Vijay's brilliance gives Delhi a hiding
CHENNAI: Murali Vijay's brilliant century (113; 58b, 15x4, 4x6) and useful contributions from MS Dhoni and Dwayne Bravo helped CSK beat Delhi Daredevils by 86 runs in the second qualifier and enter the final of IPL for the third straight year at Chepauk here on Friday.
Vijay, who began this season on a sober note, reserved his best for the 'semifinal' to single-handedly take CSK to the summit clash, where they will meet Kolkata Knight Riders on Sunday. CSK made 222 for 5 in 20 overs. Chasing a near-impossible 223 for win, Delhi Daredevils could muster only 136 in 16.5 overs.
Delhi made a disastrous start losing opener David Warner cheaply. Warner's strike off Ben Hilfenhaus was held brilliantly by Vijay at mid off. Virender Sehwag, who came one drop, succumbed to pressure.
His ill-timed shot was held neatly by Mike Hussey at mid on. For a while, Ross Taylor scored a flurry of sixes and gave some hope to the team. The Delhi top order lacked the temperament to chase a huge total.
Mahela Jayawardene staged a lone battle to make 55. He scored runs freely off all the CSK bowlers who were erring in length and bowling in a slightly relaxed manner, thanks to the mammoth total.
His end came when he misses the line while attempting a reverse sweep off Ravichandran Ashwin to be castled. His dismissal ended Delhi's hopes. Ashwin was the pick of CSK bowlers
Delhi's gamble of putting CSK into bat on a perfect batting strip backfired. Furthermore Delhi faced with a dilapidated attack and with no quality spinner in their ranks suffered heavily at the hands of the defending champions. It was a professional display by CSK.
Batting first, CSK made an excellent start with Vijay and Hussey striking from the meat of the blade right from the first ball of the innings.
Vijay was striking the ball fluently and picked up boundaries at every given opportunity. Hussey enjoyed a life off Andre Russell when Pawan Negi at mid-wicket spilled a skier.
Delhi without the services of Morne Morkel (dropped) and Irfan Pathan (yet to recover from finger injury) were severely handicapped as they lacked a penetrative bowler. Sunny Gupta and Russell their replacements were found wanting on all counts.
Gupta playing in his first IPL game opened the bowling and gave 12 runs. It was not the case of runs but paucity of ideas. Nevertheless, Chennai had a rollicking start with no pressure at the other end.
After Hussey's exit, Vijay cut loose. He plundered 21 runs off a Sehwag over with two exquisite boundaries and two towering sixes. Negi too was given some harsh treatment by Vijay. Delhi badly missed out the services of a quality spinner.
Vijay after enjoying a slice of luck when mistiming a hook shot never looked back. He used his feet well and timed his shots to a nicety. His inside-out shot off Russell where the ball beat the extra cover fielder and sailed to the fence showed him in total control of the proceedings.
Suresh Raina during his short stay, cut, chopped missed and connected some to make a useful 27. A six off Sunny Gupta helped Vijay sail into the 90's.
Dhoni smashed Gupta for two sixes, which included a six from a helicopter shot sending the near capacity crowd into a frenzy.
He repeated the helicopter shot only to be dropped by Warner in the deep, with Gupta being the unlucky bowler, Dhoni got out trying to accelerate the run rate. By that time, CSK were in a formidable position.
A flick for a brace off Varun Aaron ringed in Vijay's well deserved hundred. He celebrated his century with two more boundaries of Aaron.
CHENNAI: Murali Vijay's brilliant century (113; 58b, 15x4, 4x6) and useful contributions from MS Dhoni and Dwayne Bravo helped CSK beat Delhi Daredevils by 86 runs in the second qualifier and enter the final of IPL for the third straight year at Chepauk here on Friday.
Vijay, who began this season on a sober note, reserved his best for the 'semifinal' to single-handedly take CSK to the summit clash, where they will meet Kolkata Knight Riders on Sunday. CSK made 222 for 5 in 20 overs. Chasing a near-impossible 223 for win, Delhi Daredevils could muster only 136 in 16.5 overs.
Delhi made a disastrous start losing opener David Warner cheaply. Warner's strike off Ben Hilfenhaus was held brilliantly by Vijay at mid off. Virender Sehwag, who came one drop, succumbed to pressure.
His ill-timed shot was held neatly by Mike Hussey at mid on. For a while, Ross Taylor scored a flurry of sixes and gave some hope to the team. The Delhi top order lacked the temperament to chase a huge total.
Mahela Jayawardene staged a lone battle to make 55. He scored runs freely off all the CSK bowlers who were erring in length and bowling in a slightly relaxed manner, thanks to the mammoth total.
His end came when he misses the line while attempting a reverse sweep off Ravichandran Ashwin to be castled. His dismissal ended Delhi's hopes. Ashwin was the pick of CSK bowlers
Delhi's gamble of putting CSK into bat on a perfect batting strip backfired. Furthermore Delhi faced with a dilapidated attack and with no quality spinner in their ranks suffered heavily at the hands of the defending champions. It was a professional display by CSK.
Batting first, CSK made an excellent start with Vijay and Hussey striking from the meat of the blade right from the first ball of the innings.
Vijay was striking the ball fluently and picked up boundaries at every given opportunity. Hussey enjoyed a life off Andre Russell when Pawan Negi at mid-wicket spilled a skier.
Delhi without the services of Morne Morkel (dropped) and Irfan Pathan (yet to recover from finger injury) were severely handicapped as they lacked a penetrative bowler. Sunny Gupta and Russell their replacements were found wanting on all counts.
Gupta playing in his first IPL game opened the bowling and gave 12 runs. It was not the case of runs but paucity of ideas. Nevertheless, Chennai had a rollicking start with no pressure at the other end.
After Hussey's exit, Vijay cut loose. He plundered 21 runs off a Sehwag over with two exquisite boundaries and two towering sixes. Negi too was given some harsh treatment by Vijay. Delhi badly missed out the services of a quality spinner.
Vijay after enjoying a slice of luck when mistiming a hook shot never looked back. He used his feet well and timed his shots to a nicety. His inside-out shot off Russell where the ball beat the extra cover fielder and sailed to the fence showed him in total control of the proceedings.
Suresh Raina during his short stay, cut, chopped missed and connected some to make a useful 27. A six off Sunny Gupta helped Vijay sail into the 90's.
Dhoni smashed Gupta for two sixes, which included a six from a helicopter shot sending the near capacity crowd into a frenzy.
He repeated the helicopter shot only to be dropped by Warner in the deep, with Gupta being the unlucky bowler, Dhoni got out trying to accelerate the run rate. By that time, CSK were in a formidable position.
A flick for a brace off Varun Aaron ringed in Vijay's well deserved hundred. He celebrated his century with two more boundaries of Aaron.
News Posted: 26 May, 2012
|
