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 0.2 Shakib Al Hasan tossed up delivery to Faf du Plessis, no run, gets forward and drives firmly and ends up skewing it off the toe end to the left of the bowler

    Over 0.3 Shakib Al Hasan bowls it short of length to Faf du Plessis,1 run, hangs back and wrists it square on the leg-side

    Over 1.1  Shivam Mavi bowls a good length delivery to Faf du Plessis, no run, comes on to the front foot and blocks it down the pitch with a straight bat.

    Over 1.2  Shivam Mavi bowls a pitched up delivery to Faf du Plessis,1 run, comes across and flicks and gets it off the thick inside half towards deep square

    Over 2.1 Shakib Al Hasan tossed up delivery to Faf du Plessis,1 byegets forward and went for a heave but misses and the ball beats the keeper and they pick up a bye.

    Over 2.6 Shakib Al Hasan tossed up delivery to Faf du Plessis,1 run, gets forward and drives it wide of mid-off and picks up an easy single. Good over CSK.

    Over 3.1 Lockie Ferguson bowls a pitched up delivery to Faf du Plessis, 2 runs, moves across in the crease and flicks it behind square on the onside and picks up a couple of runs.

    Over 3.2 Lockie Ferguson bowls a pitched up delivery to Faf du Plessis,1 run, gets forward and drives it to cover and picks up a risky run.

    Over 3.5 Lockie Ferguson bowls a pitched up delivery to Faf du Plessis, Boundary! Comes on to the front foot and smashes it beautifully through extra cover and the ball went to the fence very quickly.

    Over 3.6 Lockie Ferguson bowls a good length delivery to Faf du Plessis, no run, stand tall and went for a heave but misses.

    Over 4.3  Shivam Mavi bowls a good length delivery to Faf du Plessis,1 run, gets forward and drops it with soft hands on the off-side and hares across for a quick single

    Over 4.5  Shivam Mavi bowls a pitched up delivery to Faf du Plessis, Boundary! The bottom hand comes into play as Faf powers it off the thick inside half over the leaping fielder at mid-on

    Over 4.6  Shivam Mavi bowls a pitched up delivery to Faf du Plessis,1 run, gets forward and drives it wide of cover and gets a single.

    Over 5.1 Varun Chakravarthy tossed up delivery to Faf du Plessis, no run, stays on the back foot and taps with soft hands on the off-side

    Over 5.2 Varun Chakravarthy bowls a quicker arm ball to Faf du Plessis,1 run,  camps back and flicks it off his pads square on the leg-side

    Over 5.5 Varun Chakravarthy tossed up delivery to Faf du Plessis, Boundary! Gets clears his front leg and tonks Varun straight down the ground for a one-bounce boundary.

    Over 5.6 Varun Chakravarthy tossed up delivery to Faf du Plessis,1 run, gets forward and eases the drive to mid-on and brings up CSK's 50

    Over 6.1 Sunil Narine tossed up delivery to Faf du Plessis,1 run, gets forward and drives it wide of mid-on and gets a single.

    Over 6.3 Sunil Narine tossed up delivery to Faf du Plessis,1 run, stays back and uses his wrists to whip the quicker delivery through mid-wicket

    Over 6.5 Sunil Narine bowls a quicker arm ball to Faf du Plessis,1 run,  jumps back and pushes the flatter delivery square on the off-side

    Over 7.3 Varun Chakravarthy bowls it short of length to Faf du Plessis,1 run, goes back and pulls the short delivery to the right of deep mid-wicket

    Over 7.5 Varun Chakravarthy bowls it short of length to Faf du Plessis,1 run, gets back in the crease and worked away towards deep mid-wicket

    Over 8.1 Sunil Narine tossed up delivery to Ruturaj Gaikwad, out Caught by Shivam Mavi!! Ruturaj Gaikwad charges down and looks to loft it over long-off but the bowler spilled it a little wide to shun the timing on the shot. The man at long-off had no qualms in taking it. 

    Over 8.3 Sunil Narine tossed up delivery to Faf du Plessis,1 run, pushes that down to long-on off the front foot for a single

    Over 8.5 Sunil Narine tossed up delivery to Faf du Plessis, no run, gets back in the crease and stabs it out into the off-side and looks for a quick single but was sent back by Uthappa

    Over 8.6 Sunil Narine tossed up delivery to Faf du Plessis,1 run, off the soft leading edge as he closed the face of the bat a little too early for the ball to dribble away into the off-side for a single

    Over 9.1 Shakib Al Hasan tossed up delivery to Faf du Plessis,1 run, goes down on his knee and dragged the ball away sans any timing for the man at deep mid to cut it off

    Over 9.3 Shakib Al Hasan bowls it short of length to Faf du Plessis, no run, rock back in the crease and  looks to cut and misses.

    Over 9.4 Shakib Al Hasan tossed up delivery to Faf du Plessis, Six!  Gets under the ball and maintained his balance to put that away. Never looked hassled and that went easily over wide long-off

    Over 9.5 Shakib Al Hasan bowls it short of length to Faf du Plessis,1 run, gets back in the crease and cuts it through point and picks up an easy single.

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