Chennai disappointed; Warne-led RR win

CSK made no changes to their playing eleven.

RR made a couple of changes to their playing (Pat)eleven – Graeme Smith and Mahesh Rawat made way for Niraj and Kamran Akmal.

On winning the toss, Shane Warne, RR’s skipper, chose to field.

The first Powerplay of CSK’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 42, and lost a wicket.

Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan, whose 14-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 16. Thirty-two balls into the match, he was caught by Ravindra Jadeja. Yusuf Pathan, the player of the match, broke the 39-run stand.

CSK scored 50 off 6.4 overs (40 balls). RR had conceded a couple of extras at that point.

Parthiv Patel, whose 33-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 38. Twenty-two balls after Sivaramakrishnan’s dismissal, he was caught by Akmal. Pathan broke the 25-run stand.

Albie Morkel, whose 13-ball innings included a couple of sixes, scored 16. Twenty-two balls later, he was caught by Akmal. Pathan broke the 31-run stand.

CSK scored 100 off 13.2 overs (80 balls). RR had conceded four extras at that point.

Suresh Raina, whose 30-ball innings included a boundary and a couple of sixes, scored 43. Twenty-two balls after Morkel’s dismissal, he was caught by Jadeja. Shane Watson, the player of the series, broke the 33-run stand.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni, CSK’s skipper, scored 29 off 17 balls, which included a boundary and a couple of sixes. He was unbeaten.

Chamara Kapugedera, who faced a dozen balls, scored eight. Seventeen balls after Raina’s dismissal, he was caught by Swapnil Asnodkar. Sohail Tanvir – the holder of Purple Cap (which is awarded to the highest run-getter in the IPL each season) – broke the 20-run stand.

CSK scored 150 off 19.2 overs (117 balls). The number of extras they had conceded at that point gave RR no reason to be in seventh heaven. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Subramaniam Badrinath, whose two-ball innings included a boundary, scored half-a-dozen. He was unbeaten.

CSK scored 163 for the loss of five wickets off 20 overs.

Siddharth Trivedi and Munaf Patel bowled two wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 21, the latter conceded 14.

Warne, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 34.

Tanvir and Watson bowled four overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 40, the latter conceded 29.

Pathan, who bowled four overs, conceded 22. He picked up three scalps.

The first Powerplay of RR’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 41, and lost a wicket.

Niraj, who faced 11 balls, scored just a couple. Nineteen balls into the chase, he was caught by Manpreet Gony, who broke the run-a-ball stand.

Asnodkar, whose 20-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 28. Eighteen balls later, he was caught by Raina. Morkel broke the 22-run stand.

The third-wicket pair put on a run. (Akm)Although the Pakistani’s innings included a boundary, he had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored half-a-dozen. Three balls later, Makhaya Ntini ran him out.

RR scored 50 off eight overs (48 balls). CSK had conceded five extras at that point.

The fourth-wicket pair put on 50 off 38 balls. While Watson’s contribution to the partnership was 23, Pathan’s contribution to it was 27. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was four.

RR scored 100 off 13 overs (79 balls). CSK had conceded nine extras at that point.

Pathan’s half-century – which included three boundaries and four sixes – came off 36 balls.

Watson, whose 19-ball innings included three boundaries, eventually scored 28. Forty-five balls after Akmal’s dismissal, Muttiah Muralitharan broke the 65-run partnership.

Mohammad Kaif, whose (Dho)nine-ball innings included a six, scored a dozen. Seventeen balls later, he was caught behind. Muralitharan broke the 32-run stand.

The sixth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Jadeja, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. The next ball, he was caught by Kapugedera off the bowling of Morkel.

The seventh-wicket pair put on four. Pathan eventually scored 56 off 39 balls. Three balls later, Raina ran him out.  

RR scored 150 off 18.4 overs (114 balls). CSK had conceded a dozen extras at that point.

Both Warne and Tanvir scored nine apiece, and were unbeaten. While the former’s run-a-ball innings included a boundary, the latter was in seventh heaven.

CSK eventually conceded 14 extras. RR, who scored 164 for the loss of seven wickets off 20 overs, won by three wickets.

Each of the five bowlers bowled four overs apiece.

Lakshmipathy Balaji and Ntini were wicketless. While the former conceded 42, the latter – whose spell included a maiden – conceded 21.

Gony conceded 30, picking up a wicket.

Muralitharan and Morkel picked up two scalps apiece. While the former conceded 39, the latter conceded 25.

RR won the inaugural edition of the IPL.