This match between the Chennai Super Kings and the Deccan Chargers was a deciding one for both the Chennai Super Kings as well as the Mumbai Indians who were not even playing the match. The match however went in the favor of the Chennai team which got them a place in the semi-finals and the Mumbai Indians have no hopes now. The victory came for them by 7 wickets with 4 balls still remaining.
The Deccan Chargers chose to bat first when they won the toss. The Chennai team viewed this as an opportunity to limit the Deccan team to a low score and they could do this well by limiting the team to 147 runs. Gilchrist and Gibbs opened the strike for the team but they could do no good as were dismissed on 5 and 8 runs respectively. Styris came in next after them along with Rao. The former made 20 runs but Rao stayed on along with Teja and made 46 runs off 46 balls. Teja scored 40 runs off 28 balls. The lower order also could not make a lot of runs and the score came to be just 147 runs in twenty overs.
The Chennai team who had made 211 in their last match saw the target as no big challenge for them. Patel and Fleming started the game. Fleming was dismissed early on 14 runs off 9 balls. Patel played 27 balls and made 20 runs. Raina made a half century coming at number three. Off 43 balls, he made 54 runs giving the team score a kick. Dhoni also contributed well with his 37 runs off 25 balls. Playing comfortably, the Chennai team got the victory with 4 balls remaining. Raina was awarded the man of the match.
