Chasing 130, they last 3 wickets with just 30 on the board. Kallis was trapped leg before in the first over. Albie Morkel has struck for the third continuous time in the first over of the innings.
Dravid played straight to Badrinath at point. Uthappa was also trapped leg before as RC was struggling with 33 for 3 in 6 overs.
Ross Taylor once again grabbed man of the match for his wonderful innings. He scored 46, played patiently and ensure that the team come closer to the target. He scored 46 off 50 balls, quite an opposite innings compared to his innings against KKR.
Kohli and Taylor built 56 runs for the 4th wicket as Kohli scored 38 off those. He hit 4 fours and 2 sixes. He ensured that he maintained the run rate under control and kept the scoreboard moving.
He pulled Balaji to midwicket where Oram took an easy catch. Boucher followed him for just 5, caught at slip by Hayden off Muralitharan's doosra.
Merwe was casual in his approach while coming back for the 2nd as he did not ground his bat. His bat was in the air and TV cameras rightly caught it.
The four byes by Dhoni reduced the target to 15 off 2 overs. Balaji's first ball went for a six by Praveen Kumar and reduced the target to 5 in the last over.
The first three balls were single and the fourth ball went for a boundary in third man.
RC has moved to 4th spot in points table with 6 wins in 12 matches. Royal Challengers have to play Delhi Daredevils on May 19th and Deccan Chargers on May 21--the last league match.
Earlier, deciding to bat, CSK had a good start. Vijay and Hayden added 32 for the first wicket. Vijay was the first one to go for 5.
Raina was caught brilliantly by Merwe at short mid wicket. The ball came late on the leg stumps, he played off the hips, but it went in the air. CSK were 52 for 2 in 6 overs.
Dhoni and Hayden well where Hayden continued his form. He scored his 4th fifty in this season of IPL. The third wicket partnership was broken by a superb catch by Merwe on his own bowling. Dhoni came down the track and hit it hard towards the right of Merwe. This was the turning point.
Only three players of CSK reached double figures--Hayden, Raina and Dhoni. Hayden scored 60 off 35 balls with 5 fours and 3 sixes. He is the leading the sixes table with most sixes.
From 101 for 4, CSK surrendered meekly to 129 all out in 19.4 overs. Catches win matches and it was proved in this match! Three good catches--Dhoni's caught and bowled by Merwe, catch at midwicket by Merwe to send Raina, catch by Vinaykumar off Kumble to send Hayden.
Scoreboard:
Match # 44
Date: Thursday May 14, 2009
Teams: Bangalore Royal Challengers v. Chennai Super Kings
Captains: Kumble and Dhoni
Toss: CSK, decided to bat
Venue: Kingsmead, Durban
Result: RC won by 2 wickets with 2 balls remaining
Points: RC 2; CSK 0
Man of the Match: Taylor off RC
Chennai Super Kings Innings:
| Batsman | How Out | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s |
| M Vijay | c Uthappa b Kallis | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Hayden | c Vinaykumar b Kumble | 60 | 38 | 5 | 3 |
| Raina | c Merwe b Kallis | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 |
| Dhoni | c & b Merwe | 18 | 20 | 1 | 0 |
| Oram | c Boucher b Vinaykumar | 7 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Badrinath | c Uthappa b Kumble | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| A Morkel | c Kumble b P Kumar | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| Jakati | Not Out | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| Balaji | c Kumble b Vinaykumar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Muralitharan | Run Out (P Kumar) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Tyagi | Run Out (Akhil/P Kumar) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Extras | (lb 3, w 1) | 4 | - | - | - |
| Total | all out in 19.4 overs | 129 | - | - | - |
Fall of Wickets: 1-32 (Vijay, 3.3 ov), 2-48 (Raina, 5.4 ov), 3-93 (Dhoni, 12.1 ov), 4-101 (Hayden, 13.2 ov), 5-107 (Badrinath, 16.1 ov), 6-118 (Morkel, 17.4 ov), 7-118 (Oram, 18.2 ov), 8-118 (Balaji, 18.3 ov), 9-128 (Muralitharan, 19.3 ov), 10-129 (Tyagi, 19.4 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W |
| A Kumble | 4 | 0 | 12 | 2 |
| Vinaykumar | 3 | 0 | 30 | 2 |
| P Kumar | 3.4 | 0 | 35 | 1 |
| Kallis | 4 | 1 | 18 | 2 |
| Merwe | 4 | 0 | 29 | 1 |
| Akhil | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Royal Challengers Innings:
| Batsman | How Out | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s |
| Uthappa | lbw b A Morkel | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Kallis | lbw b A Morkel | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dravid | c Badrinath b Tyagi | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| Taylor | c Dhoni b Oram | 46 | 50 | 2 | 1 |
| Kohli | c Oram b Balaji | 38 | 35 | 4 | 2 |
| Boucher | c Hayden b Muralitharan | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Merwe | Run Out (Muralitharan/Dhoni) | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Akhil | c Tyagi b Oram | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| P Kumar | Not Out | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| Vinaykumar | Not Out | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Extras | (b 4, lb 1, w 3) | 8 | - | - | - |
| Total | for 8 wkts in 19.4 overs | 132 | - | - | - |
Fall of Wickets: 1-2 (Kallis, 0.2 ov), 2-12 (Dravid, 1.4 ov), 3-30 (Uthappa, 4.4 ov), 4-86 (Kohli, 14.2 ov), 5-91 (Boucher, 15.1 ov), 6-104 (van der Merwe, 16.5 ov), 7-107 (Akhil, 17.3 ov), 8-125 (Taylor, 19.1 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W |
| A Morkel | 4 | 0 | 13 | 2 |
| Tyagi | 2 | 0 | 21 | 1 |
| Balaji | 4 | 0 | 32 | 1 |
| Jakati | 4 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| Muralitharan | 4 | 0 | 24 | 1 |
| Oram | 1.4 | 0 | 12 | 2 |
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