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A super charged Chennai super kings team is almost on the verge of knocking out the tournament favorites Kings X1, its 44-5 in 8.5 overs all the top 5 batsmen are back into the pavillion, Chennai bowlers made full use of the bounce in the pitch, Dhoni surprised everybody when he handed the ball to Murali to open the bowling, Murali bowled only 1 over and gave 7 runs, the second over was bowled by Ntini who was bowling at his top speed and with a very high energy made full use of the bounce in the pitch, Ntini is always dangerous against left handers his speed and angle un nerved Marsh, he removed Hopes in his first over and Marsh in his third over, he was fully supported by Goni who removed the dangerous Sangakara in his first over and then removed Yuvraj Singh in his next over, the highly energetic Chennai team never let any Punjab batsman to settle down, the feilders were supporting their bowlers, the batsmen found it really hard to find the gaps and boundaries were only coming of edges, the wicket is not conducive for stroke play because of the bounce and movement the Punjab batsmen after sufferring early loses could never adjust their game, even the running between the wickets reflected the nervousness of the Punjab batsmen, the early loss of wickets and the pressure of the big match got to them. Its 63/7 in 13.4 overs, the match is all over for the Kings X1.
Welcome to cricket files Ottayan, I can’t comprehend the urgency and nervousness diplayed by their top six batsmen.
Today Warne uneccessarily is being defensive which is quite uncharacteristic of him.
Wasim,
Your analysis is on the button.
Yuvi missed a trick or two.
Probably, the conservative Jayawardene was advising caution.
Nobody imagined that the second Semi will also prove to be one sided and that too in favor of Chennai,Yuvraj Singh should have sent Irfan Pathan at # 4 after the fall of Sangakara’s wicket but he persisted with his regular line up and Dhoni kept his strike bowlers especially Ntini in the attack, I am sure if Yuvraj had kept his regular batsmen back then Dhoni would have taken Ntini off and that would have taken some pressure of the batsmen.
In T20 you don’t have enough time to adjust a captain has keep his focus all the time in the match and has to make quick decisions.
But hats off to Chennai they came out with a plan and executed it with clinical precision.