Bangalore: Suresh Raina on Saturday hit a blisterig century pulverising Kolkata Knight Riders into submission as Chennai Super Kings exacted a sweet revenge clinching the Oppo Champions League T20 in style with an eighth-wicket victory in a thoroughly one-sided final.
Chasing a competitive total of 181, Raina smashed the daylights out of a depleted KKR attack without Sunil Narine, scoring a breathtaking 109 off 62 balls with the help of six fours and eight sixes. His century came off only 59 balls.
Fitting enough, skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni finished the match with a flourish as he hit successive sixes off Yusuf Pathan as CSK won with nine balls to spare.
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This CSK's first trophy in three years having last won the IPL and CLT20 in South Africa, back in 2011. CSK lost IPL final to KKR in 2012 and also lost twice in IPL this year.
Raina, one of the finest players of the shorter format made a mincemeat of a KKR attack that looked psychologically down with mystery spinner Narine already on his flight back to Port of Spain. Raina is now the only player to score a century in T20 Internationals, IPL and CLT20 tournaments.
As it has been for Raina in a yellow jersey, where he has rarely failed, the UP left-hander gave a perfect exhibition of how to play on a track that offers turn. Raina's footwork against spinners was out of the coaching manual as he came to the pitch of the deliveries and effortlessly lifted the spinners like Piyush Chawla (0/38 in 3 overs) and Kuldeep Yadav (0/44 in 4 overs) into the second tier of the Chinnaswamy stadium.
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In fact, Raina spoilt the party for young chinaman bowler Kuldeep, who today got a maiden call-up into Indian ODI side. Thrice, Kuldeep was lofted into the stands as Raina danced down the track and negated the turn, teaching the teenager a lesson about playing top-flight cricket. He added 118 runs in only 12.2 overs with Brendon McCullum, who scored 39 off 30 balls and 58 off 5.2 overs with Dhoni. Needless to say, Raina was the dominant partner in both the stands.
Earlier, unheralded left-arm spinner Pawan Negi's bowled brilliantly for his maiden five-for as Chennai Super Kings restricted Kolkata Knight Riders to 180 for six even as skipper Gautam Gambhir smashed a 52-ball-80.
The diminutive 21-year-old Delhi boy, who is not even a regular in his state squad having played only two first-class games in three years, grabbed five for 22 in four overs as he put spanner in KKR's plans of getting a 200-plus score. Being put into bat, KKR skipper Gambhir led from the front as he added 91 for the opening stand with Robin Uthappa (39). Gambhir's innings had seven fours and three sixes.
Towards the end, it was young Manish Pandey, who played a cameo scoring 32 off only 19 balls and Yusuf Pathan (20 off 9 balls), who hit a few lusty blows to take IPL champions to the 180-run mark.
With Chinnaswamy strip offering significant turn and bounce, Negi did trouble the batsmen as he got the wickets of Uthappa and Jacques Kallis in his first spell and then got rid of Pandey, Ryan ten Doeschate (0) and Kuldeep Yadav (0) in a space of five deliveries in the penultimate over. However credit should be given to CSK bowlers as they made a good comeback having gone for 89 runs in the first 10 wicketless overs. In the back-10, they conceded only 91 runs taking six wickets in the process.
The KKR openers broke free in the second over where bith Gambhir and Uthappa got boundaries off Mohit Sharma as 13 runs came in that over.
Suresh Raina's unbeaten 109 off 62 balls fueled Chennai Super Kings to their second Champions League T20 (Clt20) on Saturday as they pounded the Indian Premier League champions Kolkata Knight Riders by eight wickets in the last at Bangalore. Chennai pursued down 181-run focus with nine balls to extra.
Pursuing an aggressive aggregate of 181, Raina crushed every last KKR bowler out of the recreation center and Gautam Gambhir and Co. doubtlessly missed their expert spinner Sunil Narine. Raina's 109 incorporated six fours and eight sixes. Raina is presently the main player to score a century in T20 Internationals, IPL and Clt20 competitions.
This is CSK's first trophy in three years having last won the IPL and Clt20 in South Africa, in 2011. CSK lost IPL last to KKR in 2012 furthermore lost twice in IPL not long from now.
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Suresh Raina scored unbeaten 109 off 62 balls as Chennai Super Kings pursued down KKR's aggregate of 180 with eight wickets under control in 18.3 overs. (BCCI)
Pursuing down an aggressive aggregate of 181, CSK lost the wicket of Dwayne Smith in the first over because of an extraordinary yorker by Pat Cummins. However Raina turned out to take the control of the transactions. Raina's footwork against spinners was out of the drilling manual as he went to the pitch of the conveyances and smoothly lifted the spinners like Piyush Chawla (0/38) and Kuldeep Yadav (0/44) out of the recreation center.
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Raina ruined the gathering for adolescent chinaman bowler Kuldeep, who on Saturday got a lady call-up into Indian ODI side. Kuldeep was lobbed into the stands thrice as Raina moved down the track. He alongside Brendon Mccullum included 118 runs in just 12.2 overs. Mccullum, who scored 39 off 30 balls died attempting to hit Yusf Pathan out of the recreation center. With 58 required off 5.2 overs, MS Dhoni strolled in the center and he alongside Raina verified that their were no cheeky minutes at the end.
Dhoni completed the match with a twist as he hit progressive sixes off Pathan as CSK won with nine balls to extra. Dhoni remained not out on 23 off 14 balls.
Prior, left-arm spinner Pawan Negi's bowled splendidly for his lady five-for-twenty two as Chennai confined Kolkata Knight Riders to 180 for 7 however captain Gautam Gambhir crushed a 52-ball-80 and at one minute it looked that IPL champions will effortlessly cross 200-run mark.
Being put into bat, KKR captain Gambhir headed from the front as he included 91 for the opening stand with Robin Uthappa (39). Gambhir's innings had seven fours and three sixes. Towards the end, it was adolescent Manish Pandey, who played a cameo scoring 32 off just 19 balls and Yusuf Pathan (20 off 9 balls), who hit a couple of healthy hits to take IPL champions to the 180-run mark.
With Chinnaswamy strip offering huge turn and skip, Negi did inconvenience the batsmen as he got the wickets of Uthappa and Jacques Kallis in his first spell and afterward disposed of Pandey, Ryan ten Doeschate (0) and Kuldeep Yadav (0) in a space of five conveyances in the penultimate over.
However credit ought to be given to CSK bowlers as they made a decent rebound having striven for 89 runs in the initial 10 wicketless overs. In the back-10, they surrendered just 91 runs taking six wickets all the while. The KKR openers softened free up the second over where both Gambhir and Uthappa got limits off Mohit Sharma as 13 runs came in that over.
The 50 came in 5.4 overs as both Uthappa and Gambhir utilized their feet against the star twist twins R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja. Uthappa on the flip side was looking great before Negi tricked him with a flighted conveyance. While Kallis (1) didn't keep going long, Gambhir and Pandey did have a productive association as the senior left-hander hit Negi for a huge six and picked the slower one from Bravo for his third six.
Exactly when he was searching useful for a century, a tired looking hurl off Jadeja achieved his ruin as Brendon Mccullum took a decent get. Pandey hit a few fours and sixes as he took the score past 150 preceding Negi again place brakes in scoring in the penultimate over where he doled out just two runs and however all the more imperatively took three wickets.
It was then left to Yusuf Pathan to hit Ashish Nehra for two fours and a six off the last over as he gave KKR an opportunity to set up a battling score
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