Chennai played like champions and deserved the win, admits Harbhajan – Cricket News Update
Dejected at being knocked out of the ongoing season five of Indian Premier League with a 38-run defeat at the hands of Chennai Super Kings in the IPL-V Eliminator on Wednesday, the Mumbai Indians' skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Harbhajan-Singh-c61453, admitted that the Yellow Brigade
played much better cricket than them and deserved a win.
Speaking to media reporters after the match, Bhajji said that they did not play to their potential while Dhoni’s men played like champions.
“Chennai Super Kings have played like champions and that’s the reason they have been so successful,” said Harbhajan Singh at the post-match presentation ceremony. “They always rise to the big occasions… That’s why they have won back to back IPL titles,”
the turbanator added further.
Riding on a hefty 73-run partnership off just 29 balls between skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028 (20-ball 51) and West Indian all-rounder Dwayne Bravo (14-ball 33), the title holders posted an imposing total of 187 for 5 in their stipulated 20 overs to hand Mumbai Indians
a knock-out punch in the tournament Eliminator played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore last night.
The formidable batting line-up of Mumbai faltered miserably against the Chennai attack, as none of their batsmen, barring http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DR-Smith-c1401, could get past the 20-run individual score line. Smith’s 22-ball 38 was the only saving grace for Mumbai.
Many think that http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820’s batting line-up failed to cope up with the pressure of chasing an imposing target of 188 in the crunch game and the result could have been different had their skipper opted to bat first after winning the toss. But Bhajji backed his
decision of taking the ball first, saying, "I don't think I would have done something different after winning the toss...I would still like to chase here because it has small boundaries and it's not difficult to get ten runs in an over on the good batting
track.”
Chennai’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DJ-Bravo-c1379, who shared a whirlwind unbeaten stand of 73 runs off just 29 balls, said that batting with the Ranchi boy made things easy for him.
“Batting with Dhoni makes my job easier. I know his ability to strike the ball. It wasn’t a typical Bangalore wicket. We were very pleased with it,” said Bravo after the match.
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