bravo hit last ball six to win for csk
By kundanraj
@kundanraj (660)
India
May 15, 2012 2:16am CST
Chennai keep the hope for Play off with Bravo hitting the last ball to six, win over Kolkata. It was almost similar patterns in both of the innings, first KKR get a good start, Gambhir and Brendon McCullum had set off at speed, adding 99 and then lost in the middle to post something that more they can. Similary good innings Michael Hussey and M Vijay added 97 runs but in the end it was same as KKR, they lost wickets and run rate goes up. Lasst 5 overs Super Kings now needed 44. Super Kings had amazing task ahead but they did it well until the hop elive. Super Kings were favourites, needing only nine to get off the final over but Rajat Bhatia bowled Dhoni out and then 3 good balls but in the last he did gave bad fulltos to lose the game.
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@noblejimmy (20)
• India
15 May 12
I thought that kolkata will win.I hate that win and i just shocked with that.csk had already grabbed the trophy two times!!!!!
@ravisivan (14079)
• India
15 May 12
noble:
welcome to mylot. Yes. CSK did it in the last ball. I was not hopeful. KKR is also a good team and if they show some improvement in bowling they will win the future matches and also IPL.
@bragadish92 (66)
• India
15 May 12
I had given up hope after dhoni was dismissed..but bravo was awesome
@thewonderboy (7501)
• India
16 May 12
Bravo took his chances to get the ball into the boundaries. He was awesome.
@ajithlal (14716)
• India
17 May 12
I think Rajat Bhatia was bowling well in the previous over and he bowled a full toss ball and Bravo hit a six out of it. I think bowlers should try to keep cool while bowling and try to change their pace I think Bravo is a very good batman and knows how to put the bad balls away. I think it was a good match and was end to the wire. It is always great to watch the matches that are tensioned until the end rather than watching one-sided matches.
@ram_cv (16513)
• India
16 May 12
So Bravo is the modern day Miandad and Rajat Bhatia is the modern day Chetan Sharma. In fact, Bhatia had one more run to defend. Unfortunately it turned out as a full toss and Bravo took the full toll of that!!
For CSK it was really a get out of jail card and keeps them alive in the tournament. Now they are suddenly favorites to make the playoffs.
Cheers!
Ram
@beachdune (907)
• India
15 May 12
Ya it was a very tight match with csk winning at the last ball . I thought csk will lose the match but the brilliant sixer from bravo was just awesome . If you watched him during the match you must have observed that even he was not confident with his shot .
But by the initial batting from hussey and vijay, I felt that chennai willl win without much trouble . But two wickets in one over changed the game . But one does not simply decide a T20 march by its initial overs . But it was an amazing scintillating win from csk
@beachdune (907)
• India
16 May 12
Ya thats kind of true . If you had looked at today's Times Of India , they have shown all the last ball finishes in the history of IPL . CSK had 9 games where last ball decided their victory status . T20 being an unpredictable formate of the game , one cannot expect what can happen in the last ball . I never thought Bravo would hit a 6 of the last ball . Ya the bowler had thrown a full toss and bravo too full advantage of it . Everyone were anticipating that the fielder would catch the ball but the ball just cleared the boundary taking Chennai to an amazing win .
@arunr175 (1678)
• India
16 May 12
In the final over after Dhoni got out I taught Kolkata Knight Riders will win the match but the last ball to Bravo was a full toss, it's easy picking for a batsman like that.
Chennai Super Kings did well to win the match but Kolkata Knight Riders has played more sensible in the bowling department they could have won the match ...
@ravisivan (14079)
• India
15 May 12
kundanraj:
yesterday night I switched off the TV and went to sleep thinking CSK may not be able to do it. But morning newspaper told that CSK has won and that too in the last ball Bravo hit six. great. Of course KKR is also a good team.
@rahul2u (200)
• India
16 May 12
kundanraj,
even me also left the hope and going to bed, and my friend called me and told me to switch on the tv right now.then only i came to know CSK own the match.really the win surprised me. if CSK will enters in semis then no doubt..once again chennai will be the champions and create a record.i wish i will see CSk in semis once again.thankyou
@thewonderboy (7501)
• India
16 May 12
Chennai had a excellent game with KKR. It was the two who had gave Chennai a good start. They are Hussey and Vijay. They was amazing. They has given total about 97 runs and by the time the wickets started to fall continuously but at last Dhoni played an important role to stop sudden fall. Al last he come with the required run rate by 2 fours, 1 six and little singles. That over was the game changing game but at last dhoni has to depart. The game was finished in style by hitting a six in the last ball.
@dwayneeeboy (169)
• India
16 May 12
Rajat Bhatia had bowled brilliantly throughout the game, and even throughout this IPL!
He castled MS Dhoni when everyone was backing Dhoni to hit him out of the ground.
Its sad that he thought of bowling a juicy fulltoss to end it all, really sad!
