in the thick of action. First with a catch and now with the wicket himself. He comes in and rolls his finger on this length ball. De Kock looks to pull but the ball comes slower than he anticipated and he hits it straight to Shane Watson at short mid-wicket. The experienced Australian makes no mistake. |
| 0.0 : Saurabh Tiwary is the next batsman in. |
| 5.2 : Sam Curran to Saurabh Tiwary, God length ball on off, Saurabh starts his innings with a punch to cover. |
| 5.3 : Sam Curran to Saurabh Tiwary, Tiwari is off the mark! On the pads, Saurabh turns it towards fine leg and gets a couple to get his scoreboard ticking. |
| 5.4 : Sam Curran to Saurabh Tiwary, Fuller on off, Tiwary pushes it to cover. |
| 5.5 : Sam Curran to Saurabh Tiwary, Full on off, Saurabh now taps it wide of cover and gets to the other end. |
| 5.6 : Sam Curran to Suryakumar Yadav, Good length ball on off, Suryakumar punches it back to the bowler. Excellent over from Sam Curran. 3 runs and a wicket of his second. A good comeback from Chennai in the last two overs to make it a very good Powerplay. 51/2 at the end of PP. |
| 6.1 : Ravindra Jadeja to Saurabh Tiwary, Jadeja starts with a tossed up ball on off, Tiwary strokes it to long off for one. |
| 5.6 : Ravindra Jadeja is into the attack. |
| 6.2 : Ravindra Jadeja to Suryakumar Yadav, FOUR! A very tough shot but Suryakumar Yadav has made it look easy. Tossed up on off and middle, Yadav comes down the track and goes inside out over extra cover for a boundary. |
| 6.3 : Ravindra Jadeja to Suryakumar Yadav, Floated on off, Yadav now chips it uppishly to long on for a single. |
| 6.4 : Ravindra Jadeja to Saurabh Tiwary, Flatter on off, Tiwary plays it towards point for a single. |
| 6.5 : Ravindra Jadeja to Suryakumar Yadav, Floated on off, Yadav milks it to long off and rotates th strike. |
| 6.6 : Ravindra Jadeja to Saurabh Tiwary, Short outside off, Tiwary cuts it to deep point and takes a single. 9 off Jaddu's first over. |
| 7.1 : Sam Curran to Saurabh Tiwary, Length delivery on off, de Kock punches it through covers for a single. |
| 7.2 : Sam Curran to Suryakumar Yadav, Back of a length on off, Yadav guides it towards third man for a run. |
| 7.3 : Sam Curran to Saurabh Tiwary, BEATEN! Full and outside off, Tiwary looks to drive but misses it. |
| 7.4 : Sam Curran to Saurabh Tiwary, Short delivery on leg, Tiwary pulls it through square leg for a single. |
| 7.5 : Sam Curran to Suryakumar Yadav, FOUR! Nice shot! Short delivery on off, Yadav cuts it hard through point. Piyush Chawla in the deep tries to stop it but it goes past him for a boundary. |
| 7.6 : Sam Curran to Suryakumar Yadav, On middle, Suryakumar flicks it through mid-wicket for a run. |
| 8.1 : Ravindra Jadeja to Suryakumar Yadav, Quicker on off, Yadav comes down the track to hit it but mistimes it towards long off for one. |
| 8.2 : Ravindra Jadeja to Saurabh Tiwary, SIX! Just over! These are big boundaries but Saurab Tiwary has managed to get enough to send it over the man at long on. Tossed up on off, Tiwary lofts it over long on. The fielder there stretches but cannot get anything. First biggie of the tournament and the game.  |
| 8.3 : Ravindra Jadeja to Saurabh Tiwary, Poor from Ngidi. Short outside off, Tiwary cuts it late to the right of short third man. Ngidi there misfields which allows them to get two. |
| 8.4 : Ravindra Jadeja to Saurabh Tiwary, FOUR! Cut and cut hard! Short and wide outside off, Tiwary gets on his back foot and cuts it viciously through point for a boundary, |
| 8.5 : Ravindra Jadeja to Saurabh Tiwary, Now follows the boundary with a single towards backward square leg with a sweep. |
| 8.6 : Ravindra Jadeja to Suryakumar Yadav, Tossed up on off, Yadav plays it off the inner half of his bat towards long on for a single. Another expensive over from Jadeja. 15 from it! |
| 9.1 : Piyush Chawla to Suryakumar Yadav, WIDE! Chawla misses his line and bowls one down the leg side. |
| Piyush Chawla to Suryakumar Yadav, Tossed up on off, Suryakumar drives it straight to the man at cover. |
| 9.2 : Piyush Chawla to Suryakumar Yadav, Slower through the air on off, Yadav looks to hit it over cover and mid off but it goes to long on off the inner half of his bat towards mid on for one. |
| 0.0 : Strategic Time-Out! Piyush Chawla is back on. 1-0-3-1 are his figures so far. |
| 9.3 : Piyush Chawla to Saurabh Tiwary, Quicker on middle and leg. Tiwary defends it. |
| 9.4 : Piyush Chawla to Saurabh Tiwary, Floated on off, Tiwary taps it into the ground. |
| 9.5 : Piyush Chawla to Saurabh Tiwary, Shorter on off, Tiwary tucks it towards deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 9.6 : Piyush Chawla to Suryakumar Yadav, Quicker one outside off. Suryakumar looks to sweep but misses. Dhoni whips the bails quickly but Yadav's back foot never left the crease. Halfway of the innings gone and Mumbai are 86/2! |
| 10.1 : Deepak Chahar to Saurabh Tiwary, Good length ball outside off, Tiwary punches it to long off for one. |
| 0.0 : Deepak Chahar is back on. 2-0-20-0 are his figures so far. |
| 10.2 : Deepak Chahar to Suryakumar Yadav, Good length ball on off, SkY pushes it to mid off. |
| 10.3 : Deepak Chahar to Suryakumar Yadav, Slower ball closer to off. Yadav looks to play it on the off side but the ball is too close. He manages to chop it to the off side and gets a single. |
| 10.4 : Deepak Chahar to Saurabh Tiwary, Good running. Shortish on off, Tiwary mistimes it to the right of long on. They see the opportunity to get two and they take it. |
| 10.5 : Deepak Chahar to Saurabh Tiwary, Slower bouncer! Tiwary pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 10.6 : Deepak Chahar to Suryakumar Yadav, WIDE! Another off pace delivery but Chahar misses his line and bowls it down the leg side, Yadav looks to pull but misses. |
| Deepak Chahar to Suryakumar Yadav, OUT! Caught! Chahar gets another wicket and once again Curran is in the action. Full on off, Suryakumar Yadav looks to loft it with the wind over long on. He cannot time it well and it is a big ground. Curran runs to his left and taks a very good catch. |
| Hardik Pandya is the new batsman in. |
| 11.1 : Ravindra Jadeja to Saurabh Tiwary, Short around off, Tiwary cuts it through point for one. |
| 11.2 : Ravindra Jadeja to Hardik Pandya, Tossed up on off, Hardikstarts his innings with a gntle push to mid off. |
| 11.3 : Ravindra Jadeja to Hardik Pandya, Flatter on middle, Pandya pushes it to mid on now. |
| 11.4 : Ravindra Jadeja to Hardik Pandya, Darted on the pads, Hardik flicks it to mid-wicket. |
| 0.0 : It will be interesting to see how Hardik goes about his business. Will he take his time or go for the big shots straightaway? |
| 11.5 : Ravindra Jadeja to Hardik Pandya, SIX! Hardik is off the mark with a bang! He is a stylish man and he loves to take centr stage. That is what he has done here. Tossed up around off, Hardik gets down on one knee and slog sweeps it just over mid-wicket for a biggie. The fielder in the deep is not at th ropes, had he been there it might have been a catch. |
| 11.6 : Ravindra Jadeja to Hardik Pandya, SIX! This was six the moment it left the bat! Short on middle and leg, Hardik will eat this for breakfast, lunch and dinner. He heaves his pull well into the stand over mid-wicket for the biggest six of the night. |
| 12.1 : Lungi Ngidi to Saurabh Tiwary, Full ball on off, Tiwary drives it to mid off. Hardik wants the run but Tiwary does well to send him back. The fielder goes for a direct hit at the bowler's end but misses it. |
| 0.0 : Lungi Ngidi is back on. |
| 12.2 : Lungi Ngidi to Saurabh Tiwary, Length delivery on off, Tiwary lofts it over covers. The fielder in the deep does well to stop it. The batsmen get two runs. |
| 12.3 : Lungi Ngidi to Saurabh Tiwary, FOUR! That is smashed! Short delivery on middle, Tiwary pulls it over mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 12.4 : Lungi Ngidi to Saurabh Tiwary, FOUR! Back-to-back boundaries for Tiwary! Full delivery on off, Tiwary comes forward and drives it through mid off for a boundary. |
| 12.5 : Lungi Ngidi to Saurabh Tiwary, Short delivery on leg, Tiwary pulls it through square leg for a single. |
| 12.6 : Lungi Ngidi to Hardik Pandya, Full ball on middle, Pandy flicks it to mid-wicket. |
| 13.1 : Piyush Chawla to Saurabh Tiwary,  Tiwary comes down the track and takes it very full on off. He milks it to long off for one. |
| 0.0 : Piyush Chawla is back on. 2-0-6-1 are his figures so far. |
| 13.2 : Piyush Chawla to Hardik Pandya, Googly around off. Hardik looks to go over on the off side but the ball goes to long on off the inner half of his bat for a single. |
| 13.3 : Piyush Chawla to Saurabh Tiwary,Misfield from substitute Vijay and they get two. Shorter on middle and leg. Tiwary gets on one knee and pulls it to the left of deep square leg. Vijay there fumbles and the batters get two. |
| 13.4 : Piyush Chawla to Saurabh Tiwary, NOT OUT! The ball is miising the stump and Chennai lose their review. Floated on middle, Tiwary looks to sweep but misses and gets hit on the pad. There is a huge appeal but the umpire turns it down.Dhoni and Chawla have a word. Chawla is not too confident but MS takes the review. Replay rolls in and Ultra Edge first shows no involvement of bat. Time for the ball tracker which shows that the ball is pitching in line, the impact is in line but the ball i |
| 13.5 : Piyush Chawla to Saurabh Tiwary, Floated on off, ST plays it to cover for one. |
| 13.6 : Piyush Chawla to Hardik Pandya, Shorter on off, HP plays it back to the bowler. |
| Jadeja is back on. |
| 14.1 : Kieron Pollard is the new batsman in. |
| Ravindra Jadeja to Saurabh Tiwary, OUT! Caught! Superb catch from Faf du Plessis. Finally something to cheer about for Jadeja. He has his first wicket. He has been expensive so far but he will hope this wicket changes things for him. Saurabh Tiwary's fine knock comes to an end. Tossed up on off, Tiwary looks to go for a big slog sweep. He does not get enough on it and the boundaries here are big as well. Faf du Plessis at deep mid-wicket, jumps and takes a very good catch at the edge of th |
| 14.2 : Ravindra Jadeja to Kieron Pollard, Floated delivery on middle, Pollard flicks it towards square leg for a single. |
| 14.3 : Ravindra Jadeja to Hardik Pandya, Tossed up delivery on off, Pandya pushes it towards mid off for a single. |
| 14.4 : Ravindra Jadeja to Kieron Pollard, On middle, Pollard flicks it through mid-wicket for a run. |
| Krunal Pandya is the next batsman in. |
| 14.5 : Ravindra Jadeja to Hardik Pandya,  OUT! CAUGHT! Another terrific catch by Faf du Plessis! |
| 14.6 : Ravindra Jadeja to Kieron Pollard, No run. |
| 14.5 : Ravindra Jadeja to Hardik Pandya, OUT! Caught! Another fantastic catch and what an over this is turning out to be. First Tiwary and now the big wicket of Hardik Pandya. We all know how dangerous he is especially in the death over. Jadeja has been expensive before this over but these two wickets have turned his bad day to a good evening. Tossed up on off, Hardik hits it flat and hard towards long off. Faf du Plessis there times his jump to perfection and takes a brilliant catch. He is all s |
| 14.6 : Ravindra Jadeja to Krunal Pandya, On middle, Krunal flicks it through mid-wicket for a couple. |
| 15.1 : Piyush Chawla to Kieron Pollard, Tossed up delivery on off, Pollard defends it off the front foot. |
| 15.2 : Piyush Chawla to Kieron Pollard, SIX! That is huge! Floated delivery on middle, Pollard lofts it over long on for a maximum. |
| 15.3 : Piyush Chawla to Kieron Pollard, Flighted delivery on middle, Pollard flicks it through mid-wicket for a single. |
| 15.4 : Piyush Chawla to Krunal Pandya, Loopy delivery on off, Pandya pushes it through point for a single. |
| 15.5 : Piyush Chawla to Kieron Pollard, On off, Pollard pushes it to mid off. |
| 15.6 : Piyush Chawla to Kieron Pollard, Short delivery on off, Pollard cuts it through point for a couple. |
| 16.1 : Lungi Ngidi to Krunal Pandya, OUT! Caught! Ngidi gets his first of the season. A very annoying wicket if you are a batsman but you are not complaining if you are the bowler. Slower ball on the leg side. Krunal looks t tickle it down to the leg side but gets a little edge on it. Dhoni dives to his right and takes a very good catch. Chennai strike right after the break. |
| 16.2 : Lungi Ngidi to James Pattinson, Good length ball on off, Pattinson plays it to third man and gets a single. |
| 0.0 : James Pattinson is the new man in. |
| 16.3 : Lungi Ngidi to Kieron Pollard, On the pads, Pollard flicks it towards fine leg and gets to the other end. |
| 16.4 : Lungi Ngidi to James Pattinson, Short ball. Pattinson pulls it to deep mid-wicket and rotates the strike. Good over so far, 3 runs and a wicket. Can he finish off these two balls well? |
| 16.5 : Lungi Ngidi to Kieron Pollard, Back of a length ball on off, Pollard tucks it to the leg side and takes a quick run. The fielder hits a direct hit at the keeper's end but Pattinson is well in. |
| 16.6 : Lungi Ngidi to James Pattinson, Swing and a miss! End of a very good over from Ngidi. His first good over of the game. Back of a length outside off, Pattinson swings but misses. 4 runs and a wicket of this one. |
| 0.0 : Strategic Time-Out! What a game we are having so far as we head into the final 4 overs. Just when it looks like one side has momentum, the other one strikes and changes the perception. Mumbai have lost their big hitter, Hardik Pandya but have the big man, Kieron Pollard and his older brother, Krunal who can also be dangerous with his hitting ability. Chennai have not been at their best both with the ball and on the field but they have had their big moments. Who will get the momentum in the fi |
| 16.6 : Sam Curran is back on. |
| 17.1 : Sam Curran to Kieron Pollard, Sam comes around the wicket and bowls it on middle and off. Pollard turns it to the leg side with the angle and gets a single. |
| 0.0 : Review time! Chennai have taken a review against Tiwari for LBW. They think they have their man. Let us see what the replays have to say. |
| 17.2 : Sam Curran to James Pattinson, FOUR! Powerful shot. Full on middle, Pattinson moves away from his stumps and hits it with power over Curran and over mid off for a boundary. |
| 17.3 : Sam Curran to James Pattinson, On the pads, JP flicks it to fine leg for one. |
| 17.4 : Sam Curran to Kieron Pollard, FOUR! Poor ball! Curran bowls it full and on the pads. Pollard flicks it away from short fine leg and fetches a boundary. |
| 17.5 : Sam Curran to Kieron Pollard, Sam comes around the wicket now and bowls it full on off. Pollard pushes it back to the bowler. |
| 17.6 : Sam Curran to Kieron Pollard, Good length ball on off, Pollard comes inside his stumps and looks to flick but misses. The ball hits his pad and goes to the leg side. Sam appeals but the umpire is unmoved. The batters take a leg bye. Good over for Mumbai. 11 from it. |
| 18.1 : Lungi Ngidi to Kieron Pollard, OUT! Caught behind! Massive wicket for Chennai as the big man Pollard departs. Ngidi finishing well here after having a terrible start! Ngidi hits the deck hard outside off, Pollard looks to hit it straight but ends up getting a thick outside edge which goes straight into the mitts of Dhoni. Massive blow for Mumbai as this can make a difference of 20-25 crucial runs. |
| 0.0 : Rahul Chahar is the next batsman in. |
| 18.2 : Lungi Ngidi to Rahul Chahar, Good length ball on off, Rahul tucks it to the leg side and gets a single. |
| 18.3 : Lungi Ngidi to James Pattinson, MISFIELD AND FOUR! Big oopsie from Deepak Chahar! Lungi Ngidi won't be happy.Good length ball on middle. Pattinson pulls it to the right of deep mid-wicket. Deepak Chahar runs to that side but the ball goes through him and to the fence. |
| 18.4 : Lungi Ngidi to James Pattinson, Back of a length on off, Pattinson swings across the line but misses it. |
| 18.5 : Lungi Ngidi to James Pattinson, OUT! Caught! A big turn around for Ngidi as he has his 3rd wicket of the game. Pattinson departs and Chennai keep plucking wickets. Back of a length on off, Pattinson goes for the pull. He hits it high in the air but finds long on. Faf du Plessis has taken two very tough catches but takes this comparatively easy one. |
| 18.6 : Lungi Ngidi to Rahul Chahar, Very full on the stumps, Bult manages to defend it. Lungi Ngidi finishes with 3/38 from his 4. Good comeback after his first two overs were fruitless and expensive. |
| 18.5 : Trent Boult is the new man in. |
| 19.1 : Deepak Chahar to Trent Boult, OUT! BOWLED! Another one bites the dust and Mumbai have struggled badly at the back end. Two in two for Deepak Chahar and he has made a good comeback as well just like many of his teammates. On the leg pole, Boult swings but misses and turns around to see his leg pole uprooted. |
| Jasprit Bumrah comes in at number 11 to face the hat-trick ball. |
| 19.2 : Deepak Chahar to Jasprit Bumrah, No hat-trick for Deepak Chahar. On a length on off, Bumrah manages to pull it to the leg side and gets a single. |
| 19.3 : Deepak Chahar to Rahul Chahar, Swing and miss. Deepak bowls a length ball over the stumps. His cousin, Rahul swings but to no avail. |
| 19.4 : Deepak Chahar to Rahul Chahar, Now Rahul connects with the pull but just for one. |
| 19.5 : Deepak Chahar to Jasprit Bumrah, Good length ball on off, Bumrah slices it over extra cover, in no man's land and gets a couple. |
| 19.6 : Deepak Chahar to Jasprit Bumrah, Good length ball on off, Bumrah slogs across the line to the right of long on and gets a couple. MUMBAI FINISH WITH 162/9 OFF THEIR 20! |
| Deepak Chahar to bowl the final over. |
| Excellent comeback from the Men in Yellow and it is they who enter the break with the momentum on their side. At one point it looked like they would be chasing a total in excess of 180 but their bowlers managed to find their rhythm at the right time of the innings and have managed to restrict the defending champions to an average score of 162! |
| A very good bowlng performance from Chennai.. They started off poorly but their bowlers started to find their groove towards the crucial end of the innings. The likes of Ngidi, Deepak Chahar and Jadeja started off on a very expensive note but managed to pull things back with wickets. New recruits, Sam Curran and Piyush Chawla were very good with the ball finishing with one wicket a piece with the eg spinner conceeding less than 6 rpo. Ngidi finished with 3 while Deepak and Jadeja managed |
| Mumbai, after being put into bat, got off to a very good start as Quinton de Kock and Rohit Sharma got off the blocks quickly. Suryakumar Yadav and Saurabh Tiwary looked steady with their 42-run stand and it looked like they were setting the platform for their big hitters in Hardik, Pollard and Krunal but the trio were unable to get a move along and the defending champions choked from 121/3 at the end of the 14th over to finish for 162/9 from their 20. The Men in Blue just could not get the fire |
| So 163 is the target for Chennai to kick off the new season with a win. Do not count out Mumbai as they have a nack of defending totals they are not expected to. They have a good bowling attack and will have to be at their best. Can they do the unexpected again and defend another lowish score? Join us after the break for the chase to find out. |
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