Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings, Final - Live Cricket Score, Commentary
Series: Indian Premier League 2019 Venue: Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad Date & Time: May 12, 07:30 PM LOCAL
Shane Watson 80(59)
19.4
Malinga to Watson, out Watson Run Out!! 1 run completed. Wide yorker. Squeezed away to deep point. But suddenly, for some weird reason Watson then doesn't want the second. Yes. No. Yes. No. And the half-hearted I0$ without proper consent ends up with him falling short, clearly short. The throw's f;at, which Quinton collects from well behind the stumps and under-arms it onto the stumps. Watson run out (Krunal Pandya/de Kock) 80(59) [4s-8 6s-4]
19.3
Malinga to Watson, 2 runs, 141.6kph, low full toss dipping into leg-stump. Watson clears out his front leg, exposes his stumps, crouches low and whips it into mid-wicket .. then the legs, running legs
19.2
Malinga to Jadeja, 1 run, low full toss. Jadeja walks down, strokes it straight back to Malinga, who misfields and then can't even get the under-hand direct hit right. CSK sneak through, now to 7 runs | 4 balls
18.6
Bumrah to Jadeja, byes, FOUR, oh Quinton .. you may have heard of cups dropped, this is probably the cup misfielded. It was quick, really quick, and going well over the cut, and de Kock, in his quest to throw it quicker and stop the bye, ends up not collecting at all
17.6
Krunal Pandya to Watson, 1 run, squeezed away to the right of point, Ishan does superbly out there, diving, keeping it to onlly a single
17.5
Krunal Pandya to Watson, no run, wide yorker, Watson leaves in the hope of a wide. But no, it's easily in. Not something Watto would throw his bat up in the air for ..
17.4
Krunal Pandya to Watson, SIX, well, well, well, it can get cleaner. Krunal's darted this bang into the arc, Watson's down on a knee too and goes slogging. If only boundaries were in the second tier!
17.3
Krunal Pandya to Watson, SIX, it had to be short. It HAD to be given the last ball's treatment, but Watson's smarter, rocking behind, going with a straight punch, extending his followthough into the sightscreen down the ground
17.2
Krunal Pandya to Watson, SIX, this was coming, this was exactly what Krunal was gambling again. He flats it wide outside off, there may have been a deep extra cover, but Watson carves it powerfully, well over that guy
17.1
Krunal Pandya to Dwayne Bravo, 1 run, 110.8kph, leg-lined yorker. Bravo drills a squeeze, down to the wide long-off
16.4
Bumrah to Watson, no run, cramped up - revelaing his cards a little too soon by backing away - and Bumrah follows him on the tummy. Okay, he then tries to pull, and then takes the blow on his stomach that ricochets into off. Bravo, meanwhile is on a single on his own, so goes half way down and goes back, alone. Never mind Bumrah's direct hit
16.3
Bumrah to Watson, no run, 144.1kph, keeps it short. Watson moves away in an attempted stab, but is late, slow, and the ball spits over
16.2
Bumrah to Dwayne Bravo, 1 run, 143.4kph, tucks him up with a skiddy back of a length one onto the tummy. Fended away, just, somehow, next to the pitch only
15.6
Malinga to Watson, 1 run, yorker, finally, five balls late though. And squeezed out into point to keep his strike .. 20 off this one
15.5
Malinga to Watson, FOUR, it's on loop. 15.3, 15.4 and 15.5, each one predictable perfectly -- all pace dealt out outside off, lots of width too and this time Watson picks out deep extra cover with I0$ usual muscular slash
15.4
Malinga to Watson, FOUR, oh, better. Malinga - with more pace - and with more in the slot. Wide, outside off, Watson moves away, sits down on a knee and carves it away into third man, almost all the way too
15.3
Malinga to Watson, FOUR, 138.8kph. Keeps dishing out pace, keeps it wide outside off and Watson's edge will do just as well. There may have been a short third man, but the slice is such that it's very fine
15.2
Malinga to Dwayne Bravo, 1 run, a fuller yorker, toe-end but decent bottom-hand in powering it to long-on
13.5
Rahul Chahar to Watson, no run, oh is that a dropped chance? Yes it was. It's the set Watto. Full delivery on the stumps, Watson drives hard and hits it back at the bowler, who doesn't accept the offer
13.4
Rahul Chahar to Dwayne Bravo, 1 run, spinning away outside off stump, Bravo guides it to short third man
13.2
Rahul Chahar to Dwayne Bravo, 1 run, googly from Chahar, Bravo manages to tap it to backward point
12.5
Hardik Pandya to Watson, no run, defended with an angled bat to short third man
12.4
Hardik Pandya to Watson, out Dhoni Run Out!! 1 run completed. Phew! What drama! CSK have lost their captain in a big pressure final! This was an overthrow which Dhoni was trying to steal and he will be unhappy with himself for doing something like this in a final. It was a short ball which Watson got the glove on the pull shot, he hit it to Malinga's left and Slinga fired an overthrow at the bowler's end. The ball went only as far as mid-off, but Dhoni tried it take on the fielder but Kishan hit the bulls eye and ignited the stumps. This was a very tough decision to make. One angle showed Dhoni was on the line, but there was another angle which reckoned Dhoni may have just sneaked in. Thoughts of benefit of doubt going to the batsman circled, but Llong took a long time. Saw various different angles and pressed the red button. Dhoni run out (Ishan Kishan) 2(8)
12.3
Hardik Pandya to Watson, no run, short and wide outside off stump, cut well, would have been a boundary had he hit that a couple of yards either side of backward point
12.3
Hardik Pandya to Watson, wide, that's well outside off stump and rightly called wide
12.2
Hardik Pandya to Watson, no run, the expected slower ball from Hardik, Watson chops it to backward point off the bottom of the bat
12.1
Hardik Pandya to Dhoni, 1 run, short of length delivery outside off stump, Dhoni goes back and punches it square of the wicket on the off-side
11.5
Rahul Chahar to Dhoni, 1 run, you sense how carefully Dhoni is trying to use his feet to cover the line of this ball, this is outside off stump, manages to drive it past cover. CSK have the right man to soak in all the pressure, but it's not going to be easy against a quality MI attack
10.6
Bumrah to Dhoni, no run, a firm, forward push to cover to close over Bumrah's excellent over
10.1
Bumrah to Watson, no run, short of length delivery on the stumps, Watson covers the line and defends
9.6
Rahul Chahar to Rayudu, no run, late-cuts but finds backward point, who is more at short third man
9.3
Rahul Chahar to Rayudu, 1 run, shortish and on the stumps, Rayudu puls it to deep square leg
8.5
McClenaghan to Watson, no run, defended back to the bowler
8.4
McClenaghan to Watson, 2 runs, top edgeeeee, it's Malinga and he isn't stable, doesn't even get a hand on it! MI cannot be sloppy in the field. They defended miraculously against RPS a couple of years ago at this very venue. They need to be sharp now. This was a slower short ball, Watson went for the pull shot and got an edge that went way up in the air, Slinga moved sluggishly to his left from short fine leg and he never judged it properly
8.3
McClenaghan to Watson, 2 runs, a slog to this slower ball and the inside edge fetches two as it rolls to deep mid-wicket
8.3
McClenaghan to Watson, wide, wide slower ball from over the wicket, called wide for the angle against the right-hander
8.2
McClenaghan to Watson, FOUR, wowww! What an off-drive, the strike-rate is up and running again. Very brave from Ro to have mid-off in at this stage, but Watto made full use of this juicy full ball and powered it to the fence
8.1
McClenaghan to Raina, 1 run, that's a very clever slower full ball, something similar to the Burmah ball to Shaun Marsh in the MCG Test, Raina manages to get his bat down and glance it towards fine leg, the bowler thought it hit the pad and put out a soft LBW shout
7.2
Rahul Chahar to Watson, no run, oh short ball, Watto wanted to power that through mid-wicket, found the man at short mid-wicket
7.1
Rahul Chahar to Raina, 1 run, spinning down the leg-side, easy nudge through backward square leg for a run
6.5
McClenaghan to Watson, no run, slower ball on leg stump, deceives Watson who's too early into the flick and gets struck on the pad. Had pitched outside lg
6.4
McClenaghan to Raina, 1 run, shuffles across and clips it off the hip down to fine leg
6.1
McClenaghan to Raina, 1 run, back of a length on leg, Raina shuffles across and glances down to fine leg
5.5
Malinga to Watson, FOUR, finds the gap between backward point and short third man. These are mostly off-cutters from Malinga, which explains why third man is up. But this one has enough width on it, so Watson can manufacture the pace with his hands as he cuts
5.5
Malinga to Watson, wide, brisk bouncer from Malinga, but just a little too high. Watson took it on as he looked to hook it away, only to find the ball climb sharply and fly past the top-edge
5.4
Malinga to Watson, SIX, drifts on leg-stump with this off-cutter and is swept into the stands. Watson, having picked up the line in a flash, got into a brilliant position there before swinging it over backward square
5.3
Malinga to Watson, no run, short of length delivery just outside off, Watson waits on the off-cutter and cuts to backward point
5.2
Malinga to Watson, FOUR, wasn't in control, Watson. Overpitched outside off, he went so hard on the drive that the poise was lost and his bat-face opened up - slicing it uppishly past backward point
5.1
Malinga to Watson, no run, short of length, an off-pace delivery from Malinga making it difficult for Watson to beat short third man with his dab
4.6
Bumrah to Raina, no run, short of length across middle, Raina jumps across in defence
4.3
Bumrah to Raina, 1 run, short of length at the body, tucks it down to fine leg
2.4
Malinga to Watson, no run, some spongy bounce off the off-cutter, which foils Watson attempted cut. It was too close to his body anyway
2.3
Malinga to Watson, no run, goes to the slower off-cutter, sliding through towards the top of off. Watson chops it to backward point
2.2
Malinga to Watson, no run, short of length around the waist, Watson insipidly nudges it beside the pitch
2.1
Malinga to du Plessis, 1 run, short of length outside off, punched through to sweeper cover
1.5
Krunal Pandya to Watson, no run, back of a length on middle, straightens a touch, Watson defends it off the back foot
1.4
Krunal Pandya to Watson, FOUR, way too full from Krunal, a half-volley really which Watson pulverizes through the covers. That's too easy, something MI can ill afford
1.3
Krunal Pandya to Watson, no run, length ball darted in outside off, knocked into the off-side
1.2
Krunal Pandya to Watson, no run, slightly short outside off, Watson cuts to point
1.1
Krunal Pandya to du Plessis, 1 run, fingertips.. he gets fingertips on it! Back of a length, stops on du Plessis as he tries to work it through the on-side. The resultant bunt is uppish, looping to the left of Krunal who dives full-stretch but can't get enough of a hand to hold on
0.5
McClenaghan to Watson, no run, fuller than a good length just outside off, Watson hangs back to it and stabs it towards point
0.4
McClenaghan to du Plessis, 1 run, full ball on middle and leg, clipped down to the left of fine leg who does well to keep them to one
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