Electing to bat first Chennai Super Kings scored 155/5 at Pune. Ganguly’s good use of bowlers restricted them to a low total. Aggressive batting took them to an easy win and helped create one of the biggest upset of the tournament defeating defending and two-time champion Chennai Super Kings with 4 balls and 7 wickets to spare.
Match Facts
- MOM: Ryder
Plessis grabbed the Orange Cap.
Jadeja became second CSK batsman to enter 100-run club.
Smith and Uthappa joined the 100-run club.
Chennai Super Kings innings (20 overs maximum)
- Plessis st Uthappa b Sharma 43 runs 33 balls 5 4s 2 6s
Vijay c Dinda b Mathews 8 runs 11 balls
Raina c Smith b Sharma 20 runs 19 balls 2 4s
Dhoni c Kartik b Dinda 26 runs 28 balls 1 four
Jadeja c Smith b Nehra 44 runs 26 balls 4 4s 2 6s
Morkel not out 3 runs 3 balls
Bravo not out 5 runs 2 balls 1 four
Extras (lb 1, w 3, nb 2) 6
Total (20 overs) 155/5
Fall of wickets
- 1-43 (Vijay, 6.1 ov), 2-67 (du Plessis, 9.1 ov), 3-86 (Raina, 11.3 ov), 4-147 (Dhoni, 18.6 ov), 5-148 (Jadeja, 19.2 ov)
Bowling
- Kartik 3 ov 18/0
Dinda 4 ov 30/1
Nehra 4 ov 43/1
Rahul Sharma 3 ov 16/2
Samuels 4 ov 29/0
Mathews 2 ov 18/1
Pune Warriors innings (target: 156 runs from 20 overs)
- Uthappa run out 10 runs 7 balls 1 six
Ryder not out 73 runs 56 balls 7 4s 1 six
Ganguly run out 16 runs 16 balls 1 four
Samuels b Mahesh 8 runs 15 balls
Smith not out 44 runs 22 balls 4 4s 3 6s
Extras (lb 2, w 3) 5
Total (19.2 overs) 156/3
Fall of wickets
- 1-31 (Uthappa, 2.6 ov), 2-65 (Ganguly, 8.2 ov), 3-90 (Samuels, 12.4 ov)
Bowling
- Kulasekara 4 ov 38/0
Morkel 2 ov 22/0
Ashwin 4 ov 19/0
Bravo 3 ov 31/0
Raina 4 ov 22/0
Mahesh 2.2 ov 22/1
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