Hayden and Parthiv Patel played well and added 61 for the first wicket in 7 overs. Patel played well and took some risks. As usual, Hayden also took the risk which Dhoni did not. The only shot risky shot he played was in the 18th over and got out.
Hayden going for a big shot over long on, did not time it well and was caught for 26. Patel followed him in the 9th over trapped leg before off Kallis. He was the top scorer for CSK with 36 off 27 balls with 7 fours.
Dhoni and Raina played singles though the latter took some risk against Kumble and Merwe. Raina, came down the track, miscued the lofted shot off a slower one from Praveen Kumar. The ball went in the air which Boucher grabbed it easily. His 20 came in 19 balls with a four and a six.
Dhoni was playing singles, which I would rate as a very poorly planned and played innings. What's going to happen if you get out trying for big shots? Still CSK had Morkel, Badrinath, Oram yet to bat!
CSK added just 39 runs in the last 5 overs. From 74 for 2 in 10 overs, they added 72 in the last 10. Poor batting in a crucial match! The team was rated high for the batting strength, but it failed in a crucial match!
Vinaykumar bowled the last over very well. He gave away just 6 runs and picked the wicket of Oram. He mixed his deliveries very well that restricted CSK to less than 150.
Chasing 147 in a semi final is difficult, but not with a good start. Though it was not like what Gilchrist did against DD, a pleasant and decent start.
Pandey hit two beautiful fours in successive deliveries of Morkel in the first over. Kallis also hit two fours of Gony in the first two balls. Trying to play off drive, the ball took the outside edge and went to Parthiv Patel.
Muralitharan dropped a chance for Merwe at mid on, running backwards. But, Merwe was bowled in the next delivery from Morkel.
Pandy continued his good form and smashed two more fours in the 4th over bowled by Gony. Dravid missed the free hit chance in the same over which went for a single.
Boundaries were scored in almost every over or the alternate overs. Other poor decision from Dhoni was to put Muralitharan behind the wheel until the 10th over. Though Murali controlled the run rate, RC did not lose the wickets.
A close decision against Pandey was not given. It was plumb but Tuffnel denied it off Muralitharan. Pandey missed fifty by 2 runs when he went for a slog of Jakathi and lost his stump.
End of 15 overs, RC were 110 for 3. With 37 needed in 5 overs, Dravid was trapped leg before by Muralitharan and he gave just 2 runs. 35 from 4 overs.
Taylor and Kohli took the charge and hit a six each of Raina in the 17th over. The target was revised to 20 from 18 balls.
Kohli hit a six of Muralitharan in the 18th over.
12 runs from 12 balls. Taylor hit a six off Oram in the 19th over. It was a waist height full toss and despatched to square leg boundary. Poor bowling from Oram in a crucial stage. Kohli finished the formalities with a boundary played off the pads and RC reach final with 7 balls remaining.
Scoreboard:
Match # 58 Semi Final 2
Date: Saturday May 23, 2009
Teams: Bangalore Royal Challengers v. Chennai Super Kings
Captains: Kumble and Dhoni
Toss: RC, decided to field
Venue: New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Result: RC won by 6 wickets with 7 balls remaining
Result: RC moves into finals
Man of the Match: Pandey off RC
Chennai Super Kings Innings:
| Batsman | How Out | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s |
| P Patel | lbw b Kallis | 36 | 27 | 7 | 0 |
| Hayden | c Pandey b Vinaykumar | 26 | 19 | 2 | 1 |
| Dhoni | c Vinaykumar b Merwe | 28 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| Raina | c Boucher b P Kumar | 20 | 19 | 1 | 1 |
| A Morkel | Not Out | 20 | 17 | 1 | 1 |
| Oram | c Uthappa b Vinaykumar | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| Badrinath | Not Out | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Extras | (b 3, w 3) | 6 | - | - | - |
| Total | for 5 wkts in 20 overs | 146 | - | - | - |
Fall of Wickets: 1-61 (Hayden, 6.6 ov), 2-69 (Patel, 8.4 ov), 3-104 (Raina, 14.1 ov), 4-125 (Dhoni, 17.2 ov), 5-140 (Oram, 19.2 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W |
| P Kumar | 4 | 0 | 26 | 1 |
| Kallis | 4 | 0 | 26 | 1 |
| Vinaykumar | 4 | 0 | 38 | 2 |
| Kumble | 4 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| Merwe | 4 | 0 | 23 | 1 |
Royal Challengers Innings:
| Batsman | How Out | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s |
| Kallis | c P Patel b Gony | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| M Pandey | b Jakarti | 48 | 35 | 7 | 0 |
| Merwe | b A Morkel | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Dravid | lbw b Muralitharan | 44 | 39 | 6 | 0 |
| Kohli | Not Out | 24 | 17 | 1 | 2 |
| Taylor | Not Out | 17 | 12 | 0 | 2 |
| Extras | (lb 3, nb 2) | 5 | - | - | - |
| Total | for 4 wkts in 18.5 overs | 149 | - | - | - |
Fall of Wickets: 1-17 (Kallis, 1.4 ov), 2-22 (van der Merwe, 2.5 ov), 3-94 (Pandey, 12.3 ov), 4-110 (Dravid, 15.1 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W |
| A Morkel | 3 | 0 | 26 | 1 |
| Gony | 2 | 0 | 23 | 1 |
| Jakati | 4 | 0 | 29 | 1 |
| Raina | 3 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| Muralitharan | 4 | 0 | 15 | 1 |
| Balaji | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| Oram | 0.5 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
