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 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 8.4: No runs. Riley Meredith to Faf du Plessis,

Over 8.5: Single. Riley Meredith to Faf du Plessis,

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

Over 13.1 Riley Meredith bangs it short onto the pitch to Suresh Raina, no run, stays deep inside the crease and ducks under it to sways away from the bouncer.

Over 13.2 Riley Meredith bowls a good length delivery to Suresh Raina, no run, backs away and slashes to take on the short ball but he misses.

Over 13.3 Riley Meredith bowls a good length delivery to Suresh Raina, no run, got inside the line and tried to help it away, would have been a wide down leg, but he under edges the ball and it rolls to Rahul.

Over 13.4 Riley Meredith bowls it short of length to Suresh Raina,1 run, shuffles across on the back foot and tucks it behind square on the onside.

Over 13.5 Riley Meredith bowls a good length delivery to Faf du Plessis, no run, gets forward and misses the defence down the leg side.

Over 13.6 Riley Meredith bowls it short of length to Faf du Plessis, no run, shuffles across on the back foot and pulls but picks out mid-wicket

Over 15.1 Riley Meredith bowls a good length delivery to Faf du Plessis,1 run, gets forward and knocked away to deep square leg

Over 15.3 Riley Meredith bowls it short of length to Sam Curran, no run, backs away in the crease and dabs it towards backward point

Chennai won by 6 wickets

Over 15.4 Riley Meredith bowls it short of length to Sam Curran, Boundary! Gets inside the line and pulls, plays it behind square and that's heading to the fence for four.