full and wide and Raina slices it away with an open face past short third man, who falls to his left and fumbles a fairly straightfoward fielding effort. I'm not sure who the fielder was, but anyway, a terrible final act in a terrible season for Kings XI
Kings XI vs CSK, 53rd match at Mohali, IPL, May 16 2015 - Ball by Ball Commentary
CSK won by 7 wickets (with 19 balls remaining)
7.22pm: And that, people of the universe, is that. Do pop over here for live commentary from the Royals-KKR game. It's been fun bringing you this game, as always. Until next time, good night!
Pawan Negi is the man of the match. "I was just trying to bowl on good areas. Jadeja is a great fielder and he took a brilliant catch. First time in the IPL I bowled with the new ball, so I was excited."
MS Dhoni: "It just gives you that extra match. If you have that one bad game, it gives you another chance to get into the final. We took it as a game we have to win but we were not desperate. It was a slightly slow wicket and the spinners bowled very well on this track. At times on a wicket like this you try to aim too big. 150 would have been a good total on this wicket. David Miller's catch was a fantastic one. Jadeja made it look easy and it was a great effort. The art lies in making it look easy. Same as in batting. We have made it quite simple. We want to adapt, we want to improve. A lot of teams emphasise bringing in youngsters and make them good players. We have not emphasised that, but you could say we have had international cricketers and made good captains of them."
Vishnu: "So KXIP 2014 reads 14M 11W 3L and 2015 reads 14M 3W 11L. Small change but a big difference!"
George Bailey: "Disappointing season, but I guess the new year will hopefully promise better things. We'll regroup, look to improve where we can, and come back better and fresher. I don't think anyone has had an outstanding year, we haven't had anyone at the top of the runs leaderboard or the wickets leaderboard. That's the nature of the tournament. We'll start on 0 the next year, won't we? The key, when you look at the best sides, is they don't have a big gap between their best and worst. This year, the gap between our best and worst has been too wide."
7.07pm Super Kings ensure a top-of-the-table finish with an exceedingly comfortable win, and they're into the first Qualifier. They have two shots at reaching the final now.
1 to win now
back of a length slower ball wide outside off, Dhoni steers it to third man
down the track now, converts this ball into a full-toss, and lifts it over long-off
whoa. That's the sort of shot we haven't seen Dhoni play too often recently. It's another slower short ball outside off, and he moves a long way across and swings his body around, feet in the air, to whip/pull/scoop it over the fine leg boundary
slower ball, back of a length outside off, defended towards point off the back foot
14 to win. Here's Anureet.
full slower ball on off stump, Dhoni plays a checked drive to sweeper cover
around the wicket now
short ball, slower ball out of the back of his hand, this one sits up outside off and gives Dhoni ample time to rock back, take his helmet off, run his hand through his hair, put his helmet back on, and then pull it to the square leg boundary
Barath: "At this point, it looks more like "Fend it like Dhoni""
back of a length on off stump, jumps back to whip to midwicket with a lot of bottom hand
shortish slower ball outside off, Dhoni plays what you could term a defensive pull to midwicket
length ball outside off, and he goes back and across to poke it to point
short ball outside off, pulled to wide long-on
in the blockhole on middle stump, jabbed back to the bowler
short ball outside off, pulled to the right of long leg
short ball angled into the body, it sits up at waist height and Dhoni swivels to pull powerfully to the backward square leg boundary
A banner in the crowd reads "Bend it like Beckham, End it like Dhoni."
short slower ball, pulled to deep midwicket
length ball on the pads, tucked away to deep square leg
length ball on off stump, quietly dabbed to the right of backward point
Here's Anureet.
Vali: "Axar's name was Axar from his childhood. I think the credit went to his School Principal who misspelt his name"
back of a length outside off, poked away to the right of point
back of a length on off stump, jumps in the air to defend into the on side with a turn of his wrists
low full-toss on off stump, pushed to mid-off
Dhoni.
Over 17 • CSK 134/3
CSK won by 7 wickets (with 19 balls remaining)