Chennai XI vs Kolkata XI 23rd Match at Chennai, 09 Apr, 2019

Toss: Chennai, who chose to bowl
Kolkata XI 108/9 (20)
Chennai XI 111/3 (17.2)
Chennai won by 7 wickets
Man of the Match: Deepak Chahar
  • Kedar Jadhav 8 * (8)
  • Faf du Plessis 43 * (45)

  Over 1.0   

Over 0.1Deepak Chahar bowls good length delivery to CA Lynn, opens up on the backfoot to defend that towards the legside.No runs

Over 0.2Deepak Chahar bowls short of length delivery to CA Lynn, opens up on the backfoot to defend that infront of middle.No runs

Over 0.3Deepak Chahar bowls good length delivery to CA Lynn, gets beaten on the frontfoot by that good delivery.No runs

Over 0.4Deepak Chahar bowls good length delivery to CA Lynn, gets onto the frontfoot and works it to squarelegOne leg bye

Over 0.5Deepak Chahar bowls good length delivery to SP Narine, flicks it off his pads towards the mid wicket regionFive runs

Over 0.6Deepak Chahar bowls good length delivery to CA Lynn, he is struck on the pad and the Umpire has given that out LBW.Out LBW

  Over 2.0   

Over 1.1 Harbhajan Singh tossed up delivery to SP Narine, no run, goes down on his knee and sweeps it straight to the man at square leg.

Over 1.2 Harbhajan Singh tossed up delivery to SP Narine,1 run, gets forward and drives it in the air through cover and picks up an easy single.

Over 1.3 Harbhajan Singh tossed up delivery to Robin Uthappa,1 run, goes deep inside the crease and punches it along the ground to long and gets a single.

Over 1.4 Harbhajan Singh bowls a quicker arm ball to SP Narine, no run, rocks back in the crease and tries to cuts hard but gets beaten.

Over 1.5 Harbhajan Singh tossed up delivery to SP Narine, out Caught by Chahar! Narine used his feet early and made room but the result is a miscue that bobbles over the backward point region and Chahar trekked back to take a good tumbling catch.

Over 1.6 Harbhajan Singh tossed up delivery to Robin Uthappa, no run, gets across the line on the back foot and works it to mid-wicket with soft hands.

  Over 3.0   

Over 2.1 Deepak Chahar bowls a good length delivery to Nitish Rana, no run, gets forward and defends it to point with an open face bat.

Over 2.2 Deepak Chahar bowls a good length delivery to Nitish Rana, no run, gets right behind the line on the back foot and blocks it down the pitch back to the bowler.

Over 2.3 Deepak Chahar bowls it down the legside to Nitish Rana, widegoes back in the crease and leaves it down the leg side and the Umpire signal it wide.

Over 2.3 Deepak Chahar bowls a good length delivery to Nitish Rana,  out Caught by Rayudu!! Rana looked to whip this away aerially on the leg-side. Didn't get the required timing as it dipped on short mid-wicket where Rayudu took a really sharp catch. 

Over 2.4 Deepak Chahar bowls a good length delivery to Dinesh Karthik, no run, comes on to the front foot and left alone outside off through to the keeper.

Over 2.5 Deepak Chahar bowls a good length delivery to Dinesh Karthik, no run, gets forward and tries to guides it away down to the third man with an open face bat but the ball beats the outside edge of the bat.

Over 2.6 Deepak Chahar bowls a good length delivery to Dinesh Karthik, no run, comes on to the front foot and blocks it watchfully towards cover.

  Over 4.0   

Over 3.1 Ravindra Jadeja tossed up delivery to Robin Uthappa,1 run, comes on to the front foot and driven along the ground through cover and gets a single.

Over 3.2 Ravindra Jadeja tossed up delivery to Dinesh Karthik, no run, gets reaches out for it and plays it straight to the man at point.

Over 3.3 Ravindra Jadeja tossed up delivery to Dinesh Karthik, Boundary! Gets forward and plays it late down to the third man fence for four.

Over 3.4 Ravindra Jadeja bowls it short of length to Dinesh Karthik,1 run, rocks back in the crease and cuts it down to sweeper cover and picks up a single.

Over 3.5 Ravindra Jadeja tossed up delivery to Robin Uthappa, no run, gets across the line and works it to mid-on with soft hands.

Over 3.6 Ravindra Jadeja bowls it flat in the air to Robin Uthappa,1 run, gets forward and drives it past the diving extra cover fielder to long-off

  Over 5.0   

Over 4.1 Deepak Chahar bowls it short of length to Robin Uthappa, Boundary! Backs away in the crease and cuts it down to deep backward point fence for four.

Over 4.2 Deepak Chahar bowls it short of length to Robin Uthappa, Boundary! Rocks back in the crease and pulls it over mid-on and the ball raced away to the fence long-on fence for four.

Over 4.3 Deepak Chahar bowls a pitched up delivery to Robin Uthappa, no run, gets forward and driven hard but straight back to the bowler.

Over 4.4 Deepak Chahar bowls a good length delivery to Robin Uthappa, out Caught by Kedar Jadhav! Uthappa goes for the aerial pull off the shortish length ball. Gets it off the top half of the blade and it's a rather easy catch for Jadhav in the deep.

Over 4.5 Deepak Chahar bowls a good length delivery to Dinesh Karthik, no run, gets back in the crease and defends it well on the onside.

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