Match: 48th T20, IPL3
Venue: Chennai
Date: April 13, 2010
Toss: Kolkata Knight Riders elected to bat
Result: Chennai Super Kings won by 9 wickets
Today in the 48th match of DLF IPL, Kolkata Knight Riders won the tos and elected to bat first. Gayle and Ganguly opened the innings but today, they could not give a good start. Gayle, Ganguly and McCullum all got out when the team score was just 17. David Hussey also got out for a duck and Kolkata Knight Riders were in a serious problem at 19/4 in 4 overs. Manoj Tiwary and Angela Mathews then played cautiously and took the score to 92 in the 15th over. A poor show by the top order effected the run rate and Kolkata Knight Riders could only post 139/8 in 20 overs thanks to 48 by Angela Mathews and 17 by Luxmi Ratan Shukla.
Chasing a small total of 139 to win, Chennai Super Kings lost Hayden for a duck in the very first over. But then Suresh Raina came to center and changed the whole scenario. He along with M Vijay took CSK to an easy victory.Both batsmen scored 50’s and took Chennai Super Kings to an easy win by 9 wickets. But the star for CSK was Suresh Raina who scored 78 runs at a crucial time and took the team to number two spot. With today’s loss KKR are almost out of semi’s race.
Match Notes
* Kolkata Knight Riders: 50 runs in 9.5 overs, Extras 11
* Kolkata Knight Riders: 100 runs in 16.3 overs, Extras 12
* Innings Break: Kolkata Knight Riders – 139/8 in 20.0 overs
* Chennai Super Kings: 50 runs in 4.4 overs, Extras 11
* SK Raina: 50 off 24 balls (10 x 4, 1 x 6)
* Chennai Super Kings: 100 runs in 9.5 overs, Extras 13
* M Vijay: 50 off 40 balls (4 x 4, 2 x 6)
Match 48 Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings Scorecard
