Bailey-led KXIP beat Chennai again

KXIP made nine changes to their playing eleven – Cheteshwar Pujara and Lakshmipathy Balaji made way for Mandeep Singh and Murali Kartik.

CSK made no changes to their playing eleven.

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

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

Mandeep, who faced eight balls, scored just three. Twenty-seven balls into the (Shar)match, he was caught by Ishwar Pandey. Mohit broke the 33-run stand.

Virender Sehwag, whose 23-ball innings included five boundaries and a six, scored 30. Five balls later, Ben Hilfenhaus broke the run-a-ball stand.

KXIP scored 50 off 7.5 overs (47 balls). CSK had conceded five extras at that point.

The third-wicket pair put on 50 off 35 balls. While the contribution of Glenn Maxwell, the player of the match, to the partnership was 24, David Miller’s contribution to it was 27. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was three.

KXIP scored 100 off a dozen overs (72 balls). The number of extras they had conceded at that point gave CSK no reason to be in seventh heaven.

Maxwell’s half-century – which included four boundaries and as many sixes – came off 22 balls.

The third-wicket pair put on 100 off 52 balls. While Maxwell’s contribution to the partnership was 64, Miller’s contribution to it was 34. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was three.

Miller, whose 32-ball innings included five boundaries and a couple of sixes, eventually scored 47. Sixty-four balls after Sehwag’s dismissal, Dwayne Smith broke the 135-run partnership.

Maxwell, whose 38-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries and eight sixes, eventually scored 90. Eight balls later, he was caught by Ravindra Jadeja. Mohit broke the nine-run stand.

KXIP scored 150 off 15 overs (90 balls). The number of extras they had conceded at that point gave CSK no reason to be in seventh heaven.

KXIP scored 200 off 18.3 overs (111 balls). CSK had conceded 10 extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

George Bailey, KXIP’s skipper, scored 40 off 13 balls, which include half-a-dozen boundaries and a couple of sixes. He was unbeaten, as was Mitchell Johnson, who scored 11 off half-a-dozen balls, which included a couple of boundaries.

KXIP scored 231 for the loss of four wickets off 20 overs.

Ravichandran Ashwin, who bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceded 38.

Jadeja, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 37.

Ishwar, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 41.

Dwayne Smith, who bowled three overs, conceded 36. He picked up a wicket, as did Hilfenhaus, who bowled four overs, conceding 36.

Mohit, who bowled four overs, conceded 38. 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 46, and lost a wicket.

Dwayne Smith, who faced four balls, scored as many. His runs came by way of a boundary. Four balls into the chase, he was caught by Johnson. Sandeep Sharma broke the four-run stand.

CSK scored 50 off 6.4 overs (40 balls). KXIP had conceded an extra at that point.

The second-wicket pair put on 50 off 39 balls. While Brendon McCullum’s contribution to the partnership was 14, Suresh Raina’s contribution to it was 35. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a run.

Raina, whose 27-ball innings included three boundaries and a six, didn’t add to the aforementioned score. Forty-one balls after Dwayne Smith’s dismissal, he was caught by Miller. Maxwell broke the 51-run partnership.

Jadeja, whose eight-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 17. Twenty balls later, Rishi Dhawan broke the 32-run stand.

The fourth-wicket pair put on 10. McCullum, whose 29-ball innings included three boundaries, eventually scored 33. Johnson had a reason to be in seventh heaven – he ran him out.

CSK scored 100 off 12.2 overs (74 balls). KXIP had conceded three extras at that point.

The fifth-wicket pair put on 50 off 39 balls. While Faf du Plessis’ contribution to the partnership was 36, Dhoni’s contribution to it was 14. Extras didn’t contribute to the partnership.

CSK scored 150 off 17.2 overs (104 balls). KXIP had conceded three extras at that point.

Du Plessis’ half-century – which included seven boundaries and a six – came off 22 balls.

He eventually scored 52 off 25 balls. Thirty-seven balls after McCullum’s dismissal, he was caught by Kartik. Johnson broke the 61-run partnership.

Dhoni, whose 20-ball innings included a six, scored 23. Four balls later, he was caught by Bailey. Johnson broke the eight-run stand.

Manhas, whose three-ball innings included a six, scored eight. He was (Mith)unbeaten, as was Ashwin, who scored 11 off four balls, which included a couple of boundaries.

KXIP eventually conceded four extras. CSK, who scored 187 for the loss of half-a-dozen wickets off 20 overs, lost by 44 runs.

Kartik and Axar Patel bowled four wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 40, the latter conceded 28.

Rishi and Maxwell bowled two overs each, conceding 23 and 21, respectively. They picked up a wicket apiece, as did Sandeep, who bowled four overs, conceding 37.

Johnson bowled four overs, conceding 37. He picked up two scalps.