Whoa.. wat a contest it was today. Absolute cracker of a match on a superb pitch that was a heaven for batsmen and had a bit in it for the disciplined bowlers as well.
It all happened for CSK today. Runs from Mighty matty's blade, raina's consolidation in the middle overs, amazing hits from badhri, unexpected contribution from the dark horse - JAKATI at death. Though the flurry of wickets in the middle overs , was a terrible set back, CSK wrapped up the innings with a pretty defendable 163, given the bounce in the wicket.
The daredevils certainly pulled things back after the strategic break and wickets kept tumbling at regular intervals. Got a feeling that the CSK batsmen went for shots, one too many. One disadvantage in batting first on belters like this is, you never know what is a competitive total. In the process of finding out that , team chennai was in too much of a hurry. Thanks to the lusty blows from the top order failing which chennai would have only managed to fetch a below par score.
If there is onething that kick started the momentum in the second half for the csk, it could be none other than the absolute blinder of a catch from the superman raina. "you are not gonna see a catch better than this in the IPL this time" screamed danny from the commentary box. Next came a peach of a delivery from tyagi for which ABDV din have a clue. Pitched in line , moved away a lil and left him flummoxed. Dilshan threatened for a while before he was beaten by a corker from jakati. This time it was i who shouted "Thats a ripperrrr.." having robin jackman in mind. Amidst all this warner was waging a lone battle on the other end before he found a able partner in DK. Gosh, you gotta give credit to DK (wat a shame- this chennaite almost knocked CSK outta the match), who took the pressure of warner's shoulders so quickly and gave a mild heart attack to millions of chennaites. DK played a gem of a knock, getting the boundaries early in the over and running well between the wickets. When warner reached fifty, a placard in the crowd read "Don u dare. It's delhi".
It was jakati again, who gave us the break through. Warner went down the pitch to hit jakati out of the park and it took dhoni's street smart work to see warner's back. The much unexposed daredevil's lower order couldn handle murali who was too hot for them. In the process of keeping up with the RRR, DK too perished after a magnificient innings, held in the deep by murali. Wow, murali went cock a hoop after taking the crucial catch. Guess it was danny again in the commentary who said "Look at that.Can you imagine Hayden hugging murali and saying You little beauty. IPL, Take a bow".
At last CSK moves to the top 4. In the other match, the rajasthan royals have beaten the deccan chargers and the royal challengers have had 2 wins on the trot as well, akin chennai. Season 2 of the IPL is gonna be a cracker of a competition. The gates are wide open now and lets wait and watch whoz gonna make it to the semis. But beware folks, as ravi shastri said towards the closing moments of the match today "The Super kings are back in business. Make no mistake on that !!".
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