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!"
Malinga walks in. Nothing at stake for these teams but they're fighting tooth and nail
Harbhajan Singh c Saha b Jadeja 6 (13m 6b 1x4 0x6) SR: 100.00
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
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
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
Breathtaking knock from Karthik there
KD Karthik b Hilfenhaus 74 (64m 45b 4x4 6x6) SR: 164.44
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
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