Chennia Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians: Matthew Hayden waits for tussle against Harbhajan Singh
Matthew Hayden is excited about the prospect of taking on arch rival in Wednesday’s IPL Twenty20 match , when his Chennai Super Kings takes on Mumbai Indians on Wednesday.
Hayden said he has had serious run-ins with Harbhajan and such a contest on the field would be electrifying for the whole world.
Matthew Hayden also said the IPL Twenty20 format brings back memories of Kerry Packer’s breakaway league which threatened to split cricketing fraternity, but said cricket as a game would benefit immensely from IPL.
But what happens as the Australians are to pack their bags from IPL in the first week of May for their training camp against West Indies?
Hayden does not seem perturbed. He says the big hitting Albie Morkel from South Africa can replace him in the Chennai squad.
Hayden is also all praise for Mahendra Singh Dhoni, saying the Ranchi-lad has a fine cricketing brain.
Matthew Hayden also said big scores would be the order of the day in IPL.
Dhoni seems to be comfortable in his own skin with the Chennai team - especially if you see the Tamil ads he features in for Sonata Watches. Despite initial apprehensions, having foreign players in city teams have not seemed to matter much at all - except that they are much mroe consistent tan our local players and take away the shine.