Chennai XI vs Kolkata XI 1st Match at Mumbai, 26 Mar, 2022

Toss: Kolkata, who chose to bowl
Chennai XI 131/5 (20)
Kolkata XI 133/4 (18.3)
Kolkata won by 6 wickets
Man of the Match: Umesh Yadav
  • Sheldon Jackson 2 * (2)
  • Shreyas Iyer 21 * (21)

Over 10.3: Single. Ravindra Jadeja to Shreyas Iyer,

Over 10.6: No runs. Ravindra Jadeja to Shreyas Iyer,

Over 11.2 Mitchell Santner bowls a slower one to Shreyas Iyer,1 run, gets forward and defended wide of cover for an easy single 

Over 11.4 Mitchell Santner tossed up delivery to Ajinkya Rahane, out Caught by Jadeja!! Came down the track and flicks it straight to Jadeja at midwicket.

Over 11.5 Mitchell Santner tossed up delivery to Sam Billings,1 run,  gets forward to defend, the thick inside-edge rolls to fine-leg

Over 11.6 Mitchell Santner tossed up delivery to Shreyas Iyer, 2 runs, gets forward and drives it square of the wicket on the off-side and picks up a couple of runs.

Over 12.2: Single. Ravindra Jadeja to Shreyas Iyer,

Over 12.6: No runs. Ravindra Jadeja to Shreyas Iyer,

Over 13.4: Single. Mitchell Santner to Shreyas Iyer,

Over 14.1 Ravindra Jadeja tossed up delivery to Sam Billings, no run, gets forward and went for a reverse sweep but misses.

Over 14.2 Ravindra Jadeja tossed up delivery to Sam Billings, 2 runs, get the reverse sweep in the gap fine of Dhoni and to the left of Milne at short third man

Over 14.4 Ravindra Jadeja tossed up delivery to Shreyas Iyer,1 run, got an inside edge that rolled through backward square leg

Over 14.6 Ravindra Jadeja tossed up delivery to Shreyas Iyer,1 run, gets forward and works it through backward square leg

Over 15.6 Dwayne Bravo bowls a pitched up delivery to Shreyas Iyer,1 run, moves across in the crease and  neat flick shot to long-on

Over 16.1 Ravindra Jadeja tossed up delivery to Shreyas Iyer,1 run, gets to the pitch of the ball and squeezed drive to the right of extra-cover

Over 16.5 Ravindra Jadeja bowls it short of length to Shreyas Iyer,1 run, gives himself some room and cuts to the right of short third man. 

Over 16.6 Ravindra Jadeja bowls it flat in the air to Sam Billings, no run, gets forward and slaps it to extra-cover

Over 17.1 Dwayne Bravo bowls a slower one to Shreyas Iyer, no run, gets forward and drives it hard back to the bowler.

Over 17.2 Dwayne Bravo bowls a pitched up delivery to Shreyas Iyer,1 run, gets forward and  flicks to deep mid-wicket

Over 17.3 Dwayne Bravo bowls a good length delivery to Sam Billings, out Caught by Tushar Deshpande!! Billings is intereted in a big hit. He is, does connect well but hits it flat and straight to deep mid-wicket

Over 17.5 Dwayne Bravo bowls a pitched up delivery to Shreyas Iyer,1 run, gets forward and drives it to mid-off

Over 18.1 Adam Milne bowls a yorker right into the blockhole to Sheldon Jackson,1 run, stays deep inside the crease and digs it out towards mid-off

Over 18.2 Adam Milne bowls a good length delivery to Shreyas Iyer, 2 runs, gets wait for the ball on the back foot and guides it away down to the third man and picks up a couple of runs.

Over 18.3 Adam Milne bowls a pitched up delivery to Shreyas Iyer, Boundary! Shuffles across the crease and whips it along the ground past mid-wicket and gets the winning runs with a bondary.

Kolkata Knight Riders won by 6 wickets

Ravindra Jadeja, CSK skipper: Dew will be the vital part in this edition. If you win the toss, you will look to bowl first. The wicket was a little damp in the first 6-7 overs and then it came on nicely in the back end of the innings. We were trying to take the game deep. Everybody bowled well given the dew. Bravo bowled very well.

Shreyas Iyer, KKR captain: There is always tension when MS Dhoni is batting. I knew momentum was going to shift towards them with the dew around. It was difficult to grip the ball. Enjoying the new franchise. It was spungier than we imagined. This is one place I love to play. I grew up here. I thought it would be flat. It was pretty easy for me with the bowling lineup I had. Umesh has worked hard in the nets and did well in the practice games too.

Umesh Yadav, the player of the match