Malinga raises his arms after Thushara takes a single to long-off
So Mumbai kick off IPL 2 with a victory by 19 runs. Those two overs by Bravo and Zaheer - which cost 14 in total - towards the end was the turning point. Both bowled effectively at the death and Malinga didn't make life any easier for Chennai and Dhoni. Sachin Tendulkar should walk away with the Man of the Match award. He scored 59* and took a catch in the first over. Let's not forget Nayar's three sixes off Flintoff.
It baffles me why Ashwin didn't get to bowl. Chennai would have been better off picking an extra batsman. Stay with us for the presentation.
Dhoni: "I think Harbhajan did really well when Hayden and Flintoff were batting. I think 170-180 will be a par score on these kind of wickets. Even last year we struggled in the bowling department in the early stages but bounced back. Hopefully we will work on those areas."
Tendulkar is also the Man of the Match: "The first 7-8 overs were difficult but I thought Nayar played a brilliant innings. I thought 150-160 would be a good target. I don't want to take anything for granted but I'm glad we've started well."
There's not much time to breathe as the second match, between Bangalore and Rajasthan gets underway very soon. Thanks for your company and the mails. Cheers!
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
The Mumbai flags are out
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
Final over, lots of glum faces at the Chennai dugout. The last couple of overs has made the difference
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
31 off 2 overs. Stiff ask for Chennai
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
39 off 18, Mumbai should back themselves to win this
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
Newlands, Cape Town | |
Toss | Chennai Super Kings, elected to field first |
Series | |
Season | 2009 |
Player Of The Match | |
Hours of play (local time) | 12.30 start, First Session 12.30-13.55, Interval 13.55-14.10, Second Session 14.10-15.25 |
Match days | 18 April 2009 - day (20-over match) |
Umpires | |
TV Umpire | |
Reserve Umpire | |
Match Referee | |
Points | Mumbai Indians 2, Chennai Super Kings 0 |
Over 20 • CSK 146/7