Chennai XI vs Punjab XI 8th Match at Mumbai, 16 Apr, 2021

Toss: Chennai, who chose to bowl
Punjab XI 106/8 (20)
Chennai XI 107/4 (15.4)
Chennai won by 6 wickets
Man of the Match: Deepak Chahar
  • Sam Curran 6 * (5)
  • Faf du Plessis 35 * (32)

Over 0.2: No runs. Mohammed Shami to Faf du Plessis,

Over 0.3: Single. Mohammed Shami to Faf du Plessis,

Over 1.1 Jhye Richardson bowls a good length delivery to Faf du Plessis,1 leg bye, gets forward and misses the flick and the ball goes off the pads towards square leg.

Over 1.5 Jhye Richardson bowls a back of length delivery to Faf du Plessis, no run, gets back in the crease and punches it straight to the man at point.

Over 2.4  Mohammed Shami bowls a pitched up delivery to Faf du Plessis,1 run, gets forward and whips it wide of mid-on and picks up a single.

Over 2.6  Mohammed Shami bowls a pitched up delivery to Faf du Plessis,1 run, leans forward and drives it through cover and picks up a quick single.

Over 3.1 Jhye Richardson bowls a good length delivery to Faf du Plessis, no run, gets forward and blocks it towards cover.

Over 3.2 Jhye Richardson bowls a good length delivery to Faf du Plessis, Boundary! Came down the track and smashes it through cover and the ball raced away to the fence for four.

Over 3.3 Jhye Richardson bowls a good length delivery to Faf du Plessis, no run, once again charges down the pitch mistime heave towards mid-on.

Over 3.4 Jhye Richardson bowls a pitched up delivery to Faf du Plessis, 4 leg byes, gets Moves on the off-side and flicks it off the pads down to the fine leg

Over 3.5 Jhye Richardson bowls a good length delivery to Faf du Plessis, no run, gets inside the line and blocks it from the crease.

Over 3.6 Jhye Richardson bowls a good length delivery to Faf du Plessis,Six!  Walks across gets low nicely before superbly scooping it over short fine leg.

Over 4.3 Arshdeep Singh bowls a good length delivery to Faf du Plessis,1 run, gets forward and drives it past point and picks up a single.

Over 4.6 Arshdeep Singh bowls it short of length to Ruturaj Gaikwad, out Caught by Deepak Hooda!! Gaikwad compulsively pulls and gets no timing whatsoever on it. Hooda runs in from deep mid-wicket to snaffle it with ease

Over 6.1 Arshdeep Singh bowls a good length delivery to Faf du Plessis, no run, gets early into his pull, gets an under edge that rolls and dies past the leg-stump

Over 6.2 Arshdeep Singh bowls a good length delivery to Faf du Plessis, no run, gets forward and chops it straight to backward point

Over 6.3 Arshdeep Singh bowls a slower one to Faf du Plessis,1 run, backs away in the crease and dabbed down to third man

Over 7.1 Murugan Ashwin tossed up delivery to Faf du Plessis,1 run, gets forward and clips it through mid-wicket for a single.

Over 7.6 Murugan Ashwin tossed up delivery to Faf du Plessis, 2 runs, gets forward and  clipped through backward square leg and the batsmen come back for the second. 

Over 8.4: No runs. Riley Meredith to Faf du Plessis,

Over 8.5: Single. Riley Meredith to Faf du Plessis,

Over 9.1: Boundary!. Murugan Ashwin to Faf du Plessis,

Over 9.2: Single. Murugan Ashwin to Faf du Plessis,

Over 11.1 Jhye Richardson bowls a pitched up delivery to Faf du Plessis, no run, gets forward and flicks it straight to the man at mid-wicket.

Over 11.2 Jhye Richardson bowls a slower one to Faf du Plessis, no run, goes on to the back foot and tries to cut but gets beaten.

Over 11.3 Jhye Richardson bowls a pitched up delivery to Faf du Plessis, Boundary! Comes down the track and drills it straight to mid-off. Pooran collects and has a shy at the striker's end. Misses the target and the KL couldn't get behind it.

Over 11.4 Jhye Richardson bowls a slower one to Faf du Plessis, Boundary! Leans forward with a bent back leg and drills through wide mid-off. Not a muscle moved.

Over 11.5 Jhye Richardson bowls a good length delivery to Faf du Plessis,1 run, gets forward and flicks it down to long-on for one.

Over 11.6 Jhye Richardson bowls a back of length delivery to Moeen Ali,1 run, backs away in the crease and dabbed down to third man

Over 12.3 Murugan Ashwin tossed up delivery to Moeen Ali, out Caught by Shahrukh Khan!! Slog sweep again but this time Mo picks out deep mid-wicket. Great timing but he hit this googly flat and hit it straight down Shahrukh's throat.

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