Chennai Super Kings 55 for 0 in eight overs (Fleming 32*) beat Kolkata Knight Riders 149 for 5 (Butt 73, Ntini 4-21) by three runs (D/L method)
For the second successive day Rain Gods played their cards and forced Duckworth-Lewis to decide what was shaping into a fascinating contest. Just yesterday, Punjab - Delhi match was stopped due to rains.
Today, it was Chennai v King Khan's game. Chasing a score of 150, Chennai was three runs ahead of the par score when a severe dust
storm descended upon the Eden Gardens, and the rains that followed
ensured there was no chance for the match to resume.
With this win Chennai Super Kings have 14 points in the ranking table, where as King Khan's Knight Riders are left with 10 points after each side has played 11 games. King Khan's Knight were the pre-tournament favorites. They are the most expensive league in the IPL
Chennai Super Kings have the perfect score of "1" in the IPL tournament so far. Unchallenged, the Chennai Super Kings - sans Australian stars
Matthew Hayden and Michael Hussey - will face their toughest test yet
when they take on Delhi Daredevils in the Indian Premier League at the
MA Chidambaram Stadium on Friday.
Yusuf
Pathan got out after scoring quickfire 61 off 28 balls as Rajasthan
Royals cruise against Deccan Chargers in the 9th match of the India
Premier League.
Chennai Super Kings 240 for 5 (Hussey 116*, Raina 32, Badrinath 31*) beat Kings XI Punjab 207 for 4 (Hopes 71, Sangakkara 54) by 33 runs
A pair of Australians, in what was more KFC Twenty20 action than IPL,
treated a buzzing Mohali crowd to a run-filled Saturday clash as the
bandwagon moved north. Unfortunately for Kings XI Punjab, James Hopes'
32-ball 71 couldn't overhaul a massive total of 240, while the Chennai
Super Kings had their Western Australia specialist Michael Hussey to
thank for a massive total. His scintillating unbeaten 116, another
superb exhibition for this juiced-up format, left Punjab a mountain to
climb and with Yuvraj Singh dethroned early they could muster only 207
for 4.
