Right. So, Chennai did well to get 246/5. Rajasthan are chasing 247. Highly improbably, but with Yusuf Pathan, nothing is impossible. If they do chase it, Its going to be close to 500 runs in 40 overs. I hope they don't.
Shane Warne to all of his players : "We're all about making history aren't we?". The look on the players faces said it all. Demoralised to their core.
Be right back after a break when RR chase.
5:20 AM Pacific Standard Time: Albie Morkel starts. Amazing strength this guy has to come out and open the bowling after that hitting. Lost my stream yet again. Sigh.
5:25 AM: Got back the stream. Bollinger looks interesting. 14/0 in 1.3 now. He's bowling great! 1 run in the 2nd over. 15/0 in 2 overs. I'm going to take it a little easy on the live blogging. It is really tiring. Meanwhile, I salute the ball-by-ball commentators of Cricinfo. Now I know how hard their job is, to include mundane commentary every second.
5:32 AM: Sudeep Tyagi. Oh noes! Hope he doesn't leak runs. He's bouncing them up. Nice. Rajasthan's asking rate keeps creeping up. 23/0 in 3 overs. They're trying to cut loose but the bowling is tight, mostly.
5:35 AM: Bollinger is the best thing to happen to the CSK bowling department.
5:40 AM: Raina almost hangs onto one. Tyagi back into the attack. Screw the Miss Universe, get back the cricket! Six by Naman Ojha. 40/0 in the 5th over. Tyagi doesn't look like he's ready for the big time. His short ones are great. Six to end the over. 47/0 after 5 overs. Pretty much similar to the 50/0 in 5 for Chennai
5:45 AM: Albie comes back. First ball off for four. Looking even right now. The UMPIRE is commentating. SMH. Does Rudy Koertzen have a jamaican accent? Lol. 62/0 in 6 overs. This is looking close if they go at this rate!
5:50 AM: "The Spin Demon" Murali is introduced. God please help the other Murali too. Amazing over. 6 of the over. 68/0 in 7.
5:53 AM: Dhoni is finish Morkel and Tyagi off soon I think. He wants them to finish their quota and get out. Interesting strategy. LUMB GOES. First wicket down for Royals. YESS. Albie gets his man.
5:55 AM: 6 for Ojha. Pathan comes in. Pathan is having a go at everything. I hope he does something stupid, which he generally doesn't. Doug Bollinger takes it!!!
DOUG BOLLINGER TOOK THE BEST CATCH OF THIS MATCH!
5:56 AM: 80/2. Pathan takes the long walk back. That begins the inevitable slide of the rest according to me. What a great start to my morning :) Aathichudi is playing on the turntables.
6:00 AM: Ojha is turning it on. Keeping the run rate ticking. Badri drops it.. Arrghh.. Shadab Jakati is doing a great job. 90/2 in 9 overs. Will the Royals be able to hold on to make it a close match?
6:06 AM: Morkel is back. RR is milking singles now. Don't know how much that will help them. Get the sixes out already. Give the Chennai makkal some entertainment! P.S: Monk might have exhausted them out! 142 required from 60 balls. 105/2 in 10 overs. They're still doing 10 an over. One or two more wickets and they're gone.
6:10 AM: 6 more to Ojha. Are they inching closer? Oh noes! 50 up for Ojha. Well played young man. 114/2 in 11 overs.
6:13 AM: I'm losing the live stream again. Hope I don't miss anything big. Back. 124/2 in 12. They're getting closer.
6:18 AM: Jakati continues. Rajasthan are hitting sixes all over. I am contemplating if I should stop watching now. Hmmmmm.. 110 to win in 45 balls. BRING BACK BOLLINGER OR MURALI! 143/2 in 13 overs. This is outrageous. Dhoni, come on. Do something.
6:23 AM: Dang. Tyagi comes back. He's a run giving machine. Sigh. He does bounce them well though. Dropped by Anirudha Srikanth. Shane Watson lives. 152/2 in 14. 95 to win of 36 balls. Getting tighter and tighter.
6:26 AM: Murali comes back. Looks like another catch but its a tough one.Watson is swatting it out of the ground. SIX! SIX again. Watson gets 50 off 21 balls.Oh noes, Rajasthan is running away with it. Watson is blasting it around. 175/2. 72 required of 30 balls. The Royals look threatening now. Bollinger, please save CSK.
Tamil Ad on Set MAX. Woo Hoo.
6:32 AM: Doug Bollinger comes. He STRIKES!! Dougie Bollinger does it for Chennai! Shane Watson out for 60. This was planned by Dhoni I think. Dougie Bollinger has changed this game yet again. Too bad that he won't get the MoM if Chennai win. The crowd in Chennai is chanting Bollinger. Look at the power of the IPL. Yesterday, unknown in Chennai. Today, a hero. 183/3 from 16 overs. Time out called.
6:39 AM: 64 needed from 24 balls. If Chennai lose it from here, shame on them.Raina is bowling. Raina? WTH?? Oh yeah, he stops at the crease. My bad. This is a good move by Dhoni. He's a clever bowler. 9 of the over. 192/3! Need 53 from 18 balls. Closer and closer.
6:43 AM: Is Dhoni behind on his over rate? They're taking some time now to finish overs. MURALI STRIKES. Anirudha takes another catch. 192/4. Fazal goes. SIX next ball. Boy, its a roller coaster ride.SIX again off the 2nd last ball.208/4. They need 39 runs in 12 balls. Possible? Maybe.
6:49 AM: Bollinger to bowl the 19th. Great move. Will this over seal it? Raina takes it. WICKET GOES DOWN! Bollinger strikes again. 210/5. They need 37 runs in 9 balls. Tough. Incredibly tough. 212/5 at the end of 19th. Right. 6 balls, 35 runs to win. Very tough.
6:55 AM: Yay. Last over. Tyagi to bowl the last over. YIKES! 31 required of 5 balls. 4 more to Ojha. 27 off 4 balls now.Up in the air, put down by Hayden. 26 needed off 3.Dot ball. Yup. 26 off 2 balls now. CSK going to win! Single. 25 to win off 1 ball. Done.
CSK win it folks. What a game it was. Brilliant. Dhoni made his moves perfectly and they all paid off. A well deserved win for Chennai attributed to Bollinger and Vijay mainly.
I've enjoyed live-blogging, although it is physically demanding. Maybe I might do it for games which I am not really engrossed in watching it. Alright guys, I'm signing out. Going to hit the bed finally. See ya some other day.
6:26 AM: Murali comes back. Looks like another catch but its a tough one.Watson is swatting it out of the ground. SIX! SIX again. Watson gets 50 off 21 balls.Oh noes, Rajasthan is running away with it. Watson is blasting it around. 175/2. 72 required of 30 balls. The Royals look threatening now. Bollinger, please save CSK.
Tamil Ad on Set MAX. Woo Hoo.
6:32 AM: Doug Bollinger comes. He STRIKES!! Dougie Bollinger does it for Chennai! Shane Watson out for 60. This was planned by Dhoni I think. Dougie Bollinger has changed this game yet again. Too bad that he won't get the MoM if Chennai win. The crowd in Chennai is chanting Bollinger. Look at the power of the IPL. Yesterday, unknown in Chennai. Today, a hero. 183/3 from 16 overs. Time out called.
6:39 AM: 64 needed from 24 balls. If Chennai lose it from here, shame on them.Raina is bowling. Raina? WTH?? Oh yeah, he stops at the crease. My bad. This is a good move by Dhoni. He's a clever bowler. 9 of the over. 192/3! Need 53 from 18 balls. Closer and closer.
6:43 AM: Is Dhoni behind on his over rate? They're taking some time now to finish overs. MURALI STRIKES. Anirudha takes another catch. 192/4. Fazal goes. SIX next ball. Boy, its a roller coaster ride.SIX again off the 2nd last ball.208/4. They need 39 runs in 12 balls. Possible? Maybe.
6:49 AM: Bollinger to bowl the 19th. Great move. Will this over seal it? Raina takes it. WICKET GOES DOWN! Bollinger strikes again. 210/5. They need 37 runs in 9 balls. Tough. Incredibly tough. 212/5 at the end of 19th. Right. 6 balls, 35 runs to win. Very tough.
6:55 AM: Yay. Last over. Tyagi to bowl the last over. YIKES! 31 required of 5 balls. 4 more to Ojha. 27 off 4 balls now.Up in the air, put down by Hayden. 26 needed off 3.Dot ball. Yup. 26 off 2 balls now. CSK going to win! Single. 25 to win off 1 ball. Done.
CSK win it folks. What a game it was. Brilliant. Dhoni made his moves perfectly and they all paid off. A well deserved win for Chennai attributed to Bollinger and Vijay mainly.
I've enjoyed live-blogging, although it is physically demanding. Maybe I might do it for games which I am not really engrossed in watching it. Alright guys, I'm signing out. Going to hit the bed finally. See ya some other day.
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