Mahendra Singh Dhoni praises Michael Hussey for his match-winning knock – Cricket News
After Chennai Super Kings’ spectacular victory against their arch nemesis, Mumbai Indians, the skipper was quick to praise the Player of the Match, Michael Hussey, for his exuberant knock of 86 runs which was a game changer at
the jam packed Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Delhi-c780.
“We always tell our players that when you get a start, you need to grab it. Hussey gave us a good start but Raina gave us the edge in the middle of the innings,” said the Chennai skipper.
After Chennai openers Hussey and Murali Vijay gave their side an impressive stand of 52 runs, it was Suresh Raina who joined the party after the departure of Vijay (23) and crafted an unbeaten partnership alongside Hussey to leave
Mumbai clueless.
While Hussey was outstanding with the bat, Raina was not far behind, as he hammered a brilliant knock of 82 runs off just 42 deliveries to see his side pile an intimidating score of 192 on the board.
With an impressive past record against Chennai, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820 were dubbed as the favourites before the contest. However, Chennai went in the match with an astounding record of playing every qualifier since the inception of this mega tournament.
Praising the crowd at Feroz Shah Kotla, the Chennai skipper said, “We had a decent support last time we played in Delhi. Always good to have the support.”
With this 48-run win, Chennai have roared their way into the final and are once again all set to lift the tournament for the second time.
Meanwhile, the losing skipper Rohit Sharma in the post-match ceremony hoping for a comeback in the next encounter said, “There's always a second chance, but disappointed the way we played. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Dinesh-c54134 and I got out at the wrong time,
had a wonderful start but didn't capitalise. Kolkata will be a different surface but we have had a good set of results there so hope it goes well.”
Mumbai will now face either http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hyderabad-c792 in the second qualifier on 24 May, at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. If they manage to pull off a win, they will be facing Chennai once again in the final at Eden Gardens
on the May, 26.
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