Both Mumbai and Chennai wanted to win for pride, says Dinesh http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kommu-Karthik-c71642 – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820 Indians wicketkeeper batsman Dinesh Karthik has said that despite knowing their match against Chennai Super Kings, here at New Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg last night, was nothing more than a dead rubber, they were desperate to win the match for pride.
Saturday night’s match between Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings was declared inconsequential even before the first ball of the match was bowled, following local outfit, Highveld http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Yorkshire-c867 earlier in the day. But both the sides showed a tough fight to win before Dhoni led Chennai eked out a narrow six-run win in the high-scoring encounter.
“It was important for both the teams, and both wanted to win out of pride. Both play in the IPL, so we got a fight going on. It was good to play an important game and a game that had a close finish,” Mumbai’s Dinesh Karthik said during a post-match media interaction.
“We’re two IPL teams and we’ve a history of competing against each other so it was important for us to do the best that we can,” the wicketkeeper batsman added further.
After winning the toss, Mumbai’s skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028.
The defending champions started their run chase in an unimpressive way, losing openers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ravindra-c84236 Jadeja's double strike in the final over, ensured it was Chennai’s day.
“At the end of the day it was a very good game,” said Karthik whose pugnacious 74 went in vain, as Super Kings won the match by six runs. “This is great for CLT20, it is just the fact that close games happen,” he added further.
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