IPL CRICKET 2010
Chennai Super Kings Vs Deccan Chargers
CSK RUN OUT OF CHARGE
Dhoni's Boys Lose To Deccan By Six Wickets To Make Things Difficult For Themselves
Nagpur: "In the shortest version, where things happen so quickly, it's all about winning the crucial moments," said Darren Lehmann, the Deccan Chargers coach ahead of their key clash against Chennai Super Kings. His wards seem to have realized that quickly as they did most of the things right to upset their fancied opponents and live to fight another day in IPL 3.
Lay by Man of the match, Ryan Harris, and Harmeet singh, the Deccan Chargers bowlers finally came to the party and exploited the conditions to the hilt as they restricted CSK to a modest score of 138 for 8.
Once the bowlers did their job, the batsmen fulfilled their part of the deal to a nicety. T suman continued from where he had left against royal Challengers bating with responsibility and autority. His crucial stand with Andrew Symonds worth 46 runs put his team on course for a thumping six-wicket victory. Both Suman (55, 44b, 4x4, 2x6) and Symonds (27,22b, 1x4, 2x6) showed their performance against Royal Challengers wasn't a fluke.
The things weren't looking good when Rohit Sharma Tyagi but the duo of Suman and Symonds kept their cool on a hot day. They ran in hard, picked up boundaries at regular intervals and showed the urgency. Their partnership gave Chargers a perfect plat form and then Symonds smashed some huge sixes to give Deccan Chargers their second successive victory.
Chennai's gamble of leaving out Muttiah Muralitharan on a truning track cost them dearly although R Ashwin justified team a chance But, in the end, Chennai just did not have enough runs to defend. With this win, the race for semifinal has become even hotter, Now both Deccan Chargers and Chennai have win their remaining matches to qualify for the semifinal. Chennai started off well as M Vijay once again looked in imperious touch, However, he hardly got enough strike in the powerplay and eventually ran himself out. It was Harmeet, who did the trick for Chargers in his first over.
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