Chennai Super Kings won the toss and invited Delhi Daredevils to bat first in their return leg of the Indian Premier League tie. Gambhir and Shikhar Dhawan (59) put on a record 121 for the third wicket and the Super Kings did well to restrict the Devils to below 200.

Chennai then pulled off a fantastic run chase, led by Stephen Fleming’s 44 off 28 balls and S Vidyut (40 off 23), opening partnership of 62 runs, MS Dhoni (33) and Albie Morkel (30) contributed in middle overs
With 15 needed in last over facing Shoaib mallik Manpreet ghony lashed a six and four in first 2 balls.
Delhi missed all rounder Rajat Bhatia, lack of fifth bowler proved very costly to Delhi

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Delhi Daredevils, chasing 170, romped home by eight wickets and an over to spare to clinch a crucial win .Virender Sehwag (71) and Gautam Gambhir (50) 115-run partnership to set up the win for Delhi.

Viru and Gambhir took only 4.5 overs to reach 50 on the board and reached 100 in the ninth over with Sehwag also completing his half-century off 24 deliveries.

Chennai had earlier made 169-6 after captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni had won the toss and elected to bat. S. Vidyut’s entertaining 37-ball 54 and Albie Morkel 28 off just 16 ball helped settign a modest target.

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Mumbai Indians won the toss and chose to field. Chennai super kings piled up a challenging total of 208 for 5, thanks to a 104-run stand between Matthew Hayden and Suresh Raina. Hayden, in particular, was merciless and plundered 81 runs in just 46 balls. Suresh Rainaon the other end made a quick fire 53 of 37 balls, whic included 3 sixes and 3 fours.

208 looks like a chasable score on ground full of dew, Chennai bowlers struggled to grip the ball. A late assault from Abhishek Nayar and Harbhajan Singh bought Mumbai Indians close to victory. With 9 required off the last over, abhishek trashed first 2 balls to fours, a single on third ball which was declared a no ball proved costly to Mumbai Indians, that single bought Ashish Nehra on strike. Nehra missed the free hit and could only score a single in next ball. Abhishek Nayar top scored with 45 runs of 20 balls, which included 6 fours and a six..

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Australian opener Matthew Hayden described the Indian Premier League (IPL) as the beginning of an "incredible journey" and said initial matches of the Twenty20 championship had set a very high standard for the rest of the tournament.

Hayden, who is playing for Chennai Super Kings, said the high-scoring matches in the tournament have raised the bar for every team.

"In Mohali the other night, we saw over 400 runs scored in just 40 overs. We will see high scores regularly," he said.

Hayden was referring to Chennai Super Kings’ 33-run win against Kings XI Punjab Saturday. The Super Kings scored 240 and Kings XI replied with 207.

On his IPL stint, Hayden reflected on his first visit to Chennai in 1997 with the Australian ’A’ team and said that was the start of his "love affair" with India.

"I first visited Chennai in 1997 with the A team. Walking out to bat, I looked around at this stadium and dreamt of the day I will play for the Australian team. I have always had a soft corner for India and now, playing for Chennai Super Kings, my life has come a full circle as this city will be my base during the IPL."

Hayden sought to play down the contentious issues that cropped up during India’s tour of Australia earlier this year.

When asked about his relationship with Harbhajan Singh who is playing for Mumbai Indian, Hayden said: "We have had a few fantastic battles in Australia, and now I am looking forward to renewing my rivalry with Harbhajan."

Hayden said the non-availability of foreign recruits for the entire tournament would not affect the IPL.

"That’s the beauty of the IPL. You get to see almost all the top players in the world at some point in the tournament. I think, the IPL is the start of an incredible journey," he said.

On playing under Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s captaincy, Hayden said he had no issues and praised the Indian ODI captain as a "a fine thinker and a confident individual".

"For me, it is a great experience sharing the dressing room with Indian players and learning how they go about their cricket," he added.

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James Hopes’ 32-ball 71 couldn’t help Kings X1

MS Dhoni won the toss and elected to bat first. Batting first Chennai Super Kings scored a huge total of 240/5 thanks to Hussey’s unbeaten 116,Hussey scored the fastest century in 20-20 in just 50 balls. Husset did not loose his cool even wickets are falling in other end. Suresh Raina(32 in 13 balls) and badrinath(31 in 14 balls) came in handy to Super Kings. Dhoni disappointed fans by scoring just 1 run in 3 balls. Bret Lee had a excellent spell, while sreeshanth was smashed for 35 runs in his 3 overs

240 is always near impossible target to chase, but Kings X1 Punjab fought well, Kings X1 punjab got a flying start with there opener James Hopes scoreing 71 runs in 33 balls with 10 fours and 3 sixers, Yuvraj Singh scored quick fire 23 runs in 13 balls while Sangakkara scored half century in 29 balls. Hopes and Sangakkara but both fell at crucial junctures which hampered Punjab chances.

Chennai got a perfect start and with Ntini and Morkel joining the squad the bowling department may became storonger

Chennai Super Kings 240 for 5 (Hussey 116*, Raina 32, Badrinath 31*) beat Kings XI Punjab 207 for 4 (Hopes 71, Sangakkara 54) by 33 runs

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Ramnaresh Sarwan will miss the match for Punjab. Punjab also lack a opening combination. Sangakara may open the batting with Irfran pathan. On paper they look very balanced side, need to see how they do on grouund

Chennai have very good experience batting line up. Hayden and Fleming may start the innings and Hussey-oram- Dhoni will come handy middle of the innings. The bowling dept look bit shacky. Apart from Muaralitharan and Joginder Sharma no one have any good experience. Ntini will miss the match because of his SA domestic cricket commitments. Morkell one of the biggest star in ICC T20 world cup will also miss the match. Jacob Oram has a key role to play with bat and ball

Chennai Hayden, 2 Stephen Fleming, Suresh Raina,Jacob Oram, Mahendra Singh Dhoni , Parthiv Patel (wk), S Vidyut, Joginder Sharma, Manpreet Gony, Muttiah Muralitharan

Punjab Kumar Sangakkara, James Hopes, Sahil Kukreja, Sarwan, Yuvraj Singh, Irfan Pathan, Tanmay Srivastava, Karan Goel, Brett Lee, Piyush Chawla or Romesh Pawar, Sreesanth.

Prediction: I will go for Chennai Super Kings, if punjab batted first and blasted inexperienced bowling attack and set a high target, both teams will have equal chances

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