IPL 2012 Match 1 Scorecard: MI Rock CSKs Good Home Record

The first match of the IPL 2012 saw the two biggies of IPL contesting at IPLs favorite venue, Chennai. Unfortunately, the first match saw Chennai Super Kings winning Home record shattered by Harbhajan’s Mumbai Indian bowlers and fielders.

Indian Premier League 5: Schedule and Results
MI Bowlers and Fielers Chase CSK out of Chepauk

Match Facts

Player of the Match: Richard Levi
Maximum 6s: Richard Levi
Karbon Kamaal Catch (Rs 75000): Harbhajan Singh
Levi hit 50 (in 34 balls) in his inaugural IPL match.
Malinga with 63 wickets in 43 matches, and Pragyan Ojha with 62 wickets in 55 matches, are 2nd and 3rd leading wicket takers in IPL. RP Singh leads with 64 wickets in 56 matches.

Chennai Super Kings innings (20 overs maximum)

du Plessis run out 3 runs 2 balls
Murali Vijay c Harbhajan Singh b Franklin 10 runs 17 balls 1 four
Raina c Malinga b Ojha 36 runs 26 balls 2 4s 1 six
Dwayn Bravo c Pollard b Ojha 19 runs 19 balls 3 4s
Albie Morkel c Ojha b Pollard 3 runs 8 balls
Badrinath c Harbhajan Singh b Pollard 10 runs 16 balls
Dhoni run out 4 runs 6 balls
Ravinder Jadeja b Malinga 3 runs 5 balls
Ashwin run out 3 runs 5 balls
Jakati not out 6 runs 10 balls
Bollinger c Sharma b Malinga 3 runs 5 balls
Extras (lb 5, w 7) 12
Total (19.5 overs) 112

Fall of wickets

1-4 (du Plessis, 0.4 ov), 2-38 (Vijay, 5.5 ov), 3-75 (Raina, 9.5 ov), 4-80 (Bravo, 11.2 ov), 5-85 (Morkel, 12.4 ov), 6-95 (Dhoni, 15.1 ov), 7-99 (Badrinath, 16.1 ov), 8-103 (Ashwin, 17.1 ov), 9-104 (Jadeja, 17.6 ov), 10-112 (Bollinger, 19.5 ov)

Bowling

Malinga 3.5 ov 16/2
Ahmed 2 ov 17/0
Harbhajan Singh 4 ov 24/0
Franklin 2 ov 18/1
Pragyan Ojha 4 ov 17/2
Pollard 4 ov 15/2

Mumbai Indians innings (target: 113 runs from 20 overs)

Levi c Bollinger b Bravo 50 runs 35 balls 6 4s 3 6s
Tendulkar retired hurt 16 runs 15 balls 1 four 1 six
Rohit Sharma c Dhoni b Bollinger 0
Rayudu not out 18 runs 18 balls 1 six
Franklin not out 25 runs 30 balls 2 4s
Extras (lb 3, w 3) 6
Total (16.5 overs) 115/2

Fall of wickets

1-69 (Levi, 7.5 ov), 2-70 (Sharma, 8.3 ov), 2-72* (Tendulkar, retired not out, 8.6 ov)

Bowling

Morkel 4 ov 20/0
Bollinger 3.5 ov 34/1
Ashwin 4 ov 20/0
Jadeja 1 ov 16/0
Bravo 3 ov 14/1
Jakati 1 ov 8/