- BATSMENRB4s6sSR0.6 caught this time! Vijay Kumar bangs in the short ball, Parthiv takes him on and plays the hook, the ball hits the top edge and flies extremely high in the air towards long leg, RP Singh sprints to his right from fine leg and covers a lot of ground to get to the ball, he takes a supremely judged catch while on the run 4/15.4 a blinder at cover point! The length was full outside the off stump, Fleming came forward and smashed the square drive in the air, he hit that so hard that the ball travelled extremely quickly to Sharma who jumped up and took the catch with both hands 33/33.3 caught! RP sends down a short ball, Anirudha tries to pull off the front foot from outside off stump, he was in no position whatsoever and top-edges it high in the air to Afridi at cover point, that is a simple catch and Chennai have lost two early wickets once again 15/213.3 what a soft dismissal! Bangar goes round the wicket and delivers a low full toss outside off stump, Raina drives at it and chips the ball in the air and straight to Sharma at cover, Raina's gone after getting well set 82/56.5 what a catch! It's Gibbs this time! Afridi bowled a poor ball, it was extremely short and very wide, Badrinath chased it and tried to cut without much power behind the shot, he connected with the bottom of the bat and hit it in the air, the ball might have carried to short third man but it never got the chance, Gibbs moved quickly to his left from backward point and dived full length to take the catch, outstanding athleticism 43/414.5 and he has got him! Dhoni's struggle ends, he got squared up and tried to pull a flat delivery through square leg, he got a bottom edge on to his pad and the ball lobbed up all the way towards Afridi at point, another simple catch and Chennai are sinking, actually Dhoni hit the ball on to his pad and hit it once again during the follow through of his shot as the ball bounced off his thigh 86/618.4 bowled him! Joginder has been backing away towards leg too often, RP replies with the perfect delivery: the leg stump yorker, Joginder tries to squeeze the ball out on the off side but misses, the ball crashes into the base of leg stump 124/7Extras10 (lb 6, w 4)TOTAL144/7 (20 Overs, RR: 7.2)Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Parthiv Patel, 0.6 ov), 2-15 (Srikkanth Anirudha, 3.3 ov), 3-33 (Stephen Fleming, 5.4 ov), 4-43 (S Badrinath, 6.5 ov), 5-82 (Suresh Raina, 13.3 ov), 6-86 (MS Dhoni, 14.5 ov), 7-124 (Joginder Sharma, 18.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB DP Vijaykumar 3 0 17 1 5.66 12 3 0 0 0 RP Singh 3 0 12 2 4 11 1 0 2 0 SB Styris 3 0 24 1 8 8 1 2 1 0 Shahid Afridi 3 0 27 1 9 6 5 0 0 0 SB Bangar 4 0 36 1 9 9 2 2 0 0 PP Ojha 4 0 22 1 5.5 10 0 1 1 0
Player of the Match
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- BATSMENRB4s6sSR9.5 short, wide, cut and caught! Gilchrist threw his bat hard at a wide ball and cuts it hard but straight to Badrinath at point, he didn't have to move for the catch but did well to hold on to it for it was hit extremely hard 78/24.1 caught! and superbly caught! Gony pitches the ball on a good length and angles it into the right-hander, Gibbs steps out of his crease and gets cramped for room by the angle of the delivery into him, he pushes at the ball with a straight bat and hits it off the middle but straight back to Gony who holds a sharp catch on his follow through 24/116.1 Sharma's holed out! He stepped out of his crease and was looking to loft the ball over deep midwicket, it was the doosra from Murali and Sharma got a thick leading edge that swirled high in the air towards Badrinath who settles under the catch at long on 125/3Extras5 (lb 1, nb 2, w 2)TOTAL148/3 (18 Overs, RR: 8.22)Fall of wickets: 1-24 (Herschelle Gibbs, 4.1 ov), 2-78 (Adam Gilchrist, 9.5 ov), 3-125 (Rohit Sharma, 16.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB M Ntini 4 0 37 0 9.25 10 2 3 0 0 MS Gony 3 0 15 1 5 9 2 0 0 0 JA Morkel 4 0 26 1 6.5 13 3 1 1 0 Joginder Sharma 3 0 45 0 15 7 5 3 0 2 M Muralidaran 4 0 24 1 6 12 3 0 1 0
Match Details
Toss
Deccan Chargers , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
20.00 start, First Session 20.00-21.20, Interval 21.20-21.40, Second Session 21.40-23.00
Match days
6 May 2008 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Match Referee
Points
Deccan Chargers 2, Chennai Super Kings 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 34 runs, 3 wickets)
- Chennai Super Kings: 50 runs in 7.6 overs (48 balls), Extras 8
- Chennai Super Kings: 100 runs in 16.2 overs (98 balls), Extras 10
- Innings Break: Chennai Super Kings - 144/7 in 20.0 overs (JA Morkel 29, MS Gony 15)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 50 runs, 1 wicket)
- Deccan Chargers: 50 runs in 5.6 overs (36 balls), Extras 1
- AC Gilchrist: 50 off 34 balls (6 x 4, 2 x 6)
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 31 balls (AC Gilchrist 41, SB Styris 10, Ex 2)
- Deccan Chargers: 100 runs in 12.5 overs (79 balls), Extras 4
Match Coverage
All Match NewsChennai's troubles start from the top
The start of an innings is especially important and the failure of the Chennai Super Kings' top order after the departure of Matthew Hayden and Michael Hussey has been the primary reason for their slip from No. 1 to No. 4
Deccan outplay insipid Chennai
Chennai's top order failed again and their total of 144 was easily overhauled by Deccan, inspired by a blazing 54 by stand-in captain Adam Gilchrist




