3108dThe Report by Amol Karhadkar

Super Kings make mockery of 184 chase

Kieron Pollard and Rohit Sharma did their best to help Mumbai Indians set a challenging target for Chennai Super Kings, but a whirlwind opening partnership between Dwayne Smith and Brendon McCullum compounded Mumbai's misery

Match Centre

Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

KA Pollard
KA Pollard
64(30) 4x4 - 5x6
Control %81%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 14 runs
  • 0x4 - 2x6
0 0 12 0 1 7 20 24
DR Smith
DR Smith
62(30) 8x4 - 4x6
Control %71%
  • Productive Shot
  • on drive
  • 13 runs
  • 0x4 - 2x6
10 4 0 5 14 0 12 17

Best performances - Bowlers

A Nehra
O4
M0
R23
W3
Eco5.75
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
1W
DJ Bravo
DJ Bravo
O4
M0
R30
W2
Eco7.5
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH

Commentator: Vishal Dikshit

11.35pm CSK have chased down 184 with 20 balls to spare, that tell a story. Even though their pacers' work was undone by Pollard and Rohit in the second half of the innings, Dwayne Smith and McCullum shattered any kind of hopes that Mumbai would have had. Their opening stand of 109 in under eight overs simply snatched the match away. Individual strike rates of over 200 would have demoralised Mumbai even further to hand them their fourth straight loss.

Rohit Sharma: Our attitude was not right. To bat and get 184 was par on this track. We didn't execute the bowling plans well, there's no way they could get 90 in six overs, that's where they won it. We need to go back and see what we are doing wrong. If you don't win then there's something wrong in the combination which we have been trying to get right. We are not thinking of our next game right now, we need to relax and take it easy.

Dhoni: I was more worried about my bowling than Mumbai's batting order. We have not been rigid with our plans and reacted well to their changes. Their plan would have been to accelerate with Bhajji scoring runs. We knew he would play the big shots but find turning strike difficult so we were looking to bowl dot bowls. If you are looking to bat first then you have to see how your unit is batting recently. 180-190 was par and the first few overs were brilliant from our side which won us the match.

Man of the Match Ashish Nehra: I've been working hard and in T20s you bowl well but may not get wickets or recognition. It's important to pick wickets with new ball and sometimes bowling in good areas you get hit for boundaries but you have to be aggressive. I always think bowlers can win you matches even in a batsman's game. I take Dhoni's advice whenever needed and I try to do things that I'm good at.

That's a wrap from our coverage of this match played at Wankhede. I'm Vishal signing off and do catch us tomorrow again with Saturday being the double-header day. Until then, goodbye and good luck!

Vinay: "Can someone call Byomkesh Bakshi to see if he can solve the mystery of corey not bowling?" If Anderson played for KKR, it might have been easier to get BB.

MG: "MI needs a new captain and how. This match definitely gave several reasons to warrant that.. Its high time!"

Lecs: "My MoM is Nehra. On this batting paradise he bowled superbly."

Pessimism: "So disappointed with CSK here. Losing 4 wickets. How could they? They are going out of form. Slippery slope." Finally a positive response!

16.4
6
Pollard to Bravo, SIX, he seals it with a six at Wankhede, similar shot to Dhoni's! Pitched up and he launched it to the wide long-on boundary for maximum, CSK romp home

Fielders come in the circle, one to go

16.3
4
Pollard to Bravo, FOUR, smartly played, that levels the scores! It was shortish outside off and coming in, Bravo waited and then helped it fine on the off side to beat third man for four
16.2
1
Pollard to Raina, 1 run, straight to cover and dropped by Harbhajan! Raina came down and drove the ball to cover at shoulder height, Bhajji got both hands to it but put it down
16.1
4
Pollard to Raina, FOUR, you can't bowl there at that pace to an in-form Raina - short on leg, he swivels the ball wide of long on for four
16.1
1w
Pollard to Raina, 1 wide, that's well outside the off stump on length, called a wide

END OF OVER:
16 | 5 Runs | CSK: 173/4 (11 runs required from 24 balls, RR: 10.81, RRR: 2.75)

  • Suresh Raina38 (27b)
  • Dwayne Bravo3 (3b)
  • Pawan Suyal3-0-28-0
  • Kieron Pollard1-0-10-1

That's the last time out of the night

Wasi-GCC: "two Anderson can not bowl same time."

Vikram: "Don't understand the captaincy of Rohit. Took out Suyal from bowling attack after his 1st over, didn't bowl Vinay while openers were batting(which didn't explain why he chose him in XI) and didn't give Corey an over."

15.6
1
Suyal to Raina, 1 run, short again, Raina eyes the gap between deep midwicket and fine leg, pulls the ball but Malinga kicks it inside running to his right from fine leg

Breathing Fire

90

Runs scored by Super Kings' in the Powerplay, the second-most by any team in IPL history.

Yellow Explosion

3

Number of times Super Kings have scored 50 runs inside 4 overs - twice in 2014 and once in 2015.

Chennai Chasers

6

Number of times Super Kings' have scored 180-plus in a successful IPL chase, the second-most for any team.

Destruction at the Death

14

Mumbai Indians' run rate during the last five overs in this IPL, the best for any team. Their average of 55.8 is also the best.

Polly packs a punch

21

Balls in which Kieron Pollard got to 50, the 2nd-fastest by a Mumbai Indians batsman. Harbhajan Singh holds the record (19 balls).

Generous Jaddu

49

Runs conceded by Ravindra Jadeja today, the most he has conceded in a T20 match.

Finally Off the Blocks

132

Runs scored by Mumbai in the first 15 overs, their best in 4 innings this IPL. Their previous highest was 101.

Late innings sniper

25

Percentage of innings where Pollard has batted inside the first ten overs in an IPL match.

Power-less Play

4.8

Mumbai's run rate during the Powerplay this IPL, the poorest for any team. Every other team scores at more than 6 RPO.

Maiden Maiden

0

Runs conceded by Ishwar Pandey in the second over. This was Super Kings' first maiden over of 2015 IPL.

Battle of the Best

71

Number of matches that Chennai have won in the IPL, more than any other team. Mumbai Indians have the next most, 63.