0.3 chipped in the air and Ashwin gobbles it up! Khaleel issues a fiery send-off, and he has another early breakthrough this season! On a length outside off and this seems to just stick in the surface a little. Jaiswal tries to drive on the up but cannot get on top of it. Pops it straight to Ashwin at mid off, and he makes absolutely no mistake. CSK on the board early, and Jaiswal's indifferent start to the season continues! 4/1

7.3 straight to long off, and Noor does what he has been doing all season: pick wickets! Floated up a little more, on a fullish length outside off. Samson looks to go downtown but cannot get under it enough. Arrows it flat to long off, and Rachin Ravindra makes no mistake. Some respite for CSK and a much-needed breakthrough! 86/2

11.3 Ashwin outwits Rana. Finally. But Rana has done plenty of damage to CSK already! Ashwin pauses and then spears it way outside off, after seeing Rana advance slightly early. Rana cannot reach it in the end and Dhoni is on the same wavelength as his bowler. He collects and then takes off the bails, with Rana stranded well outside his crease. Ashwin leaps into the air in celebration, and it is fair to say he enjoyed that. A superlative knock comes to an end, but it has put RR on course for 200 and beyond! 124/3

17.5 smashes timbbbbberrrrrr this time, and the RR captain is on his way! Searing in-swinging yorker and Pathirana is doing his thing in Guwahati. Parag swipes at it, perhaps trying to go too square and misses the ball completely. Hears the death rattle soon after, and the RR skipper has to go, with just a little more than two overs remaining! 166/6

13.1 has Pathirana taken that?! It will be a stunning grab if he has! Googly on a fullish length outside off. Plenty of revs on this and the ball dips late on Jurel. He hacks at it and skews it off the outside half of the bat. Pathirana tracks it from backward point and lunges forward at the very last moment to scoop it up inches off the turf. There was a bit of a bobble too but Pathirana did enough to cling on. CSK have two wickets in quick succession! 134/4

14.1 oh wow, what has happened to CSK all of a sudden! They could catch a cold in the desert the way they have been fielding these last few minutes! Darted in full on leg stump. Hasaranga gives himself room, trying to slog it over cow corner. Shanks it, though, and hits it flat towards deep mid wicket. Vijay Shankar watches the ball like a hawk and then sprawls forward to pick it up centimetres off the turf. A proper worldie, and CSK have their fifth wicket! 140/5

19.1 oh my - that is going to bring down rain! Goes very, very high, and Ashwin snaffles it up! Fullish on middle and off. Hetmyer looks to go downtown but like Archer in the previous over, cuts across it too much. Only gets height and no distance, with Ashwin, back-pedaling from extra cover, doing the rest! 176/9

18.3 Archer wants a piece of the action too, but he is caught at long on, after a bit of a bobble! Right in the slot outside off. Archer winds up and has a huge swing at it. Slices across it too much, though, and Gaikwad, running around to his left, despite a couple of bobbles, holds on! 174/7

18.5 oh dear - that is a terrible mix-up, and Khaleel has run Kartikeya out! Excellent yorker just outside off. Hetmyer jams it into his pad and takes off for the single. Kartikeya is not expecting that and he hesitates, perhaps even having a mid-pitch conversation with his partner in between. Khaleel picks the ball up and runs towards the stumps, catching the batter just short of his ground. CSK keep chipping away! 175/8

0.4 nicked and gone! CSK lose a wicket early again, and Archer is absolutely pumped! Back of a length outside off. Ravindra continues wafting and this time, Archer finds the outside edge he is after. Flies through to Jurel, who completes the catch and that is Archer's first wicket this season. A huge moment in the game early, and Archer seems fired up for the contest! 0/1

7.1 Hasaranga into the wicket-taking act straightaway! Shortish on off and that seems to just hold in the surface a little. Tripathi looks to pull it away but the lack of pace means he arrows it towards deep mid wicket. Hetmyer hurtles around to his right and then dives forward to complete a sharp catch. RR break this partnership, and they will be pleased Hasaranga has a wicket early! 46/2

15.5 taken on the fence, and Hasaranga performs yet another magic trick on the night, and yet another Pushpa celebration! Slowed up even more and hung up wider outside off. Gaikwad looks to repeat the dose but he has to drag it. Gaikwad toe-ends it completely and Jaiwal at long on makes no mistake whatsoever! Gaikwad bites the dust with a little more than four overs left, and RR may just have nudged ahead in this contest! 129/5

9.3 oh my word - put a cape on Riyan Parag! That is a worldie and a half! Hasaranga floats it up outside off and angles it across Dube. He tries to go inside-out but cannot keep it down, nor can he get under it completely. Parag flings himself forward to his right and seems to get his right hand under it. Looks touch-and-go, but Parag might have gotten his right mitt under it. The third umpire agrees with that assessment, and Dube has to go! What a moment in this game! 72/3

11.5 does him all ends up with a corker! Vijay Shankar had no clue about that one! This is world-class bowling. Tosses this up, and hangs it in the air agonizingly on a length just outside off. Shankar goes reaching out for it in front and leaves a big gap between bat and pad. The ball bursts through and knocks over his stumps. Hasaranga has his third, and CSK lose another! 92/4

19.1 has Hetmyer taken it on the fence?! He might just have, and CSK hearts sink with that dismissal! An outstanding catch, right out of the top drawer when RR needed it most! And there will be no finishing act from the great man tonight! Low full toss just outside off. Dhoni tugs at it with his strong wrists but cannot get it enough to Hetmyer's left at deep mid wicket. He scampers across, dives forward and then gobbles it up just inches off the turf. What a huge moment in the game, and what a piece of fielding to possibly win it for RR! 164/6