END OF OVER:20 | 13 Runs 1 Wkt | CSK: 114/9 | RR: 5.70
- Imran Tahir13 (10b)
- Trent Boult4-1-18-4
- Jasprit Bumrah4-0-25-2
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Cameron: "@suyog - you left out Hazlewood, arguably the best of the lot!"
Suyog: "Here, I am saying it first. A game is not lost until it it is actually lost. In Thakur, Chahar, Curran, Jadeja and Tahir, CSK have potent attack. They can certainly attack and give it a try to make this a humdinger."
Vinod: "Thank you, Sam Curran! Nothing else as a CSK fan. "
Srinivasan: "I hope this is not to prove the youngsters doesn't have the spark. Give the same number of chances Jadhav, Rayudu, Chawla got for CSK,. I'm sure these will prove their mettle shortly. Persist with them for the next 3 matches,. There is nothing for us to lose now and request CSK management not to go back the perious 11."
Kishore: "Lone hand from Sam curran, should definitely be batting in the top 6 for CSK, a true all rounder to replace an aging Watson and Bravo"
abhishek: "Record 9th wicket partnership and it involves none other than Imran, the 'run' machine. "
7:46pm CSK have managed 43 off the last five overs, all of them from this last partnership of Curran and Tahir. That is now the record partnership for the ninth wicket. And when you get that in the first innings of a T20, you know the rest of the day has gone terribly. CSK were 21 for 5 and then 30 for 6 after Dhoni fell in the 7th over, and the lower order has done well to stretch the score up to 114. Curran the anchor, the aggressor - the everything, really, in an innings full of nothings on the night. Trent Boult and Jasprit Bumrah asked questions at the start that CSK's top order didn't answer with any prudence. A flat deck in Sharjah, certainly no demons about, but there are plenty in some of those CSK minds at the moment and it showed. All in all, it is yet another tame batting performance. Back shortly for the chase.
SM Curran b Boult 52 (47b 4x4 2x6) SR: 110.63
Benjie: "Well....I guess Tahir was busy practising his batting when not picked!!!"
vishal sanghavi: "Sam Curran has done extremely well. 100% agree with Dhoni that he is a complete cricketer. I am sure he will be in CSK for a long time "
END OF OVER:19 | 8 Runs | CSK: 101/8 | RR: 5.31
- Imran Tahir12 (9b)
- Sam Curran40 (42b)
- Jasprit Bumrah4-0-25-2
- Nathan Coulter-Nile4-0-25-1
Gururaj: "In hindsight, Tahir should have been promoted up the order. He is looking like one of their best batsman today! "
Andy C: "Already the highest 9th wicket partnership of IPL2020 and Tahir well on the way to eclipsing his own all-time IPL record 9th wicket stand of 41 which he set with some bloke called Bravo in 2018 leading CSK to a famous 1 wicket win over these very opponents!"
Bumrah around the wicket
END OF OVER:18 | 11 Runs | CSK: 93/8 | RR: 5.16
- Sam Curran37 (39b)
- Imran Tahir7 (6b)
- Nathan Coulter-Nile4-0-25-1
- Krunal Pandya3-0-16-0
NCN around the wicket
END OF OVER:17 | 9 Runs | CSK: 82/8 | RR: 4.82
- Imran Tahir7 (6b)
- Sam Curran30 (33b)
- Krunal Pandya3-0-16-0
- Jasprit Bumrah3-0-17-2
Innocent Bamuri: "@Abhishek Kumar: I think the CSK management is holding back Josh, "the better batsman", for the slog overs."

