Yah, I can understand, same teams again, so early, but this is not the first time it happened. The same thing happened with Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders. Both the matches were won by KKR. Anyways, returning to the match, it was totally one sided. Pune lost 4 quick wickets for the third time this season, but today Yuvraj was looking way more positive than the last encounter. He hit some nice shots, and in general, timed the ball nicely. Nobody other than Yuvraj, created any impact. Chennai bowled nicely and restricted Pune to 141/6 in their 20 overs.
Second innings started off in a balanced way with Chennai losing Mike Hussey early. But, Murali and Badrinath held the innings nicely, and maintained a steady flow of runs from both ends. Pune bowlers and fielders never seemed to be eager enough to save the runs, and this helped Chennai to raise their run rate at par with the required run rate. In the middle overs, there was a genuine appeal for caught behind against Badrinath, and I personally felt that there was a definite nick but the umpire was adamant despite synchronous appeal from the bowler and the wicket keeper. The commentators didn't delay in showing the fair play award table, where Chennai was second from the top. Towards the end, some good hits by Raina secured the game for Chennai and they were home comfortably. Chennai won by 8 wickets, bringing them to the second spot on the points table just behind Mumbai Indians.
Overall, the game was boring throughout, and didn't cause any adrenaline rushes or heart-beat stops.
Overall, the game was boring throughout, and didn't cause any adrenaline rushes or heart-beat stops.
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