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Jacques Kallis’s fit effort to dismiss S. Vidyut reflect the focus and strength of mind that Royal Challengers Bangalore showed in the morale-boosting win against Chennai Super Kings on Wednesday.Chennai: Winning cricket is a lot about handling pressure. When a semifinal place beckoned, Chennai Super Kings dig a hole for itself at Chepauk on Wednesday.A awful ruin saw the side slumping from 60 for no loss in the ninth over to 111 for eight when the final over commenced. Sixteen runs were necessary off the ending six balls.Then, Suresh Raina managed just a single run off the first three balls from Praveen Kumar. Makhaya Ntini usual three dot balls and Royal Challengers Bangalore romped home by 14 runs.

While Royal Challengers display huge spirit on the field, it still was a match that Super Kings contrived to lose. When percentage batting was required after a solid opening stand of 60 in 9.1 overs between Stephen Fleming and Parthiv Patel, Super Kings batsmen perished to unmemorable lofted shots. deliberately, it was poor cricket.Dhoni’s dismissal, after he promoted himself to No. 3, was the turning point. He took a intended risk of paceman Vinay Kumar and holed out to long on.

Sparkling bowling

Anil Kumble’s four overs — he scalped three for 14 — were all about skill, mind and commitment. The champion leg-spinner stump to stump line and variations of pace and angles induced mistakes from the batsmen.Jacques Kallis roar in to hustle the batsmen with lifting delivery. His four overs for 15 runs — he was very much unlucky to see a skier from Parthiv Patel being put down at mid-wicket — pegged back the Super Kings’ run-rate.And Dale Steyn, sharp and straight, struck in his second spell. From nowhere, Royal Challengers was eying a win. They manage to close out the competition.

Flawless line

Manpreet Gony, extract bounce from short of a good length and bowling an perfect off-stump line impressed. His spell with the new ball — Dhoni bowled him out — of 4-1-11-2 indicated his control and accuracy.He open up Jacques Kallis with a delivery that straightened and bounce more than the batsman predictable and establish the rim of Sreevats Goswami’s blade.The young Goswami found Makhaya Ntini hot to handle — he was put down at slip by Fleming and survived a sure shout for caught behind — but displayed great spirit in ‘walking’ after nicking Gony to Parthiv at the back the stumps.

Misbah-ul-Haq attempt to glide a delivery leaving him from L. Balaji and Parthiv Patel pluck a diving catch behind the stumps. Dravid composed his runs with some crisp strokeplay on either side of the wicket the side continued to lose wickets. Morkel won a leg-before result alongside Mark Boucher, who bent to play crossways the line.