Story Match Concluded: Kohli XI vs Dhoni XI

[Sherlock Holmes]

Let's resume the chase.

Will Dhoni XI be able to chase down the total? Or will Kohli and co. restrict them?​

 

[Sherlock Holmes]

The bowler to bowl now is
Mohammad Shami​

 

[Sherlock Holmes]

Over - 1.1: Mohammad Shami to Virender Sehwag: 2 RUNS
Over - 1.2: Mohammad Shami to Virender Sehwag: 1 RUNS
Over - 1.3: Mohammad Shami to Sachin Tendulkar: 1 RUNS
Over - 1.4: Mohammad Shami to Virender Sehwag: 1 RUNS
Over - 1.5: Mohammad Shami to Sachin Tendulkar: 0 RUNS
Over - 1.6: Mohammad Shami to Sachin Tendulkar: 1 RUNS
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End of Over 2 (6 runs) | Dhoni XI: 19/0 ( RR: 9.5 | RRR: 8.28 )
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Sachin Tendulkar: 13* (7b, 1x6, 1x4) at a S/R of 185.71
Virender Sehwag: 6* (5b, 0x6, 0x4) at a S/R of 120.0
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Current Partnership : 19 ( 12 )
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Mohammad Shami: 1-0-6-0
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Over - 2.1: Bhuvaneshwar Kumar to Sachin Tendulkar: 0 RUNS
Over - 2.2: Bhuvaneshwar Kumar to Sachin Tendulkar: 0 RUNS
Over - 2.3: Bhuvaneshwar Kumar to Sachin Tendulkar: 1 RUNS
Over - 2.4: Bhuvaneshwar Kumar to Virender Sehwag: OUT!
Virender Sehwag: lbw Bhuvaneshwar Kumar 6 (6b, 0x6, 0x4) at a S/R of 100
OUT, LBW! Quicker ball and struck in front. That was absolutely plumb! It was a poor shot selection by Virender Sehwag.

Didn't click today as Sehwag missed the ball and it hit the pad plumb.

The new man in
Gautam Gambhir​

 

[Sherlock Holmes]

Over - 2.5: Bhuvaneshwar Kumar to Gautam Gambhir: 1 RUNS
Over - 2.6: Bhuvaneshwar Kumar to Sachin Tendulkar: 1 RUNS
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End of Over 3 (3 runs) | Dhoni XI: 22/1 ( RR: 7.33 | RRR: 8.59 )
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Sachin Tendulkar: 15* (11b, 1x6, 1x4) at a S/R of 136.36
Gautam Gambhir: 1* (1b, 0x6, 0x4) at a S/R of 100
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Current Partnership : 2 ( 2 )
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Bhuvaneshwar Kumar: 2-0-16-1
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Over - 3.1: Mohammad Shami to Sachin Tendulkar: 4 RUNS
FOUR, short, into the body, with fine leg up, and Sachin Tendulkar has cleared the short fine leg with ease.

Over - 3.2: Mohammad Shami to Sachin Tendulkar: 0 RUNS
Over - 3.3: Mohammad Shami to Sachin Tendulkar: 4 RUNS
FOUR, down the wicket, right down to the pitch of it, drives it to the right of long-off for four.

Over - 3.4: Mohammad Shami to Sachin Tendulkar: 4 RUNS
FOUR, off the back foot, this time he smacks it high over mid wicket for a one bounce boundary, not timed well but will still get a four.

Over - 3.5: Mohammad Shami to Sachin Tendulkar: 1 RUNS
Over - 3.6: Mohammad Shami to Gautam Gambhir: 1 RUNS
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End of Over 4 (14 runs) | Dhoni XI: 36/1 ( RR: 9 | RRR: 8.25 )
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Gautam Gambhir: 2* (2b, 0x6, 0x4) at a S/R of 100
Sachin Tendulkar: 28* (16b, 1x6, 4x4) at a S/R of 175.00
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Current Partnership : 16 ( 8 )
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Mohammad Shami: 2-0-20-0
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Sachin and his timing, a treat to watch as Shami gets hammered.

 

[Sherlock Holmes]

The bowler to bowl now is
Hardik Pandya​

Over - 4.1: Hardik Pandya to Gautam Gambhir: 2 RUNS
Over - 4.2: Hardik Pandya to Gautam Gambhir: OUT!
Gautam Gambhir: b Hardik Pandya 4 (4b, 0x6, 0x4) at a S/R of 100
OUT, bowled him! Gautam Gambhir tries to lob the ball on the leg side but misses the ball. Foolish batting there!

Poor cricket by Dhoni XI this, they are throwing away their wickets. Need to build a partnership if they have to stay in the game.

The new man in
Yuvraj Singh​

Over - 4.3: Hardik Pandya to Yuvraj Singh: 0 RUNS
Over - 4.4: Hardik Pandya to Yuvraj Singh: 1 RUNS
Over - 4.5: Hardik Pandya to Sachin Tendulkar: 1 RUNS
Over - 4.6: Hardik Pandya to Yuvraj Singh: 1 RUNS
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End of Over 5 (5 runs) | Dhoni XI: 41/2 ( RR: 8.2 | RRR: 8.47 )
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Yuvraj Singh: 2* (3b, 0x6, 0x4) at a S/R of 66.67
Sachin Tendulkar: 29* (17b, 1x6, 4x4) at a S/R of 170.59
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Current Partnership : 3 ( 4 )
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Hardik Pandya: 1-0-5-1
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[Sherlock Holmes]

Over - 5.1: Mohammad Shami to Yuvraj Singh: 2 RUNS
Over - 5.2: Mohammad Shami to Yuvraj Singh: 0 RUNS
Over - 5.3: Mohammad Shami to Yuvraj Singh: 1 RUNS
Over - 5.4: Mohammad Shami to Sachin Tendulkar: 4 RUNS
FOUR, fuller length and straight, Sachin Tendulkar clears his front foot out of the way, creates room and frees his arms, hitting the ball over mid-on for four.

Over - 5.5: Mohammad Shami to Sachin Tendulkar: 2 RUNS
Over - 5.6: Mohammad Shami to Sachin Tendulkar: 1 RUNS
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End of Over 6 (10 runs) | Dhoni XI: 51/2 ( RR: 8.5 | RRR: 8.36 )
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Sachin Tendulkar: 36* (20b, 1x6, 5x4) at a S/R of 180.0
Yuvraj Singh: 5* (6b, 0x6, 0x4) at a S/R of 83.33
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Current Partnership : 13 ( 10 )
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Mohammad Shami: 3-0-30-0
This spell: Mohammad Shami: 1-0-10-0
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Over - 6.1: Hardik Pandya to Sachin Tendulkar: 1 RUNS
Over - 6.2: Hardik Pandya to Yuvraj Singh: 1 RUNS
Over - 6.3: Hardik Pandya to Sachin Tendulkar: 1 RUNS
Over - 6.4: Hardik Pandya to Yuvraj Singh: 0 RUNS
Over - 6.5: Hardik Pandya to Yuvraj Singh: 1 RUNS
Over - 6.6: Hardik Pandya to Sachin Tendulkar: 2 RUNS
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End of Over 7 (6 runs) | Dhoni XI: 57/2 ( RR: 8.14 | RRR: 8.54 )
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Yuvraj Singh: 7* (9b, 0x6, 0x4) at a S/R of 77.78
Sachin Tendulkar: 40* (23b, 1x6, 5x4) at a S/R of 173.91
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Current Partnership : 19 ( 16 )
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Hardik Pandya: 2-0-11-1
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Over - 7.1: Mohammad Shami to Yuvraj Singh: 1 RUNS
Over - 7.2: Mohammad Shami to Sachin Tendulkar: 1 RUNS
Over - 7.3: Mohammad Shami to Yuvraj Singh: 4 RUNS
FOUR, shortish ball on middle, pulled away for four, not too powerfully by Yuvraj Singh, just helped along behind square leg.

Over - 7.4: Mohammad Shami to Yuvraj Singh: 2 RUNS
Over - 7.5: Mohammad Shami to Yuvraj Singh: 0 RUNS
Over - 7.6: Mohammad Shami to Yuvraj Singh: 1 RUNS
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End of Over 8 (9 runs) | Dhoni XI: 66/2 ( RR: 8.25 | RRR: 8.5 )
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Yuvraj Singh: 15* (14b, 0x6, 1x4) at a S/R of 107.14
Sachin Tendulkar: 41* (24b, 1x6, 5x4) at a S/R of 170.83
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Current Partnership : 28 ( 22 )
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Mohammad Shami: 4-0-39-0
This spell: Mohammad Shami: 2-0-19-0
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The bowler to bowl now is
Kuldeep Yadav​

Over - 8.1: Kuldeep Yadav to Yuvraj Singh: 0 RUNS
Over - 8.2: Kuldeep Yadav to Yuvraj Singh: 1 RUNS
Over - 8.3: Kuldeep Yadav to Sachin Tendulkar: 1 RUNS
Over - 8.4: Kuldeep Yadav to Yuvraj Singh: 1 RUNS
Over - 8.5: Kuldeep Yadav to Sachin Tendulkar: 1 RUNS
Over - 8.6: Kuldeep Yadav to Yuvraj Singh: 1 RUNS
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End of Over 9 (5 runs) | Dhoni XI: 71/2 ( RR: 7.89 | RRR: 8.82 )
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Yuvraj Singh: 18* (18b, 0x6, 1x4) at a S/R of 100
Sachin Tendulkar: 43* (26b, 1x6, 5x4) at a S/R of 165.38
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Current Partnership : 33 ( 28 )
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Kuldeep Yadav: 1-0-5-0
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The bowler to bowl now is
Ravindra Jadeja​

Over - 9.1: Ravindra Jadeja to Yuvraj Singh: 0 RUNS
Over - 9.2: Ravindra Jadeja to Yuvraj Singh: 1 RUNS
Over - 9.3: Ravindra Jadeja to Sachin Tendulkar: 1 RUNS
Over - 9.4: Ravindra Jadeja to Yuvraj Singh: 2 RUNS
Over - 9.5: Ravindra Jadeja to Yuvraj Singh: 1 RUNS
Over - 9.6: Ravindra Jadeja to Sachin Tendulkar: 1 RUNS
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End of Over 10 (6 runs) | Dhoni XI: 77/2 ( RR: 7.7 | RRR: 9.1 )
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Sachin Tendulkar: 45* (28b, 1x6, 5x4) at a S/R of 160.71
Yuvraj Singh: 22* (22b, 0x6, 1x4) at a S/R of 100
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Current Partnership : 39 ( 34 )
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Ravindra Jadeja: 1-0-6-0
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Spin from both ends as Sachin and Yuvraj are anchoring the innings well.

 

[Sherlock Holmes]

Over - 10.1: Kuldeep Yadav to Sachin Tendulkar: 1 RUNS
Over - 10.2: Kuldeep Yadav to Yuvraj Singh: 1 RUNS
Over - 10.3: Kuldeep Yadav to Sachin Tendulkar: 6 RUNS
Distance : 99 meters
SIX, nicely struck, picked the slower one this time, was in the slot and he launched it over long-off.

The little master raises his bat and the crowd enchants "Sachin..... Sachin......". What a way to being up his 50.

 

[Sherlock Holmes]

Over - 10.4: Kuldeep Yadav to Sachin Tendulkar: 1 RUNS
Over - 10.5: Kuldeep Yadav to Yuvraj Singh: 4 RUNS
FOUR, off the pad. Yuvraj Singh tries to close the face to play on the leg side but the ball goes off his pad towards third man, the fielder is clumsy on the boundary.

Over - 10.6: Kuldeep Yadav to Yuvraj Singh: (WIDE BALL)
Over - 10.6: Kuldeep Yadav to Yuvraj Singh: 1 RUNS
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End of Over 11 (15 runs) | Dhoni XI: 92/2 ( RR: 8.36 | RRR: 8.44 )
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Yuvraj Singh: 28* (25b, 0x6, 2x4) at a S/R of 112.00
Sachin Tendulkar: 53* (31b, 2x6, 5x4) at a S/R of 170.97
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Current Partnership : 54 ( 40 )
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Kuldeep Yadav: 2-0-20-0
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50 partnership up for these two.

 

[Sherlock Holmes]

Over - 11.1: Ravindra Jadeja to Yuvraj Singh: 0 RUNS: (NO BALL)
Over - 11.1: Ravindra Jadeja to Yuvraj Singh: OUT!
Yuvraj Singh: c&b Ravindra Jadeja 28 (27b, 0x6, 2x4) at a S/R of 103.70
OUT, Caught and Bowled! That was a length ball, Yuvraj Singh chips it back towards the bowler, Ravindra Jadeja accepts it gleefully, Yuvraj Singh was too early into the shot there.

Yuvraj is furious. Can't believe he has to depart as the are no free-hits.

P.S: CWSim Simulator don't have free-hit feature.​

The new man in
Suresh Raina

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[Sherlock Holmes]

Over - 11.2: Ravindra Jadeja to Suresh Raina: 1 RUNS
Over - 11.3: Ravindra Jadeja to Sachin Tendulkar: 1 RUNS
Over - 11.4: Ravindra Jadeja to Suresh Raina: 1 RUNS: (BYES)
Over - 11.5: Ravindra Jadeja to Sachin Tendulkar: 2 RUNS
Over - 11.6: Ravindra Jadeja to Sachin Tendulkar: 0 RUNS
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End of Over 12 (6 runs) | Dhoni XI: 98/3 ( RR: 8.17 | RRR: 8.75 )
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Suresh Raina: 1* (2b, 0x6, 0x4) at a S/R of 100
Sachin Tendulkar: 56* (34b, 2x6, 5x4) at a S/R of 164.71
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Current Partnership : 5 ( 5 )
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Ravindra Jadeja: 2-0-11-1
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Over - 12.1: Kuldeep Yadav to Suresh Raina: 4 RUNS
FOUR, full, on the pads, flicked away past square leg for a boundary.

Over - 12.2: Kuldeep Yadav to Suresh Raina: 1 RUNS
Over - 12.3: Kuldeep Yadav to Sachin Tendulkar: 4 RUNS
FOUR, whoa! What piece of timing from Sachin Tendulkar and that's gone away! He was defending it on the off-side and it went to the fence through the covers.

Over - 12.4: Kuldeep Yadav to Sachin Tendulkar: 1 RUNS
Over - 12.5: Kuldeep Yadav to Suresh Raina: OUT!
Suresh Raina: c Jasprit Bumrah b Kuldeep Yadav 6 (5b, 0x6, 1x4) at a S/R of 120.0
OUT, Caught! Poor shot selection, played straight in the hands of Jasprit Bumrah.

Excellent catch by Bumrah as Kohli rejoices.

 

[Sherlock Holmes]

The new man in
MS Dhoni

Stands go berzerk. "We want a six... We want a six..."

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Over - 12.6: Kuldeep Yadav to MS Dhoni: 1 RUNS
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End of Over 13 (11 runs) | Dhoni XI: 109/4 ( RR: 8.38 | RRR: 8.43 )
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MS Dhoni: 1* (1b, 0x6, 0x4) at a S/R of 100
Sachin Tendulkar: 61* (36b, 2x6, 6x4) at a S/R of 169.44
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Current Partnership : 1 ( 1 )
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Kuldeep Yadav: 3-0-31-1
This spell: Kuldeep Yadav: 1-0-11-1
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And Dhoni replies with a single. Minimalistic.

 

[Sherlock Holmes]

The bowler to bowl now is
Jasprit Bumrah

Save your toes fellas.

 

[Sherlock Holmes]

Dhoni XI 109/4 after 13 overs
59 to win in 42 balls.

Stay tuned! ​

 

[Sherlock Holmes]

Time to find out the winner!

 

[Sherlock Holmes]

Over - 13.1: Jasprit Bumrah to MS Dhoni: 1 RUNS
Over - 13.2: Jasprit Bumrah to Sachin Tendulkar: 1 RUNS
Over - 13.3: Jasprit Bumrah to MS Dhoni: 4 RUNS
FOUR, excellent fielding at the boundary, this was timed very well past backward point, the fielder gave chase and the ball was speeding across the outfield, he tries to pull it back and the umpires are checking and it's confirmed that his foot was touching the rope when he pulled it back.

A heartfelt effort by Dhawan there but couldn't save a boundary there.