IPL8 – Mumbai win the title, Dhoni rues decision to field first

#IPL8 #IPLFinal #CSKvMI #RohitSharma #EdenGardens The IPL8 champion is Mumbai Indians who beat Chennai Super Kings by 41 runs at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata, to win the coveted trophy for the second time in the history of the IPL. With this win, MI joins KKR and CSK in having the title twice. This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 25 May 2015.

The reason of why M S Dhoni chose to field first after winning the toss will never be known – it was a good batting track and was loaded with runs. But, Dhoni allowed Rohit Sharma to bat first and gifted the game away, literally.
MI hit 12 sixes (Lendl Simmons, Keiron Pollard and Ambati Rayudu hit three sixes each, Rohit Sharma hit two and Harbhajan Singh hit one) while CSK could manage to hit only 4 (Dwayne Smith, Dwayne Bravo, Suresh Raina and M S Dhoni hit one each).
The CSK bowlers were clobbered all over the field and Dhoni rued his decision. It was most unlike him because he is known to be able to judge the playing conditions fairly well. Moreover, in view of the not too good form of Mike Hussey (played only 9 balls to score 4 runs) and Pawan Negi (went for 18 runs in 2 overs and scored only 4 runs), Dhoni could have changed the team composition.
But, that is neither here nor there – the fact remains that CSK lost.
The Man of the Match award went to Rohit Sharma for his 23 ball 50.
(Image courtesy wikimediacommons.org)


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