Date – May 2, 2009
Result – Chennai won by 18 runs
Chennai Super Kings Innings
Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to field first.The decision didnt proved to be successful as Chennai Super Kings got to a very good start. Hayden and Vijay punished each bowler and scored freely. But both these batsmen got out in a very short span of time and this brough Raina to the crease. Continuing from where he left in the last innings, Raina blasted some quick runs along with Badrinath and took the score past 100. In an attempt to further increase the run rate, Chennai Super Kings batsmen lost wickets quickly but not before they posted a good total of 163/10 in 20 overs.
Delhi Daredevils Innings
Chasing a target of 164, the got a moderate start. But wickets falling at regular interval was the main problem for Delhi Daredevils.S Jakati was the bowler who wrecked through Delhi batting line and took 4 wickets. Though Warner and Karthik scored half centuries each but still in the last overs they could not get a batsmen who could smash the ball all around to clinch victory.Delhi Daredevils managed 145/8 in 20 overs.
Fall of wickets
Chennai Super Kings
M Vijay (36-1, 4.4), M Hayden (46-2, 5.4), S Raina (112-3, 12.3), S Badrinath (130-4, 14.5), A Morkel (134-5, 15.2), J Oram (144-6, 17.2), *M Dhoni (144-7, 17.3), L Balaji (151-8, 18.4), S Jakati (162-9, 19.4), M Muralitharan (163-10, 20)
Delhi Daredevils
G Gambhir (20-1, 3.1), AB de Villiers (20-2, 3.2), T Dilshan (53-3, 6.5), D Warner (127-4, 15.5), M Manhas (128-5, 16.4), D Karthik (132-6, 17.2), P Sangwan (133-7, 18), R Bhatia (135-8, 19)
Man of the match – S Jakati