beat Royal Challengers Bangalore 205 for 8 (Gayle 68, Kohli 57,
Bollinger 3-24) by five wickets
Albie Morkel ransacked 28 runs off the first six balls hefaced - the
19th over - to pull off an incredible heist forChennai Super Kings,
the second highest successful chase in the IPL. Pursuing 206, Super
Kings needed 43 off 12 balls and Royal Challengers Bangalore would
have thought the match safe,only for Morkel to shatter thenotion by
savaging Virat Kohli's over.Morkel launched three sixes,two fours and
ran a two, to leave Super Kings with 15 to get in the last over.
Althoughhe was caught on the boundary, and Super Kings needed 14 off
four balls, Dwayne Bravo was on hand to finish it off, helped by a
no-ball and a full toss from Vinay Kumar. It was a compelling finish
to an inningsthat had its platform laid by aggression from Faf du
Plessis and innovation from MS Dhoni, who promoted himself to No. 4,
but until thatrocket-fueled thrust from Morkel, Super Kings had been
behind for 38 overs.
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