RESULT
63rd match (N), Eden Gardens, May 14, 2012, Indian Premier League

CSK won by 5 wickets (with 0 balls remaining)

Player Of The Match
56 (39)
michael-hussey
Cricinfo's MVP
85.51 ptsImpact List
sunil-narine
New
CSK
Full commentary
end of over 2010 runs • 1 wicket
CSK: 160/5CRR: 8.00 
Dwayne Bravo11 (7b 1x6)
Ravindra Jadeja3 (2b)
Rajat Bhatia 4-0-33-2
Marchant de Lange 3-0-37-0

That is it from us for this game. Apologies again for the scoring error earlier.

Michael Hussey is the Man of the Match. Hussey: "It shows that on this sort of pitch, the first six overs are crucial. It was hard to hit boundaries once the ball got older, we wanted to match the start KKR got."

Dhoni: "Games like this are difficult, we were cruising till the 11th over. We saw what happened to their innings, we should have learned from those mistakes, had it not been for Bravo's last-ball six, we would have lost. We said we should not be looking to play with six bowlers in this game, if needed, Raina and Faf can bowl a a bit. Spin is our strength."

Gambhir: "Narine and Rajat got us back. Now I can say maybe another spinner would have helped, but you go into the game thinking that the attack you choose can do the job you do."

MS Dhoni might not have been among the runs this IPL season, but it is his three brutal boundaries off Marchant de Lange in the 19th over that have kept Chennai's season going

Prashant: "Mr. Dhoni, my heart can't stand any more last ball victories. Please don't ever do this again."

Aravind: "If you want grey hair in no time, start supporting CSK!"

19.6
6
Bhatia to Dwayne Bravo, SIX runs

oh Bhatia, after all those legcutters, a low full toss results, and Bravo sends it just over the long on boundary with a powerful wallop, Chennai are alive in this IPL, they rush out to Bravo, Michael Hussey looks relieved, Gautam Gambhir stares hard in disbelief, Bhatia had nine to defend off the final over, he nearly did it

19.5
Bhatia to Dwayne Bravo, no run

Rajat Bhatia has Eden Gardens screaming its guts out, legcutter on middle and leg, Bravo looks to cart it out of town, misses

19.4
1
Bhatia to Jadeja, 1 run

cannot get it away for anything more than a single to deep square leg, Bhatia proving difficult to get away yet again

19.3
2
Bhatia to Jadeja, 2 runs

long on does well to get around to this straight hit, and keep them to two

19.2
W
Bhatia to Dhoni, OUT

with eight needed off five, Dhoni falls to Bhatia's legcutter, tries to heave it through midwicket, the length ball holds its line on middle and crashes into middle

MS Dhoni b Bhatia 28 (21b 3x4 1x6 31m) SR: 133.33
19.1
1
Bhatia to Dwayne Bravo, 1 run

slams a full delivery on the bounce to a scrambling long off

end of over 1918 runs
CSK: 150/4CRR: 7.89 RRR: 9.00
MS Dhoni28 (20b 3x4 1x6)
Dwayne Bravo4 (4b)
Marchant de Lange 3-0-37-0
Rajat Bhatia 3-0-23-1
18.6
2
de Lange to Dhoni, 2 runs

scoops a pitched up ball outside off wide of sweeper cover, timed well enough to require a dive from the fielder

18.5
1
de Lange to Dwayne Bravo, 1 run

seemed to be wanting to push it through the off side, but in the end the bat turned and he hit the full toss through midwicket

18.4
1
de Lange to Dhoni, 1 run

now a low full toss, he tries to arch back and dispatch it, to long on this time

18.3
6
de Lange to Dhoni, SIX runs

Dhoni explodes, plants his legs firmly, wide apart, and hammers the pitched up ball way over long on with a mammoth swing

18.2
4
de Lange to Dhoni, FOUR runs

Dhoni doing it for CSK, drills a full delivery wristily over midwicket, power and timing combining there

18.1
4
de Lange to Dhoni, FOUR runs

and he has almost taken out de Lange first ball, de Lange would have taken it smack on the head, his hands came up late, by that time the ball had sped straight just over his head, brute force from Dhoni off that full ball outside off

Excellent over from Bhatia, Baz stares blankly, chewing gum, Gautam sets his field for the next over, from de Lange. Mid off up for Dhoni

end of over 185 runs • 1 wicket
CSK: 132/4CRR: 7.33 RRR: 13.50
Dwayne Bravo3 (3b)
MS Dhoni11 (15b 1x4)
Rajat Bhatia 3-0-23-1
Sunil Narine 4-0-14-2
17.6
2
Bhatia to Dwayne Bravo, 2 runs

legcutter worked from middle wide of deep square leg, the throw comes in to Bhatia but Dhoni charges in safely for the second

17.5
1
Bhatia to Dhoni, 1 run

on the back foot deep in the crease but there is almost nothing to work with on the length ball and he has to push it to long on

17.4
1
Bhatia to Dwayne Bravo, 1 run

eases a pitched up ball to long off

17.3
Bhatia to Dwayne Bravo, no run

there is no pace off the pitch from Bhatia, and Bravo's punch goes straight to the bowler

17.2
1
Bhatia to Dhoni, 1 run

length ball outside off slapped away to extra cover

17.1
W
Bhatia to du Plessis, OUT

Bhatia strikes, du Plessis goes for six over long on, picks up the slow length ball from middle and leg, and lofts it cleanly, but gets too much height on it, Tiwary takes it some way in from the long on rope

Faf du Plessis c Tiwary b Bhatia 13 (16b 0x4 0x6 33m) SR: 81.25
end of over 173 runs
CSK: 127/3CRR: 7.47 RRR: 10.66
Faf du Plessis13 (15b)
MS Dhoni9 (13b 1x4)
Sunil Narine 4-0-14-2
Jacques Kallis 3-0-25-0
16.6
1
Narine to du Plessis, 1 run

now the offbreak, he is outside the line of off as he turns it with the spin square on the leg side

16.5
Narine to du Plessis, no run

one that turns away, defended solidly

Win Probability
CSK 100%
KKRCSK
100%50%100%KKR InningsCSK Innings

Over 20 • CSK 160/5

MS Dhoni b Bhatia 28 (21b 3x4 1x6 31m) SR: 133.33
W
CSK won by 5 wickets (with 0 balls remaining)
Powered by Smart Stats
AskESPNcricinfo Logo
Instant answers to T20 questions
CSK Innings
<1 / 3>

Indian Premier League

TEAMMWLPTNRR
DC16115220.617
KKR16105210.561
MI1610620-0.100
CSK1687170.100
RCB168717-0.022
KXIP168816-0.216
RR1679140.201
DC164119-0.509
PWI164128-0.551