IPL 2014 Photos

IPL 7: MS Dhoni, Dwayne Smith Star in Chennai's Win Over Mumbai at Wankhede

May 11, 2014 10:26

After winning the toss and electing to field, Chennai Super Kings restricted Mumbai Indians to just 157/6 after 20 overs, which is considered a par score at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Dwayne Smith then made 57 and captain MS Dhoni made a quickfire 22 to take Chennai to a four-wicket win on Saturday over their rivals Mumbai, who had not lost at their home stadium in 10 games. (All images BCCI)

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After winning the toss and electing to field, Chennai Super Kings restricted Mumbai Indians to just 157/6 after 20 overs, which is considered a par score at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Dwayne Smith then made 57 and captain MS Dhoni made a quickfire 22 to take Chennai to a four-wicket win on Saturday over their rivals Mumbai, who had not lost at their home stadium in 10 games. (All images BCCI)
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Mumbai Indians decided to replace Ben Dunk with West Indian batsman Lendl Simmons and it paid off as he made a run-a-ball 38 to provide some stability to his team at the halfway stage.
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Mumbai Indians decided to replace Ben Dunk with West Indian batsman Lendl Simmons and it paid off as he made a run-a-ball 38 to provide some stability to his team at the halfway stage.
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After CM Gautam was sent back in the dugout in the third over by Chennai spinner Samuel Badree, Ambati Rayudu came and struck form, being involved in a brilliant partnership with Lendl Simmons.
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Together, Ambati Rayudu (59* off 43 balls) and Lendl Simmons added 61 runs for the second wicket before Simmons was sent back by Ravichandran Ashwin when batting at 38.
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Ravichandran Ashwin was the star of Chennai's bowling as he took three wickets conceding 30 runs in his four overs.
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When Chennai came in to bat chasing 158, their innings once again started with a big bang from Dwayne Smith (57) and that really helped their cause.
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However, Praveen Kumar finally succeeded in sending Dwayne Smith back to the dugout and he was constantly bothering the West Indian with his accurate line and length. Praveen finished with figures of 2/31.
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What was to follow was a blitz from South African Faf du Plessis as he made 31 off 24 balls to get Chennai close to a victory.
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However, there was another turn in the game made possible by fiery Sri Lankan bowler Lasith Malinga, who removed Ravindra Jadeja in the 19th over to give Mumbai a chance to win. Things were resting on Chennai skipper MS Dhoni's shoulders now.
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Dhoni struck a six and a boundary to finish things for Chennai in the last over off Kieron Pollard. Although he was praised for being captain cool once again, there was a debate on whether he should have been given out obstructing the field on the first ball of the 20th over. Chennai (160/6) surpassed Mumbai's (157/6) with three balls to spare.

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