Chennai XI vs Kolkata XI 38th Match at Abu Dhabi, 26 Sep, 2021

Toss: Kolkata , who chose to bat
Kolkata XI 171/6 (20)
Chennai XI 172/8 (20)
Chennai Super Kings won by 2 wickets
Man of the Match: Ravindra Jadeja

      Over 1.0   

    Over 0.1 Deepak Chahar bowls a good length delivery to Shubman Gill,1 run, gets forward and  clips it through square leg and opens his account with a single

    Over 0.2 Deepak Chahar bowls a pitched up delivery to Venkatesh Iyer,1 run, gets forward and driven through cover-point by Venkatesh Iyer, he's off the mark as well

    Over 0.3 Deepak Chahar bowls a pitched up delivery to Venkatesh Iyer, Boundary! Comes on to the front foot and smashes it past the man at mid-off who was diving across to his right. Hit with absolute power.

    Over 0.4 Deepak Chahar bowls a pitched up delivery to Venkatesh Iyer, Boundary! Leans ahead and plays an aerial drive as he manages to beat the fielder at cover this time around

    Over 0.5 Deepak Chahar bowls a good length delivery to Shubman Gill, no run,  got beaten on his on-side nudge. Struck around middle and leg, and it's missing the leg-stump coomfortably.

    Over 0.6 Deepak Chahar bowls a good length delivery to Shubman Gill, out Shubman Gill Run Out!! This had lobbed towards the on-side as the right-hander missed out on his nudge and Gill had set off for a run. He was almost halfway down the track when Iyer sent him back. Puts in a dive to get back in, but Rayudu was bang on with his throw.

      Over 2.0   

    Over 1.1 Sam Curran bowls a pitched up delivery to Venkatesh Iyer,1 run, gets forward and eased in front of cover.

    Over 1.2 Sam Curran bowls a pitched up delivery to Venkatesh Iyer,1 run, gets forward and driven it crisply to cover and a misfield by the fielder inside the ring results in a single

    Over 1.3 Sam Curran bowls a good length delivery to Venkatesh Iyer, no run, advances down the track to play this. Beaten on his inside-edge as the ball kept really low

    Over 1.4 Sam Curran bowls a good length delivery to Venkatesh Iyer,1 run, gets across the line and worked it through square leg for a run

    Over 1.5 Sam Curran bowls a back of length delivery to Rahul Tripathi, Boundary! Came  down the track, but the batsman has done well to go through with the shot. 

    Over 1.6 Sam Curran bowls it short of length to Rahul Tripathi,1 run, gets back in the crease and  steers this in front of point for a single. Jadeja goes for a shy at the bowler's end, but fails to score a direct-hit

      Over 3.0   

    Over 2.1 Deepak Chahar bowls a good length delivery to Rahul Tripathi,1 run, gets forward and works it through square lege for a single

    Over 2.2 Deepak Chahar bowls a good length delivery to Venkatesh Iyer,1 run, gets forward and tried to work it through the on-side. A leading edge balloons towards mid-on where du Plessis charges forward and gets his right hand to it with a dive. 

    Over 2.3 Deepak Chahar bowls a good length delivery to Rahul Tripathi,1 run, gets across the line and nudges it wide of mid-on and picks up a single.

    Over 2.4 Deepak Chahar bowls a back of length delivery to Varun Chakravarthy, no run, gets back in the crease and  eases it in front of cover-point

    Over 2.5 Deepak Chahar bowls it short of length to Varun Chakravarthy, no run,  steers it to point off his back foot again

    Over 2.6 Deepak Chahar bowls it short of length to Venkatesh Iyer, Boundary! Gets wait for the ball on the back foot and plays it late down to the third man fence for four.

      Over 4.0   

    Over 3.1 Sam Curran bowls a good length delivery to Rahul Tripathi, no run, comes forward and looks to run this down to third man, gets beaten due to the lack of pace and bounce

    Over 3.2 Sam Curran bowls a back of length delivery to Rahul Tripathi, Boundary! Gets on top of the bounce and punches it square of the wicket on the off-side and gets a boundary.

    Over 3.3 Sam Curran bowls a good length delivery to Rahul Tripathi,1 run,  down the wicket to flat-bat this shortish delivery to mid-off. Didn't time it, but gets a single

    Over 3.4 Sam Curran bowls a pitched up delivery to Venkatesh Iyer,1 run, shimmies down the wicket and works this short of a length delivery through mid-wicket

    Over 3.5: Noball + No runs off the bat. Sam Curran to Rahul Tripathi, 

    Over 3.5 Sam Curran bowls a pitched up delivery to Rahul Tripathi,Six! Gets under the ball and  lofted it over the fence to make the most out of the free-hit. Superb shot 

    Over 3.6 Sam Curran bowls a good length delivery to Rahul Tripathi,1 run, gets forward and nudge through mid-wicket

      Over 5.0   

    Over 4.1 Josh Hazlewood bowls a good length delivery to Rahul Tripathi,1 run, tucked through square leg by the batsman for a single

    Over 4.2 Josh Hazlewood bowls a good length delivery to Venkatesh Iyer, Boundary! Stays deep inside the crease and  plays it late and guides it past Raina who was at fly slip or somewhere nearby. 

    Over 4.3 Josh Hazlewood bowls a good length delivery to Venkatesh Iyer, no run, down the track to slap the short ball to mid-off

    Over 4.4 Josh Hazlewood bowls it short of length to Venkatesh Iyer, Boundary! Arches back to play a really late ramp shot. That almost went the distance at third man

    Over 4.5 Josh Hazlewood bowls a good length delivery to Venkatesh Iyer, no run, gets across the line and worked in front of short mid-wicket 

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