Watch Champions League T20 Final Match Chennai Super Kings vs Warriors Highlights From New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg.
WAR 128/7 wickets for 20 overs
Chennai 123/2 (18.2/20 ov)
Chennai won by 8 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)
CLT20 Final Match Highlights Here
Davy Jacobs had started off imperiously and catapulted Warriors to 45 in the sixth over. Then R Ashwin got one to turn quickly towards the leg stump, Jacobs went for the reverse sweep, but was trapped in front.
Warriors’ Achilles heel is their lower order. Johan Botha bats at no 6; the batting isn’t that deep. And so, the middle-order chose caution over valour and Chennai closed in. L Balaji, who grew in confidence with the Warriors’ non-violent approach against him, slipped in a few quiet overs with his steady line and length stuff. Ashwin continued to tease them with his variations and Muttiah Muralitharan came on in the 10th over to harass them with his ability.
By the half-way mark Jacobs’ blitz at the start seemed a distant memory. As ever, he moved around on his nimble feet and ripped shots with slaughterhouse finality. He smashed Doug Bolinger and Albie Morkel to all parts of the ground. There were his usual shuffle-and-smash shots, but there were also some skilful upper cuts and neat cover drives.
Dhoni, FOUR, finishes the game in typical Dhoni fashion, full on middle and out comes the whiplash, struck hard down the ground and wide of mid-on to seal the title for Chennai
The players run out to the middle and the celebrations begin. Rudi Koertzen, umpiring in his final game, has a congratulatory word with Dhoni. This is the last time a lot of these players will play together as one team. A perfect follow-up the IPL victory this year. They huddle up, pose for the cameras while the Warriors gradually retreat into their dug out. Aniruddha Srikkanth leads the cheers for Chennai. Three rather one-sided final knockout games this tournament, contrary to what was expected as they were fairly closely-matched on paper. Stay tuned, we’ll get you the details from the presentation in a short while.
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