Bangalore: Scoreboard after the former champions Chennai Super Kings defeated Perth Scorchers by 13 runs in the 15th match of 2014 CLT20 played at M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru on Saturday.
Chasing 156, the Scorchers lost Craig Simmons and Ashton Agar with 26 runs on the board. While Simmons was foxed by Ashish Nehra's slower ball, Agar had no answer to a quicker one from Ashwin.
Captain Adam Voges and Mitchell Marsh put up a brief resistance before the latter was castled by off-spinner Ashwin. Sam Whiteman did not last long while Voges too fell after making 27 off 24 balls.
At the start of 17th over, the Scorchers needed 58 off 24, but Nathan Coulter-Nile and Ashton Turner reduced the margin to 44 in the last three.
Just after completing a 33-ball sixth-wicket 50-run partnership with Coulter-Nile, Turner was run out due to Dhoni's smart work, putting to rest whatever little hopes Scorchers had of pulling off a shock win.
Chennai Super Kings innings
| Dwayne Smith | b Arafat | 11 |
| Brendon McCullum | b Paris | 11 |
| Suresh Raina | run out (Coulter-Nile) | 1 |
| Mithun Manhas | c Paris b Hogg | 18 |
| Dwayne Bravo | b Turner | 27 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | not out | 44* |
| MS Dhoni | c Turner b Coulter-Nile | 35 |
| John Hastings | not out | 0* |
| Extras | (lb 3, w 4, nb 1) | 8 |
| Overs | innings break | 20 |
| Total | for 6 wickets | 155 |
| Fall of wickets | 1-15 (McCullum, 2.3 ov), 2-16 (Raina, 2.5 ov), 3-33 (Smith, 5.3 ov), 4-56 (Manhas, 11.1 ov), 5-79 (Bravo, 14.3 ov), 6-143 (Dhoni, 19.3 ov) |
Did not bat: Ravichandran Ashwin, Ashish Nehra, Mohit Sharma
Bowling
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets |
| Joel Paris | 2 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
| Nathan Coulter-Nile | 4 | 0 | 28 | 1 |
| Michael Beer | 4 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| Yasir Arafat | 4 | 0 | 51 | 1 |
| Brad Hogg | 4 | 0 | 25 | 1 |
| Ashton Turner | 2 | 0 | 19 | 1 |
Perth Scorchers innings
| Craig Simmons | c Dhoni b Nehra | 13 |
| Adam Voges | lbw b Nehra | 27 |
| Ashton Agar | b Ashwin | 4 |
| Mitchell Marsh | c Jadeja b Ashwin | 19 |
| Sam Whiteman | lbw b Ashwin | 5 |
| Ashton Turner | run out (Dhoni) | 22 |
| Nathan Coulter-Nile | c Bravo b Sharma | 30 |
| Yasir Arafat | not out | 12* |
| Joel Paris | not out | 5* |
| Extras | (w 2, nb 1, lb 2) | 5 |
| Overs | match over | 20 |
| Total | for 7 wickets | 142 |
| Fall of wickets | 1-18 (Simmons, 2.4 ov), 2-26 (Agar, 3.6 ov), 3-53 (Marsh, 9.4 ov), 4-68 (Whiteman, 11.3 ov), 5-73 (Voges, 12.3 ov), 6-123 (Turner, 17.6 ov), 7-131 (Coulter-Nile, 18.6 ov) |
Did not bat: Michael Beer, Brad Hogg
Bowling
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets |
| Ashish Nehra | 4 | 0 | 27 | 2 |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | 4 | 0 | 20 | 3 |
| Mohit Sharma | 3 | 0 | 17 | 1 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | 4 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| John Hastings | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| Dwayne Bravo | 3 | 0 | 34 | 0 |
Result: Chennai Super Kings won by 13 runs
Man of the Match: Ravindra Jadeja
Toss: Perth Scorchers chose to field
