Chennai Super Kings beat the 2009 champions Deccan Chargers by 38 runs to book their place in the final against the Mumbai Indians. Batting first, the Super Kings posted 142 for seven and then bowled the Chargers out for 104. The match got off to a frenetic start as after Chennai chose to bat first, [...]
Chennai Super Kings captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni smashed a timely innings of 54 in 29 balls to guide his side into the Indian Premier League semi-finals with a six-wicket win over the Kings XI Punjab in Dharamsala. Indian skipper Dhoni thumped two huge sixes to finish off the game in style, the Super Kings having [...]
Gautam Gambhir stroked an unbeaten half-century to guide the Delhi Daredevils to a desperately-needed six-wicket win over the Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League. The win keeps the Daredevils in the hunt for a semi-final place and it came about after they held the Chennai Super Kings to just 112 for nine but [...]
Suresh Raina and Murali Vijay scored unbeaten half-centuries to ensure that the Chennai Super Kings beat the Kolkata Knight Riders by nine wickets. The Kolkata Knight Riders, who were restricted to 139 for eight, are now relying on other results to go in their favour if they are to make the semi-finals while the Super [...]
T Suman scored his second half-century in two games as the Deccan Chargers kept their Indian Premier League semi-final hopes alive with a six-wicket win over the Chennai Super Kings in Nagpur. Suman hit 55 as the Chargers picked up a second win on the bounce in the final over having restricted the Super Kings [...]
The IPL invested nearly $121 million in five weeks in South Africa but team owners have reason to cheer as teams seem to have made money in the second year of the tournament. After being written off last season, Deccan Chargers have emerged winners and its owner Deccan Chronicle has reason to smile. Last year, [...]
The Royal Challengers Bangalore secured an Indian Premier League final spot against the Deccan Chargers by beating the Chennai Super Kings by six wickets in the second semi-final in Johannesburg. Manish Pandey, fresh from scoring a century against the Chargers two days ago, starred again with a fluent 48 as the Challengers overcame Chennai’s score [...]
The Bangalore Royal Challengers will take on the Chennai Super Kings in the second semifinal of the Indian Premier League at Johannesburg on Saturday. Chennai Super Kings finished 2nd in the league table with 17 points from 14 games and were the second best team in the tournament throughout. For them their batting holds the [...]
The Kolkata Knight Riders took a last-ball seven-wicket victory over the Chennai Super Kings to register only their second victory of the 2009 competition at Centurion Park. Half-centuries from Brendon McCullum (81) and Brad Hodge (71 not out) steered them to 189 for three after Suresh Raina’s 52 had helped the Super Kings reach 188 [...]
Matthew Hayden’s fifth Indian Premier League half-century this season got the Chennai Super Kings back to winning ways as they beat the Mumbai Indians by seven wickets in Port Elizabeth to book their place in the semi-finals. Hayden was unbeaten on 60 as his side reached 151 for three with five balls to spare after [...]
In a pulsating match at Durban, the Royal Challengers Bangalore stunned the Chennai Super Kings to keep their own hopes of reaching the Indian Premier League semi-finals with a two-wicket victory. Captain Anil Kumble, Jacques Kallis and Ranganath Vinay Kumar all picked up two wickets as the Super Kings were bowled out for 129 and [...]
An unbeaten half-century from Subramaniam Badrinath guided the Chennai Super Kings to their second Indian Premier League win over reigning champions the Rajasthan Royals, thus completing the double this season. Badrinath smashed 59 not out in 41 balls as the Super Kings closed on 141 for three in 18.2 overs after the Royals had been [...]
Chennai Super Kings beat the Kings XI Punjab by 12 runs in a rain-affected high-scoring IPL match in Pretoria, Matthew Hayden leading the way with a fine innings of 89. The Australian left-hander extended his lead at the top of the Orange Cup standings for leading run-scorers by hitting eight fours and six sixes as [...]
The Chennai Super Kings today beat the Deccan Chargers in East London on Monday night to go to the top of the leader board in the league standings. It was the third win in a row for the Chennai Super Kings, who were led home by the batting of their captain MS Dhoni, also the [...]
The Chennai Super Kings registered a comfortable 18 run victory over the Delhi Daredevils at the Wanderers in Johannesburg on Saturday. The Chennai Super Kings started in blistering fashion with openers Matthew Hayden and Murali Vijay, smashing 36 runs off the first 28 balls. Raina who along with Subra Badrinath helped accelerate the scoring after [...]
Chennai Super Kings beat Rajasthan Royals by 38 runs to record their first win in four matches at Centurion. Raina’s innings helped the Super Kigns post 164 for five before the Royals were bowled out for 126, Lakshmipathy Balaji taking four for 21 and Albie Morkel and Jacob Oram taking two wickets apiece. Raina was [...]
Andrew Flintoff has returned home from the IPL to undergo surgery on a torn meniscus in his right knee. It was during Team Chennai’s last match against Team Delhi when Flintoff felt the discomfort in his right knee. Flintoff was then taken to a hospital in Durban. The team’s medical staff contacted Dr Nick Peirce, [...]
Delhi Dare Devils beat Chennai Super Kings in a tight game at Durban by nine runs. Delhi won the toss and elected to bat on a placid pitch. The opening duo of Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag were removed early and the Chennai team was in a good position. But AB De Villiers (105 off [...]
The first match of the day is between Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Dare Devils. The match will be played at Durban. Chennai Super Kings have played two matches already and they have won one and lost one. They have two points but more importantly they have tried out different team compositions and played full [...]
The second round of the IPL begins today with the Bangalore Royal Challengers taking on Chennai Super Kings. The match will be played at Port Elizabeth. Chennai Super Kings will be keen to get the first points on board for them after they lost their first match to Mumbai Indians. They didn’t do well in [...]