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Chennai won Match 16 of IPL6 against Bangalore by four wickets after a nail-biting finish at a packed MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chepauk on Saturday night.
Needing 16 off the last over, Jadeja smashed a boundary and six off the first two balls to finish on 166-6.
With two needed off the last ball, Jadeja was caught at third man but raced for a single realising RP Singh had bowled a no-ball to the despair of Bangalore.
Jadeja remained unbeaten on 38 off 20 ball having hit three boundaries and a six.
Chasing a stiff targeet of 166, Chennai clawed back after losing openers Vijay and Hussey cheaply to be reduced to 10 for two after four overs.
They made a partial recovery to reach 62-2 at the halfway stage before suffering another setback as Raina (30) and Badrinath (34) departed in quick succession.
Dhoni walked to the middle and put their chase back on track in characteristic fashion smashing 33 off 23 balls with a boundary and two sixes during an breezy stand of 59 with Jadeja for the fifth wicket.
Rampaul struck twice within the space of four balls in the 19th over to dismiss Dhoni and Bravo.
Jadeja held his nerve to steer Chennai home despite being caught off a no-ball in the final ball of the match.
Rampaul had the best return of three for 31 while Syed Mohammad claimed two for 15.
Earlier, Royal Challengers Bangalore put into bat by Chennai Super Kings recovered to make 165 for six.
After losing Gayle in the second over and being two down for 51 in the ninth, RCB were lifted by a 82-run stand for the third wicket between Kohli and AB de Villiers.
Kohli departed after a captain's knock of 58 off 47 which contained just two boundaries and two sixes.
De Villiers was the aggressor during this partnership and held the innings together before being dismissed in the last ball of the innings.
The South African Twenty20 captain made 64 off 32 balls smashing eight boundaries and a six.
Morris had the best return of three for 40 while Nannes, Ashwin and Bravo struck crucial blows.
CHENNAI SUPER KINGS INNINGS
Chennai snatch victory from the jaws of defeat as Bangalore celebrate after Jadeja is caught off the last ball with two needed for victory only to realise RP Singh had bowled a no-ball.
Jadeja is caught at third man off the last ball but RP Singh has bowled a massive no ball and the batsmen cross over a single to give Chennai victory.
Jadeja gets the strike in the last ball after Morris takes a single.
Morris gets a couple of the fourth delivery following a misfield.
Jadeja takes a single off the third ball bringing Morris on strike.
Jadeja has swung the first ball from RP Singh over the keeper and smashed a straight six of the second ball.
Chennai need 16 from the final over.
Rampaul has struck twice in the 19th at a cost of 13 runs.
Rampaul holds his nerve to trap Bravo leg before. He has struck twice within the space of five balls.
D Bravo lbw b Rampaul 8 (3b 0x4 1x6)
Bravo has hit the first ball he faced from Rampaul for a massive six.
Rampaul takes the big wicket Dhoni caught behind by Karthik with Chennai needing 29 for victory.
MS Dhoni c A Karthik b Rampaul 33 (23b 1x4 2x6)
Vinay goes for 12 in the 18th over as Chennai are 137-4 and close in on the target with the last five overs yielding 55 runs.
Pressure is mounting on Bangalore now as the gap is closing.
The 50 partnership between Dhoni and Jadeja for the fifth wickets comes in just 32 balls.
Jadeja smashes the third delivery from Vinay over midoff for a boundary.
Vinay Kumar to bowl the 18th over with Dhoni on strike.
Chennai are 125-4 after 17 as Rampaul goes for 13.
Dhoni has smashed a boundary and massive six into the roof of the stadium off the first two balls in the 17th over bowled by Rampaul.
Jadeja manages a streaky boundary off the last ball from RP Singh after being denied a couple more by some brilliant fielding on the line.
Chennai are 112-4 after 16 overs.
Vinay Kumar bowls a good 15th over conceding just six runs as Chennai reach 101-4.
Dhoni has exploded with a massive six over midwicket off RP Singh in the 14th over.
It's game on now with Jadeja joining Dhoni in the middle as Chennai need 84 off 40 balls.
Agarwal takes a superb catch to dismiss Badrinath who attempts to clear the in field.
S Badrinath c Agarwal b Syed Mohammad 34 (29b 4x4 0x6)
Badrinath hits Karthik straight down the ground for a useful boundary in the 12th over.
Cometh the hour, cometh the man. Dhoni walks into another crisis situation for Chennai with the required rate mounting.
Just when it seemed the match was evenly balanced at the halfway stage, Bangalore strike via Mohammad as Raina is held by Karthik attempting to clear midwicket.
S Raina c Kartik b Syed Mohammad 30 (22b 5x4 0x6)
Raina and Badrinath have put on 54 runs for the third wicket in 36 balls.
Badrinath has struck boundaries off consecutive overs from Karthik as the third wicket partnership with Raina prospers.
Raina has swept the first ball from left arm spinner Mohammad for a boundary.
Badrinath is stepping up the tempo having hit boundaries in consecutive overs.
Badrinath has hit his first boundary in the seventh over pulling Christian to midwicket.
Chennai manage 31-2 in the Powerplays overs thanks to Raina's big hits.
Raina smashes three boundaries off Vinay Kumar punctuated by a dropped catch by RP Singh off Badrinath in an eventful sixth over.
Raina survives being run out and hits the first boundary of the innings lofting Christian ovr extra cover in the fifth over.
Chennai are in deep trouble as Vinay Kumar strikes in his first over to dismiss Hussey caught in the deep by Agarwal.
M Hussey c Agarwal b Vinay Kumar 6 (16b 0x4 0x6)
Rampaul strikes in his second over as Chennai lose Murali Vijay caught behind by Karthik.
M Vijay c Arun Karthik b Rampaul 2 (5b 0x4 0x6)
Hussey and Murali Vijay open the innings as Rampaul bowls the first over conceding just three runs.
ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE INNINGS
AB de Villiers completes his half century with a massive six off Morris followed by a couple of boundaries.
Dhoni is having a ball behind the stumps as Rampaul becomes his fourth victim.
R Rampaul c Dhoni b Bravo 0 (4b 0x4 0x6)
Chennai are rocking after the twin dismissals ofr Kohli and Christian withn the space of three balls in the 17th over.
D Christian c Raina b Morris 2 (2b 0x4 0x6)
Kohli departs after a circumspect knock nicking Morris to be caught behind by Dhoni.
V Kohli c Dhoni b Morris 58 (47b 2x4 2x6)
Kohli celebrates his half century by smashing Morris for a six as Bangalore begin their assault in the last four overs.
Kohli completes his half century off 43 deliveries with two boundaries and a six.
Bravo fails to hang onto a return catch off Kohli (46) in the 16th over.
The partnership between Kohli and AB de Villiers has prospered to 64 off 38 balls.
AB de Villiers has smashed consecutive boundaries off Nannes in the 15th over.
Two big overs for Bangalore as Ashwin and Bravo go for 25 with AB de Villiers getting a couple of boundaries off Bravo in the 14th.
Kohli smashes a massive six off Ashwin in the 13th over.
Kohli survives a confident appeal for a catch behind off Bravo in the 12th over.
AB de Villiers has found the gap at midwicket for another boundary off Jadeja as Bangalore reach 64-2 at the halfway stage.
AB de Villiers off the mark with a boundary off Ashwin.
Ashwin strikes in his second over luring out Agarwal who is smartly stumped by Dhoni to end a promising second wicket stand of 45 off seven overs with Kohli.
M Agarwal st Dhoni b Ashwin 25 (22b 2x4 1x6)
Agarwal dances down the track and sends Jadeja soaring into the stands for a massive six.
Ashwin into the attack now and gives away just two runs in the seventh over.
Kohli has pulled a short delivery from Sharma to the fence but Chennai have restricted Bangalore to 33-1 in the Powerplay overs.
Kohli has smashed Morris through cover for his first boundary in the fifth over.
Agarwal gets his second boundary jabbing Mohit Sharma to third man in the fourth over.
Agarwal has square driven Nannes through cover for his first boundary.
It was a circumspect innings by Gayle with Chennai nailing him by cramping him up and bowling to a plan.
Gayle is gone nicking a widish delivery from Morris to be pouched by Dhoni.
C Gayle c Dhoni b Morris 4 (10b 1x4 0x6)
Gayle is nearly bowled off an inside edge off Chris Morris in the second over.
Gayle hits the first boundary of the match driving the last delivery of the first over from Nannes down the ground.
Gayle and Agarwal come out to open for Bangalore against Nannes.
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) have won the toss and invited Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) to bat in March 16 of IPL6 at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chepauk on Saturday.
Bangalore have made a few changes with Rampaul replacing Muralitharan, Dan Christian for Moises Henriques and left-arm spinner Syed Mohammad comes in for KL Rahul.
Mohit Sharma replaces Ankit Rajput in the playing XI for CSK.
After losing their opening fixture of the season to the Mumbai Indians, the Chennai Super Kings got their first points on the table through a stunning 10-wicket win over the Kings XI Punjab.
Royal Challengers Bangalore are sitting pretty with three wins from their first four matches – their only defeat coming in the Super Over against Sunrisers Hyderabad.
PLAYING XI
CSK - Murali Vijay, Michael Hussey, Suresh Raina, Subramanium Badrinath, MS Dhoni (c/wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, Ravichandran Ashwin, Dirk Nannes, Chris Morris, Mohit Sharma
RCB - Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, Virat Kohli (c), AB de Villiers, Daniel Christian, Arun Karthik (wk), Ravi Rampaul, Syed Mohammad, Vinay Kumar, Murali Kartik, RP Singh
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