Chennai lose to Gilchrist-led DC

DC made no changes to their playing eleven.

CSK made four changes to their playing (Pat)eleven – Parthiv, Jacob Oram, Shadab Jakati and Manpreet Gony made way for Murali Vijay, Justin Kemp, Ravichandran Ashwin and Sudeep Tyagi.

On winning the toss, Adam Gilchrist, DC’s skipper, chose to bat.

The first Powerplay of DC’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 57, and lost a couple of wickets.

DC scored 50 off 4.2 overs (26 balls). CSK had conceded four extras at that point. While Gilchrist’s contribution to the partnership was 34, V V S Laxman’s contribution to it was a dozen.

Gilchrist, whose 17-ball innings included four boundaries and three sixes, eventually scored 38. Twenty-eight balls into the match, Ashwin broke the 55-run partnership.

The second-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Laxman, whose 11-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, didn’t add to the aforementioned score. The next ball, Suresh Raina and Mahendra Singh Dhoni, CSK’s skipper, ran him out.

DC scored 100 off 12.1 overs (73 balls). The number of extras they had conceded at that point gave CSK no reason to be in seventh heaven.

The third-wicket pair put on 50 off 49 balls. While Herschelle Gibbs’ contribution to the partnership was 30, Andrew Symonds’ contribution to it was 17. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was four.

DC scored 150 off 17.1 overs (103 balls). CSK had conceded 14 extras at that point.

The third-wicket pair put on 95. Gibbs, whose 36-ball innings included five boundaries and a six, eventually scored 45. Seventy-five balls after Laxman’s dismissal, Albie Morkel ran him out.

Symonds’ half-century – which included three boundaries and as many sixes – came off 43 balls.

The fourth-wicket pair put on 10. Symonds didn’t add to the aforementioned score. Five balls later, Matthew Hayden ran him out.

Rohit Sharma, whose innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 19. He was unbea‘ten’.

Tirumalasetti Suman, whose five-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, was unbea‘ten’.

CSK eventually conceded 16 extras. DC scored 190 for the loss of four wickets off 20 overs.

Tyagi, who bowled 11 wicketless balls, conceded 39.

Kemp, who bowled 13 wicketless balls, conceded 15.

Morkel, Lakshmipathy Balaji and Muttiah Muralitharan bowled four wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 41, 36, and 28, respectively.

Ashwin, who bowled four overs, conceded 26. He picked up a scalp.

The first Powerplay of CSK’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 34, and lost four wickets.

Vijay, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored three. Thirteen balls into the Cha(minda)se, Vaas, the player of the match, broke the 12-run stand.

Raina, who faced three balls, scored half-a-dozen. His runs came by way of a six. Three balls later, he was caught by Gilchrist. Vaas broke the six-run stand.

Matthew Hayden, whose 11-ball innings included three sixes, scored 17. Nine balls later, he was caught by Rudra Pratap Singh. Vaas broke the 13-run stand.

Subramaniam Badrinath, whose 12-ball innings included a boundary, scored five. Eight balls later, he was caught by Rudra Pratap. Vaas broke the one-run stand.

CSK scored 50 off 6.5 overs (41 balls). DC had conceded an extra at that point.

Kemp, whose 16-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 22. Twenty-seven balls later, he was (Gilchri)stumped. Pragyan Ojha broke the 38-run stand.

CSK scored 100 off 14.1 overs (85 balls). DC had conceded an extra at that point.

Dhoni, whose 29-ball innings included three boundaries and a couple of sixes, scored 42. Five overs after Kemp’s dismissal, Symonds broke the 38-run stand.

Morkel, whose 26-ball innings included a boundary and three sixes, scored 42. He was unbeaten.

Ashwin, who faced a ball, didn’t get off the mark. Three balls after Dhoni’s dismissal, he was caught by Rudra Pratap. Needless to say, Rohit was in seventh heaven.

Balaji, whose 10-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 15. Fourteen balls later, he was caught by Anirudh Singh. Rudra Pratap broke the 21-run stand.

Muralitharan, who faced a couple of balls, scored a run. A couple of balls later, he was trapped leg before wicket by Symonds, who broke the one-run stand.

CSK scored 150 off 19.3 overs (117 balls). DC had conceded a couple of extras at that point.

Tyagi, who faced four balls, scored three. He was unbeaten.

DC eventually conceded three extras. CSK, who scored 159 for the loss of nine wickets off 20 overs, lost by 31-run stand.

Jaskaran Singh and Suman bowled a wicketless over apiece. While the former conceded 16, the latter conceded eight.

Rudra Pratap, who bowled three overs, conceded 30. He picked up a wicket, as did Rohit, who bowled four overs, conceding 27.

Symonds, who bowled three overs, conceded 29. He picked up two wickets, as did Ojha, who bowled four overs, conceding 28.

Vaas bowled four overs, including a maiden. He conceded 21, picking up three scalps.