M S-led CSK beat Kochi

CSK made no changes to their playing eleven.

KTK made three changes to their playing eleven – Mahela Jayawardene, Prasanth Parameswaran and Padmanabhan Prasanth made way for Kedar Jadhav, Rudra Pratap Singh and Muttiah Muralitharan.

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

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.

Murali Vijay, whose 11-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 16. Three overs into the match, Rudra Pratap broke the 19-run stand.

Suresh Raina, whose 13-ball innings included a boundary and a couple of sixes, scored 19. Sixteen balls later, he was caught by Rudra Pratap. Sreesanth broke the 21-run stand.

CSK scored 50 off 7.5 overs (47 balls). KTK hadn’t conceded any extras at that point.

Subramaniam Badrinath, whose 10-ball innings included a six, scored 13. Eighteen balls after Raina’s dismissal, he was caught by Rudra Pratap. Brad Hodge broke the 20-run stand.

Michael Hussey, whose 37-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 32. Thirty-five balls later, he was caught by Gnaneswara Rao. Ravindra Jadeja broke the 37-run stand.

CSK scored 100 off 15 overs (90 balls). KTK had conceded an extra at that point.

Wriddhiman Saha, the player of the match, scored 46 off 33, which included a boundary and three sixes. He was unbeaten.

The man from Ranchi scoreD(ho)ni off six balls, which included a boundary. (Pat)Eleven balls after Hussey’s dismissal, he was caught by Parthiv, KTK’s skipper. Jadeja broke the 19-run stand.

CSK scored 150 off 19.4 overs (118 balls). KTK had conceded four extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Albie Morkel, whose innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 13. He was unbea‘ten’.

CSK scored 152 for the loss of five wickets off 20 overs.

Vinay Kumar bowled two overs, conceding 17. He was wicketless, as was Muralitharan, who bowled four overs, conceding 26.

Hodge and Sreesanth bowled three overs apiece, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 24, the latter conceded 23.

Rudra Pratap bowled four overs, conceding 34. He picked up a wicket.

Jadeja bowled four overs, conceding 26. He picked up two scalps.

The first Powerplay of KTK’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 40, and lost a wicket.

Patel had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored half-a-dozen. Fourteen balls into the chase, he was caught by Morkel. Ravichandran Ashwin broke the 11-run stand.

Rao, whose 17-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 19. Twenty-six balls later, he was caught by Dwayne, who Br(av)oke the 34-run stand.

KTK scored 50 off 8.1 overs (49 balls). CSK had conceded five extras at that point.

Brendon McCullum, whose 37-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 33. Forty-three balls after Rao’s dismissal, Shadab Jakati broke the 38-run stand.

KTK scored 100 off 16.4 overs (100 balls). CSK had conceded eight extras at that point.

Hodge’s half-century – which included three boundaries and a couple of sixes – came off 41 balls.

He eventually scored 51 off 42 balls, and was unbeaten.

Jadeja, whose 13-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 19. Twenty-five balls after McCullum’s dismissal, he was caught by Raina. Doug Bollinger broke the 32-run stand.

The fifth-wicket pair put on 22. Owais Shah, who faced three balls, scored as many. (Dho)Nine balls later, the man from Ranchi and Bollinger ran him out.

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

CSK eventually conceded nine extras. KKR, who scored 141 for the loss of five wickets off 20 overs, lost by 11 runs.

Each of the five bowlers bowled four overs apiece.

Raina, who was wicketless, conceded 26.

Bollinger, Bravo, Jakati and Ashwin picked up a scalp apiece. They conceded 38, 36, 23, and 16, respectively.