Henriques' 23-ball 49 and 3-23 help Sydney Sixers beat Chennai Super Kings by 14 runs in their CLT20 opener
Moises Henriques starred with bat and ball to help the Sydney Sixers open their Champions League Twenty20 campaign with a 14-run victory over the Chennai Super Kings in Centurion.
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Henriques top-scored with an unbeaten 49 off 23 balls as Sydney made an imposing 185 for five batting first and he then claimed three for 23 off three overs as Indian Premier League superpowers Chennai were limited to 171 for nine in reply.
Sydney Sixers’ Moises Henriques in full flow against Chennai Super Kings in Johannesburg yesterday. Pic/AFP
Among Henriques’ victims were India internationals Suresh Raina, who had threatened to take his side home before being dismissed for 57, and Mahendra
Singh Dhoni (eight) in the same over as the Chennai run chase suffered a setback it could not recover from.
Sydney were given a flying start as Australia star Shane Watson continued his good form from the World Twenty20 — when he was named player of the tournament — by clubbing 46 off 30 deliveries before being run out.
Henriques did most of the damage, smashing three sixes and five fours, as the duo added 61 runs in the final four overs before Smith fell to the last ball of the innings for 26.
Chennai suffered a poor start to their reply when Murali Vijay was bowled for three by Mitchell Starc.
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