Monday, 2 May 2011

Chennai Super Kings beat Deccan Chargers by 19 runs

The Chennai Super Kings continued their winning run at home defeating the Deccan Charges by 19 runs and climb to 4th in the Indian Premier League table. A brilliant fifty of Suresh Raina & Mike Hussey's 44 runs gave them a fantastic start and fireworks of  Abbie Morkal at the end leads Chennai to set a target of 165.
In reply, the Deccan Chargers knocked off 64 runs in 6 overs thanks to Sunny Sohal’s 30 ball 56, but fell short by 19 runs as the other batsmen didn’t make use of the good start.
Dhoni made some smart bowling changes and his bowlers led by Albie Morkel (3/38 and 19 off 6 balls), Doug Bollinger (2/26) and Ravichandran Ashwin (0/23 off 4 overs) bowled well in the final overs as CSK notched up their fifth win eight matches and are now fourth in the points table.
But mainly, fielding made the difference between Deccan Chargers and Chennai Super Kings on Sunday. While the Chargers had to pay for dropping a few genuine chances from the bats of Mike Hussey and Suresh Raina, CSK were brilliant in the field, refused to give up and made it difficult for the Hyderabad players to chase down a formidable target of 166.

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