Chennai XI vs Kolkata XI Final at Dubai, 15 Oct, 2021

Toss: Kolkata, who chose to bowl
Chennai XI 192/3 (20)
Kolkata XI 165/9 (20)
Chennai Super Kings won by 27 runs
Man of the Match: Faf du Plessis

    Over 6.1 Dwayne Bravo bowls a slower one to Venkatesh Iyer,1 run, gets forward and nudges it through mid-wicket for a single.

    Over 6.2 Dwayne Bravo bowls a slower one to Shubman Gill, no run, gets early into the flick and gets a leading edge down the pitch. Diving stop from Bravo

    Over 6.3 Dwayne Bravo bowls a pitched up delivery to Shubman Gill,1 run, moves across in the crease and flicks it between mid-wicket and long-on

    Over 6.4 Dwayne Bravo bowls a pitched up delivery to Venkatesh Iyer, 2 runs, advances down to a length ball and clips off the pads through square leg. Has got it in the gap for two

    Over 6.5 Dwayne Bravo bowls a yorker right into the blockhole to Venkatesh Iyer, no run, stays deep inside the crease and digs it out back to the bowler.

    Over 6.6 Dwayne Bravo bowls a yorker right into the blockhole to Venkatesh Iyer, no run, gets forward and driven to extra cover

    Over 8.1 Dwayne Bravo bowls a pitched up delivery to Shubman Gill,1 run, comes on to the front foot and pushes it along the ground to long-off.

    Over 8.2 Dwayne Bravo slips in a full toss to Venkatesh Iyer,1 run, moves across in the crease and  whips it down to long-on

    Over 8.3 Dwayne Bravo tossed up delivery to Shubman Gill,1 run, gets forward and  jams the drive to extra cover

    Over 8.4 Dwayne Bravo bowls a good length delivery to Venkatesh Iyer, no run, dances down despite Dhoni standing up. Meets it on the full and drives to extra cover

    Over 8.5 Dwayne Bravo bowls a pitched up delivery to Venkatesh Iyer, no run, backs away in the crease and slices it to backward point, failing to find the gap. 

    Over 8.6 Dwayne Bravo bowls a slower one to Venkatesh Iyer,1 run, gets forward and driven down to long-off for one.

    Over 17.1: Single. Dwayne Bravo to Lockie Ferguson,

    Over 17.2: No runs. Dwayne Bravo to Shivam Mavi,

    Over 17.3: Boundary!. Dwayne Bravo to Shivam Mavi,

    Over 17.4: Sixer!. Dwayne Bravo to Shivam Mavi,

    Over 17.5: Sixer!. Dwayne Bravo to Shivam Mavi,

    Over 17.6: Single. Dwayne Bravo to Shivam Mavi,

    Over 19.1 Dwayne Bravo bowls a pitched up delivery to Shivam Mavi, no run, moves on the off-side and misses the flick down the leg side.

    Over 19.2 Dwayne Bravo bowls a yorker right into the blockhole to Shivam Mavi,1 run, gives himself some room and dug out to deep point

    Over 19.3 Dwayne Bravo bowls a slower one to Lockie Ferguson,1 run, gets forward and pushes it on the off-side and picks up one more,

    Over 19.4 Dwayne Bravo bowls a slower one to Shivam Mavi, no run, gets  lined up for the reverse paddle, but this slower delivery almost took the leg stump out

    Over 19.5 Dwayne Bravo bowls a good length delivery to Shivam Mavi, out Caught by Chahar!! Mavi comes forward and pretty decently connected slog to this slower full delivery, but he holes out in the deep. 

    Over 19.6 Dwayne Bravo bowls a good length delivery to Lockie Ferguson,1 run, gets forward and knocks it down the leg side and picks up just a single.

    Chennai Super Kings won by 27 runs

    Moeen Ali: Can't describe how I'm feeling. To do it with this franchise is great. He's got no weakness (on Gaikwad who's standing next to him). He's so calm. Has got every shot. Hopefully in the future will play for India. So calm and so clear in what they want to do. No changes. Could've been dropped a couple of games ago. It's such a grounded and humble team.

    Ruturaj Gaikwad: It is top of the moon feeling to win the orange cap and win the IPL. It is very very satisfying to win the IPL. It feels great. We didn't have a great season. Coming here, everyone believed and we are here. When you are performing well, you are confident on your lesser risk shots. You need to make sure you are there till the end. 

    Josh Hazlewood: Fantastic. All the pictures on the wall of CSK. Full credit to the guys. Saved the best for last. Learning heaps. Such a senior team here, especially the bowling group. DJ been so helpful all the time. Little bit of downtime over the next week or so and then jump straight into the World Cup. Perfect preparation.

    Ravindra Jadeja: Feeling amazing. We have been working hard and reached the final finally and won. That catch went very high and Moeen was looking at me, so I realized I had to go for that catch. The momentum changed after that and we bowled really well.

    Robin Uthappa: Extremely grateful, feels amazing to be part of this side, especially how last year went for us. It was a very lean season for us last year and so it was important for us to come back and play as well as we could and really grateful that we have been able to. I just want to come in and contribute to the team's success, today we had a good start and it was important for us to take advantage and we had a set batsman (Faf) at the other end and I took it on and got a few shots. They create very secure environment within the group and there's lot of clarity and communication within the support staff and the players and that really helps in building a secure group. I believe it's your players who are not playing in the eleven that really create the atmosphere within the group and they make sure that they look after the players who are not playing in the eleven and I think that's one of the biggest takeaways of our success in IPL.

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