MS Dhoni showers praise on resilient Raina
Suresh Raina and his brilliant knock against the Royal Challenger Bangalore was without a doubt the feast of the summer for the cricket fans. It definitely marked an end to the campaign of the Bangalore side with the world class spin bowler http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Anil-Kumble-c44737.
The Chennai Super Kings captain was all praises for his batsman and team mate Suresh Raina.
"Raina batted superbly well," Mahendra Singh Dhoni told journalists. "He targeted the bowlers; they kept on attacking him with short-pitched deliveries and he played great shots. Most of the time he cleared the boundary so I think it was an outstanding batting
effort by him."
Dhoni the captain who has had a dry spell during the champions league despite the fact that he has not been able to find many runs with the bat has been superb in his captaincy. Chennai Super Kings recorded a brilliant 52 run victory over the Bangalore side
who had to suffer a serious blow in the form of the injury of their spearhead fast bowler Dale Steyn.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Murali-Vijay-c78035 who had improved significantly during the past year or so and scored 41 runs in less than ideal batting conditions. They opened
batting with a slight drizzle and the outfield being considerably wet.
"He's shown improvement throughout, not only for Chennai Super Kings, but I think also in the games that he has played for the Indian cricket team," he said. "He's one of the good fielders - very safe hands you know; he doesn't drop too many catches, so
he's a real good asset to have in the side. We rely a lot on a good start, and most of the time he has capitalised on that start throughout the IPL and Champions League and he has been brilliant on the field.” http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mahendra-Singh-Dhoni-c73820 had to say about the opener
of the match
With the win over Bangalore the Chennai Super Kings are now headed into the final of the champions league Twenty20 and this is also a very good omen for the organizers of the trophy who would be happy that an IPL team has made it to the final since it would
ensure greater viewership of the match. MS Dhoni’s team has been doing superbly in the IPL as well and despite a weak start initially his team bounced back to sit on the top of the table with good IPL sides. He also admitted that the absence of the lead bowler
for Bangalore http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Dale-c52110 Steyn had proved to be a blessing in disguise for his side as they found it very easy to slog the other bowlers over the boundary. One can only hope that Dhoni and his team will find the same rhythm when they go into the final of the tournament.
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