IPL5: Mumbai Indians annihilate Chennai Super Kings courtesy of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Richard-Levi-c2315 – Cricket News Update
The Mumbai Indians have made their intentions clear, as they annihilated the defending champions, the Chennai Super Kings, in the first game of Indian Premier League season five.
MI chased down the total of 112 inside 17 overs, as fans at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, saw Chennai, their home side, suffer an eight-wicket defeat.
Richard Levi, the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757, lived up to his reputation of a hard-hitting batsman, as he bludgeoned 50 runs, which included six fours and three sixes, from just 35 deliveries.
The young South African sensation was bestowed with the Man of the Match honours for his innings that paved the way for an easy win.
Levi said that the MI batting maestro http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Tendulkar-c2556, who was retired hurt after being struck on the finger, encouraged him to play his natural game, which paid off as the ball was coming on to the bat nicely.
The explosive opening batter thanked the Chennai crowd for acknowledging good cricket. He said, “The crowd was very friendly and supported good cricket. The ball was coming onto the bat and I could play my shots. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Chinnadupargea-Sachin-c50607 was very calm and encouraged me to
play my shots. Sachin seems to be fine for the next match.”
The newly appointed skipper of MI, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Harbhajan-Singh-c61453, had a good start to his captaincy reign. The off-spinner won the toss and opted to field first and this decision proved to be fruitful for the visitors, as the MI bowlers were able to put a leash on the
strong CSK batting line-up.
CSK crumbled under the pressure of playing at home, as their batsmen never got off their strides. Apart from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SK-Raina-c2539, the left-handed batsman, no one in the CSK ranks posed any threat to the Mumbai Indians bowling attack. The left-handed batter scored
36 runs which was the highest individual score for CSK in the match.
Mumbai Indians will host the Pune http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Warriors-c861 in their next fixture of IPL5. The match will take place on Friday, April 6. On the other hand, Chennai Super Kings will travel to Visakhapatnam where they will face the Deccan Chargers on Saturday, April 7.
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