The match that was held at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune saw another thrilling match last night when Chennai Super Kings won the match beating beating Delhi Daredevils by 13 runs.
The players of Chennai Super Kings took the match by storm with their stunning performance. Chennai Super Kings played a destructive innings by blasting the bowlers of Delhi Daredevils all over the ground. The innings started with a great partnership by Shane Watson and Faf Du Plessis.
Shane Watson was titled ‘Man Of The Match’ last night when he played another thrilling knock. He scored 78 runs in 40 balls with the strike rate of 195, he smashed the ball to every to corner of the stadium and towards the audience many times during the match as he hit 4 fours and 6 sixes.
After his performance, it was Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s performance which stole all the limelight of the match and made the match even more interesting. He gave a power packed performance and remained unbeaten at the score of 51 runs in 22 balls, he smashed 2 fours and 5 sixes.
After the match, when Shane Watson was given the title of ‘Man of the match’, he was asked about the match, he said really amazing things for the skipper of CSK, MS Dhoni.
Here’s what he said after the match:
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I wanted to help the team in the previous games but to be able to play this innings against DD is a good confidence builder. I was targeting the short side of the ground and wind was also blowing in that direction. It was good to get few out of the middle. Trent Boult is a world class bowler and MS hit him really well. He is hitting the ball incredibly as well as he has ever hit”.
He also talked about the cool endeavor of MS Dhoni and how it has influenced him and the other players of the match, he said:
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We don’t see MS too much in and around lunch and breakfast. He loves his sleep. It has been a privilege to be able to play with MS. Playing for CSK means so much to him and that has rubbed off on everyone.”
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