Monday Apr 21,Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Chennai beat Delhi by 93 runs. Suresh Raina was adjudged as the man of the match for his brilliant knock and electric fielding!
Quotes
Suresh Raina: We bowled very well. Ishwar executed the plan very well. First game we did not field well, today was good. I was looking to make a good partnership with Smith, later on Faf and Dhoni batted well. We played very well today, the ball was doing a bit today. Smith chipped in with some very good overs but Ishwar won it for us. I like to keep my fitness high, that is the secret of not not missing matches.
MS Dhoni: It was a complete performance. Commentators keep saying catches win matches, today it was a display of what it means. It was a good day for the bowlers too. We dont have the luxury of having too many batsmen. In a 20 over game, 7 batsmen should be good enough. The openers always look to be aggressive and we have enough players to backup down the order. There have been instances where we dropped the catches, but today it was a complete performance and this game will be the bench mark for us in the upcoming games.
Dinesh Karthik: Nile is going to miss out for a while. He has injured his Hamstring. We had to bowl a part timer and it had huge impact on the game. They bowled in good areas and the ball was moving and seaming. 178 is a bit more to chase here. Losing a key bowler was a big thing for us
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