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Super Kings hang on to win thriller

ESPNcricinfo staff
After Delhi Daredevils chose to bowl, Yuvraj Singh took a running catch to dismiss Brendon McCullum in the second over  BCCI
Suresh Raina was next to follow as he was undone by a Nathan Coulter-Nile delivery, leaving Chennai Super Kings 38 for 2 after four overs  BCCI
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Dwayne Smith and Faf du Plessis steadied things as they put on 33 for the third wicket  BCCI
Imran Tahir and Coulter-Nile put the brakes on Super Kings' scoring rate  BCCI
Du Plessis looked good for his 32 and it took a sharp outfield catch by Shreyas Iyer to get rid of the South African  BCCI
Ravindra Jadeja struck one four and a six for his 18-ball 17 only to be stumped off an Amit Mishra delivery leaving Chennai at 119 for 5 after 16  BCCI
Super Kings added a further 31 runs, thanks mainly to MS Dhoni's 27-ball 30, to finish on 150 for 7  BCCI
Ashish Nehra started off strongly and picked up three wickets inside five overs to unsettle Daredevils' chase  PTI
The third wicket was that of Shreyas Iyer, who went to a spectacular catch from Faf du Plessis  BCCI
Daredevils found it difficult to get runs in the middle overs as R Ashwin tied them down  BCCI
Yuvraj Singh found it difficult to face short-pitched deliveries and handed an easy catch to Ishwar Pandey, leaving Daredevils at 99 for 5  BCCI
Albie Morkel carried on strong at one end despite losing partners and brought up his fifty off 43 balls  BCCI
Coulter-Nile was undone by a straight delivery from Ashwin, leaving Daredevils at 124 for 7 after 18 overs  BCCI
Raina pulled off a brilliant save at deep point to prevent a boundary, which eventually turned out to be the difference between the two teams  BCCI
Morkel took it down to the last ball but could manage only a four when six were needed  BCCI
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