Chennai Super Kings

Joginder - Dhoni’s man with the golden arm

By admin ⋅ April 24, 2008 ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ Post a comment

Joginder Sharma is proving to be THE man with the golden arm for Dhoni and for the Chennai Super Kings. Twenty20 World cup in South Africa reminds us of two critical matches where Jogi bowled the last over and won the match for India. Jogi looked cool and composed when taking on the Aussies and Pakistan in the final over of the Twenty20 world cup. The final match was a nerve breaking one in which Joginder bowled Pak out and helped India clinch the maiden Twenty20 world cup.

What a co-incidence or stroke of fate that Jogi became part of Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings again when the IPL franchise teams were formed. Here again his last over magic works for the Super Kings. Mumbai Indians needed 19 runs to win their first match and Joginder takes control of the cherry in the last over.

Ball 1 - Nayar cracks a FOUR
Ball 2 - FOUR more by Nayar
Ball 3 - No ball - Jogi oversteps and batsmen take a run, Nine more required to win from 4 balls and a free hit for Ashish Nehra
Ball 4 - Yorker outside off stump for Nehra and no runs (9 off 3 balls)
Ball 5 - Another yorker, Nehra scrambles for a single (8 off 2 balls)
Ball 6 - Dhoni and Jogi have a chat. Another Yorker to Nayar who could push it straight to cover with no runs taken.
Ball 7 - Jogi knows they can loose this match and bowls the last ball which fetches Mumbai Indians a single run.

Chennai Super Kings win by 6 runs! A thriller match in which Joginder keeps his nerve cool after being smacked for two consecutive fours of the first two balls. A replica of the Twenty20 world cup final.

Dhoni - Time and again gives Jogi the last over and has a small chat with him during the over and Jogi does the trick even with his medium pace bowling. Stars and lady luck shining for Joginder.

How long will this magic last?

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