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Dhoni’s late blitzkrieg ensures CSK beat KXIP by 6 wkts

Dhoni’s late blitzkrieg ensures CSK beat KXIP by 6 wkts

Chennai Super Kings skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni play a shot during the IPL T20 match against Kings XI Punjab in Dharamshala on Sunday. Manvender Vashist/PTIPremium

Chennai Super Kings skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni play a shot during the IPL T20 match against Kings XI Punjab in Dharamshala on Sunday. Manvender Vashist/PTI

Dharamsala: Chennai Super Kings on Sunday blazed into the IPL semifinals with a sensational late blitzkrieg by captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni taking them to a six-wicket victory over Kings XI Punjab.

Chasing a huge 193 for a win, Dhoni cracked a 29-ball unbeaten 54 with a late flourish of fours and sixes to take his side to victory with two balls to spare in a high scoring thriller at the HPCA Stadium.

Needing 16 runs from the last over, the Chennai captain hit a hapless Irfan Pathan for 18 runs with the help of two sixes and a four to take his side’s score to 195 for four in 19.4 overs.

Dhoni, who ended the match in style with a six, was dropped in the previous over bowled by Juan Theron when on 32, Pathan being the culprit.

Dhoni struck five fours and two sixes in his blistering innings sharing 47 runs from three overs in their unfinished fifth wicket with Albie Morkel (eight-ball 14). S Badrinath (53 in 36 balls ) and Suresh Raina (46 in 27 balls) were the other main contributors for Chennai.

Chennai Super Kings skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni play a shot during the IPL T20 match against Kings XI Punjab in Dharamshala on Sunday. Manvender Vashist/PTI

Earlier, put into bat, Punjab piled up a big 192 for three, thanks to a breezy 99-run unbeaten fourth wicket partnership between Shaun Marsh (88) and Pathan (44).

Chennai suffered two quick losses in the beginning of their run chase when off-spinner Ramesh Powar removed Murali Vijay (13) and his opening partner Matthew Hayden (5) cheaply.

Raina then teamed up with Badrinath when Chennai was struggling at 27 for two after the fourth over and the duo added 62 runs, before the former was removed by Juan Theron in the 10th over. Raina cracked five fours and three sixes.

After the dismissal of Raina, Badrinath, who hit seven fours and two sixes, and Dhoni tried to accelerate run-rate and added 59 runs for the fourth wicket partnership.

When the team was cruising towards the target, spinner Piyush Chawla struck in the 17th over by scalping Badrinath. But after that Dhoni and Morkel took Chennai home with some batting pyrotechnics.

For Punjab, Powar took two wickets for 28 runs, while Chawla and Theron bagged one each.

Score Board

Chennai Super Kings

M Vijay st Kumar Sangakkara b Ramesh Powar 13

M Hayden ct Kumar Sangakkara b Ramesh Powar 5

S Raina ct Karan Goel b Juan Theron 46

S Badrinath st Kumar Sangakkara b Piyush Chawla 53

M Dhoni not out 54

A Morkel not out 14

S Jakati - -

D Bollinger - -

S Tyagi - -

J Kemp - -

R Ashwin - -

Total: 195 / 4 19.4 overs

Kings XI Punjab

M Jayawardene ct Sudeep Tyagi b Albie Morkel 21

S Marsh not out 88

K Sangakkara b R Ashwin 33

Y Singh lbw Suresh Raina 1

I Pathan not out 44

K Goel - -

J Theron - -

R Powar - -

V Singh - -

P Chawla - -

S Sohal - -

Total: 192 / 3 20 overs

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Published: 19 Apr 2010, 12:57 AM IST
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