Bravo stars in CSK's win over Cobras

Chennai: Dwayne Bravo smashed two sixes and three fours on his way to an unbeaten 46 off 25 balls as the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) came from behind to beat the Cape Cobras by four wickets in a Group A Champions League Twenty20 match on Wednesday.
Chasing a victory target of 146, Chennai got home with two balls to spare with Albie Morkel being the other not out batsman on six.
Staring down the barrel at 77/5, Bravo put on 43 runs with captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni to lead Chennai's fightback after part time spinner JP Duminy took 4/20 to put the Cobras in the driver's seat.

Dhoni chopped one on to his stumps off the bowling of Vernon Philander with Chennai still requiring 26 off 14 balls.
Earlier, electing to bat, Owais Shah and Duminy chipped in with useful contributions to help Cape Cobras post a modest total. Cobras, who at one stage looked set to score over 170, were done in by pacer Morkel, who put the breaks on the visitors' scoring rate by claiming two important wickets.
At the end of 16th over, Cobras were comfortably placed at 124 for three, thanks to some brisk batting by Shah and Duminy, but once the former (45 off 38 balls) fell to Morkel, Cobras lost the plot, losing wickets at regular intervals.
But the loss did not stop Shah from taking risks as he first plundered two consecutive fours off Bollinger in the 11th over and then hit slow left-arm orthodox Shadab Jakati for a huge six over long-on to keep the scoreboard ticking.
Duminy got a reprieve in the 16th over when Jakati dropped him off his own bowling, when he was on 29.
Once Duminy and Shah departed, Cobras struggled to get off the blocks against a disciplined bowling effort, led by Morkel as they scored just 16 runs off the last four overs.
For Chennai, Morkel, Bravo and Bollinger accounted for two wickets each, while Ashwin chipped in with one.