Change is a constant, and unavoidability just goes along if Chennai Super Kings’ winning ways was the certainty, the change had to come, and it came in the form of Kolkata Knight Riders. The Knight Riders dethroned the Super Kings to win their maiden IPL title by 5 wickets chasing down 192 in 19.4 overs . Gambhir the captain outwitted Dhoni the captain at the MA Chidambaram stadium in the IPL 2012 final. Again, it was not Gambhir or Sunil Narine who anchored KKR to glory, but the change here again was Manvinder Singh Bisla.
The wicket keeper-batsman, playing his 7th game of the season, took the game by the scruff of its neck with a counter attacking 89 runs off just 48 balls. Manvinder Singh Bisla’s surprising counter attack took Chennai Super Kings by surprise. He clobbered Albie Morkel for four boundaries in the 4th over milking 20 runs off it. Bisla sustained his charge with two sixes off Ashwin two overs later and in just 27 balls reached his 50.
He went on with his rampage only to be dismissed in the 15th over that later proved to be a match winning knock. But all along, the best all rounder of the world Jacques Kallis played the second fiddle to perfection with a valiant 69 runs off 49 balls. By the time team KKR’s anchor got out, the equation read 15 runs off 8 balls. Shakib hit the last ball of the penultimate over for four and with 9 needed of 6 balls, Manoj Tiwary hit two successive fours to seal the deal as the Knights led by Gautam Gambhir took the crown from the Dhoni’s Super Kings.
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