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| Edited By: Vineet Varma |Source: DNA webdesk |Updated: Sep 29, 2017, 09:36 PM IST
A thorough professional performance by CSK who had their spinners to thank for this win.
R Jadeja's (3 for 22) and R Ashwin's (2 for 14) ripped the heart out of KXIP's batting.
Even Ashish Nehra's 2 for 14 was effective in CSK winning this one by a canter.
KXIP on the other hand have nothing to talk about apart from M Vijay's fine 34.
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Over 20
KXIP - 95 for 9 lose by 97 runs
CSK win this one comprehensively!
Dot ball.
Last ball.
Single.
Two to go.
Dot again.
Dot ball.
Sandeep is the batsman.
Can Mohit take the last wicket here?
Dot ball.
KXIP - 94 for 9
GONE! Anureet goes for 10...simple catch to Jadeja at point.
Over 19
KXIP - 94 for 8
BRAVO CSK!
Single.
101 from 9 needed.
Single.
Formality for CSK now.
Bravo runs in.
Single.
Over 18
KXIP - 90 for 8
Dot ball.
Nehra gets his second of the night!
KXIP - 90 for 8
GONE! Saha goes for 15...catch picked up by Ashwin easily.
Is he Superman ? Batman ? Ironman ? No he is #Jaddu !! He missed that catch but that Was special effort ! #CSKvKXIP pic.twitter.com/1mNhYjBBTU
— Simmi Kohli (@CricrazyGal) April 25, 2015
Single.
TAKE A BOW.
A professional performance by CSK tonight!
A wicket from him here?
Nehra is back.
Over 17
KXIP - 89 for 7
End of Over.
Single.
Dot ball.
107 from 21 needed.
Single.
GOOD BALL! Bravo's yorker fells Anureet.
Over 16
KXIP - 83 for 7
End of Over.
Single.
111 from 26...CSK almost there now!
Dot ball.
Single.
Dot ball.
DROPPED! Jadeja drops one at deep-extra cover.
Ashwin is back.
Over 15
KXIP - 79 for 7
Single to end the over.
Single.
Dot ball.
Listless performance by KXIP tonight.
Single by Saha.
FOUR! Runs off to third-man...lucky!
Brilliant bowling performance by SirJadeja Retweet if u think he is back Fav if u think he needs to be consistent #CSKvKXIP
— Chennai Super Kings (@Whistlepodu4Csk) April 25, 2015
Twinkle toes Bravo!
Dot ball.
And Bravo to bowl this one.
Over 14
KXIP - 74 for 7
End of Over.
Dot ball.
GOOD BALL! Raps Saha on his helmet..Mohit on song here.
Probably a lost cause for KXIP from now on!
Dot ball.
Mohit Sharma has not had much to do for the spinners have done all the damage!
Anureet is the batsman.
Single.
Over 13
KXIP - 72 for 7
End of Over.
Single.
KXIP - 69 for 7
WICKET! Jaddu strikes...Johnson goes for 1...holes out at square-third man.
Over 12
KXIP - 69 for 6
End of Over.
KXIP - 66 for 5
GONE! He loses his nerve and is stumped for 9.
CLOSE! Axar survives a leg-before appeal.
CSK have been outstanding tonight...take a bow!
Dot ball.
Ashwin to bowl this over.
Over 11
KXIP - 66 for 5
End of Over.
Single.
Jadeja is the bowler.
SIX! Patel hits one down the track...fine hit!
#CSKvKXIP When you have kiwis & Africans in your team the fielding level rises to all together different level Superb CSK
— Gurpreet Tandon (@gurri76) April 25, 2015
Over 10
KXIP - 57 for 5
End of Over.
KXIP need a miracle now!
Axar Patel and W Saha are the new batting pair for KXIP.
KXIP - 55 for 5
WICKET! And he goes for 34...Bravo is dancing after taking that catch.
KXIP are crumbling now.
Dot ball.
Ashwin to Vijay.
Over 9
KXIP - 55 for 4
GREAT CATCH! Miller goes for 3...sharp fielding by Raina at gully.
Single.
Long way to go for KXIP now.
Single.
FOUR! Vijay smacks that to deep-square leg...good shot!
Jadeja comes in for another over.
Over 8
KXIP - 48 for 3
No run.
Dot ball.
Miller looks all at sea against Ashwin.
Dot ball.
Vijay is on 27 and has been quietly going about his business.
Dot ball.
Can CSK pile on the pressure?
R Ashwin begins with a wide.
WIDE!
Wicket in the first over. Sir Jadeja is back. So is Bailey. #CSKvKXIP
— Bestest (@ibestest) April 25, 2015
Over 7
KXIP - 42 for 3
Dot ball.
David Miller is the new batsman.
KXIP - 40 for 3
He goes for 1.
WICKET! Jadeja magic begins...Bailey edges one to Dhoni.
CLOSE! Vijay almost perished to a lbw appeal!
Dot ball.
Jadeja to bowl this over.
Over 6
KXIP - 39 for 2
End of Over.
Dot ball.
KXIP need a superb effort to get back in the match now.
Single.
Lone ranger?
Vijay is on 25.
Single.
Against #RR, Marsh replaced Bailey and batted like him. This match, Marsh replaced Maxwell and batted like him. #CSKvKXIP #KXIP
— HoldingWilleyCricket (@holdingwilley) April 25, 2015
CSK are fielding superbly tonight...teamwork!
Dot ball.
Skipper George Bailey gets off mark.
Single.
KXIP 35 for 2
WICKET! Marsh is lbw for 10...Nehra strikes!
Over 5
KXIP - 35 for 1
End of Over.
CSK are keeping it tight here.
Dot ball.
Vijay is on 23...he needs to stick around.
Single.
KXIP need to switch gears here..else they have an uphill task at hand!
Dot ball.
Single.
With those specs it seemed Sehwag came for final semester engineering exams. #CSKvKXIP
— abHi Mandvikar (@Gheuntaaak) April 25, 2015
FOUR! Marsh hits that beautifully through covers...good shot!
Mohit Sharma is the bowler.
Over 4
KXIP - 28 for 1
Single to end the over.
Single.
FOUR! Vijay smacks that down the track...fine tuned!
KXIP are feeling the pressure now.
Dot ball.
He has been in amazing form for CSK!
Single.
Nehra is back.
Over 3
KXIP - 21 for 1
Pandey ends the over with a fine yorker.
GOOD BALL!
Two runs.
GOOD SHOT.
SIX! Amazing hit by Vijay...flies into the sqaure-leg stand!
FOUR! Vijay whips that to deep-mid wicket...good shot!
Single.
Pandey is the bowler.
Over 2
KXIP - 8 for 1
End of Over.
Four dot balls.
Good over by Nehra so far.
Dot ball.
Shaun Marsh on non-strike.
Ashish Nehra is the new bowler.
Over 1
KXIP - 4 for 1
End of Over.
Dot ball.
KXIP - 4 for 1
WICKET! Sehwag goes for 1...easy catch for Du Plessis at mid-off.
Dot ball.
In they come. 193 to win. #CSKvKXIP #CSK #IPL
— Procrastinator. (@Cheeks_Vee) April 25, 2015
And Sehwag is off the blocks.
Single.
Raina showed excellent athleticism there!
Vijay gets off mark.
Single.
Ishwar Pandey is the bowler.
Dot ball.
KXIP need a flyer here from the duo!
And Murali Vijay and Virender Sehwag have walked in to bat.
And CSK have racked up a huge total here!
Dwayne Smith's initial blast, Brendon McCullum's amazing 66 and fine knocks from MS Dhoni and Suresh Raina have ensured that KXIP have a mountain to climb now.
Let us see if KXIP's batsmen fire and clinch this one.
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Over 20
CSK - 192 for 3
End of Innings.
Single.
One to go.
Good work by Sandeep.
No run.
Dhoni is on 40.
Two to go.
Dot ball again.
Dot ball.
This is why Dhoni is the best & Kohli can never ever come closer to him .. This image is few years back . #CSKvKXIP pic.twitter.com/guywDPxJsr
— Funnily Serious (@notionalview) April 25, 2015
Single.
He has reached 39...take a bow cap!
Dhoni on strike.
Single.
Sandeep to bowl the last over.
Over 19
CSK - 188 for 3
End of Over.
FOUR! Jadeja hammers that to deep square-leg.
40 runs is the current partnership.
Dot ball.
Johnson has been msierable with ball and on the field tonight!
FOUR! Slapped away by Dhoni behind the keeper...good shot.
Three runs...good running between the wickets!
FOUR! Jadeja welcomes Johnson with a boundary.
Over 18
CSK - 171 for 3
End of Over.
Single.
SUPER SHOT!
SIX! Amazing hit by Dhoni to wide long-on.
Will @SirJadeja will bring some magic in his 100th match #CSKvKXIP
— Rameshkumar (@RoyalRamesh_007) April 25, 2015
CSK will look to slam bang now!
Single.
Dot ball.
Axar is the bowler.
Single.
Over 17
CSK - 161 for 3
FOUR to end the over.
Single.
Dhoni is on 21.
Single.
Dot ball.
Anureet to bowl this over.
Over 16
CSK - 153 for 3
End of Over.
Two runs.
The Team India duo have worked wonders in the past for CSK!
Dhoni is on 16 meanwhile.
Single.
Can he work his usual magic here?
Sir Jadeja walks in.
WIDE!
CSK - 144 for 3
He was well short of crease.
WICKET! Raina is run-out for 29..the ball touches the bowler's fingers and shatters the non-strikers' stumps.
Wow wat half centuary by Brendon McCullum no one can replace him in this ipl, hats off #CSKvKXIP #IPL2015
— karthik (@mkarthik751) April 25, 2015
Karanveer is having a horrid time tonight.
SIX! Dhoni smashes that over mid-wicket..super shot!
Over 15
CSK - 138 for 2
End of Over.
Single.
FOUR! Hammered away to deep-mid wicket...good shot by Raina!
Brendon mccullum, feet well placed, hands lightning quick, eyesight like a hawk..!! Ajooba #IPL2015 #CSKvKXIP
— Amol Muzumdar (@amolmuzumdar11) April 25, 2015
Anureet is brought back in the attack.
Single.
Over 14
CSK - 129 for 2
End of Over.
Single.
Dot ball.
He was hammered in the early stages!
Karanveer into the attack.
Over 13
CSK - 126 for 2
FOUR! And Raina edges one to the boundary.
Dhoni gets off mark here.
Single.
Meanwhile Raina is on 20.
Axar got the big wicket for KXIP.
Single.
Skipper MS Dhoni is on strike.
CSK - 116 for 2
WICKET! And MCCullum's fiery knock comes to an end at 66...Bailey takes a simple catch off Patel at long-off.
How costly is that drop catch proving to be ! McCullum on fire. #CSKvKXIP
— Ved Prakash Pati (@vppati) April 25, 2015
Over 12
CSK - 116 for 1
Single to end the over.
Dot ball.
McCullum reaches 63...take a bow Baz.
FOUR! Hammered away to deep-square leg...great hit!
KXIP are out of ideas here?
Johnson is back.
Over 11
CSK - 108 for 1
End of Over.
DROPPED! Johnson drops Raina at the boundary.
Single.
FOUR! Same shot...same result...amazing hit.
McCullum looks unstoppable tonight.
FOUR! That one races away through covers...fine shot!
Axar to bowl this over.
Over 10
CSK - 97 for 1
End of Over.
GOOD KNOCK BAZ!
SIX! That hit over square-leg brings up his fifty.
And the delivery was a 147 km/hr....FIERY.
FOUR! McCullum rockets that through mid-on...Super Shot!
THe BAZ SHOW so far for CSK!
Akshar Patel just looks like an elongated version of Sir Jadeja.. #PepsiIPL #CSKvKXIP
— Abhijit Bhat (@abhi296) April 25, 2015
Else CSK are running away with it!
Johnson needs to get a wicket here.
Dot ball.
Mitch versus Baz...amazing contest on cards?
Over 9
CSK - 85 for 1
Sedate over.
Axar Patel to bowl this over.
Over 8
CSK - 81 for 1
End of Over.
Dot ball.
GOOD INNOVATION.
FOUR! Another one races behind the keeper...what a chip by McCullum!
Single.
He is on 8.
CLOSE! Raina survives a caught behind appeal...did the umpire miss out on a nick there?
Over 7
CSK - 74 for 1
End of Over.
SIX! Amazing hit by McCullum to long-off...SUPER SHOT!
Single.
FOUR! Raina gets started with a hit to mid-wicket...good shot!
Single.
FOUR! That one flies past the keeper's head...lucky boundary for BAZ!
Single.
Smith-McCullum have given CSK a near perfect start.
Single.
Anureet back to bowl.
Over 6
CSK - 54 for 1
Single to end the over.
Mitch is having a great over here...mixing things up!
Dot ball again.
Dot ball.
He has reached 24...great start for him.
McCullum still is at crease...KXIP need to get him out...fast!
Each player has four shadows. Quite interesting. #CSKvKXIP #PepsiIPL
— Vishal Sah (@Vishal_Sah7) April 25, 2015
Dot ball.
Suresh Raina is the new batsman.
Can he undo the initial damage for KXIP?
Finally Mitchell Johnson has been brought in to bowl!
Over 5
CSK - 51 for 1
End of Over.
Smith is out ... #CSKvKXIP
— Chennai Super Kings (@Whistlepodu4Csk) April 25, 2015
CSK - 50 for 1
Cleaned him up with a good ball.
WICKET! Smith is out for 26...KXIP can breathe easy now!
GREAT START!
Smith is on 26 while McCullum is on 23.
Two runs.
Anureet is the bowler.
Over 4
CSK - 47 for 0
Single to end the over.
86 meters that one.
SIX! Carted over mid-wicket...BAZ TIME!
Dot ball.
CSK are off to a flyer here.
Two runs.
SMITHSONIAN!
SIX AND SIX! Smith is going ballistic here...two huge hits of Sandeep!
Over 2
CSK - 14 for 0
10 off the over.
Sandeep to bowl this over.
Over 1
CSK - 4 for 0
End of Over.
Dot ball again.
Dot ball.
Karanveer Singh is the bowler.
FOUR! Smith hammers that through covers...amazing start!
Brendon McCullum and Dwayne Smith to open the batting.
And CSK have opted to bat after winning the toss at the MA Chidamabaram.
