After restricting Kolkata Knight Riders for 147 in 20 overs, Chennai Super Kings have started their chase in their DLF IPL match in Chennai.
Openers Matthew Hayden and Parthiv Patel started off nicely against the Knight Riders before Ajit Agarkar surprised Parthiv with his short and quick delivery. Parthiv tried to pulled it deep, only to find Ishant Sharma's under it.
Earlier, Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat first on the flat wicket of the MA Chidambaram Stadium but failed to put up a big total.
Except Laxmi Ratan Shukla (42), no other batsman contributed much to the score of Knight Riders. Shukla perished in a dramatic run out by Joginder Sharma.
After restricting Kolkata Knight Riders for 147 in 20 overs, Chennai Super Kings start their chase in the eleventh IPL match in Chennai.
Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat first on the flat wicket of the MA Chidambaram Stadium but failed to put a big total.
Except Laxmi Ratan Shukla (42), no other batsman contributed much to the score of Knight Riders. Shukla perished in a dramatic run out by Joginder Sharma.
Chennai Super Kings bowlerd did not allow Knight Riders to dominate them and kept themselves in the hunt from the beginning.
New Zealand all-rounder Jacob Oram picked three wickets of Brendon McCullum (24), Ricky Ponting (0) and Murali Kartik (3). He sent McCullum and Ponting in the same over after initial mauling from the former.
Palani Amarnath and Manpreet Gony claimed two wickets each while Joginder Sharma got the wicket of Sourav Ganguly.
Sourav Ganguly and Ricky Ponting have so far failed to impress with their bats in the tournament.
Can Knight Riders defend their score or Super Kings will pull it off? Both the teams are unbeaten in the tournament, and it would be interesting to watch, who continues their odyssey with victory.Chennai Super Kings win by 9 wickets