Chennai Super Kings captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Friday heaped praise on Suresh Raina and Murali Vijay for setting the platform for the comfortable 97-run victory over Wayamba in Group A match of the Champions League Twenty20 cricket tournament in Centurion.
Raina (87 off 44) and Vijay
(68 off 48) shared a 137-run second wicket partnership, that came off just 72 deliveries, to help Chennai post a mammoth 200 for three and set the tone for the convincing win at the SuperSport Park here.
"We did not want to bat first because in this ground it is very hard to defend. But once we were sent into bat, we needed couple of extra runs, something over 180.
"And exactly thats what the batsmen did. They started off cautiously and after that Suresh Raina and Murali Vijay battedbrilliantly," Dhoni said.