Chennai XI vs Punjab XI 56th Match at Pune, 20 May, 2018

Toss: Chennai XI, who chose to bowl first
Punjab XI 153/10 (19.4)
Chennai XI 159/5 (19.1)
Chennai XI won by 5 wickets
Man of the Match: Lungi Ngidi
  • MS Dhoni 16 * (7)
  • Suresh Raina 61 * (48)

Over 8.1Shardul Thakur bowls good length delivery to MK Tiwary, gets onto the frontfoot and drives it straight to point.No runs

Over 8.2Shardul Thakur bowls short of length delivery to MK Tiwary, pulls it away through mid wicketBoundary!

Over 8.3Shardul Thakur bowls good length delivery to MK Tiwary, gets forward and defends it towards the bowler.No runs

Over 8.4Shardul Thakur bowls wideball to MK Tiwary, gets forward and leaves it outside off to the wicket keeper.Wide ball

Over 8.4Shardul Thakur bowls good length delivery to MK Tiwary, flicks it off his pads towards the fine leg region.No runs

Over 8.5Shardul Thakur bowls short and wide to MK Tiwary, gets onto the frontfoot and drives it straight to point.Three runs

Over 8.6Shardul Thakur bowls short and wide to David Miller, goes back and across and punches it straight to pointSingle

Over 10.1Shardul Thakur bowls good length delivery to MK Tiwary, gets forward and defends it towards point.Single

Over 10.2Shardul Thakur bowls pitched up delivery to David Miller, flicks it off his pads towards long onSingle

Over 10.3Shardul Thakur bowls good length delivery to MK Tiwary, gets forward and defends it towards covers.No runs

Over 10.4Shardul Thakur bowls short of length delivery to MK Tiwary, opens up on the backfoot to defend that towards the legside.Single

Over 10.5Shardul Thakur bowls good length delivery to David Miller, goes back and across to play a square cut past backward point.Two runs

Over 10.6Shardul Thakur bowls good length delivery to David Miller, gets forward and defends it towards the bowler.No runs

Over 16.1Shardul Thakur to Karun Nair One leg bye ...

Over 16.2Shardul Thakur to Axar Patel Two runs ...

Over 16.3Shardul Thakur to Axar Patel He is Caught ...

Over 16.4Shardul Thakur to Karun Nair Boundary! ...

Over 16.5Shardul Thakur to Karun Nair Sixer! ...

Over 16.6Shardul Thakur to Karun Nair Wide ball ...

Over 16.6Shardul Thakur to Karun Nair Boundary! ...

Over 19.1 Shardul Thakur good length delivery to Ankit Rajpoot, no runs, comes on to the front foot and tries to swing across the line but misses.

Over 19.2 Shardul Thakur good length delivery to Ankit Rajpoot, 1 run, gets forward and swings hard again and gets an outside edge to third man

Over 19.3 Shardul Thakur good length delivery to Mohit Sharma, 1 run, gets forward and drives it through cover for a single.

Over 19.4 Shardul Thakur good length delivery to Ankit Rajpoot, out Caught by du Plessis!! Rajpoot swatted away to long-on. du Plessis was the man near the fence who took it and managed to stay inside the boundary. 

Chennai need 154 runs to win in their 20 overs