Bangalore XI vs Chennai XI Qualifier 1 at Mumbai, 24 May, 2011

Toss: Chennai Super Kings, who chose to field
Bangalore XI 175/4 (20)
Chennai XI 177/4 (19.4)
Chennai Super Kings won by 6 wickets
Man of the Match: Suresh Raina
  • JA Morkel 28 * (10)
  • Suresh Raina 73 * (50)

  Over 1.0   

Over 0.1JA Morkel to Mayank Agarwal, this is an indipper straying onto the pads and the young man flicks it away towards fine leg for a first ball boundary!

Over 0.2JA Morkel to Mayank Agarwal, eases the length ball straight to point and that is a dot ball.

Over 0.3JA Morkel to Mayank Agarwal, gets hit on the pad around leg in a flick and picks up a leg bye from squareleg. 1 LB.

Over 0.4JA Morkel to CH Gayle, slaps it towards mid on with a flat bat and that is a dot ball.

Over 0.5JA Morkel to CH Gayle, makes room and drags his pull to the left of mid on and gets a single.

Over 0.6JA Morkel to Mayank Agarwal, goes back and steers it towards thirdman and gets a single.

  Over 2.0   

Over 1.1DE Bollinger to Mayank Agarwal, defends the rising delivery towards point and that is a dot ball.

Over 1.2DE Bollinger to Mayank Agarwal, makes room for an upper cut and is beaten by a rising delivery around middle and that is a dot ball.

Over 1.3DE Bollinger to Mayank Agarwal, cuts the rising ball towards thirdman and gets a single.

Over 1.4DE Bollinger to CH Gayle, this is a nasty lifter from Bollinger which hits the shoulder of a clueless Gayle and runs away to fine leg for FOUR LEG BYES!

Over 1.5DE Bollinger to CH Gayle, makes room and drags the shortish ball towards mid on with a pull shot and that is a dot ball.

Over 1.6DE Bollinger to CH Gayle, makes lots of room and is forced to leave a banged in short ball to the keeper around leg and that is a dot ball.

  Over 3.0   

Over 2.1JA Morkel to Mayank Agarwal, lifts that length delivery on the up over straightish mid off for a boundary!

Over 2.2JA Morkel to Mayank Agarwal, gets another freebie sliding down leg which he wrists it away towards square fine leg for a boundary!

Over 2.3JA Morkel to Mayank Agarwal, tucks it off his hips through squareleg and gets a single.

Over 2.4JA Morkel to CH Gayle, tucks the short ball off his pads through squareleg and gets a single.

Over 2.5JA Morkel to Mayank Agarwal, gets forward and eases it to covers and that is a dot ball.

Over 2.6JA Morkel to Mayank Agarwal, dabs the widish short ball square of thirdman and picks up a couple of runs from the diving fielder. 2 Runs.

  Over 4.0   

Over 3.1R Ashwin to CH Gayle, goes back and slaps the carrom ball towards covers and that is a dot ball.

Over 3.2R Ashwin to CH Gayle, moves back and pulls the long hop high in the air over deep mid wicket for a six!

Over 3.3R Ashwin to CH Gayle, bends down for a sweep shot and is hit on the frontpad by a loopy delivery around middle which the Umpire reckons would have gone onto hit the stumps as he gives that OUT LBW!

Over 3.4R Ashwin to V Kohli, goes back and works the quicker one towards mid wicket and that is a dot ball.

Over 3.5R Ashwin to V Kohli, goes back and punches the flat one to the right of the bowler and that is a dot ball.

Over 3.6R Ashwin from round the sticks to V Kohli, goes back and punches it straight to covers and that is a dot ball.

  Over 5.0   

Over 4.1DE Bollinger to Mayank Agarwal, looks to drive at that juicy away swinger outside off and is BEATEN.


Over 4.1 DE Bollinger to Mayank Agarwal, this is banged in down the legside and will be called as a Wide.

Over 4.2DE Bollinger to Mayank Agarwal, ducks under that bouncer around off and that is a dot ball.

Over 4.3DE Bollinger to Mayank Agarwal, this is short and wide and Mayank frees his arms to crack it away uppishly but in the gap through covers for a boundary!

Over 4.4DE Bollinger to Mayank Agarwal, this is a cracking delivery which hits the pitch and seams away past the outside edge to beat Mayank on the backfoot and that is a dot ball.

Over 4.5DE Bollinger to Mayank Agarwal, defends the shortish ball towards point and that is a dot ball.

Over 4.6DE Bollinger to Mayank Agarwal, makes room and lifts that one on the up over wide mid off for a one bounce boundary!

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