IPL 3 Final: CSK Vs MI – Dhawan falls early as Mumbai chase 169
Suresh Raina plonked an unbeaten half-century to set the Mumbai Indians a challenging 169-run stand in the IPL final at the DY Patil Satadium on Sunday. After keeping a tight lid on Chennai for the first half of the innings, Mumbai slipped at the death as Raina went berserk to hit 57 not out off just 35 balls.
Earlier, the whole of Mumbai breathed a sigh of relief as Sachin Tendulkar walked out to the middle for the toss but it was MS Dhoni who had the luck with the toss as Chennai elected to bat for the crucial game.
Mumbai bowlers kept Chennai in check but Matthew Hayden (17 off 31) and Murali Vijay (26 off 19) were off to a sedate start. Vijay smashed two sixes before Dilhara Fernando snared him in the eighth over. Chennai scored at less than six-runs-a-over for most part of their innings.
Haydens vigil in the middle when he miscued Kieron Pollard and soon Subramanium Badrinath too fell in a similar fashion. Chennai were in tatters at 67-3 in the 12th over.
But when you have MS Dhoni on the other side, expect the unexpected. Dhoni launched a brilliant counterattack to shift the momentum. The skipper blasted two sixes, one of which was a sensational one-handed flourish in his
15-ball 22.
Suresh Raina too turned on the heat from the other end as the duo smashed 72 runs off just 45 balls to set up Chennai.
Mumbai did themselves no favour by dropping Riana twice (on 12 and on 28) in two overs.
However, Mumbai managed to pull back things a little bit right at the death to keep the total in check.
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