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1 run
back of a length, just outside off, and he steers this off the back foot to third man
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back of a length on off, and he rides the bounce to block off the back foot. Ball rolls back to KG Rabada
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full on off, and tapped back past the non-striker to long on. Well fielded by Morris charging in
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FOUR runs
full on leg, and flicked with soft hands. Doesn't give it the whip, but the ball races away to the backward-square boundary anyway. In control
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1 run
flighted full on middle, and a smart wristy flick to deep midwicket from Sarfaraz
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lbw appeal, and given! What a comeback ball from Lamichhane. Quick on middle, skidding straight through, and the ball hits him in front of middle stump even before Curran can bring his bat down. Quick decision from umpire Gaffaney too. An interesting experiment comes to an end
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SIX runs
up and over! Tossed up on middle, and Curran skips down the ground. Picks the googly well, and muscles a lofted shot into the sightscreen
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2 runs
tossed up on middle, and the legbreak is nudged away to wide long on. Fielder at the deep attacks the ball slightly late, which allows the batsmen to pinch the double
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googly to start off. Full on off, and spinning further away. Tapped off the back foot to mid off
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1 run
length ball on middle, and skidding into leg stump. Played off the back foot to long on for a single
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length ball, pitching outside off but angling in. Nudged with the bat's open face to point
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FOUR runs
not full enough, but wide enough for Curran to make full use. Stays in his crease, and hammers a back-foot punch past mid off's right!
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back of a length, just outside off, and blocked off the back foot to point
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FOUR runs
full again, but wider outside off. Curran simply prods forward and lifts an exquisite cover drive over the infield
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FOUR runs
length ball on off, and angling away. Curran throws his hands at this, and crunches a drive past cover!
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back of a length on middle, and punched off the back foot to mid-off. Curran's first ball
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full, just outside off, and he takes a big step forward to drive. Mistimed to cover
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full on off but swinging in very late. Rahul tries to drive down the ground, but misses, and Morris appeals for lbw. Umpire says out but Rahul reviews. This looked like it was going down leg, but replays suggest that it's closer than that. There's no bat involved, so we wait for ball-tracking. Ball's clipping leg stump...
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SIX runs
pulled with disdain! Shorter from Morris, but he doesn't possess the pace to trouble a top-order batsman. Swivels, and pulls with the angle over fine leg
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sticks with the back-of-a-length delivery. Angling into his body, and tapped towards midwicket
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FOUR runs
length ball on middle, and angling down leg. Rahul allows the ball to come to him, and flicks off his hips to the backward-square boundary
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back of a length on off, cramping Rahul for space. He tiptoes to nudge a shot towards midwicket
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1 run
full on leg, and the ball was going down the leg side, but Rahul wants to get bat on ball. Flicked from beyond the stumps, and it lands safely near fine leg. Rahul's disappointed. Misses out on a boundary
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full on off, and angling into middle stump. Takes a tiny step forward, and defends back to Rabada
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fuller, on off, and he mistimes a front-foot defense towards the off side
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FOUR runs
length ball on off, and angling into Rahul's pads. Goes deep into his crease, and tucks this square past midwicket. Two fielders giving it a chase, but it's a futile one. Balanced shot
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length ball, outside off stump, but swaying away from him this time. Left alone once more. Nice carry through to Pant
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left alone! Length ball, outside off, and swinging inwards slightly. Rahul takes a big stride forward and then shoulders his arms
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1 run
length ball, on off, and flat-batted to cover. They scamper across for a single and Chennai Super Kings win by eight runs!
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in the air and taken at third man! Tahir takes the catch, and he gives the crowd a flying kiss. The Chepauk erupts. Length ball, on off, and Gopal's attempted slog takes an outside edge
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1 run
full and very wide outside off, and Jofra mistimes a drive to cover. Walks across for a single. His bat is broken too
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1 leg bye
back of a length on middle, and the ball hits Gopal's shoulders. Delivery rolls down to third man
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back of a length, on off, and Gopal backs away to cut this square. Ball goes over Gopal's bat. Nifty from Bravo
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soft dismissal! Chinna Thala to the rescue. Low full toss on off, and Stokes tries to lift it over cover, but he's sliced this to Raina at cover
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1 run
back of a length, outside off, and he drags a pull to deep midwicket. Royals need 12 off the final over
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2 runs
low full toss on off, and he drills a drive to extra cover. Shorey cleans up
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SIX runs
one-handed shot for six! Holy moly. Length ball angling into Stokes from around the wicket, but he uses his wrists and swivels to pull behind square. One hand comes off his bat, but enough power behind that to go for a maximum. Unbelievable
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1 run
back of a length on middle, but slower from Shardul. Jofra pulls behind square to deep fine leg
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2 runs
sliced over point and falls safe. Full outside off, and looked to drive over cover, but edged the ball behind square instead
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1 leg bye
full on off, and angling into Stokes. He skips down the wicket to try and muscle this over to the leg side, but inside-edges the shot into his pads. They scamper across for one
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yorker just outside leg stump, but the ball hits his boot and rolls away to Dhoni. Could've been a wide if Jofra got out of the delivery's way. Royals need 25 off 12 now
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SIX runs
that's outta here! Full, not fast enough on middle, and he clears his front leg to hammer a six over Bravo's head. This guy can bat
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2 runs
low full toss on middle, and he flicks to deep midwicket. Calls early for the second, and both these men are pretty quick
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1 run
slower ball, full on off, and he mistimes a drive to cover. Raina dives to his left to intercept, and stops Stokes from coming back on strike
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FOUR runs
paddled! Back of a length on middle, but Stokes shuffles across the stumps, exposes all three stumps, and then gets enough bat to find the gap between keeper and short fine leg
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SIX runs
slapped! Slower ball, really full outside off, and he clears his front leg, before flat-batting a six over wide long off. Royals need 38 off 17
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SIX runs
muscled over long on! Quick ball, full on leg, but he clears his front leg to lift a shot over the boundary. Royals need 44 off 18
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length ball, skidder outside off, and going straight into Dhoni's gloves. Jofra can't get bat on ball
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1 run
length ball, just outside off, and he drives away from his body to extra cover
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1 run
back of a length on middle, and he taps this away to the leg side for a quick single. Good dedication from Shardul, chasing the ball
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FOUR runs
length ball, wide outside off, and cut square to the point boundary! Fielder from third man can't intercept
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sliced to cover! Full just outside off, and Gowtham looks to smoke a drive over cover. Bat's face turns in his hand, and the spliced shot goes to Raina at the 30-yard circle
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1 run
length ball on off, and driven down to long off. Tahir nearly gets his hands to this. An excellent spell comes to an end
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1 run
full toss, low on off stump, and drilled down to long off
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1 run
faster ball, flat on middle, and the attempted nudge to the leg side takes a leading edge to short third man!
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full outside leg, but turning into his pads. Gowtham looks to nudge it square, but the ball hits his pad
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crazy spin! Full, wide outside off, and Gowtham goes for a slogged sweep. But the ball spins further away from Gowtham, and Dhoni collects sharply
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SIX runs
that's a biggie! Full on off, and Gowtham - the offspinner - picks the googly well. Swings across the line, and has enough behind that shot to clear wide long on
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2 runs
length ball on middle, and tucked away to wide long on. Enough time for Stokes to come back for the second
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1 run
length ball on off, and he whips this off his hips to deep midwicket. Gives Stokes the strike for the final ball
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1 run
fuller, on middle, and he goes deep into his crease. Tapped to midwicket for a quick single
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SIX runs
full on off, and slog swept over deep midwicket! In the slog, down on one knee, and collects six runs
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2 runs
length ball on middle, and worked off his hips to deep backward square. Misfield from Billings allows them to take the double
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2 runs
flatter, on middle, and Stokes rocks back to pull. In the air, but safe at the deep despite two boundary-riders there
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full on off, and the googly is driven back to Tahir. A fine over from the South African
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1 run
full just outside leg stump, and flicked away to short fine leg. They scamper across for one
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full just outside off, and he toe-ends a drive to cover
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2 runs
full on middle, and nudged off his pads to deep midwicket. Enough time to take the second because of Santner's misfield
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Tahir's running again! Full just outside off, but Smith comes down the ground and toe-ends a lofted shot. No real timing, and long-on makes no mistake
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1 run
back of a length on of, and turning further away. Flat-batted to long off
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full, just outside off, and he goes for the drive. Misses, as the ball goes under his bat and into Dhoni's gloves
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1 run
full on middle, from around the wicket. Flicked off his toes to deep midwicket
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1 run
nearly a yorker on off, and driven down to long on for a single
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back of a length, skidder outside off, and Smith shapes up to cut. Misses
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length ball, wide outside off, and glanced fine to third man for one
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length ball, just outside off, and cut to third man for a single
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1 wide
slower ball, lands on leg, and goes down the leg side again. Smith, though, tried to paddle this behind square but missed
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1 wide
length ball on middle, and angling down the leg side. Smith misses the clipped-shot off his hips, and Dhoni collects. Big appeal for caught-behind from MSD, but the umpire calls it a wide. Interesting!
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1 run
too full on leg stump, and dug away to midwicket. They sprint for the first, but Stokes says 'no' to the second
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flatter, on middle, and worked off the back foot to deep midwicket
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overpitched, just outside off, and bunted down the ground to long on
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2 runs
full on leg, and he drills this down the ground to wide long on. They take a quick single, and hesitate for the second, but misfield from Santner allows them to complete the double
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1 run
leading edge but goes down the ground to long off. Tossed up on leg, and the googly was played towards the leg side. Leading edge takes it to the off side instead
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1 run
overpitched just outside off, and whipped down the ground to long on
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2 runs
length ball, angling down the leg side, and nudged off his waist to deep backward square. Enough time to sprint back for the second run
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no run
length ball on off, and angling in. Stokes firmly blocks off the front foot
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1 run
yorker on middle, and Smith natmegs this through his legs. Ball rolls away to square leg
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slower ball, nearly a yorker on off stump. Worked off the bat's toe-end to midwicket
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1 run
full, from around the wicket. Stokes pushes forward to drive to extra cover
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1 run
full on off, and nudged off his pads to square leg
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OUT
chipped straight back to Tahir! Slowed this one down, dipped on Tripathi, who turned the face early in an attempt to push it to long-on but only managed to lob a simple catch back to Tahir
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1 run
full and flat on middle, pushed to long-on
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1 run
full on middle, Tripathi drills it to long-on
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1 run
length outside off, pushed through the covers
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no run
googly on off, defended
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and he starts with a ripper! Full on off, pretty quick, fizzed off the surface, beat Smith on the front foot and Dhoni whipped the bails off. Third-umpire was called but Smith hadn't moved his back foot
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full outside off, Tripathi looks to drive again, gets a thick outside edge to short third-man
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1 run
length outside off, Smith waits for it to come to him and pushes it into the gap on the off side for one
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1 run
length outside off, steered to short third-man for one
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FOUR runs
full outside off and this one's timed to perfection. He has been targeting that extra cover region, goes inside out
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