Durban: Chennai Super Kings produced a clinical all-round show as they scored a comfortable four-wicket victory over Yorkshire to sign off their Champions League Twenty20 campaign with a win here on Monday.
Opting to field, Chennai restricted Yorkshire to 140 for six on the back of impressive bowling from pacers Albie Morkel (2/12) and Doug Bollinger (2/16)and then romped home with six balls to spare in the inconsequential Group B match at Kingsmead.
S Badrinath top-scored with a 38-ball 47 which he made with the help of four boundaries while Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who played under Suresh Raina’s captaincy in the match, made 31 from 23 balls.
Raina contributed 31 from 30 balls.
Chennai, the 2010 champions, ended third in Group B with eight points behind Sydney Sixers and Highveld Lions, the two teams who made it to the semifinals.
Wriddhiman Saha, who kept wickets in the match as Dhoni also decided not to wear the wicketkeeper’s gloves, hit the winning run – a single – as Chennai reached 141 for six in the last ball of the 19th over.
Gary Ballance was the top-scorer, making 58 from 38 balls for Yorkshire. Badrinath, however, was Man-of-the-Match (PTI)
Brief scores:
Yorkshire: 140-6, 20 overs (G Ballance 58; A Morkel 2-12)
Chennai: 141-6, 19 overs (S Badrinath 47; S Patterson 2-22)