Chennai Super Kings v Pune http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Warriors-c861 - IPL 5 - 1st innings - Live Score and Update
Chennai Super Kings 164/5 (20/20 ov) - Pune Warriors won the toss and chose to field
Chennai: In the 24th fixture of the ongoing fifth season of the Indian Premier League (IPL), Chennai Super Kings after being put into bat have amassed a decent tally of 164 runs on the board for the loss of five wickets in 20 overs, at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai on Thursday, April 19, 2012.
Pune, who have three wins from five games, must be looking to better their record in the tournament this year by beating the defending champions, a side which is only a shadow of its former self.
Chennai, though not too far away from Pune, as they have two wins from five games will fall furthers in the pits of h**l if they get beaten by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sourav-Chandidas-Ganguly-c90746 led Pune.
Meanwhile, Chennai came out with a plan against Pune as they knew that they would have to post a tough total on the board to humble the raging Warriors in order to prevail in front of home crowd.
And in the absence of Pune’s top pacer, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ashok-Dinda-c1098, Chennai knew they had a fancy chance to bolstering a massive total on the board.
“We have played reasonably well, we are happy with the performance. It has been a balanced performance, we need to be more consistent. These are still early days and we need to play well on this Chennai wicket that looks good for 40 overs of cricket. Dinda is out and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Murali-Kartik-c78034 is in,” said Ganguly.
Chennai got off to a flying start as openers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Subramaniam-Badrinath-c91587 staggered a stupendous opening stand of 116 runs as they shredded the bowling attack.
It was then http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Marlon-Nathaniel-Samuels-c74804 who finally got both the batsmen out in the same over. du Plessis was the first wicket to fall, as he perished after belting an innings of 58 runs, then Badrinath faltered on the penultimate delivery of the over with 57 runs to his name.
Skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028, remained not out with an innings of 28 runs to his name as the side managed to post a daunting total on the board.
Pune will now have to bat with a solid plan in order to grab a difficult win from the match as Chennai have the firepower in their bowling attack to rattle Pune well within the required target.
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