Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and decided to bat. Matthew Hayden (60 off 38 balls) put Chennai Super Kings to a blazing start and they were looking good for a 160+ score but then the whole Chennai batsmen crumbled suddenly as they were bowled out for 129 runs in 19.4 overs. Anil Kumble, Jacques Kallis and Vinay Kumar took two wickets each for the challengers. Bangalore Royal Challengers also lost wickets at regular intervals when they came to bat Ross Taylor (46 off 50 balls) and Virat Kohli (38 off 35 balls) played useful innings as Bangalore somehow manged to score 132/8 in 19.4 overs. Albie Morkel and Jacob Oram took two wickets each for the Chennai Super Kings. Ross Taylor was awarded the Man of the Match for his useful innings in the run chase.
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\\ tags: Albie Morkel, anil kumble, Bangalore Royal Challengers, Chennai Super Kings, ipl t20, Jacob Oram, jacques kallis, Matthew Hayden, ross taylor, vinay kumar, virat kohli
Chennai Super Kings thrashed the Deccan Chargers in the 29th match of IPL T20 season 2. Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and decided to bat. Most of the Chennai batsmen cleared the boundary ropes easily and Chennai Super Kings reached 178/3 in 20 overs with prominent contributions from Matthew Hayden (43 off 26 balls), Mahendra Singh Dhoni (58 off 37 balls), Suresh Raina (32 off 19 balls) and Murali Vijay (31 off 33 balls). Deccan Chargers kept losing on wickets when they came to bat and even a cameo by Dwayne Smith (49 off 23 balls) could not save them from defeat. The Deccan Chargers were bundled out for only 100 runs in 14.4 overs. Shadab Jakati was the pick of the bowlers with 4 wickets for 22 runs while Muttiah Muralidaran and Albie Morkel bagged 2 wickets each. Dhoni was awarded the Man of the Match for his brilliant knock.
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\\ tags: Albie Morkel, Chennai Super Kings, Deccan Chargers, dwayne smith, ipl t20, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Matthew Hayden, murali vijay, Mutiah Muralidharan, Shadab Jakati, Suresh Raina
Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals were both losing a lot of matches in IPL 2. But Chennai Super Kings had a very good batting and bowling lineup and it was expected that they will start winning matches once again. And they seemed to be performing to their abilities once again when they had a comfortable win over Rajasthan Royals by 38 runs in Match 22 of DLF IPL T20 season 2. Shane Warne won the toss and put Chennai Super Kings to bat. With the help of a brilliant innings of 98 runs off 55 balls by Suresh Raina, Chennai Super Kings scored 164/5 in their 20 overs. Yusuf Pathan and Munaf Patel had the best bowling figures of 2/17 and 2/25 respectively for the Royals. The weak batting lineup of the Rajasthan Royals were completely exposed as their only trump card Yusuf Pathan (20 runs off 13 balls) did not work today. Although Ravindra Jadeja (37 off 33 balls) played an good innings but Rajasthan Royals were bundled out for 126 runs with 3 balls to spare. Lakshmipathy Balaji, Albie Morkel and Jacob Oram were good with the ball for the Chennai Super Kings with bowling figures of 4/21, 2/21 and 2/21 respectively. Suresh Raina was adjudged the Man of the Match due to his brilliant knock of 98 runs. Continue reading »
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\\ tags: Albie Morkel, Chennai Super Kings, ipl t20, Jacob Oram, Lakshmipathy Balaji, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Rajasthan Royals, Ravindra Jadeja, Shane Warne, Suresh Raina, Yusuf Pathan
