CSK made one change to their playing (Micha)eleven – Scott Styris made way for Hussey, the player of the match.
RCB made one change to their playing eleven – Sreenath Aravind made way
for Asad Pathan.
On winning the toss, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, CSK’s skipper, chose to bat.
The first Powerplay of CSK’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay
– was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 45, without the loss of
a wicket.
CSK’s openers put on 50 off 6.2 overs (38 balls). RCB had conceded an
extra at that point. While Hussey’s contribution to the partnership was 19, Murali
Vijay’s contribution to it was 31.
Vijay, whose 21-ball innings included three boundaries and a couple of
sixes, didn’t add to the aforementioned score. Thirty-nine balls into the
match, he was caught by Zaheer Khan. Ryan Ninan broke the 51-run partnership.
Suresh Raina, whose 16-ball innings included three boundaries and a six,
scored 29. Twenty-six balls later, he was caught by Mayank Agarwal. Ninan broke
the 45-run stand.
CSK scored 100 off 11.4 overs (70 balls). RCB had conceded a couple of extras
at that point.
Hussey’s half-century – which included half-a-dozen boundaries and a six
– came off 42 balls.
The third-wicket pair put on 50 off 33 balls. While Hussey’s contribution
to the partnership was 27, Dhoni’s contribution to it was 22. Extras’ contribution
to the partnership was a couple.
Hussey eventually scored 83 off 56 balls, which included 11 boundaries,
in addition to the six. He was unbeaten.
Dhoni, whose 16-ball innings included a boundary and a six, didn’t add
to the aforementioned score. Thirty-four balls after Raina’s dismissal, he was
caught by A B de Villiers. Khan broke the 51-run partnership.
CSK scored 150 off 17 overs (102 balls). RCB had conceded four extras at
that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually
conceded.
Albie Morkel, whose eight-ball innings included a boundary, scored nine.
Sixteen balls after Dhoni’s dismissal, he was caught by Agarwal. Johan van der
Wath broke the 29-run stand.
Subramaniam Badrinath, whose three-ball innings included a boundary,
scored five. Five balls later, he was caught by Ninan. Needless to say, van der
Wath was in seventh heaven.
CSK scored 183 for the loss of five wickets off 20 overs.
Tillakaratne Dilshan bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceding 21.
Virat Kohli bowled three wicketless overs, conceding 23.
Daniel Vettori, RCB’s skipper, bowled four wicketless overs, conceding
23.
Khan bowled four overs, conceding 33. He picked up a wicket.
Ninan, who bowled three overs, conceded 31. He picked up a couple of
scalps, as was van der Wath, who bowled four overs, conceding 49.
The first Powerplay of RCB’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay
– was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 33, and lost three wickets.
Dilshan, who faced a ball, didn’t get off the mark. A couple of balls
into the chase, he was caught by Srikkanth Anirudha. Albie Morkel broke the
one-run stand.
Pathan, whose five-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a
six, scored 14. Half-a-dozen balls later, Tim Southee broke the 16-run stand.
Agarwal, whose 13-ball innings included a boundary, had no reason to be
in seventh heaven – 21 balls later, he was caught by Morkel. Ravichandran
Ashwin broke the 14-run stand.
RCB scored 50 off 7.5 overs (47 balls). CSK had conceded an extra at
that point.
Kohli, whose 28-ball innings included four boundaries and a six, scored
35. Thirty-six balls after Agarwal’s dismissal, he was caught by Anirudha.
Shadab Jakati broke the 42-run stand.
RCB scored 100 off 13.5 overs (83 balls). CSK had conceded four extras
at that point.
Saurabh Tiwary, who faced 13 balls, scored 14. Twenty-five balls after
Kohli’s dismissal, he was caught by Dhoni. Suraj Randiv broke the 29-run stand.
Cheteshwar Pujara, who faced four balls, scored a couple. Ten balls
later, he was caught by Vijay. Randiv broke the 15-run stand.
De Villiers’ half-century – which included five boundaries and a six –
came off 38 balls.
He eventually scored 65 off 44 balls, which included the aforementioned number
of boundaries, in addition to a couple of sixes. Ten balls after Pujara’s
dismissal, he was caught by Anirudha. Morkel broke the 18-run stand.
RCB scored 150 off 18.3 overs (111 balls). CSK had conceded eight extras
at that point.
Van der Wath, whose innings included a boundary and a six, scored 14. He
was unbea‘ten’.
Vettori, who faced a couple of balls, scored as many. He was unbeaten.
CSK eventually conceded nine extras. RCB, who scored 162 for the loss of
seven wickets off 20 overs, lost by 21 runs.
Raina bowled a wicketless over, conceding 10.
Jakati bowled three overs, conceding 36. He picked up a wicket, as did
Southee and Ashwin, who bowled four overs apiece. While the former conceded 32,
the latter conceded 23.
Morkel and Randiv bowled four overs each, picking up two scalps apiece. While
the former conceded 34, the latter conceded 24.
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