48th Match

22:59 Local Time, 17:29 GMT, 22:59 IST:

Natarajan to Kartik Sharma, FOUR, CSK win, back of a length and just outside off - Kartik rocks back and then hammers the pull straight of long-on

Natarajan to Kartik Sharma, SIX, thumped, length ball at the stumps - Kartik clears his front-leg and then hoists it high over long-on - the fielder in the deep can only watch it drop over his head. Scores are level now

Natarajan to Kartik Sharma, no run, short of a good length and angling back into the right-hander, Kartik swings across the line and misses

T Natarajan [2.0-0-29-0] is back into the attack

Natarajan, from round the wicket

Mitchell Starc to Kartik Sharma, 1 run, length ball on the pads, flicked down to long leg for a single

Mitchell Starc to Sanju Samson, 1 run, full-toss on off, driven square on the off-side for a single

Mitchell Starc to Kartik Sharma, 1 run, Starc shortens the length on off, dropped into the gap wide of cover-point for a quick single, brings up the 100-run stand

Mitchell Starc to Kartik Sharma, FOUR, they're racing away now, fuller length delivery on off and Kartik plays an inside out drive over cover, opens the face of the bat and finds the gap wide of deep cover

Mitchell Starc to Kartik Sharma, 2 runs, yorker length delivery outside off - Kartik Sharma opens the face of the bat and runs it behind square on the off-side, comes back for the second

They've taken the strategic break with the game all but wrapped up by CSK

Lungi Ngidi to Sanju Samson, no run, slower ball outside off - Samson inside halves the push to the off-side, 12 off the over

Lungi Ngidi to Kartik Sharma, 1 run, slower short ball outside off - Kartik flat-bats the drive to the left of long-off for a single

Lungi Ngidi to Sanju Samson, 1 run, yorker length delivery at the stumps, squeezed behind square on the on-side for a single

Lungi Ngidi to Sanju Samson, FOUR, creamed, he's putting on a show now - a wide half-volley and Samson leans into an elegant drive, places it wide of cover and the ball races away to the ropes

Lungi Ngidi to Kartik Sharma, 1 run, fuller length delivery on the pads, whipped over square leg for a single

Lungi Ngidi to Kartik Sharma, wide, a slower loopy full-toss, dips under Kartik's reach, but it's past the tramlines and has been wided

Lungi Ngidi to Kartik Sharma, FOUR, cheeky and four, full and just outside off - Kartik shuffles right across on the paddle, he's on his back as he completed the shot, but he got enough bat to send it fine

Natarajan to Sanju Samson, 2 runs, a full-toss now, Samson went hard on the drive and miscued it over cover, comes back for the second run

Natarajan to Sanju Samson, FOUR, the runs keep flowing and CSK are coasting towards victory, fuller length delivery on off and Samson went hard on the swipe, the bottom-hand took over and he dragged it in front of square on the on-side, finds the gap and the ball runs away

Natarajan to Sanju Samson, SIX, he's on a mission tonight, fraction overpitched and wide of off, lets Samson free his arms and then drills the dfrive over long-off. Was the slower ball, but the length was too full

Natarajan to Sanju Samson, SIX, clubbed, short of a good length and at the stujmps - Samson swivels across, picks the length early and then shovels it over deep square leg for a maxmimum

Natarajan to Kartik Sharma, 1 run, short of a good length and just outside off - Kartik hacks it without any timing, a single through mid-wicket

Natarajan to Sanju Samson, 1 run, short of a good length and just outside off - hit high on the bat as Samson looked to shovel it onto the on-side, a single to long-off

T Natarajan [1.0-0-9-0] is back into the attack

A break in play as Sanju Samson gets some treatment, could be a bit of cramps

Lungi Ngidi to Kartik Sharma, no run, the slower ball outside off, Kartik watches it all along and lets it go - just 1 off the over

Lungi Ngidi to Sanju Samson, 1 run, yorker length delivery at the stumps, Samson gets his bat down and jams an inside edge onto the pad, the ball rolls to the left of the keeper and they're off for a quick single

Lungi Ngidi to Sanju Samson, no run, short and wide of off, Samson reaches out on the cut and can't beat backward point - 4 dots in a row

Lungi Ngidi to Sanju Samson, no run, slower ball outside off - Samson reaches out and mistimes the drive to cover

Lungi Ngidi to Sanju Samson, no run, fuller length delivery on off, driven back at the bowler

Lungi Ngidi to Sanju Samson, no run, appeal for LBW, but this was going down leg - Samson was looking to flick and missed, struck high on the thigh-pad

Lungi Ngidi back as well

Lungi Ngidi [2.0-0-17-1] is back into the attack

Over Summary (7-13 ov), 61/1 \n* Axar Patel gets rid of Urvil Patel; OUT stumped for 17 \n* Kartik Sharma gets going with a classy boundary \n* Sanju Samson breaks the shackles with a six off Kuldeep \n* Samson continues to find the boundaries \n* Kartik smashes Kuldeep over extra-cover for a maximum \n* Sanju smashes 2 sixes and a four off Kuldeep in the 12th over \n* Starc comes back, Sanju smashes him for back-to-back boundaries in the 13th over

Mitchell Starc to Kartik Sharma, no run, fuller length delivery on the stumps, turned to the on-side

Mitchell Starc to Sanju Samson, 1 run, tad fuller and wider of off, driven in front of square on the off-side for a single

Mitchell Starc to Sanju Samson, no run, on a good length and just outside off - defended with an open face to the off-side

Mitchell Starc to Sanju Samson, no run, on a good length and just outside off - too close to cut and Samson mistimes the cut to the off-side

Mitchell Starc to Sanju Samson, FOUR, the boundaries are beginning to blow - full and wide of off, Samson throws his bat on the drive, to the right of backward point who gets a hand on the ball, but he still can't prevent the boundary

Mitchell Starc to Sanju Samson, FOUR, lovely, Samson is playing a blinder here, overpitched and wide of off - he leans across and then caresses the drive past cover, the timing is sweet and the ball runs away

Starc back as DC search for a wicket

Mitchell Starc [2.0-0-10-0] is back into the attack

Kuldeep Yadav to Kartik Sharma, no run, tossed up and drifting back into the right-hander, Kartik Sharma was early into the back-foot drive and the ball popped up in the air, lands short ofd Kuldeep - 18 off the over

Axar’s spell by lengths \nGood: 1/9, 16 balls, ER: 3.37 \nBack of a length: 0/11, 8 balls, ER: 8.25 \n*excluding wides

Kuldeep Yadav to Sanju Samson, 1 run, flighted delivery on off, pushed down to long-off for a single. Brings up a 32-ball fifty for Sanju Samson

Kuldeep Yadav to Sanju Samson, FOUR, oh dear! This is terrible from Kuldeep - flatter and quicker, down leg and Samson helps it on its way with the paddle, sends it fine and onto the ropes. Was the quicker ball, bowled at 112 kmph, but the line was all awry

Kuldeep Yadav to Sanju Samson, SIX, back-to-back sixes and Kuldeep is under pressure - drags the length back, but this is a long hop and Samson disdainfully pulls it over deep mid-wicket, didn't come off the middle, but has enough to clear the ropes

Kuldeep Yadav to Sanju Samson, SIX, that's a clean hit and that's sent to the 2nd tier, tad too full from Kuldeep, it's right in the slot and the leg-break has been hoisted over long-on, played with the turn and over the ropes