Hundreds of cricket fans celebrated Indian Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s 28th birthday on Tuesday by cutting cake at Mecon Stadium, situated near his residence, and wished him success and more explosive knocks.
Wishing him more success in his life and a wonderful happy birthday!!
Tags: Dhoni, Happy Birthday, Indian Captain, Indian Cricketer, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, MS DhoniChennai Super Kings captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni described his side’s bowling performance as one of the worst in the Indian Premier League while admitting that they were outplayed by their opposition in their seven-wicket defeat to Kolkata Knight Riders.
“It is disappointing to lose the match. We had (enough) runs on the board (to defend) but they (Kolkata) had some brilliant batting and on the other hand one of the worst bowling performance in the IPL,” Dhoni, who was clearly not happy with the effort of his bowlers, said after the match.
“Kolkata batted really well. They outplayed us more than anything else. When you have to chase nearly 190 you need good effort from some of boys. That was what they did,” he added
Chennai play Kings XI Punjab on Wednesday in their last match and Dhoni said he expects his bowlers to do well as they need to win to make sure they make it to the semifinals.
Dhoni, however, would not think that his side would be under severe pressure to win their last match.
“Last year, we were in the same situation, we needed to win our last match to reach the semifinals. So we are in the same situation as last year. It is about how you raise your bar of achievement when needed,” he said.
Tags: Chennai Super Kings Vs Kolkata Knight Riders, Chennai vs Kolkata, Dhoni, IPL 2009 News, IPL Scores, IPL Updates, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Semi-finalsTable-topper Deccan Chargers’ fairytale campaign continued in the second Indian Premier League with the Adam Gilchrist-led side edging out Chennai Super Kings by six wickets to maintain their clean slate here today.
Chasing 166, Deccan Chargers rode on Herschelle Gibbs’ (69 not out) second half-century of the tournament and captain Gilchrist’s scoring 44 off 19 balls to cruise to 169 for four in 19.3 overs to record their fourth win on the trot.
Put into bat, Chennai Super Kings had earlier posted 165 for six, courtesy Matthew Hayden’s belligerent 49 and Jacob Oram’s breezy unbeaten 41 down the order.
Gilchrist and Gibbs were clearly in a hurry to wrap up the match and with both the batsmen going after the bowlers, Chennai simply had no respite.
Gilchrist hit Lakshmipathy Balaji for back-to-back fours in the first over to signal his intention. The Chennai pacer had a chance to settle scores in the next over but Balaji grassed a difficult caught-and-bowled chance and Gilchrist was simply unstoppable as he hit the pacer for two sixes and a boundary in that productive over.
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