Kolkata Knight Riders v Chennai Super Kings - Chennai grab a last ball victory - Live Score and Update
A six on the last delivery of the match by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DJ-Bravo-c1379, earned Chennai an astounding win over Kolkata Knight Riders in a closely fought match at Eden Gardens, Kolkata.
With a total of 159 runs to win, the match was up for grabs as both teams had the firepower in their arsenal to subdue the other.
However, Chennai openers, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/M-Vijay-c1867 knew just how to give their side a befitting launch pad as they clobbered KKR bowlers, smacking them out of town at will.
With the two in the middle, things were steadily heading downhill for KKR, who needed to end the partnership sooner than later in order to avoid defeat.
It was finally in the 11th over when with 97 runs on the board; Chennai suffered the demise of Hussey, who found his way off the field after scoring an innings of 56 runs.
A delivery later, the batting side saw their second wicket go down as Vijay faltered after scoring 36 runs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SK-Raina-c2539 failed to leave a mark as he vanished into oblivion after scoring a short innings of eight runs.
The departure of Raina, actually brought KKR back in the game as they now had to neutralize F du Plessis and skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028 to secure a win.
The task was comprehensively completed by Bhatia, who nabbed both of them with F du Plessis falling after scoring 13 runs and Dhoni hitting the showers after posting 28 runs.
However, they had no idea that the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 cricketer, Dwayne Bravo, was about to spoil their night as the batsman hammered an unimaginable six to leave the home side in tears.
Player of the Match, Michael Hussey in the post match ceremony while expressing great joy at the win said, “It shows that on this sort of pitch, the first six overs are crucial. It was hard to hit boundaries once the ball got older, we wanted to match the start KKR got."
Chennai are now placed at fourth spot on the points table with eight wins from 15 games, while KKR have dropped to third place with eight wins from 14 games.
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