Chennai XI vs Hyderabad XI 44th Match at Sharjah, 30 Sep, 2021

Toss: Chennai, who chose to bowl
Hyderabad XI 134/7 (20)
Chennai XI 139/4 (19.4)
Chennai Super Kings won by 6 wickets
Man of the Match: Josh Hazlewood
  • MS Dhoni 15 * (13)
  • AT Rayudu 16 * (12)

Over 0.6 Deepak Chahar bowls a pitched up delivery to Wriddhiman Saha,1 run, comes on to the front foot and drives it past the man at mid-off and picks up a single.

Over 1.1 Josh Hazlewood bowls a good length delivery to Wriddhiman Saha, no run, backs away in the crease and slashes and misses

Over 1.2 Josh Hazlewood bowls a good length delivery to Wriddhiman Saha, no run, stands tall and punches straight to cover

Over 1.3 Josh Hazlewood bowls a good length delivery to Wriddhiman Saha, no run, opens his bat-face for a back-footed punch, finds backward point

Over 1.4 Josh Hazlewood bowls a good length delivery to Wriddhiman Saha, no run, gets back in the crease and plays with soft hands and eyes a sharp single. The ball trims the inner edge, hits the turf and before brushing his back thigh

Over 1.5 Josh Hazlewood bowls a back of length delivery to Wriddhiman Saha,1 run, gets forward and  pushes at it with hard hands and almost chops on

Over 1.6 Josh Hazlewood bowls a good length delivery to Jason Roy, no run, gets cover the off stump line and shoulders arms to lets it go through to the keeper.

Over 3.1 Josh Hazlewood bowls a good length delivery to Jason Roy, 4 leg byes gets late into his pull shot. Probably hit the glove, bounced in front of a diving keeper and beat Dhoni to his left.

Over 3.2 Josh Hazlewood bowls a good length delivery to Jason Roy, no run, gets forward and pulls hard and inside-halves to mid-wicket

Over 3.3 Josh Hazlewood bowls a short and rising delivery to Jason Roy, out Caught by Dhoni!! Roy waltzes down the pitch and in the process moves leg-side to try and mow this across the line. A wild swing of the bat and all he manages is a faint under edge. Easy grab for Dhoni. 

Over 3.4 Josh Hazlewood bowls a short and rising delivery to Kane Williamson,1 leg bye, gets forward and works it off the pads through square leg and picks up a leg bye.

Over 3.5 Josh Hazlewood bowls a good length delivery to Kane Williamson, no run, gets forward and hurriedly blunts it into the on-side

Over 3.6 Josh Hazlewood bowls a good length delivery to Kane Williamson, Boundary! Stayed back to push and got a thick outside edge. Luckily the gap between the two CSK players was huge

Over 14.1: Sixer!. Josh Hazlewood to Abdul Samad,

Over 14.2: No runs. Josh Hazlewood to Abdul Samad,

Over 14.3: Single. Josh Hazlewood to Abdul Samad,

Over 14.4: No runs. Josh Hazlewood to Abhishek Sharma,

Over 14.5: Single. Josh Hazlewood to Abhishek Sharma,

Over 14.6: Single. Josh Hazlewood to Abdul Samad,

Over 16.1 Josh Hazlewood bowls a yorker right into the blockhole to Abdul Samad,1 run, stays deep inside the crease and guides it away down to the third man.

Over 16.2 Josh Hazlewood bowls a pitched up delivery to Abhishek Sharma,Six!  Gets under the ball and smoked over extra cover for a maximum.

Over 16.3 Josh Hazlewood bowls a good length delivery to Abhishek Sharma, out Caught by du Plessis !  Abhishek Sharma keeps swinging, this time in a hope to put it over long-on. But he's early, ending up with a toe-ended chip straight to long-on.

Over 16.4 Josh Hazlewood bowls a good length delivery to Jason Holder,1 run, gets back in the crease and guides it away down to the third man.

Over 16.5 Josh Hazlewood bowls a good length delivery to Abdul Samad, out Caught by Moeen Ali!! Samad goes to slice. But he doesn't keep it down, or get it high enough. The result: a leaping Moeen at backward point 

Over 16.6 Josh Hazlewood bowls a yorker right into the blockhole to Rashid Khan,1 run, gets forward and drilled straight to deep sweeper.