Chennai knock over Mumbai
Chennai Super Kings completed a sweep of their three-match home leg after the Mumbai Indians' batting fell apart in a rash of poor strokes following Sachin Tendulkar's retirement due to dehydration.
Tendulkar was on his haunches and breathing heavily as early as the fourth over of the chase. However, he and Shikhar Dhawan provided their customary solid start, hitting a four an over in the Powerplays to take Mumbai to 46 for 0. Dhawan chopped on Thilan Thushara's first delivery, but Mumbai progressed smoothly, if slowly, to 62 after nine overs when Tendulkar decided to retire.
After looking in control of the match till then, Mumbai imploded, losing a wicket in each of the next six overs. Mumbai had lurched to 92 for 7 and even the return of Tendulkar couldn't extend their winning run.
SCORES IN BRIEF
Chennai Super Kings: 165 for 4 in 20 overs (Hayden 35, Dhoni 31, Badrinath 30 not out; Pollard 2 for 27)
Mumbai Indians: 141 for 9 in 20 overs (Tendulkar 45, Harbhajan ; Ashwin 2 for 22, Thusara 2 for 16)
Result: Chennai Super Kings won by 24 runs
Man-of-the-match: Suresh Raina
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