RESULT
28th match (D/N), Chennai, March 31, 2010, Indian Premier League

CSK won by 5 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)

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end of over 1916 runs • 1 wicket
CSK: 162/5CRR: 8.52 
Suresh Raina40 (34b 3x4 1x6)
Chandrasekar Ganapathy0 (0b)
Vinay Kumar 2.5-0-31-1
Jacques Kallis 3-0-21-1

Just one more now.

18.6
3nb
Vinay to Raina, (no ball) 2 runs

from round the stumps, a low full toss well outside off, slapped to deep cover

18.6
7nb
Vinay to Raina, (no ball) SIX runs

Wallop! What a time to hit a six over cover and what a time to bowl a no ball! He moved outside leg stump and played his favourite hit over cover. Done in style. The crowd erupt!

Sidharth: "What twist.... if Raina cant finish this, he doesn't deserve to be in the T20 squad."

18.5
W
Vinay to Badrinath, OUT

Badri combusts! It was the short lifting delivery, Dhoni mistimed to midwicket and this time Badri top edges it to backward square-leg and Robin runs across to take the catch

S Badrinath c †Uthappa b Vinay Kumar 7 (6b 1x4 0x6) SR: 116.66
18.4
4
Vinay to Badrinath, FOUR runs

moves right across the sticks and plays a paddle sweep to a length delivery from outside off. Badri screams!

18.3
Vinay to Badrinath, no run

dot ball. It kicked up from short of length, Badri tried to carve it over point but makes no contact.

18.2
1
Vinay to Raina, 1 run

full in length around off, uppishly hit towards KP at long-off

18.1
1
Vinay to Badrinath, 1 run

full and straight, on driven to long-on

Vinay to bowl

end of over 185 runs • 1 wicket
CSK: 146/4CRR: 8.11 RRR: 8.00
S Badrinath2 (2b)
Suresh Raina31 (31b 3x4)
Jacques Kallis 3-0-21-1
Dale Steyn 4-0-20-1
17.6
1
Kallis to Badrinath, 1 run

length delivery just outside off, run down to third man

17.5
1lb
Kallis to Raina, 1 leg bye

another slow off cutter, Raina was going for the ugly slog across the line and edges it to his pad ..

17.4
1
Kallis to Badrinath, 1 run

full in length and outside off stump, Badri edges the square drive to his pad

17.3
W
Kallis to Morkel, OUT

Cleaned up by the slow off cutter! It landed just outside leg, turned in, Albie pushed out at it, unsure of its destination, the ball slid in to hit the front pad and fell on the stumps! And here we go again. Twist twist twist!

Albie Morkel b Kallis 1 (3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 33.33
17.2
1
Kallis to Raina, 1 run

short delivery on the middle, tucked behind square-leg

17.1
1lb
Kallis to Morkel, 1 leg bye

slower one on the leg, Albie tries to flick, the ball rolls to the off, Kohli rushes in from point and Raina dives to get back inside the crease

end of over 175 runs • 1 wicket
CSK: 141/3CRR: 8.29 RRR: 7.00
Albie Morkel1 (1b)
Suresh Raina30 (29b 3x4)
Dale Steyn 4-0-20-1
Praveen Kumar 3-0-42-0
16.6
1
Steyn to Morkel, 1 run

short in length, around 146.5 kmph, pushed out to cover point for a quick single

16.5
1
Steyn to Raina, 1 run

full in length, on the off stump, punched to left of mid-off where KP makes a fine diving save

16.5
1w
Steyn to Raina, 1 wide

shout for a catch down the leg side .. wide signaled. It was full in length and it goes past the attempted glance

16.4
Steyn to Raina, no run

fuller, straight, pushed back to Styen

16.3
W
Steyn to Dhoni, OUT

Done in by the short delivery. Dhoni is beaten for pace and by bounce and mistimes the attempted pull .. a simple catch to Dravid at midwicket. Kumble pumps his fist.

MS Dhoni c Dravid b Steyn 14 (19b 1x4 0x6) SR: 73.68
16.2
1
Steyn to Raina, 1 run

slower one, fullish, worked past square-leg for a single

16.1
1
Steyn to Dhoni, 1 run

short in length, edges the cut shot to third man

Win Probability
CSK 100%
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Over 19 • CSK 162/5

S Badrinath c †Uthappa b Vinay Kumar 7 (6b 1x4 0x6) SR: 116.66
W
CSK won by 5 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)
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