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Kochi Tuskers Kerala thrashed Delhi Daredevils by 7 runs with 5 overs remaining. Kochi captain Jayawardene won the toss and put Delhi Daredevils to bat. Venugopal Rao scored 40 runs off 36 balls and Trevis Birt scored 27 off 15 but none of the others clicked as Delhi ended up with a less than average total of 140/6 in 20 overs. Local Kerala boy and IPL debutant Prasanth Parameswaran took 2 wickets and Vinay Kumar also contributed with another couple. In reply, Kochi Tuskers Kerala cruised to 141/3 in just 15 overs with contributions from Brendon McCullum (37 runs off 19 balls), Parthiv Patel (37 runs n.o. off 31 balls) and Brad Hodge (24 n.o. off 13 balls). Debutant Prasanth Parameswaran was awarded the Man of the Match for 2 wickets for 29 runs in 4 overs.

Chennai Super Kings has a defeat in their first IPL match against Mumbai Indians. On the other hand, Bangalore Royal Challengers had deated IPL T20 season 1 champions Rajasthan Royals in their opening match. But everybody knew that Dhoni and his boys had the potential to return back strongly in the tournament. And that is what they did with a resounding win of 92 runs. Dhoni won the toss and decided to bat. Matthew Hayden (65 off 35 balls) and Parthiv Patel (30 off 26 balls) smashed the Bangalore bowlers for fours and sixes and the Chennai Super Kings reached 106/0 in the first 10 overs itself. Though Chennai lost wickets at regular intervals after that but the base laid by Hayden was enough to cruise them CSK to 179/5 in their 20 overs. Bangalore Royal Challengers lost wickets at regular intervals when they came to bat and the efforts of Jacques Kallis (24 off 19 balls), Rahul Dravid (20 off 18 balls) and Robin Uthappa (20 off 19 balls) were not enough as they were bundled out for 87 runs in 15.2 overs. Muttiah Muralidharan bowled a super spell of 3/11 which fetched him the Man of the Match award.

Full Scorecard

Chennai
Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Parthiv Patel (W) b Kevin Pietersen 30 26 2 1 115.38
Matthew Hayden run out (Rahul Dravid) 65 35 9 2 185.71
Suresh Raina c Virat Kohli b Praveen Kumar 28 29 1 1 96.55
MS Dhoni (C) c Rajesh Bishnoi b Praveen Kumar 16 14 0 1 114.29
Andrew Flintoff not out 22 13 2 1 169.23
Albie Morkel b Dale Steyn 5 3 1 0 166.67
Subramaniam Badrinath
Joginder Sharma
Lakshmipathy Balaji
Manpreet Gony
Muttiah Muralidaran
Extras: b – 0, w – 8, nb – 0, lb – 5 13
Total: (179 for 5 wickets in 20.0 overs) 179 Run Rate: 8.95
Fall of Wickets
1-106 (Parthiv Patel, 10.1), 2-106 (Matthew Hayden, 10.2), 3-144 (MS Dhoni, 16), 4-165 (Suresh Raina, 19), 5-179 (Albie Morkel, 20)

Bowling (Bangalore)
Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Praveen Kumar 4 0 37 2 0 0 9.25
Dale Steyn 4 0 35 1 0 2 8.75
Jacques Kallis 2 0 28 0 0 0 14
Vinay Kumar 1 0 12 0 0 0 12
Virat Kohli 1 0 9 0 0 0 9
Anil Kumble 4 0 26 0 0 1 6.5
Kevin Pietersen 3 0 14 1 0 0 4.67
Ross Taylor 1 0 13 0 0 1 13

Power Play
Power Play 1 Overs: 1-6

Bangalore

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Praveen Kumar b Manpreet Gony 0 3 0 0 0
Robin Uthappa (W) st MS Dhoni b Muttiah Muralidaran 20 19 2 0 105.26
Jacques Kallis lbw b Albie Morkel 24 19 5 0 126.32
Ross Taylor c & b Andrew Flintoff 1 4 0 0 25
Kevin Pietersen (C) lbw b Muttiah Muralidaran 0 1 0 0 0
Rahul Dravid c Andrew Flintoff b Lakshmipathy Balaji 20 18 2 0 111.11
Virat Kohli c Subramaniam Badrinath b Joginder Sharma 11 13 0 1 84.62
Rajesh Bishnoi c Lakshmipathy Balaji b Muttiah Muralidaran 0 1 0 0 0
Vinay Kumar c Matthew Hayden b Lakshmipathy Balaji 5 6 0 0 83.33
Dale Steyn run out (Suresh Raina) 0 3 0 0 0
Anil Kumble not out 1 5 0 0 20
Extras: b – 0, w – 4, nb – 0, lb – 1 5
Total: (87 for 10 wickets in 15.2 overs) 87 Run Rate: 5.67

Fall of Wickets
1-0 (Praveen Kumar, 0.3), 2-40 (Jacques Kallis, 5.2), 3-47 (Ross Taylor, 6.5), 4-49 (Kevin Pietersen, 7.3), 5-50 (Robin Uthappa, 7.5), 6-66 (Virat Kohli, 10.5), 7-66 (Rajesh Bishnoi, 11.1), 8-74 (Vinay Kumar, 12.4), 9-78 (Dale Steyn, 13.3), 10-87 (Rahul Dravid, 15.2)

Bowling (Chennai)
Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Manpreet Gony 3 0 24 1 0 2 8
Lakshmipathy Balaji 2.2 0 18 2 0 0 7.71
Albie Morkel 2 0 12 1 0 1 6
Andrew Flintoff 3 0 11 1 0 0 3.67
Muttiah Muralidaran 4 1 11 3 0 0 2.75
Joginder Sharma 1 0 10 1 0 1 10
Power Play
Power Play 1 Overs: 1-6

Mumbai Indians had a lot of expectations running on them with a brilliant combination of batsmen and bowlers in their team. But Chennai Super Kings also have a deadly match and so the IPL T20 season 2 opener was bound to become an excellent clash. Mumbai Indians were put to bat by Dhoni after he won the toss. Jayasuriya and Sachin Tendulkar started the proceedings although they were finding it a bit tough initially. But they played consistently with Sachin Tendulkar (59 off 49 balls), Jayasuriya (26 off 20 balls), Shikhar Dhawan (22 off 21 balls) and Abhishek Nayar (35 off 14 balls) playing the major roles. Mumbai Indians closed at 165 for 7 wickets in their 20 overs. The highlight of the Mumbai Indians innings was three sixes off Flintoff’s over by Abhishek Nayyar. Chennai Super Kings had a terrible start with Parthiv Patel out in the second ball. Matthew Hayden (44 off 35 balls), Dhoni (36 off 26 balls) and Flintoff (24 off 23 balls) were the main contributions from the Chennai Super Kings side but those were not enough. Chennai Super Kings fell short of the target of 166 and closed their innings at 146/7 after 20 overs.

Sachin Tendulkar was declared the Man of the Match while Abhishek Nayar got the maximum sixes award. The match was the perfect start to the IPL T20 season 2. The fun begins

This is the full scorecard

Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Sanath Jayasuriya c Matthew Hayden b Thilan Thushara 26 20 5 0 130
Sachin Tendulkar (C) not out 59 49 7 0 120.41
Shikhar Dhawan c MS Dhoni b Manpreet Gony 22 21 2 0 104.76
JP Duminy c & b Manpreet Gony 9 7 1 0 128.57
Dwayne Bravo c Matthew Hayden b Joginder Sharma 5 4 1 0 125
Abhishek Nayar c Thilan Thushara b Jacob Oram 35 14 2 3 250
Harbhajan Singh run out (Jacob Oram) 4 2 1 0 200
Zaheer Khan c Ravichandran Ashwin b Andrew Flintoff 2 3 0 0 66.67
Pinal Shah (W) not out 0 0 0 0
Lasith Malinga
Rohan Raje
Extras: b – 1, w – 1, nb – 0, lb – 1 3
Total: (165 for 7 wickets in 20.0 overs) 165 Run Rate: 8.25

Fall of Wickets1-39 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 5.5), 2-82 (Shikhar Dhawan, 11.4), 3-95 (JP Duminy, 13.3), 4-102 (Dwayne Bravo, 14.3), 5-148 (Abhishek Nayar, 18.1), 6-157 (Harbhajan Singh, 19), 7-161 (Zaheer Khan, 19.5)

Bowling (Chennai)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Manpreet Gony 4 0 32 2 0 1 8
Thilan Thushara 4 0 32 1 0 0 8
Andrew Flintoff 4 0 44 1 0 0 11
Jacob Oram 4 0 30 1 0 0 7.5
Joginder Sharma 4 0 25 1 0 0 6.25

Power Play
Power Play 1 Overs: 1-6

Chennai
Batsmen Status Runs Balls 4s 6s S.Rate
Parthiv Patel (W) c Sachin Tendulkar b Lasith Malinga 0 2 0 0 0
Matthew Hayden c Zaheer Khan b Sanath Jayasuriya 44 35 6 1 125.71
Suresh Raina c Rohan Raje b Dwayne Bravo 8 9 1 0 88.89
Andrew Flintoff c & b Harbhajan Singh 24 23 3 1 104.35
MS Dhoni (C) b Lasith Malinga 36 26 1 2 138.46
Jacob Oram c Pinal Shah b Sanath Jayasuriya 8 6 0 1 133.33
Subramaniam Badrinath c Dwayne Bravo b Lasith Malinga 0 2 0 0 0
Joginder Sharma not out 16 15 0 1 106.67
Thilan Thushara not out 1 2 0 0 50
Manpreet Gony
Ravichandran Ashwin
Extras: b – 0, w – 3, nb – 0, lb – 6 9
Total: (146 for 7 wickets in 20.0 overs) 146 Run Rate: 7.3

Fall of Wickets1-0 (Parthiv Patel, 0.2), 2-18 (Suresh Raina, 2.5), 3-70 (Andrew Flintoff, 9.5), 4-89 (Matthew Hayden, 12.4), 5-101 (Jacob Oram, 14.3), 6-109 (Subramaniam Badrinath, 15.3), 7-144 (MS Dhoni, 19.4)

Bowling (Mumbai)Bowler O M R W nb wd R/O
Lasith Malinga 4 0 15 3 0 2 3.75
Zaheer Khan 4 0 34 0 0 0 8.5
Dwayne Bravo 4 0 27 1 0 1 6.75
Rohan Raje 1 0 15 0 0 0 15
Harbhajan Singh 3 0 15 1 0 0 5
Sanath Jayasuriya 4 0 34 2 0 0 8.5