Chennai Super Kings crowned IPL champions!
CHENNAI: Chennai Super Kings beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 58 runs to become Indian Premier League champions for the second time in a row at the MA Chidambaram stadium here on Saturday.
Bangalore could make only 147 runs in reply of Chennai’s huge total of 205 runs. Earlier a record 159-run p artnership between openers Murali Vijay (95) and Michael Hussey (63) powered the Chennai Super Kings to 205 for five in 20 overs against the Royal Challengers Bangalore.
It was the highest partnership for the Super Kings for any wicket in the IPL, but the Super Kings were reined in at the finish with left-arm seamer Sreenath Aravind and off-spinner Chris Gayle picking up two wickets apiece in one over.
Winning the toss and opting to bat first, the Super Kings openers put the Royal Challengers attack to the sword with some brilliant batting. Vijay, pointed out as the weak link in the Chennai line-up after an indifferent run with the bat in the tournament, decided to make amends at the big stage, unleashing six sixes and four fours in his blazing knock.
Hussey was equally aggressive, hitting three sixes and as many boundaries in his 45-ball innings before holing out to Abhimanyu Mithun near the boundary ropes off left-arm spinner Syed Mohammad.
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