The second semifinal between Deccan Chargers and Chennai Super Kings will be played on Thursday. The best piece of news for the Super Kings is the return to form of skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni who played a brilliant match-winning knock of 54 not out in his inimitable fashion against Kings XI Punjab. While Andrew Symonds did the early good work with the bat for Chargers and has tallied 402 runs, Indians Rohit Sharma (377) and T Suman (303) have chipped in brilliantly in the later stages of the league phase. In bowling, the Chargers look to hold the edge as the Super Kings pace attack, bolstered by the arrival of Australian left arm pacer Doug Bollinger, has not taken off as expected. The Chennai team is struggling to put an effective support pacer to Bollinger with Alblie Morkel, L Balaji, Sudeep Tyagi and Manpreet Gony not deliver good. With their strength at almost equal level, both teams would be looking forward to one or two special innings or bowling spells to clinch the match and book a berth in the April 25 final.
News On AIR | April 22, 2010 9:16 AM
IPL: Chargers clash with Super Kings in 2nd semi-final today