IPL 5 - Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Daredevils – Eliminator Match Preview
Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Daredevils will be up against each other on Friday in the second eliminator of Indian Premier League's 5th season, at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai.
These two teams have had a contrasting season as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Delhi-c780 played some exceptional cricket and finished at the top of the points table because of its strong batting-line-up. The Daredevils have been easily the best team of the tournament along with Kolkata Knight
Riders this year.
Chennai, on the other hand, has been below par in the on-going season and has depended on other teams to qualify for the play-offs. The defending champions have struggled to post big totals on the board throughout the tournament and batting has been their
major worry.
However, just like every great team, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Harbhajan-Singh-c61453 and company in all the departments of the game.
Dhoni rose to the occasion and scored a brilliant half-century to lead his team from the front. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DJ-Bravo-c1379 also showed some tremendous form. The franchise is peaking at the right time and is now a strong candidate
to clinch the title for the third time in a row.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Stephen-Paul-Fleming-c91190, former Kiwi skipper and the Super Kings’ coach, is delighted with his team’s showing on Wednesday but understands that it is going to be a massive challenge for the side to repeat such an outstanding performance without much of a break on
Friday.
"We hadn't played as good as we could have. A bit of composure at the start of the innings and flair towards the end encouraged us going into the next qualifying match against Delhi Daredevils at home. Repeating same performance is not all that easy. We
will work hard on that in next 24 hours," Fleming expressed.
After a smooth progress in the league stage of the tournament, the Daredevils were dismantled by Kolkata in the play-off fixture. The only drawback for Delhi in the current season has been its reliance on the individual brilliance of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/V-Sehwag-c2739 and
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DA-Warner-c1301.
Delhi’s vice-captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DPMD-Jayawardene-c1397 has admitted that his team made some mistakes in the match against the Knight Riders but claimed that the Daredevils will raise their game in the crucial match against Chennai.
The middle-order batsman said, "We have to admit that we didn't get our tactics right. Kolkata played a very good game and in T20 if you make mistakes it is very difficult to make a comeback. We have played with this combination and won 11 games. It's a
matter of executing a plan, and we have executed it throughout the season."
Delhi has a clear edge when it comes to top-order batting but Chennai’s all-round skill makes it a brilliant unit and can be extremely difficult to beat when in full flow. In a ‘do or die’ match like this, the big players from both the teams will have to
fire.
The Daredevils have played better cricket in the current season as compared to the Super Kings but the latter will have the home advantage in the deciding match.
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