Chennai Super Kings, once again emerged out to be the champions in last night’s match by defeating Delhi Daredevils by 13 runs, after giving a brilliant performance last night. Last night’s match was an eye treat for the CSK fans.
In the first innings, it was Dhoni who took all the limelight away with his stunning knock.MS Dhoni set the ground on fire last night with his brilliant knock, he remained unbeaten at the score of 51 runs that he scored in 22 balls. He sent the ball to every corner of the ground and to the audience many times by hitting 2 fours and 5 sixes.
Apart from him, Ambatti Rayudu also played exceptionally well scoring 41 runs in 24 balls smashing 5 fours and 1 six.Shane Watson played a brilliant knock by scoring 78 runs in 40 balls with the strike rate of 195, he smashed 4 fours and 6 sixes.
The great batting efforts from CSK’s players stretched the total to 211 runs.
In the second innings, it was Rishabh Pant who gave an amazing performance and kept everyone on the edge of their seats. He scored 79 runs in 45 balls, smashing 7 fours and 4 sixes with the strike rate of 175. On the other hand, Vijay Shankar remained unbeaten at the score of 54 runs in 31 balls.
Delhi Daredevils tried their best to chase the runs but however, fell short of 13 runs at the end. A great bowling and fielding effort by all the CSK players who didn’t let the players of DD to chase the runs that easily.
Talking about the match,
Shreyas Iyer, the skipper of Delhi Daredevils said:
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Too many runs on the board. I would like to complain about the first ball wicket (smiles). It did not go our way and that could have made a massive impact in the match. The way Watson started it totally changed the game. Not only me, the whole dressing room and obviously you also think the same – that ball hit the pad first and then the bat (laughs). We got really close and it is a positive going into the next match. We need to win 6 in the remaining 6 matches and that is the only motivation going forward. We need to point out the mistakes we have done and we will try to bounce back strong. We will be having a meeting with management regarding the team changes. If we try to keep the team stable, we will do well in the upcoming matches.”
MS Dhoni, the captain of Chennai Super Kings said:
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Back is bad but nothing much can be done. I have not been training much because of it. There is a bit of pain but I think I will manage. It is very important for us to get a good platform and then I can promote myself up the order. Looking at the wicket we thought we needed an overseas batsmen. With Faf opening and Rayudu it gives more stability to the batting order. Rayudu can bat anywhere in the order and he is keen to take any responsibility. Lungi has impressed me right from the South Africa. If he keeps coming good it will be good for us. Eliminators will be at the small ground and we will have to think about our death bowling. Bowlers have to adapt otherwise we will have to look at other options.
Shane Watson, who was titled as Man Of The Match said:
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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”.
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