Dhoni rightly used the spin attack very well. He also introduced Ashwin into the attack in this crucial game and it worked for him! These three spinners picked 6 wickets among them giving just 38 runs in 12 overs.
CSK got the break-through in the 2nd over when Thushara picked Sohal caught by Patel for 3. Murali was brought into attack in the 5th over itslef and he conceeded 1 run.
Ashwin was given the ball and 3 runs were added to scoreboard. Murali picked Katich in his next over when Katich move across to play it fine missed the ball and lost his leg stump.
The trick of playing out Murali worked against KXI. End of 10 overs, KXI were 42 for 2. Murali picked Pomersbach caught by Raina at slip.
The big break through came in the 13th over bowled by Raina. Yuvaraj gave room to play the short ball to the off side but the ball kept low and hit the stumps.
End of over 15, KXI were 59 for 4, needed 58 in the last 30 balls. Ashwin picked two wickets in 16th over--Sangakkara was caught & bowled and Mota was trapped leg before. Lee trying to charge gave a simple catch to Oram at long on.
48 from 18 balls, 3 wickets in hand. Gony dropped a catch at short fine leg for Irfan Pathan and it went for four.
Last 2 overs needed 40 runs, 8 runs were scored off Thushara's over and Irfan got out in the 5th ball.
Last over, 32 runs. Only 7 runs were scored as Kings XI messed the nice chance and threw themselves out of the tournament. The only chance KXI has is, in the match between Deccan Chargers and Royal Challengers, the losing team has to lose in a big way--either by runs or with more balls remaining.
Murali was given man of the match for his wonderful spell of 4-0-8-2.
Earlier, deciding to bat first, Chennai started well scoring a four in each over during powerplay. When Baily was out, the score was 40 in 4.5 overs.
But, Chennai lost wickets quickly and did not build partnerships. Patel was the top scorer with 32 runs. Badrinath and Dhoni fell cheaply for 4 and 2 respectively. Both the wickets were picked by Sreesanth in the 10th over. Dhoni's wicket was amazing as Sreesanth sent a beautiful inswinging yorker and Dhoni did not bring down the bat in time to save his stumps. The tail did not add any value as they all fell for single digit score.
With this victory, it was sure that Chennai has booked their place for the semi-finals and occupy the 2nd spot below Delhi. The third and fouth spots will be decided after the match between Deccan Chargers and Royal Challengers on 21st. The winner will qualify but the last position will be decied based on the net run rate. Either the loser of the match or Kings XI Punjab will take the 4th spot.
Scoreboard:
Match # 54
Date: Wednesday May 20, 2009
Teams: Chennai Super Kings v. Kings XI Punjab
Captains: Dhoni and Yuvaraj
Toss: CSK, decided to bat
Venue: Kingsmead, Durban
Result: CSK won by 24 runs
Points: CSK 2; KXI 0
Man of the Match: Muralitharan off CSK
Chennai Super Kings Innings:
| Batsman | How Out | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s |
| Bailey | Run Out (Yuvaraj) | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 |
| P Patel | b Powar | 32 | 23 | 4 | 1 |
| Raina | c Lee b Mota | 20 | 21 | 2 | 0 |
| Badrinath | c I Pathan b Sreesanth | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Dhoni | b Sreesanth | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Oram | c & b I Pathan | 17 | 21 | 1 | 0 |
| Gony | b Chawla | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Ashwin | c Pomersbach b I Pathan | 8 | 15 | 1 | 0 |
| Thushara | Run Out (Katich/Sangakkara) | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Balaji | Not Out | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Muralitharan | Not Out | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Extras | (b 3, lb 2, w 2) | 7 | - | - | - |
| Total | for 9 wkts in 20 overs | 116 | - | - | - |
Fall of Wickets: 1-40 (Bailey, 4.5 ov), 2-54 (Patel, 6.5 ov), 3-68 (Badrinath, 9.3 ov), 4-70 (Dhoni, 9.5 ov), 5-87 (Raina, 13.3 ov), 6-96 (Gony, 14.4 ov), 7-105 (Oram, 17.4 ov), 8-109 (Ashwin, 17.6 ov), 9-114 (Thushara, 19.4 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W |
| B Lee | 4 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| I Pathan | 4 | 0 | 32 | 2 |
| Powar | 4 | 0 | 19 | 1 |
| Sreesanth | 4 | 0 | 23 | 2 |
| Chawla | 2 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
| Mota | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
Kings XI Punjab Innings:
| Batsman | How Out | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s |
| Sohal | c P Pathal b Thushara | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Katich | b Muralitharan | 8 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| Pomersbach | c Raina b Muralitharan | 26 | 32 | 1 | 1 |
| Yuvaraj | b Raina | 6 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| Sangakkara | c & b Ashwin | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Mota | lbw b Ashwin | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| I Pathan | c Oram b Thushara | 14 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| B Lee | c Oram b Raina | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| Chawla | Not Out | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Powar | Not Out | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Extras | (lb 3, w 3) | 6 | - | - | - |
| Total | for 8 wkts in 20 overs | 92 | - | - | - |
Fall of Wickets: 1-6 (Sohal, 1.5 ov), 2-32 (Katich, 6.5 ov), 3-45 (Pomersbach, 11.1 ov), 4-49 (Yuvraj Singh, 12.4 ov), 5-59 (Sangakkara, 15.1 ov), 6-60 (Mota, 15.3 ov), 7-67 (Lee, 16.5 ov), 8-83 (Pathan, 18.5 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W |
| Gony | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Thushara | 4 | 0 | 28 | 2 |
| Muralitharan | 4 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| Ashwin | 4 | 0 | 13 | 2 |
| Raina | 4 | 0 | 17 | 2 |
| Balaji | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
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