Karthik leads; CSK beat Delhi

DD made three changes to their playing eleven – Farveez Maharoof, Sarabjit Ladda and Gautam Gambhir made way for David Warner, Rajat Bhatia and Umesh Yadav.

CSK (Shar)made a couple of changes to their playing (Pat)eleven – Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Manpreet Gony made way for Parthiv and Joginder.   

On winning the toss, Dinesh Karthik, 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 52, and lost a wicket.

Warner, whose eight-ball innings included a boundary, scored half-a-dozen. Twenty-one balls into the match, he was caught by Matthew Hayden, the player of the match. Lakshmipathy Balaji broke the 350run stand.

DD scored 50 off five overs (31 balls). CSK had conceded an extra at that point.

Virender Sehwag’s half-century – which included eight boundaries and a couple of sixes – came off 22 balls.

The second-wicket pair put on 50 off 37 balls. While Sehwag’s contribution to the partnership was 33, Tillakaratne Dilshan’s contribution to it was a dozen. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was five.

DD scored 100 off 10.5 overs (66 balls). The number of extras they had conceded at that point gave no reason to be in seventh heaven.

Dilshan, whose 24-ball innings included a boundary, scored 15. Forty-seven balls after Warner’s dismissal, he was caught by Suresh Raina, CSK’s skipper. Muttiah Muralitharan broke the 67-run stand.

Sehwag, whose 38-ball (Just)innings included 10 boundaries and three sixes, eventually scored 74. A couple of balls later, he was caught by Kemp. Muralitharan broke the one-run stand.

A B de Villiers, who faced three balls, scored a couple. Five balls later, he was caught by Raina. Ravichandran Ashwin broke the four-run stand.

Karthik, whose 14-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 19. Twenty-three balls later, he was trapped leg before wicket by Sharma, who broke the 39-run stand.

DD scored 150 off 17 overs (103 balls). CSK had conceded eight extras at that point.

Manhas, whose 22-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 32. He was (Mith)unbeaten.

Bhatia, whose nine-ball innings included a boundary and a couple of sixes, scored 21. Eighteen balls after Karthik’s dismissal, he was caught by Raina. Balaji broke the 31-run stand.

Amit Mishra, whose three-ball innings included a boundary, scored half-a-dozen. He was unbeaten.

CSK eventually conceded 10 extras. DD scored 185 for the loss of half-a-dozen wickets off 20 overs.

Kemp and Raina bowled a wicketless over apiece. While the former conceded 14, the latter conceded a dozen.

Albie Morkel, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 26.

Sharma and Ashwin bowled four overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 43, the latter conceded 40.

Balaji, who bowled three overs, conceded 21. He picked up a couple of scalps, as did Muralitharan, who bowled four overs, conceding 25.

The first Powerplay of CSK’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 56, and lost a wicket.

CSK’s openers put on 21. Patel, whose run-a-ball innings included a boundary, scored half-a-dozen. Thirteen balls later, de Villiers ran him out.

CSK scored 50 off five overs (30 balls). DD had conceded an extra at that point.

Hayden’s half-century – which included seven boundaries and three sixes – came off 24 balls.

Subramaniam Badrinath, whose 15-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 14. Twenty-nine balls after Patel’s dismissal, he was caught by Mishra. Yadav broke the 43-run stand.

CSK scored 100 off 10 overs (60 balls). DD had conceded three extras at that point.

The third-wicket pair put on 50 off 23 balls. While Hayden’s contribution to the partnership was 35, Raina’s contribution to it was 16. Extras didn’t contribute to the partnership.

Hayden, whose 43-ball innings included nine boundaries and seven sixes, eventually scored 93. Thirty-nine balls later, he was caught by Dilshan. Mishra broke the 78-run partnership.

Raina, whose 34-ball innings included three boundaries and as many sixes, scored 49. He was unbeaten.

CSK scored 150 off 14.3 overs (87 balls). DD had conceded eight extras at that point.

Morkel, who faced three balls, didn’t get off the mark. Eleven balls after Hayden’s dismissal, he was caught by Mishra. Dilshan broke the 14-run stand.

Kemp, who faced eight balls, scored just four. Fifteen balls later, Dirk Nannes broke the run-a-ball stand.

Murali Vijay, whose six-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 14. He was unbeaten.

DD eventually conceded 10 extras. CSK, who scored 190 for the loss of five wickets off 19.1 overs, lost by five wickets with five balls to spare.

Bhatia, who bowled two overs, conceded 31. He was wicketless, as was Pradeep Sangwan, who bowled four overs, conceding 46.

Dilshan, who bowled 2.1 overs, conceded 30. He picked up a wicket, as was Mishra, who bowled three overs, conceding 25.

Yadav and Nannes bowled four overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 38, the latter conceded 18.