Southee proved why he is hailed as the second best bowler in the world, as he bowled CSK to victory in the ultimate over.
Needing 9 runs to win, KKR batsmen faced upto the final over, bowled by Southee. Southee only conceded 6 runs and CSK won by 2 runs in the final ball !
KKR was set a target of 154 by Chennai. The son of Srikant, Aniruddha Srikanth top scored with 64 and was adjudged Man of the Match.
KKR, were at one stage, 111/2, with Kallis going strong. Kallis hit Southee for four fours in one over and one was reminded of Sehwag butchering Umar Gul. But then Southee came back into the game strongly in the ultimate over.
Bisla and Kallis opened well for KKR, putting on 64 for the first wicket, till Bisla was stumped by Dhoni off Jakati. Then Ashwin got rid of the dangerous Kallis for 54 and then the KKR batting more or less collapsed.
Two class players, Gauti and Y Pathan, were run out by Dhoni. Then M Tiwary threatened to hit the CSK bowlers off their length, by clobbering two consecutive sixes.
Anyway IPL started with a thrilling game and it is obvious that more and more people will be interested in the shortest version of the game. The Americans do not play cricket, because of the time consumed by the game. You cant take 5 day's leave for a Test match or one day's leave for an ODI. Hence T20 will make cricket more popular and it has already been included in Olympics.
Needing 9 runs to win, KKR batsmen faced upto the final over, bowled by Southee. Southee only conceded 6 runs and CSK won by 2 runs in the final ball !
KKR was set a target of 154 by Chennai. The son of Srikant, Aniruddha Srikanth top scored with 64 and was adjudged Man of the Match.
KKR, were at one stage, 111/2, with Kallis going strong. Kallis hit Southee for four fours in one over and one was reminded of Sehwag butchering Umar Gul. But then Southee came back into the game strongly in the ultimate over.
Bisla and Kallis opened well for KKR, putting on 64 for the first wicket, till Bisla was stumped by Dhoni off Jakati. Then Ashwin got rid of the dangerous Kallis for 54 and then the KKR batting more or less collapsed.
Two class players, Gauti and Y Pathan, were run out by Dhoni. Then M Tiwary threatened to hit the CSK bowlers off their length, by clobbering two consecutive sixes.
Anyway IPL started with a thrilling game and it is obvious that more and more people will be interested in the shortest version of the game. The Americans do not play cricket, because of the time consumed by the game. You cant take 5 day's leave for a Test match or one day's leave for an ODI. Hence T20 will make cricket more popular and it has already been included in Olympics.
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