IPL5: Chennai Super Kings V Royal Challengers Bangalore - Match Recap - Belligerent http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JA-Morkel-c1613 takes CSK home in the last ball thriller
Albie Morkel blasted the penultimate over of the Chennai Super Kings innings, plundering three sixes and two fours off http://www.senore.com/Cricket/V-Kohli-c2737, in an over that went for 28, and this led the host to script an incredible five-wicket win over the Royal Challengers Bangalore
on the last ball of the 13th match of the ongoing IPL5 played at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on Thursday, April12, 2012.
The improbable 206-run chase was spearheaded by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/M-Vijay-c1867, with the bulk of the runs coming from the bat of the former. Vijay departed
in the seventh over for 11, after offering a return catch to Muttiah Muralitharan.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SK-Raina-c2539 came next and played a cameo of 23 runs, hitting three boundaries and a six, before mistiming Murali to Bhatkal in the 11th over, to leave the hosts at 88 for 2. Mahendra Singh Dhoni moved himself up the order, and came into bat at
number four, playing a captain’s knock of 41 runs from 24 balls. Meanwhile, the hosts lost the well settled du Plessis, who was caught by Virat Kohli on long-on off spin wizard http://www.senore.com/Cricket/M-Muralitharan-c1864.
The defending champions looked out of the game when skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028 departed on the last ball of the 18th over to leave the Chennai Super Kings needing 43 runs from 12 balls.
The next batsman, Albie Morkel had other ideas and turned the tables on the tourists by hitting 28 runs off the first six balls he faced. Although the South African was sent back by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/R-Vinay-Kumar-c2237 in the next over, leaving the host needing 14 off the final
four balls, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DJ-Bravo-c1379 kept his nerves and finished it off.
Muralitharan claimed three wickets for 21 runs in his quota of 4 overs, while http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Z-Khan-c98379 and Vinay Kumar shared a wicket each.
Earlier the Royal Challengers Bangalore rode on Chris Gayle’s blistering 68 off just 35 balls to set a massive total of 205 for 8. The explosive http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 opener was well complimented by Virat Kohli, who scored a 46-ball 57. The belligerent duo shared
a 109-run stand for the second wicket to ensure that they were the first ones to cross the 200-run mark in the ongoing season.
RCB were 198 for 4 in the penultimate over. They seemed destined to score more than 205, but four wickets in Doug Bollinger’s final over did not allow the tourists to cross 200 until Vinay Kumar struck a six off the final ball.
This was Chennai’s second win of the season and they have played four games. They will play the Pune http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rajasthan-c837 Royals at home this Sunday.
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