What worked for the men in yellow is their agile bowling that never let partnership settle and they took wickets at regular intervals.
'Lungi' danced to demolish the Mumbai batting. Image Courtesy: Twitter - @IPL
Chennai: In the maiden clash of IPL 13 Chennai Super Kings in its clash against arch rivals Mumbai Indians has won the toss and chosen to bowl.
Mumbai Indians was off to a flier with keeper/batsman Quinton De Kock asking tough questions to the Chennai bowlers.
But, just when the Rohit/De Kock partnership grew unstoppable spinner Piyush Chawla took an easy wicket that would embarass Rohit Sharma.
To the surprise of Mumbai fans who thought Rohit will anchor the MI innings, the unexpected Saurabh Tiwary steadied the ship with the 31 ball 42, courtesy three boundaries and one maximum.
But that too couldn't size up to an innings defining performance as Jadeja got rid of Tiwary.
What worked for the men in yellow is their agile bowling that never let partnership settle and they took wickets at regular intervals.
Pacers and spinners worked in a beautiful tandem leaving the MI batsmen with no respite.
And not just that, their clinical bowling reflected with being able to bowl dot balls at the death overs even to a monstrous Kieron Pollard (dismissed for 18 of 14 balls) who could effortlessly slog the ball over the fence.
The par score in the Dubai is 160 to 190 and CSK has very well managed to keep Mumbai within that limit, thanks to the stellar bowling that exposed the tail even before 18th over.
The onus now lies on the CSK batsmen to see their team home complementing their bowlers' exceptional display.
Score in brief:
MI 162/9 in 20 overs
Saurabh Tiwary 41 (31)
Quinton De Kock 33 (20)
Lungi Ngidi 38/3
Deepak Chahar 32/2
CSK yet to bat.
Mumbai Indians was off to a flier with keeper/batsman Quinton De Kock asking tough questions to the Chennai bowlers.
But, just when the Rohit/De Kock partnership grew unstoppable spinner Piyush Chawla took an easy wicket that would embarass Rohit Sharma.
To the surprise of Mumbai fans who thought Rohit will anchor the MI innings, the unexpected Saurabh Tiwary steadied the ship with the 31 ball 42, courtesy three boundaries and one maximum.
But that too couldn't size up to an innings defining performance as Jadeja got rid of Tiwary.
What worked for the men in yellow is their agile bowling that never let partnership settle and they took wickets at regular intervals.
Pacers and spinners worked in a beautiful tandem leaving the MI batsmen with no respite.
And not just that, their clinical bowling reflected with being able to bowl dot balls at the death overs even to a monstrous Kieron Pollard (dismissed for 18 of 14 balls) who could effortlessly slog the ball over the fence.
The par score in the Dubai is 160 to 190 and CSK has very well managed to keep Mumbai within that limit, thanks to the stellar bowling that exposed the tail even before 18th over.
The onus now lies on the CSK batsmen to see their team home complementing their bowlers' exceptional display.
Score in brief:
MI 162/9 in 20 overs
Saurabh Tiwary 41 (31)
Quinton De Kock 33 (20)
Lungi Ngidi 38/3
Deepak Chahar 32/2
CSK yet to bat.
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