Super Kings hang on to win thriller
ESPNcricinfo staff
09-Apr-2015
Suresh Raina was next to follow as he was undone by a Nathan Coulter-Nile delivery, leaving Chennai Super Kings 38 for 2 after four overs•BCCI
Dwayne Smith and Faf du Plessis steadied things as they put on 33 for the third wicket•BCCI
Imran Tahir and Coulter-Nile put the brakes on Super Kings' scoring rate•BCCI
Du Plessis looked good for his 32 and it took a sharp outfield catch by Shreyas Iyer to get rid of the South African•BCCI
Ravindra Jadeja struck one four and a six for his 18-ball 17 only to be stumped off an Amit Mishra delivery leaving Chennai at 119 for 5 after 16•BCCI
Super Kings added a further 31 runs, thanks mainly to MS Dhoni's 27-ball 30, to finish on 150 for 7•BCCI
Ashish Nehra started off strongly and picked up three wickets inside five overs to unsettle Daredevils' chase•PTI
The third wicket was that of Shreyas Iyer, who went to a spectacular catch from Faf du Plessis•BCCI
Daredevils found it difficult to get runs in the middle overs as R Ashwin tied them down•BCCI
Yuvraj Singh found it difficult to face short-pitched deliveries and handed an easy catch to Ishwar Pandey, leaving Daredevils at 99 for 5•BCCI
Albie Morkel carried on strong at one end despite losing partners and brought up his fifty off 43 balls•BCCI
Coulter-Nile was undone by a straight delivery from Ashwin, leaving Daredevils at 124 for 7 after 18 overs•BCCI
Raina pulled off a brilliant save at deep point to prevent a boundary, which eventually turned out to be the difference between the two teams•BCCI
Morkel took it down to the last ball but could manage only a four when six were needed•BCCI