Ravindra Jadeja was kept away from last season of IPL for some undisclosed reason but he made a successful return to international cricket after that and went on to be the biggest bid at last auctions for his allround abilities. Questions were still on whether he deserved the big pay check but today he proved his worth, taking five wicket haul and scoring smashing 48 runs which is the best allround effort ever in IPL ever. Deccan Chargers, in their opening match of the edition, failed to impress..
Invited in to bat first, Chennai lost opener Murali Vijay early on but Francois du Plessis and Suresh Raina steadily got themselves settled and then accelerated towards the end of powerplay. du Plessis smashed four classical sixes in his innings while Subramaniam Badrinath did the job of anchoring the innings during the middle overs.
Ravindra Jadeja was promoted up the order and he proved the judgement right with his 3 sixes and equal number of fours. Dwayne Bravo finished Chennai's innings on a high, utilising erratic bowling from Chargers, helping himself to five sixes off length balls he was bowled to.
None of Deccan batsman managed to find their feet, disappointing the home crowd, gifting career best five wicket haul to Ravindra Jadeja. Chennai won the match by significant margin to propell themselves to 3rd in the points table.
| Chennai Super Kings innings (invited in to bat) |
| Batsman |
|
R |
B |
4s |
6s |
| Murali Vijay |
b Ankit Sharma |
2 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
| Francois du Plessis |
c Christian b Sudhindra |
39 |
25 |
1 |
4 |
| Suresh Raina |
c & b Christian |
16 |
12 |
3 |
0 |
| Subramaniam Badrinath |
c Chipli b Christian |
25 |
20 |
3 |
0 |
| Ravindra Jadeja |
hit wicket b Steyn |
48 |
29 |
3 |
3 |
| MS Dhoni |
c Harris b Steyn |
7 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
| Dwayne Bravo |
not out |
43 |
18 |
0 |
5 |
| Albie Morkel |
not out |
2 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
| R Ashwin |
|
|
|
|
|
| Shahdab Jakati |
|
|
|
|
|
| Doug Bollinger |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Extra : |
11 (bye=1, lbyes=2, wides=7, noball=1) |
| Total : |
193 runs in
20 overs for
6 wicket. RR = (
9.65 ).
|
| Fall of wickets : 1-2 (Vijay, 0.5ov), 2-42 (Raina, 5.3ov), 3-63 (du Plessis, 8.1ov), 4-94 (Badrinath, 12.2ov), 5-120 (Dhoni, 14.5ov), 6-147 (Jadeja, 17.2ov) |
| Bowler |
Overs |
Maiden |
Runs |
W |
Extra |
| Ankit Sharma |
3 |
0 |
28 |
1 |
|
| Dale Steyn |
4 |
0 |
25 |
2 |
4 wides |
| MS Gony |
4 |
0 |
54 |
0 |
1 no ball |
| Daniel Christian |
4 |
0 |
26 |
2 |
|
| Daniel Harris |
1 |
0 |
11 |
0 |
|
| Taduri Sudhindra |
4 |
0 |
46 |
1 |
2 wides |
| Deccan Chargers innings (target = 194 from 20 overs) |
| Batsman |
|
R |
B |
4s |
6s |
| Daniel Harris |
c Dhoni b Bollinger |
15 |
14 |
3 |
0 |
| Shikhar Dhawan |
c Bravo b Raina |
21 |
18 |
3 |
0 |
| Parthiv Patel |
b Jadeja |
20 |
17 |
3 |
0 |
| Cameron White |
c Raina b Jakati |
23 |
16 |
2 |
1 |
| Bharat Chipli |
b Jadeja |
10 |
9 |
0 |
1 |
| Daniel Christian |
c Bravo b Jakati |
2 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
| MS Gony |
c Raina b Jadeja |
4 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
| Dwarka Ravi Teja |
st Dhoni b Jadeja |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| Ankit Sharma |
c Morkel b Bollinger |
15 |
8 |
0 |
2 |
| Dale Steyn |
lbw b Jadeja |
5 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
| Taduri Sudhindra |
not out |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| Extra : |
4 (lbye=1, wides=3) |
| Total : |
119 runs in
17.1 overs for
10 wicket. RR = (
6.93 ).
|
| Fall of wickets : 1-32 (Harris, 3.6 ov), 2-45 (Dhawan, 6.2 ov), 3-77 (Patel, 10.3 ov), 4-85 (White, 11.3 ov), 5-94 (Chipli, 12.3 ov), 6-98 (Christian, 13.5 ov), 7-99 (Gony, 14.1 ov), 8-99 (Ravi Teja, 14.3 ov), 9-119 (Steyn, 16.6 ov), 10-119 (Sharma, 17.1 ov) |
| Bowler |
Overs |
Maiden |
Runs |
W |
Extra |
| R Ashwin |
3 |
0 |
12 |
0 |
|
| Albie Morkel |
2 |
0 |
20 |
0 |
1 wide |
| Doug Bollinger |
2.1 |
0 |
20 |
2 |
2 wides |
| Suresh Raina |
2 |
0 |
10 |
1 |
|
| Dwayne Bravo |
1 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
|
| Ravindra Jadeja |
4 |
0 |
16 |
5 |
|
| Shahdab Jakati |
2 |
0 |
14 |
2 |
|
| Francois du Plessis |
1 |
0 |
16 |
0 |
|
