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 0.1: Wide ball. Deepak Chahar to Shubman Gill,

    Over 0.1 Deepak Chahar bowls a half volley to Shubman Gill, Boundary! Steps down the track straightaway to put pressure on the bowler. Gets off the mark with a boundary.

    Over 0.2 Deepak Chahar bowls a good length delivery to Shubman Gill, no run, gets  beaten on the flick, gets hit on the pad and it rolls back to the bowler. 

    Over 0.3 Deepak Chahar bowls it short of length to Shubman Gill, no run, gets waits, on his back foot, for a late stab to point

    Over 0.4 Deepak Chahar bowls a good length delivery to Shubman Gill, no run, gets forward and defends it down the pitch back to the bowler.

    Over 0.5 Deepak Chahar bowls a back of length delivery to Shubman Gill, no run, gets on top of the bounce and punches it straight to the man at cover.

    Over 0.6 Deepak Chahar bowls a pitched up delivery to Shubman Gill,1 run, a mistimed drive, off the inside-half, to mid-off's right to pinch a quick one

    Over 1.5 Josh Hazlewood bowls a good length delivery to Venkatesh Iyer,1 run, punched softly, in front of mid-off, with quick legs

    Over 1.6 Josh Hazlewood bowls a yorker right into the blockhole to Shubman Gill,1 run, gets forward and closes his bat face early in looking to tuck, running down to third man

    Over 2.6 Deepak Chahar bowls a good length delivery to Venkatesh Iyer, no run, shuffling and missing his glance. Well, well, the umpire says it's off his pads to the keeper

    Over 3.1: Wide ball. Josh Hazlewood to Shubman Gill,

    Over 4.2: Two runs. Shardul Thakur to Shubman Gill,

    Over 4.4: Single. Shardul Thakur to Shubman Gill,

    Over 5.3 Deepak Chahar bowls a slower one to Venkatesh Iyer,1 run, gets forward and driven wide of mid-off and gets a single.

    Over 5.4 Deepak Chahar bowls a good length delivery to Shubman Gill, Boundary! Nice use of the feet, makes room as well and it's almost a half-volley when he meets it

    Over 5.5 Deepak Chahar bowls a good length delivery to Shubman Gill,1 run, gets forward and knocks it down to long-on

    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 7.1 Ravindra Jadeja tossed up delivery to Shubman Gill, no run, came down the track and punches it back to the bowler.

    Over 7.2 Ravindra Jadeja tossed up delivery to Shubman Gill,1 run, gets forward and driven along the ground to the long-off and picks up a single.

    Over 7.5 Ravindra Jadeja tossed up delivery to Shubman Gill,1 run, comes on to the front foot and pushes through extra cover. They think of the second but Gaikwad is quick coming in

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

    Over 9.4 Ravindra Jadeja tossed up delivery to Shubman Gill, Boundary! Comes forward and goes reverse and sweeps it over backward point for four.

    Over 9.5 Ravindra Jadeja bowls it short of length to Shubman Gill, Boundary! Rock back in the crease and hammers the pull wide of long-on for four.

    Over 9.6 Ravindra Jadeja bowls it short of length to Shubman Gill,1 run, gets back in the crease and  cuts it through backward point for a single

    Over 10.1 Shardul Thakur bowls it short of length to Shubman Gill, 2 runs, gets forward and nudges it wide of long-on and comes back for two

    Over 10.2 Shardul Thakur bowls a pitched up delivery to Shubman Gill, no run, gets forward and driven to extra cover.

    Over 10.3 Shardul Thakur bowls a pitched up delivery to Shubman Gill,1 run, gets across the line and flicks to deep midwicket

    Over 10.4 Shardul Thakur bowls a slower one to Venkatesh Iyer,  out Caught by Jadeja!! Iyer looks to carve it over extra cover but has sliced it in the air. Jadeja runs across, seems to have it covered, but then has to sort of dive to his left.

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