Deccan Chargers vs Chennai Super Kings
Live StreamingEast London, 04 May 2009
Match Begins 20:00 IST | 16:30 SA | 14:30 GMT
Durban, 05 May 2009
Chargers needs to tell world that their resurgence this season is not a flash in the pan while Chennai Super Kings has to prove that it is the best team in the competition.Adam Gilchrist has been pretty much the torch-bearer for his sidewhile Mahendra Singh Dhoni is struggling with both form and fitness.
To see Adam Gilchrist and Herschelle Gibbs take on Muttiah Muralitharan would be interesting. If Dhoni decides to open with Murali then the contest would rise several notches. RP Singh will need to strike early or else Matthew Hayden will just take the game away from Deccan Chargers.
Fidel Edwards has left the Deccan Chargers and that will weaken the attack considerably. For Chennai Dhoni's back is a cause for concern.
Deccan Chargers are coming off two successive losses whereas Chennai Super Kings have won their last two games, so it will be a battle of confidence.
In a day game, it looked like Chennai Super Kings had put up a par score but they had not bargained for Herschelle Gibbs' brilliance. Gibbs gave Deccan Chargers a base from which they could easily chase down a decent total. It proved yet again that a sound start was needed for any chase. It proved to be one of the early successful chases of IPL 2.
it was hardly a surprise that Gibbs was voted the Man of the Match because he was the man who held the fort for Deccan Chargers that day.
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