M Vijay rarely has converted its beginning in the IPL and Michael Hussey has not sparkled in the previous few games. So what do the day of the grand finale? They accumulate a sizzling 159-run partnership to launch Chennai with a total mass at the Chidambaram stadium. R Ashwin then derail hunting packing off Gayle for a duck in the first over. Game over.
It 'was the ease with which the races ran, and how quiet they were recognized by accumulated Chennai Open, which has caught the eye. There were several large pieces, but almost everyone was in conventional zones. There was just a bad shot in the first 14 overs. Just one. In more than 10 °, Vijay had just had a casual shot that sailed just clear of a lunge on Luke Pomersbach deep midwicket boundary. He then tried to slog the next ball down the line and cut the leg side. The reaction of the players reflects the awareness of the need to control the adrenaline: the shadow of the arch Vijay drilled a straight bat and rushed through Hussey to have a long chat.
For the duration of the partnership, which lasted 14.5 overs, complemented each other with conflicting approaches. Hussey punctuated his bunts, French fries and unity with the occasional big hit - the highlight was a monstrous leap off Syed Mohammad who crashed on the roof over wide long-on. Vijay has gone in the opposite direction. He punctuated his fiery on-the-hits with fists up silent for singles and couples. They both ran hard and fast between the wickets and the scoring rate ever reported. Vijay grew more and more tired, but it was Hussey who fell first, squeezing a full launch by Mohammad long-on. At that point, had provided a great platform.
E 'was Vijay who started the mess off the final delivery of the second with a special shot. It 'been a short delivery long with little room for maneuver, or so it seemed, but Vijay is growing and spreading across the line for a fiery six on the long-on. Hussey pulled the next delivery from Zaheer Khan to backward square-leg boundary to launch the assault. They reiterated that double dose of sixes again. Hussey swing the final delivery of the fifth over, bowled by Mohammad, over the midwicket boundary and Vijay got up the next ball from Chris Gayle, over long on. Chennai reached 0 for 56 in six overs and kept going faster and faster.
They started their bowling in the same way. Ashwin only need three instructions to remove the main plug in their path. The first two turned sharply away from Gayle before the third deviated from all the strains and slipped to collect on the edge of an attempted cut. de Villiers reeled off some big shot, but was trapped by Shadab Jakati LBW Kohli and Suresh Raina had to sew the game to Chennai.
In contrast Bangalore slipped on the little things that count at this time. In Powerplay, there were three cases of adrenaline runs and fielders succumb to indulge in unnecessary throws, one by Saurabh Tiwary, also went to the limit. Pomersbach could have done a better job to take this opportunity in the 10th over by Vijay S Aravind and messed up the possibility of running out in the 12th over Hussey. Vijay, the non-striker, Hussey had called for a risky single and Aravind, the bowler who picked up the ball at short mid-on, threw him off at the end of the non-striker. There was another example, in 11, when the bowler, Mohammad, he threw himself full stretch to his right, but could not hold onto a difficult chance offered by Vijay. It was that kind of day. Things did not go right into Bangalore and everything went according to script for Chennai.
