CSK vs Chargers, 39th match at Chennai, IPL, May 01 2011 - Ball by Ball Commentary

What a game that was. Phew. This is Abhishek Purohit signing off for today. Join us for tomorrow's games. And thanks for the loads of feedback mails. I put up as many as I could. Cheers!

Albie Morkel is the Man of the Match. Morkel: "It is not easy to hit in the end overs, I started to practise last week, hitting balls in the middle from ball one. Lance Klusener is one of my idols, if I can be half the player he was, I'll be happy. With the ball, when there is a bit of swing around, I do well, but if it goes straight it gets a bit tough."

Dhoni: "Our bowling was ordinary to start off. It is not easy when someone is willing to give away his wicket and score runs. But we came back well, I am happy with the runs we put on the board. We always try to set up a platform because of which we are able to score lots of runs in the last 3-4 overs. Albie really finished the game well today. Lots of teams put emphasis in the last six, we look to capitalise on the last 4-5 overs. Even if me and Anirudha are not able to do it, Badri manages to do it in the end and ends up with a healthy strike rate. It is a long way to go still. This was a game when we went in the field we were a bit relaxed, we should not get relaxed so soon."

Sangakkara: "Sunny and Shikhar batted really well but we lost momentum in the middle. Chennai batted and bowled well and did the basics better than us. They got 15-20 runs more than we were looking at. We've got another six games, it only takes a little bit ti turn it around in T20."

Time for the presentation

Albie Morkel, the man with three consecutive sixes and three wickets: "It's not easy to come back from behind. They went hard at the new ball. We were definitely under the pump. Dhoni said a few hard words and the boys reacted well to that."

vikram: "A roof in chepauk should be named after albie morkel."

ishan: "@ Vibhu: not only selection, I think Sanga should have come at first down..."

Prashanth: "Dhoni's belief in Jakati paid off today.....match changing spell...gud stuff."

AR: "This is the advantage of having a captain made of steel and a team that knows each other like the back of their hands."

vibhu: "I hope sombody asks sanga about his team selection?.....i also believe that DC mgmt are looking for White to captain the team after sanga's departure otherwise he does not desearve a plan in the playing 11 given his form."

Praveen: "3 6's from Albie is the difference between two teams." The margin is 19, true.

Superb comeback from Chennai. They always find a way past seemingly hopeless situations. Not many sides would have come back from when Deccan were 71 for 0 in the seventh over.

nishath: "Both the citadels remain intact : Jaipur and Chennai :)"

Bollinger has been called back on to the field by the umps, apparently he had gone off earlier

srikar: "A personal request to duminy:- keep strike with you!"