Upseting all betters

Well it is just fantastic for a team that made rounds for most of the international players surrendering to injuries making it to the finals of the Indian Premier League. By doing so, the Chennai Superkings became the first team to make it to the finals of the Indian Premier League on two occasions. Likewise, the Chennai Superkings are the only team to have done it when they beat Deccan Chargers in yesterday's second semifinals. This would have upset most of the betters who would have bid towards the Deccan Chargers to make it to the finals for yet another time.

Had the Deccan Chargers made it to the finals of this edition of the IPL, they would have been the first team to have made it to the finals of the tournament on two successive occasions which unfortunately didn't happen. The Deccan Chargers had hardly any reasons to lose the semis to the Chennai Superkings and on the other hand, the Chennai Superkings had every reasons to fail in making it to the finals of the same. May be this prediction from the Deccan Chargers' captain - Adam Gilchrist proved costly for his team. Getting carried away by the weakness of the opposition has proved costly for many teams earlier as well.

At the end of the league stages of the IPL, the Deccan Chargers were placed in the second position and the Chennai Superkings in the third. And in the initial stages of the tournament, the Chennai Superkings made news when their key international players opted out of the tournament owing to injuries which included the likes of Andrew Flintoff, Jacob Oram and Mike Hussey. For a few matches, even their regular captain - Dhoni had to warm the benches when injury struck him as well handing over the captaincy to Suresh Raina. Fortunately, the Chennai Superkings saw Dhoni making a comeback as a captain though he was of little success with the bat and behind the stumps.

Earlier to the second semi finals, that is in the first semis the Mumbai Indians outplayed the Royal Challengers Bangalore, which was all the more expected. But, that was not the case in yesterday's game when the Deccan Chargers started off as favourites. Dhoni has always been a luck factor and more so as a captain when records suggest that he has so far lost only one test match which was against the Proteas in Nagpur earlier this year. And now, he has once again proved this when he won the second semi finals against the Hyderabad team when odds didn't favor his team.