IPL: Chennai recover from poor start to post 187
May 23, 2012  21:50
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Chennai 187-5 (20 ovs) vs Mumbai

The young Kulkarni to bowl the final over. Dhoni hits the first ball straight to Pollard at long-on but Dhoni and Bravo sprint across for a couple.

Dhoni plays the paddle sweep but hits it straight to the short fine leg fielder to move to 49 from 19 balls.

Kulkarni tries the slower ball but misses his radar and gives away a wide on the off-side.

Bravo then sends the next ball soaring over the midwicket fence for another huge six. The West Indian then throws his bat at a wide delivery and it goes over the cover boundary for a six. But the next ball is hit straight to the fielder on the fence in that same region for a single.

Dhoni inside edges the final ball and it goes past the wicketkeeper for two runs.

Dhoni finishes unbeaten on 51 from just 20 balls, hitting six four and two sixes, with a strike rate of 255. Bravo was equally effective with the bat, hammering 33 from 14 balls, as the two batsmen were involved in an unbroken stand of 73 from 29 balls.

The last five overs went Chennai's way as they hammered 73 runs for the loss of just one wicket.
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