2125dThe Report by Siddarth Ravindran

Chennai victory leaves Yorkshire winless

Chennai Super Kings were largely untroubled in the final match as they coasted to a four-wicket victory which left Yorkshire winless in the Champions League T20 proper

Match Centre

Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

GS Ballance
58(38) 1x4 - 5x6
Control %84%
  • Productive Shot
  • leg glance
  • 30 runs
  • 0x4 - 3x6
2 1 2 6 21 3 1 22
S Badrinath
47(38) 5x4 - 0x6
Control %94%
  • Productive Shot
  • off side drive on front foot
  • 14 runs
  • 1x4 - 0x6
5 6 0 9 3 8 7 9

Best performances - Bowlers

JA Morkel
O4
M0
R12
W2
Eco3.00
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
DE Bollinger
DE Bollinger
O4
M0
R16
W2
Eco4.00
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

Scorer: M Venkat Raghav | Commentator: Andrew Fernando

END OF OVER:
19 | 5 Runs 1 Wkt | CSK: 141/6 | RR: 7.42

  • Wriddhiman Saha1 (1b)
  • Albie Morkel4 (2b)
  • Iain Wardlaw4-0-23-2
  • Steven Patterson3-0-22-2

Right, that's it from this game folks. The second match of the evening is starting shortly.

Presentation

Andrew Gale: "I thought we were 15-20 runs short. When we started to get some momentum we kept losing wickets, and we were sloppy in the field as well. Loved playing in the Champions' League, thanks to the messages we got from our supporters."

Raina: "We bowled really well. MS told me to enjoy the captaincy, it was a good opportunity for me today. The ball came on slowly, and it was holding a bit.

"Disappointing that we didn't qualify. We could have won this Championship, but we're going home."

Badrinath is man of the match: "The ball wasn't coming on, so we decided to take our time and we had a couple of partnerships and that's what got us home. Once you take your time, you can play your shots."

"We were unlucky in a couple of close games - ten runs either side. But we'll come back stronger next year."

Priyadarshi Mishra: "Strangely all the IPL teams are coming back to form after they have been knocked out !!! Wonder if their earlier losses had something to do with pressure." Perhaps - or maybe they just took too long to adapt to the conditions in South Africa. Teams used to playing on fast tracks with a little bounce have prospered in this tournament.

Yorkshire won both their qualifying matches, but end without a win in the main draw. Like KKR, CSK have secured a face-saving but ultimately meaningless victory.

18.6
1
Wardlaw to Saha, 1 run, another yorker, and it wasn't a stylish shot, with Saha falling over, but the ball dribbles to square leg and the batsmen scamper one. That's enough for CSK.
18.5
W
Wardlaw to Dhoni, OUT, another helicopter shot attempted, but he missed and Wardlaw was full, straight and fast. Hits middle and off, but you'd think it won't matter at this stage.

MS Dhoni b Wardlaw 31 (32m 23b 2x4 2x6) SR: 134.78

18.4
0
Wardlaw to Dhoni, no run, full toss on the legs, hits Dhoni's pads and the bowler appeals. Going down leg though.
18.3
4
Wardlaw to Dhoni, FOUR, full and straight, Dhoni gets the helicopter shot out and whips that over midwicket to the fence. One more to win
18.2
0
Wardlaw to Dhoni, no run, slower ball, fuller and wider of off stump, goes under Dhoni's bat
18.1
0
Wardlaw to Dhoni, no run, low full toss outside off stump. Dhoni drives but can't beat mid on

CSK 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st3F du PlessisM Vijay
2nd23SK RainaM Vijay
3rd48S BadrinathSK Raina
4th43MS DhoniS Badrinath
5th15MS DhoniRA Jadeja
6th8MS DhoniJA Morkel
7th1JA MorkelWP Saha

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