as his top edge found the waiting gloves of a gleeful Dhoni behind the stumps.
Chennai Super Kings innings
Vidyut c Jayawardene b Sreesanth 8 (4)
Fleming c Goel b Sreesanth 1 (4)
Raina c Marsh b Chawla 26 (17)
Badrinath c Yuvraj Singh b Singh 64 (47)
Dhoni not out 60 (43)
Morkel not out 7 (6)
Extras 15 (lb 4, w 10, nb 1)
Total 181 (4 wickets; 20 overs)
FoW: 1-10 (Vidyut, 0.4 ov), 2-20 (Fleming, 2.2 ov), 3-64 (Raina, 6.5 ov), 4-155 (Badrinath, 17.3 ov)
Bowling
Sreesanth 4-0-29-2 (3w)
Pathan 4-0-33-0 (3w)
V Singh 4-0-35-1 (1nb, 1w)
Chawla 3-0-36-1 (1w)
Hopes 4-0-36-0 (2w)
Yuvraj Singh 1-0-8-0
Kings XI Punjab innings
Marsh c Amarnath b Balaji 58 (38)
Hopes c Dhoni b Morkel 14 (7)
Goel c Morkel b Gony 1 (7)
Sarwan b Balaji 20 (22)
Yuvraj Singh c Fleming b Amarnath 2 (5)
Jayawardene c Vidyut b Muralitharan 8 (6)
Pathan c Raina b Balaji 40 (18)
Chawla c Kapugedera b Balaji 17 (15)
Sreesanth not out 0 (0)
V Singh c Dhoni b Balaji 0 (1)
Kaul not out 0 (1)
Extras 3 (b 1, w 2)
Total 163 (9 wickets; 20 overs)
FoW: 1-16 (Hopes, 1.6 ov), 2-29 (Goel, 4.3 ov), 3-95 (Sarwan, 12.1 ov), 4-96 (Marsh, 12.5 ov), 5-97 (Yuvraj Singh, 13.1 ov), 6-115 (Jayawardene, 14.6 ov), 7-163 (Pathan, 19.3 ov), 8-163 (Chawla, 19.4 ov), 9-163 (Singh, 19.5 ov)
Bowling
Gony 4-0-38-1
Morkel 4-0-25-1
Amarnath 3-0-35-1
Kapugedera 1-0-8-0
Muralitharan 4-0-32-1 (1w)
Balaji 4-0-24-5 (1w)