Chennai Super Kings defeat Mumbai Indians in a no consequential match

The best match of the tournament so far.Mumbai won the toss and elected to bowl with Chennai Super Kings reaching 100 runs in just ten overs but lost momentum and ended up with a total of only 173 runs.In reply Mumbai Indians started very slowly and didn't even look as if they will get close to the total but a brilliant innings by Dinesh Karthik making 74 runs of just 45 balls brought them right back into the match but was not good enough as chennai won by 6 runs.Both the teams had nothing to loose as they are already out of the tournament as Highveld Lions and the sydney sixers have qualified for the Semi Finals.Below is the full scorecard of the match.

Mumbai Indians	167-7 (20)	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
Dwayne Smith	c Vijay b Morkel	13	14	3	0	92.86
Sachin Tendulkar	c Raina b Hilfenhaus	2	9	0	0	22.22
Rohit Sharma	c Vijay b Morkel	32	26	1	3	123.08
Dinesh Karthik	b Hilfenhaus	74	45	4	6	164.44
Ambati Rayudu	c Saha b Plessis	1	2	0	0	50.00
Kieron Pollard	c Raina b Jadeja	31	17	1	3	182.35
*Harbhajan Singh	c Saha b Jadeja	6	6	1	0	100.00
Mitchell Johnson	not out	0	1	0	0	0.00
Lasith Malinga	not out	0	0	0	0
Dhawal Kulkarni
Pragyan Ojha

Extras: 8 b:1 lb:4 nb:0 w:3

Total: 167-7 (20) | Curr. RR: 8.35

FOW:Sachin Tendulkar (19-1, 3.2), Dwayne Smith (21-2, 4.4), Rohit Sharma (85-3, 12.1), Ambati Rayudu (95-4, 13.1), Dinesh Karthik (155-5, 18.3), Kieron Pollard (161-6, 19.2), *Harbhajan Singh (167-7, 19.5)

 

Chennai Super Kings	O	M	R	W	Nb	Wd	RPO
Doug Bollinger	4	0	26	0	0	2	6.50
Ben Hilfenhaus	4	1	14	2	0	0	3.50
Albie Morkel	4	0	28	2	0	0	7.00
Ravindra Jadeja	4	0	47	2	0	0	11.75
R Ashwin	3	0	44	0	0	0	14.67
Faf du Plessis	1	0	3	1	0	1	3.00

Chennai Super Kings	173-8 (20)	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
Murali Vijay	b Ojha	39	25	5	2	156.00
Faf du Plessis	c Sharma b Malinga	52	33	6	1	157.58
Suresh Raina	c Johnson b Malinga	8	7	1	0	114.29
*MS Dhoni	c Smith b Malinga	35	19	3	2	184.21
S Badrinath	c Karthik b Smith	2	10	0	0	20.00
Ravindra Jadeja	run out (Johnson)	12	10	0	1	120.00
Albie Morkel	c Tendulkar b Malinga	0	3	0	0	0.00
Wriddhiman Saha	c Karthik b Malinga	5	7	0	0	71.43
R Ashwin	not out	13	5	1	1	260.00
Ben Hilfenhaus	not out	0	1	0	0	0.00
Doug Bollinger

Extras: 7 b:1 lb:0 nb:0 w:6

Total: 173-8 (20) | Curr. RR: 8.65

FOW:Murali Vijay (86-1, 8.1), Faf du Plessis (101-2, 10.4), Suresh Raina (101-3, 10.5), S Badrinath (111-4, 13.1), *MS Dhoni (145-5, 16.3), Albie Morkel (145-6, 17), Wriddhiman Saha (158-7, 18.5), Ravindra Jadeja (160-8, 19.2)

 

Mumbai Indians	O	M	R	W	Nb	Wd	RPO
Pragyan Ojha	4	0	30	1	0	0	7.50
Dhawal Kulkarni	4	0	34	0	0	2	8.50
Mitchell Johnson	4	0	42	0	0	1	10.50
Lasith Malinga	4	0	32	5	0	0	8.00
*Harbhajan Singh	2	0	17	0	0	1	8.50
Dwayne Smith	2	0	17	1	0	2	8.50