IPL CRICKET CHENNAI SKIPPER
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
IPL CRICKET
CHENNAI SKIPPER KING
Kolkata: The Knights finally came crashing down. After the euphoria of two victories, the reality of T20 cricket struck Kolkata Knight Riders as they went down to Chennai Super Kings at the Eden Gardens here on Tuesday. The 55-run defeat gave the Chennai side its first win of the tournament and the path to that was shown by the skipper himself.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni plundered 66 off 33 balls, taking charge of the game after his side struggled to score initially. Dhoni's blitz helped CSK reach 164 for three, a score which proved too heavy for KKR.
That KKR were bowled out for 109 in the last over, was more due to the batsmen's follies than good bowling. CSK, however, wouldn't mind that.
Wickets tumbled for KKR right from first over when Brad Hodge was caught by Ashwin off A1 bie Morkel without any runs on the home team's board. Wriddhiman Saha flourished briefly for his 22, but that wasn't enough. And when skipper Sourav Ganguly trudged back after scoring just 11 off 20 balls with the score reading 55 for five, the first of Justin Kemp's three wickets, the KKR fans knew it was almost over.
Earlier, Chennai super Kings skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni stole what could have been Shane Bond's thunder, with some lusty hitting to help the team reach 164 for three.
The score, in fact, looked impossible at one stage when the visitors were stifled by quality bowling from KKR. Struggling at 96 for three from 15 overs. CSK faced a Herculean task to reach 150. It needed a special innings. And that was produced by Dhoni, with some help from S Badrinath and also a life given by KKR wicket keeper Saha early in his innings. The duo collected an amazing 68 runs from the last five overs, leaving the KKR attack in complete disarray.
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