IPL 2012 – All-rounder Jadeja leads Chennai to their first win
Like their last match against Mumbai Indians, Chennai Super Kings failed to make a decent start against Deccan Chargers once again. Thanks to lofty hitting by du Plesis, Chennai’s poor start was given some momentum. Super Kings, who are looking for a hat-trick of title championship, totally dominated the game. Although they lost wickets at regular intervals, they managed to register a handsome win over Hyderabad.
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| Ravindra Jadeja celebrates the wicket of Dale Steyn, DC v CSK, IPL 2012 |
Australia’s T20 Captain and now in the same role for chargers, Cameron White won the toss and invited Super Kings for bat. And decision wasn’t wrong as Chennai lost their first wicket on the fifth ball of the first over. It was du Plesis who kicked Chennai’s total well before got out on 39 after hitting 4 sixes.That was an awesome one-hand catch at long-on else just a pin short to another DLF maximum SIX.
Before Vizag witnessed a dazzling show of CSK T20 expert – Raina’s inning, Daniel Christian sent him back to pavilion. Though, Badrinath’s role was to keep the Run Rate balanced but arrival of two Billion Dollar boy – Ravindra Jadeja filled up energy in the scenario.
As expected, Jadeja rocked with bat and scored 2-runs short half century before an unfortunate hit wicket for oneself. A funny scenario to be witnessed. Later, Bravo joined the show and ended Chennai inning with a SIX before scoring 43 off 18 balls with 5 huge sixes.
Deccan got a target of 194 runs to win the contest at home conditions. And they started-off with a boundary to Ashwin. As match progressed, wicket started providing help to spin.
Neither Super Kings provided room for runs nor Chargers committed mistakes for a wicket. As a result, T20 contest became slower than a Test match. Super Kings were electrifying in fielding. Though, none of any player from Chargers scored much.
After getting good start, Shikhar Dhawan (21), Parthiv Patel (20) and Cameron White (23) were failed to convert the inning in a big total. They lost four wickets within 14 runs and turned the game for Super Kings. In 17.1 overs, Super Kings registered their first win in the tournament.
Neither Super Kings provided room for runs nor Chargers committed mistakes for a wicket. As a result, T20 contest became slower than a Test match. Super Kings were electrifying in fielding. Though, none of any player from Chargers scored much.
After getting good start, Shikhar Dhawan (21), Parthiv Patel (20) and Cameron White (23) were failed to convert the inning in a big total. They lost four wickets within 14 runs and turned the game for Super Kings. In 17.1 overs, Super Kings registered their first win in the tournament.
Summarized Scores:
Chennai Super Kings 193/6 (Ravindra Jadeja 48, Dwayne Bravo 43*, Dale Steyn 2/25) beat Deccan Chargers 119 (Cameron White 23, Shikhar Dhawan 21, Ravindra Jadeja 5/16) by 74 runs.
