Chennai XI vs Punjab XI 53rd Match at Dubai, 07 Oct, 2021

Toss: Punjab, who chose to bowl
Chennai XI 134/6 (20)
Punjab XI 139/4 (13)
Punjab Kings won by 6 wickets
Man of the Match: Lokesh Rahul

    Over 0.1: Single. Deepak Chahar to Lokesh Rahul,

    Over 0.5: Boundary!. Deepak Chahar to Lokesh Rahul,

    Over 0.6: Wide ball. Deepak Chahar to Lokesh Rahul,

    Over 0.6: Boundary!. Deepak Chahar to Lokesh Rahul,

    Over 1.3 Josh Hazlewood bowls a pitched up delivery to Lokesh Rahul, no run, gets forward and drives but can't pierce the gap on the off-side

    Over 1.4 Josh Hazlewood bowls it short of length to Lokesh Rahul, no run, goes back in the crease and  attempt to pull it square, gets a thick top-edge that deflects onto his helmet. 

    Over 1.5 Josh Hazlewood bowls it short of length to Lokesh Rahul, no run, hops and dinks it with soft hands into the off-side

    Over 1.6 Josh Hazlewood bowls a back of length delivery to Lokesh Rahul,1 run, hops inside the crease and steers the short of length delivery square of third man

    Over 2.1 Deepak Chahar bowls a back of length delivery to Lokesh Rahul,Six! Shuffles across on the back foot and pulls it high and handsome over deep mid-wicket and gets a maximum.

    Over 2.2 Deepak Chahar bowls it short of length to Lokesh Rahul, 2 runs,  goes for another pull but he's forced to fetch this from wide of off and ends up dragging it off the bottom half to the left of deep mid-wicket

    Over 2.3 Deepak Chahar bowls a good length delivery to Lokesh Rahul,1 run, gets forward and nudged wide of mid-wicket for a single.

    Over 3.2 Josh Hazlewood bowls a pitched up delivery to Lokesh Rahul, Boundary! Gets under the ball and lofts it down to the long-off fence for four.

    Over 3.3 Josh Hazlewood bowls a pitched up delivery to Lokesh Rahul, Boundary! Goes well across the stumps and clips it down to the fine leg fence for another boundary.

    Over 3.4 Josh Hazlewood bowls a good length delivery to Lokesh Rahul, no run, gets forward and tries to pokes at it but gets beaten.

    Over 3.5 Josh Hazlewood bowls it short of length to Lokesh Rahul, Six!  Quick to jump on the short ball and he's deposited Hazlewood into the mid-wicket orbit. 

    Over 3.6 Josh Hazlewood bowls a good length delivery to Lokesh Rahul, no run, comes on to the front foot and punches it straight back to the bowler.

    Over 4.3 Shardul Thakur bowls a good length delivery to Mayank Agarwal, out Lbw!!

    Over 4.6 Shardul Thakur bowls a good length delivery to Sarfaraz Khan, out Caught by du Plessis!! Sarfaraz looks to work it on the leg-side and gets a thick leading edge that pops up straight down the throat of mid-off

    Over 5.1 Josh Hazlewood bowls a pitched up delivery to Lokesh Rahul, Boundary! Gets under the ball and lofts it over mid-off and the ball raced away to the fence for four.

    Over 5.2 Josh Hazlewood bowls a good length delivery to Lokesh Rahul, no run, gets a soft leading edge that rolls to backward point

    Over 5.3 Josh Hazlewood bowls it short of length to Lokesh Rahul,1 run, opens the bat face and glides the short of length delivery down to third man

    Over 6.1 Shardul Thakur bowls a good length delivery to Lokesh Rahul, no run, punches it off the back foot into the covers

    Over 6.2 Shardul Thakur bowls a pitched up delivery to Lokesh Rahul, no run, gets forward and drives it back to the bowler with the toe end of the bat.

    Over 6.3 Shardul Thakur bowls a pitched up delivery to Lokesh Rahul, Six! Picks it up nonchalantly and sends Thakur into the deep square stands with a whip of the wrists

    Over 6.4 Shardul Thakur bowls a good length delivery to Lokesh Rahul, Boundary! Gets on top of the length delivery and punches it at the last moment with a slightly open bat face square on the off-side

    Over 6.5 Shardul Thakur bowls a good length delivery to Lokesh Rahul, no run, punched back to the bowler.

    Over 6.6 Shardul Thakur slips in a full toss to Lokesh Rahul,1 run, gets forward and driven along the ground to the left of sweeper cover.

    Over 7.1 Ravindra Jadeja tossed up delivery to Lokesh Rahul,1 run, gets forward and whip to wide long-on

    Over 7.4 Ravindra Jadeja bowls it short of length to Lokesh Rahul,1 run, makes room and cuts the flatter delivery to deep cover

    Over 8.1 Deepak Chahar bowls a pitched up delivery to Lokesh Rahul,1 run, gets forward and slices the drive off the bottom half to the left of sweeper cover

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