Warne-led RR triumph over Chennai

RR made no changes to their playing eleven.

CSK made three changes to their playing (Pat)eleven – Parthiv, Thisara Perera and Lakshmipathy Balaji made way for Murali Vijay, Arun Karthik and Thilan Thushara.

On winning the toss, Shane Warne, RR’s skipper, chose to bat.

The first Powerplay of RR’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 58, and lost a wicket.

Michael Lumb, whose 16-ball innings included three boundaries and a couple of sixes, scored 30. Four overs into the match, he was caught by Thushara. Albie Morkel broke the 47-run partnership.

RR scored 50 off 5.1 overs (31 balls). CSK had conceded three extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

The second-wicket pair put on 50 off 37 balls. While the contribution of Naman Ojha, the player of the match, to the partnership was 34, Faiz Fazal’s contribution to the partnership was 16. Extras didn’t contribute to the partnership.

RR scored 100 off 10.5 overs (65 balls).

Fazal, whose 18-ball innings included a boundary, eventually scored 17. Seven overs after Lumb’s dismissal, he was caught by Vijay. Shadab Jakati broke the 53-run partnership.

Yusuf Pathan, whose six-ball innings included a boundary, scored eight. Ten balls later, he was caught by Suresh Raina. Jakati broke the 18-run stand.

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

RR scored 150 off 17 overs (102 balls).

Ojha, whose 49-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries and five sixes, eventually scored 80. Twenty-nine balls later, he was caught by Joginder Sharma. Thushara broke the 38-run stand.

Adam Voges, whose 19-ball innings included a boundary, scored 20. Five balls later, he was caught by Muttiah Muralitharan. Needless to say, Morkel was in seventh heaven.

The sixth-wicket pair put on a dozen. Paras Dogra, whose three-ball innings included a boundary, scored five. Half-a-dozen balls later, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, CSK’s skipper, and Thushara ran him out.

The seventh-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Abhishek Jhunjhunwala, whose six-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 11. The next ball, he was caught by Vijay off the bowling of Thushara.

Sumit Narwal, who faced a couple of balls, scored as many. He was unbeaten.

The eighth-wicket pair put on a run. Warne didn’t face a ball. The next ball, Jakati and Dhoni ran him out.

Tait, who faced a ball, scored a run. He waS(ha)unbeaten.

RR scored 177 for the loss of eight wickets off 20 overs.

Sharma and Raina bowled a couple of wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 23, the latter conceded 15.

Muralitharan, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 34.

Morkel, Jakati and Thushara bowled four overs each, picking up a couple of wickets apiece. While the former conceded 46, 30, and 28, respectively.

The first Powerplay of CSK’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 58, and lost a wicket.

Matthew Hayden, whose 14-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 19. Twenty-three balls into the chase, he was caught by Pathan, who broke the 24-run stand.

CSK scored 50 off 5.1 overs (31 balls). RR hadn’t conceded any extras at that point.

The second-wicket pair put on 50 off 28 balls. While Vijay’s contribution to the partnership was 37, Raina’s contribution to the partnership was 13. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a run.

The second-wicket pair eventually put on 51. Vijay, whose 28-ball innings included four boundaries and a couple of sixes, eventually scored 42. Thirty balls after Hayden’s dismissal, Pathan ran him out.

Raina, whose 12-ball innings included a boundary, scored 14. Half-a-dozen balls later, Warne broke the four-run stand.

CSK scored 100 off 13.1 overs (79 balls). RR had conceded an extra at that point.

The fourth-wicket pair put on 44. The man from Ranchi, who faceD(ho)nineteen-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 21. Thirty-six balls after Raina’s dismissal, Voges and Ojha ran him out.

CSK scored 150 off 18 overs (108 balls). RR had conceded five extras at that point.

Subramaniam Badrinath, whose 27-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 25. Fifteen balls after Dhoni’s dismissal, he was caught by Pathan. Tait broke the 28-run stand.

Morkel, whose 12-ball innings included a boundary and three sixes, scored 28. Four balls later, he was caught by Fazal. Tait broke the run-a-ball stand.

Karthik, who faced five balls, scored three. He was unbeaten, as was Thushara, who faced three balls, scoring a couple.

RR eventually conceded half-a-dozen extras. CSK, who scored 160 for the loss of half-a-dozen wickets off 20 overs, lost by 17 runs.

Voges bowled a wicketless over, conceding eight.

Narwal bowled three wicketless overs, conceding 49.

Siddharth Trivedi bowled four wicketless overs, conceding 18.

Warne and Pathan bowled four overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 34, the latter conceded 26.

Tait bowled four overs, conceded 22. He picked up two scalps.