Chennai lose to Sehwag-led DD

DD made three (Fin)changes to their playing eleven – Aaron, Glenn Maxwell and Doug Bracewell made way for Kevin Pietersen, Mahela Jayawardene and Roelof van der Merwe.

CSK made no changes to their playing eleven.

On winning the toss, Virender Sehwag, DD’s skipper, chose to field.

Prior to the start of the match, the ground was wet.

The first Powerplay of CSK’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 41, and lost a couple of wickets.

CSK’s openers didn’t get off the mark. Murali Vijay didn’t face a ball. A ball into the match, Irfan Pathan and Jayawardene ran him out.

Faf du Plessis, whose 12-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 15. Eighteen balls later, he was caught by van der Merwe. Morne Morkel, the player of the match, broke the 26-run stand.

The third-wicket pair put on 17. Suresh Raina, whose 16-ball innings included a couple of sixes, scored 17. Twenty balls later, Yogesh Nagar and Naman Ojha ran him out.

CSK scored 50 off 7.3 overs (45 balls). DD had conceded five extras at that point.

The fourth-wicket pair put on 21. Subramaniam Badrinath, whose 16-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 15. Nineteen balls after Raina’s dismissal, Pietersen and Ojha ran him out.

Ravindra Jadeja, whose 17-ball innings included a boundary, scored 13. Four balls later, he was caught by Ojha. Pathan broke the two-run stand.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni, CSK’s skipper, faced 18 balls, scoring 11. Forty-one balls later, he was caught by Jayawardene. Morne broke the 23-run stand.

CSK scored 100 off 18.2 overs (110 balls). DD had conceded five extras at that point.

Dwayne, whose 31-ball innings included a boundary, scored 22. (Dho)Nine balls after the dismissal of the man from Ranchi, Umesh Yadav Br(av)oke the 11-run stand.

Albie Morkel, who faced three balls, scored a couple. He was unbeaten.

The eighth-wicket pair put on eight. Ashwin, whose five-ball innings included a boundary, scored eight. Five balls later, Sehwag and Ojha (Ravichand)ran him out.

Shadab Jakati, who faced a couple of balls, scored a run. He was unbeaten.

DD eventually conceded half-a-dozen extras. CSK scored 110 for the loss of eight wickets off 20 overs.

Pietersen, who bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceded 16.

Shahbaz Nadeem, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded nine.

Van der Merwe, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 15.

Yadav, who bowled three overs, conceded 24. He picked up a wicket, as did Pathan, who bowled four overs, conceding 25.

Morne, who bowled four overs, conceded 19. He picked up a couple of scalps.

The first Powerplay of DD’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 50, and lost a couple of wickets.

DD’s openers put on 32. Ojha, whose 12-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 14. Twenty-two balls into the chase, du Plessis and Ashwin ran him out.

Sehwag, whose 21-ball innings included four boundaries and a six, scored 33. Fourteen balls later, he was caught by Vijay. Ashwin broke the 18-run stand.

DD scored 50 off 5.5 overs (35 balls). CSK hadn’t conceded any extras at that point.

DD scored 100 off 12.4 overs (76 balls). CSK hadn’t conceded any extras at that point.

The third-wicket pair put on 50 off 40 balls. While Pietersen’s contribution to the partnership was 32, Jayawardene’s contribution to the partnership was 18. Extras didn’t contribute to it.

Pietersen, whose 26-ball innings included three boundaries and a couple of sixes, eventually scored 43. He was unbeaten, as was Jayawardene, who eventually scored 20 off 21 balls, which included a boundary.

CSK eventually conceded an extra. DD, who scored 111 for the loss of a couple of wickets off 13.2 overs, won by eight wickets with 40 balls to spare.

Bravo, who bowled a wicketless over, conceded five.

Albie, Jadeja and Doug Bollinger bowled a couple of wicketless overs apiece. They conceded 24, 19, and 18, respectively.

Jakati, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 23.

Ashwin, who bowled 3.2 wicketless overs, conceded 21. He picked up a wicket.