Chennai Super Kings registered a comfortable four wicket win over Yorkshire in their last match in the ongoing Champions League Twenty20, says a report in The Times of India.
“Opting to field, Chennai restricted Yorkshire to 140 for six on the back of impressive bowling from pacers Albie Morkel (2/12) and Doug Bollinger (2/16) and then romped home with six balls to spare in an inconsequential Group B match at Kingsmead. S Badrinath top-scored with a 38-ball 47 which he made with the help of four boundaries whileMahendra Singh Dhoni, who played under Suresh Raina's captaincy in the match, made 31 from 23 balls. Raina himself contributed 31 from 30 balls.
“Wriddhiman Saha, who kept wickets in the match as Dhoni also decided not to wear the wicketkeeper's gloves, hit the winning run -- a single -- as Chennai reached 141 for six in the last ball of the 19th over,” says the report.
The report said that losing their openers early Chennai got a solid partnership between Raina and Badrinath, “Chennai were then at a wobbly 26 for two but Raina and Badrinath settled down quickly and shared a 48-run stand for the third wicket from 6.9 overs to take Chennai closer to the target. Raina fell in the 12th over with Hannon-Dalby taking his second wicket with a slower ball. The Chennai captain went after a full and angled delivery but was too far through the shot when he made the contact,” says the report.
Meanwhile, a report in The Hindu adds that Dhoni got the opportunity to bowl, “Earlier, apart from Morkel and Bollinger, Ben Hilfenhaus got a wicket while off-spinner R. Ashwin, continuing his less-than-impressive show, went wicket-less. Dhoni bowled two expensive overs conceding 25 runs without a wicket,” says the report.