M Vijay hit a four and then lofted one into the hands of a fielder. Raina, who came to replace him, scored a cameo 33 and was caught at the fence.
Aniruddha Srikant, playing very well, was let off by Pathan. Pathan also dropped Raina. Srikant was also dropped by Eoin Morgan.
Aniruddha played a magnificent innings of 64, embellished with two sixes and six fours.
Now KKR are 39/0, needing 154. Now Kallis has hit Southee, the WC hero, for four fours in one over ! KKR has Y Pathan and are cruising at the moment !
With the WC hangover not yet leaving the Indian mind, what the IPL needed was an edge-of-the-seat thriller to get the world's attention. And they got it and KKR had a great chance to pull off a magnificent victory, before a great run out from Dhoni allowed CSK to stay in the game. Then Kallis holed out attempting a sweep, Eoin Morgan jumped down the wicket and was stumped and Gambhir's crazy running left the great crowd of Chennai sensing victory.
Dhoni proved why he is the greatest Indian captain ever, by bringing in experiments and changes , which brought home the bacon. He gave the ball to Raina in the 17th over and two big wickets - Gambhir and Morgan - fell in that over.
Then KKR needed 33 off 3 overs. Later it became 26 off 12 and Southee showed his skill as a death over bowler !
The greatest Bengali in the side, Manoj Tiwari lofted Ranadiv for two consecutive sixes, sending the spectators and viewers into ecstasy. KKR's strength is batting and their bowling is mediocre. But then they fell short by 3 runs !
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