END OF OVER:
20 | 12 Runs 2 Wkts | MI: 167/7 (7 runs required, RR: 8.35)

  • Mitchell Johnson0 (1b)
  • Lasith Malinga0 (0b)
  • Ravindra Jadeja4-0-47-2
  • Ben Hilfenhaus4-1-14-2

Presentation:

Harbhajan: "We bowled well after the first ten overs. Treat to watch Pollard and Karthik. Great fight shown. A kind of pitch you can hit shots off good length balls. Proud of the boys. Whenever we play CSK it's always a good game."

Dhoni: "It was important to guide Jadeja. Matches like these really groom a cricketer. Hilfenhaus was right on the money. We took the gamble of giving the later overs to the spinners. We could have got another 15 runs. 170 plus two runs makes a difference."

Hilfenhaus is the Man of the Match: "After watching the way their seamers finished off the innings it gave us an idea of where to bowl. Variable bounce tonight. It's quite hard to defend on this ground."

That's it from us here. The cricket continues tomorrow. Thanks for the mails and your company. Cheers!

9pm: There was only pride to play for, but both teams gave us quite a humdinger. Dinesh Karthik refused to believe Mumbai were done and dusted after a sluggish start. In the process he exposed weaknesses in Chennai's bowling. Ashwin and Jadeja leaked 91 runs between them.

By the way, where was the rain that was supposed to show up?

Aks: "Ashwin should get the man of the match here.. He leaked enough runs, to make everyone know how important his last ball six was!"

19.6
0
Jadeja to Johnson, no run, flatter delivery and he can only drill it down the ground to long-off and that will be all! What a fight

Malinga walks in. Nothing at stake for these teams but they're fighting tooth and nail

19.5
W
Jadeja to Harbhajan Singh, OUT, well taken by Saha! Jadeja floated that down the leg side and Harbhajan swiveled and aimed for the long leg boundary, it was flat and hard and Saha did really well to keep calm and cup the ball over his head

Harbhajan Singh c Saha b Jadeja 6 (13m 6b 1x4 0x6) SR: 100.00

19.4
4
Jadeja to Harbhajan Singh, FOUR, that rocketed off the bat! Full and wide outside off and he made room and smashed that wide of extra cover
19.3
2
Jadeja to Harbhajan Singh, 2 runs, flat delivery and chipped down to deep midwicket, only a couple though

Dhoni has a cha with Jadeja. Johnson walks in. The umpires are checking to see if the batsmen crossed during the dismissal. Harbhajan it is on strike

Stunning work by Raina under pressure

19.2
W
Jadeja to Pollard, OUT, Raina takes a stunner at long-on and he seems to be in pain! Pollard makes room and thumps it flat down the ground and Raina manages to time his dive well and takes it inches from the ground, Raina dives and covers his eyes, something must have gone in and he's been given out after studying replays

KA Pollard c Raina b Jadeja 31 (35m 17b 1x4 3x6) SR: 182.35

Pollard making his team look silly for promoting Rayudu above him

19.1
6
Jadeja to Pollard, SIX, what a way to begin the final over! Flatter delivery outside off and he gets on his knee and whams it flat over long-off

Jadeja to defend the 19 needed off the last over!

END OF OVER:
19 | 8 Runs 1 Wkt | MI: 155/5 (19 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 8.15, RRR: 19.00)

  • Harbhajan Singh0 (3b)
  • Kieron Pollard25 (15b)
  • Ben Hilfenhaus4-1-14-2
  • Ravichandran Ashwin3-0-44-0
18.6
0
Hilfenhaus to Harbhajan Singh, no run, slashes and misses again,the captain fails to get bat on ball
18.5
0
Hilfenhaus to Harbhajan Singh, no run, close to being called a wide! Makes room and he tries to slash a wide one and he looks at the umpire for a signal
18.4
0
Hilfenhaus to Harbhajan Singh, no run, Harbhajan makes room, slashes and misses

Breathtaking knock from Karthik there

18.3
W
Hilfenhaus to Karthik, OUT, that's a freak dismissal! Oh well Karthik cannot go all the way, it was the slower ball from Hilfenhaus and Karthik was on his knee to slog that away, the leg cutter hit his pad and rolled back towards the stumps

KD Karthik b Hilfenhaus 74 (64m 45b 4x4 6x6) SR: 164.44

18.2
6
Hilfenhaus to Karthik, SIX, siphons six more! Pitched up on the off stump and he lofts it high and clears wide long-on
18.1
2
Hilfenhaus to Karthik, 2 runs, outside off and he lofts high over extra cover and Vijay slides and mops up

24 off that over and MI need 27 off the last two! Not over yet. Here's Hilfenhaus

END OF OVER:
18 | 24 Runs | MI: 147/4 (27 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 8.16, RRR: 13.50)

  • Kieron Pollard25 (15b)
  • Dinesh Karthik66 (42b)
  • Ravichandran Ashwin3-0-44-0
  • Doug Bollinger4-0-26-0
17.6
4
Ashwin to Pollard, FOUR, Ashwin bowls it short and wide outside off and Pollard swings and bashes it down the ground, long-on dives in vain
17.5
6
Ashwin to Pollard, SIX, Ashwin makes the mistake of dragging it back short and Pollard stays at the crease and hammers a flat six over deep midwicket
17.4
6
Ashwin to Pollard, SIX, bang! Tossed up and Pollard takes a few paces forward and clobbers it over long-on
17.3
1
Ashwin to Karthik, 1 run, makes room and steers it to the off side for a single
17.2
6
Ashwin to Karthik, SIX, he's slogging them away! Gets on his knee and he slogs and it's high in the air and over fine leg
17.1
1
Ashwin to Pollard, 1 run, plays the reverse sweep and Dhoni runs backward and nearly pulls off the catch, lobs off his glove

END OF OVER:
17 | 10 Runs | MI: 123/4 (51 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 7.23, RRR: 17.00)

  • Kieron Pollard8 (11b)
  • Dinesh Karthik59 (40b)
  • Doug Bollinger4-0-26-0
  • Ravichandran Ashwin2-0-20-0
16.6
1
Bollinger to Pollard, 1 run, full and wide outside off and lofted down to long-off, drops short of the fielder
16.6
1w
Bollinger to Pollard, 1 wide, sprays that far too wide outside the off stump, can't chase those
16.5
1
Bollinger to Karthik, 1 run, moves right across his stumps and works it down to deep midwicket
16.4
4
Bollinger to Karthik, FOUR, pulls again and just over Ashwin's reach at midwicket, the length deliveries not working for Bollinger
16.3
0
Bollinger to Karthik, no run, pulls and falls short of Ashwin at midwicket, Pollard had set off and he had given up and the throw to the bowler's end was wide

MI 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st19SR TendulkarDR Smith
2nd2DR SmithRG Sharma
3rd64KD KarthikRG Sharma
4th10KD KarthikAT Rayudu
5th60KD KarthikKA Pollard
6th6Harbhajan SinghKA Pollard
7th6Harbhajan SinghMG Johnson
8th0MG JohnsonSL Malinga

Champions League Twenty20

Group A
TeamMWLPTNRR
DC420121.44
TITNS42110-0.017
KKR41260.488
PS4126-0.474
AUCK4126-0.963
Group B
TeamMWLPTNRR
SS440161.656
LIONS431120.14
CSK4228-0.049
MI4032-0.471
YORKS4032-1.791
Qualifying Pool 1
TeamMWLPTNRR
AUCK22081.904
Sia2114-0.511
HANTS2020-1.331
Qualifying Pool 2
TeamMWLPTNRR
YORKS22080.507
UvNxt2012-0.244
T&T2012-0.777