Related Link : DLF Indian Premier League 2007/08
Venue : MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai (Day/Night)
Toss : Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to field first
Umpires : Mark Benson (Eng) and Russell Tiffin (Zim)
Match Result : Deccan Chargers won by 7 wickets
Man of the Match : Adam Gilchrist
Chennai Super Kings (20 Overs Maximum)
Parthiv Patel c RP Singh b Vijay Kumar 4 (6) 1 ‘4s’
Stephen Fleming c Rohit Sharma b Styris 14 (16) 2 ‘4s’
Aniruddha Srikkanth c Shahid Afridi b RP Singh 1 (7)
Suresh Raina c Rohit Sharma b Bangar 32 (21) 5 ‘4s’
S Badrinath c Gibbs b Shahid Afridi 0 (4)
MS Dhoni (C&WK) c Shahid Afridi b Ojha 23 (31) 2 ‘4s’
Albie Morkel not out 29 (19) 1 ‘4s’ 2 ‘6s’
Joginder Sharma b Singh 16 (10) 1 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Manpreet Gony not out 15 (6) 2 ‘6s’
Muttiah Muralitharan
Makhaya Ntini
Extras: 10 (Wides : 4 No Balls: 0 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 6)
Total : 144/7 (Overs : 20.0)
Fall of Wickets: 1-4 (Parthiv Patel, 0.6 ovs), 2-15 (Aniruddha Srikkanth, 3.3 ovs), 3-33 (Fleming, 5.4 ovs), 4-43 (Badrinath, 6.5 ovs), 5-82 (Raina, 13.3 ovs), 6-86 (Dhoni, 14.5 ovs), 7-124 (Joginder Sharma, 18.4 ovs)
Deccan Chargers Bowling
Vijay Kumar 3-0-17-1
RP Singh 3-0-12-2 (2w)
Styris 3-0-24-1 (1w)
Shahid Afridi 3-0-27-1
Bangar 4-0-36-1
Pragyan Ojha 4-0-22-1 (1w)
Deccan Chargers (Target : 145 from 20 Overs)
Adam Gilchrist (C& WK) c Badrinath b Morkel 54 (36) 7 ‘4s’ 2 ‘6s’
Herschelle Gibbs c&b Gony 10 (10) 1 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Scott Styris not out 36 (41) 3 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Rohit Sharma c Badrinath b Muralitharan 23 (17) 2 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Shahid Afridi not out 20 (6) 2 ‘4s’ 2 ‘6s’
Y Venugopal Rao
Arjun Yadav
Sanjay Bangar
P Vijay Kumar
RP Singh
Pragyan Ojha
Extras: 5 (Wides : 2 No Balls: 2 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 1)
Total : 148/3 (Overs : 18.0)
Fall of Wickets: 1-24 (Gibbs, 4.1 ovs), 2-78 (Gilchrist, 9.5 ovs), 3-125 (Rohit Sharma, 16.1 ovs)
Chennai Super Kings Bowling
Ntini 4-0-37-0
Gony 3-0-15-1
Morkel 4-0-26-1 (1w)
Joginder Sharma 3-0-45-0 (2nb)
Muralitharan 4-0-24-1 (1w)