http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Faf-du-Plessis-c1427 thrilled with last-ball win – Cricket News Roundup – April 13, 2012 – Part 2
Chennai Super Kings opener, Faf du Plessis, believes that their last-ball win against Royal Challengers Bangalore could be a major turning point for his team.
Chasing 206 to win, the Super Kings were always struggling despite du Plessis (71) providing the team with a solid base. With 43 needed from the final two overs, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/R-Vinay-Kumar-c2237.
“We actually said this is going to be the turning point, so it gives us massive confidence in the games to come. Bangalore is a good team, so to beat them like that was fantastic," said the South African at the post match conference.
Kings XI http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Simon-James-Marshall-c90362 for the team’s first victory of this year’s Indian Premier League.
After losing their opening two matches, the Punjab franchise were desperately in need of a win, and managed to topple Pune http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SE-Marsh-c2470, helping their team to an easy 7-wicket win.
"Dimitri was spot on and challenged the batsmen all the time,” said Gilchrist before lauding Marsh’s contribution, “If you take a whole lot of things into account, [then] he is the most successful batsman in the IPL history."
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http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Harris-c61739 was in scintillating form in the opening Test win against the Windies, scoring an unbeaten 68 and 4, while taking a total of 5 wickets in the match – helping him to earn the Player of the Match accolade. Despite his career threatened by injuries, the pacer has set sights on the upcoming two fixtures.
“I feel as if I'm going really well, feel strong and I want to be a part of this team and squad for as long as I can,” said Harris.
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