Jaipur: Shane Watson once again stamped his authority with 70 off 34 balls to propel Rajasthan Royals to an impressive five-wicket win over Chennai Super Kings that took them to number two in the IPL 6 points table. The victory helped Rajasthan touch the magical figure of 20 points after 14 matches.
Chennai's openers - Michael Hussey and Murali Vijay - were subdued in their approach as the pitch was offering some assistance to the Rajasthan pacemen. Vikramjeet Malik, playing his first game for Rajasthan, made a good impression by swingng the ball both ways. Vijay broke the shackles when he drove Watson on the up for four in the sixth over and got another boundary in the same over when James Faulkner misfielded in the covers.
Hussey didn't take long to get back to his best as he pulled Malik for a cracking four. He then pulled Siddharth Trivedi in the eighth over that yielded 15 runs, with two boundaries from Vijay as well.
But when things were looking under control for Chennai, Rajasthan struck with a spree of wickets. First Stuart Binny cleaned up Hussey in the 12th over and then Kevon Cooper got the prized wickets of Suresh Raina (1) and MS Dhoni (2) in one over....
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11:11 PM, May 12, 2013
Mumbai: Chennai Super Kings coach Stephen Fleming today said wicketkeeper-batsman Wriddhiman Saha is carrying injuries and his fitness will be assessed before the Pepsi Indian Premier League game against Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium here on Sunday. "He is carrying a little bit of an injury, so whether (Murali) Vijay comes back in would depend on Saha`s fitness now," he said at the pre-match media conference. Fleming, who did...
10:11 PM, May 04, 2013
The Indian selectors on Saturday excluded Yuvraj Singh and Gautam Gambhir from India's 15-man Champions Trophy squad. The All-India Senior Selection Committee met at the Cricket Centre in Mumbai, where it recalled Shikhar Dhawan to the squad in place of Gambhir who was part of the team for the home series against Pakistan. Yuvraj too featured in the series against Pakistan and did fairly well but was still left out....
03:06 PM, May 04, 2013
Chennai: The way modern cricket is played, fielding is a very important aspect of the game. And when it comes to the slam-bang form of the game, the virtues of fielding become all the more important. Like other teams, Chennai Super Kings too give lot of stress on their fielding and according to their fielding coach, Steve Rixon, it is as important as an extra bowler in the team. Speaking...
01:02 PM, Apr 26, 2013
Chennai: Chennai Super Kings openers' failure to provide the side starts consistently has irked batsman Subramaniam Badrinath, who says the "issue needs to be addressed" soon. Barring the 10-wicket win over Kings XI Punjab, the Chennai openers -- Murali Vijay and Michael Hussey have failed to live upto the expectations, though the Australian was not part of the XI that lost to Pune Warriors last night. "The openers are not...
04:07 PM, Apr 16, 2013
A masterful innings by Mike Hussey gave Chennai Super Kings their first victory of IPL 6 as they demolished Kings XI Punjab by 10 wickets at the PCA Stadium in Mohali on Wednesday. Hussey, who made an unbeaten 86 off 54 balls, once again showed how useful a player he is for Chennai. First he held onto a tough catch of Adam Gilchrist in Punjab's innings and then he, along...
11:10 PM, Apr 10, 2013
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12:23 PM, Mar 29, 2013
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11:22 AM, Mar 26, 2013
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01:00 AM, Mar 24, 2013
The offspinner took 5 for 94 as India finished the day on 266 for 8, setting up an intriguing Sunday on a wearing Kotla surface. ...
11:39 AM, Mar 23, 2013
For the first time since 1994, the Indian cricket team managed to win three consecutive matches in a Test series. ...
05:22 PM, Mar 18, 2013
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04:58 PM, Mar 18, 2013
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09:01 PM, Mar 17, 2013
Mitchell Starc and Peter Siddle dented India after they erased the lead, but Virat Kohli and Bhuvneshwar Kumar resisted with a stubborn stand. ...
11:40 AM, Mar 17, 2013
Bhuvneshwar Kumar removed David Warner, Ed Cowan and Steven Smith in his first spell after India took a 91-run lead over Australia. ...
08:23 AM, Mar 17, 2013
Shikhar Dhawan's Test debut against Australia makes his ODI debut against the same opposition, at Visakhapatnam on October 20, 2010 seem like a long, long time ago. On that day, Dhawan had opened the innings with Murali Vijay and been bowled for a second-ball duck by Clint McKay. ...
05:27 PM, Mar 16, 2013
Reactions on Twitter after India's latest opener Shikhar Dhawan scored the fastest century on debut in Test history. ...
04:12 PM, Mar 16, 2013
Dhawan became the fastest debut centurion in Tests by reaching three figures in 85 balls, and his stand with Murali Vijay took India to within 125 runs of leveling with Australia. ...
11:41 AM, Mar 16, 2013
Dhoni, Ashwin, Jadeja and Vijay - who all play for CSK in the IPL - have played key roles in India's 2-0 Test series lead over Australia. ...
09:24 PM, Mar 05, 2013
Reactions on Twitter after India defeated Australia by an innings and 135 runs in Hyderabad to claim an unassailable 2-0 lead in the four-Test series. ...
07:02 PM, Mar 05, 2013
