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UMS Dhoni kanye ne-Chennai Super Kings bahlule i-Gujarat Titans emdlalweni wokuhlunga njengoba imidlalo yokuhlungela i-Indian Premier League iqhubeka e-Chepauk ngoLwesibili.
UHardik Pandya uwine i-toss futhi wafaka abasingathi bomdlalo ukuthi bashaye i-bat, okusize uRuturaj Gaikwad wenza adume ngakho njengoba enze i-half century emidlalweni eminingi bedlala ne-Titans.
UMohit Sharma noMohammed Shami ngamunye bathathe amawikhethi amabili, kwathi uChennai waqeda ku-172/7 kuma-overs abo angu-20.
Eziphendulela, uthe nguShubman Gill obezophinde ashaye amaphuzu aphezulu kunompetha. Lo mdlali osemncane akakwazanga ukuhumusha isiqalo esihle sika-42 ku-38 ebesingaya ku-50 noma u-100 nokho, uDeepak Chahar umkhiphile futhi wabonisa ukuthi ungumpetha wama-innings esibili ehambisana noRavindra Jadeja.
Laba bobabili bakhishiwe njengoba i-Gujarat ikhishwe okokuqala kule sizini kwathi i-Chennai yafinyelela kowamanqamu (10) kumasizini angu-14. Ukaputeni wabo ukugcizelele nokho ukuthi akuwona umdlalo wamanqamu nje kuphela lo.”
“I-IPL inkulu kakhulu ukuthi singasho ukuthi ingomunye yemidlalo yamanqamu nje. Bekunamaqembu ayisishiyagalombili aphezulu, manje ayishumi. Ngeke ngisho ukuthi sekungomunye womdlalo wamanqamu. Umsebenzi onzima wezinyanga ezimbili wonke umuntu ubambe iqhaza kulokhu,” kusho uDhoni ngemuva komdlalo.
“Kube i-toss enhle ukulahlekelwa. Sizama ukwakha indawo futhi sithole ukuthi mangakanani amandla ethu. Sizama ukubanikeza ukuzethemba futhi sibatshele ukuthi bazame ukuhlola i-bowling yabo. Siyazama ukubakhuthaza.”
I-Gujarat izoba nelinye ithuba lokungena kowamanqamu ngoLwesihlanu uma sebedlala nabawinile i-Mumbai Indians kanye ne-Lucknow Super Giants abazobhekana nayo kowamanqamu ngoLwesithathu.
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