24th T20: Chennai XI vs Punjab XI at Chennai, Apr 25, 2015
Chennai Super Kings won by 97 runs
Chennai XI 192/3 (20)
Punjab XI 95/9 (20)
RR: 4.75
Last 12 Balls: . 1 1 . 1 1 | W . . . 1 .
Current Partnership: 0 runs, 0.1 overs, RR: 0 (Karanveer Singh, Karanveer Singh )
Last Wicket: Anureet Singh 10(20)
Brendon McCullum is the Man of the Match
Dhoni: I think it is one of the most convincing wins for us throughout the history of IPL. The spinners did really well. The wickets will get slower in the coming days. He (Nehra) has the experience and it counts. He has not slowed down with age. We need to keep him fit. All the other bowlers were also great. A very good effort from everyone, including the batters. Once you get going in the first few overs, it is the ideal platform for the middle-order. They (McCullum and Smith) back their strengths and they do it really well. They play the right kind of shots and they have done all the basics right.
Bailey: Full credit to CSK, they smothered us and outplayed us in all three facets of the game. We made things pretty difficult for ourselves and you need to do better when you're playing against a formidable batting line-up like that of CSK. We haven't put a complete game together yet. We need to put the bad stuff behind us and move on. We need to get a bit of momentum and cash in on that. You want your senior players to stand up. It will be nice to put this loss behind us and put up a better performance. We have got a strong squad and it's difficult to pick our XI. The first thing is that the playing XI should do better.
Chennai Super Kings won by 97 runs
19.6
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Over 19.6 MM Sharma bowls a good length delivery to Karanveer Singh, no runs, gets forward and tries to squeeze it out but fails to connect, Dhoni collects.
19.5
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Over 19.5 MM Sharma bowls a good length delivery to Sandeep Sharma, 1 run, gets forward and nudges it to the right of the bowler and sets off for a single.
19.4
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Over 19.4 MM Sharma bowls a back of length delivery to Sandeep Sharma, no runs, gets back in the crease and cuts it to the left of backward point, Jaddu dives to his left and saves some runs.
