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Raina, Dhoni take Chennai to 168 for 5

IPL final against Mumbai Indians:

Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni started the turnaround, Suresh Raina capitalized on two dropped catches to score a crucial fifty, and Chennai Super Kings converted a middling innings to a total they would have settled for it offered before the start of the final.

A formidable Mumbai Indians bowling line-up found a new hero in Dilhara Fernando, but he dropped Raina when he was struggling. Chennai went from 68 for 3 after 12 overs to 168, the highest total in IPL finals, and Raina went from 13 off 13 to 57 not out off 35.

Chennai went with the old-fashioned approach of keeping wickets in hand, never mind the slow start, and with Murali Vijay breaking free, had reached a perfectly acceptable 40 for no loss at the end of Powerplay.

Fernando, through, removed Vijay with his split-finger slower ball in the eighth over, and the run rate stayed under six until the start of the 13th over. Kieron Pollard ended Hayden’s 31-ball 17-run misery, and S Badrinath soon holed out to make it 67 for 2 in the 12th over.

Dhoni left alone the first ball he faced, was beaten by a leg cutter after that, was almost bowled the next ball, and worked a single to end that testing Fernando over.

Dhoni had the final word, though, a punch for four to end the over.Zaheer Khan was brought back in the next over. He produced a top edge that neither Fernando nor Abhishek Nayar claimed. Raina produced timing and a four and a six to take Chennai to 108 after 15 overs. In the next over, Pollard eked out a skier from Raina which Zaheer dropped. The next ball Raina made room and lofted over extra cover for six. The next ball was hit to Tendulkar and cannily they stole a second run. And the next was slogged over midwicket for six.

Chennai Super Kings: 168 for 5 (Suresh Raina 57 n.o, Mahendra Singh Dhoni 22, Dilhara Fernando 2 for 23).

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