Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals Highlights – 2nd Leg
Rajasthan Bat
Chennai Bat
Watch cricket highlights – Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals Highlights from IPL 2009 – the 2nd Leg.
Scoreline: Rajasthan 140/7: Graeme Smith 30 (33) Shane Warne 21 (11) – Murali 4-22-2
Chennai get there in the 19th over: Badrinath 59 (41), Matthew Hayden 48 (44)
The Royals start was laboured and went along that way, for the most part barring some late hitting by Warne. The most interesting part of the game however was reserved for the Chennai chase with fascinating duels between Hayden and Warne + Pathan/Jadeja. This innings by Hayden was a thinking one. No squeamish bowlers getting intimidated by that advancing expansive chest on offer here. So a relatively quiet knock by Hayden but one of his better-to-watch innings this season.
Badrinath faced some harrowing moments early on but stuck around, initially pulling out deft touches before improvising in the final launch. Rajasthan defended the lowish total well until the late Shane Harwood over. At the start of the over to Badri, Harwood looked like a recovering alcoholic, but by the end of it he was just another scruffy chap grumbling at the CLOSED sign of a suburban bar. So another win for Chennai that leapfrogs them to the top of the league.
Pregame: Shane Watson has unfortunately been denied a return to his IPL team by Cricket Australia on the basis of some injury he’s sort of carried in the series vs Pakistan
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Chennai Super Kings put in a solid display of cricketing skills to go top in the table. Bowling was very disciplined and bowlers did a splendid job to restrict Royals below par score of 150. Once again batting proved to be Chennai Super Kings strength when they chased it with so ease. Batsmen were cool and composed, waited for that super over and turned things to their side. A superb innings from Hayden, Hayden, man with orange cap was overshadowed by Badrinath’s blast in the last overs and no wonder he was declared man of the match. Chennai Super Kings outplayed Royals twice in this tournament. MS Dhoni acclaimed one of the best captain in the world did a fantastic job rotating their bowlers and batsmen. He has got now more option in both batsmen and bowlers to continue with their good effort. Only area that should need their attention is their fielding. Remember “Cathces wins matches”. Hope Chennai Super Kings continue their winning streak and emerge as champions to prove their name is no misnomer.
Shane Watson, Nathan Bracken and James Hopes will not be seen in IPL2….. RR will be the most affected…….Punjab.. somewhere it may pinch them…. but RC would definately have found a way to render Bracken.ineffective…Chennai seems to be looking like a well oiled unit..they has managed to find a role for Badrinath. He is the kind of guy (“g(lassi) player”) who needs to get his eye in..then.. he would play his shots..and hard to dislodge him.Balaji seems to have got back his confidence (with a tinge of steel). RR is a team which seems to be in shuffle mode forever..but it works for them…Two contrasting teams.
Lemme say this .. after all i may have to only eat my words…
.CSk chances of winning IPL would be affected less by them having a “bad day”.. than their opponents having a Gr8 day……
The other 3 semifinalists……..Delhi Daredevils, Punjab,and………….
??????RR ? (i will never count them out..i hope they WIN again)…?? Mumbai???(they need to sort out their batting order)
???Deccan ?(if VenuGopal Rao comes of age instead of clumsily flirting with greatness)??? RC ??(?) KKR(if they revamp their team and include some Paki players..which is improbable or the foreign player rule is relaxed only for them..or Buchanan disguises some of his foreign players as Indians)
I´m sorry, but this game reminded me of why I don´t watch baseball. Except for Warne´s bowling spell this match was truly as boring as the american game. Why does everything in this world have to reduce it´s quality just to follow the capalitism of the `American Way´? Even the commentators sounded bored. Have we forgotten why we love cricket? A game of tactics, patience, enormous concentration (for over hours and hours) and elegance. Cricket is an art form- not a slog battle- save that for war lovers.