MS at the end with those sixes gave us momentum: Moeen Ali

Chennai Super Kings recorded their seventh win in 12 league matches to consolidate their second position in the points table after a comprehensive 27-run win against Delhi Capitals on Wednesday, May 10, at the MA Chidambaram Stadium. 

On a sluggish surface on offer at Chepauk, the home team were powered to 167 runs in the first innings courtesy off some cameos by Shivam Dube (25 off 12) and MS Dhoni (20 off 9) in the back end of the innings. 

In a video posted on the official Twitter handle of IPL, Moeen Ali shared his thoughts on the performance of the team and this much-needed win at home. 

"Brilliant performance, probably one of our better wins of the season because the wicket was a bit tricky. I thought we got a competitive score, and then to defend that the way we did was brilliant against a very good side actually, dangerous team and two big points."

"I think we had a decent start, and then we lost a couple of wickets which dragged it back for them, but then Shivam Dube's three sixes were the real turning point, and then MS at the end with those sixes just gave us that bit of momentum and gave us the score we were looking for which was 160-170," he added. 

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While the England all-rounder missed out with the bat and was dismissed for seven runs, he spun a web around the Capitals' batting unit in the middle overs and conceded only 16 runs in his four overs to stem the flow of runs. 

"The pacers were brilliant and swung it nicely. I thought Tushar was fantastic, and hit his lengths really well, coupled with the wickets from Deepak and then the spinners, we kind of strangled them a little bit, but big wickets, that run out of Mitch was a big one because he is a dangerous player."

"My game plan was pretty simple, not look for anything big, just do the simple things. Try to hold a length and try to spin it as hard as I could, and even though we didn't get the wickets as much as you probably think on a spinning wicket, I thought we bowled quite nicely," he concluded. 

Chennai will now play Kolkata Knight Riders at this very venue in an evening encounter on Sunday, May 14.