IPL 2009: Chennai Super Kings v Mumbai Indians 1st match Newlands, Cape Town

During the opening day of the IPL second season Chennai Super Kings v Mumbai Indians will meet for the first encounter at Newlands, Cape Town. This is the first match of the IPL 2009. But, in the inaugural Indian Premier League the opening match was between Bangalore Royal Challengers and Kolkata Knight Riders. The Twenty20 formatted IPL tournament become very popular over the world.

 

In the first season, Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians met at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai, on 23 April 2008. Mumbai Indians who won the toss and invited the CSK bat first. The CSK scored 208 runs from five wickets. The big challenging score faced them in huge pressure but they took the challenge and scored 202 runs from 7 wickets. The performances of both teams were unbelievable and astonished all the fans. The batsmen enjoyed the match delighted the audiences most. It was the 8^th match of IPL 2008 season.

 

This was the second match of Chennai Super Kings and the home match (first Leg) and similarly for Mumbai Indians second match but away. Indian Captain MS Dhoni was the skipper of CSK and for the absence of Sachin Tendulkar, Harbhajan Singh leaded Mumbai Indians.

 

A Nehra was the first bowlers who attacked Chennai Super Kings batting line-up at the 4^th over. When the team just reached to 31 runs PA Patel surrendered his wicket to A Nehra through the wicket-keeper and it was his only wicket that day. MA Khote was the successful bowler who took 2 wickets by 29 runs. Mumbai Indians’ Captain Harbhajan Singh used 8 men to take the control of opposite batting.

 

ML Hayden the booming batsmen on the side of Chennai Super Kings scored 81 runs from 102 balls and went back to pavilion by the direct hit of Harbhajan Singh. SK Raina was the second highest scorer of 53 from 54 balls and captain MS Dhoni was the third highest scorer 30 from 31 balls.

 

Mumbai Indians’ had to minimize them in 202 runs as a result they lost to Chennai Super Kings for 6 runs. No doubt that it was a painful defeat of very narrow defeat. Except opener L Ronchi and lower-middle order batsman MA Khote could not score good but rest of the batsmen presented themselves amazingly. AM Nayar the highest scored and was not out for 45 runs by playing 53 balls with 6x4 and just a single six and RV Uthappa who is one of the popular Twenty20 formatted success batsmen from the Mumbai Indians side scored 43 runs from 38 balls when he hits 6 fours and one six.

 

Newlands, Cape Town is known as Sahara Park. It is going to the history of the inaugural match of Indian Premier League IPL 2009 second season. It has a capacity of 25,000 audiences and celebrated the first Twenty20 formatted match during the Inaugural World Cup Twenty20 cricket tournament. It was the 4^th match of Twenty20 World Cup 2007 between Australia and Zimbabwe and the last Twenty20 cricket tournament was ICC World Twenty20 - 1st semi final which was played along with New Zealand and Pakistan.

 

Newlands, Cape Town will be the host of 8 matches of IPL 2009 including the opening ceremony. After the opening ceremony two matches will be taken place at the same ground on 18 April 2009.