Chennai Super Kings Vs Deccan Chargers

Chennai, May 6:

So what is in store for Chennai Super Kings in their future matches. Probably more loss. Why on earth should the in-form batsman vidyut Sivaramakrishnan be dropped. Why not have Palani Amarnathan instead of Joginder Sharma or may be it could be better that Fleming is dropped. Thus in future matches Fleming should be dropped and Plani should be in. With this one change the team will be able to recoup their strength. .

The Chennai Super Kings innings started disastrously with Parthiv Patel, who survived a caught-and-bowled chance off the fifth delivery of the first over, top-edged the next ball attempting a hook and R P Singh, running from fine-leg took a brilliant catch to present Vijay Kumar his wicket. He could make only 04 runs(6b, 1 x 4).

The out of form Stephen Fleming making only 14 (16b, 2 x 4), new player Anirudha Srikkanth making just 01 (7b) and Badrinath facing 4 balls and returning back with zero.

In fact the Super Kings lost four wickets by the seventh over due to a combination of indiscreet shot selection and some brilliant catching.

Anirudha, after playing and missing, top-edged RP Singh to Afridi in the covers and then Rohit Sharma held a brilliant catch to get rid of Fleming who uppishly drove Scott Styris to covers.

Gibbs, fielding at short third man, went one better as he took off like a rocket to catch a tentative glide by S Badrinath off Shahid Afridi as the Super Kings slid to 43 for four after 6.5 overs.

In walked Dhoni with a huge weight of expectations on his shoulders. Along with Suresh Raina, who was batting quite competently at the other end, Dhoni sought to repair the damage. Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, for the reason best known to him was playing defensively, having a batsman like Gilchrist in the opposite camp if you make runs in trot then have it written on your head that you are certainly going to lose, and that's what happened. You can't expect to win when you score only 86 runs by the end of 15th over. In this form of cricket every team which could make 100 runs in the first 10 over only has bright chance to win. Thus Super Kings headed towards another low score.

See how Dhoni plays the overs

Dhoni is the new batsman.

6.6 Shahid Afridi to Dhoni, no run, bowled flat and fast on off stump, Dhoni defends back to the bowler

End of over 7 (9 runs) - Chennai Super Kings 43/4 (RR: 6.14) MS Dhoni 0* (1b) Shahid Afridi 1-0-9-1, SK Raina 16* (8b 3x4) SB Styris 1-0-3-1

7.1 Styris to Raina, 1 run, a bit too short outside off stump, Rania waits on the back foot and cuts to the man on the point boundary

7.2 Styris to Dhoni, no run, good length from Styris on off stump, Dhoni gets behind the line on the back foot and defends towards the off side

7.3 Styris to Dhoni, no run, Styris bowls the short ball over middle and leg stump, Dhoni thinks about pulling but moves inside the line of the ball and lets it go in the end

7.4 Styris to Dhoni, FOUR, Dhoni moves forward and opens the face of the bat at the last moment to steer a short of a length ball past first slip for four

7.5 Styris to Dhoni, 1 run, good length from Styris outside off stump, Dhoni moves back and across and punches the ball in front of point for one

7.6 Styris to Raina, 1 run, tight line and length from Styris outside off stump, Raina punches off the front foot towards mid-off and sprints the single, the overthrow goes towards fine leg but Raina had run a long way past his stumps and couldn't take advantage of it

End of over 8 (7 runs) - Chennai Super Kings 50/4 (RR: 6.25) SK Raina 18* (10b 3x4) SB Styris 2-0-10-1 MS Dhoni 5* (5b 1x4) Shahid Afridi 1-0-9-1

8.1 Shahid Afridi to Raina, 1 run, bowled full on middle stump, Raina moves forward and drives towards mid-on

8.2 Shahid Afridi to Dhoni, no run, Dhoni runs down the track at Afridi who sees him coming and fires the ball towards the leg side, Dhoni gets hit on the pad

8.3 Shahid Afridi to Dhoni, FOUR, short and wide outside off, Dhoni moves back and cuts hard into the gap at backward point, he played that late and powerfully

8.4 Shahid Afridi to Dhoni, no run, fuller length, defended towards point off the front foot

8.5 Shahid Afridi to Dhoni, 1 run, Dhoni leans forward and pushes a flat delivery towards cover

8.6 Shahid Afridi to Raina, FOUR, a bit too short outside off stump, Raina moves back and hits the ball with a flat bat straight past the bowler for four, excellent placement

End of over 9 (10 runs) - Chennai Super Kings 60/4 (RR: 6.66) SK Raina 23* (12b 4x4) Shahid Afridi 2-0-19-1 MS Dhoni 10* (9b 2x4) SB Styris 2-0-10-1

Sanjay Bangar comes into the attack, from over the wicket.

9.1 Bangar to Dhoni, no run, good length delivery on off stump, Dhoni steps out of his crease and defends

9.2 Bangar to Dhoni, no run, a short ball on middle and leg stump, Dhoni tries to pull along the ground but gets a bit of glove on it, the ball goes towards the keeper on the bounce

9.3 Bangar to Dhoni, 2 runs, Bangar strays down leg side, Dhoni leans forward and across his stumps and glances the ball towards fine leg

9.4 Bangar to Dhoni, 2 runs, short of a length and wide outside off stump, Dhoni moves back and cuts the ball through cover, Venugopal runs to his right from sweeper and fields

9.5 Bangar to Dhoni, no run, good length delivery angling into off stump, Dhoni plays from his crease and defends towards cover

9.6 Bangar to Dhoni, 2 runs, short of a length outside off stump, Dhoni moves back and pulls the ball straight down the ground, he's hit it very straight and will come back for a quick second

End of over 10 (6 runs) - Chennai Super Kings 66/4 (RR: 6.60) MS Dhoni 16* (15b 2x4) SB Bangar 1-0-6-0 SK Raina 23* (12b 4x4) Shahid Afridi 2-0-19-1

Ojha comes into the attack, from round the wicket.

10.1 Ojha to Raina, 1 run, played off the pads through midwicket for a single

10.2 Ojha to Dhoni, 2 runs, bowled flat outside the off stump, Dhoni moves on to the back foot and cuts to the fielder on the point boundary, both Dhoni and Raina are very quick and they come back for two

10.3 Ojha to Dhoni, no run, bowled flatter fuller and straighter, Dhoni leans forward and blocks

10.4 Ojha to Dhoni, no run, tight length on middle stump, Dhoni waits in hi crease and defends towards midwicket

10.5 Ojha to Dhoni, 1 wide, loud appeal for a caught behind but the ball had slipped down leg side and Benson calls it wide, Gilchrist was quite confident after Dhoni missed the paddle sweep Ojha goes over the wicket. 10.5 Ojha to Dhoni, no run, he fires the ball into Dhoni's pads after pitching outside leg, Dhoni once again misses the paddle sweep

10.6 Ojha to Dhoni, no run, bowled flat through the air on leg stump, Dhoni tries to work the ball on the leg side and gets hit on the pad

End of over 11 (4 runs) - Chennai Super Kings 70/4 (RR: 6.36) MS Dhoni 18* (20b 2x4) PP Ojha 1-0-4-0 SK Raina 24* (13b 4x4) SB Bangar 1-0-6-0

11.1 Bangar to Raina, FOUR, that's a high skier but it falls safe and goes for four! Raina got under a full ball and smashed it high in the air towards long-on, Styris ran back from mid-on an the ball just fell out of his reach and went over the boundary on the one-bounce

11.2 Bangar to Raina, no run, defended on the leg side Bangar goes round the wicket.

11.3 Bangar to Raina, no run, the slower ball angled into the left-hander from round the wicket, Raina backs away to make room and tries to smash it over the off side, he gets beaten and the ball misses leg stump

11.4 Bangar to Raina, 1 run, good length delivery on off stump, punched off the front foot through cover for a single

11.5 Bangar to Dhoni, 1 run, short ball on off and middle stump, Dhoni pulls the ball along the ground to deep backward square leg for a single

11.6 Bangar to Raina, 1 run, tight line and length on middle stump from over the wicket, Raina drives straight down the ground to retain strike

End of over 12 (7 runs) - Chennai Super Kings 77/4 (RR: 6.41) SK Raina 30* (18b 5x4) SB Bangar 2-0-13-0 MS Dhoni 19* (21b 2x4) PP Ojha 1-0-4-0

12.1 Ojha to Raina, 1 run, Raina moves back and across and nudges the ball off his pads towards midwicket for a single

12.2 Ojha to Dhoni, no run, Dhoni moves back to a flat and straight delivery and pushes it towards cover

12.3 Ojha to Dhoni, no run, Dhoni moves back once again to cut but there isn't enough room, he plays it towards cover once again

12.4 Ojha to Dhoni, 1 run, driven to long off for a single

12.5 Ojha to Raina, 1 run, bowled full outside the off stump, Raina moves forward and drives through cover for one

12.6 Ojha to Dhoni, 1 run, tight wicket-to-wicket line from Ojha, Dhoni moves back and pushes the ball towards long on for a single to retain strike

End of over 13 (4 runs) - Chennai Super Kings 81/4 (RR: 6.23) MS Dhoni 21* (25b 2x4) PP Ojha 2-0-8-0 SK Raina 32* (20b 5x4) SB Bangar 2-0-13-0

13.1 Bangar to Dhoni, no run, excellent length on off and middle stump, Dhoni can't do much but play the ball back firmly towards the bowler off the front foot

13.2 Bangar to Dhoni, 1 run, that's a low full toss, Bangar was perhaps attempting the yorker, Dhoni drives towards long-on for one

13.3 Bangar to Raina, OUT, 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 SK Raina c Sharma b Bangar 32 (21b 5x4 0x6) SR: 152.38 Albie Morkel strides to the crease, he can smack it hard and far. He's a left-hander too, Chennai is full of them.

13.4 Bangar to Morkel, no run, Bangar greets him with a bouncer from over the wicket, Morkel ducks under it

13.5 Bangar to Morkel, no run, the slower ball bowled at 100 kmh on middle and off, Morkel comes forward and pushes it back to Bangar

13.6 Bangar to Morkel, 2 runs, full and wide outside off stump, Morkel reaches out for it and drives the ball powerfully over cover, RP dives on the boundary and stops it, he then goes over the rope but manages to come back in and save the four, good effort on the boundary, the third umpire is called but RP has done a clean job

End of over 14 (3 runs) - Chennai Super Kings 84/5 (RR: 6.00) JA Morkel 2* (3b) SB Bangar 3-0-16-1 MS Dhoni 22* (27b 2x4) PP Ojha 2-0-8-0

14.1 Ojha to Dhoni, no run, Dhoni comes forward and tries to hit the ball on the leg side but gets struck on the pad

14.2 Ojha to Dhoni, no run, Dhoni once again gets hit on the pad as he tried to flick on the on side

14.3 Ojha to Dhoni, 1 run, Dhoni moves forward and gets squared up and collects a single via an outside edge on the off side

14.4 Ojha to Morkel, 1 run, Morkel works the ball off his pads through midwicket for a single Ojha's managed to keep Dhoni very quiet.

14.5 Ojha to Dhoni, OUT, 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 MS Dhoni c Shahid Afridi b Ojha 23 (31b 2x4 0x6) SR: 74.19.

Starting from 6.6 overs to 14.5 overs having wasted so many balls he departs when he is needed in the slog overs. Who is there to tutor Dhoni, in this form of cricket you cannot play cricket like a test match boy. Dhoni himself gobbled up all the overs.

Thus far Dhoni had such a long and long insipid boring stay and stint in the middle of the field. By reading the commentary you can find how boring it is.

Suddenly Morkel had some fire in his innings, Joginder too hit a six and Gony for his part hit sixes the trio slamming a total of five sixes and two boundaries to provide some cheer to the crowd as also their team-mates.

Morkel and Joginder then added 38 runs in 23 balls for the seventh wicket to take Super Kings total past the 100-mark.

Joginder was dismissed in the 19th over as he heaved across the line to be bowled by RP Singh. The final over, bowled by Sanjay Bangar, yielded 20 runs as Super Kings heaved a sigh of relief as it gave them a fighting chance.

The last three overs were the most productive for Super Kings as they produced 37 runs.

The Chargers, led by Adam Gilchrist for an injured VVS Laxman, restricted the Super Kings to 144 for seven in 20 overs and then knocked off the required runs in 18 overs to post only their second win in seven matches. As Dhoni has full of luck so does VVS Laxman has bad-luck in all matches which he captains. Now the reversal is taking into Dhoni's luck.

Gilchrist, as usual played scurry of shots with seven 4's and two 6's. He was well applauded and greeted by the knowledgeble crowd of Chennai. He was declared Man of the Match, for he did the bulk of damage as he slammed 54 (38b, 2 x 6, 7 x 4) to lay the foundation for a successful chase after the early loss of his opening partner Herschelle Gibbs.

Rohit Sharma (23), Scott Styris (36 not out) and Shahid Afridi (20 not out) contributed well for the triumph. For the first time Shahid Afridi too came good he hit 20 runs in only 6 balls. He was the cause for finishing of the innings in 18th over itself. Afridi scored all his runs off Joginder Sharma.

The Chargers onslaught took a heavy toll of the Super Kings bowlers among whom Joginder went for 45 runs in three overs while Makhaya Ntini, after a promising start, conceded 37. Albie Morkel bowled reasonably well to claim 1 for 26. Muttaiah Muralitharan is still running with bad luck not getting enough wicket's though every ball he bowls is getting great respect from the batsman. Very prudently enough every batsman never were taking risk and going after Mural's bowling.

SCORE-BOARD

Chennai Super Kings innings:

Parthiv Patel c R P Singh b Vijay Kumar 04 (6b, 1 x 4)

Stephen Fleming c Rohit Sharma b Styris 14 (16b, 2 x 4)

Anirudha Srikkanth c Afridi b R P Singh 01 (7b)

Suresh Raina c Rohit Sharma b Bangar 32 (21b, 5 x 4)

S Badrinath c Gibbs b Afridi 0 (4b)

MS Dhoni c Afridi b Ohja 23 (31b, 2 x 4)

Albie Morkel (not out) 29 (19b, 2 x 6, 1 x 4)

Joginder Sharma b RP Singh 16 (10b, 1 x 6, 1 x 4)

MS Gony (not out) 15 (6b, 2 x 6)

Extras (b-6, w-4): 10

Total (for 7 wkts, 20 overs): 144

Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Patel, 1.6); 2-15 (Anirudha, 3.3); 3-33 (Fleming, 5.4); 4-43 (Badrinath, 6.5); 5-82 (Raina, 13.3); 6-86 (Dhoni, 14.5); 7-124 (Joginder, 18.4).

Bowling: P Vijay Kumar 3-0-17-1; R P Singh 3-0-12-1 (2w); Scott Styris 3-0-24-1 (1w); Shahid Afridi 3-0-27-1; Sanjay Bangar 4-0-36-1; Pragyan Ohja 4-0-22-1 (1w).

Deccan Chargers innings:

Adam Gilchrist c Badrinath b Morkel 54 (36b, 2 x 6, 7 x 4)

Herschelle Gibbs c and b Gony 10 (10b, 1 x 6, 1 x 4)

Scott Styris (not out) 36 (41b, 1 x 6, 3 x 4)

Rohit Sharma c Badrinath b Muralitharan 23 (17b, 1 x 6, 1 x 4)

Shahid Afridi (not out) 20 (6b, 2 x 6, 2 x 4)

Extras (lb-1, nob-2, w-2): 5

Total (for 3 wkts, 18 overs): 148.

Fall of wickets: 1-24 (Gibbs, 4.1); 2-78 (Gilchrist, 9.5); 3-125 (Rohit, 16.1);

Bowling: Makhaya Ntini 4-0-37-0; Manpreet Gony 3-0-15-1; Albie Morkel 4-0-26-1 (1w); Joginder Sharma 3-0-45-0 (2nb); Muttaiah Muralitharan 4-0-24-1 (1w).

Dhoni's North Indian Team Vs Deccan Chargers.

Dhoni thinks that he can win his last match but having no understanding between him and his teammates it is impossible to get that will from his teammates to win.

There seems to be no good understanding between Keppler Wessels coach and Dhoni too.

May be this could be the last match of Dhoni in iplt20.

28th May 2008

Chennai Super Kings Vs Deccan Chargers

Two teams were upset when CSK beat DC it was DC themselves and MI. Mumbai Indians are out of semi-finals.

The win was not at all a convincing one. The opening was not good. 20 runs from 27 balls made by Parthiv Patel is a match-loosing score. Deliver goods are perish should be the attitude of all batsmen and that's what Patel is doing now. He fails to deliver and perishes.

So he is a failure.

Now why is he in the team then?

For wicket-keeping.

What happened to Dhoni?

Finger hurt.

Then why is Dhoni playing and fielding with injured finger?

It is not injured but it is a cooked-up story in order to bring-in the out-of-form Patel in place of Vidyut.

But why?

Because Dhoni does not like to give chance to Chennai Players.

But why?

Because Chennai lads are more talented then Dhoni and his North Indian players and tommorrow if Dhoni is thrown out of Chennai team he may have to face this same Chennai players. Hence he does not like to expose them and improve their abilities more.

Then why not throw Dhoni out of Chennai team?

Ask Indian Cements chairman who has invested $1.5 million on him.

What is the Chennai local clubs and Chennai Cricket Association is doing?

They have been paid to shut-up.

What is the future of Chennai team and players then?

It is in the hands of Cricket politics controlled by North Indians. Neither the Chennai players find a place in the national team nor in the local IPL matches. And so in a calculated manner they are being kept out of playing arena.

Summary of the match

Chennai Super Kings qualified for the semi-finals of the Indian Premier League Twenty20 tournament defeating the Deccan Chargers by seven wickets, here tonight. Suresh Raina batted till the end of the innings with a patience knock of 54 that earned him Man of the Match award.

It was because of Dhoni again that Raina approached the game negatively for instead of going for shots he followed the advise of Dhoni and did not go for runs. Morkel too was advised the same and they approached the game negatively not going for early shots. Hence the match went till last over. It is this type of approach that it cost them the match against Bangalore team the other day.

It was eighth win for Super Kings who thus moved to the third slot on the leaderboard with 16 points, pushing Delhi Daredevils to fourth and complete the semi-final line-up behind Rajasthan Royals and Kings XI Punjab.

SCORE-BOARD

Deccan Chargers innings:

Adam Gilchrist c Mukund b Ntini 5 (8b)

Herschelle Gibbs c Balaji b Gony 8 (10b, 2 x 4)

Scott Styris b Muralitharan 20 (20b

Venugopal Rao (run out - Gony) 46 (46b, 1 x 6, 3 x 4)

D Ravi Teja c Mukund b Morkel 40 (28b,

Shahid Afridi c Raina b Balaji 1 (2b)

Arjun Yadav b Morkel 0 (1b)

R P Singh c Morkel b Balaji 10 (6b, 1 x 6, 1 x 4)

Pragyan Ohja (not out) 1 (1b)

Extras (lb-8, w-7, b-1): 16

Total (for 8 wkts, 20 overs): 147

Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Gibbs, 2.2), 2-15

(Gilchrist, 3.3); 3-57 (Styris, 10.1); 4-133

(Teja, 18.3); 5-134 (Rao, 18.4); 6-134 (Yadva, 18.5);

7-146 (Afridi, 19.4); 8-147 (RP Singh, 19.6).

Bowling: Makhaya Ntini 4-0-24-1 (1w);

Manpreet Gony 4-0-21-1; Albie Morkel 4-0-37-2 (3w);

Muttiah Muralitharan 4-0-22-1 2w);

Lakshmipathy Balaji 4-0-34-2.

Chennai Super Kings innings:

Parthiv Patel c Afridi b Sarvesh 20 (27b, 3 x 4)

Stephen Fleming c Gilchrist b Vijay Kumar 15 (17b, 3 x 4)

Suresh Raina (not out) 54 (43b,2 x 6, 5 x 4)

MS Dhoni c Gibbs b Ojha 37 (25b, 1 x 6, 4 x 4)

Albie Morkel (not out) 12 (12b, 1 x 6)

Extras (lb-3, w-8): 11

Total (for 3 wkts, 19.2 overs): 148

Fall of wickets: 1-26 (Fleming, 3.2); 2-66

(Patel, 8.3); 3-115 (Dhoni, 15.2).

Bowling: RP Singh 4-0-32-0 (3w);

DP Vijay Kumar 3.2-0-32-1 (1w);

Shahid Afridi 3-0-19-0 (2w);

Sarvesh Kumar 2-0-18-1;

Pragyan Ojha 4-0-28-1 (2w); Scott Styris 3-0-16-0.