What an innings by Jayasuriya? The Mumbai crowd expected all of this from Sachin, but the day belonged to Jayasuriya.
It was raining sixes and boundaries in the ground! No one was able to stop Jayasuria today. He hit 11 sixes and 9 fours. Can you believe he scored 96 runs off his 114 standing in his crease. His 114 came off 48 balls of which the fours and sixes took just 20 balls. In the remaining 28 balls, he scored 18 runs. That was okay!
Chasing a target of 157, his first four came off Morkel over cover. In the same over, he started his sixes campaign.
Gony bowled the third over by just giving four runs but he was not spared later.
Morkel's 2nd over and 4th of the innings had two sixes--one by Tendulkar at short third man and the other by Jayasuriya over long.
Jayasuriya hit 3 sixes of Gony in the next over to take his tally to 6 sixes. End of 5 overs, Mumbai were 57 for no loss. It should have given some lessons to Gony, who has gone for 20 runs in this over.
Morkel bowled the 6th over and he was also not spared by Jayasuriya. He hit 6, 4, 4, wide, 0, 6, 0 to take his sixes tally to 8. End of power play, the match was almost gone out of Chennai's hand--78 for no loss, record score in IPL in the power play.
Balaji started with a good outswinger to Tendulkar, couldn't control his line as he bowled two wides. But, he restricted Tendulkar in that over and gave just 3 runs.
Joginder Sharma struck for Chennai and took the first wicket. The stright delivery was missed by Tendulkar and was bowled. He scored 12 off 16 balls with a four and a six.
Uthappa joined Suriya, to watch him dealing in fours and sixes with Chennai attack. The 10th over added two fours and a six to Jayasuriya's tally and took the score to 107 for 1. Jayasuriya batting on 74 off 34 balls with 5 fours and 8 sixes. He needs to score 26 of the remaining 50 runs to reach his century. Did he do it?
Yes, he started with a boundary of his country mate Muralitharan. At the end of 13 overs, Mumbai were 132 for 1, with Jayasuriya on 88. To win 25 and 12 to century.
Jayasuriya decided finish the scoring himself. He hit 3 sixes and 2 fours to finish the match in the 5th ball of the 14th over. Very crucial for the net run rate, if required at the later stage of the tournament. The second six took him to his first hundred in the 20-20 and in IPL. What a hundred? No better way to bring a hundred than this!! He reached the three digits in 45 balls with 7 fours and 10 sixes.
Sachin, though didn't score was a morale booster to the team. Jayasuriya played so freely that he had no pressure at all. He had the pressure of scoring runs when Sachin was not there, but today was a different day!
Earlier, put into bat, Chennai Super Kings started with a plan in mind--a slow foundation building innings. Though they created the record of scoring least runs in the power play, Dhoni and Badrinath played sensibly to take the score beyond 150 runs.
Fleming, once again, not able to find his rhythm. He was dropped off two continuous balls--one falling short of Tendulkar, and the next ball he tried to slog, went in the air, but dropped by Jayasuriya.
Yidyut was the first to go, caught at mid-off. The ball took the edge and went high in the air. He was out for 16 off 11 balls with 3 fours.
Raina was the next to go, caught behind off Bravo for 1 off 6 balls. Fleming was bowled by Kulkarni for 26. The thick outside egdge dragged the ball to the stumps. He took 29 balls with 4 fours.
In the same over, Kapugedera was caught behind for 0. End of 10 overs, Chennai were 57 for 4. They needed 10 runs per over to go beyond 150.
Pollock bowled a maiden over and completed his spell with the figures of 4-1-9-1.
Dhoni was scoring four in the 12th and 13th overs. He scored two fours in the 14th over to take the score to 83 for 4.
Badrinath started his hitting spree with a four of Kulkarni's last ball in the 15th over. He hit two fours of Bravo in the next over. Chennai crossed 100 at the end of 16 overs.
The 17th over added 11 to the total with a four to Dhoni and Badrinath. The 18th over added 14 to the total with Badrinath scoring a six and a four of Raje. Momentum started building up in Chennai innings.
The 19th over by Bravo saw two huge sixes--one by Dhoni and the other one by Badrinath, which took him beyond 50. He scored 52 off 32 balls with 7 fours and 2 sixes. But, he got out in the next ball, the pull took the top edge and was easily caught by Bravo on his own bowling.
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Dhoni and Badrinath added 95 runs for the fifth wicket in 61 balls, the record for the 5th wicket partnership in IPL.
The last over bowled by Kulkarni added 15 to the total. Kulkarni started with a wide on the off stump and then a wide on the leg, but the batsman ran two. So, 4 runs already scored with all 6 balls remaining.
Dhoni and Morkel hit a four each and in the last ball, Morkel got out caught by Uthappa at long off.
Dhoni was not out on 43 off 35 balls with 6 fours and 1 six. The score board crossed 150 and Chennai set a target of 157 in 20 overs.
Jayasuriya was declared man of the match without much doubt for his wonderful, firing, quick century.
Match 36
Venue: Mumbai
Date: May 14, 2008
Teams: Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings
Captains: Sachin Tendulkar and Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Toss: Mumbai Indians and decided to field
Result: Mumbai Indians won by 9 wickets with 37 balls remaining
Man of the Match: Sanath Jayasuriya off Mumbai Indians (Sri Lanka)
Points: Mumbai Indians-2; Delhi Daredevils-0
Score:
Chennai Super Kings 156 for 6 in 20 overs (S Vidyut 16, SP Fleming 26, SK Raina 1, S Badrinath 53, CK Kapugedera 0, MS Dhoni 43 not out, JA Morkel 5, Extras-12 (lb 3, wide 9), SM Pollock 4-1-9-1, A Nehra 4-0-31-0, DJ Bravo 4-0-37-2, DS Kulkarni 4-0-33-3, RR Raje 3-0-33-0, DJ Thornely 1-0-10-0) lost to Mumbai Indians 158 for 1 in 13.5 overs (ST Jayasuriya 114 not out, SR Tendulkar 12, RV Uthappa 16 not out, Extras-16 (lb 4, wide 12), M Gony 3-0-31-0, JA Morkel 3-0-44-0, L Balaji 2-0-9-0, Joginder Sharma 3-0-24-1, M Muralitharan 2-0-20-0, CK Kapugedera 0.5-0-26-0)
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