Chennai Super kings become T-20 champions
Chennai super kings became the winner of the Champions league T-20 2014 by defeating the Kolkatta Knight Riders by 8 wickets in Bangalore today. It is their second title for super kings in this tournament since its inception in 2009.
Chennai super kings captain won the toss and elected to bowl. Kolkatta Knight riders began its inning in confident manner. Gambhir and Uthappa put a crucial first wicket 91 runs stand. After that innings lost momentum as Pawan Negi took 3 wickets in the 19th over to peg back the scoring. Pawan Negi was the standout bowler as he took 5 wickets for 22 runs. At the end of innings the score was 180 for 6 in 20 overs which was good. Kolkatta Knight riders should have scored 20 or more runs as they did not have the services of their star bowler Sunil Narine.
Chennai super kings innings got off to a bad start losing in the first over itself. After that Suresh Raina and Brendon Mcullum smashed the Kolkatta Knight rider bowlers to all parts off the ground. Raina was in great form hitting 8 sixes. His innings put less pressure on the other batsman and was not out on 109. Mcullum also helped Raina. Dhoni scored the winning runs and all the players came. It is a special moment for Raina. Chasing 180 in a final is difficult but the way Raina played it shows that he is one of the top 2 to three batsman in this format.
Overall it was very good performance for Chennai super kings who lost first match against the same opponent. As the tournament went along the performance of team became more solid and perfect. Now is the time to enjoy and savor the moment. Pawan Negi was declared the man of match and Suresh Raina was declared the man of series.
With this win Dhoni has one more trophy in his cabinet. Now the focus shifts on to the Windies series starting from 8th October which will be an opportunity for the Indian team to iron out the flaws before going for long series in Australia.
Chennai super kings captain won the toss and elected to bowl. Kolkatta Knight riders began its inning in confident manner. Gambhir and Uthappa put a crucial first wicket 91 runs stand. After that innings lost momentum as Pawan Negi took 3 wickets in the 19th over to peg back the scoring. Pawan Negi was the standout bowler as he took 5 wickets for 22 runs. At the end of innings the score was 180 for 6 in 20 overs which was good. Kolkatta Knight riders should have scored 20 or more runs as they did not have the services of their star bowler Sunil Narine.
Chennai super kings innings got off to a bad start losing in the first over itself. After that Suresh Raina and Brendon Mcullum smashed the Kolkatta Knight rider bowlers to all parts off the ground. Raina was in great form hitting 8 sixes. His innings put less pressure on the other batsman and was not out on 109. Mcullum also helped Raina. Dhoni scored the winning runs and all the players came. It is a special moment for Raina. Chasing 180 in a final is difficult but the way Raina played it shows that he is one of the top 2 to three batsman in this format.
Overall it was very good performance for Chennai super kings who lost first match against the same opponent. As the tournament went along the performance of team became more solid and perfect. Now is the time to enjoy and savor the moment. Pawan Negi was declared the man of match and Suresh Raina was declared the man of series.
With this win Dhoni has one more trophy in his cabinet. Now the focus shifts on to the Windies series starting from 8th October which will be an opportunity for the Indian team to iron out the flaws before going for long series in Australia.
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