Dhoni was taking a stump back with him, but it was Suresh Raina's fielding in the last over that saved them. First he took a catch under pressure, but then that great piece of fielding to keep Albie Morkel (73 off 55) down to two. That came after that bad spinning bounce at deep point. Bravo's last over was very stunning, who kept bowling length balls. No slower ball, no yorker, no bouncer and everything in Morkel's slot.The scoreboard will say a one-run margin, but the cricket wasn't of high quality. There was more luck involved than cause and effect. In the first innings, Dhoni mis-hit two sixes in the final over. In the second, Bravo bowled a much worse final over, but Morkel didn't exploit it well enough.
It was a superb effort from JP Duminy-led Delhi Daredevils as the underdogs did well to restrict Mahendra Singh Dhoni and the Chennai Super Kings to 150 in match 2 of the Indian Premier League 8 at the MA Chidambaram stadium in Chennai on Thursday. Delhi gave away just 39 runs from the last six overs. It was down to Dhoni, you suspect, after a good start, but once again a team has bowled well to him.
The skipper has been in this mode where he waits for a mistake from the bowlers, but the bowlers made no mistake here. In the end he managed two sixes - both mis-hits - in the last over, but Coulter-Nile, Mishra and Tahir did really well - 78 runs in 12 overs for five wickets - to restrict Super Kings.
The most consistent team across all seasons of the Indian Premier League (IPL), Chennai Super Kings (CSK) would look to put behind the off-field distractions and do what they are best at when they take on previous edition's bottom-placed Delhi Daredevils in their opening match on Thursday. JP Duminy has won the toss and Delhi has elected to bowl first.
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