CSK lose to Tendulkar-led MI

CSK (Shar)made half-a-dozen Cha(mara)nges to their playing (Mork)eleven – Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan, Albie, Kapugedera, Lakshmipathy Balaji, Muttiah Muralitharan and Makhaya Ntini made way for Matthew Hayden, Andrew Flintoff, Jacob Oram, Joginder, Thilan Thushara and Ravichandran Ashwin.

MI made eight changes to their playing eleven – Robin Uthappa, Dwayne Smith, Shaun Pollock, Manish Pandey, Yogesh Takawale, Dhawal Kulkarni, Dilhara Fernando and Ashish Nehra made way for Shikhar Dhawan, Jean-Paul Duminy, Dwayne Bravo, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Pinal Shah, Lasith Malinga and Rohan Raje.

On winning the toss, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, CSK’s skipper, chose to field.

The first Powerplay of MI’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 40, and lost a wicket.

Jayasuriya, whose 20-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 26. (Sana)Thirty-five balls into the match, he was caught by Thushara. Hayden broke the 39-run stand.

MI scored 50 off 8.3 overs (51 balls). CSK had conceded an extra at that point.

Ten overs into the match, the drinks break was taken. MI had scored 64 for the loss of a wicket at that point. While Sachin Tendulkar, MI’s skipper and the player of the match, was batting on 21, Dhawan was batting on 16.

Dhawan, whose 21-ball innings included a boundary, eventually scored 22. Thirty-five balls later, he was caught by Dhoni. Manpreet Gony broke the 43-run stand.

Although his innings included a boundary, Duminy had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored nine. Eleven balls later, he was caught by Gony, who broke the 13-run stand.

MI scored 100 off 14 overs (84 balls). CSK had conceded a couple of extras at that point.

Bravo, whose four-ball innings included a boundary, scored five. Half-a-dozen balls after Duminy’s dismissal, he was caught by Hayden. Needless to say, Sharma was in seventh heaven.

Abhishek Nayar, whose 14-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and three sixes, scored 35. Twenty-two balls later, he was caught by Thushara. Oram broke the 46-run stand.

MI scored 150 off 18.3 overs (111 balls). CSK had conceded three extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Tendulkar’s half-century – which included half-a-dozen boundaries – came off 45 balls.

He eventually scored 59 off 49 balls, which included seven boundaries. He was unbeaten.

The sixth-wicket pair put on nine. Harbhajan, who faced a couple of balls, scored four. His runs came by way of a boundary. Five balls later, Oram ran him out.

Khan, who faced three balls, scored a couple. Five balls later, he was caught by Ashwin. Flintoff broke the four-run stand.

Shah, who didn’t face a ball, was unbeaten.

MI scored 165 for the loss of seven wickets off seven wickets off 20 overs.

Each of the five bowlers bowled four overs apiece.

Flintoff, Thushara, Oram and Sharma picked up a wicket apiece. They conceded 44, 32, 30, and 25, respectively.

Gony, who conceded 32, picked up a couple of scalps.

The first Powerplay of CSK’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 40, and lost a couple of wickets.

CSK’s openers didn’t get off the mark. Parthiv Patel, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t open his account. A couple of balls into the match, he was caught by Tendulkar off the bowling of Malinga.

Suresh Raina, whose nine-ball innings included a boundary, scored eight. Fifteen balls later, he was caught by Raje. Bravo broke the 18-run stand.

CSK scored 50 off 6.3 overs (39 balls). The number of extras they had conceded at that point gave MI no reason to be in seventh heaven.

The third-wicket pair put on 50 off 39 balls. While Hayden’s contribution to the partnership was 19, Flintoff’s contribution to it was 24. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was seven.

Flintoff, who faced 23-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, didn’t add to the aforementioned score. Forty-two balls after Raina’s dismissal, he was caught by Harbhajan, who broke the 52-run partnership.

Ten overs into the chase, the drinks break was taken. CSK had scored 70 for the loss of three wickets at that point. While Hayden was batting on 30, Dhoni hadn’t opened his account.

Hayden, whose 35-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries and a six, eventually scored 44. Seventeen balls after Flintoff’s dismissal, he was caught by Khan. Jayasuriya broke the 19-run stand.

CSK scored 100 off 14.2 overs (86 balls). MI had conceded eight extras at that point.

Oram, whose six-ball innings included a six, scored eight. Eleven balls after Hayden’s dismissal, he was caught by Shah. Jayasuriya broke the 12-run stand.

Subramaniam Badrinath, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t get off the mark. Half-a-dozen balls later, he was caught by Bravo. Malinga broke the eight-run stand.

Dhoni, whose 26-ball innings included a boundary and a couple of sixes, eventually scored 36. Twenty-five balls later, Malinga broke the 35-run stand.

Sharma, whose 15-ball innings included a boundary, scored 16. He was unbeaten, as was Thushara, who faced a couple of balls, scoring a run.

MI eventually conceded nine extras. CSK, who scored 146 for the loss of seven wickets off 20 overs, lost by 19 runs.

Raje bowled an over, conceding 15. He was wicketless, as was Khan, who bowled four overs, conceding 34.

Harbhajan bowled three overs, conceding 15. He picked up a wicket, as did Bravo, who bowled four overs, conceding 27.

Jayasuriya bowled four overs, conceding 34. He picked up two wickets.

Malinga bowled four overs, conceding 15. He picked up three scalps.