 Deccan Chargers humble Chennai Super Kings
7th May 2008 08:00 IST
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Earlier, the Deccan bowlers responded well after Gilchrist had won the toss and inserted the hosts.
Paidikalva Vijaykumar removed Parthiv Patel (4) in the first over and his bowling colleagues ensured that the hosts did not get enough partnerships to keep going.
For the Chennai side, Suresh Raina (32), Dhoni (23) and Albie Morkel (29 not out) did bulk of the scoring.
Things could have been worse for the Chennai side had not Morkel and Manpreet Gony (15 not out of 6 balls) unleashed some lusty shots towards the fag end of the innings to swell the tally. Morkel's unbeaten 29 came off 19 balls and included two sixes besides a boundary.
Rudra Pratap Singh was the pick of the Chennai bowlers, claiming 2/12 in his three overs.
After Vijaykumar drew the first blood with his sixth delivery, RP Singh soured former India opener Krishnamachari Srikkanth's son Srikkanth Anirudha's (1) IPL debut.
Stephen Fleming (14) was contemplating steadying the ship but an airborne Rohit Sharma intercepted his full-blooded drive off Styris to cut short his stay, while Gibbs pulled off a blinder to remove Subramaniam Badrinath for a duck.
Raina was looking dangerous but Sanjay Bangar halted him in his stride and Pragyan Ojha then removed Dhoni to nip the hosts' hopes of a massive total in the match. |
