Today’s Match Details – Chennai Super Kings vs Pune Warriors
Match -24 DLF IPL T20, IPL5 2012
Time – 8:00 pm i.e 14:30 GMT | 20:00 IST
Date – April 19, 2012
Venue – MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
Toss – Pune Warriors elected to field
Result – Chennai Super Kings won by 13 runs

Chennai Super Kings superb batting and bowling helped them take revenge of the loss they suffered at the hands of Pune Warriors in the previous match. Though at one stage the match looked even for both teams but Chennai team pulled it back with their superb bowling and fielding.

Today in the 24th match of DLF IPL 2012, Pune Warriors won the toss and elected to field first. CSK openers F du Plessis (58 runs 48 balls 4×4, 2×6) and S Badrinath (57 runs 48 balls 8×4, 0x6) gave them a flying start and added 116 runs for the first wicket partnership. In the 16th over, Samuels got both the wickets but a solid platform was being laid for the coming batsmen. Though Raina was out for a duck but MS Dhoni’s 12 ball 28 helped Chennai Super Kings post a total of 164/5 in 20 overs.

Chasing 165 to win and create another upset in IPL, Pune Warriors suffered a major blow when R Uthappa got out in the second over when the team score was just 13. Soon another breakthrough was provided to CSK as J Ryder got out leaving Pune struggling at 26/2 in 3.4 overs. M Pandey and Ganguly then took the team score past 50 but D Bravo got the wicket of Pandey on the very first ball of seventh over leaving Pune at 53/3 in 6.1 overs. S Ganguly who scored 24 off 26 balls was the next to fell and Pune were struggling at 64/4 in 9.4 overs. Needing 101 to win off 62 balls, Samuels scored a 21 balls 26 before getting out and leaving Pune at 97/5 in 13.2 overs. S Smith and A Mathews then took the team closer towards the target but with the wicket of S Smith in the 19th over, it was almost all over for Pune. Pune needed 21 to win in the last over but A Mathews was bowled on the very first ball and thus Pune failed to achieve the target and lost the match by 13 runs.

Match 24 Chennai Super Kings vs Pune Warriors Scorecard IPL 2012