Chennai Super Kings are back to their winning ways as they crush Pune Warriors by 25 runs in IPL4 match-29 that was played at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai on Monday, April 25.
The hosts were able to defend a low total of 142 runs and are now placed at fourth spot just below third ranked Kolkata Knight Riders, who are on the same points but lead on the basis of a better run rate.
Pune made a couple of changes in their squad for the match. Manish Pandey was back in the outfit after serving a four match ban. Wayne Parnell lost the confidence of management and was replaced by New Zealandcricketer Nathan McCullum. The visitors went for extra pace on this track and thus Jerome Taylor also got a chance to play. The hosts made just one change as they left Joginder Sharma out and replaced him with left-arm spinner Shadab Jakati.
Pune’s skipper Yuvraj Singh won the toss and forced Chennai to bat first. Yuvraj was of the view that dew will affect the bowling in the second innings and he also hoped that Taylor can generate some extra bounce off the pitch early on. However, lady luck was on Chennai side as their opening combination despite looking wobbly was able to provide them with a solid foundation.
India’s local boy Murali Vijay and Australian Michael Hussey, openers for CSK, had close calls in the opening few overs as a couple of outside edges went away from the wicket-keepers reach down to the boundaries. Vijay was the first man to be dismissed at the score on 64 out of which 31 were made by the Indian.
Second wicket stand did not last long as Suresh Raina’s dismal form with the bat continued. The left-hander could only muster 2 runs from four deliveries. Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Hussey put on a crucial partnership of 52 runs for the third wicket.
CSK lost a cluster of wickets between the 17th and 18th over, thus hindering their scoring rate. The hosts only managed to score 23 runs from last three overs.
Pune stuttered while chasing a tricky total. Morne Morkel was too hot to handle early on as he got rid of Mohnish Mishra in the third over. Mishra’s partner Jesse Ryder fell from the other end at the hands ofRavichandran Ashwin.
The visitors lost a couple of wickets at the score on 40 from that point onwards they were chasing shadows. Though, a couple of good partnerships of 38 and 31 runs for the fifth and sixth wicket fashioned some interest in the match. However, requiring 37 runs from 12 deliveries proved to be a tough task for Yuvraj and once he got out on third ball of the 19th over it was all over for the visitors.
Hussey’s innings won him the Man of the Match award.
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