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Monday, April 09, 2012

Jadeja helps Chennai outplay Deccan by 74 runs



Visakhapatnam: Ravindra Jadeja’s impressive allround performance guided Chennai Super Kings to defeat Deccan Chargers by 74 runs in the fifth edition of the Indian Premier League here at the Dr Y S Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium on Saturday.

First he top scored with a breezy 48 from 29 balls and later he displayed the best bowling performance grabbing five wickets for just 16 runs to demolish Deccan batting lineup.

He struck three sixes and as many fours while Dwayne Bravo hit an unbeaten 43 off 18 balls with five sixes and Faf du Plessis made 39 off 25 balls with four sixes and a four.

Chennai Super Kings amassed 183 for six in the allotted 20 overs and then bowled out Deccan Chargers for 119 runs in 17.1 overs.

Main scorers were captain Cameron White (23), Shikhar Dhawan (21) and Parthiv Patel (20).

Geo Super showed this match live from the venue.