Todays win over Delhi Daredevils was amazing and the fact that has come out is that Chennai Super Kings have a clear calculated method of approach to this format of the game when it comes to slow pitches.They set a target of 160 and they achieve it very often.
Whether batting second while chasing 160 around or while batting first to post a score of around 160, they follow a parameter which looks like more or less like this.
First 10 overs, do not lose too many wickets and score at 6 per over. If this goes fine, then blast off the last 10 overs for 100.
Match against Delhi was almost the same. First 10 overs, Chennai score was 60 runs for the loss of 1 wicket and then in the last 10 overs, they just masaccared Delhi bowlers and scored 109 runs reaching 169 runs. Of course, Hussey and Dhoni played major roles but Raina was good as always.
With such a strong batting line up, where you have power hitters going deep till number 10, bowling team really needs to worry a lot to get entire 10 wickets against Chennai Super Kings. And if any of the power hitters get struck to the crease for more than 15 minutes, almost does the damage.
It is almost a matter of time that Murali Vijay and Suresh Raina haven't blasted yet but when these two guys get going, they don't stop, these guys score big and score of 200 never looks impossible when they strike the ball cleanly.
It isn't a surprise when you hear critics saying that IPL is a tournament where 8 others team fight to take top 3 spots to meet Chennai Super Kings in Playoffs and then in the great Final.
-Diwan Nikhil Kumar - A die-hard Dhoni Fan/Indian Team Fan/CSK Fan.