Chennai Super Kings have won their 2nd match by 6 runs in a close game against Mumbai Indians in Chennai. Chasing a target of 209 in 20 overs, Mumbai Indians came close towards the last 5 overs. Nayar and Harbhajan Singh showed some light to the Mumbai Indians, but Super Kings had the last laugh.
Requiring 19 runs of the last over, Nayar hit two consecutive boundaries of the first two balls to bring down the target to 11 runs in 4 balls. With the 3rd ball being a no ball and a run scored, the runs required came down to 9 of 4 balls. Nehra missed the free hit and scored a single of the the next delivery. With 8 runs required 2 balls, Nayar didn't score run and the last ball was a single. Joginder Sharma bowled well one more time in a crucial chase. He bowled the last over against Pakistan in the T20 final and won the game for India.
Earlier, Hayden scored 81 runs of 46 balls with 12 fours and 2 sixes to grab the man of the match award. Raina and Dhoni scored 53 off 37 balls and 30 off 16 balls respectively, which helped Chennai to go beyond 200 runs for the 2nd time.
It was surprising that Harbhajan didn't bowl is quota of 4 overs. In fact, he was the most economical bowler with 7 runs per over. He would have decided not to bowl considering the heavy dew in the ground and he could not get the grip of the ball.
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Match 8
Venue: Chennai
Date: April 23, 2008
Teams: Chenani Super Kings v. Mumbai Indians
Captains: Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Harbhajan Singh
Toss: Mumbai Indians and decided to field
Result: Chennai Super Kings won by 6 runs
Man of the Match: Mathew Hayden of Chennai Super Kings (Australia)
Points: Chennai Super Kings-2; Mumbai Indians-0
Score:
Chennai Super Kings 208 for 5 in 20 overs (PA Patel 14, ML Hayden 81, MEK Hussey 5, SK Raina 53, MS Dhoni 30, JDP Oram 5 not out, S Badrinath 2 not out, Extras 18--b 4, lb 3, wide 9, nb 2, SM Pollock 3-0-32-0, A Nehra 4-0-35-1, DS Kulkarni 3-0-25-1, Harbhajan Singh 2-0-14-0, DJ Bravo 3-0-36-0, VS Yeligati 1-0-16-0, AM Nayar 1-0-14-0, MA Khote 3-0-29-2) beat Mumbai Indians 202 for 7 in 20 overs (L Ronchi 2, ST Jayasuriya 20, RV Uthappa 43, SM Pollock 17, DJ Bravo 24, AM Nayar 45 not out, MA Khote 9, Harbhajan Singh 28, A Nehra 1 not out, Extras 13--lb 5, wide 6, nb 2, JDP Oram 4-0-53-0, M Gony 4-1-18-1, Joginder Sharma 4-0-29-2, P Amarnath 4-0-57-1, M Muralitharan 4-0-40-2)
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