Taylor leads; PWI beat Chennai

CSK made a couple of changes to their playing (Mork)eleven – Michael Hussey and Mohit (Shar)made way for Srikkanth Anirudha and Albie.

PWI made a couple of changes to their playing eleven – Yuvraj Singh and Angelo Mathews made way for Steven Smith, the player of the match, and Manish Pandey.

On winning the toss, Ross Taylor, PWI’s skipper, chose to bat.

The first Powerplay of PWI’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 48, without the loss of a wicket.

PWI’s openers put on 50 off 6.2 overs (38 balls). CSK had conceded a couple of extras at that point. While Robin Uthappa was unbea‘ten’,  Aaron Finch’s contribution to the partnership was 38.

Finch’s half-century – which included nine boundaries and a six – came off 32 balls.

He eventually scored 67 off 45 balls, which included 10 boundaries and a couple of sixes. Seventy-five balls into the match, he was caught by Mahendra Singh, CSK’s skipper. Ravindra Jadeja broke the (Dho)ninety-six-run partnership.

PWI scored 100 off 13.4 overs (82 balls). CSK had conceded five extras at that point.

Uthappa, whose 33-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, eventually scored 26. Ten balls after Finch’s disM(orr)issal, he was caught by Jadeja. Chris broke the five-run stand.

Taylor, who faced 13 balls, scored eight. A dozen balls later, he was caught by Jadeja. Morris broke the 17-run stand.

Smith, whose 16-ball innings included three boundaries and as many sixes, scored 39. He was unbeaten.

Mitchell Marsh, who faced four balls, scored a couple. Half-a-dozen balls after Taylor’s dismissal, he was caught by Albie’s dismissal. Dwayne Br(av)oke the 10-run stand.

PWI scored 150 off 19.2 overs (116 balls). The number of extras they had conceded at that point gave CSK no reason to be in seventh heaven.

Pandey, whose eight-ball innings included a boundary, scored nine. Sixteen balls after Marsh’s dismissal, Bravo broke the 31-run stand.

Nayar, who faced (Abhish)ek ball, didn’t get off the mark. He was unbeaten.

CSK eventually conceded eight extras. PWI scored 159 for the loss of five wickets off 20 overs.

Each of the five bowlers bowled four overs apiece.

Dirk Nannes and Ravichandran Ashwin were wicketless. While the former conceded 42, the latter conceded 24.

Jadeja conceded 27, picking up a wicket.

Bravo and Morris picked up two scalps apiece. While the former conceded 35, the latter conceded 25.

The first Powerplay of CSK’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 38, and lost a couple of wickets.

CSK’s openers didn’t get off the (Ku)mark. Anirudha, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t open his account. A couple of balls into the chase, he was trapped leg before wicket by Bhuvneshwar.

Suresh Raina, whose 10-ball innings included a boundary, scored eight. Twenty-four balls later, he was caught by Tirumalasetti Suman. Bhuvneshwar broke the 23-run stand.

Murali Vijay, whose 22-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 24. Fourteen balls later, he was caught by Taylor. Nayar broke the 17-run stand.

CSK scored 50 off 7.5 overs (47 balls). PWI had conceded an extra at that point.

Subramaniam Badrinath, whose 26-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 34. Thirty-eight balls after Vijay’s dismissal, he was caught by Smith. Marsh broke the 46-run stand.

Jadeja, whose 22-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 27. Ten balls later, he was caught by Ashok Dinda. Marsh broke the 12-run stand.

CSK scored 100 off 15.2 overs (92 balls). PWI had conceded a couple of extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Bravo, who faced four balls, scored a run. Seven balls after Jadeja’s dismissal, he was caught by Smith. Rahul Sharma broke the six-run stand.

Dhoni, who faced 13 balls, scored 10. Ten balls later, he was caught by Smith. Dinda broke the 11-run stand.

Albie, whose 11-ball innings included a six, scored 13. Ten balls later, he was caught by Finch. Dinda broke the nine-run stand.

Both Morris and Ashwin faced five balls, and were unbeaten. While the former scored five, the latter, whose innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 11.

CSK, who scored 135 for the loss of eight wickets off 20 overs, lost by 24 runs.

Finch bowled a wicketless over, conceding nine.

Nayar bowled three overs, conceding 21. He picked up a wicket, as did Rahul Sharma, who bowled four overs, conceding 24.

Marsh, Dinda and Bhuvneshwar (whose spell including a maiden) bowled four overs each, picking up two scalps apiece. They conceded 35, 34, and a dozen, respectively.