Chennai XI vs Punjab XI 8th Match at Mumbai, 16 Apr, 2021

Toss: Chennai, who chose to bowl
Punjab XI 106/8 (20)
Chennai XI 107/4 (15.4)
Chennai won by 6 wickets
Man of the Match: Deepak Chahar
  • Sam Curran 6 * (5)
  • Faf du Plessis 35 * (32)

Over 5.1 Riley Meredith bowls a pitched up delivery to Moeen Ali, no run, gets forward and drives it straight to the man at mid-off.

Over 5.2 Riley Meredith bowls a half volley to Moeen Ali, Boundary! Comes on to the front foot and driven along the ground to the deep extra cover fence for four.

Over 5.3 Riley Meredith bowls a good length delivery to Moeen Ali, no run,  gets it to slant away from the left-hander, Moeen Ali sticks his bat out and is beaten on the outside edge

Over 5.4 Riley Meredith bowls a good length delivery to Moeen Ali, no run, gets forward and goes after it with a flashy drive, no contact made

Over 5.5 Riley Meredith bowls a good length delivery to Moeen Ali, no run, gets forward and left alone outside off through to the keeper.

Over 5.6 Riley Meredith bowls a half volley to Moeen Ali, Boundary! Gets forward and eased it neatly through the gap between the backward point and cover point. Once again, the timing was spot-on.

Over 6.4 Arshdeep Singh bowls it short of length to Moeen Ali, no run, stays deep inside the crease and tucks it to mid-wicket

Over 6.5 Arshdeep Singh bowls a slower one to Moeen Ali, no run, comes on to the front foot and defends it into the pitch

Over 6.6 Arshdeep Singh bowls it short of length to Moeen Ali, Six! Stands tall to pull it wide and over the short mid-wicket fielder. Got enough elevation to get it over the fielder and the man in the deep can only watch it hit the fence.

Over 7.2 Murugan Ashwin tossed up delivery to Moeen Ali, Boundary! Gets an outside edge that beats Gayle to his left at first slip. It was the wrong 'un and don't think the batsman picked it

Over 7.3 Murugan Ashwin tossed up delivery to Moeen Ali, no run,  gets forward to blunt it towards mid-wicket with a closed bat-face

Over 7.4 Murugan Ashwin tossed up delivery to Moeen Ali, 2 runs, gets forward and punches it down to sweeper cover and picks up a couple of runs.

Over 7.5 Murugan Ashwin tossed up delivery to Moeen Ali,1 run, gets forward and  driven firmly to long-off

Over 8.1: Boundary!. Riley Meredith to Moeen Ali,

Over 8.2: No runs. Riley Meredith to Moeen Ali,

Over 8.3: Single. Riley Meredith to Moeen Ali,

Over 8.6: No runs. Riley Meredith to Moeen Ali,

Over 9.3: Wide ball. Murugan Ashwin to Moeen Ali,

Over 9.3: Two runs. Murugan Ashwin to Moeen Ali,

Over 9.4: No runs. Murugan Ashwin to Moeen Ali,

Over 9.5: Two runs. Murugan Ashwin to Moeen Ali,

Over 9.6: Single. Murugan Ashwin to Moeen Ali,

Over 10.1: No runs. Mohammed Shami to Moeen Ali,

Over 10.2: Boundary!. Mohammed Shami to Moeen Ali,

Over 10.3: No runs. Mohammed Shami to Moeen Ali,

Over 10.4: Two runs. Mohammed Shami to Moeen Ali,

Over 10.5: No runs. Mohammed Shami to Moeen Ali,

Over 10.6: Boundary!. Mohammed Shami to Moeen Ali,

Over 12.1 Murugan Ashwin tossed up delivery to Moeen Ali,Six!  Comes on to the front foot and heaves it over long-on and the ball went over the ropes for six.

Over 12.2 Murugan Ashwin tossed up delivery to Moeen Ali, no run, gets forward and fails to reach out and put bat on ball.

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