Chennai XI vs Delhi XI 34th Match at Sharjah, 17 Oct, 2020

Toss: Chennai , who chose to bat
Chennai XI 179/4 (20)
Delhi XI 185/5 (19.5)
Delhi won by 5 wickets
Man of the Match: Shikhar Dhawan
  • Axar Patel 21 * (5)
  • Shikhar Dhawan 101 * (58)

Over 3.1 Shardul Thakur bowls a good length delivery to Shikhar Dhawan, no run, gets forward and tries to flashes it hard but misses.

Over 3.2 Shardul Thakur bowls a good length delivery to Shikhar Dhawan,1 run, opens the bat face and punch-drives it along the ground to deep cover.

Over 3.3 Shardul Thakur bowls a good length delivery to Ajinkya Rahane, Boundary! Picks up the length on this short ball early and smacks the pull flat and wide of the fielder at mid-wicket.

Over 3.4 Shardul Thakur bowls a pitched up delivery to Ajinkya Rahane,1 run, gets forward and driven along the ground to the deep cover and picks up just a single.

Over 3.5 Shardul Thakur bowls a pitched up delivery to Shikhar Dhawan,1 run, gets forward and driven square on the off-side for a single.

Over 3.6 Shardul Thakur bowls a pitched up delivery to Ajinkya Rahane,1 run, gets forward and push drive through cover and gets a single.

Over 5.1 Shardul Thakur bowls a good length delivery to Shreyas Iyer, no run, gets forward and blunted back to the bowler.

Over 5.2 Shardul Thakur bowls a pitched up delivery to Shreyas Iyer, Six! Gets to the pitch of the ball and smokes it over long-on for a maximum.

Over 5.3 Shardul Thakur bowls a back of length delivery to Shreyas Iyer, no run, gets back in the crease and punches it straight to cover.

Over 5.4 Shardul Thakur bowls a good length delivery to Shreyas Iyer,1 run, gets forward and drop-and-run single on the off-side.

Over 5.5 Shardul Thakur bowls a half volley to Shikhar Dhawan, Boundary! Gets forward and thrashes the drive off the toe-end wide of backward point and gets a boundary.

Over 5.6 Shardul Thakur bowls a pitched up delivery to Shikhar Dhawan,1 run, gets forward and drives it past the man at the cover and picks up a single.

Over 15.1 Shardul Thakur bowls it short of length to Marcus Stoinis,1 run,  stays back and pats it in front of cover. Easy single.

Over 15.2 Shardul Thakur bowls a pitched up delivery to Shikhar Dhawan,1 run, gets forward and drives it through cover and picks up a single.

Over 15.3 Shardul Thakur bowls a good length delivery to Marcus Stoinis, Six! Gets forward and looks to stand tall and pull but has actually skied this for a long, long time. Long-on was interested for a while but no chance. 

Over 15.4 Shardul Thakur bowls a good length delivery to Marcus Stoinis, out Caught by Rayudu!! Stoinis on the pull once more and this time, the top edge goes straight up towards the mid-wicket region.

Over 15.5 Shardul Thakur bowls a pitched up delivery to Shikhar Dhawan,1 run, gets inside the line and driven off the front foot to long-off.

Over 15.6 Shardul Thakur bowls it short of length to Alex Carey,1 run, stays back and dabs it to the left of Jadeja at backward point. 

Over 17.1 Shardul Thakur bowls a good length delivery to Alex Carey, no run,  make room, misses the flick and it deflects off the pads onto the track.

Over 17.2 Shardul Thakur bowls a good length delivery to Alex Carey,1 run, goes on to the back foot and clips it down to the deep mid-wicket.

Over 17.3 Shardul Thakur bowls a pitched up delivery to Shikhar Dhawan, 2 runs, gets forward and drilled past the bowler, just, towards the right of a diving Jadhav at long-on.

Over 17.4 Shardul Thakur bowls a pitched up delivery to Shikhar Dhawan,1 run, gets back in the crease and punches it down to the sweeper cover.

Over 17.5 Shardul Thakur bowls a slower one to Ajinkya Rahane,1 run, gets forward and mistimes the drive towards long-off. Has been a tight over so far but Dhawan is back on strike for the final ball.

Over 17.6 Shardul Thakur bowls a good length delivery to Shikhar Dhawan, Boundary! Shuffles across early and nails the hard sweep through backward square leg.