Chennai disappointed; Ponting-led MI win

CSK made three changes to their playing (Mork)eleven – Albie, Ben Hilfenhaus, and Shadab Jakati made way for Ben Laughlin, Ankit Rajpoot, and Dirk Nannes.

MI made a couple of changes to their playing eleven – Jasprit Bumrah and Jacob Oram made way for Dwayne Smith and Pragyan Ojha.

On winning the toss, Ricky Ponting, MI’s skipper, chose to bat.

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

MI’s openers didn’t get off the mark. Tendulkar, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. Five ballS(ach)into the match, he was trapped leg before wicket by Nannes, who broke the three-run stand.

Ponting, who faced 10 balls, scored half-a-dozen. Fifteen balls later, he was caught by Ravichandran Ashwin. Rajpoot broke the 14-run stand.

Rohit Sharma, whose 10-ball innings included a boundary, scored eight. Seventeen balls later, he was caught by Mahendra Singh Dhoni, CSK’s skipper. Dwayne Br(av)oke the 24-run stand.

MI scored 50 off 7.1 overs (43 balls). CSK had conceded four extras at that point.

Dinesh Karthik, whose 25-ball innings included four boundaries and a six, scored 37. Thirteen balls later, he was trapped leg before wicket by Bravo, who broke the 18-run stand.

Ambati Rayudu, who faced 10 balls, had no reason to be in seventh heaven – 13 balls later, he was caught by Nannes. Laughlin broke the 16-run stand.

Smith, who faced five balls, scored three. Nine balls later, he was caught by Bravo. Ashwin broke the eight-run stand.

MI scored 100 off 15.5 overs (95 balls). CSK had conceded half-a-dozen extras at that point.

Kieron Pollard, the player of the match scored 50 off 35 balls, which included four boundaries and as many sixes.

The seventh-wicket pair put on 50 off 42 balls. While Pollard’s contribution to the partnership was 34, Harbhajan Singh’s contribution to it was 13. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was three.

Pollard, whose 38-ball innings included the aforementioned number of boundaries, in addition to five sixes, eventually scored 57. He was unbeaten, as was Harbhajan, whose run-a-ball innings included a boundary and a six, eventually scored 21.

CSK eventually conceded nine extras at that point. MI scored 148 for the loss of half-a-dozen wickets off 20 overs.

Ravindra Jadeja bowled two wicketless overs, conceding 12.

Rajpoot and Laughlin bowled three overs, conceding 25, each. They picked up a wicket apiece.

Ashwin and Nannes bowled four overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 21, the latter conceded 18.

Bravo, who bowled four overs, conceded 44. He picked up a couple of scalps.  

The first Powerplay of CSK’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 36, and lost a couple of wickets.

Murali Vijay, who faced eight balls, scored five. A couple of overs into the chase, Munaf Patel broke the 10-run stand.

Although his innings included a boundary, Suresh Raina had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored 10. Fifteen balls later, he was caught by Ponting. Mitchell Johnson broke the 20-run stand.

Michael Hussey, whose 23-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 20. Nineteen balls later, Harbhajan broke the 12-run stand.

CSK scored 50 off 9.1 overs (55 balls). MI had conceded a couple of extras at that point.

Bravo, who faced 17 balls, scored 10. Sixteen balls after Hussey’s dismissal, he was caught by Dinesh. Pragyan broke the run-a-ball stand.

Subramaniam Badrinath, whose run-a-ball innings included a boundary, scored 16. Eleven balls later, he was trapped leg before wicket by Pragyan, who broke the eight-run stand.

Jadeja, whose 11-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 16. Nineteen balls later, Munaf broke the 31-run stand.

CSK scored 100 off 16.1 overs (97 balls). MI had conceded three extras at that point.

Ashwin, who faced five balls, scored a couple. Nine balls after Jadeja’s dismissal, he was caught by Pollard. Harbhajan broke the 11-run stand.

Laughlin, who faced a ball, didn’t get off the mark. Half-a-dozen balls later, Pollard broke the 18-run stand.

Dhoni’s half-century – which included five boundaries and three sixes – came off 24 balls.

He eventually scored 51 off 26 balls. Eight balls after Laughlin’s dismissal, he was caught by Pollard. Munaf broke the 11-run stand.

Ankit Rajpoot, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored a couple. He was unbeaten, as was Nannes, who didn’t face a ball.

The number of extras they eventually conceded gave MI no reason to be in seventh heaven.

CSK, who scored 139 for the loss of nine wickets off 20 overs, lost by nine runs.

Each of the five bowlers bowled four overs apiece.

Pollard and Johnson picked up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 40, the latter conceded 22.

Harbhajan and Pragyan picked up two wickets apiece. While the former conceded 31, the latter conceded 16.

Munaf conceded 29, picked up three scalps.