Chennai Super Kings v Rajasthan Royals: second innings report – Part 1
The Chennai Super Kings had a great chance to add another two points to their tally when the Rajasthan Royals stuttered to a 147 run total in the first innings of the Indian Premier League’s 43rd match on May 4.
Super Kings’ bowlers Albie Morkel and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Murali-Vijay-c78035 with the task of keeping their side’s run rate at 7.5 runs per over, which by T20 standards can be termed
‘shaky ground’ for the bowling side.
The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rajasthan-c837 Royals’ bowlers knew they had it all to do and the thoughts of taking a few early wickets was surely to have been on the mind of Nayan Doshi as he stormed in to bowl the first over.
Bowling a tight line Doshi had Vijay on the back foot but a loose delivery on the last ball of the over ruined all his hard work after the batsman sent it racing over the ropes for the inning’s first boundary.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Johan-Botha-c67173 bowled a very successful over right after when he gave away just three runs and took the early wicket his side so desperately needed. Pitching the ball at full length Vijay could do nothing as the umpire raised his finger in response to Botha’s
leg before wicket appeal.
The Rajasthan side had their early breakthrough and they looked to push on as Suresh Raina made his way on to the crease as the next batsman in.
Shane http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Watson-c96326 found his first over to be slightly more expensive than the Australian bowler would have liked as he went for eight runs, owing largely to a Michael Hussey boundary on the last delivery of the over.
Botha was livid at the end of the fourth over when the Rajasthan Royal’s fielding left him conceding 10 runs, five of which were gifted to the Super Kings in the form of overthrows.
Raina and Hussey continued to trouble the Rajasthan bowlers, as they took the run rate up to 7.57 run per over by the end of the seventh over. Shane Warne introduced himself in to the attack.
By the end of the 10th over the Chennai Super Kings were in a solid position to go on and win the match as they had 73 runs on the board and the required run rate and the Super Kings run rate were in line at 7.50 and 7.30 runs per over respectively.
Royals’ skipper Shane Warne knew his side desperately needed a wicket and hoped the next 10 overs would be more fruitful for his side.
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