He also became the first batsman to cross the 500-run mark. Chasing 148, Chennai reached the target with 5 balls still remaining. Patel was trapped leg before of the first ball by Malinga.
Hayden and Raina played well but Raina fell for 20 caught and bowled by Bravo. He already hit a six in the 2nd ball over midwicket, but he messed another short ball to get an edge and get caught.
Badrinath played well and was involved in 40-run partnership with Hayden for the third wicket. His innings had 2 fours and a six off Kulkarni. The mistake was going for another slog over extra cover which took the outside edge on the way to Takawale.
I am not sure what the youngsters are taught these days! He used four letter word against Badrinath!
In the last 9 overs, CSK required 84 runs. Hayden was playing slowly and was struggling to score runs. He was on 16 off 29 balls when Dhoni joined him after Badri's wicket.
They played sensibly picking singles and two's, running between the wicket was good. Though Hayden was older than Dhoni, he was matching Dhoni during the quick twos.
Last 5 overs needed 46 runs. Nanda bowled the 16th over in which CSK scored 8 runs including a boundary by Hayden in the first ball. Malinga went for 11 runs including a poor down the leg stump delivery which rubbed the pads of Hayden and went for four.
Last 3 overs, 27 runs. Harbhajan v. Hayden. The first ball went for a leg bye but over throw gave another run to the total. The next ball was six over square leg which also brought half-century for Hayden. This is 5th half century, highest by any player in this season.
Third ball was a two again and fourth ball was a single. The ball hit the bottom edge of the bat and went past the keeper for a four. Lucky runs! Quick running brought 2 runs of the last ball.
10 runs required of 2 overs. Malinga bowled well as he restricted Chennai to just 2 runs of the first 4 balls. But the fifth ball went for 4 at square leg. He gave toom to score on the off side but Malinga bowled full on the pads to give an easy chance to Hayden.
Last over, 3 runs. The first ball was a wide and also a single was run. Dhoni hit a four of the next delivery and 2 points for CSK. Mumbai out of the tournament
Batting first, Mumbai lost Bravo for 5 to Morkel. Jayasuriya and Duminy played beautifully for the 2nd wicket. Duminy was playing wonderfully in this season. He has made his mark for Mumbai and has all the chance of becoming a match winnner next season.
Jayasuriya played a quick innings of 30 in 17 balls which had 3 fours and 2 sixes. Tendulkar got out for 11, trying to clear the midwicket was caught by Balaji.
Nayar and Duminy built 65 runs in 52 balls for the 4th wicket, it was a slow but an imortant partnership.
Duminy was run out in the last over for 62 which came in 54 balls with 4 fours and 2 sixes.
Scoreboard:
Match # 47
Date: Saturday May 16, 2009
Teams: Chennai Super Kings v. Mumbai Indians
Captains: Dhoni and Sachin
Toss: MI, decided to bat
Venue: St George's Park, Port Elizabeth
Result: CSK won by 7 wkts with 5 balls remaining
Points: CSK 2; MI 0
Man of the Match: Hayden off CSK
Mumbai Indians Innings:
| Batsman | How Out | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s |
| Jayasuriya | c Raina b Tyagi | 30 | 17 | 3 | 2 |
| Bravo | b A Morkel | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| Duminy | Run Out (A Morkel) | 62 | 54 | 4 | 2 |
| Tendulkar | c Balaji b Raina | 11 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| AM Nayar | Not Out | 33 | 27 | 1 | 2 |
| Harbhajan | Run Out (Hayden/Dhoni) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Extras | (lb 3, w 1, nb 1) | 5 | - | - | - |
| Total | for 5 wkts in 20 overs | 147 | - | - | - |
Fall of Wickets: 1-7 (Bravo, 2.1 ov), 2-49 (Jayasuriya, 5.6 ov), 3-74 (Tendulkar, 10.5 ov), 4-139 (Duminy, 19.3 ov), 5-147 (Harbhajan Singh, 19.6 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W |
| A Morkel | 4 | 0 | 31 | 1 |
| Tyagi | 3 | 0 | 29 | 1 |
| Muralitharan | 4 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| Raina | 4 | 0 | 22 | 1 |
| Jakati | 3 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| Balaji | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
Chennai Super Kings Innings:
| Batsman | How Out | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s |
| P Patel | lbw b Malinga | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hayden | Not Out | 60 | 57 | 4 | 1 |
| Raina | c & b Bravo | 20 | 12 | 2 | 2 |
| Badrinath | c Takawale b Kulkarni | 22 | 23 | 2 | 1 |
| Dhoni | Not Out | 23 | 22 | 2 | 0 |
| Extras | (lb 16, w 10) | 26 | - | - | - |
| Total | for 3 wkts in 19.1 overs | 151 | - | - | - |
Fall of Wickets: 1-0 (Patel, 0.1 ov), 2-24 (Raina, 3.5 ov), 3-64 (Badrinath, 10.5 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W |
| Malinga | 4 | 0 | 19 | 1 |
| Kulkarni | 4 | 0 | 45 | 1 |
| Bravo | 3.1 | 0 | 19 | 1 |
| Harbhajan | 3 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| Duminy | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Nanda | 3 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
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