Thursday, April 24, 2008

8th Match:Chennai Super Kings v Mumbai Indians

Chennai Super Kings v Mumbai Indians, IPL, Chennai

Raina played a better innings than me - Hayden

April 23, 2008




Suresh Raina's 53 got both Matthew Hayden and Kepler Wessles talking (file photo) © Getty Images

Matthew Hayden's 46-ball 81 earned him the Man-of-the-Match award but he believes it was Suresh Raina's knock that made the difference in the Chennai Super Kings' first home game, one that they sneaked by six runs.

Chennai lost two early wickets but Hayden and Raina (53) put on a century stand to lay the foundation for a 200-plus score. "He really played a better innings than me," Hayden said. "Lot of effort and skill are needed to play like that."

Kepler Wessels, the coach, also felt Raina had made a mark on the tournament. "He has played two good innings in our matches so far," he said. "He also has big responsibility on his shoulders when both Hayden and Michael Hussey would be going back to Australia to fulfill their national commitments."

Chennai's win wasn't without jitters, with Harbhajan Singh and Abhishek Nayar threatening to pull off an upset, but Hayden wasn't surprised with the way the game ebbed and flowed. "In this format of the game, one is never secured and they came too close to our total. Such situations cannot be avoided."

Nayar said Mumbai were eagerly awaiting the return of Sachin Tendulkar, who is nursing a groin injury. "Irrespective of winning or losing, we will be cutting a cake to celebrate Sachin's birthday tomorrow. We really hope that he comes back early."

Twenty20 match
Indian Premier League - 8th match
Chennai Super Kings v Mumbai Indians
2007/08 season

Played at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai, on 23 April 2008 - day/night (20-over match)

Result Chennai Super Kings won by 6 runs

Chennai Super Kings innings (20 overs maximum) R M B 4s 6s SR

PA Patel c wicketkeeperRonchi b Nehra 14 14 11 3 0 127.27

ML Hayden run out (Harbhajan Singh) 81 102 46 12 2 176.08

MEK Hussey b Kulkarni 5 7 9 1 0 55.55

SK Raina c Bravo b Khote 53 54 37 3 3 143.24
captainwicketkeeper MS Dhoni c Bravo b Khote 30 31 16 4 1 187.50

JDP Oram not out 5 9 2 1 0 250.00

S Badrinath not out 2 2 1 0 0 200.00

Extras (b 4, lb 3, w 9, nb 2) 18











Total (5 wickets; 20 overs; 111 mins) 208 (10.40 runs per over)

Did not bat Joginder Sharma, P Amarnath, M Gony, M Muralitharan

Fall of wickets1-34 (Patel, 3.1 ov), 2-39 (Hussey, 4.4 ov), 3-143 (Raina, 14.6 ov), 4-194 (Hayden, 18.6 ov), 5-206 (Dhoni, 19.5 ov)

Bowling O M R W Econ

SM Pollock 3 0 32 0 10.66 (1w)

A Nehra 4 0 35 1 8.75 (1nb, 2w)

DS Kulkarni 3 0 25 1 8.33 (1nb)

Harbhajan Singh 2 0 14 0 7.00

DJ Bravo 3 0 36 0 12.00 (1w)

VS Yeligati 1 0 16 0 16.00 (1w)

AM Nayar 1 0 14 0 14.00

MA Khote 3 0 29 2 9.66

Mumbai Indians innings (target: 209 runs from 20 overs) R M B 4s 6s SR
wicketkeeper L Ronchi run out (Badrinath) 2 5 3 0 0 66.66

ST Jayasuriya c Joginder Sharma b Gony 20 18 11 4 0 181.81

RV Uthappa b Joginder Sharma 43 38 36 6 1 119.44

SM Pollock b Amarnath 17 36 15 0 1 113.33

DJ Bravo c Oram b Joginder Sharma 24 26 16 2 1 150.00

AM Nayar not out 45 53 20 6 1 225.00

MA Khote c Raina b Muralitharan 9 6 5 0 1 180.00
captain Harbhajan Singh c Badrinath b Muralitharan 28 21 14 1 3 200.00

A Nehra not out 1 8 2 0 0 50.00

Extras (lb 5, w 6, nb 2) 13











Total (7 wickets; 20 overs; 109 mins) 202 (10.10 runs per over)

Did not bat VS Yeligati, DS Kulkarni

Fall of wickets1-9 (Ronchi, 0.6 ov), 2-30 (Jayasuriya, 3.4 ov), 3-81 (Uthappa, 9.4 ov), 4-97 (Pollock, 11.4 ov), 5-130 (Bravo, 14.2 ov), 6-141 (Khote, 15.3 ov), 7-189 (Harbhajan Singh, 18.5 ov)

Bowling O M R W Econ

JDP Oram 4 0 53 0 13.25 (2w)

M Gony 4 1 18 1 4.50 (1nb)

Joginder Sharma 4 0 29 2 7.25 (1nb)

P Amarnath 4 0 57 1 14.25

M Muralitharan 4 0 40 2 10.00 (4w)

Toss Mumbai Indians, who chose to field first
Points Chennai Super Kings 2, Mumbai Indians 0

Twenty20 debut VS Yeligati (Mumbai Indians)
Player of the match ML Hayden (Chennai Super Kings)

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