BRILLIANT INNINGS: After winning the toss, Delhi wanted a quick start. And they got one. Virendar Sehwag was a man on a mission dismissing every bowler on show with disdain. He raced to 74 off just 37 balls
ANOTHER FAILURE: Chennai got temporary relief after they removed Dilshan. The Sri Lankan has now failed in three consecutive innings'. Photo: PTI
MURALI SCALPS SEHWAG: The wily old fox Muttiah Muralitharan finally removed Sehwag. Photo: S. Subramanium
IMPORTANT WICKET: Ashwin removed AB de Villiers which brought back Chennai right into the encounter. Some belligerent hitting by the Delhi middle-order batsmen took the Delhi total to 185. Photo: S. Subramanium
IMPERIOUS: Matthew Hayden gave Chennai a dream start carting every bowler on view. Audacious strokeplay and some powerful hitting saw Hayden rekindle some memories of last year. Mishra finally snared the Aussie for 93. Photo: PTI
ATTEMPT IN VAIN: Chennai's Pathiv Patel, who opened the batting along with Hayden, was run out early on in the Chennai innings. Photo: S. Subramanium
CAPTAIN COURAGEOUS: Suresh Raina, stand-in skipper for the injured M.S. Dhoni, did not get overawed by the occasion. Instead, he contributed handsomely with the bat and his influence at the death took Chennai home with five balls to spare. Photo: PTI