Chennai Super Kings beat Punjab XI by 12 runs – scintillating batting performance of Hyden helped
In a rain-affected match on Thursday, when Chennai Super Kings took on the fight with Punjab XI, Mathew Hyden unleashed his fiery batting display to the utmost entertainment of the crowd and scored 89 valuable runs to reach a big total of 185/5, in the reduced play of 18 overs. Despite the loss of opener S. Badrinath for a golden duck in the first ball, both Hyden and M.S.
Dhoni (56 not out) propelled their team to a very good total. Hyden’s knock of 89 came in 58 balls, studded with 6 sixes and 8 fours; Suresh Raina hit 32 runs in 20 balls with 4 fours and 1 six; and M.S. Dhoni swashed his bat to get an unbeaten 56 in 27 balls, with 7 fours and 2 sixes, having elected to bat first after winning the toss. Chasing such a huge total, Punjab Kings XI equally responded and showed the strength in their batting order. Opener Sunny Sohal fell for 2 runs, but the other Opener Simon Katich went on with a beautiful performance of 50 runs in 25 balls, before got dismissed by L.
Balaji. Yuvaraj Singh (58 not out) and Mahela Jayawardane (44 not out) pushed the score-board speedily, helped by the failures of fielders in making funny errors of missing simple catches, slipping run out chances with fumbles to the maximum. Both of them would have made it – they reached a total of 174/3 – but it was little bit too much, when it mattered in the final overs. Hyden was rewarded Man of the Match for his stroke play.
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