Dhoni-led CSK qualify, beating Bangalore

Neither CSK nor RCB made any changes to their playing eleven.

On winning the toss, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, CSK’s skipper, chose to field.

The first Powerplay of RCB’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 44, and lost a wicket.

Chris, whose nine-ball innings included a six, scored eight. Twenty-one balls into the match, he was trapped (Gay)leg before wicket by Ravichandran Ashwin, who broke the 30-run stand.

RCB scored 50 off 6.5 overs (41 balls). CSK had conceded nine extras at that point.

Mayank Agarwal, whose 33-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 34. Thirty-three balls after Gayle’s dismissal, he was caught by Doug Bollinger. Dwayne Br(av)oke the 35-run stand.

A B de Villiers, whose 11-ball innings included a six, scored 10. Seventeen balls later, he was caught by Murali Vijay. Shadab Jakati broke the 20-run stand.

RCB scored 100 off 13.3 overs (81 balls). CSK had conceded 11 extras at that point.

Luke Pomersbach, whose 18-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and as many sixes, scored 29. Twenty-nine balls after de Villiers’ dismissal, Bollinger broke the 48-run stand.

RCB scored 150 off 18.1 overs (109 balls). CSK had conceded a dozen extras at that point.

Virat Kohli’s half-century – which included five boundaries and a six – came off 36 balls.

He eventually scored 70 off 44 balls, which included the aforementioned number of boundaries, in addition to three sixes. He was unbeaten, as was Saurabh Tiwary, who scored nine. His six-ball innings included a boundary.

CSK eventually conceded 14 extras. RCB scored 175 for the loss of four wickets off 20 overs.

Suresh Raina, who bowled an over, conceded eight. He was wicketless, as was Albie Morkel, who bowled four overs, conceding 40.

Bravo, who bowled three overs, conceded 28. He picked up a wicket, as did Jakati, Ashwin and Bollinger, who bowled four overs apiece. They conceded 37, 33, and 20, respectively.

The first Powerplay of CSK’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 25, and lost a couple of wickets.

Michael Hussey didn’t open his account. Zaheer Khan had a reason to be in seventh heaven – he trapped him leg be‘four’ wicket, breaking the three-run stand.

Vijay, whose run-a-ball innings included a boundary, scored five. Three balls later, he was trapped leg be‘four’ wicket by Sreenath Aravind.

CSK scored 50 off nine overs (55 balls). RCB had conceded five extras at that point.

The third-wicket pair put on 50 off 52 balls. While Raina’s contribution to the partnership was 24, Subramaniam Badrinath’s contribution to it was 28. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was three.

Badrinath, whose 32-ball innings included five boundaries, eventually scored 34.  Fifty-seven balls after Vijay’s dismissal, he was caught by Aravind. Abhimanyu Mithun broke the 63-run partnership.

CSK scored 100 off 14.1 overs (87 balls). The number of extras they had conceded at that point gave no reason to be in seventh heaven.

Raina’s half-century – which included four boundaries and as many sixes – came off 41 balls.

The fourth-wicket pair put on 50 off 32 balls. While Raina’s contribution to the partnership was 29, Dhoni’s contribution to it was 23. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a couple.

Raina, whose 50-ball innings included the aforementioned number of boundaries and half-a-dozen sixes, eventually scored 73. He was unbeaten.

The man from Ranchi, whose (Dho)nineteen-ball innings included three boundaries and a six, eventually scored 29. Thirty-six balls after Badrinath’s dismissal, he was caught by Mithun. Khan broke the 621-run partnership.

CSK scored 150 off 18.2 overs (112 balls). RCB had conceded eight extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Morkel, whose innings included a boundary and three sixes, scored 28. He was unbea‘ten’.

CSK, who scored 177 for the loss of four wickets off 19.4 overs, won by half-a-dozen wickets with a couple of balls to spare.

Kohli, who bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceded 19.

Daniel Vettori, RCB’s skipper, bowled 3.4 wicketless overs, conceding 42.

Gayle, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 19.

Aravind and Mithun, who bowled three overs, conceding 32, each, picking up a wicket apiece.

Khan, who bowled four overs, conceded 31. He picked up a couple of scalps.