Related Link : DLF Indian Premier League 2007/08
Venue : MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai (Day/Night)
Toss : Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bat first
Umpires : Daryl Harper (Aus) and Suresh Shastri (Ind)
Match Result : Rajasthan Royals won by 10 runs
Man of the Match : Albie Morkel
Rajasthan Royals (20 Overs Maximum)
Graeme Smith c Dhoni b Raina 91 (51) 9 ‘4s’ 4 ‘6s’
Swapnil Asnodkar run out (Dhoni/Parthiv Patel) 41 (27) 5 ‘4s’ 2 ‘6s’
Kamran Akmal (WK) not out 53 (28) 4 ‘4s’ 3 ‘6s’
Yusuf Pathan c Muralitharan b Morkel 6 (5) 1 ‘4s’
Mohammad Kaif c Mukund b Morkel 10 (7) 1 ‘4s’
Taruwar Kohli run out (Badrinath/Parthiv Patel) 3 (3)
Dinesh Salunkhe
Sohail Tanvir
Shane Warne (C)
Pankaj Singh
Munaf Patel
Extras: 7 (Wides : 1 No Balls: 1 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 5)
Total : 211/5 (Overs : 20.0)
Fall of Wickets: 1-127 (Asnodkar, 11.1 ovs), 2-150 (Smith, 13.6 ovs), 3-178 (Pathan, 16.2 ovs), 4-199 (Kaif, 18.2 ovs), 5-211 (Kohli, 19.6 ovs)
Chennai Super Kings Bowling
Ntini 4-0-43-0 (1nb)
Gony 3-0-32-0
Morkel 4-0-35-2
Muralitharan 4-0-31-0 (1w)
Balaji 3-0-45-0
Raina 2-0-20-1
Chennai Super Kings (Target : 212 from 20 Overs)
Parthiv Patel (WK) st Kamran Akmal b Warne 54 (40) 5 ‘4s’ 2 ‘6s’
Stephen Fleming run out (Sohail Tanvir/Kamran Akmal) 7 (4) 1 ‘6s’
Suresh Raina c Kaif b Warne 45 (24) 6 ‘4s’ 2 ‘6s’
Albie Morkel c sub (Jadeja) b Sohail Tanvir 71 (40) 6 ‘4s’ 4 ‘6s’
MS Dhoni (C) c Kaif b Sohail Tanvir 12 (8) 2 ‘4s’
S Badrinath c Kohli b Munaf Patel 1 (2)
Manpreet Gony not out 2 (4)
Abhinav Mukund b Sohail Tanvir 0 (1)
L Balaji
Makhaya Ntini
Muttiah Muralitharan
Extras: 9 (Wides : 3 No Balls: 3 Byes: 1 Leg Byes: 2)
Total : 201/7 (Overs : 20.0)
Fall of Wickets: 1-14 (Fleming, 1.4 ovs), 2-84 (Raina, 8.3 ovs), 3-157 (Parthiv Patel, 14.6 ovs), 4-182 (Dhoni, 17.4 ovs), 5-188 (Badrinath, 18.4 ovs), 6-201 (Morkel, 19.5 ovs), 7-201 (Mukund, 19.6 ovs)
Rajasthan Royals Bowling
Sohail Tanvir 4-0-33-3 (1w 1nb)
Yusuf Pathan 3-0-31-0
Munaf Patel 4-0-55-1 (1nb)
Pankaj Singh 4-0-30-0 (1w)
Warne 4-0-35-2 (1w)
Salunkhe 1-0-14-0 (1nb)