Hayden guides Chennai Super Kings to 165-6 vs Deccan

Matthew Hayden muscled his way to a belligerent 49 while Jacob Oram's breezy unbeaten 41 provided the late charge as Chennai Super Kings posted 165 for six against Deccan Chargers in the Indian Premier League match today.

Adam Gilchrist won the toss and inserted Chennai Super Kings and by the time the match was into its second ball, the Deccan captain had reasons to feel vindicated.

u00a0Parthiv Patel didn't bother the scorer and tickled the second ball of the innings to perish caught behind.

Unfortunately for them, Deccan Chargers' catching was not up to the mark and dropping Hayden - Gilchrist did a favour to his former Australia teammate - and Suresh Raina - Azhar Bilakhia being the culprit on this occasion - in quick succession proved costly as the left-handed duo cobbled a 64-run stand to prop up the Chennai side.

Raina (25) celebrated the life with a huge six off RP Singh, a treatment he later meted out to Fidel Edwards.


Hayden, who had warmed up with successive fours off RP Singh, looked determined to make the Deccan Chargers pay for their lapse as he cut and pulled with aplomb.

Rohit Sharma finally broke the stand in his maiden over, catching Raina off his own bowling.

Chennai skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni (22), largely subdued in the tournament so far, hit Venugopal Rao over the ropes but Pragyan Ojha snared both the Indian captain and Hayden in his second over.

Towards the end, Oram swelled the tally with his unbeaten 29-ball 41, studded with four fours and two successive sixes off a Shoaib Ahmed over.

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