DELHI — Trinidad & Tobago notched up the target of 119 runs for the loss of two wickets to beat Chennai Super Kings by eight wickets and shoot to the top of Group B in the Champions League T20 here Wednesday. First Trinidad bowlers did well to restrict a strong Chennai batting lineup to less than 120. Then its batsmen came out and played some sensible cricket to see the team home. The bowlers did not have much to play with as only Raina and Ashwin restricted their batsmen to an extent. Now Rajasthan will take on Trinidad, while Chennai will lock horns with Mumbai. It means that the semifinal lineup has three IPL teams in it.
Brief scores: Trinidad & Tobago 119 for 2 (Simmons 63, Lewis 38) beat Chennai Super Kings 118 (Raina 38, Emrit 3-21) by eight wickets. Mumbai thrashes Perth Mumbai Indians boast of some of the biggest hitters in T20 cricket in their lineup and they fired in unison to storm into the semifinal of the Champions League, achieving their target in just 13.2 overs. The target was 150, but in order to topple Otago on net run rate, they needed to achieve it within 14.2 overs. The strategy was clear and Dwayne Smith and Rohit Sharma made it look ridiculously simple against a Perth Scorchers attack that failed to contain a determined top order. Brief scores: Mumbai Indians 152 for 4 (Rohit 51*, Smith 48) beat Perth Scorchers 149 for 6 (Whiteman 51*, Coulter-Nile 3-19) by six wickets. Bangladesh recalls Razzak Bangladesh Wednesday ended left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak's two-year absence from the Test squad by naming him for next week's first Test against New Zealand in Chittagong. Young batsman Anamul Haque, 20, also returns to the squad for the series opener starting October 9. Squad: Mushfiqur Rahim (captain), M. Mahmudullah, Anamul Haque, Tamim Iqbal, Shakib Al Hasan, Nasir Hossain, Abdur Razzak, Naeem Islam, Sohag Gazi, Rubel Hossain, Mominul Haque, Marshall Ayub, Robiul Islam, Al-Amin Hossain. — Agencies
