CSK vs MI: Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians: IPL 3 (2010) Final won by Chennai Super Kings

Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians - The IPL 3, 2010 Final. Proud moment for Chennai and Chennai Super Kings. Chennai erases long time Stigma.

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The team looked unorganized and looked like nine pins or eleven individuals. Today, the Chennai Super Kings becomes the proud winner of IPL 3 2010. The IPL 3 Final Match started on 25, April 2010 and Chennai turned a winner on 26th of April 2010.


Dark horses than underdogs - Chennai Super Kings eventually won the IPL 3 Championship with sheer effort and Dhoni's captaincy. Mahendra Singh Dhoni proves to be the best Captain India has ever had in any form of the game. Mahendra Singh Dhoni placed the Indian Team top of the Test Match Rankings.

Chennai Super Kings (W)innings


The Chennai Super Kings played at about 6 an over until 15 overs when Suresh Raina stepped on the gas and accelerated Chennai to a score of 168. Raina turned the lone star of the match scoring a briskly paced half century. He rocketed Chennai to a good total to defend.

Raina was dropped twice by three of the Mumbai Indians fielders where two of them avoided a collision and let the ball drop to the ground. Zaheer khan dropped a catch in much of a clumsy manner proving to be not one of the best of fielders.

The Chennai Super Kings fans did not feel that the total was inadequate and believed that the team stood a chance to win.

Mumbai Indians innings


Sachin, though injured, played the game as a true warrior. Sachin Tendulkar would never want to sit at the dressing room and watch his team lose. Sachin Tendulkar played as far as he could and the fall of his wicket at 48 paved the way for Chennai's win.

A few blunders on the part of the Mumbai Indians made them lose the game. Saurabh Tiwary, Keiron Pollard and Ambati Rayudu could have taken the crease earlier than Harbhajan Singh who lost his wicket for one run. They did not look like accelerating and the Chennai Super Kings restricted them to less than 5 or 6 runs an over.

As Abhishek Nayar got out, we witnessed something that has never been seen. Sachin Tendulkar hit the ground with his bat hard out of frustration. This win mattered most to him. Keiron Pollard looked like taking the game away from the Chennai Super Kings but somehow fell to a trick by Dhoni who fielded Matthew Hayden almost on the side screens in mid-off.

Keiron Pollard was hitting straight and a good pair of reflexive hands as Matthew Hayden's could endure his cracking shots. This was discussed on the Presentation Ceremony (Just as I am typing now) and Dhoni gave an impressive answer stating that powerful hitters hit straight on the ground and do not sweep or do late cuts. So, there is no point in having a fine leg.

Dhoni is worth the money


Dhoni (as I am typing) will go last to collect the medals letting his team go first. Dhoni is one of the highest paid cricketing stars in the IPL. He goes for achievements after achievements and Mahendra Singh Dhoni (is collecting the cheque and the trophy as Ravi Shastri announces) is worth all the money spent on him by India Cements.

While Ambani would have been slightly disappointed, one has to feel bad for Neeta Ambani who would have been lifted in the air by the aggressive Harbhajan Singh for one last time in this tournament - IPL 3, 2010!

Lalit Kumar Modi in his final address rubbished claims on the IPL for having been involved in large scale scams and practicing faulty methods of trade. IPL was almost called a gamble and match fixing allegations engulfed the IPL 3. Hardcore partying also added to the controversies! But this is not to be talked about now! This is a proud moment for Chennai fans!

Both the Chennai Super Kings and the Chennai Super Kings' fans can celebrate as long as possible.

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CSK vs DC: Chennai Super Kings vs Deccan Chargers: Dhoni's judgment goes right

The Chennai Super Kings vs Deccan Chargers IPL 3 Semi-Finals 2 match ended with the Chennai Super Kings on the winning side. Chennai cruised through to the Finals to compete against the Mumbai Indians for the IPL3 Championship.

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IPL is engulfed by controversies but not cricket. Cricket seems to go on. Chennai Super Kings posted a low total and went to the stadium as an eleven with Dhoni's gut instincts. The Chennai Super Kings could easily put behind Deccan Chargers despite their exuberant super hitters.

The Deccan Chargers could not chase a mere 143 and the Deccan Chargers' wickets fell cheaply like Ten pins. It is intriguing to Chennai on the final from nowhere. They seemed to be the team with lowest possibility of getting through to the Semis.

But now, they are through to the finals while others considered to be potentially in the race failed to get through at the last minute.

I completely lost memory of who played with whom. Somehow the images of both (RCB - which I posted first and then edited) the teams got interchanged in my mind.

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CSK vs KKR Round 2 IPL 3: Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders: Chennai Super Kings performed like Stars

CSK vs KKR: Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders match resulted in Chennai on the winning side. Chennai put on a never before IPL performance, while Kolkata Knight Riders suffered one more serious blow. Kokata Knight Riders in clutches of severe humiliation

Some of the teams have failed terribly in the IPL like the Kings XI Punjab and Kokata Knight Riders. If Kings XI Punjab failed in IPL 3, the Kolkata Knight Riders failed in three outings successively. When Shah Rukh Khan told the performance was better than last time, he tweeted, "Supporters of KKR, we can say goodbye to IPL now. Better than last year is not good enough. Just disappointed, can't make any promises for future either, have lost the right."


Some of the team owners have been led to utter humiliation and financial loss after having purchased the teams for hundreds or thousands of crores. The team administration and management seem to have tried so many things in their armory to get the team back to form but some teams do not seem to be any winning.

Kolkata Knight Riders innings


The Kolkata Knight Riders started better until Chris Gayle lost his wicket. Then the Chennai Super Kings took total control until some of the middle order batsmen consolidated with a few boundaries and sixes in the final overs. The team score was a no threatening 139 for 8 with which the Chennai Super Kings fancied their Semi Final chances.


It was not only the poor performance of Kolkata Knight Riders but it was the superior bowling of Doug Bollinger (15 for 2) and Ravichandran Ashwin (16 for 3) that reduced the Kolkata Knight Riders to such a measly total. Ravichandran Ashwin was adjudged Man of the Match for his match winning performance.


Chennai Super Kings innings

The Chennai Super Kings looked like getting back to their losing ways when Hayden was dismissed and the Kolkata Knight Riders had gone euphoric for a win. Nothing went on as desired by the Kolkata Knight Riders as Suresh Raina ensured that the Chennai Super Kings sailed to an aggressive win to top the Net Run Rate.


The Chennai Super Kings scoring at such frenetic pace was absolutely incredible. They scored 143 in just 13.3 overs which helped them take the second spot in the rankings only to be behind the superior Mumbai Indians. 62 runs off 78 runs of Suresh Raina's score came through boundaries and sixes. Murali Vijay played a supporting role scoring a 50 off 40 balls.


He rotated the strike and gave the winning shot to his senior. This makes him a player that adopts to situations and knows how to play in each situation.


What Chennai Super Kings take away from this game?\


The Chennai Super Kings take away a few things ahead of the Semi Finals. They seem to have perfectly peaked at the right time which something Dhoni does very often. He has the ability to lead from the front and pull the team to victory at the right time from nowhere. We witnessed the opposite of this trend until the arrival of Sourav Ganguly as the Indian Captain.


Dhoni further evolutionized this concept having been a youth icon. It is important for Chennai and Chennai Super Kings that the local lads are performing so well. This will have a huge say in the selection. For all those who patiently supported Chennai Super Kings for so long just like Krishnamachari Shrikanth, this win has become a sigh of relief. Thanks to Dhoni, who showed strong character in getting the team back together.


The T20 being an unpredictable format will lead to any results but Mahendra Singh Dhoni being the master of the game will do his best to take it as far as he can. For the first time in the tournament, the team looked like a real team of classy and talented players. The Chennai Super Kings is such a youthful team which has been playing like a team consisting of retired Test players.


Dhoni is likely to cash in on the euphoria set by the Chennai Super Kings's emphatic win over the Kolkata Knight Riders!

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CSK vs DC: Chennai Super Kings vs Deccan Chargers in Nagpur: What's gone wrong with CSK again?

The Chennai Super Kings vs Deccan Chargers IPL 3 match ended with the Deccan Chargers winning quite comfortably. Chennai Super Kings still irk fans by their average performance and lack of team spirit



The IPL 3 has not had a single team that could win consistently like the Australian Team in One Day Internationals and Test Matches. Except for Mumbai Indians, there seem to be no convincing winners. Almost every other team is fighting to secure the four berths. Some have failed drastically like Kings XI Punjab but last minutes heroics will not rewrite destiny in favor of them.

It is interesting to see that Sachin Tendulkar led the team better than his Australian Counterparts. Those Legendary Captains and Players won less matches than Sachin Tendulkar. What worked in favor of Sachin Tendulkar? What not in favor of those Aussie Legends like Shane Warne and Adam Gilchrist? The answer to both the questions is the sheer unpredictability of the format which led the Pakistan Team to a surprising World Cup Win!

When the Mumbai Indians were beaten recently, it showed that in this unpredictable game, any team could win and lose. Dhoni has a few winning knacks in his armory but the Chennai Super Kings must understand that that is not all that is enough. The openers, middle order and everyone has been failing and the burden falls on Dhoni and Raina over and over again.

Except Murali Vijay other Chennai lads or members of the team have not performed well. Murali Vijay seems to have a certain charm about himself. When he secures himself permanently in the Indian Team, he is sure to attract a lot of Female fans from Chennai with some marriage applications too.

We simply have to hope that the Chennai Super Kings will make it to the Semis (whether or not there is a chance from now or at least through Net Run Rate) winning the next few matches!

 
 

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CSK vs MI Round 2: Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians: Sachin Tendulkar dehydrated for Chennai to win

Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians Round 2 IPL 3 Match ended with Chennai Super Kings on the winning side. Sachin Tendulkar's dehydration worked in favor of the Chennai Super Kings. Acute bowling and fielding of CSK led to victory

Wow! The crowd erupted! A sweet choir of "Oooohs" and "AAAhs". The stadium and the stands were magnificent. Outside a huge crowd was waiting to see the match. I went late to the stadium without a ticket. I was hoping to get one. As many as four or five tickets were transacted before me. I simply let it go! I came back home and found that Sachin Tendulkar was dehydrated.

With that came Chennai Super Kings' chances! The Chennai Super Kings decided to bat first and posted a total of 165 runs. Though with no big scores, scores of 30 to 35 from most of the players did the trick. Hayden scored 35 and Dhoni 30. Then, Mumbai Indians came out to bat and started off well. Shikhar Dhawan and Sachin Tendulkar took time time to settle and soon Dhawan departed. Sachin Tendulkar scored six fours in his overall score of 45 runs off 35 balls.

Earlier, Sachin Tendulkar was dehydrated and had to "retire ill". Sachin Tendulkar had then made 38 off 28 balls. He came back again at a crucial stage of the game and had to leave the field for he could not withstand the humid conditions of Chennai. Sunil Gavaskar mentioned that the Mumbai Indians lost because they were bereft of their leader. Sachin Tendulkar marshaled his Mumbai Indians team to great consecutive wins. They are now the top ranked team losing only one match before losing out to Chennai Super Kings yesterday.

The retired hurt of Sachin Tendulkar made the Mumbai Indians retire hurt to a loss after being on the winning trot for so long fully and exclusively led by the Little Master.

The IPL craze, fun and fan - IPL larger than life

The game is definitely a good enough fun, excitement and an enjoyment. It is definitely a larger than life game. The IPL is worth every single rupee spent on it. The fun and excitement electrified the whole atmosphere. The place filled up with loads of youngsters who wanted to take at least a good peek at the game from behind the closed grille gates. Small kids could climb walls of 6 ft high. They got some live action from before the Police frightened them off the place.

While coming back on train, a few experts of the game (commuters) said, "Chennai isn't that hotter now." "Well! This could be match fixing," said another. I could not control myself, "We Chennaiites find it hard to survive the temperature. We sweat even at nights. And Sachin may not have been able to manage." I said.

"He played Tests, One Day matches here. Why can't he play T20, that too at night?" Those memory loss patients said. "Ambani is richer than India Cements. So guess who gives money to whom," I shot back. They were people of above 40. From the Railway Station to my home, another guy (man) who asked me for the score. I just told him what I got as the update.

He said, "Is it not possible to go inside paying money?" I said, "The Police will (lathi)charge your bottoms for that." He said that he saw a cricket match between India and West Indies. He was a coolie. He told me that he had once gotten in by paying a security personnel Rs. 20 per head. I said, "This is not possible now."

He (was drunk) said it was before 15 years and said, "Sunil Gavaskar played a very fine innings. Krishnamachari Srikanth is my favorite. Whichever bowler bowls, he hits six. I saw VRS Richard (Vivian Richards), Wals (Walsh), a great batsman. I saw all of them!"

PS: I have started hunting tickets for the next IPL match! So, hopefully I will post live action right from the Stands!

 
 

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CSK vs RCB round 2: Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore: Law of averages favors CSK: RCB goes clueless on reason for loss

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The Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore IPL 3 second round match ended up with Chennai Super Kings on the winning side. The law of averages favors Chennai Super Kings - Royal Challengers Bangalore clueless on loss

The Royal Challengers Challenge

The Royal Challengers might have gone a little clueless on what cost them the match. Perhaps, they took the losing Chennai Super Kings team too easily. But it was apparent that in their innings the Royal Challengers did make a few attempts to win. Jacques Kallis's classy batting that maneuvered the gaps could not come handy once more. After Robin Utthappa was dropped, the team depended on him to repeat the trick that he did on his home turf.

But the clear Chennai MA Chidambaram pitch is always a flat wicket which makes Sachin Tendulkar say that it is his favorite ground. Robin Utthappa went out early in the uncertain T20 format of the game. Jakati's bowling was unexpected considering the bowler is little known in the cricketing fraternity. Jacques Kallis could not accelerate the innings after building up a good launching pad. The run out cost not only his wicket but also the game for the Royal Challengers.

The RCB could post only about 161 runs for the Chennai Super Kings to chase who were seriously held up in the 15th over and the run rate did not move much further until Kevin Peterson and Cameron White chipped in with a few shots.

The Chennai Super Kings innings watched from an electric train

I was travelling on train and while going past the stadium a few of us could not resist to take a look for a few seconds. Near the entrance on the train, we could not look at each others' faces just because though we were embarrassed by our acts, cricket is simply irresistible to every Indian. It seemed like eternity when we were seconds away from the Stadium. "Still it has not come," one of the commuters said.

The moment arrived. Voila! Live Cricket from Electric Train. It seemed to be very close. We could make out that Matthew Hayden was playing. The RCB bowler ran into the pitch. The non-striker was attempting a run. Seconds flashed and it was all over! We got back to our seats and I heard some of them speaking, "Hayden is still in,"

Still excited faces! I knew they were going to remain so for long. A surprising candidate was Murali Vijay who could play the best of cricketing shots and help the Chennai Super Kings win the match. Amidst IPL T20 sloggers Murali Vijay did a good job with his bat. Surprising that the Chennai Super Kings could make a win with less of hiccups though they had some after losing two quick wickets of Dhoni and Morkel.

This win helped build the team morale of the Chennai Super Kings! Dhoni's presence has also made the team a better one. There will be significant improvements when the team bowls than bats. Dhoni could maneuver the fielders and fetch wins from nowhere out of the blue. Captain Cool remains cool even when a few catches are dropped. He always thinks about what next to do when something adverse happens. That is what that makes Dhoni win matches than the "Midas Touch" which is pure myth!

It is presence of mind, hard work and ability to be cool all the time that makes Dhoni a very good Captain!


 

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CSK vs RR: Old rivalry reignited - Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings: CSK lost once more

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The Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings IPL 3 match ended up with Chennai Super Kings on the losing side once more. The Rajasthan Royals took a royal march once again. Chennai Super Kings humbled down as inferior lot!

Dhoni's cricketing acumen came handy the first time around. He understood the format before anyone could explore and exploit. Even Australia, a specialist one-day side, did not know of the nuances of winning a Twenty20. It was much like the One Day Internationals as a format which was not exploited by a team other than West Indies. But later on, all the top teams came to the groove and evolutions in the game taught the players a lot.

This was the case with the Deccan Chargers and more so with the Royal Challengers Bangalore. The Chennai Super Kings explored and exploited the format in the first IPL and Rajasthan Royals won the Cup with the help of their vintage Captain Shane Warne adding some Australian element to the team.

Dhoni knew of the format after an emphatic Twenty20 World Cup win! He explored and exploited. But now, the same Mahendra Singh Dhoni may have been forced to feel that an immaculate Captain as he is is not enough for any team to win. He would have been forced to understand that a good winning team requires players who at least try to win or least try to play good cricket.

I received a text message that read:

"We are playing a tournament match next Sunday in T. Nagar, Somasundaram Ground. Please join. Rs. 5000, if we win. Opponent is Chennai Super Kings! Quite a cakewalk! We stand great chance!"

Suggestions for the Chennai Super Kings

Similar Chennai Super Kings jokes have been doing the rounds! The Chennai Super Kings can be bought a school bag and a few books with which they can play "book cricket" and practice themselves.

The Chennai Cricket Players selection stigma

Quite truly, these Chennai Super Kings lads are playing like Gully Cricket Players. I mentioned the stigma associated with their game play in the last post. This is further substantiated by today's match against the Rajasthan Royals. More than that, I lost interest to post an article about the Chennai Super Kings by last match itself.

Watching Chennai Super Kings play is an eyesore. Oh what an unpleasant experience! We cannot support a team that plays on our behalf. Why is the team quite ordinary when we have the one and only Chennai Super Kings to support? What has India Cements done right or wrong to have the Chennai Super Kings lose match after match?

Today's match was one where the Chennai Super Kings flirted with good cricket at times though not with a win. I could only mean the wickets and catches and nothing more. The Chennai Super Kings must understand that it is tiring to see such a game. Don't lose spectators and, mind you, you have only one state to support. At least in the north, you have neighboring states to provide the support. Here, you have both the Deccan Chargers as well as the Royal Challengers!

And Kochi is coming up to make up for the Kerala Team. Understand the situation you Chennai Super Kings? Or India Cements your players are under your thumb! So, please give them a squeeze like squeezing a lemon! Ignore all Chennai players and take some players from other states. When we talk about Chennai Super Kings, we are talking about players that can never make it to the national team anytime.

The Chennai selection stigma seems to be a real one. Chennai players are not that talented and they lack ability to make it to the national team. There is no politics in the selection committee. You guys are not talented at all. This is the one and only chance you have to prove yourselves from where you can make it to the National Team. Don't you know how to utilize that?

The Rajasthan Royals played decent cricket when they went out to bat. But the Chennai Super Kings rather started off well. They scored at a good rate from where they could have accelerated onto a win. Why was the Chennai Super Kings lazy enough to score the big shots? The Chennai Super Kings players seem like ones who just came out of the bed. Subramaniam Badrinath seems to be a player like Rahul Dravid (Dravid is classy) and he never looks like one who scores the big runs.

Classy players can adapt to any format but Subramaniam Badrinath is more of a Test or One-Day player. Why do not the Chennai Super Kings players score boundaries when they have chances to win the game? Why do they let the required run rate go to impossible levels? One of my friends was talking about "Match Fixing in IPL" which I shrugged off as an impossibility.

But why do they let the asking rate go through the roof`when they can consolidate with that rate scoring at the required rate? How are they going to get it by letting the required run rate go up? It is a real waste of time to talk about Chennai Super Kings who look like a real maidan cricket players who lose out to the local area teams! No scores, nothing this time.

A real waste of time to look for scores and accurate details. To mark this sad day, I may not want to post any pictures and waste time. Let us see, if I do. But there is nothing more to post of Chennai super kings. Actions and images will not be any inspiring. The Chennai Super Kings players look like one that suffers serious inferiority complex.

Advice for India Cements and Chennai Super Kings

The Chennai Super Kings look like a earthworm who can easily be overpowered under any shoes even when a kid slaps at it with its shoes! One good advice for the Chennai Super Kings owners India Cements! Please sell the team or dissolve the team, if you are not able to manage the team. We will make a lot of jokes on Chennai Super Kings if they lose matches again and we will eventually stop watching.

Let Chennai and Tamil Nadu not be humiliated with your game play. Please save our faces before it gets too late. Chennai Super Kings team is dumb! Chennai Super Kings team is an utter humiliation to Tamil Nadu and Chennai! Please remove the team from IPL!

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CSK vs MI IPL 3 Match Result: Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians: Sachin Tendulkar nudged Mumbai Indians to an emphatic win

Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians IPL 3 match ended with Mumbai Indians winning with ease. Chennai Super Kings's total of 180 didn't help them secure a win! Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar took care of the proceedings!

"If Dalai Lama were to watch the IPL, would he support the Chennai Super Kings or the Royal Challengers Bangalore?"

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I read on Yahoo, a headline, on Dalai Lama watching the IPL! I didn't read the article fully. Hopefully, will catch it today. By the way, one more Kudos to us for two of our predictions had turned right. We said in our last post that Dhoni will come back in to the side for the match against Chennai Super Kings for some damage control, then the Chennai Super Kings will lose the match against the Mumbai Indians! Gee! We have been right on more than one occasion!

Sachin Tendulkar won the toss. Experience helped Sachin take good decision

Sachin Tendulkar won the toss and decided to field. The Mumbai Indians rather restricted the Chennai Super Kings to a 180? Knowing that the Mumbai Indians will win the match with Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar? Earlier Mongoose bat Matthew Hayden scored 4 fours of consecutive deliveries of Zaheer Khan. Then, he got out cheaply.


Suresh Raina came to the crease and scored a well made 83 off 52 balls with seven fours and three sixes and remained unbeaten. Subramaniam Badrinath scored 55 off 45 balls. In Twitter, it was joked that the strategy of Mumbai Indians was to not appeal for Badrinath's wicket. The batsman did not give a flying edge to his game but rather scored better than a run a ball.

They sailed the Chennai Super Kings to a comfortable total of 180 runs. It could also be called as a comfortable total for the Mumbai Indians to chase with Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar. The Chennai Super Kings, though they scored at 9 runs per over, lacked a fighting spirit. The team always looks ordinary and looks like "just-out-of-bed".

They scored a few shots here and there except for Suresh Raina's batting who scored most of the runs. This is a serious sectarian humiliation for the Chennai Super Kings. This further echoes the stigmatizing of the Chennai players as lacking talent to play at the International level. At least Dinesh Karthik is one of the fine players from the soil, who unfortunately plays for the Delhi Daredevils.

Even that move would not make much of a change. The commentators (probably Harsha Bhogle I remember) told that the last over by Lasith Malinga which gave away just 7 runs could have been the crucial turn around for the Mumbai Indians. Was it true? It clearly indicated that the total on the board was not enough for the lackluster Chennai Super Kings bowlers to defend.



The Mumbai Indians innings

The Mumbai Indians scored at brisk pace right from the beginning. Shikhar Dhawan scored a brisk 56 off 34 balls with 5 fours and 3 sixes. Then, Sachin maneuvered the team to a superb victory with 8 fours and 1 six. His strike rate was 138.46. Sachin Tendulkar scored 72 off 52 balls. The inexperience of Saurabh Tiwary was revealed when he fell to the spin wizard Mutthiah Muralitharan. He was caught LBW by a straightening Mutthiah Muralitharan delivery which pitched in line. Mutthiah Muralitharan made useful contribution by picking up 2 wickets but that was not enough for the Chennai Super Kings to win.

The team demanded a team effort to win. Probably, the next IPL auction will call for a few good bowlers for the Chennai Super Kings team. It was all quite easy for the Mumbai Indians and they never looked out of the game for even a single moment. The Mumbai Indians won the game against Chennai Super Kings quite comfortably.

I wanted to see God today. He came in the form of Sachin Tendulkar!

I wanted to see God. I knew I would see him today. I gleefully saw Him score 72 off 52 balls. I was wondering if I wanted Chennai Super Kings to win or Sachin Tendulkar to score a comfortable half century. I opted for the latter. I had long foregone my love for the Chennai Super Kings that the team remains the least glamorous of all. Even the ever losing Kings XI Punjab has been glamorous! Not only with Preity Zinta! Mind you!

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CSK vs DD - Delhi Daredevils posted 185 with Sehwag scoring 74 off just 38

Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Daredevils is underway! A cool Sehwag had gone berserk at the start of the Delhi Daredevils innings! Virender Sehwag scored 74 off 38 balls! The Chennai Super Kings was led by a rather inexperienced Captain Suresh Raina! Earlier the fielding of Chennai Super Kings was top class!

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The Delhi Daredevils team was ironically led by a Chennaiite. The Delhi Daredevils was led today by Dinesh Karthik due to the absence of Gautam Gambhir over the injury sustained by him!

We will have to wait for a couple more hours to see if Chennai Super Kings will win this Twenty20 match with the absence of their Star Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni! Looks like there are hopes for Chennai! We will return after the match ends with the result!

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Dhoni ruled out of IPL Season 3 for 10 days

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Disappointing news for the Chennai Super Kings fans! Dhoni to miss out on IPL for ten days! The Chennai Super Kings Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni will not be available for four of the IPL matches! Yesterday, while at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata, the Indian Skipper was hit by a speeding Shane Bond produce.

The kiwi speedster playing for the Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL sped it up on to the elbow of the Indian Skipper who shook hands with all the opposite team members with his left hand after the Chennai Super Kings won the match. Mahendra Singh Dhoni was subjected to an X-ray which ruled out the possibilities of any fractures, or any other serious injuries.

Dhoni, though rested, will be travelling along with the Chennai Super Kings to their venues and will be seen in the dressing room along with the other team members, for their next fixture with the Delhi Daredevils, at the Feroz Shah Kotla, on 19th March 2010.

Dhoni will sit in the dressing room for the other three matches that will follow. The Indian Skipper won’t be available when the Chennai Super Kings will take on the Kings XI Punjab on 21 March 2010, the Royal Challengers Bangalore on 23 March 2010 and the Mumbai Indians on 25 March 2010.

The PTI reports, “Dhoni will be out of action for the next 10 days and the exact nature of his injury is being examined by the doctors at a private hospital here,” which was quoted from a source close to the team management.

“He (Dhoni) will be travelling with the team to Delhi,” the source further added, “An official announcement will be made once the nature of the injury is determined by the doctors.”

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Chennai Super Kings won the IPL match with Dhoni's effort - Sourav Ganguly's Kolkata Knight Riders lose their first game in IPL 2010

Sometimes it seems that the IPL is a lackluster extravaganza but all the ideology goes bang along with each and every six that is scored. When Mahendra Singh Dhoni bats Chennai Super Kings singlehandedly to a comfortable win, the interests are alive. Probably, I am as hypocritical as some of the Sex Scandal Swamijis.

When Matthew Hayden failed, when a rather inexperienced Suresh Raina did and all other specialist players did, Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni leads by example. He is the first ever Captain who has done so. Some of the Cricket lovers argue that it is Sourav Ganguly who started this trend but it is true that Sourav Ganguly lead from the front but when the team is down in spirits, it is Mahendra Singh Dhoni who shows what next to do.

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"Do as I do, Don't do as I say," goes well for the Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni. This is characteristic of Dhoni even in One Day Internationals, T20 Internationals and also the IPL. He seems to have a surefire plan to win! Sometimes, I feel that Dhoni takes a backseat and lets the opposition take advantage.

He seems to be complacent and then suddenly the team which should have lost by 140 runs goes on to score a 250 to lose. This is a common occurrence. I have seen this in Dhoni's Captaincy but it is also not true that he sits complacent and takes some rest when he feels he is good enough to win.

So many of the Captains in the past have failed to win in crucial encounters just when they seemed to be winning all along. That includes Mohammed Azharuddin and even Sourav Ganguly to some extent. By the way, incidentally, Dhoni won against his former Captain Sourav Ganguly yesterday!

The Mahendra Singh Dhoni Trivia

Yesterday, when Sunil Gavaskar asked Dhoni before the toss, if Dhoni liked to be called Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Dhoni, MSD or Mahi, Mahendra Singh Dhoni said, he liked being called "Mahi" as that is what friends used to call him when he was young. People called him in various names and he always liked being called "Mahi". Then, a moment later, Sunil Gavaskar said, "I am not holding you up.....," the toss was already going to happen.

Dhoni ran towards those present for the toss. He probably was thinking that the Camera was not yet switched on. But then, it was for everyone to see. Dhoni again embarrassingly had to join Sourav Ganguly and had to run once more towards him. Then, as luck commanded, Dhoni won the toss and elected to bat first which did not seem to be a wise decision.

Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders - the toss and the 2010 IPL

When Sourav Ganguly was asked about the decision, he said that he would have opted to field first, had he won the toss. It seemed that Sourav Ganguly was apparently happy with Dhoni's decision and seemed to indicate that batting first was a wrong decision to make.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni said that if their (Chennai Super Kings) strength was batting, they would be advised to chase, but if their strength was batting, they could post a huge total on the board and let the opponents chase. As it turned out, Sourav Ganguly seemed to be right with his remarks and was probably pleased with the result in the initial overs.

But then, a determined Mahendra Singh Dhoni took the crease and made sure that the team posted a decent total on the board. Dhoni's 66 off 33 balls along with Subramaniam Badrinath's 43 off 33 took Chennai Super Kings to a total of 164. Things could change within a few overs in Twenty20 Cricket and Dhoni did not fail to utilize that.

In the second innings Dhoni's men pulled off a comfortable victory by a big margin by Twenty20 standards. The partnership between Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Subramaniam Badrinath was 109 in just 65 balls which helped the Chennai Super Kings to victory.

However, bad luck continues for the Chennai Super Kings as Dhoni is out of IPL 2010 for ten more days due to an injured elbow. It remains to be seen how the inexperienced Suresh Raina will lead the side. There also can be a better choice for captaincy but the inexperienced Chennai Super Kings might have to go with Suresh Raina as the Captain. I personally reckon Lakshmipathy Balaji could become the Captain for the next few games of the Chennai Super Kings until Mahendra Singh Dhoni returns.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni - a successful icon of modern youth

To all the youngsters, Mahendra Singh Dhoni may remain the icon or the ideal person who inspires to bring success into their lives! Dhoni uses sheer intellect, intelligence, presence of mind, talent, ability, hard work, clarity of thought and mind to become the most successful youth icon! Even Yuvraj Singh has not lost to Dhoni when he was considered to be the potential Captain after Rahul Dravid.

Yuvraj Singh lost out to his own imbalances in mind, heart and physique. Dhoni could keep himself physically coordinated by his mind which is the most important thing to a sportsman. The mind and body coordination is what that keeps Sachin Tendulkar going and this does for Dhoni too!

The emotional competency of Dhoni was absent in Yuvraj! And Dhoni's emotional competency was not due to his upbringing or his childhood experiences, but it is one of sheer maturity and understanding. Let us hope that Dhoni could win the 2011 Cricket World Cup with ease with a determined Sachin Tendulkar beside in his armory!

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Quotes about Sachin Tendulkar

Here are some of the quotes about Sachin Tendulkar which came from the mouths of famous cricketers and personalities:

Brian Charles Lara, "If Cricket is a religion, Sachin is the only God,"

There is more to it than meets the eye, specially with the "only God,"

Mahendra Singh Dhoni, "He has scored 17000 runs. I have not even faced 17000 balls,"

To me, meaning no harm and offence to Dhoni, this quote is ambiguous and I have not heard it in the full context.

Anil Kumble, "I am fortunate that I have to bowl at him only in the nets,"

Allan Border, "It's scary! Where the hell do we bowl to him?"

From the shoes of a bowler, this has been stated true by many best bowlers of the world.

Paul Strang, "What we (Zimbabwe) need is 10 Tendulkars,"

Utterly impossible. Never can happen.

Matthew Hayden, "I have seen God! He bats at number 4 for India in Tests and opens in ODIs,"

The best form of expression!

It is like seeing God or something close to it! If such an admiration and praise can be attained by sheer passion, hard work, love for the job, then it puts all questions into different equations which each and everyone who has not attained it or has been craving to attain is bound to feel!

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