Dhoni finishes it with a six, but there is to be no victory for Super Kings, it is Kings XI who are celebrating, they are into their first final of the IPL, Sehwag comes down from the dressing room to celebrate with his team, the most excited of the lot is Priety Zinta, Super Kings are deflated
Kings XI vs CSK, Qualifier 2 at Mumbai, IPL, May 30 2014 - Match Result
MS Dhoni: "I think definitely it was something we could have achieved, the reason being suresh the way he batted, I think in the middle overs there was some very irresponsible cricket by some of the most experienced international cricketers, so I think definitely we need to have a look.
"One of the facts is one of our retained players, we lost at the start itself, but we still made the playoffs, we did really well in the tournament. I had belief in my bowling that they will let them score more than 200 runs (smiles). Happy for Priety though." Well, not often you hear such strong words from Dhoni, usually quite composed.
Rahul: "Never seen Dhoni this angry and negative in his comments!"
mohan: "Dhoni has every reason to be furious.. with 100 from first 6 overs its surely gettable total. but yes all their overseas players let down. "
Sid: "That was a funny statement from Dhoni on his bowlers. On a pitch like this,you can always expect a 200+ from KXIP. So was also expected from CSK. But apart from Raina,all failed."
Sanjay Bangar: "To beat a team like CSK thrice in a season is an achievement for us, our team showed great character, especially after CSK scored 100 in six overs."
Time for the presentation ceremony.
George Bailey: "What an innings from Viru, set the platform, backed up by Miller at the end, almost overshadowed by Suresh's innings. We have seen two extraordinary innings tonight. The belief in the group after the first Powerplay was terrific, I thought Awana came back very well, our spinners have done the job again. Raina was unlucky wasn't he (laughs), our fielding has been pretty good right through the tournament."
Man of the Match is Virender Sehwag: "I had a chat with SRT as well, put the conscious effort to stay till the 10-12th over. I promised someone that there is one innings I have to play, maybe it will come in the playoffs, today is Ness Wadia's boirthday, I told him I will give him the best birthday gift. Whenever I got out, my son kept telling me, 'papa you are not scoring runs,' I told him hold on, there is still time."
Keshabraj: "Nothing for Raina !! ?? " Pretty harsh given that they hand out so many awards in every game.
Ravi: "Its strange, he is criticizing the same players who made it possible for CSK to reach this stage. Smith and McCullum have scored most of the runs for CSK this season."
sunny: "Seems like captain cool lost his cool in the end..."
Whoah, I need to catch my breath. That was some game, thanks everyone for the company. See you soon.
low full toss is whipped towards the midwicket boundary, all moot now, still the fielder in the deep dives in an attempt to cut it off
full and outside off, slapped towards mid-off
Camera pans to the CSK dugout, which is filled with glum faces
short and well outside off, edges that past the keeper to the third-man boundary
Vinodh: "Akshar Patel - what a consistent performer."
wide outside off, Dhoni reaches out for that, slapped towards cover
length ball is inside-edge to the leg side, Mohit gets his first T20 run
swings and misses, the ball misses the stumps, the keeper misses the ball, and it's byes
charges out again, slammed towards long-off, straight at the fielder
Can't be easy for a youngster like Askhar to bowl at this stage
Dhoni skips out and thumps that over long-off for six more
hammers this wider, long-on flies to his right to try cut that off, but he can't
lashes this towards long-on, but declines the single
flat and quicker, short ball angling down leg, Dhoni looking for a big hit but is struck on the body
Chad: "Even Chris Martin the Almighty Phantom is impressed with Mohit Sharma's batting record."
Mohit Sharma still waiting his first run in Twenty20s, a yorker is defended back to the bowler
Casmir Raj: "Even Raina can't hit 56 from 15 balls...."
length ball on the pads, tucked for a single
short of length ball outside off, slapped towards backward point
Taimoor Khalid: "Wow ... 39* matches and no run by Mohit Sharma .. This sure is gonna be a record of some sort ..." Next 'highest' is Andy Caddick off 16 matches
a bouncer, that is surely too high, yup, a wide
full and on middle stump, thumped towards deep square leg for a couple, not happening for Dhoni today
Dhoni winds up for the big hit but he misses as he looks to clear square leg, a length ball on the pads
Free-hit
that should be game, set and match, Johnson has bowled a fast yorker that lasers into the base of middle stump, oh hang on! Drama, a huge no-ball here, Johnson has overstepped by a long way, Priety Zinta had celebrated so much that she was almost in tears. now I don't know how she feels
Dhoni calling for a new bat
Barath: "67 runs in the last 11 overs.Can you believe that?Looks like runouts win knock outs just like catches win matches"
short of length and angling away, off the bottom of the bat towards midwicket
1W | 1W | |||
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Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai | |
Toss | Chennai Super Kings, elected to field first |
Series | |
Season | 2014 |
Player Of The Match | |
Series result | Punjab Kings advanced |
Hours of play (local time) | 20.00 start, First Session 20.00-21.25, Interval 21.25-21.45, Second Session 21.45-23.05 |
Match days | 30 May 2014 - night (20-over match) |
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TV Umpire | |
Reserve Umpire | |
Match Referee |
Over 20 • CSK 202/7
Kings XI won by 24 runs