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Hayden hammers Daredevils into submission

Rakesh Rao

The burly opener's assault with the Mongoose puts in shade the Sehwag show

— Photo: S. Subramanium

MARAUDER: Matthew Hayden found his form as he swung the Mongoose with gay abandon to destroy the Delhi Daredevils attack at the Ferozeshah Kotla on Friday.

NEW DELHI: When Matthew Hayden makes hay, the sun shines on Chennai Super Kings.

It was one such evening at the Ferozeshah Kotla on Friday when the big-made Aussie came good and left Delhi Daredevils reeling at the receiving end of a brutal assault.

The left-handed opener's destructive 43-ball 93, studded with seven sixes and nine fours, proved decisive as Super Kings won by five wickets with as many deliveries to spare.

Man-of-the-Match Hayden made sure the scoring rate remained in excess of 10 runs an over until he departed in the 14th over with the score at 142 for three.

The second successive victory for the visiting team resulted in the home team's second consecutive loss.

In fact, what Virender Sehwag's 38-ball 74 (10x4, 3x6) did to set up Delhi Daredevils' 185 for six, began to look increasingly inadequate once Hayden got down to the job.

Battering

Using the much-talked about ‘mongoose' bat, (a variant with a smaller blade and a longer handle) from the fourth over, Hayden continued to punish the new ball bowlers by turns.

Having hit three boundaries off Vidarbha boy Umesh Yadav in the second over of the innings, Hayden smashed a six and three boundaries off Rajat Bhatia and then helped himself to three sixes off Tillakaratne Dilshan. These ‘big' overs kept Chennai well ahead of the asking rate.

However, Hayden missed a well-deserved century after failing to clear a diving Dilshan at long-on. “We thought we had a chance when we got Hayden but we were 10 runs too short,” said skipper Dinesh Karthik.

Earlier, for the second time in three games, Sehwag provided the foundation for Daredevils. As is his wont, Sehwag went for the bowling straightaway. A total of 200 looked very much possible with Sehwag treating every bowler with equal disdain. An exasperated Raina employed six bowlers in the first eight overs that yielded 79 for the wicket of David Warner.

Just when Raina seemed running out of options, Muralitharan struck twice in three deliveries to send back off-form Dilshan and Sehwag. Sehwag mistimed a straight shot and holed out to Kemp, who completed a one-handed catch at long-off.

A.B. de Villiers departed in the following over to leave Delhi worried. But Dinesh Karthik, Mithun Manhas and Rajat Bhatia took turns to keep the run-rate over nine runs per over.

The scores:

Delhi Daredevils: D. Warner c Hayden b Balaji 6 (8b, 1x4), V. Sehwag c Kemp b Muralitharan 74 (38b, 10x4, 3x6), T. Dilshan c Raina b Muralitharan 15 (24b, 1x4), D. Karthik lbw b Joginder 19 (14b, 2x4), A.B. de Villiers c Raina b Ashwin 2 (3b), M. Manhas (not out) 32 (22b, 5x4), R. Bhatia c Raina b Balaji 21 (9b, 1x4, 2x6), A. Mishra (not out) 6 (3b, 1x4); Extras (lb-4, nb-1, w-5): 10. Total (for six wkts. in 20 overs): 185.

Fall of wickets: 1-35, 2-102, 3-103, 4-107, 5-146, 6-177.

Super Kings bowling: Morkel 3-0-26-0, Ashwin 4-0-40-1, Joginder 4-0-43-1, Balaji 3-0-21-2, Kemp 1-0-14-0, Muralitharan 4-0-25-2, Raina 1-0-12-0.

Chennai Super Kings: Parthiv (run out) 6 (6b, 1x4), M. Hayden c Dilshan b Mishra 93 (43b, 9x4, 7x6), S. Badrinath c Mishra b Yadav 14, (15b, 3x4), S. Raina (not out) 49 (34b, 3x4, 3x6), A. Morkel c Mishra b Dilshan 0 (3b), J. Kemp b Nannes 4 (8b), M. Vijay (not out) 14 (6b, 1x4, 1x6); Extras (lb-2, w-8): 10. Total (for five wkts. in 19.1 overs): 190.

Fall of wickets: 1-21, 2-64, 3-142, 4-154, 5-169.

Daredevils bowling: Nannes 4-0-18-1, Yadav 4-0-38-1, Sangwan 4-0-46-0, Bhatia 2-0-31-0, Dilshan 2.1-0-30-1, Mishra 3-0-25-1 .

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