So after a superb batting performance, Chennai Super King bowlers also didnt let the team down. From the very first over they started with a superb line and length. Luke Ronchi was brilliantly run out by S Badrinath when the team score was 9. Soon Sanath Jayasuriya also returned to the pavilion when the score was 30. This was not the start the Mumbai Indians had expected but then Robin Uthappa played a good inning and took the score to 81 in 9.4 overs. But the run rate was increasing rapidly so in order to cope with it he tried to accelerate the score rate but in this process he was bowled by Joginder Sharma. Uthappa scored 43 runs in 36 balls but that proved to be too little to save his team. Pollock came to the center to take the team score to some respective target but he also failed. SM Pollock was bowled Amarnath and the team was reeling at 97/4 . Bravo played a good innings but the climbing runrate was becoming difficult to cope. so he played some dangerous shots and was out when team score was 130 in 14.2 overs.Soon Murli striked again and got the wicket of and score was 141/6. After 16.3 overs Mumbai Indians were 154/6 and required another 55 runs with 4 wickets and 21 balls remaining.As the run rate was increasing it was becoming more and more difficult for Mumbai Indians to win.Harbhajan Singh striked two massive sixes of Oram’s over and raised the hopes again by collecting 13 runs of that over.Murlidharan was brought to bowl the second last over and he got the wicket of Harbhajan Singh. In the last over Mumbai Indians needed 19 runs.They scored 8 runs in first two balls and then a no ball gave them a free hit but Nehra missed on that opportunity. From last two balls Mumbai Indians needed 8 runs. Tension and pressure was at its maximum and it was Chennai Super Kings who holded on the nerves to win the most thrilling match.

Chennai Super Kings Win By 6 Runs

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In the 8th match of DLF – IPL, Mumbai Indians lost the toss and were invited to bat first by Harbhajan Singh. Harbhajan Singh’s decision looked some what dubious as the pitch was said to be the best for batting first. Parthiv Patel and Mathew Hayden opened the innings and they scored 34 in just 3.1 overs before Patel was out. The last match’s hero Hussey was also out cheaply giving some delight to the Mumbai Indians.But Suresh Raina came into the center and played a very responsible innings and scored quick fire 54 of 37 balls. Hayden and Raina shared a 100+ partnership which came to end with the fall of Raina. But the damage was already done. Dhoni came to the center to take the score to a new heights and played a cameo. He striked the ball to all corners in his innings of 30 runs in just 16 balls. Hayden was the next to get out by scoring 81 of just 46 balls. In this match, a new IPL record was made and that was of the maximum number of fours scored.Dhoni got out at the second last ball of the match.Badrinath was the next to come and he scored 2 runs at last ball. So Chennai Super Kings scored a total of 208/5 in 20 overs.
This is a quite big target but it certainly is possible to chase it.So keep checking iplcricketlive for more reviews on other innings.

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Chennai Super Kings will meet Mumbai Indians at M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai in the 8th Match Of Indian Premier League. Mumbai Indians lost the first match against Bangalore Royal Challengers and thus they are desperate to win the match where as Chennai Super Kings were confident after defeating Kings XI Punjab in their opening encounter.

The Probable team for Chennai Super Kings:
1 Matthew Hayden, 2 Parthiv Patel, 3 Michael Hussey, 4 Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt), 5 Suresh Raina, 6 Jacob Oram, 7 S Badrinath, 8 Joginder Sharma, 9 P Amarnath, 10 Manpreet Gony, 11 Muttiah Muralitharan

The Probable team for Mumbai Indians:
1 Sanath Jayasuriya, 2 Luke Ronchi (wk), 3 Robin Uthappa, 4 Dwayne Bravo, 5 Saurabh Tiwary, 6 Abhishek Nayar, 7 Shaun Pollock, 8 Harbhajan Singh (capt), 9 Musavir Khote, 10 Ashish Nehra, 11 Dhaval Kulkarni

Date – 8th Match April 23, 2008
Venue – M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
20:00 India time

Update: Mumbai Indians Win the toss and decided to Bowl first

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On second day of DLF – Indian Premier League, Chennai Super Kings takes on Kings 11 Punjab. Chennai Super Kings won the toss and decided to bat first.The decision looked good when Parthiv Patel hit three consectutive fours to Shreesant but later Brett Lee gave the initial jolt to Chennai Super Kings and soon after Mathew Hayden was bowled by Irfan Pathan. Mahinder Singh Dhoni also did not lasted long and was given LBW of Hopes.

Then it was on Hussey and Raina to sail the ship of Chennai Super Kings. They stroked some huge sixes to give some much needed thrive to the team and in 11th over 100 was crossed.Hussey was on fire as he tried to loft each ball over the boundary line and thus played a gem of an inning. Kris Srikant was seen dancing and rocking when Hussey was hammering the bowlers

At the end of 12th over Suresh Raina in an attempt to hit a six was catched near the boundary line. Jacob Oram replaced him but didn’t lasted long and was clean bowled by Irfan Pathan on 13. Badrinath came to the center to give company to Hussey who on the other end was simply in a golden touch. He completed his 1st hundred in IPL in just 50 balls. He striked 9 sixes in his innings of 116 not out and in the last over Badrinath(31 n.o) hit two mighty sixes and four to pose a huge total of 240 for Punjab Kings.

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Injured Sudeep Tyagi was replaced by 24-year old Punjab all-rounder Manpreet Gony for the inaugural Indian Premier League (IPL) starting April 18. Chief selector of the The Chennai Super Kings V.B. Chandrasekar said: “Gony was very much in the loop. Now that Tyagi is injured, we have decided to sign up Gony as a replacement as allowed by the IPL Board.”

Chandrasekar added that Gony was highly recommended by Bhupinder Singh, one of the national selectors and has performed well in the Deodhar and Ranji Trophy matches.“Gony is six feet, four inches tall. He bowls with reasonable pace and can hit the ball hard. He is the right kind of player for our team and has done fairly well in the Deodhar and Ranji games,” Chandrasekar added.