Chennai beats Delhi, enter IPL final

New Delhi. Chennai Super kings on Friday has reached the final of DLF IPL-5 after beating Delhi Daredveils by 86 runs. The name behind the chennai’s victory is Murli vijay, who scores 113 runs on just 51 balls. Now, Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s men will meet Kolkota Knight Riders in the title clash here on Sunday.

Chasing a massive 223-run target, Delhi lost wickets at regular intervals and never look in the game.  After batsmen scored an imposing 222/5 in their innings, Ravichandran Ashwin took 3 wickets for 23 runs to lead an aggressive Chennai bowling attack. Chennai bowled Delhi out for 136 in 16.5 overs. Delhi lost last six wickets in less than four overs from 13.2 to 16.5 overs as they failed to keep pace with the ever climbing run rate.  Mahela Jayawardene (55 off 38 balls) hit two sixes and four fours in his quick-fire innings but couldn’t find an able partner on the other end. Jayawardene’s impressive knock came to an end when Ashwin clean bowled him in the fifteenth over. Delhi lost Andre Russell (17) soon after Jayawardene raced to his fifty in just 31 balls.

Spinner Ravichandran Ashwin added more misery for Delhi as he dismissed Russell in the twelfth over to reduce Daredevils to 106/4 in 11.4 overs. Russell hit two fours in his 11-ball rapid knock. Delhi lost Ross Taylor (24) after he put on 52-run stand with Jayawardene. Pacer Dwayne Bravo dismissed Taylor in the ninth over to reduce Delhi to 74/3 in 8.2 overs.

Taylor smashed two sixes and a four in his quick-fire 14-ball knock as he tried to revive the Delhi run chase with Jayawardene. Delhi lost Virender Sehwag (1) and David Warner (3) inside four overs as they struggled in their run chase. Chennai pacer Albie Morkel struck in the fourth over to dismiss Delhi skipper Sehwag and reduced Daredevils to 22/2 in 3.4 overs. Delhi started their stiff chase on the wrong foot as they lost Warner in the third over to Aussie pacer Ben Hilfenhaus.
Sent in to bat, Murali Vijay scored 58-ball 113, smashing 15 fours and four sixes, to help Chennai post 222/5 against Delhi. Vijay became the fastest batsman to score a century in this season’s IPL as he raced to the landmark in just 51 balls, which included 13 fours and four sixes. Vijay also became the first Indian batsman to score two centuries in the cash-rich Twenty20 league.