Bravo blasts Chennai Super Kings to victory
Chennai Super Kings got their title defence back on track with a chase that covered the spectrum from blue to yellow and all the colours in between against Cape Cobras
Chennai Super Kings got their title defence back on track with a chase that covered the spectrum from blue to yellow and all the colours in between against Cape Cobras
Scorer: Sanjay Murari | Commentator: Sidharth Monga
Dwayne Bravo is MoM. He says: "Today was a great day for us. I was backing my ability. Steyn bowled just one bad ball and got on top of it. I have worked hard on my bowling in the nets, changed my action a bit. Happy now, I am enjoying my cricket now. Hope this continues later in the tournament."
Justin Kemp: "Good game. we were right up there until the 18th over. Took something special from Bravo. We would have liked to score more at the back end, but I think the Chennai boys bowled pretty well with the old ball. We bowled well, but it was always going to come down to the last couple of overs, and they have a big batting line-up. A couple of mistakes here and there...
MS Dhoni: "Of course it was [the heart, pounding]. It was a big game. If we had lost, it would have become very difficult. 145 was a very good effort by our bowlers, who capitalised really well when they lost a couple of wickets at the wrong time. The dew did play a part. very time you rotated the strike, the ball came back wet. We neglected the importance of singles at the start."
So Chennai are back to pulling off close ones. Chennai won this game in 5.4 overs. Cobras scored just 21 off their last four overs, and Chennai looted 23 off their last 10 balls. The deluge began with a slower one from Steyn that horribly went wrong. I know the yorker is a tough delivery - takes a lot of skill and is also takes a lot out physically - but I don't see nearly enough yorkers nowadays
17 came off the last over. Cobras scored only 21 off their last four. That's where the game was won and lost. Langeveldt comes back. Only five to defend
Third man goes back, mid-off comes on
Chennai Super Kings got their title defence back on track with a chase that covered the spectrum from blue to yellow and all the colours in between against Cape Cobras
Group A | |||||
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Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
NSW | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0.627 |
MI | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -0.28 |
T&T | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.176 |
COBRA | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.229 |
CSK | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -0.712 |
Group B | |||||
Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
SOM | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -0.557 |
RCB | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.325 |
KKR | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.306 |
WAR | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.246 |
SOA | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -0.533 |
Qualifying Tournament Pool A | |||||
Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
SOM | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0.3 |
KKR | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -0.225 |
AUCK | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -0.075 |
Qualifying Tournament Pool B | |||||
Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
T&T | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1.659 |
RU | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -0.275 |
LEICS | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1.375 |