IPL 8 CSK v DD Highlights: Morkel Heroics in Vain as Super Kings win Thriller
Chennai Super Kings won their opening game against Delhi Daredevils by just a single run. Chasing 151 to win, Delhi Daredevils could only manage 149/9 with Albie Morkel remaining unbeaten on a splendid 73 off just 55 balls. Catch the highlights of the game here .
Chennai Super Kings won their opening game against Delhi Daredevils by just a single run. Chasing 151 to win, Delhi Daredevils could only manage 149/9 with Albie Morkel remaining unbeaten on a splendid 73 off just 55 balls.
Chennai Super Kings ended their innings at 150/7 after Delhi Daredevils won the toss and invited them to bat. Nathan Coulter-Nile made early in-roads but Dwayne Smith (34) kept the run-rate up. However, the spin-twins of the Daredevils wove their magic and stifled the Super Kings. Faf du Plessis (32) and Ms Dhoni (30) tried their best to infuse some momentum but the Daredevils stuck to their task and restricted the opposition to a chaseable score. Catch the highlights of the game here. (LIVE SCORECARD/SCHEDULE)
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Good start for the season boys @ChennaiIPL. #whistlepodu
- Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) April 9, 2015
"Unbelievable, game of small margins. Proud of the boys": JP Duminy
"Bravo won't be happy with the ball he bowled, but it is good to win close games.": MS Dhoni
"Nehra is good. He has kept himself fit. He is one Indian pacer who bowls pace effortlessly." : MS Dhoni
23:42 (IST): FOUR! Oh! What a heartbreak from Albie Morkel. Slams that over covers but only for a boundary. Chennai wins a thriller by one run
23:39 (IST): 6 needed off last ball! Whoa! What a game!! Can Morkel do it?
23:38 (IST): SIX! What a hit! Morkel keeps DD in the game!
23:36 (IST): OUT! Tahir goes for the big one and only finds Suresh Raina at deep mid wicket. Morkel back on strike though. 14 off 3 now.
23:35 (IST): Just a single. Morkel needs the strike back! 14 off 4 balls.
23:34 (IST): FOUR! Outside edge and now 15 off 5 balls. Bravo won't be happy with that delivery.
23:31 (IST): OUT! Amit Mishra goes for the bye and gets run-out. DD 129/8 (18.4 overs)
Morkel ji karo kuch ddd ke liye .
- Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) April 9, 2015
23:25 (IST): BOWLED! Coulter-Nile (5) cleaned up by Ashwin. DD 123/7, need 28 from 14 balls.
23:19 (IST): Fifty for Albie Morkel. Not his usual big hitting knocks, this one was a fighting effort from the veteran all-rounder batting at number three. Can he see the Daredevils through?
23:11 (IST): BOWLED! Duminy chops the ball on to his off stump! Ishwar Pandey gets the captain. CSK in charge now. DD 106/6 (15.4)
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23:04 (IST): OUT! Yuvraj (9) gone! Bravo gets the wicket. Digs it in short and Yuvraj miscues the pull. Pandey completes a decent catch How big a wicket is that? DD 102/5 after 15 overs.
22:59 (IST): FOUR! Yuvraj Singh leg glances Mohit to the fine leg fence. Big job on hand and his team needs him to steer them to victory.
22:57 (IST): OUT! Jadhav plays the ball straight to Jadeja at point off Mohit. DD 87/4 (13.1 overs)
22:50 (IST): 69 off eight overs. This match is far from over. although DD has a couple of explosive players in the dug-out, CSK knows how to stifle the runs. For DD, Morkel is the key.
22:46 (IST): FOUR! Again short from Ashwin and Kedar Jadhav rocks back to pull it over mid wicket.
22:40 (IST): FOUR! Ashwin drops shot and Morkel pounces on it. Square cut goes to the boundary. Could Nehra have done better? Well, he's not known for his fielding anyway!
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22:29 (IST): "Oyeeee" - goes Dhoni as that turns and bounces from Ashwin and leaves Morkel beaten all ends up. The ball is gripping on the track and this might become a tricky chase for Daredevils.
22:26 (IST): Ashwin comes on to bowl. Eight runs an over required. JP Duminy and Yuvraj Singh still in the dug-out for Daredevils but will they get enough time to bat themselves in? Has Delhi missed a trick by pushing Yuvraj down to six?
Wow old is gold nehra ji on fire . Love ur work nehra ji keep doing that ...
- Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) April 9, 2015
22:21 (IST): Still no signs of Yuvraj Singh. Kedar Jadhav has come in to join Albie Morkel. Delhi is in a spot of bother here. They need a proper partnership.
22:18 (IST): OUT! Nehra gets a third. Shreyas Iyer miscues a pull and Du Plessis tracking back completes a brilliant catch at mid off! Was that shot really necessary? DD 39/3 (5 overs)
Since 4 May 2013 in their last 20 #IPL games Delhi Daredevils have won just 2 games (both in UAE!) #CSKvDD
- Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) April 9, 2015
22:13 (IST): Iyer off to a positive start. Looking for runs from the outset. Looks a good prospect.
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22:07 (IST): Shreyas Iyer comes in to join Albie Morkel.
22:04 (IST): OUT! Nehra gets another one! Wide outside off-stump and Agarwal flashes. Dhoni makes no mistake! DD 20/2 after 3 overs.
22:02 (IST): OUT! Nehra strikes! Gautam mistimes a drive straight to Bravo at mid-on. DD 15/1 (2.3 overs)
21:58 (IST): SIX! Mayank Agarwal launches Mohit Sharma into the crowds. Pitched up delivery, comes on the front foot and plays it over the long-off boundary.
21:50 (IST): Ashish Nehra gets things underway. Mayank Agarwal and CM Gautam the openers for Daredevils.
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21:34 (IST): Two runs to end the innings. CSK ends with 150/7. Delhi will be mighty pleased with this effort.
21:30 (IST): OUT! MS Dhoni plays a tennis shot and finds Mayank Agarwal. He really needed to go for that!
21:28 (IST): SIX and SIX! Back to back sixes from MS Dhoni. Boy! Didn't CSK need that!
21:25 (IST): Outstanding over from Tahir. Class display of leg-spin here.ÂÂ
21:22 (IST): FOUR! Much needed boundary for CSK. Ashwin guides the ball through third-man. Superb timing.
21:17 (IST): OUT! Bravo gone. Dominic Joseph traps him plumb in front. CSK 120/6 (16.4 overs)
Bowlers with most stumpings in #IPL 16 A Mishra 12 P Ojha/Harbhajan Singh 10 P Chawla #CSKvDD
- Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) April 9, 2015
21:10 (IST): OUT! Stumped! Mishra strikes. Jadeja (17) jumps down the track but misses the ball by a mile. Easy stumping for Gautam. CSK 117/5 after 15.2 overs.
21:08 (IST): Last five overs. MS Dhoni has a strike rate of 180 in the last five. How much will CSK get?
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21:00 (IST): FOUR! Dhoni hammers the short delivery from Albie Morkel to the mid wicket boundary.
20:55 (IST): OUT! Du Plessis (32) finds Iyer at the boundary. Excellent catch from the young man. Short from Duminy, Du Plessis makes room and goes for the big one. Iyer jumps high and judges the catch brilliantly. CSK 100/4 after 12.2 overs
20:51 (IST): SIX! Right out of the middle of the bat. Jadeja dances down the track and deposits Mishra straight into the stands.
20:50 (IST): Tahir and Mishra are drying up the runs. Good spell of leg-spin bowling from both ends. Jadeja and Du Plessis looking for the singles. CSK 82/3 after 10 overs.
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20:41 (IST): Surprise! Jadeja walks into to bat ahead of Dhoni. Two leggies in tandem, send in a left-handed batsman. Dhoni, classic!
20:39 (IST): OUT! Tahir gets Smith (34). Tries to pull but the ball skid on to him. Drags the shot and holes out to Coulter-Nile at deep mid wicket. CSK 71/3 after 8.1 overs
20:35 (IST): Interesting fact - Delhi Daredevil pace man Domnic Joseph manufactures bullets at Ammunition Factory Khadki in Pune's cantonment area!
20:33 (IST): FOUR! Tahir tosses it up just a bit and Smith goes over his head. Good strike from the West Indian opener.
20:31 (IST): Spin into the attack. Imran Tahir comes om. He has had a fantastic World Cup and will be looking to carry on with his form for the Daredevils.
20:25 (IST): 50 up for CSK. They might be losing wickets but the scoring rate has been at almost 10 an over! Smith and Du Plessis not letting any bad ball go by, playing some dazzling strokes. CSK 59/2 after 6 overs.
20:20 (IST): OUT! Raina bowled. Coulter-Nile again! Walks down the track and tries a heave over mid wicket. Misses and watches his leg-stump pegged back. CSK 38/2 after 4 overs.
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20:14 (IST): FOUR! Dominic Joseph vanishes over mid-wicket! On the pads and Smith aren't missing those.
20:11 (IST): Frenetic start to the game. 16 runs off the first over. Boundary off the 1st ball off the second over and then a wicket! As they say, it's all happening in Chennai!
20:06 (IST): OUT! McCullum departs in a hurry. Dances down the track and top-edges Coulter-Nile. Yuvraj runs behind the keeper and completes the catch. CSK 20/1 in 1.2 overs
20:02: (IST): FOUR! That was delicious from Smith. Pitched up and punched down the ground. FOUR more! Fourth boundary of the over. This is a nightmare for DD. CSK 16/0 after 1st over
20:01 (IST): FOUR! Smith off and running. Morkel pitches it wide outside off stump and Smith flays it to the cover boundary.
20:00 (IST): The umpires walk out. The Daredevils charge out. The CSK openers McCullum and Smith jog on to the pitch. This is going to be a cracking game.
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19:50 (IST): CSK XI looks familiar but the DD XI has two leg spinner in Amit Mishra and Imran Tahir. Against McCullum and Smith, fancy Duminy to start with one of them? Will be a big call but can work against the two big hitters.
CSK XI: B McCullum, DR Smith, S Raina, F du Plessis, DJ Bravo, R Jadeja, MS Dhoni, R Ashwin, M Sharma, I Pandey, A Nehra
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DD XI: M Agarwal, CM Gautam, S Iyer, JP Duminy, Y Singh, A Morkel, K Jadhav, N Coulter-Nile, A Mishra, D Joseph, I Tahir
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19:40 (IST): "The pitch is good for batting but we want to chase in the first game":JP Duminy
19:30 (IST): Toss time! JP Duminy wins the toss and elects to field first. Brendon McCullum, Dwayne Smith, Faf du Plessis and Dwayne Bravo are the foreign players in CSK XI.
19:23 (IST): Delhi Daredevils have managed only five wins in 30 matches over the last two seasons. No wonder they went for a complete overhaul.
19:20 (IST): Here's the DD squad - JP Duminy (c), Angelo Mathews, Yuvraj Singh, Zaheer Khan, Imran Tahir, Albie Morkel, Kedar Jadhav, Manoj Tiwary, Mohammed Shami, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Quinton De Kock, Saurabh Tiwary, Shahbaz Nadeem, Mayank Agarwal, Jayant Yadav, Amit Mishra, Jaydev Unadkat, Gurinder Sandhu, Shreyas Iyer, CM Gautam, Dominic Muthuswamy, Travis Head, Marcus Stoinis, Kona Srikar Bharat, KK Jiyaz
19:18 (IST): Here's the CSK squad - Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohit Sharma, Ashish Nehra, Baba Aparajith, Ishwar Pandey, Mithun Minhas, Pawan Negi, Ronit More, Rahul Sharma, Ankush Bains, Irfan Pathan, Pratyush Singh and Ekalavya Dwivedi, Dwayne Smith, Brendon McCullum, Dwayne Bravo, Francois du Plessis, Michael Hussey, Matt Henry, Samuel Badree, Kyle Abbott and Andrew Tye.
The @DelhiDaredevils visit Vidya Sagar School in Chennai ahead of their match against #CSK pic.twitter.com/xyuR97PNKo
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19:15 (IST): Yuvraj Singh is the buzz word for the match between CSK and DD. Not only the Daredevils, the entire world will have their eyes on this stylish left-hander from India. The price tag is big but the expectations are much bigger. Can India's 2011 World Cup hero inspire the Delhi team?
Both Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Daredevils have been hogging the headlines. If CSK have been busy shedding off allegations and fighting court room drama, Delhi geared up for the IPL in style in the recently held auctions. (Chennai Super Kings Look to Put Controversies Behind)
The Daredevils ended last season as the wooden-spoon holders, a feat they are desperate to erase this year. Hence, they released as many as 13 players that boasted of names like Kevin Pietersen, Dinesh Karthik and Murali Vijay.
They replaced them with bigger stars. (Yuvraj Singh Deserves Every Penny Delhi Daredevils Have Spent on Him)
They splashed cash at the auction and walked out with a kitty full of superstars -- Rs 16 crore for Yuvraj Singh, 7.5 for Angelo Mathews and four for Zaheer Khan.
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However, superstars don't guarantee success, team chemistry does and CSK have been the biggest example. The two-time IPL champions are one of the most successful teams in the competition history and are firm favourites to win the tournament. The Chennai based franchise has a highly settled unit and hardly makes changes to their core team.
This year too, they have made minimal changes. They have brought back the talismanic Michael Hussey and have added Indian all-rounder Irfan Pathan to the side. (Irfan Pathan Injured Once Again)
No wonder, Delhi's newly appointed captain, JP Duminy, has already given CSK the upper-hand in the contest.
History too, sides with MS Dhoni's team. In 14 previous meetings, Chennai have won 10 to Delhi's four!
Going into the game, the scales are heavily tipped in favour of Chennai but the Daredevils have packed their sides with match winners.
So, will Delhi turn the tables on Chennai? Or will Chennai continue their supremacy?