What was supposed to be the most competitive match in DLF – IPL ended with just a one sided match, thanks to the bowlers of Chennai Super Kings who never gave any chance to the Knight Riders batsmen to score and thus restricted them to a total of 147. When Chennai Super Kings batsmen came to chase the target,they played with much ease and scored freely. The opening wicket partnership of 66 runs was the highest till date in Indian Premier League.

After the fall of Parthiv Patel, MS Dhoni came to the center and played some exquisite hand on the other end Hayden was stroking the ball right from the center of the bat and got on to score 71 runs which included 3 sixes. The 17th over was bowled by Murli Karthik and it was in this over that Chennai Super Kings won the match by a splendid six by Mahinder Singh Dhoni.

Scorecard – Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders – 11th Match

Without Shahrukh Khan’s presence in the ground it looked like no Knight Rider batsmen wish to play. They won the toss and decided to bat first but the decision was not fruitful as they started to lose wickets from the very beginning. Mc Cullam striked some good shots but once he was out all the batsmen just fell to the brilliant bowling of Chennai Super Kings. Laxmi Ratan Shukla was the only one who played some good shots and scored 42 runs which were the highest in Kolkata Knight Riders innings.

Knight Riders scored a total of 147 runs in 20 overs and it looked a very easy target as the pitch is very flat and it looks a target of 180 was also achievable here.

Scorecard – Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders – 11th Match

Match 11 – Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders
This is expected to be the cracker of a match. Two most rated sides are fighting today to show the supermacy.

Chennai Super Kings: (probable) 1 Parthiv Patel 2 Matthew Hayden 3 Michael Hussey 4 Suresh Raina 5 Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt and wk) 6 Jacob Oram 7 S Badrinath 8 Joginder Sharma 9 R Ashwin 10 Manpreet Gony 11 Muttiah Muralitharan

Kolkata Knight Riders: (probable) 1 Sourav Ganguly (capt) 2 Brendon McCullum 3 Ricky Ponting 4 David Hussey 5 Mohammad Hafeez 6 Laxmi Ratan Shukla 7 Wriddhiman Saha (wk)8 Ajit Agarkar 9 Ashok Dinda 10 Murali Kartik 11 Ishant Sharma.

Date – 11th Match April 26, 2008
Venue -MA Chidambaram Stadium-Chepauk, Chennai
16:00 India time.

Update : Kolkata Knight Riders (Elected to bat)First.

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Knight Riders who have already impressed everyone in this premier league have become a more stronger team with the arrival of
Chris Gayle who has joined the other Knights in Kolkata. Gayle suffered a groin injury in the home series against Sri Lanka but is expected to be fine for the next match with Chennai Super Kings on 26 April.Umar Gul and Salman Butt are also expected to join the team soon.

Victorious Bangalore Royal Challengers captain Rahul Dravid paid tribute to man-of-the-match Mark Boucher after the South African’s unbeaten knock inspired victory at the Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League. Dravid admitted it was vital his team recovered from the setback of losing to Kolkata Knight Riders in their first match on Friday.

“What a cricketer he is, so cool under pressure,” Dravid said on Setanta Sports 2. “His partnership with Kallis was absolute gold. It just shows what a difference a bit of experience can make. “These guys have been in this position 50 or 60 times in games for their countries. You wouldn’t want anyone else there.

Source :setantasports.com/en/Sport