Raina sets up comprehensive CSK win

Sep 22, 2014

Chennai Super Kings were inserted by Dolphins in Bangalore and suffered an early blow as Khaya Zondo took a smart catch to get rid of Dwayne Smith in the first over•BCCI

He and Suresh Raina added 91 from just 45 deliveries, as the sixes began to rain at the Chinnaswamy Stadium•BCCI

Raina hammered four fours and eight sixes as he made 90 from 43 balls, his 31st T20 fifty•BCCI

Dolphins, though, were unfazed by the big total and began strongly. The openers blitzed 34 off 10 balls before R Ashwin, somewhat fortuitously, trapped Morne van Wyk lbw •BCCI

Super Kings, however, fought back with key strikes at regular intervals. Keshav Maharaj was bundled out for 8, and Dolphins lost their way after that•BCCI

Brendon McCullum counterattacked with a 29-ball 49•BCCI

The Dolphins bowlers all came out with expensive figures. Craig Alexander leaked 14 from his first over...•BCCI

Robbie Frylinck briefly halted Super Kings' momentum by removing both Raina and MS Dhoni in the 15th over•BCCI

Cameron Delport blasted 34 off nine balls with five fours and two sixes, as Dolphins raced to 50 in just 15 balls•BCCI

Dwayne Bravo conjured up an incisive spell of 4-0-17-2 which included the crucial wicket of Chetty, as Super Kings eventually bowled Dolphins out for 188 to complete a 54-run triumph•BCCI

... While Andile Phehlukwayo conceded 19 from his, as Super Kings reached the 100-run mark inside nine overs•BCCI

But Faf du Plessis and Ravindra Jadeja kept the runs flowing, as Super Kings ended with 242 for 6•BCCI

Delport was bowled by Mohit Sharma, but Cody Chetty ensured Dolphins' run-rate was above 12•BCCI