Raina8217;s knock was better than mine: Hayden

After the hosts lost two quick wickets, Hayden and Raina 53 put on a century stand to lay the foundation for a 200-plus score.

Coach Kepler Wessels too praised Raina and said the youngster had already made his mark in the tournament.

8220;He has played two good innings in our matches so far. He also has big responsibility on his shoulders when both Hayden and Michael Hussey would be going back to Australia to fulfil their national commitments,8221; Wessels said.

The Chennai side ended on the right side of an edge-of-the-seat thriller after Harbhajan Singh and Abhishek Nayar threatened to gatecrash into their party with a defiant rearguard action. Hayden, however, was not surprised by the Mumbai side8217;s late surge.

8220;In this format of the game, one is never secured and they came too close to our total. Such situations cannot be avoided.8221;

Abhishek Nayar, who spoke on behalf of the Mumbai Indians, made it clear that the side was eagerly awaiting the return of regular captain Sachin Tendulkar who is nursing an injury.

8220;Irrespective of winning or losing, we will be cutting a cake to celebrate Sachin8217;s birthday tomorrow. We really hope that he comes back early,8221; he said.