Rayudu rules
Century stand between Rayudu, Du Plessis help CSK pull off incredible win
Ambati Rayudu of Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in action during the first IPL match of season 13 against Mumbai Indians (MI) at the Sheikh Zayed Stadiumin Abu Dhabi on Saturday. Rayudu scored 71 runs of 48 balls to help CSK beat MI by five wickets.
Abu Dhabi, Sept. 19: Ambati Rayudu smashed a 48-ball 71 to guide Chennai Super Kings to a comprehensive five-wicket win over defending champions Mumbai Indians in the opening match of the 13th IPL here on Saturday.
Chasing 163 to win, Rayudu blasted six fours and three sixes in his blitering innings, while Faf du Plessis cracked 58 off 44 balls as CSK romped home with four balls to spare.
Earlier, Mumbai Indians posted a challenging 162/9 after Chennai Super Kings skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to bowl.
The highlight of Mumbai’s innings was Saurabh Tiwary’s 42 off 31 balls and Quinton de Kock’s 20ball 33 at the top.
For CSK, Lungi Ngidi
(3/38) was the most successful bowler while Ravindra Jadeja
(2/42) and Deepak Chahar (2/32) captured two wickets apiece and Sam Curran (1/28) and Piyush Chawla (4/21) picked one each.
The shrewd Dhoni introduced Chawla into the attack and he right away dismissed Rohit Sharma (12) who always have had a problem with wrist spinners. It was a straight delivery that Rohit was trying to hit inside out but couldn’t get past Curran at the mid-off circle.
Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma c Sam Curran b Chawla 12, Quinton de Kock c Watson b Sam Curran 33, Suryakumar Yadav c Sam Curran b D. Chahar 17, Saurabh Tiwary c du Plessis b Ravindra Jadeja 42, Hardik Pandya c du Plessis b Ravindra Jadeja
14, Kieron Pollard c Dhoni b Lungi Ngidi 18, Krunal Pandya c Dhoni b Lungi Ngidi 3, James Pattinson c du Plessis b Lungi Ngidi
11, Rahul Chahar (not out)
2, Trent Boult b D. Chahar
0, Jasprit Bumrah (not out) 5. Extras: (w-4, lb-1)
5. Total: (for 9 wkts, in 20 Over) 162.
FoW: 46-1, 48-2, 92-3,
121-4, 124-5, 136-6, 151-7,
156-8, 156-9. Bowler: Deepak Chahar
4-0-32-2, Sam Curran 4
0-28-1, Lungi Ngidi 4-0
38-3, Piyush Chawla 4-0
21-1, Ravindra Jadeja 4-0
42-2.
Chennai Super Kings Innings: Murali Vijay lbw b James Pattinson 1, Shane Watson lbw b Boult 4, Faf du Plessis ( not out) 58, Ambati Rayudu c and b Rahul Chahar 71, Ravindra Jadeja lbw b Krunal Pandya 10, Sam Curran c James Pattinson b Bumrah 18, M.S. Dhoni (not out) 0. Extras: (w-3,
nb-1) 4. Total (for 5 wkts, in 19.2 overs) 166. FoW: 5-1, 6-2, 121-3, 134
4, 153-5
Bowler: Trent Boult 3.2
0-23-1, James Pattinson
4-0-27-1, Jasprit Bumrah
4-0-43-1, Krunal Pandya
4-0-37-1, Rahul Chahar 4
0-36-1.