Chennai XI vs Delhi XI 50th Match at Dubai, 04 Oct, 2021

Toss: Delhi, who chose to bowl
Chennai XI 136/5 (20)
Delhi XI 139/7 (19.4)
Delhi Capitals won by 3 wickets
Man of the Match: Axar Patel
  • Kagiso Rabada 8 * (2)
  • Shimron Hetmyer 28 * (18)

  Over 1.0   

Over 0.1 Anrich Nortje bowls a good length delivery to Ruturaj Gaikwad, no run, goes for the poke with the full face of the bat, but the ball sneaks between bat and pad.

Over 0.2: Five wides. Anrich Nortje to Ruturaj Gaikwad,

Over 0.2 Anrich Nortje bowls a good length delivery to Ruturaj Gaikwad, no run, gets caught on the shuffle and is beaten on the inside edge, UltraEdge confirms it - onto ball-tracking: it's swinging past leg

Over 0.2 Anrich Nortje bowls a good length delivery to Ruturaj Gaikwad, no run, gets caught on the shuffle and is beaten on the inside edge, UltraEdge confirms it - onto ball-tracking: it's swinging past leg

Over 0.3: Wide ball. Anrich Nortje to Ruturaj Gaikwad,

Over 0.3 Anrich Nortje bowls a pitched up delivery to Ruturaj Gaikwad, 2 runs, gets forward and driven along the ground to the deep extra cover and picks up a couple of runs.

Over 0.4 Anrich Nortje bowls a good length delivery to Ruturaj Gaikwad, Boundary! Gets back in the crease and guides it away down to the third man for four.

Over 0.5 Anrich Nortje bowls a pitched up delivery to Ruturaj Gaikwad, no run, gets forward and looks to drive, but it angles away. To the keeper

Over 0.6 Anrich Nortje bowls a good length delivery to Ruturaj Gaikwad, 4 byesgets forward and  tries to flick it fine off his hips. Ball hits his body, and rolls away to fine leg for four more

  Over 2.0   

Over 1.1 Avesh Khan bowls a good length delivery to Faf du Plessis, no run, gets forward and hits him on the arm as he tries to get a hand in front of his face

Over 1.2 Avesh Khan bowls it short of length to Faf du Plessis, Boundary! Gets on top of the bounce and flays it square past cover-point, runs away to the ropes in a hurry

Over 1.3 Avesh Khan bowls a pitched up delivery to Faf du Plessis, no run, gets reaches out and toe-ends the drive to cover

Over 1.4 Avesh Khan bowls it short of length to Faf du Plessis, Boundary! Shuffles across on the back foot and pulled away to the deep mid-wcket fence for four.

Over 1.5 Avesh Khan bowls a good length delivery to Faf du Plessis,1 run, gets forward and defends it to point and picks up a single.

Over 1.6 Avesh Khan bowls a good length delivery to Ruturaj Gaikwad, no run, gets forward and left alone outside off through to the keeper.

  Over 3.0   

Over 2.1 Axar Patel bowls it short of length to Faf du Plessis,1 run, goes on to the back foot and punched down to long-off for a single

Over 2.2 Axar Patel tossed up delivery to Ruturaj Gaikwad,1 run, punched down to long-off for a single

Over 2.3 Axar Patel bowls a quicker arm ball to Faf du Plessis, no run,  pushing forward with hard hands and the ball drops in front of cover

Over 2.4 Axar Patel tossed up delivery to Faf du Plessis, out Caught by Shreyas Iyer!!  du Plessis saw the length and rocked back on the pull, was hurried onto the shot a bit and ended up skewing it in the air, to the right of deep mid-wicket. Shreyas ran acros to his right, slid and held on to a good two-handed catch.

Over 2.5 Axar Patel tossed up delivery to Robin Uthappa,1 run, gets forward and defends it to point and picks up a single.

Over 2.6 Axar Patel tossed up delivery to Ruturaj Gaikwad,1 run, gets forward and driven along the ground to the long-off and picks up a single.

  Over 4.0   

Over 3.1 Kagiso Rabada bowls a good length delivery to Ruturaj Gaikwad, no run, gets forward and defended back at the bowler.

Over 3.2 Kagiso Rabada bowls a pitched up delivery to Ruturaj Gaikwad, Boundary! Comes on to the front foot and driven along the ground to the long-off fence for four.

Over 3.3 Kagiso Rabada bowls a good length delivery to Ruturaj Gaikwad,1 run, gets on top of the bounce and dabbed down towards third man for a single

Over 3.4 Kagiso Rabada bowls a good length delivery to Robin Uthappa, no run, shuffling across on the flick and fell over on the shot, wanted a single as the ball rolled towards square leg, but gets sent back

Over 3.5 Kagiso Rabada bowls a good length delivery to Robin Uthappa, no run, presses across defensively.

Over 3.6 Kagiso Rabada bowls it short of length to Robin Uthappa,1 run, goes on to the back foot and pulled away through square leg and picks up a single.

  Over 5.0   

Over 4.1 Anrich Nortje bowls it short of length to Robin Uthappa, 2 runs, gets back in the crease and cuts it down to deep point and picks up a couple of runs.

Over 4.2 Anrich Nortje bowls it short of length to Robin Uthappa, no run, gets hurried onto the pull and mistimes it to mid-wicket.

Over 4.3 Anrich Nortje bowls a good length delivery to Robin Uthappa,1 run, comes on to the front foot and defends it to mid-on and picks up a single.

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