Mumbai Indians v Chennai Super Kings, IPL, Mumbai
Badrinath and Dhoni lift Chennai to 156
May 14, 2008
20 overs Chennai Super Kings 156 for 6 (Badrinath 53, Dhoni 43*) v Mumbai Indians
Live scorecard and ball-by-ball details
How they were out
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Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who said he would have fielded first had he won the toss, watched his side slump to 46 for 4 but an important 95-run stand with S Badrinath set up a fighting total on an evening when the swing bowlers had a major say at the Wankhede Stadium.
Sachin Tendulkar's return meant that Shaun Pollock wasn't leading Mumbai today but his immaculate early spell (4-1-9-1) led an impressive bowling effort in what was a see-saw battle first up. Mumbai's seamers dominated the first half before Dhoni and Badrinath redressed the balance.
The pair improvised when the opportunity presented but it was Dhoni's fierce hitting that gave the bowlers no chance - even if he wasn't in position the power behind the shots was always going to take it to the boundary ropes. Badrinath, whose repertoire ranges from the square drive on the back foot to the paddle over short fine leg, brought up his second successive fifty in the rescue mission.
It was a slew of medium-pacers who propelled Mumbai to an upset win over the Rajasthan Royals in the previous game and they utilised bowler-friendly conditions here too. The ball swung around through the innings and the six medium-pacers shaped the ball either way to make life difficult for the batsmen.
Pollock turned in a typically miserly spell, including a maiden to finish off against a relatively new Dhoni. He should have had Stephen Fleming in the first ball of the second over - when an edge fell just short of first slip - or even in the third - when Sanath Jayasuriya muffed a skier at point - but he had to settle for S Vidyut's wicket two balls later when Rohan Raje clung on to another skier at mid-off.
Suresh Raina fell poking to an away-swinger from Dwayne Bravo before Chamara Kapugedera, the right-hander, did exactly the same to Dhawal Kulkarni's nippy away-cutter. Bravo returned for another wicket - clutching onto a superb diving catch off his own bowling - but Badrinath had done enough by then to keep Chennai in the contest.
Mumbai Indians 1 Sachin Tendulkar (capt), 2 Sanath Jayasuriya, 3 Robin Uthappa, 4 Dominic Thornley, 5 Dwayne Bravo, 6 Shaun Pollock, 7 Abhishek Nayar, 8 Yogesh Takawale (wk), 9 Dhawal Kulkarni, 10 Rohan Raje, 11 Ashish Nehra.
Chennai Super Kings 1 Stephen Fleming, 2 S Vidyut, 3 Suresh Raina 4 S Badrinath, 5 Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt, wk), 6 Albie Morkel, 7 Chamara Kapugedera, 8 Muttiah Muralitharan, 9 Manpreet Gony, 10 Joginder Sharma, 11 L Balaji.
| Twenty20 match |  | Indian Premier League - 36th match Mumbai Indians v Chennai Super Kings | | 2007/08 season |
| Played at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, on 14 May 2008 - day/night (20-over match) Result Mumbai Indians won by 9 wickets (with 37 balls remaining) |
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| Chennai Super Kings innings (20 overs maximum) | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
| S Vidyut | c Raje b Pollock | 16 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 145.45 | |||
| SP Fleming | b Kulkarni | 26 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 89.65 | |||
| SK Raina | c  Takawale b Bravo | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16.66 | |||
| S Badrinath | c & b Bravo | 53 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 160.60 | |||
| CK Kapugedera | c Takawale b Kulkarni | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
 | MS Dhoni | not out | 43 | 35 | 6 | 1 | 122.85 | ||
| JA Morkel | c Uthappa b Kulkarni | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 125.00 | |||
| Extras | (lb 3, w 9) | 12 | |||||||
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| Total | (6 wickets; 20 overs) | 156 | (7.80 runs per over) | ||||||
| Did not bat Joginder Sharma, M Gony, L Balaji, M Muralitharan |
| Fall of wickets1-18 (Vidyut, 2.5 ov), 2-28 (Raina, 5.5 ov), 3-46 (Fleming, 8.3 ov), 4-46 (Kapugedera, 8.5 ov), 5-141 (Badrinath, 18.6 ov), 6-156 (Morkel, 19.6 ov) |
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| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
| SM Pollock | 4 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 2.25 | ||
| A Nehra | 4 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 7.75 | (1w) | |
| DJ Bravo | 4 | 0 | 37 | 2 | 9.25 | ||
| DS Kulkarni | 4 | 0 | 33 | 3 | 8.25 | (4w) | |
| RR Raje | 3 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 11.00 | (1w) | |
| DJ Thornely | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10.00 | (1w) |
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| Mumbai Indians innings (target: 157 runs from 20 overs) | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
| ST Jayasuriya | not out | 114 | 48 | 9 | 11 | 237.50 | |||
| SR Tendulkar | b Joginder Sharma | 12 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 75.00 | ||
| RV Uthappa | not out | 16 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 84.21 | |||
| Extras | (lb 4, w 12) | 16 | |||||||
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| Total | (1 wicket; 13.5 overs) | 158 | (11.42 runs per over) | ||||||
| Did not bat DJ Thornely, DJ Bravo, AM Nayar, SM Pollock, YV Takawale, RR Raje, A Nehra, DS Kulkarni |
| Fall of wickets1-82 (Tendulkar, 7.2 ov) |
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| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
| M Gony | 3 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 10.33 | (3w) | |
| JA Morkel | 3 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 14.66 | (2w) | |
| L Balaji | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4.50 | (3w) | |
| Joginder Sharma | 3 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 8.00 | (2w) | |
| M Muralitharan | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 10.00 | (1w) | |
| CK Kapugedera | 0.5 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 31.20 |
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Toss Mumbai Indians, who chose to field first
Points Mumbai Indians 2, Chennai Super Kings 0
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