IPL5: Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders - Match Recap
Needing five runs off the final ball, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DJ-Bravo-c1379 lofted Rajat Bhatia’s low full toss delivery for a six over the long-on boundary to bag Chennai Super Kings a thrilling five-wicket win over Kolkata Knight Riders and keep their hopes of making the tournament
playoffs alive.
Chasing a mediocre total of 158 for 6, set by Kolkata Knight Riders at their home ground, Eden Gardens on Monday night, Dhoni’s Super Kings dominated the game for ten overs, as openers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/M-Vijay-c1867 provided them with an explosive 97-run
opening stand from just 10.1 overs.
However, Sunil Narine’s double strike in the 11th over, removing openers Hussey and Vijay in space of three balls, changed the game bringing the hosts back in the match. Hussey, who was later named as the Man of the Match, scored a 39-ball 56,
studded with four fours and as many sixes, while Vijay plundered five boundaries and a six in his 36-run knock off 25 balls.
After losing hard-hitting http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028 kept the Super Kings well into the game. Du Plessis' dismissal on the first ball of 18th over, with 32 required off 17 balls,
did change the momentum of the game a bit, but three blistering boundaries struck by the visiting skipper off Marchant de Lang’s penultimate over made Chennai favourites once again.
But the momentum swung swiftly in KKR’s way after inexperienced http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RA-Jadeja-c2238 and scored a double and single leaving it up to Bravo to score the
five runs off the last two deliveries. The West Indian missed a heave of the fifth ball before Bhatia offered him a low full toss delivery, which Bravo hit sky high to plunder a match-winning six.
Earlier, Chennai Super Kings had won the toss and keeping in view the overcast conditions, opted to bowl first. But the damp conditions did not bother the KKR skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/G-Gambhir-c1447, who plundered three sixes and six boundaries in his 43-ball 62 to provide
the side with an impressive launch pad, with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/BB-McCullum-c1129 supporting him from the other end.
The Knight Riders were cruising as they reached 99 without loss in the 12th over, before McCullum’s run-out sparked a turnaround. Gambhir followed his opening partner the next over after being bowled by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shadab-Jakati-c2475. Experienced South African
batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JH-Kallis-c1692 could score only four runs before Jakati sent him packing in the 15th over to leave the tourists struggling at 111 for 3. The rest of the batsmen failed to get past the 20-run mark, as Kolkata Knight Riders amassed 158 for
6 in their stipulated 20 overs.
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