| Batsman | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
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| Faf du Plessis | 96 | 55 | 10 | 4 | 174.54 |
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18.4 OUT! Oh no! Du Plessis will not get to his 100. He is floored by a brilliant yorker and sees his bails come off while he is down on the ground. Curran spears one on the base of the South African skipper, Faf looks to flick it away but the ball gets him on the toes. It then goes on to hit the off stump. FdP departs on 96 and that remains Chennai's highest individual score this season, even Watson made 96 in one of the earlier games. This wicket was Curran's third. He has done really well this year. 163/3
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| Shane Watson | 7 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 63.63 |
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4.1 OUT! The off stump goes cartwheeling! Curran strikes with a back of a length delivery around middle and off. It skids on with the angle and Watson camps back to play a late dab down to third man. But the Aussie is too late in doing that and the off stump is pegged back. Watson continues to play with Chennai's fans' emotions, his last five innings now read - 7, 0, 8, 96, 5. This is also Sam Curran's 50th T20 wicket. 30/1
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| Suresh Raina | 53 | 38 | 5 | 2 | 139.47 |
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16.4 OUT! Raina departs and that brings to an end the excellent partnership of 120! A short ball on middle and leg, Raina looks to pull it over short fine leg. The ball though is not timed too well and the catch is taken easily by Shami out there inside the ring. The stage has been set though and Raina has more than done his job here. Roars from the crowd at the end of the wicket, no prize for guessing why... 150/2
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| MS Dhoni C Wk | 10 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 83.33 |
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| Ambati Rayudu | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
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19.2 OUT! Rayudu holes out! Shami angles in a length ball on middle and leg, Rayudu heaves it across the line over mid-wicket but doesn't have enough power behind it to clear Mandeep Singh in the deep. It falls straight down his throat and Chennai lose their fourth wicket. 166/4
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| Kedar Jadhav | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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19.4 OUT! One more wicket in the over and Shami is doing a great job here. A 145.8 kph delivery, landing on a length around off, Jadhav gives himself room on the off side and tries to hit it through the line. But he is beaten in pace and the off stump takes a beating. 2 runs and 2 wickets so far from the over. 167/5
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| Dwayne Bravo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
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| Extras | 2 Runs (lb: 1, wd: 1) | ||||
| Total | 170/5 20.0 (RR: 8.5) | ||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ |
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| Harpreet Brar | 3 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 8 |
| Mohammad Shami | 3 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 5.66 |
| Sam Curran | 4 | 0 | 35 | 3 | 8.75 |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | 4 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 5.75 |
| Andrew Tye | 3 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 12.33 |
| Murugan Ashwin | 3 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 11 |
| Batsman | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
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| KL Rahul | 71 | 36 | 7 | 5 | 197.22 |
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10.3 OUT! Harbhajan returns in the attack and has taken his revenge. Went for 40-plus in his first two overs and this will make him feel a lot better. Dhoni also flashes a smile. A flatter off spinner around off, not turning much, Rahul skips down the track to heave it across the line but it takes the top edge and balloons in the air towards covers. Tahir settles underneath it and does the rest. End of a 108-run stand. 108/1
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| Chris Gayle | 28 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 100 |
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10.4 OUT! 2 in 2! Gayle to depart now, Harbhajan has his number for the sixth time in T20 cricket. A flatter one on middle, Chris looks to go really big but does not get the elevation with his swing. The ball travels with pace but straight to long on where the substitute fielder, Dhruv Shorey takes the catch with ease. Harbhajan is elated and is on a hat-trick now! Punjab now will have to rebuild with two new batsmen out in the middle. 108/2
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| Nicholas Pooran Wk | 36 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 163.63 |
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16.2 OUT! Against the run of play, Jadeja has dismissed Pooran. He dishes out a flatter and shorter delivery outside off, Pooran camps back to play the square cut but it takes a thick outside edge and settles into the gloves of Dhoni. The keeper just tosses the ball up in celebration, Jadeja turns back to put in a formal appeal and then Pooran is seen walking back. 164/4
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| Mayank Agarwal | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 116.66 |
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12.2 OUT! Harbhajan has his third! A poor delivery to get a wicket though. A short one on middle and leg, Agarwal looks to pull it away but finds deep backward square leg to perfection. Jadeja out there takes the catch with his safe pair of hands and Punjab are losing their way slightly here. What a comeback from Bhajji though, he had 0/41 off his first 2 and now has 3/49. 118/3
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| Mandeep Singh * | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 122.22 |
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| Sam Curran | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 85.71 |
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| Extras | 14 Runs (b: 4, lb: 5, wd: 5) | ||||
| Total | 173/4 18.0 (RR: 9.61) | ||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ |
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| Deepak Chahar | 4 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 7 |
| Harbhajan Singh | 4 | 0 | 57 | 3 | 14.25 |
| Dwayne Bravo | 4 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 6.75 |
| Imran Tahir * | 4 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 9 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | 2 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 8 |