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IPL Final : Rajasthan Royals win in thriller

by Ankit on June 2nd, 2008

Chennai Superkings have to consider themselves lucky. They were outplayed in every department of the game on Sunday by the Rajasthan Royals but still lost on just the final ball. The scorecard suggests a really close match, the highlights make you wonder how?

Chennai batted first and scored a formidable 168. Formidable as this was a high pressure game and MSD had defended 157 too in a final, that too a close match! Almost everyone contributed in bits and pieces to help reach the total. The Rajasthan bowling was accurate without being incisive

Something told me then that this was not enough. I always wanted Chennai to win and by now, Journalistic Neutrality is something I haven’t accepted. Something was not right! The faith was on Dhoni’s leadership and I hoped that he could do an encore.

Mental note: Remind myself “you don’t win a final if you drop three catches”

Chennai did that and lost. There is no such theory as to why they lost.There were other factors too. One thing is for sure. Rajasthan played better cricket, though panic did set in late in the day. With 8 needing of the last over, and Joginder Sharma cooling his heels in the dugout, MSD gave the ball to L Balaji, the most expensive bowler till then. He bowled a wide, Parthiv Patel fumbled and the batsmen (Sohail Tanveer and Warne) ran 1. 2 runs of 0 balls made. 6 off 6 then. Always easy. Hopefully this loss doesn’t hurt Dhoni too much, a lot of international commitments are on the cards. Speaking of cards, Warnie is now off to Las Vegas to play Poker. Cool eh! So thats where the strategy comes from!

Later

Sinkin in feelin : IPL IS OVER!!!! NOOOOOOOOOO!

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