Chennai Super Kings v Royal Challengers Bangalore: We have the firepower to chase anything - Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mahendra-Singh-Dhoni-c73820, has complete faith in his batting side after they chased down a massive total of 175 runs against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB).
As a result of the win, CSK have cemented their place in the finals of the Indian Premier League (IPL).
Dhoni, the 29-year-old wicket-keeper batsman who was riding high with confidence, stated that CSK have been in similar circumstances before and they showed character by emerging victorious in such a situation once again.
“It was a difficult target, but we have been in similar situations, and we have the belief that we can win these games. We know as a team we have the firepower to chase anything,” said the wicket-keeper batsman.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SK-Raina-c2539 was the protagonist for CSK as he guided his side to a six wicket victory. He played a match winning innings of 73 runs from 50 deliveries.
CSK skipper was content with the pains of Raina and believed he made things easy for other batsmen.
Dhoni said, “We believed that we could do it but you can say I was not 100% confident. This was a good scenario where the set batsmen (Raina) kept on going, and the others chipped around him.”
RCB set a mammoth total for Chennai to chase down and CSK did not start of as they would have hoped for, as the opening combination of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/M-Vijay-c1867 failed miserably. Both the openers were back at pavilion in second over with just seven
runs on board.
Raina, who came to bat at the number three position, was on song from the start. The left-handed batsman stayed till the end, ensuring victory for his side.
Things looked grim for the reigning champions when they required 58 runs from 24 deliveries.
Raina, however, was unfazed as he had conviction over his abilities. The left-handed batsman made full use of the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Short-c90107 boundaries and blasted his way to victory.
Raina articulated, “It was an important game for us, I knew I had to do well. I was not thinking about the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adam-Griffith-c919 ones when the ball was in the zone. I was just looking to play till the 20th over.”
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