Chennai won by 9 wickets

Mumbai: Mohali had a near perfect record up until the round robin stages. Both their defeats to Chennai appeared of no consequence, since the arrival of Shaun Marsh had taken the Yuvraj Singh led side to new heights.

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But when the two sides met again, this time in an all-important semi-final of the inaugural IPL, Mohali's set of Kings had no answer to their Chennai counterparts, as they fell apart for just 112-8 at the Wankhede stadium here on Saturday.

Jaipur's impressive show with the bat in the first semi-final influenced Mohali skipper Yuvraj Singh as he opted to bat to determine who met the other finalists, Jaipur. However, Makhaya Ntini and Manpreet Gony had other plans.

The formidable Mohali batting line-up was ripped to shreds as they were reduced to 34-4 inside the powerplay before slumping further to 45-6 inside 10 overs, and a top six which only had one reaching double figures. Ramesh Powar, batting at No 9, top-scored with an unbeaten 28.
Gony, Chennai's most successful bowler in the IPL, was splendid throughout his four-over spell, bagging two wickets at the expense of 14 runs, while Ntini jolted Mohali from the other end with a relentless 2-23. Muthiah Muralitharan's four overs went for a frugal 19 with an additional wicket.
Mohali safely negotiated the first over after Mahendra Singh Dhoni's chose to throw the ball to Muthiah Muralitharan to unsettle the Australian opening duo. However, the storm came from the other end, as Ntini snared Hopes to a wild swipe outside off, before Gony's double-strike ensured Mohali's No 2,3 and 4 fell for exactly those numbers.
Marsh's golden run in the tournament came to an end when he played on to his stumps off Gony, while a faricical mix-up with Mahela Jayawardene ended Irfan Pathan's stay.

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Teams:

Chennai: MS Dhoni (captain), Parthiv Patel, S Vidyut, Suresh Raina, Albie Morkel, S Badrinath, C Kapugedera, L Balaji, Manpreet Gony, Muthiah Muralitharan, Makhaya Ntini.

Mohali: Yuvraj Singh (captain), Shaun Marsh, James Hopes, Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara, Piyush Chawla, Wilkin Mota, Irfan Pathan, Romesh Powar, VRV Singh, S Sreesanth.