Saturday, May 16, 2009

We are into the semi-finals!!!

Match 47- Chennai Super Kings Vs Mumbai Indians

Chennai Super Kings innings

Chennai Super Kings: 50 runs in 8.5 overs (54 balls), Extras 5
Drinks: Chennai Super Kings - 56/2 in 10.0 overs (ML Hayden 15, S Badrinath 15)
Chennai Super Kings: 100 runs in 14.3 overs (90 balls), Extras 17
4th Wicket: 50 runs in 37 balls (ML Hayden 28, MS Dhoni 10, Ex 12)
ML Hayden: 50 off 51 balls (3 x 4, 1 x 6)
Chennai Super Kings: 150 runs in 19.1 overs (120 balls), Extras 26



"Orange thoppi Anna" (like my mum said) did it for us again. What a match! When Albie Morkel took the first wicket of Dwayne Bravo, I was like yay!! When Jayasuriya got out, we got more hyper. Then, CSK sort of lost the plot and Duminy(He is SUCH a cutie I say! When the bowler does his run-up, his eyes become all wide and his face screwed up in concentration!! AAH!) showed some fireworks at the end. Target - 149!
Definitely not Mission Impossible. But Kutti(or Parthiv Patel) first-ball duck. Less than 60 runs in the first 10 overs... er... I admit, I did change channels after a point of time. I only started watching after the 15th over, when the target looked gettable. And just when the score board read '27 runs from 18 balls', who comes in but the famous slapper(?!) Bhajji! Singh really proved to be the king for us, and after his lovely over, the score card tilted to our favour...and the rest as they say, is history. Dhoni hit the ball for a four to get the winning runs and yay!! We are into the semi-finals!! 'Aamchi Mumbai'-kars are going back home!!!

Adi adi adi adi nethi adi
Athanai dhisaiyilum suthi adi
nila pandhaye sixer adi
nee adithaal imayathil vetri kodi

Chennai Chennai Super Kings!!!!!

2 comments:

Nithya said...

I was biting my nails in the last but one over. But was happy to see a super four to complete brilliantly... :) Damn happy now. Wish we royally march to the finals and hold the trophy too.. :)

Sandhya Iyer said...

YaaaaaY!!!! :D We did it!!!
NWe're the "Super Kings"!
What a moment!! I was true to my team, stuck to the same channel, dint let my dad flip for the election results also!
Mumbai Uncles go home :P!
Bye Bye Mumbai.... Let them enjoy the aam-pannas and the aam-ras, we'll beat the rest of the teams!