Harbhajan-led MI leave Chennai disappointed

CSK made a couple of changes to their playing (Micha)eleven – Hussey and Wriddhiman Saha made way for Faf du Plessis and Ravindra Jadeja.

MI made three changes to their playing (Pat)eleven – Aiden Blizzard, Rajagopal Sathish and Munaf made way for Richard Levi (the player of the match), Dinesh Karthik and Pragyan Ojha.

On winning the toss, Harbhajan Singh, MI’s skipper, 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 42, and lost a couple of wickets.

CSK’s openers put on four. Du Plessis, who faced a couple of balls, scored three. Four balls into the match, Ambati Rayudu ran him out.

Murali Vijay, whose 17-ball (Frankl)innings included a boundary, scored 10. Thirty-one balls later, he was caught by Harbhajan. James broke the 34-run stand.

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

Suresh Raina, whose 26-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored (Lasi)thirty-six. Twenty-four balls after Vijay’s dismissal, he was caught by Malinga. Ojha broke the 37-run stand.

Dwayne, whose run-a-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 19. Nine balls later, he was caught by Kieron Pollard. Ojha Br(av)oke the eight-run stand.

Albie Morkel, who faced eight balls, scored three. Eight balls later, he was caught by Ojha. Pollard broke the five-run stand.

The sixth-wicket pair put on 10. Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored four. Fifteen balls later, Abu Nechim and Karthik ran him out.

Subramaniam Badrinath, who faced 16 balls, scored 10. Half-a-dozen balls later, he was caught by Harbhajan. Pollard broke the four-run stand.

CSK scored 100 off 16.2 overs (98 balls). MI had conceded a dozen extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

The eighth-wicket pair put on four. Ashwin, who faced five balls, scored three. Half-a-dozen balls after Badrinath’s dismissal, Harbhajan and Karthik (Ravichand)ran him out.

Jadeja, who faced five balls, scored three. Five balls later, Malinga broke the one-run stand.

Shadab Jakati, who scored half-a-dozen, was unbea‘ten’.

Doug Bollinger, who faced five balls, scored three. Eleven balls after Jadeja’s dismissal, he was caught by Rohit Sharma. Malinga broke the eight-run stand.

CSK were bundled out for 112 off 19.5 overs.

Nechim, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded 17. He was wicketless, as was Harbhajan, who bowled four overs, conceding 24.

Franklin, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded 18. He picked up a wicket.

Malinga, who bowled 3.5 overs, conceded 16. He picked up a couple of scalps, as did Ojha and Pollard, who bowled four overs apiece. While the former conceded 17, the latter conceded 15.

The first Powerplay of MI’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 53, without the loss of a wicket.

MI’s openers put on 50 off half-a-dozen overs (36 balls). CSK had conceded three extras at that point. While Levi’s contribution to the partnership was 37, Sachin Tendulkar’s contribution to it was 13.

Levi’s half-century – which included half-a-dozen boundaries and three sixes – came off 34 balls.

He eventually faced 35 balls, failing to add to the aforementioned score. Forty-seven balls into the chase, he was caught by Bollinger. Bravo broke the 69-run partnership.

Sharma, who faced three balls, failed to get off the mark. Four balls later, he was caught by Dhoni. Bollinger broke the one-run stand.

Nine overs into the chase, Tendulkar – who was batting on 16 – retired hurt. MI had scored 72 for the loss of a couple of wickets at that point.

The Little Master, whose 15-ball innings included a boundary and a six, didn’t add to the aforementioned score.

MI scored 100 off 15 overs (90 balls). CSK had conceded five extras at that point.

Rayudu, whose run-a-ball innings included a six, scored 18. He was unbeaten, as was Franklin, who scored 25 off 30 balls, which included a couple of boundaries.

CSK eventually conceded half-a-dozen extras. MI, who scored 115 for the loss of a couple of wickets off 16.5 overs, won by eight wickets with 19 balls to spare.

Jadeja and Bravo bowled a wicketless over apiece. While the former conceded 16, the latter conceded eight.

Morkel and Ashwin bowled four wicketless overs each, conceding 20 apiece.

Bravo, who bowled three overs, conceded 14. He picked up a scalp, as did Bollinger, who bowled 3.5 overs, conceding 34.