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1st match Result : Chennai Super Kings won by 2 runs
The wait is over. The Matches scheduled for DLF IPL 2011 starts from today itself. The first match will be played between Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders . The match will start at 8 p.m. It is ironic that the Indian Premier League (IPL), considered by many to be a major threat to 50-over cricket, begins its fourth season, much like the recently-concluded World Cup did on February 18. Like in the ’70s, one-day cricket faced an uncertain future when the World Cup began. The answer came quite emphatically, via an action-packed tournament being hailed as the best since 1992 and, by some pundits, as the best ever.
The teams are as under :-
Chennai Super Kings: M S Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Murali Vijay, Albie Morkel (all retained), Wriddhiman Saha, R Ashwin, S Badrinath, Joginder sharma, Sudeep Tyagi, Michael Hussey, Dwayne Bravo, Doug Bollinger, scott Styris, Ben Hilfenhaus, Nuwan Kulasekara, Suraj Randiv, George Bailey and Francois Du Plessis.
Kolkara Knight Riders: Gautam Gambhir, Yusuf Pathan, Manoj Tiwari, L Balaji, Jaidev Unadkat, Jacques Kallis, Brad Haddin, Shakib Al Hasasn, Brett Lee, Eoin Morgan, Ryan ten Doeschate and James Pattinson.
Enjoy the Match.
A measured – by Twenty20 standards – 64 from Srikkanth Anirudha paved the way for Chennai Super King’s 153 for 4 against a rejigged Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL 4 opener in Chennai. Aniruddha featured in stands of 75 and 49 for the second and third wickets respectively, but the innings tapered off once MS Dhoni was dismissed.
The early loss of Murali Vijay, chipping to mid-on off Iqbal Abdulla in the opening over, did little to deter CSK. Aniruddha, promoted to open the innings, was given a life when Yusuf Pathan dropped a return catch and proceeded to make KKR pay for the reprieve. Jacques Kallis was taken for three boundaries in his opening over, after which Sarabjit Ladda was charged and driven for a straight six. This was the cleanest hitting seen by Aniruddha over three seasons, even if he was given two lives.
Raina, also dropped on 11 by a juggling Pathan at mid-on, rode his luck to play some lovely inside-out drives off the spinners over extra cover. As Rajat Bhatia and L Balaji slowed the run rate down with a clever mix of cutters and changes of length, Raina dabbed and nudged the ball around to keep runs ticking over during a 75-run stand in 9.3 overs. His innings came to an end when he slog-swept Pathan out to deep midwicket.
That brought to the crease MS Dhoni, whose presence raised a loud cheer from the Chennai fans. Immediately Dhoni was away with some big shots, forcing Aniruddha to follow with a slogged six off Ladda. Dhoni’s 21-ball 29 injected some oomph into the innings, but his dismissal, caught behind off Kallis, allowed KKR to finish with damage control. Balaji was frugal, allowing just two boundaries in his quota, Kallis finished off Aniruddha with a yorker but the last four balls of the innings went for 15, leaving CSK with belief that may have enough on the board.
Brief Scores: CSK 153 for 4 in 20 overs (Anirudha Srikanth 64, Suresh Raina 33; Yusuf Pathan 1 for 19, Iqbal Abdulla 1 for 26, Jacques 2 for 34) vs KKR.
Less than a week after captaining India to World Cup glory, MS Dhoni donned the canary yellow and marshaled his CSK superbly to steal a win from under KKR’s feet. At 64 for 0 in the ninth over, chasing 154, KKR were in a good place but Dhoni’s smart maneuvering of his bowlers and a direct hit from his own arm turned the tide decisively.
Chennai overcome Kolkata in a close encounter
Chennai Super Kings won by 2 runs
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