I watched the IPL match between CSK and RCB which was held on 12th April 2012. Since, It has been so long. I dont remember the whole incident clearly and I am going to share the happenings which I remember. It was the 13th Match of 5th edition of IPL held at Chepauk Stadium in Chennai. The toss was won by Daniel Vettori who captained RCB in that match. It was worry for us being CSK supporters, but we beleived in CSK. Being a star Batting Line up, RCB launched very well, it was their Openers Mayank Agarwal and Chris Gayle who gave them splendid starts. They both were taking the bowlers to cleaners. It was Albie Morkel who took the wicket of Rising star Mayank Agarwal and gave the much needed breakthrough for CSK. But, It was Virat Kohli who accompanied Chris Gayle. It was a carnage of batting display from RCB.
CSK bowlers did not have clue to their batting. They both shared a partnership of 109 before Jadeja removing Chris gayle in the 17th over courtesy Bravo's brilliant catch. Bollinger Removed virat Kohli during his final assault. The score was reading 198 for 4 at the end of 19th over. We were expecting a score in excess of 210. Brilliant over from Bollinger produced 5 dot balls but Vinay Kumar did not give up and scored 6 of the last ball of the over and the final score of RCB was 205 for 8. CSK conceded as many as 16 extras of which 14 were wides. Though CSK is a good batting line up, it was an herculean task for them to beat the score. Moreover the had best and experienced bowling trio of Muralitharan, Zaheer Khan and Vettori.
Both the opening bowlers kept simple line and length and gave nothing away to the batsmen. The scoreboard was not moving on well, it was upto the batsmen to take risks and up the tempo. Murali Vijay got out in the process when he was on 11 and the team score read 56 in 6.5 overs. An excellent caught and bowl by Muralitharan. Suresh Raina joined with Faf Du plesis and gave some lusty blows, but that was not enough. He got out on 23 when the team score was reading 88 for 2 and 10.3 overs were completed. Faf was playing gem of an innings on one side but not getting proper support from other end. Captain MS Dhoni promoted himself up the order and decided to take on the bowlers on his own. Faf and Dhoni were going great guns until the effort from Muralitharan made him to do mistake and remove his wicket also.
CSK were very unfortunate for letting Muralitharan out of auction considering his age factor. But, his game showed that he is younger than many youngsters. He almost made the task impossible for CSKians. Bravo joined captain and something miraculous was required from both of them to chase down the target. The major drawback RCB had was 5th bowler and Vinay kumar's leak of runs. Raju Bhatkal was given the 5th bowler start but he leaked too many too early. So, the ball was given to Virat Kohli who gave away only 8 runs in his first over. Captain Dhoni was removed by Zaheer khan on 40 and the score reading 163 for 4 at the end of 18 overs. The crowd lost hope as 43 from 12 balls looked almost impossible and with their Dhoni being out, they started to leave. But, me and my friend still had a hope and decided to watch the match till the end.
One good thing was the dangerous trio finished their full quota of 4 overs and it was between Virat Kohli and Raju Bhatkal to bowl 19th over as vinay kumar was left with final over. This was a game changing over. Albie Morkel was on the strike. It was first ball of the over and the ball was given to Virat Kohli as he gave only 8 runs in the previous over he bowled. The first ball had inside edge and it run away to 4 without disturbing the stumps. Then it was 6,4,6. Wow, what a man Albie was. The runs needed reduced to 23 from 8. Again he went for a biggie but did not connect properly but he ran 2. The last ball was a huge six and the equation was reduced to 15 from last over and the gambling of bowling Kohli in the penultimate over cost them.
The last over had vinay kumar which gave just 1 run in the first ball and dismissed Albie in the second, wanting CSK to score 14 from 4. Jadeja joined Bravo. There was a noball, waist high full toss and bravo managed to find the fence making it 9 from 4. The very next ball was dispatched to a huge six by Bravo, making the equation 3 from 3. The next two balls was dot and single, leaving jadeja to score 2 from the last ball. He managed to edge a ball and find the fence, which made CSK win the match. It was the first match I witnessed in the stadium and what a thrilling encounter it was
CSK bowlers did not have clue to their batting. They both shared a partnership of 109 before Jadeja removing Chris gayle in the 17th over courtesy Bravo's brilliant catch. Bollinger Removed virat Kohli during his final assault. The score was reading 198 for 4 at the end of 19th over. We were expecting a score in excess of 210. Brilliant over from Bollinger produced 5 dot balls but Vinay Kumar did not give up and scored 6 of the last ball of the over and the final score of RCB was 205 for 8. CSK conceded as many as 16 extras of which 14 were wides. Though CSK is a good batting line up, it was an herculean task for them to beat the score. Moreover the had best and experienced bowling trio of Muralitharan, Zaheer Khan and Vettori.
Both the opening bowlers kept simple line and length and gave nothing away to the batsmen. The scoreboard was not moving on well, it was upto the batsmen to take risks and up the tempo. Murali Vijay got out in the process when he was on 11 and the team score read 56 in 6.5 overs. An excellent caught and bowl by Muralitharan. Suresh Raina joined with Faf Du plesis and gave some lusty blows, but that was not enough. He got out on 23 when the team score was reading 88 for 2 and 10.3 overs were completed. Faf was playing gem of an innings on one side but not getting proper support from other end. Captain MS Dhoni promoted himself up the order and decided to take on the bowlers on his own. Faf and Dhoni were going great guns until the effort from Muralitharan made him to do mistake and remove his wicket also.
CSK were very unfortunate for letting Muralitharan out of auction considering his age factor. But, his game showed that he is younger than many youngsters. He almost made the task impossible for CSKians. Bravo joined captain and something miraculous was required from both of them to chase down the target. The major drawback RCB had was 5th bowler and Vinay kumar's leak of runs. Raju Bhatkal was given the 5th bowler start but he leaked too many too early. So, the ball was given to Virat Kohli who gave away only 8 runs in his first over. Captain Dhoni was removed by Zaheer khan on 40 and the score reading 163 for 4 at the end of 18 overs. The crowd lost hope as 43 from 12 balls looked almost impossible and with their Dhoni being out, they started to leave. But, me and my friend still had a hope and decided to watch the match till the end.
One good thing was the dangerous trio finished their full quota of 4 overs and it was between Virat Kohli and Raju Bhatkal to bowl 19th over as vinay kumar was left with final over. This was a game changing over. Albie Morkel was on the strike. It was first ball of the over and the ball was given to Virat Kohli as he gave only 8 runs in the previous over he bowled. The first ball had inside edge and it run away to 4 without disturbing the stumps. Then it was 6,4,6. Wow, what a man Albie was. The runs needed reduced to 23 from 8. Again he went for a biggie but did not connect properly but he ran 2. The last ball was a huge six and the equation was reduced to 15 from last over and the gambling of bowling Kohli in the penultimate over cost them.
The last over had vinay kumar which gave just 1 run in the first ball and dismissed Albie in the second, wanting CSK to score 14 from 4. Jadeja joined Bravo. There was a noball, waist high full toss and bravo managed to find the fence making it 9 from 4. The very next ball was dispatched to a huge six by Bravo, making the equation 3 from 3. The next two balls was dot and single, leaving jadeja to score 2 from the last ball. He managed to edge a ball and find the fence, which made CSK win the match. It was the first match I witnessed in the stadium and what a thrilling encounter it was
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