Date – May 20, 2009
Result – Chennai Super Kings won by 24 runs
Chennai Super Kings Innings
Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat first. They got to a good start but soon Kings bowler strike back with quick wickets. From 40/0 they slipped to 96/6. Earlier it looked Chennai Super Kings would set a good total but some good bowling by Kings Punjab restricted them to 116/9. Patel was the highest scorer for Chennai Super Kings with 32 runs. No other batsmen could capitalize on the start and the second best score in innings was 20 runs by Raina.
FOW:G Bailey (40-1, 4.5), P Patel (54-2, 6.5), S Badrinath (68-3, 9.3), *MS Dhoni (70-4, 9.5), S Raina (87-5, 13.3), M Gony (96-6, 14.4), J Oram (105-7, 17.4), R Ashwin (109-8, 18), T Thushara (114-9, 19.4)
Chennai Super Kings Innings Highlights
* Chennai Super Kings: 50 runs in 5.4 overs (34 balls), Extras 0
* Drinks: Chennai Super Kings – 70/4 in 10.0 overs (SK Raina 15, JDP Oram 0)
* Chennai Super Kings: 100 runs in 15.6 overs (97 balls), Extras 3
* Innings Break: Chennai Super Kings – 116/9 in 20.0 overs (L Balaji 2, M Muralitharan 1)
Kings XI Punjab Innings
Chasing a very moderate total of 117 to win and get a place in semifinal’s, Kings XI Punjab got to a dream breaking start as they lost 1st wicket in the 2nd over of the innings. Pomersbach and Katich raised some hopes but those were also shattered soon as wickets started felling like a heap of cards. From 32/2 Kings XI Punjab were reduced to 67/7 with 48 runs more needed of just 3 overs. It looked an impossible task and Kings XI Punjab succumbed to the increasing run rate pressure and thus loosing the match by 24 runs. Also with this loss, Kings XI Punjab are now out of IPL-2
FOW:S Sohal (6-1, 1.5), S Katich (32-2, 6.5), L Pomersbach (45-3, 11.1), *Yuvraj Singh (49-4, 12.4), K Sangakarra (59-5, 15.1), W Mota (60-6, 15.3), B Lee (67-7, 16.5), I Pathan (83-8, 18.5)
Kings XI Punjab Innings Highlights
* Drinks: Kings XI Punjab – 42/2 in 10.0 overs (LA Pomersbach 25, Yuvraj Singh 3)
* Kings XI Punjab: 50 runs in 13.1 overs (81 balls), Extras 4
