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    0.5 Four short and one full, that's all you need. It's actually fuller side of length but JFM was starving to slug the ball off the front foot with an open stance. Saw the 137ks ball around off in his half and tried to clear mid-on. Safe option as only square leg was out, but the ball went off the bottom of the bat. It stayed high for a while, Ashwin walked back from the edge of the ring and reverse-cupped the catch 0/1
    19.2 gone! Gloved behind to Dhoni! He took it with a reverse cup in front of his face while moving to his left. A bouncer from Pathirana, who banged the ball in short on the stumps. It arrived almost close to Rahul's face, as he looked to hook it by slightly getting across. But he could only get a glove for a simple catch for Dhoni 179/5
    6.5 Soft dismissal, Porel guides it to short third. Not something you see off a spinner, but trust Jadeja's pace to create these. Was a quickish length ball just outside off, skidded off the pitch, Porel wanted to use that pace and run the ball along the ground. The bat was behind him and the face was open, but the ball ballooned up and actually carried to short third. Almost like catching practice to pacers. 54/2
    10.4 bowled him! Axar looked to repeat what Rahul did earlier in the over, but he missed, and Noor has the expression of a hero. Noor bowled this on a fullish length, and got it to dip on a middle-and-off line. Axar, like Rahul, had got his front leg out of the way to try and heave this across the line. But this ball was slower, and hinted to turn in, before he missed and it struck the stumps 90/3
    16.1 taken by Jadeja! He was placed at deep cover, and had to run forward a good dew steps to take it in front of his stomach. Khaleel angled this across to Rizvi, and bowled on a fullish length in the channel just outside off. Rizvi was deep in the crease, and looked to loft, but the face of the bat seemingly didn't open enough for the shot. He even lost his bottom hand off the bat, as the ball ballooned up for Jadeja 146/4
    not out
    24
    12
    23
    2
    1
    200
    19.3 run-out first ball! When it's Jadeja, you know exactly where and at what speed the throw will be coming. Ashutosh is nowhere in the frame as Dhoni collects the ball before whipping the stumps off. Pathirana welcomed Ashutosh with an inswining batter which arrived on leg. Ashutosh could only clip it towards square leg, where Jadeja rushed forward from the boundary. There was a mix-up between the batters regarding the possible second, and eventually Ashutosh fell well short 180/6
    not out
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    2
    2
    0
    0
    50
    Extras
    6 (lb 1, w 5)
    TOTAL
    183/6 (20 Overs, RR: 9.15)
    Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Jake Fraser-McGurk, 0.5 ov), 2-54 (Abishek Porel, 6.5 ov), 3-90 (Axar Patel, 10.4 ov), 4-146 (Sameer Rizvi, 16.1 ov), 5-179 (KL Rahul, 19.2 ov), 6-180 (Ashutosh Sharma, 19.3 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    KK Ahmed402526.2591100
    Mukesh Choudhary4050012.567200
    R Ashwin30210742000
    RA Jadeja201919.540210
    Noor Ahmad303611223200
    M Pathirana403117.7552020
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    1.5 Leading edge back to the bowler, is that a result of the two-paced nature of the pitch? 133ks length ball at the hip, Ravindra tried to flick it through midwicket while standing upright. Was into the shot too early, the ball lobbed softly, low to Mukesh's right. He had time to stop himself almost completely to get down and take it. 14/1
    5.3 Another leading edge, this time it's taken at cover. Googly at 89ks landed in line with leg stump and turned a touch, Conway tried to chip the ball over midwicket, played in front of the body. Went right up. CSK lose three in the powerplay 41/3
    2.3 Gaikwad falls into the trap. JFM was stationed at deep-backward square leg and has to move to the right to take it comfortably. Was a 141ks ball around a back of a length after a few full balls. Gaikwad tried to help it along the way with a one-legged flick, timed it nicely but hit it flat and misplaced it. 20/2
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    54
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    9.2 Six and out, Dube holes out to long-on. The crowd, who had started roaring, have been silenced again. 89ks, not exactly off the top of the hand, but the line was wide. The length was full and Dube tried to drag it across with a slog sweep. Toed it right up, Stubbs runs in and takes a regulation catch 65/4
    10.4 a confident appeal by Rahul, and even before he's done, the umpire's finger is up! That tells you how plumb that was. It is the googly from Kuldeep, who tosses it up, and lands it full on middle and off. Jadeja looks to flick this from around off, but leaves a gap between bat and pad. The ball turns in to strike his front pad, and he's gone! 74/5
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    26
    43
    1
    1
    115.38
    Extras
    18 (lb 6, nb 2, w 10)
    TOTAL
    158/5 (20 Overs, RR: 7.9)
    Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Rachin Ravindra, 1.5 ov), 2-20 (Ruturaj Gaikwad, 2.3 ov), 3-41 (Devon Conway, 5.3 ov), 4-65 (Shivam Dube, 9.2 ov), 5-74 (Ravindra Jadeja, 10.4 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    MA Starc402716.75122021
    Mukesh Kumar40361951210
    MM Sharma30270932031
    V Nigam402726.7592100
    Kuldeep Yadav403017.542000
    AR Patel1050510000

Match Notes

CSK 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st14DP ConwayR Ravindra
2nd6DP ConwayRD Gaikwad
3rd21DP ConwayV Shankar
4th24V ShankarS Dube
5th9RA JadejaV Shankar
6th84MS DhoniV Shankar