Super Kings secure big win in run-fest

A stunning 43-ball 90 from Suresh Raina was the cornerstone of Chennai Super Kings’ 54-run win over Dolphins in Bangalore but the contest, at least for the early part of the Dolphins innings, was far more closely matched than the eventual victory margin suggests.

Dolphins captain Morne van Wyk had opted to bowl and said his decision had been influenced by the reputation the M Chinnaswamy Stadium had for aiding sides batting second. For 20 overs of Super Kings’ innings, however, van Wyk could only watch from behind the stumps as Raina, Brendon McCullum, Faf du Plessis and Ravindra Jadeja plundered the runs at will, powering Super Kings to a mammoth 242 for 6.

The Dolphins response was equally scrappy at the start. Van Wyk and Cameron Delport together raised the side’s 50 in 15 balls. By the end of the Powerplay, Dolphins had raced to 85 for 2, bettering the CLT20 record set by Super Kings earlier in the day. As is typical in big chases, the breakthroughs came when the Dolphins batsmen kept playing for the big shots, but they were also left to rue a poor decision from umpire K Srinath, who adjudged Van Wyk lbw when a ball from R Ashwin had pitched several inches outside leg stump; crucially, the dismissal came in an over where the Dolphins captain had smacked two fours and a six off the bowler.

CHENNAI SUPER KINGS

DR Smith c Zondo b Maharaj       7

BB McCullum c Smit b Zondo       49

SK Raina c Delport b Frylinck        90

F du Plessis c van Jaarsveld b Alexander                30

MS Dhoni b Frylinck        0

DJ Bravo c van Jaarsveld b Abbott             11

RA Jadeja not out            40

R Ashwin not out             4

Extras (lb 4, w 4, nb 3)    11

Total (6 wickets; 20 overs)            242

Did not batA Nehra, IC Pandey, MM Sharma

Fall of wickets 1-8 (Smith, 0.5 ov), 2-99 (McCullum, 8.2 ov), 3-164 (Raina, 14.2 ov), 4-174 (Dhoni, 14.6 ov), 5-190 (du Plessis, 15.6 ov), 6-222 (Bravo, 17.5 ov)

Bowling

KA Maharaj 4-0-54-1, KJ Abbott 4-0-37-1, CJ Alexander 3-0-40-1, R Frylinck 4-0-52-2, AL Phehlukwayo 1-0-19-0, K Zondo 2-0-19-1, D Smit 2-0-17-0

DOLPHINS

MN van Wyk lbw b Ashwin          17

CS Delport b Sharma       34

C Chetty c Sharma b Bravo           38

KA Maharaj b Sharma    8

VB van Jaarsveld c Smith b Bravo              30

K Zondo c Raina b Nehra               9

D Smit run out (†Dhoni)                0

AL Phehlukwayo b Sharma          22

R Frylinck b Nehra            6

KJ Abbott b Sharma        5

CJ Alexander not out      16

Extras (w 3)        3

Total (all out; 20 overs)  188

Fall of wickets 1-34 (van Wyk, 1.4 ov), 2-56 (Delport, 2.6 ov), 3-90 (Maharaj, 6.6 ov), 4-115 (Chetty, 10.2 ov), 5-138 (van Jaarsveld, 13.2 ov), 6-139 (Smit, 13.6 ov), 7-139 (Zondo, 14.1 ov), 8-152 (Frylinck, 16.1 ov), 9-165 (Abbott, 17.5 ov), 10-188 (Phehlukwayo, 19.6 ov)

Bowling

A Nehra 4-0-42-2, R Ashwin 4-0-38-1, MM Sharma 4-0-41-4, RA Jadeja 3-0-36-0, SK Raina 1-0-14-0, DJ Bravo 4-0-17-2

MATCH DETAILS

Toss – Dolphins, who chose to field

Player of the match – SK Raina (Chennai Super Kings)

Umpires – VA Kulkarni and K Srinath

TV umpire – RM Deshpande

Match referee – Chinmay Sharma

Reserve umpire – K Bharatan