MS Dhoni’s Journey On and Off the Field
In a match which say hail storms stoppig it during the second innings, Chennai Super Kings won by Duckworth-Lewis rule. they were supposed to have scored 52 and they were at 55 for no loss (thus winning by 3 runs)
Earlier, Kolkata Knight Riders did not play that well and could only muster a score of 149 in 20 overs. Shahrukh Khan was present as always.
In reply Chennai Super Kings were at 55/0 in 8 overs when hail storms invaded the Eden Gardens.
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Jayasuriya’s 47 ball 114 not out led to an emphatic victory of Mumbai Indians in their IPL match against the Chennai Super Kings.
Tendulkar who was playing his first IPL match did not contribute much with bat but was witness to spectacular fireworks by Jayasuriya.
Chennai Super Kings did not have a good start and the batsman made it look as if the pitch was very difficult to play. Last few overs heroics by Dhoni and Badrinath helped them psot a decent total of 156/6.
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Late heroics from Irfan Pathan could not save the day for Kings XI Punjab as they lost second time in this IPL to Chennai Super Kings.
Chasing a total of 181 set by Chennai Super Kings, Kings XI Punjab could only manage 163.
Highlight of the day was the comeback of Laxmipathi Balaji who took the first hattrick of IPL in the last over of the innings.
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In a match which went down to the last ball, Badrinath of Chennai Super Kings held his nerve to score the winning runs over Delhi Daredevils.
Dhoni this time changed something from the start and that was to win the toss and decide to field first. A change which transformed the luck for Chennai Super Kings.
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Rajasthan Royals handed a humiliating defeat to Chennai Super Kings.
Bowling Chennai Super Kings out for a paltry 109, Rajasthan Royals reached the target in just 14 odd overs with 8 wickets to spare.
Loss of Hayden and Hussey seems to showing badly on the Chennai Super Kings as their batting has failed to fire in the last two matches (the ones they played without Hussey and Hayden).
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Chennai Super Kings lost to Delhi DareDevils in a match which became one sided due to Virendra Sehwag’s innings of 71.
Chennai Super kings won the toss and elected to bat. They could not put an imposing total as they would have wanted and were restricted to 169 in 20 overs. I guess they missed Hayden and Hussey who have delivered extremely good results in the past.
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MS Dhoni’s cool image was further strengthened by his team’s victory over Bangalore Royal Challengers in one of the most exciting matches of the IPL so far.
The pitch seemed very bowler friendly with nice bounce and swing for the seamers late till the 17th over of the Chennai super Kings innings. Then it was all Dhoni and he blasted the bowlers all round the park to take Chennai Super Kings to a respectable and defendable total of 178/5.
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It was an emphatic win by MS Dhoni led Chennai Super Kings over Ganguly led Kolkatta Knight Riders.
Dhoni was mildly critical of his bowlers during the toss chat with Ravi Shastri. After winning the toss, Kolkata Knight Riders chose to bat first.
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It was a nail biting finish, a trade mark T20 game, which saw Joginder Sharma keeping his cool in the last over to help Chennai Super Kings win a thrilling match in Chennai today.
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IPL is already a big hit. Last night saw record breaking innings from Brandon McCullum for Knight Riders to beat Bangalore Royal Challengers in a one-sided match.
Today’s match between Chennai Super Kings and Kings XI Punjab at Mohali was a much awaited game for us as Chennai Super Kings is our favorite team in this tournament (primarily due to Dhoni).
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