Tendulkar shines; MI beat Chennai

MI made no changes to their playing eleven.

CSK (Shar)made four changes to their playing eleven – George Bailey, Murali Vijay, Ravichandran Ashwin and Sudeep Tyagi made way for Mahendra Singh Dhoni (who was leading the team), Thisara Perera, Joginder and Sudeep Tyagi.

On winning the toss, Sachin Tendulkar, MI’s skipper and the player of the match, chose to field.

The first Powerplay of CSK’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 51, and lost a couple of wickets.

Parthiv Patel, whose 12-ball innings included a boundary, scored eight. Twenty balls into the match, Ryan McLaren broke the 32-run stand.

Matthew Hayden, whose 12-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 20. Ten balls later, he was trapped leg before wicket by Harbhajan Singh, who broke the six-run stand.

CSK scored 50 off 5.4 overs (34 balls). MI had conceded five extras at that point.

The third-wicket pair put on 50 off 32 balls. While Suresh Raina’s contribution to the partnership was 42, Subramaniam Badrinath’s contribution to it was seven. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a run.

CSK scored 100 off 11.4 overs (71 balls). MI had conceded nine extras at that point.

Raina’s half-century – which included four boundaries and a couple of sixes – came off 32 balls.

The third-wicket pair put on 100 off 70 balls. While Raina’s contribution to the partnership was 64, Subramaniam Badrinath’s contribution to it was 34. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was seven.

CSK scored 150 off 17 overs (103 balls). MI had conceded 13 extras at that point.

Badrinath’s half-century – which included half-a-dozen boundaries – came off 41 balls.

Raina, whose 52-ball innings included seven boundaries and three sixes, eventually scored 83. He was unbeaten, as was Badrinath, who eventually faced 45 balls, scoring 55.

MI eventually conceded 14 extras. CSK scored 180 for the loss of a couple of wickets off 20 overs.

Each of the five bowlers bowled four overs apiece.

Zaheer Khan, Dwayne Bravo and Lasith Malinga were wicketless. They conceded 45, 42, and 41, respectively.

Harbhajan and McLaren picked up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 25, the latter conceded 23.

The first Powerplay of MI’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 63, without the loss of a wicket.

MI’s openers put on 50 off 4.5 overs (30 balls). CSK had conceded 10 extras at that point. While Shikhar Dhawan’s contribution to the partnership was 25, Tendulkar’s contribution to it was 15.

Dhawan’s half-century – which included five boundaries and three sixes – came off 31 balls.

He eventually scored 56 off 34 balls. Fifty-four balls into the chase, he was caught by Raina. Shadab Jakati broke the 92-run partnership.

Saurabh Tiwary, who faced three balls, scored a couple. He was trapped leg be‘four’ wicket by Muttiah Muralitharan, who broke the run-a-ball stand.

MI scored 100 off 10.5 overs (66 balls). CSK had conceded 13 extras at that point.

Rajagopal Sathish, who faced nine balls, scored just five. Twenty-three balls after Tiwary’s dismissal, Sharma broke the 24-run stand.

Tendulkar’s half-century – which included four boundaries and a six – came off 40 balls.

MI scored 150 off 16 overs (97 balls). CSK had conceded 14 extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Kieron Pollard, whose nine-ball innings included three boundaries and a six, scored 20. Twenty balls after Sathish’s dismissal, Muralitharan broke the 39-run stand.

Tendulkar, whose 52-ball innings included eight boundaries and a six, eventually scored 72. Ten balls later, he was caught by Dhoni. Lakshmipathy Balaji broke the 13-run stand.

Although he was unbeaten, Bravo, whose innings included a six, had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored 11.

McLaren, who faced a ball, scored a run. He was unbeaten.

MI, who scored 181 for the loss of five wickets off 19 overs, lost by five wickets with an over to spare.

Perera, who bowled an over, conceded 19. He was unbeaten, as was Albie Morkel, who bowled four overs, conceding 26.

Sharma, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded 23. He picked up a wicket, as did Balaji and Jakati, who bowled four overs each. While the former conceded 47, the latter conceded 32.

Muralitharan, who bowled four overs, conceded 32. He picked up a couple of scalps.