Deccan on a roll with fourth consecutive win

Chennai Super Kings Vs Deccan Chargers - Match 16 - Kingsmead, Durban - Bulletin

Deccan Chargers are on a roll after defeating Chennai Super Kings and making their tally four out of four. The wooden spoon winner have come out all guns blazing in this season of IPL and the results are here to see. Gilchrist and Gibbs were on fire and literally destroyed the Chennai bowling after being set a target of 166 runs. Gilchrist was in punishing mood as he sent the cricket ball flying to all parts of the ground scoring 44 off just 19 balls which included five 4's and three massive sixers. With all his regular bowlers being hit out of the park, Dhoni threw the ball to part-timer Suresh Raina hoping for a magic. And magic did happen with Raina picking up the wickets of Gilchrist and Laxman in successive overs. But the damage was already done. With run-rate at a manageable level and wickets in hand Gibbs guided Deccan to a emphatic six wicket victory.

Earlier in the day Mathew Hayden's 49 and Jacob Oram's 41 helped Chennai reach a respectable score of 165, after being put in by Deccan. But the inability to forge good partnerships and good bowling from Deccan spinners meant that Chennai could never really go into the full throttle mode. Raina and Dhoni made some useful contributions but were out when they started to look good for bigger scores. This season so far for Chennai has been a season of missed opportunities. They have been in winning positions in most of the matches but let the opportunity slip. If Chennai wants to better or atleast repeat their last year's performance, they have to make sure they grab all the opportunities.

Toss
Deccan won the toss and elected to field

Teams
Deccan Chargers
A Gilchrist, H Gibbs, VVS Laxman, R Sharma, Dwyane Smith, Venugopal Rao Rao, A Bilakhia,
P Ojha, RP Singh, SM Shohaib, F Edwards
Chennai Super Kings
P Patel, M Hayden, S Raina, J Oram, M S Dhoni, A Morkel, S Badrinath, J Sharma, L Balaji,
M Muralitharan, M Gony

Brief Scores
Chennai Super Kings - 165/6 in 20 overs(Hayden - 49, J Oram - 41*, P Ojha - 2/11,
R Sharma - 1/18)
Deccan Chargers - 169/4 in 19.3 overs(H gibbs - 69*, A Gilchrist - 44, S Raina - 2/18,
M Muralitharan - 1/17)

Result
Deccan Chargers won by 6 wickets