Chennai Super Kings crush nemesis Mumbai Indians by 48 runs – Cricket News
With all having said and written before this much anticipated match, Chennai Super Kings outplayed the tournament favourites, Mumbai Indians, in the first qualifier of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL)
by securing a 48-run victory at Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Delhi-c780.
Mumbai having a better record against Chennai were certainly backed by most, while Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s squad, which had not appeared as a force in this tournament, was certainly rated as the underdogs. However,
Chennai have shown once again that when it comes to playing the crunch matches, they are second to none. The side which has appeared in all the knockout games since the inception of the domestic tournament, stamped their authority stronger than ever in this
clash.
The Gods were on their side right from the beginning as they won the toss and then went for their strength by choosing to bat.
Openers Michael Hussey and Murali Vijay were outstanding, as the two batsmen launched an early onslaught by hammering the bowlers everywhere. It was imperative for Chennai to put the opposition under pressure
right from the start to rattle http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820’s competitive bowling attack.
On the other hand, Mumbai were just not in their zone, as the bowlers looked out of form, bowling a string of bad deliveries which gave the batting pair more confidence.
Chennai’s openers posted a stand of 52, after which Vijay was removed by Kieron Pollard with 23 runs to his name.
Hussey was then joined by Suresh Raina and the duo remained unbeaten until the end of the innings, taking the side to a massive score of 192, with Hussey on 86 and Raina on a splendid 82 off 42.
Mumbai’s flamboyant bowling attack was left in ruins by Chennai’s top-order, as bowlers like Lasith Malinga, Harbhajan Singh and Mitchell Johnson went wicketless.
Chasing a huge target, Mumbai required a big start; however, things did not go according to plan as they lost their first wicket with only 12 runs on the board with opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Aditya-Tare-c932 perishing on seven.
The second-wicket partnership between Dwayne Smith and Dinesh Karthik was the highlight of the Mumbai innings as the score reached 87 when the duo was in the middle. However, after the departure of Smith for
68, the Mumbai batting line-up fell like a deck of cards, consequently perishing with only 144 runs on the board in 18.4 overs.
Hussey was named as the Player of the Match for his impressive knock.
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