Match details
Match : 54 DLF IPL 2010
Sun-18 April 2010
Time: 4pm
Venue: Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharmasala
Toss: Chennai Super Kings elected to field.
Result: Chennai Super Kings won by 6 wickets
Today in the 54th match, Kings XI were invited to bat first and they did got off to a good start with M Jayawardene scoring 21 off just 8 balls before getting out. But the real star for Kings XI Punjab was Shaun Marsh. He batted superbly today and provided full entertainment to the jammed packed Dharamsala stadium crowd. Marsh (88* runs off 57 balls) along with Sangakkara (33 runs off 24 balls) played with ease and Chennai Super King bowlers looked helpless in front of them. But then CSK got two quick wickets off Sangakkara and Yuvraj and it looked like they will be back in the game, but Shaun Marsh and Irfan Pathan then played superbly and scoring runs at a very good run rate. They both took scored 99 runs in last 8 overs and thus made sure that if Chennai has to go to semi finals, they have to show their best performance today.
While playing under immense pressure to perform or perish, Chennai Super Kings started off cautiously. But Hayden again failed today and was out when the team score was 13. M Vijay was the next to go and the scorecard read 27/2 in 4.1 overs. This was not the start, CSK would have wanted. Suresh Raina and S Badrinath then were at the center and they had to shoulder a huge responsibility to sail the drowning ship of Chennai. S Raina played superbly and scored 46 off just 27 balls but just when it looked CSK are getting back on track, Theron got his wicket leaving CSK 89/3 in 9.4 overs. CSK were 123/3 in 14 overs and required 70 off last 6 overs to win this match and enter the semi finals. A brilliant 53 by Badrinath and 54 not out by Dhoni helped CSK inch closer to victory as they needed 16 to win in the last over. Dhoni showed his class and scored 2 sixes and a four to register a 6 wicket win over Kings XI Punjab.
Thus Chennai Super Kings won today’s match and have entered semi finals. KKR are also now out for the contention of semi finals.
Match Highlights
* Kings XI Punjab: 50 runs in 6.1 overs, Extras 3
* Kings XI Punjab: 100 runs in 12.3 overs, Extras 3
* SE Marsh: 50 off 41 balls (6 x 4, 2 x 6)
* Kings XI Punjab: 150 runs in 17.2 overs, Extras 4
* Innings Break: Kings XI Punjab – 192/3 in 20.0 overs
* Chennai Super Kings: 50 runs in 6.1 overs, Extras 3
* Chennai Super Kings: 100 runs in 11.3 overs, Extras 4
* S Badrinath: 50 off 35 balls (7 x 4, 2 x 6)
* Chennai Super Kings: 150 runs in 17.1 overs, Extras 9
* MS Dhoni: 50 off 29 balls (5 x 4, 2 x 6)
