Review: Laxman leads Deccan Chargers to victory

VVS Laxman did a huge favour to the Deccan Chargers by missing the match against the Chennai Super Kings. It came as no surprise that the decision was the key which led to their victory over the Chennai Super Kings.

Adam Gilchrist, captaining the Deccan Chargers won the toss and elected to field. A good decision considering the CSK's weakened batting and always poor bowling. His decision was prvoed correct when the sorry batting of the Super Kings managed a meagre 144 runs in the 20 overs, even the Royal Chaalengers manage to score more thatn that with their test squad. Suresh Raina top scored with 32, Albie Morkel and the Dhoni namesake, Manpreet Gony made valuable contributions towards the end. Afridi struggled with the ball while the others were clinical, T20 style.

In reply, the chargers lost Herschelle Gibbs early but Gilchrist was back to his majestic best. He played the bowling around and scored 54 out of 36 balls which laid the platform for the comfortable victory. Scott Styris and Rohit Sharma played solid knocks of 36 and 23 to ensure no late hiccups for the Chargers. But it was Shahid Afridi who stole the show at the end when he hit 20 of the last 4 balls of Joginder Sharma allowing the Chargers to reach home with 2 overs to spare.

The Chenni Super Kings need serious thought at their batting as their team looks to be falling apart at the wrong time. The Decaan Chargers look to be gelling, albeit slightly late but still have an outside chane of making it to the top 4.

Man of the Match: VVS Laxman for missing the match and allowing the Chargers to win.