Chennai Super Kings put up 152 run total: Chennai Super Kings v Kochi Tuskers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kerala-c803 – 1st Innings Report
The Chennai Super Kings had one of the best home records in the Indian Premier League and they looked to keep that statistic intact when they played host to the Kochi Tuskers Kerala at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, for the 64th match of the Indian
Premier League, on May 18, 2011.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Parthiv-Ajay-Patel-c80778, his Kochi Tuskers Kerala counterpart, made their on to the pitch for the toss, after which Dhoni opted to bat the first innings, hoping to put up a defendable total in the 20 overs.
The unpredictable http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RP-Singh-c87028 in the first over of the match.
Vijay took the initiative as he raced his way to 16 runs from 10 deliveries before Singh claimed the match’s first wicket, when his delivery crashed into the stumps and sent the bails flying.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/S-Sreesanth-c2398 had Raina walking back to the pavilion in the sixth over.
Badrinath did not stay long either as his knock came to an abrupt end on the 10th delivery he faced. Singh took a neat catch, sending Badrinath off as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Brad-Hodge-c1184 celebrated the wicket.
Hussey had been batting sensibly the entire time and kept the score board ticking yet he could not seem to shift up a gear as Jadeja took his wicket in the 15th over.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/WP-Saha-c2800 had been given an opportunity to show his cricketing ability and the batsman did not disappoint. He put together his side’s best performance in the match with a well paced unbeaten, 46 run knock that came in a span of just 33 deliveries.
The home fans had been hoping for another Dhoni special but in the end the collective groan summed up the crowd’s mood when their skipper fell cheaply to a clever delivery from Jadeja in the 17th over.
Luckily Saha was on top of his game and he took control of the match. With the help from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JA-Morkel-c1613, he managed to add 36 more runs to the score.
In the end the Chennai Super Kings had a decent total of 152 runs to defend in the second innings as the Kochi Tuskers Kerala looked to gear themselves up for the chase.
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