In the ICL action, Chennai Superstars registered, a record thrid straight win. They acheived this feat by defeating Chandigarh Lions in a nail biting match at Panchkula. CL were lead by Chris Cains while Stuart Law lead the Chennai Superstars. Chandigarh Lions won the toss and chose to bat. They had a shaky start and were reeling at 16 for the loss of 2 wickets. Then Manish Sharma and Tejandra Pal Singh struck a vital partnership before former was dismissed at the team score of 86. Manish had scored 36 by then. Rest of the batsmen followed the suite, except Chetan Sharma who played a fighting knock of 27 runs off just 16 deliveries. Both the Kumarans scalped two wickets each and the rest was shared by Shabbir Ahmed, Ian Harvey and Saravanan.
It was the most thrilling run chase and the highest too. The Chennai Superstars managed to pull off a victory with just a ball to spare and with four wickets in hand. Ian Harvey held the key. He played till the 18th over and managed 48 runs. The other batsmen scored 11, 13, 1, 12, 17 and 17 along with 10 extras, CS managed to win for third time in a row. They are topping the charts with full six points from three matches and are up and running for the title.
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