- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR3.5 bowls short of a length, and Gaikwad pulls right to midwicket! The ball seemed to have rushed to him after pitching short on middle, but there was good bounce too. He almost sliced the bat to pull, and got a top edge, with Shahrukh taking a step to his right to complete the catch 18/119.3 excellent innings comes to a close as the pull is top-edged in the air. Rahul gets under it with the gloves on as Shami goes slow and short 128/65.4 outside edge, and tickled behind to Rahul! Moeen had faced five dots in a row, and looked to guide this good length ball just outside off down to third man with his bat face slightly open. Still no good score for Moeen in the UAE, as he plays without much foot movement 29/26.5 Uthappa goes to pull this short ball, and Brar takes a very good catch at deep square leg! Short delivery outside off, and he pulls from almost middle, with his front leg in the air. Brar in the deep has to go low to his left to complete the take, as Uthappa gets height without any distance, the ball having come off the higher part of his bat 32/38.3 nabbed at deep point! Arshdeep at the boundary was running to his left, and completed the take to his left after Rayudu made room to this short delivery on middle and off, and looked to flash at that. The ball instead took off from near the top edge - perhaps an indication that there is still life in the pitch - and landed well into the hands of Arshdeep 42/411.6 googled! Bishnoi brings out the big wrong'un for the last ball of the over after delivering legbreaks to Dhoni for most of the over. Full outside off, turning in, and Dhoni drives away from his body. Inside edge, and it rolls back onto the stumps. 61/5Extras9 (b 1, w 8)TOTAL134/6 (20 Overs, RR: 6.7)Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Ruturaj Gaikwad, 3.5 ov), 2-29 (Moeen Ali, 5.4 ov), 3-32 (Robin Uthappa, 6.5 ov), 4-42 (Ambati Rayudu, 8.3 ov), 5-61 (MS Dhoni, 11.6 ov), 6-128 (Faf du Plessis, 19.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Mohammed Shami 4 0 22 1 5.50 14 2 1 1 0 Harpreet Brar 4 0 22 0 5.50 12 2 0 2 0 Arshdeep Singh 4 0 35 2 8.75 6 3 1 1 0 CJ Jordan 3 0 20 2 6.66 6 2 0 1 0 Ravi Bishnoi 4 0 25 1 6.25 10 3 0 1 0 MC Henriques 1 0 9 0 9.00 1 1 0 1 0
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR4.3 strikes him on the front pad, and he is given leg before! And Mayank doesn't decide to review after much thought. Good length ball on middle and leg, and Mayank is almost across while trying to flick to the on side. Replays show the ball was missing leg 46/14.6 leading edge, and skied to mid-off! Good take by du Plessis falling over to his right. It was with a scrambled seam by Thakur, and on a good length on middle and off. Sarfaraz looks to flick that across the line, and sends that sailing over for an easy catch. Punjab lose another in the poweprlay 46/28.6 taken at long-on! The short of a length ball outside off gets big on Shahrukh, as Chahar bowls a touch wide of off. Shahrukh pulls, and gets that from the toe end of the bat while almost slicing the bat 80/312.1 another one for Thakur as this length ball on the corridor of uncertainty gets Markram. He expected the ball to angle in, and wanted to thrash a drive through cover. Edged to Dhoni 126/4Extras5 (w 5)TOTAL139/4 (13 Overs, RR: 10.69)Fall of wickets: 1-46 (Mayank Agarawal, 4.3 ov), 2-46 (Sarfaraz Khan, 4.6 ov), 3-80 (M Shahrukh Khan, 8.6 ov), 4-126 (Aiden Markram, 12.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB DL Chahar 4 0 48 1 12.00 5 3 3 3 0 JR Hazlewood 3 0 22 0 7.33 10 3 1 0 0 SN Thakur 3 0 28 3 9.33 10 3 2 0 0 RA Jadeja 1 0 9 0 9.00 2 0 1 0 0 DJ Bravo 2 0 32 0 16.00 0 0 3 2 0
Match Details
Toss
Punjab Kings , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
14.00 start, First Session 14.00-15.30, Interval 15.30-15.50, Second Session 15.50-17.20
Match days
7 October 2021 (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Punjab Kings 2, Chennai Super Kings 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 30 runs, 2 wickets)
- Strategic Timeout: Chennai Super Kings - 42/4 in 8.3 overs (F du Plessis 21)
- Chennai Super Kings: 50 runs in 9.5 overs (59 balls), Extras 4
- Strategic Timeout: Chennai Super Kings - 86/5 in 16.0 overs (F du Plessis 40, RA Jadeja 10)
- F du Plessis: 50 off 46 balls (5 x 4)
- Chennai Super Kings: 100 runs in 17.4 overs (106 balls), Extras 7
- Over 18.4: Review by Punjab Kings (Bowling), Umpire - K Srinivasan, Batter - RA Jadeja (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 40 balls (F du Plessis 33, RA Jadeja 14, Ex 3)
- Innings Break: Chennai Super Kings - 134/6 in 20.0 overs (RA Jadeja 15, DJ Bravo 4)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 51 runs, 2 wickets)
- Punjab Kings: 50 runs in 5.1 overs (31 balls), Extras 1
- KL Rahul: 50 off 25 balls (6 x 4, 3 x 6)
- Strategic Timeout: Punjab Kings - 80/3 in 9.0 overs (KL Rahul 59)
- Punjab Kings: 100 runs in 10.2 overs (62 balls), Extras 2
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