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Iyer, Zaheer sink Super Kings

Fans gathered in large numbers to watch their heroes face off in Raipur  BCCI
Chennai Super Kings got off to their slowest start this season after choosing to bat, managing only 16 runs in 5.5 overs  BCCI
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The next ball, Brendon McCullum miscued a Zaheer Khan ball straight to JP Duminy  BCCI
After taking 12 balls to get off the mark, Dwayne Smith looked to up the ante and struck a huge six off Shahbaz Nadeem......  BCCI
..Before Albie Morkel trapped him leg before on his first ball, leaving Super Kings at 34 for 2  BCCI
MS Dhoni and Faf du Plessis put on 37 for the fourth wicket, breathing some life into Super Kings' innings, after Suresh Raina misfired  BCCI
Morkel struck again in the 16th over to remove du Plessis with a delivery that kept low  PTI
Things went from bad to worse for the visitors as Zaheer removed Dhoni in the 19th over, after which Super Kings managed to add only nine runs to finish on 119 for 6  BCCI
There was a shortage of boundaries in the first innings but definitely not of witty posters from the fans  BCCI
Ishwar Pandey removed Quinton de Kock and Duminy for single-digit scores inside five overs of the chase...  BCCI
But the 69-run stand between Shreyas Iyer and Yuvraj Singh tipped the scales heavily in favour of Daredevils  PTI
Iyer remained unbeaten on 70 off 49 balls, his fourth fifty of the season guiding Daredevils to their fifth win in IPL 2015  BCCI
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