MI vs CSK, 1st match at Cape Town, IPL, Apr 18 2009 - Ball by Ball Commentary

Malinga raises his arms after Thushara takes a single to long-off

slower ball and down the leg side

bowls the slower ball and Thushara fine tunes his slog, too bad the ball was nowhere in the picture

it's a reverse swinging full toss and I don't think Dhoni saw that properly, pace like fire and the ball clips the pads and pushes the legstump back

fast inswinging yorker, another single, this time down to long-on, nothing much you can do with that

hoicks it down the ground to long-on ,ask Dhoni himself to describe the bat twirl / recoil after playing that shot!

full and swinging in and he forces it hard to long-off

that ends an excellent over, forced to the off side and it doesn't cost more than a single

makes room and he whacks this down to deep extra cover

Zaheer fields well off his own bowling, another effective yorker length ball

Zaheer's not making this easy, Dhoni pounds a full delivery down to long-on and it's only a single

swings hard at a full delivery but doesn't time it well enough, long-off picks it up

yorker on middle and off and he slams this down to mid-off

it's a low full toss and Dhoni bashes it forcefully past the bowler, long-off picks it up

slower ball and he swishes it down to deep midwicket

into the stands! can we have the ball back please? The bounce suits Joginder who clubs this one down to deep midwicket

yup! And Joginder swings at a slower one and misses again, this was just wide of the leg stump

poor Joginder swings and misses again, Bravo's winning this battle, slower ball next?

goes for an almighty heave across the line and grunts after missing the ball, Chennai should cut down the dot balls

fullish on the pads and he clips it past square leg, it tests the fielder at the boundary but he ensures it's only 2