Dhoni credits Bravo for the last-ball win over KKR – Cricket News Update
The Chennai Super Kings' skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DJ-Bravo-c1379 after the latter took the defending champions home against Kolkata Knight Riders with a last ball six.
Last night’s IPL match played at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata, featuring title holders Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders swung wildly right up to the last ball. Needing five runs off the final delivery, the Super Kings
looked almost out of the game before Dwayne Bravo smashed a low full-toss off http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rajat-Bhatia-c83456 for a six over long-on to take the tourists to a thrilling five-wicket win and keep their hopes of making the tournament playoffs alive.
Speaking to the media reporters at the post-match presentation ceremony, the Ranchi boy, who had holed out on the second ball of the final over to leave the side in tatters, thanked the West Indian for showing nerves in the tense
situation.
“There will be close matches, but what is important is to learn from them,” said the Chennai skipper after the five-wicket win over Knight Riders, at Eden Gardens, Kolkata on Monday night.
“You will make mistakes, but it is important that you do not repeat the mistake…What I can say is, thanks to Bravo…Without him, we would have lost this game,” the wicketkeeper batsman reckoned.
The Chennai skipper feels that the 11th over of their chase, bowled by KKR’s West Indies import http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sunil-Philip-Narine-c91869 added thrill to the game.
“In games like this, it is always difficult to finish…Today, till the 11th over we were cruising…Then, in just one over the match changes,” said Dhoni referring to Narine’s double strike in 11th over, in which he removed
well settled openers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/M-Vijay-c1867 in space of three balls.
“That one over from Narine, where we lost two wickets, changed the game and that Knight Riders were back in the match. That was one of the reasons why the match went to the last ball,” the CSK skipper added further.
The defending champions will next play Kings XI http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Punjab-c833 on May 17, in what would be their last game of the league stage.
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