IPL5: Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings - Match Recap
A superb late onslaught from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JA-Morkel-c1613 and Srikkanth Anirudha turned the tables on Rajasthan Royals as the defending champions, Chennai Super Kings, won the low scoring, yet thrilling contest by four wickets.
With rain around, Dhoni elected to field after winning the toss and restricted the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rajasthan-c837 Royals to a meagre total of just 126 for 6 in their quota of twenty overs. But the Royals looked to take the game away from Dhoni and men when the star-studded Chennai
batting line-up was reduced to 84 for 6 in the 17th over, with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RA-Jadeja-c2238 being caught in the deep.
However, Albie Morkel and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Srikkanth-Anirudha-c2562 showed nerves in the tense situation with a flurry of innovative boundaries to buckle the Rajasthan bowlers under pressure. The duo shared an unbeaten stand of 43 runs from just 13 balls to take the side home
in the penultimate over, with four wickets and 11 balls to spare.
The ball failed to come onto the bat in both the innings and batsmen from both the sides struggled to produce attacking stroke-plays.
After being put into bat on a low and slow Sawai Mansingh wicket, which had little to offer to the batsmen, the Rajasthan top order failed to score runs at an impressive rate. With the wickets falling at regular intervals, Rajasthan’s scoring rate remained
less than a run a ball in the first half of their innings.
At the end of the 9th over, the hosts were struggling at 43 for 3, with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DJ-Bravo-c1379 for two fours and a six in the tenth over to ease the nerves of Royals.
But the excitement was short-lived as the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SK-Raina-c2539 at short mid-wicket on 27 off 18 balls.
The scoring rate once again fell as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/J-Botha-c1610 returned to singles. The next five overs saw the duo putting 32 runs on the board, before Jadeja bowled out Botha on the first ball of the 18th over. Hodge then paced up the scoring
rate with two fours and a six before being trapped lbw by Ashwin in the next over to leave 115 for 6 on the board.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/BW-Hilfenhaus-c1204 was the star performer for Chennai last night with startling figures of 2 for 8 in his quota of four overs, including a maiden over as well. Yo Mahesh also claimed two wickets while Jadeja and Ashwin shared one wicket apiece.
Hilfenhaus was adjudged as the Man of the Match for setting the foundation for a four-wicket win for the Super Kings.
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