Chennai Super Kings v Kings XI Punjab - Indian Premier League - 45th match – Live Score and Update
Chennai Super Kings 186 v Kings XI Punjab 171 - Chennai Super Kings won by 15 runs
In the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) fans saw Chennai Super Kings take the 45th match of the tournament by 15 runs against Kings XI Punjab at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai.
The star of the show was http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Punjab-c833 later gave an unimpressive performance with the bat as the Chennai bowlers were just too good for them.
Earlier, after winning the toss Chennai chose to bat first with openers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MEK-Hussey-c1942 giving their side a stand of 27 runs. However, this pair played its last on the wicket of Saha, who perished after scoring 18 runs off 18 deliveries.
Hussey was then joined by Raina and the together the two continued the batting onslaught. It was imperative for Punjab to halt this pair; however, it was only after conceding 82 runs when the fielding side struck for the second time as Chawla had Hussey
caught after the batsman knocked 35 runs off his bat.
Skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028 who before this match had had a fantastic tournament was disappointing as he lost his wicket after scoring only two runs. At the time of his dismissal, Chennai had posted 92 runs on the scoreboard.
Raina and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JA-Morkel-c1613 then forged productive partnership as the two batsmen hammered the bowlers all around the park with a hint of remorse.
The two batsmen were fantastic as they took the game away from the fielding, leading their team towards 166 runs before Morkel was caught by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Miller-c76318 after scoring 23 runs.
With a daunting score ahead of them, Punjab had a disappointing start to their innings as they lost their first wicket with only 13 on the board.
Then with 36 on the board, they lost their second wicket on the demise of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mandeep-Singh-c74122, who found his way back to the pavilion after scoring 15 runs.
E http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DA-Miller-c1300 were the only successful batsmen from Punjab with scores of 73 and 51 as the rest of the batsmen fell like a deck of cards. Punjab consequently could score only 171 for the loss of six wickets at the end of their 20 overs.
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