Dhoni-led CSK triumph over Mumbai

Neither CSK nor MI made no changes to their playing eleven.

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 fourth over. They scored 40, without the loss of a wicket.

Murali Vijay, whose 19-ball innings included a boundary and a couple of sixes, scored 26. Forty-four balls into the match, he was caught by Saurabh Tiwary. Dilhara Fernando broke the run-a-ball stand.

Matthew Hayden, whose 31-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 17. Eight balls later, he was caught by Ambati Rayudu. Kieron Pollard broke the three-run stand.

CSK scored 50 off 9.1 overs (55 balls). MI had conceded three extras at that point.

Subramaniam Badrinath, whose 11-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 14. Sixteen balls after Hayden’s dismissal, he was caught by Lasith Malinga. Fernando broke the 20-run stand.

CSK scored 100 off 14.3 overs (87 balls). MI had conceded four extras at that point.

The fourth-wicket pair put on 50 off 25 balls. While the contribution of Suresh Raina, the player of the match, to the partnership was 29, Dhoni’s contribution to it was 20. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a run.

Dhoni, whose 15-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, eventually scored 22. Thirty-five balls after Badrinath’s dismissal, he was caught by Fernando. Zaheer Khan broke the 72-run partnership.

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

He eventually scored 57 off 35 balls, which included three sixes, in addition to the aforementioned number of sixes. He was unbeaten.

CSK scored 150 off 18.5 overs (113 balls). MI had conceded half-a-dozen extras at that point.

The fifth-wicket pair put on 18. Albie Morkel, whose six-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 15. Fourteen balls after Dhoni’s dismissal, Rayudu ran him out.

Srikkanth Anirudha scored half-a-dozen off three balls, which included a boundary. He was unbeaten.

MI eventually conceded 11 extras. CSK scored 168 for the loss of five wickets off 20 overs.

Each of the five bowlers bowled four overs apiece.

Malinga and Harbhajan Singh were wicketless. While the former conceded 33, the latter conceded 30.

Pollard and Khan picked up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 45, the latter conceded 34.

Fernando, who conceded 23, picked up a couple of scalps.

The first Powerplay of MI’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the fourth over. They scored 33, and lost a wicket.

Shikhar Dhawan, who faced eight balls, didn’t get off the mark. Ten balls into the chase, he was caught by Dhoni. Doug Bollinger broke the one-run stand.

MI scored 50 off 9.4 overs (58 balls). CSK had conceded half-a-dozen extras at that point.

The second-wicket pair put on 50 off 48 balls. While the contribution of Sachin Tendulkar, MI’s skipper, the player of the series and the holder of the Orange Cap, to the partnership was 28, Abhishek Nayar’s contribution to it was 18. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was half-a-dozen.

The second-wicket pair put on 66. Abhishek Nayar, whose 26-ball innings included a boundary and a couple of sixes, scored 27. Fifty-eight balls after Dhawan’s dismissal, Dhoni ran him out.

Harbhajan, who faced a couple of balls, scored a run. He was trapped leg be‘four’ wicket by Raina, who broke the six-run stand.

Tendulkar, whose 45-ball innings included seven boundaries, eventually scored 48. Fourteen balls later, he was caught by Vijay. Shadab Jakati broke the 26-run stand.

MI scored 100 off 14.3 overs (87 balls). CSK had conceded 11 extras at that point.

Tiwary, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t get off the mark. Three balls later, he was caught by Raina. Morkel broke the one-run stand.

Jean-Paul Duminy had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored half-a-dozen. Thirteen balls later, he was caught by Jakati. Muttiah Muralitharan broke the 14-run stand.

The seventh-wicket pair put on 28. Rayudu, whose 14-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 21. (Mork)Eleven balls later, Vijay, Dhoni and the South African ran him out.

The eighth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Pollard, whose 10-ball innings included three boundaries and a couple of sixes, scored 27. The next ball, he was caught by Hayden off the bowling of Morkel.

The (Dho)ninth-wicket pair put on a run. Khan, who faced three balls, scored a run. Three balls later, Ravichandran Ashwin and the man from Ranchi ran him out.

Malinga, who faced a ball, scored a run. He was unbeaten, as was Fernando, who faced a couple of balls, scoring as many.

CSK eventually conceded 12 extras. MI, who scored 146 for the loss of nine wickets off 20 overs, lost by 22 runs.

Ashwin bowled four wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 24.

Raina, who bowled two overs, conceded 21. He picked up a wicket.

Morkel, who bowled three overs, conceded 20. He picked up a wicket.

Bollinger and Muralitharan bowled four overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 31, the latter conceded 17.

Jakati, who bowled three overs, conceded 26. He picked up a couple of scalps.

CSK won the 2010 IPL.