the captain does the honours! Unadkat bowls one full toss too many, it was outside off and he reached out and cracked this wide of cover who throws himself to his left in vain, raced away, that CSK's sixth consecutive win over Daredevils and their sixth in a row in this tournament
Daredevils vs CSK, 26th match at Delhi, IPL, May 05 2014 - Ball by Ball Commentary
CSK won by 8 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)
Presentation:
Dhoni: "We played good cricket but we gave away too many in tje last two or three overs. The rain helped us, their bowlers found it tough. This was one of the best Delhi wickets I have seen. Shukla bowled well. Smith and McCullum were brilliant. Raina made sure he batted till the end. We need to improve our bowling. We need a couple of fast bowlers who can bowl well in the death."
Smith is the Man of the Match: "Meant to stay out there. It was a good track to me as well. Me and McCullum keep encouraging each other. It was a very good chase for us. It's a great team."
Pietersen: "We thought we lost a bit of momentum. I thought some of our boys played some good cricket. Wayne Parnell was beautiful, the wicket was quite slow before the rain came and the rain sort of affected it but no excuses. CSK played really well. Nobody's here to blame anyone, we probably have to win most of our games here and I still believe our team can make the playoffs."
That's much easier said than done. Delhi have lost 5 out of 7 and they have seven more to play. Their road ahead gets tougher.
That's it from us here. Thanks for your company. One more game tomorrow. Cheers!
Pratyush: "KP needs a bowler, desperately. They should have won this one. Shami has disappointed all of us. Feel really bad for him."
Venkat: "Feel for KP here... He has been very classy off the field and has conducted himself brilliantly in the interviews, and on the field it is obvious that he is tuned in and in charge. Hopefully fortunes change for DD !"
KP has a chat with Unadkat while the batsmen chat too. Third man and fine leg up
pravin: "@vikram : why worry when you have Dhoni in the last over !! He has been in this position so many times !! :)"
this is a low full toss and he looks to play straighter and gets an outside edge that clears cover, two added
there's the big hit! Unadkat bowls it in the spot for Dhoni to have a free swing and take him downtown, not sure how many rows over long-on but that was massive
Vikram: "If CSK lose this it could very well be because both Raina and Smith were ball watching instead of crossing over."
gets away with a low full toss as Raina swung it to deep midwicket
Can Unadkat defend 11?
and it's a dot ball! Parnell ends the over and his spell with a good yorker, too good for Dhoni to make something of it, he could only drill it down the track
this was a length ball which Dhoni looked to pull but played it straight to Jadhav at short midwicket
Dhoni walks in
Nandakiran N: "CSK have decided, even if they lose wicket, it would be, to an Ex-CSK player. Monk everywhere!"
Vijay takes it at the edge of the straight boundary! It was a full ball outside off and Smith stayed at the crease and lofted it down the ground, it went really high and really tested Vijay near the rope but he kept his cool and took it nonchalantly
this was a full ball outside off and moving away and he fails to dig it out
this was a low full toss mistimed to square leg
the boundaries are bleeding, this time Raina improvises, a fast yorker outside off, he reaches out and almost guides it off the face of the bat wide of short third man and point
the over gets worse for DD, this was another slower ball and dug in short, Smith swiveled and pulled it over short fine leg
4 + 6! Shami looked for the yorker, ended uo being a knee high full toss and smoked several rows over deep midwicket
that's a poor ball! Third man was up and Shami had to bowl it short outside off, a slower ball too, Smith reached out and carved it over short third man
fires that full outside off and he drills it down to third man
Smith made room and smoked that square on the off side towards deep point, went quickly and he fumbled
this was full and wide outside off and he drills this down to Nadeem at deep cover
looked to slog that away but ended up getting an inside edge onto the body, the ball rolls back to the bowler
Raj: "@Umair: It is very difficult for the bowlers to get the length right with a wet ball. I believe they definitely do need the run rate to slow down and the best way to potentially do that is to get a wicket. That would consequently change the DL equation as well. "
made room to slap that through the off side and he ended up chopping it towards short third man
digs out a yorker towards long-on and he sets off quickly and Raina completes the second
fires a full ball outside off and he digs it out to deep point
Muqeet Ahmed: "CSK showing how to keep calm and make most of opening stand in chase of big score. Even under D/L par score pressure smith and raina playing sensibly. on the other hand Gambhir team crumble."
pitched up on the pads and he whips it down to long-on
swing and a miss and this was very close to shaving the off stump
Over 20 • CSK 181/2
CSK won by 8 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)