Match Day

Report

2489dThe Report by Siddarth Ravindran

Super Kings batting might trumps Watson ton

Chennai Super Kings have more match-turning batsmen than any other side in the tournament, and that was on display yet again as they hunted down 186

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'I was half-capacity without my bowling' - Watson

Shane Watson's hundred, the first of IPL 2013, might have gone in vain as Chennai Super Kings chased down Rajasthan Royals' target of 186, but the Australian allrounder was relieved to be back among the runs and bowling once again

2908dSiddarth Ravindran

An irritated Dravid, and an off day for Jadeja

The Plays of the day from the match between Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals, in Chennai

CSK INNINGS		R	B
M Vijay	caught	3	5
MEK Hussey	run out	88	51
SK Raina	lbw	51	35
MS Dhoni	caught	21	16
RA Jadeja	bowled	0	2
DJ Bravo	not out	15	9
CH Morris	not out	1	1
S Badrinath
R Ashwin
JO Holder
MM Sharma
EXTRAS	(lb 4, w 3)
TOTAL	186 (5 wkts; 19.5 ovs)

RR BOWLING	O	R	W	Econ
A Chandila	3.0	16	1	5.33
R Shukla	2.0	24	0	12
JP Faulkner	4.0	20	3	5
KK Cooper	4.0	49	0	12.25
SK Trivedi	3.0	32	0	10.66	(1w)
SR Watson	1.5	21	0	11.45
STR Binny	2.0	20	0	10	(1w)

CSK 2nd innings Partnerships

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	22	MEK Hussey	M Vijay
2nd	90	MEK Hussey	SK Raina
3rd	42	MEK Hussey	MS Dhoni
4th	0	MS Dhoni	RA Jadeja
5th	21	MS Dhoni	DJ Bravo
6th	11	DJ Bravo	CH Morris

Indian Premier League

Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
CSK	16	11	5	22	0.53
MI	16	11	5	22	0.441
RR	16	10	6	20	0.322
SRH	16	10	6	20	0.003
RCB	16	9	7	18	0.457
PBKS	16	8	8	16	0.226
KKR	16	6	10	12	-0.095
PWI	16	4	12	8	-1.006
DC	16	3	13	6	-0.848