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Chennai Super Kings

c b 6 11 1 0 54.55

2.1

R Chahar to du Plessis, OUT! Wicket number 11 for Rahul Chahar this season. His brilliance continues. What a start for Mumbai! They have got the prized scalp of Faf du Plessis. Chahar delivers it a touch flat and full wide outside off, du Plessis tries to slap it through the line but it spins away with some extra bounce and flies straight into the hands of backward point. Anmolpreet Singh (sub) crouches and takes the catch easily. Du Plessis is disappointed as he walks back.

c b 10 13 2 0 76.92

5.6

K Pandya to S Watson, OUT! Watson departs and this is a massive, massive moment in the match. This is as much a wicket for the fielder as it is for the bowler. Short and around off, Watto rocks back and looks to pull, aiming to clear mid on. But he is not quite able to get enough off the bat. Jayant Yadav senses there is a chance at mid on, runs back, keeps his eyes on the ball and takes a spectacular catch. Throws the ball up in the air in celebration. Mumbai are pumped up and they are all over Chennai like a rash.

c & b Jayant Yadav 5 7 1 0 71.43

3.3

J Yadav to S Raina, OUT! Caught and bowled! Raina, the man in-form, departs as well. Chennai have both their in-form batsmen back in the dugout. Massive setback. Mumbai are roaring at the moment. A terrific move by Rohit Sharma to bowl an offie with the left-hander on strike. He serves an off spinning delivery, lands it full and on middle and gets it to spin away a shade. Raina kneels to slog sweep it across the line but gets a big top edge. Yadav calls for it, runs back a bit and then takes the skier safely.

b Rahul Chahar 26 26 3 0 100

12.1

R Chahar to M Vijay, OUT! Wow, a delightful delivery from Rahul Chahar! Murali Vijay is stumped out and the brief 33-run resistance is broken. The leggie gives his delivery plenty of flight and lands it around leg. Seeing the line, Murali walks forward to play the flick shot but it turns viciously after that to beat the outside edge of his bat. Quinton de Kock does the rest and Rahul continues to impress. Despite of a wicket falling, there is a huge cheer from the crowd, reason? Well, of course.

42 37 3 1 113.51

not out 37 29 0 3 127.59

20.0 131 ( : 6.55)

(lb 1, w 1, nb 3, b 0) 5

:1-6 (Faf du Plessis , 2.1 ), 2-12 (Suresh Raina , 3.3 ), 3-32 (Shane Watson , 5.6 ), 4-65 (Murali Vijay , 12.1 )

3 0 26 0 8.67 1nb, 1w

4 0 21 1 5.25 0nb, 0w

4 0 14 2 3.5 0nb, 0w

3 0 25 1 8.33 1nb, 0w

4 0 31 0 7.75 1nb, 0w

2 0 13 0 6.5 0nb, 0w

Mumbai Indians

b Chahar 4 2 1 0 200

0.2

D Chahar to R Sharma, OUT! It's hitting the top of the leg stump and Rohit Sharma has to depart. He averages around 14 in the playoffs and bags yet another low score. Perfect delivery by Chahar after conceding a boundary first ball. He hits a length ball around leg and gets it to straighten from there. Sharma is caught inside the crease trying to work it on the leg side. He misses the ball completely and is hit flush on the back pad. The appeal is made and the finger goes up. Rohit takes the DRS after having a chat with de Kock but the replays confirm that Mumbai have suffered an early blow.

c b 8 12 2 0 66.67

3.2

H Singh to de Kock, OUT! A wicket well planned by Harbhajan Singh! Brilliant field setting from MS Dhoni. So good when the plan works out superbly. Bhajji has his arms up in celebration. Even before the ball is delivered, de Kock premeditates his movement by moving back. Harbhajan watches it and then delivers a flighted full ball in the line of the stumps. Quinton thinks he has outfoxed the bowler there as he gets enough room to play his favoured inside-out shot. But what the South African has not realized is that he has walked straight into the trap. His stroke rather than going over covers has gone a lot straighter and his countryman, Faf du Plessis immediately moves across to his right from wide long off to catch the ball safely. Both the Mumbai in-form openers are back in the hut without providing a good start. What a game to flop!

Suryakumar Yadav not out 71 54 10 0 131.48

b 28 31 1 1 90.32

13.5

I Tahir to I Kishan, OUT! Bowled 'em! A wicket against the run of play and Tahir is up and running in celebration. A skidder from Tahir at 95.6 kph, Kishan walks down the track and tries to pull it after that but it goes right through him and pegs the off stump back. The 80-run stand has been broken but that has put Mumbai in the driver's seat. Only 31 more needed off 37 balls.

Krunal Pandya c & b Imran Tahir 0 1 0 0 0

13.6

I Tahir to K Pandya, OUT! It is a clean catch and Tahir indeed has two in two. A full ball outside off, Krunal looked to hit it back but while doing so, the bat hit the ground and the ball lobbed off the bottom of the bat back to the bowler. Tahir collected and ran towards the umpire in an appeal who chatted with his colleague and then signalled towards the third umpire. Replays confirm that Krunal can continue walking as he had already started his trot once the umpires referred it upstairs...

Hardik Pandya not out 13 11 1 0 118.18

18.3 132 ( : 7.13)

(lb 1, w 7, nb 0, b 0) 8

:1-4 ( , 0.2 ), 2-21 ( , 3.2 ), 3-101 (Ishan Kishan , 13.5 ), 4-101 (Krunal Pandya , 13.6 )

Still to bat : , Jayant Yadav, Rahul Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah, Lasith Malinga