Gaji
Yuvraj Singh can win matches with an ask rate of 10 in the last five overs a good figure of times, but not on Monday at the MA Chidambaram Stadium.
The left-hander, who scored his only World Cup century here regarding a month back, just couldn’t find his magic touch and Chennai Super Kings reap the harvest. Yuvi huff and winded to 34 off 43 balls as Pune Warriors fell 26 runs little of the 143-run target after having the upper hand for a major part of the match.
Yuvi survive a examine leg-before decision, missed full-tosses, missed out on singles at a time when it seem that the left-hander might run away with the game. Dhoni knew if his Team India replacement got going, there was no chance at all. But the canny skipper also unspoken that Yuvi was stressed in the Chennai clamminess and he made sure that the boundaries were not given away.
The CSK fielders had a brilliant day in the field, saving boundaries out of nowhere and complete Pune fight for every run. And it was appropriate that Shadab Jakati pull off a blinder at mid-off in the 19th over to carry an end to Yuvi’s tender stay at the wicket.
The CSK bowlers too wedged to their task with Albie Morkel judgment some bowling form to come to an end with figures of 3-26. Offies R Ashwin and Suraj Randiv, too, were right on the money as the Warriors struggle in the unassuming chase.
Earlier, things look like going downward for CSK after a bright start. Openers M Vijay (31, 29b, 2x4, 1x6) and Michael Hussey (61, 48b, 4x6, 1x6) put up 64 for the first wicket but formerly the partnership was broken, the impetus was lost. Pune Warriors’ veteran South African all-rounder Alfonso Thomas (4-0-29-2) made sudden inroads to take away Vijay and Suresh Raina in quick series. The damage was done and CSK, in spite of a solid performance by Hussey, could only manage 142 for 6.
For Pune, Jerome Taylor (4-0-30-3) too came to party to take Hussey’s wicket and the final grow never happen for CSK. The pitch was a little on the slower side and it was a planned move by the CSK openers to keep wickets in hands. 66 was the lowest total in the first 10 overs for the defensive champions, but one would have probable them to carry on once they got set.
0 comments:
Post a Comment