CHENNAI SUPER KINGS BEGAN THEIR TITLE DEFENCE IN THE INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE IN STYLE - BEATING ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE IN THE SEASON OPENER AT THE CHINNA-SWAMY STADIUM...
M-S-DHONI'S SIDE WERE FORCED TO PLAY ALL BUT ONE OF THEIR HOME GAMES IN PUNE DUE TO LONG-STANDING ISSUE SURROUNDING THE CAUVERY RIVER...
BUT ON RETURN TO THEIR HOME GROUND IN THE COASTAL CITY, THE THREE-TIME WINNERS WERE UP AND RUNNING IN SOME STYLE...
HARBHAJAN SINGH'S THREE-WICKET HAUL SAW SKIPPER VIRAT KOHLI, MOEEN ALI AND A-B- DE VILLIERS DISMISSED WITHIN THE FIRST EIGHT OVERS...
IMRAN TAHIR JOINED THE ONSLAUGHT WITH A THREE-WICKET HAUL OF HIS OWN AS BANGALORE CONTINUED TO COLLAPSE...
NO BATSMEN BARRING OPENER PARTHIV PATEL - WHO SCORED 29 - MANAGED TO SCORE IN DOUBLE DIGITS AS THE VISITORS WERE BUNDLED OUT FOR A PALTRY 70...
DESPITE SHANE WATSON'S EARLY DISMISSAL, CHENNAI HAD LITTLE TROUBLE CHASING DOWN THE TARGET...
AFTER AMBATI RAYUDU AND SURESH RAINA'S CONTRIBUTIONS, KEDAR JADHAV AND RAVINDRA JADEJA STEERED THE HOSTS OVER THE LINE TO ENSURE A WINNING START TO THE 12TH EDITION FOR THE HOLDERS...
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