Sehwag-led DD beat Chennai narrowly

DD made one change to their playing eleven – Yo Mahesh made way for Ashish Nehra.

CSK made no changes to their playing eleven.

On winning the toss, Virender Sehwag, DD’s skipper, chose to bat.

The first Powerplay of DD’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 59, and lost a couple of wickets.

DD’s openers failed to get off the mark. Gautam Gambhir, who faced a ball, D(hon)idn’t open his account. A ball into the match, he was caught by Mahendra Singh, CSK’s skipper, off the bowling of Lakshmipathy Balaji.

Sehwag, whose nine-ball innings included a boundary, scored half-a-dozen. (Mork)Eleven balls later, he was caught by Albie. Manpreet Gony broke the eight-run stand.

DD scored 50 off 5.3 overs (33 balls). CSK hadn’t conceded any extras at that point.

The third-wicket pair put on 50 off 23 balls. While the contribution of A B de Villiers, the player of the match, to the partnership was 14, Tillakaratne Dilshan’s contribution to it was 36. Extras didn’t contribute to the partnership.

Dilshan’s half-century – which included seven boundaries and a couple of sixes – came off 24 balls.

He eventually faced 27 balls, failing to add to the aforementioned score. Thirty-nine balls after Sehwag’s dismissal, he was caught by Suresh Raina. Morkel broke the 68-run partnership.

Ten overs into the chase, the drinks break was taken. DD had scored 90 for the loss of three wickets at that point. While de Villiers had scored 24, Dinesh Karthik was unbea‘ten’.

DD scored 100 off 11.2 overs (68 balls). CSK hadn’t conceded any extras at that point.

Karthik, whose 16-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 18. Thirty-three balls after Dilshan’s dismissal, he was caught by Andrew Flintoff. Balaji broke the 38-run stand.

De Villiers’ half-century – which included a boundary and a couple of sixes – came off 35 balls.

DD scored 150 off 17.1 overs (103 balls). CSK had conceded an extra at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

The third-wicket pair put on 50 off 26 balls. While de Villiers’ contribution to the partnership was 46, Manoj Tiwary’s contribution to it was eight. Extras didn’t contribute to the partnership.

De Villiers’ ton – which included five boundaries and half-a-dozen sixes – came off 51 balls. He eventually scored 105 off 54 balls, and was unbeaten.

Tiwary, whose 13-ball innings included a boundary, scored nine. Thirty-five balls after Karthik’s dismissal, he was caught by Flintoff. Balaji broke the 74-run partnership.

Daniel Vettori, who didn’t face a ball, was unbeaten.

DD scored 189 for the loss of five wickets off 20 overs.

Joginder Sharma, who bowled a wicketless over, conceded eight.

Muttiah Muralitharan, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 26.

Flintoff, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 50.

Gony and Morkel bowled four overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 45, the latter conceded 41.

Balaji, who bowled four overs, conceded 19. He picked up three scalps.

The first Powerplay of CSK’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 61, and lost a wicket.

CSK’s openers put on 50 off 4.3 overs (27 balls). DD had conceded five extras at that point. While Parthiv Patel’s contribution to the partnership was 15, Matthew Hayden’s contribution to it was 32.

Patel, whose 15-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 16. Thirty-two balls into the chase, he was caught by de Villiers. Pradeep Sangwan broke the 57-run partnership.

Hayden’s half-century – which included five boundaries and three sixes – came off 22 balls.

He eventually scored 57 off 27 balls. Sixteen balls after Patel’s dismissal, he was caught by Dirk Nannes. Sangwan broke the 33-run stand.

CSK scored 100 off 9.3 overs (58 balls). DD had conceded 12 extras at that point.

Ten overs into the chase, the drinks break was taken. CSK had scored 106 for the loss of a couple of wickets at that point. While Raina had scored 17, Dhoni was batting on four.

Dhoni had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he eventually scored five. Fifteen balls after Hayden’s dismissal, he was caught by Karthik. Vettori broke the 18-run stand.

Raina, whose 27-ball innings included five boundaries and a six, scored 41. Twenty-two balls later, he was caught by de Villiers. Sangwan broke the 31-run stand.

CSK scored 150 off 15.1 overs (92 balls). DD had conceded 14 extras at that point.

Flintoff, whose 17-ball innings included a boundary, scored 16. Eleven balls later, he was caught by the substitute, David Warner. Nehra broke the 17-run stand.

Morkel, whose 14-ball innings included a boundary, scored 13. He was unbeaten.

Subramaniam Badrinath, who faced eight balls, had no reason to be in seventh heaven – 15 balls later, he was caught by Warner. Vettori broke the 12-run stand.

The seventh-wicket pair had no reason to be in seventh heaven – Gony, who faced two balls, scored half-a-dozen. His runs came by way of a six. Three balls later, Sehwag and Vettori ran him out.

The eighth-wicket pair put on four. Sharma, who faced three balls, scored four. Three balls later, Warner ran him out.

The ninth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Balaji did not face a ball. The next ball, Sangwan and Nannes ran him out.

Muralitharan, who faced a ball, didn’t get off the mark. He was unbeaten.

DD eventually conceded 15 extras. CSK, who scored 180 for the loss of nine wickets off 20 overs, lost by nine runs.

Tiwary bowled a wicketless over, conceding 11.

Aavishkar Salvi bowled three wicketless overs, conceding 41.

Nannes bowled four wicketless overs, conceding 32.

Nehra bowled four overs, conceding 33. He picked up a wicket.

Vettori bowled four overs, conceding 29. He picked up two wickets.

Sangwan bowled four overs, conceding 28. He picked up three scalps.