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 1.1 Josh Hazlewood bowls a good length delivery to Shubman Gill,1 run, gives him the charge, gets cramped in the process, as he jabs this to mid-on in a hurry

    Over 1.2 Josh Hazlewood bowls a good length delivery to Venkatesh Iyer, no run, shuffles across, behind the line, in punching it to mid-on

    Over 1.3 Josh Hazlewood bowls a good length delivery to Venkatesh Iyer, no run, gets forward and  a thick outside-edge on the cut, and a reverse-cup gone wrong ..

    Over 1.4 Josh Hazlewood bowls it short of length to Venkatesh Iyer, Six! Shuffles across on the back foot and swatted this powerfully, flat, long, and clean, over backward square leg

    Over 2.1 Deepak Chahar bowls a good length delivery to Shubman Gill,1 run, shuffling, wristy glance, round the corner

    Over 2.2 Deepak Chahar bowls a pitched up delivery to Venkatesh Iyer, no run, comes across and missed out here, flicking it straight to mid-wicket

    Over 2.3 Deepak Chahar bowls a good length delivery to Venkatesh Iyer, Boundary! Opens his bat face to punch it on the up, nailing it through the point and cover-point gap.

    Over 2.4 Deepak Chahar bowls a good length delivery to Venkatesh Iyer, no run, walks down and misses his flick

    Over 2.5 Deepak Chahar bowls a pitched up delivery to Venkatesh Iyer, Boundary! Walked into it to drive and bisect mid-off and extra cover for four.

    Over 3.2: Single. Josh Hazlewood to Venkatesh Iyer,

    Over 3.3: Boundary!. Josh Hazlewood to Venkatesh Iyer,

    Over 3.5: No runs. Josh Hazlewood to Venkatesh Iyer,

    Over 3.6: Two runs. Josh Hazlewood to Venkatesh Iyer,

    Over 4.5: Boundary!. Shardul Thakur to Venkatesh Iyer,

    Over 4.6: Boundary!. Shardul Thakur to Venkatesh Iyer,

    Over 5.1 Deepak Chahar bowls a good length delivery to Shubman Gill,1 run, goes on to the back foot and punches it through mid-wicket for a single.

    Over 5.2 Deepak Chahar bowls a pitched up delivery to Venkatesh Iyer, no run, gets behind the line on the front foot and punches it back to the bowler.

    Over 5.6 Deepak Chahar bowls a good length delivery to Venkatesh Iyer,1 run, backs away in the crease and slices it wide of point who makes a diving stop. Gill had come looking for a single, had to be sent back, and makes it in with a dive

    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 6.4 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 7.3 Ravindra Jadeja bowls it flat in the air to Venkatesh Iyer, no run, gets to the pitch of the ball and knocks it back down the pitch

    Over 7.4 Ravindra Jadeja tossed up delivery to Venkatesh Iyer,1 run, moves across in the crease and works it down to long-on

    Over 7.6 Ravindra Jadeja tossed up delivery to Venkatesh Iyer, Six! Gets quickly down on the back knee to nail the slog-swipe over wide long-on

    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 8.4 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 9.1 Ravindra Jadeja tossed up delivery to Venkatesh Iyer, Six! Goes down on his knee and sweeps it backward of square and into the stands

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