END OF OVER:20 | 7 Runs 1 Wkt | CSK: 192/3 | RR: 9.60
- Moeen Ali37 (20b)
- Shivam Mavi4-0-32-1
- Varun Chakravarthy4-0-38-0
7.45pm Every single CSK batter has contributed to what has been a stunning batting effort from them. Gaikwad and Faf set it up, Robin and Moeen came in and sustained that aggression right through. Faf was reprieved on 2 by Dinesh Karthik, a rather straightforward stumping chance at his level. He cashed in to play an outstanding knock when it mattered most. Two of KKR's key bowlers had an off day. Lockie Ferguson just couldn't find his rhythm and went for 56 off his four overs. Only Watson has conceded more (61) in an IPL final - for RCB against Sunrisers in 2016. Varun, who hasn't given more than 26 off his four overs, went for 38. This has left a huge task for KKR. They have the quality. When they last won the title in 2014, KKR chased down 199. This is six short. Maybe that's what McCullum is telling them too. We will kick off the chase soon.
Ruturaj Gaikwad chats to Star Sports: "I think Shakib was about to bowl two overs, so I thought I'm maybe a better player of spin and I should take him on," he says when asked if it was a conscious decision to be the aggressor. "It's stopping, holding up, we did brilliantly well to get to 190, it's going to be challenging for them. I think it's enough but we need to execute well. I wanted Faf to hit a six off that last ball to add six more to our total (asked if he knew Faf was two short of the orange cap)."
F du Plessis c Iyer b Shivam Mavi 86 (104m 59b 7x4 3x6) SR: 145.76
Faf needs two runs to take the orange cap from Ruturaj Gaikwad
Our numbers wiz Shiva Jayaraman pings: Moeen Ali has scored 42% of his runs through the midwicket region in the UAE leg of this IPL before this match. In the Indian leg too, midwicket was his dominant scoring region, but it contributed only 24.7% of his runs. With the UAE pitches being on the slower side, Ali has swung across the line and has been dismissed on a few occasions doing so. A bit of pace on this wicket has helped him hit 3 sixes and a four in front of the wicket on the offside (at the end of the 19th over), and his highest score of the UAE leg.
END OF OVER:19 | 13 Runs | CSK: 185/2 | RR: 9.73
- Moeen Ali35 (18b)
- Faf du Plessis81 (55b)
- Varun Chakravarthy4-0-38-0
- Lockie Ferguson4-0-56-0
CV Varun to bowl the penultimate over
END OF OVER:18 | 19 Runs | CSK: 172/2 | RR: 9.55
- Faf du Plessis80 (54b)
- Moeen Ali23 (13b)
- Lockie Ferguson4-0-56-0
- Shivam Mavi3-0-25-0
END OF OVER:17 | 14 Runs | CSK: 153/2 | RR: 9.00
- Moeen Ali16 (10b)
- Faf du Plessis69 (51b)
- Shivam Mavi3-0-25-0
- Lockie Ferguson3-0-37-0
Tripathi is still off the field. Nagarkoti is the substitute. It's a right hamstring injury
