IPL 6: Chennai Super Kings trounce Delhi Daredevils at home (Roundup)

Chennai, May 14 (IANS):

Two-time champions Chennai Super Kings had little difficulty getting past the struggling Delhi Daredevils in the Indian Premier League here Tuesday.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni blasted 58 off 35 balls to push Chennai to 168 for four.

In reply, Delhi failed to put up much of a fight, managing only 135 for nine at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium. Albie Morkel took three wickets for 32 runs.

Chennai have qualified for the play-offs alongside Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals, and the home win here puts them at the top of the standings with 22 points.

Delhi, on the other hand, are out of the competition.

The visitors were off to a disastrous start in their run-chase with Virender Sehwag getting caught behind off Mohit Sharma in the second ball of the innings.

Though the wicket looked good for batting, Delhi batsmen were unable to take on the Chennai attack. The result seemed to going one way when they lost half their side for 63 runs.

David Warner, batting in the middle order, ran out of partners once again. His 44 of 37 balls amid hot and humid conditions went in vain.

Earlier, Murali Vijay (31) and Michael Hussey (26) provided Chennai a quick start collecting 61 from the first seven overs.

Hussey was looking in ominous touch once again until he got run out, leaving his team at 69 for two.

Suresh Raina fell cheaply, getting Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja together at the crease.

The dangerous combination smashed 57 runs off 36 balls with Dhoni being the aggressor.

Dhoni, in his usual style, hit four scorching sixes including one that landed on the roof. His victim in this case was young pacer Siddarth Kaul.

Jadeja scored two fours in his 17-ball knock.

The following is the scoreboard of the Indian Premier League (IPL) encounter between Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Daredevils at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium here Tuesday.

Chennai Super Kings

Mike Hussey c Sehwag b Yadav 26

Murali Vijay run out (Rohrer) 31

Suresh Raina c Warner b van der Merwe 7

Mahendra Singh Dhoni not out 58

Ravindra Jadeja b Yadav 24

Dwayne Bravo not out 12

Extras (lb 2, w 8) 10

Total (for four wickets in 20 overs) 168

Fall of wickets: 1-61 (Vijay, 7.2 overs), 2-69 (Hussey, 9.2), 3-74 (Raina, 10.4), 4-131 (Jadeja, 16.6)

Bowling:

Irfan Pathan 3-0-24-0

Siddharth Kaul 4-0-37-0

Ashish Nehra 4-0-37-0

Umesh Yadav 4-0-26-2

Johan Botha 2-0-23-0

Roelof van der Merwe 3-0-19-1

Delhi Daredevils

Virender Sehwag c Dhoni b Sharma 0

Unmukt Chand c Holder b Sharma 16

Johan Botha c Holder b Ashwin 23

David Warner c Vijay b Morkel 44

Kedar Jadhav c Dhoni b Morkel 2

Ben Rohrer c Ashwin b Morkel 4

Roelof van der Merwe c Raina b Ashwin 14

Irfan Pathan b Bravo 4

Umesh Yadav not out 12

Ashish Nehra c Dhoni b Bravo 0

Siddharth Kaul not out 7

Extras (lb 4, w 5) 9

Total (for nine wickets in 20 overs) 135

Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Sehwag, 0.2 overs), 2-34 (Chand, 4.4), 3-49 (Botha, 6.3), 4-56 (Jadhav, 7.6), 5-63 (Rohrer, 9.3), 6-102 (van der Merwe, 14.5), 7-115 (Warner, 16.3), 8-125 (Pathan, 17.4), 9-125 (Nehra, 17.5)

Bowling:

Mohit Sharma 4-0-22-2

Jason Holder 4-0-39-0

Ravichandran Ashwin 4-0-19-2

Albie Morkel 4-0-32-3

Dwayne Bravo 4-0-19-2

Toss: Chennai Super Kings, who chose to bat

Result: Chennai Super Kings won by 33 runs

Umpires: C Shamsuddin and RJ Tucker (Australia)

TV umpire: S Das

Match referee: AJ Pycroft (Zimbabwe)