that's four in four for the Superkings! Steyn scoops a low full toss high down to Hussey at long-on who dives forward and takes it low. All in the dugout rush onto the field and they gather for a huddle
CSK vs RCB, 15th match at Bengaluru, IPL, Apr 28 2008 - Match Result
Quite a mysterious collapse in the end for Bangalore. Things were going along so smoothly while Jaffer and Taylor were going along but the match really turned in the 15th over. Wickets fell steadily and it was a double breakthrough by Amarnath - sending back Taylor and Jaffer - which turned the game in Chennai's favour. Bangalore choked under pressure, the experienced pair of Boucher and Kallis failed to stick around and Bangalore choked. Chennai maintained their cool and Dhoni should take credit for this.
We've got a lot of mails from you all slamming Misbah's absence. I have to agree too. Misbah's a success at this level and Bangalore could have taken the chance with him, instead of Kallis maybe.
The firm of Hayden, Hussey and Oram will leave this country undefeated.
Here's Dravid: "I thought we were in control till the 18th over. We failed to get the big over and lost too many wickets. These are the games we should win. We just made too many wickets."
Dhoni is the Man of the Match: "Most of the guys won't agree with this but we started shining the ball only after the 15th over and that's when we started getting wickets. It was swinging a bit and was getting difficult to slog. Hussey started it all and we both got together and added those crucial runs towards the end. Gony was impressive, he bowled a lot of slower balls. I am thankful that the guys are responding very well."
Dhoni was the first million dollar pick in the player auctions and he has justified that in his dual role as player and captain. SuperKings are the team to beat and it will be interesting to see how they perform now after the Trans-Tasman trio depart.
Do join us for Mumbai Indians v Kolkata Knight Riders at the Eden Gardens tomorrow. Thanks for your company and the mails of course. On behalf of our scorers Raju and Sajan, this is Kanishkaa signing off. Cheers!
he gets on his knee and tries to paddle scoop that over fine-leg, the ball catches him flush on the pads
zaheer comes out, he;s the runner for Akhil, he's carrying a niggle
he swings but can't put away a yorker, deep square leg does the fielding
he fails to put away a full toss and ends up placing it to midwicket
It gets worse for Bangalore here! Akhil clubs a low full toss down to long-on, he settles for a single but Praveen thinks otherwise as he charges down for the second, Akhil and him are both in the same end, quite a farcial dismissal
makes room and pushes that wide of mid-off, Raina gathers the ball and throws it flat and hard to Dhoni, Zaheer is struggling to make his ground
Oram and Dhoni have a chat
Oram fires that on the blockhole outside off and he makes room to slice it through the offside but misses
19 off 9
that's a low full toss and he makes room and carves it over gully and wide of third man
fires that on the blockhole and he gets a thick edge onto his boot
Zaheer makes room and carves a full delivery and the ball goes on the first bounce to sweeper cover
full again, he makes room and crashes this straight to the sweeper on the offside
full outside off, he pushes this one down to deep point
Praveen stays back and punches it hard to long-off
pitches on middle and leg, he tucks it to the on side
Chennai are really back in this
cartwheel! Morkel fires in an inswinging yorker, Kohli tries to swing across the line but is beaten for pace and the legstump goes for a toss and falls back by a few yards
makes room but mistimes it to the offside, Praveen is frustrated with that shot
31 off 18. Morkel runs in
he overpitches outside off and Kohli makes room and carves that down to the deep point boundary, that should ease the pressure
punches this one hard down to deep extra cover
Praveen walks in, tension here in the Bangalore dugout
Gony gets one to angle inwards from off stump, Dravid shapes to flick but the ball strikes him in line of middle and leg, Tiffen thinks about it for ages before raising the finger
he makes room and creams a full delivery to long-off
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore | |
Toss | Chennai Super Kings, elected to bat first |
Series | |
Season | 2007/08 |
Player Of The Match | |
Hours of play (local time) | 20.00 start, First Session 20.00-21.20, Interval 21.20-21.40, Second Session 21.40-23.00 |
Match days | 28 April 2008 - night (20-over match) |
T20 debut | |
Umpires | |
TV Umpire | |
Match Referee | |
Points | Chennai Super Kings 2, Royal Challengers Bangalore 0 |
Over 20 • RCB 165/10