The Dream11 Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 is being held in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Owing to the health and safety concerns, media personnel will not have access to the stadium to cover the games or team practice sessions.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) recognizes the high interest in the league and will facilitate virtual post-match press conferences after each match to the media.
SUMMARY OF DREAM11 IPL 2020, MATCH 1 MI VS CSK – (MATCH REPORT)
Mumbai Indians Bating
Chennai Super Kings kicked off their Dream11 Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 campaign with a five-wicket win against Mumbai Indians (MI) on Saturday in Abu Dhabi.The MI wicketkeeper-batsman continued to score at a brisk pace to power his team to 45/0 at the end of four overs.
Saurabh Tiwary and Suryakumar Yadav then added 44 runs together before Chahar got the MI right-hander out in the 11th over.
Hardik Pandya was the next man to walk out in the middle and he announced his intentions straightway, hitting Ravindra Jadeja for two sixes in the 12th over. MI was 121/3 at the end of the 14th over, with Tiwary and Hardik batting on 42 and 13 respectively.
Then, unfolded the du Plessis fielding masterclass and it helped CSK fetch two wickets in the 15th over. His stunning work near the boundary rope first ended Tiwary’s 42-run stay in the middle and then cut short Hardik’s innings.
CSK continued to chip away as Ngidi picked up three wickets – Krunal Pandya, Kieron Pollard, and James Pattinson – in the space of two overs. Chahar, meanwhile, added one more wicket to his tally, as CSK managed to limit MI to 162/9.
CSK Bating
In the chase, CSK lost two early wickets as Trent Boult and Pattinson – two new entrants in the MI unit – dismissed Shane Watson and Murali Vijay in the first two overs.
Rayudu then brought up his fifty-first half-century of the season – in the 12th over before CSK crossed the 100-run mark.
The duo of Rayudu and du Plessis’ 115-run stand was eventually broken when Rahul Chahar held on to a fine catch – running backward on his own bowling – to end Rayudu’s fine 48-ball 71-run knock.
While Jadeja hit a couple of fours, Krunal trapped the left-hander before the wickets, with CSK needing 29 runs off 17 balls. Curran, who joined du Plessis in the middle, brought down the equation to 16 off 12 balls, hitting a six and a four off Krunal.
Curran then hit Jasprit Bumrah for a six before getting out following his 6-ball 18-run cameo. du Plessis, who notched up a fifty, then sealed CSK’s win with a four.
Brief Scores: Chennai Super Kings 166/5 (Ambati Rayudu 71, Faf du Plessis 58*; Trent Boult 1/23) beat Mumbai Indians 162/9 (Saurabh Tiwary 42, Quinton de Kock 33; Lungi Ngidi 3/38) by five wickets.
After the Mumbai Indians versus Chennai Super Kings game in Abu Dhabi, the cricketing action will move to Dubai as Delhi Capitals (DC) and Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) kick-start their Dream11 Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 campaigns, squaring off in the second game of the tournament on Sunday.
Stats at Dubai Stadium.
Highest score at Dubai Stadium.
Sunrisers Hyderabad 184/1 vs Delhi Daredevils (now Delhi Capitals) in 2014.
Approaching Milestones at Dubai Stadium.
· Chris Gayle is 16 short of 4500 IPL runs.
· KL Rahul needs 23 runs to complete 2000 IPL runs.
· 3 more scalps and Amit Mishra will complete 100 wickets for the Delhi franchise.
· Rishabh Pant needs 6 more sixes to complete 100 IPL sixes.
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