Deccan Chargers beat Chennai Super Kings by 31 runs

Chaminda Vaas (3/21) ripped apart the Chennai Super Kings' top-order after Andrew Symonds and Herschelle Gibbs sparkled with the bat as Deccan Chargers beat the hosts by 31 runs to score their first win in the Indian Premier League match today.

C Vaas picked up three wickets as Chennai Super Kings lost their first match to Deccan Chargers by 31 runs.

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Deccan Charger's Andrew Symonds departs after scoring 50 as Deccan Chargers scored 190 lossing four wickets.

Deccan Charger skipper Adam Gilchrist take his team to a fiery start hitting 33 of 31 balls after he chose to bat first against Chennai Super Kings who are playing thier first IPL III match.

Chennai Super Kings squad
MS Dhoni, R Ashwin, H Badani, S Badrinath, G Bailey, L Balaji, C Ganapathy, M Gony, M Hayden, M Hussey, S Jakati, AB Karthik, J Kemp, J Morkel, M Muralitharan, M Ntini, J Oram, P Patel, N Perera, S Raina, T Thushara, S Tyagi, M Vijay

Deccan Chargers squad
A Gilchrist, A Ashish Reddy, Anirudh Singh, A Bilakhia, H Gibbs, Harmeet Singh, R Harris, VVS Laxman, MR Marsh, M Mishra, P Ojha, Ravi Teja, K Roach, R Sharma, RG Sharma, RP Singh, D Smith, T Suman, B Sumanth, A Symonds, WPUJC Vaas, Y Venugopal Rao, AS Yadav