On This Day In 2011: Chennai Super Kings Beat Royal Challengers Bengaluru To Win IPL

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On this time successful 2011: Hussey and Vijay's 159-run basal led CSK to 205/5. Ashwin restricted RCB to 147/8.

On This Day In 2011: CSK successfully defended their crown with a 2nd IPL title. (File Pic)

On This Day In 2011: The mighty Chennai Super Kings brutally crushed the hopes of an in-form Royal Challengers Bengaluru broadside successful the last of the 2011 Indian Premier League on this day. Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s large juggernaut defended their crown and consolidated their presumption arsenic the past astir palmy franchise successful the league with 2 trophies successful their cabinet.

The Super Kings reserved their champion for the nighttime of the acme clash played astatine their home, the MA Chidambaram Stadium successful Chennai, coming retired triumphant by a borderline of 58 runs. Opting to bat aft winning the toss, the hosts rallied connected a superlative opening basal by Michael Hussey and Murali Vijay to extremity with a match-winning full of 205/5 successful their 20 overs.

Sharing a marathon basal of 159 runs for the archetypal wicket, Hussey and Vijay made the astir telling interaction connected the contest. While Hussey unleashed delightful strokeplay done his free-flowing 63 disconnected 45 balls, his show could lone person been overshadowed by the breathtaking 95 disconnected 52 deliveries that Vijay made. The Indian opener’s sound featured 4 fours and 6 sixes.

The lone clip CSK appeared retired of power successful the archetypal fractional was erstwhile Dhoni’s dismissal pursuing a promotion and cameo of 22 disconnected 13 paved the mode for a precocious illness successful the middle-order. Surprisingly for RCB, their stand-out performer with the shot was West Indies opener Chris Gayle, with his utile part-time rotation accounting for figures of 2 for 34.

Gayle’s quality to tighten the screws connected a adust aboveground successful Chennai possibly inspired Dhoni to opt for off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin against him successful the precise archetypal implicit of the chase. The Universe Boss, who was successful magnificent signifier passim the season, fell for a duck connected an attempted chopped changeable arsenic Ashwin vindicated Dhoni’s plans to container the biggest scalp of the night. Ashwin got 2 much wickets successful his fantastic spell of 4 overs for 16 runs.

Once Gayle departed, RCB banked heavy connected the experienced duo of Virat Kohli (35) and AB de Villiers (18) to supply them the goods. But erstwhile adjacent they were sent backmost by the Super Kings, the tourists astir surrendered, with lone middle-order batter Saurabh Tiwary showing immoderate combat during his unbeaten 42. The Royal Challengers ended with an embarrassing 147/8 successful their 20 overs, being wholly outperformed successful what was their 2nd IPL last aft losing the 2009 decider against now-defunct Deccan Chargers.

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