Indian Premier League 2015 - 2nd Match
(Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Daredevils at Chennai)
Daredevils fall short despite Morkel fifty
| CSK | vs | DD |
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| 150/7 (20) | 149/9 (20) | |
| CSK won by 1 run | ||
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| Photo © BCCI |
Chennai Super Kings' best discipline backfired. Their famed blueprint - keeping wickets in hand to tuck into the final five overs - was foiled. With only 151 to get, Delhi Daredevils had the opportunity to fell a six-match losing streak to MS Dhoni's men. But when aggression was required, they hid their best batsmen in the lower middle order. Those efforts to prevent the worst possible outcome only hastened its arrival as Daredevils lost by one run.
Albie Morkel was the only threat. He filled every Super Kings fan with a heady cocktail of dread and déjà vu. They have spent five years whistling for him. He was the source of probably their most famous win in IPL history. His allegiances are with Daredevils this season and struck an unbeaten 73 off 55 that indicated he could be more than just a handy source of nitrous when the finish line nears. Ironically again, as well as he gave the Daredevils chase the spine it needed, his finishing skills came up short. They needed six off the last ball. Morkel's belt reached the cover boundary after an agonising bounce.
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