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Ranchi: Impressive batting by Suresh Raina and Michael Hussey helped Super Kings register 4-wicket win over Titans in their CLT20 match in Ranchi on Sunday.
David Wiese gave the Titans an important breakthrough when he dismissed the dangerous Suresh Raina.
Raina's blistering 28-ball 47 helped the Super Kings revive their run chase soon after opener Murali Vijay was bowled for a first-ball duck by Roelof van der Merwe.
Chasing a massive 186-run target, Raina and Michael Hussey pumped life in the Super Kings by stitching an impressive 89-run partnership for the second wicket.
Just after Raina was caught by Morne Morkel, Hussey (47) too was dismissed.
Earlier, AB de Villiers's hurricane 36-ball 77 and skipper Henry Davids' responsible 52 paved the way for Titans' challenging 185 for five against home favourites Chennai Super Kings.
Sent in to bat, South African T20 runners-up Titans built on the 39-ball 76-run partnership between Davids and de Villiers for the second wicket to post a competitive total at the Jharkhand State Cricket Association Stadium.
De Villiers played a whirlwind knock and treated the CSK bowlers with disdain. The right-hander was at his destructive best and blasted as many as seven sixes and three fours during his brutal display of strokeplay.
Even after the departure of Davids in the 14th over, de Villiers remained the star of the show and seemed in no mood to relent.
His innings saw Titans posting the highest total of the tournament till date.
De Villiers was particularly harsh on left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja as the bowler leaked 49 runs from his three overs.
Playing in front of CSK skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni's home crowd, Titans started the proceedings on a confident note as Davids and Jacques Rudolph (21), who had scored a double hundred on his Test debut vs Bangladesh, put on 46 runs for the opening-wicket partnership.
Next man-in, de Villiers initially ran hard for ones and twos but once he hot his eyes set, he was unstoppable.
Davids carried on the good show as he smashed pacer Jason Holder for the game's first six over deep mid-wicket.
Titans reached 50 for one in the eighth over when Davids unleashed another massive heave over mid-wicket off Ravichandran Ashwin for a six.
De Villiers upped the ante with a big six over deep mid wicket off Jadeja and deposited another over mid-wicket fence off Dwayne Bravo to put the Titans past 100 mark in 12 overs.
Jadeja found himself at the receiving end as de Villiers treated him for two fours and a six in the 13th over to put his team in the driver's seat.
CSK fans saw a spectacle from de Villiers as it was raining sixes for them.
Davids departed in the 14th over after completing a well-deserved half-century when he was stumped by Dhoni off Ashwin.
Davids played the role of second fiddle to perfection and allowed de Villiers to take the centre-stage. His 43-ball knock was laced with four fours and two sixes.
Titans scored 113 runs in the last 10 overs with de Villiers being the aggressor.
CSK tried to pull things back when Jason Holder scalped Farhaan Behardien (21) and David Wiese (0) within a space of three balls in the 18th over but the damage had been done until then.
De Villiers continued his onslaught and hit Bravo over long on for the maximum as Titans reached 161 for four after 18 overs.
Jadeja got his man in the next over when de Villiers was caught by Bravo at long off.
Titans scored 50 runs in the final five overs, losing three wickets.
For CSK, Bravo was the most successful bowler with figures of two for 34.
Earlier, Chennai Super Kings have won the toss and decided to bowl first.
Teams:
Chennai: MS Dhoni (Captain & wk), Suresh Raina, Murali Vijay, Ravichandran Ashwin, S Badrinath, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohit Sharma, Michael Hussey, Dwayne Bravo, Albie Morkel, Jason Holder
Titans: Henry Davids (Captain), Jacques Rudolph, Heino Kuhn, Roelof van der Merwe, AB de Villiers, Farhaan Behardien, David Wiese, Mangaliso Mosehle (wk), Morne Morkel, Marchant de Lange, Rowan Richards
Brief scores
Titans 185 for 5 (de Villiers 77, Davids 52)
Chennai Super Kings 187 for 6 (Hussey 47, Raina 47, Bravo 38, Richards 3-38)
Result Chennai Super Kings won by 4 wickets
Points Chennai Super Kings 4, Titans 0
