Dhoni-led CSK win; Kolkata disappointed

KKR made one change to their playing eleven – Manvinder Bisla made way for Laxmi Ratan Shukla.

CSK made no changes to their playing eleven.

On winning the toss, Gautam Gambhir, KKR’s skipper, chose to bat.

The first Powerplay of KKR’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 47, and lost a wicket.

Gambhir, whose 19-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 25. Thirty-five balls into the match, he was caught by Michael Hussey. Chris Morris broke the 46-run stand.

The second-wicket pair put on a run. Jacques Kallis didn’t face a ball. A couple of balls, Subramaniam Badrinath ran him out.

KKR scored 50 off 7.2 overs (44 balls). CSK had conceded three extras at that point.

Morgan had no reason to bE(o)in seventh heaven – he scored a couple. Nine balls after Kallis’ dismissal, he was caught by Ravindra Jadeja, the player of the match. Dwayne Br(av)oke the three-run stand.

The fourth-wicket pair put on five. Yusuf Pathan, whose 22-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 25. A couple of balls later, Bravo and Mahendra Singh Dhoni, CSK’s skipper, ran him out.

Debabrata Das, whose 15-ball innings included a couple of sixes, scored 19. Twenty-eight balls later, he was trapped leg before wicket by Ravichandran Ashwin, who broke the 17-run stand.

Manoj Tiwary, who faced 18 balls, scored 13. Nine balls later, he was caught by Mohit Sharma. Needless to say, Ravichandran Ashwin was in seventh heaven.

Rajat Bhatia, who faced 10 balls, scored a run. Eight balls later, he was caught by Jadeja, who broke the one-run stand.

Laxmi Ratan, who faced three balls, scored a run. A couple of balls later, he was trapped leg before wicket by Jadeja, who broke the one-run stand.

Sachithra Senanayake, who faced 13 balls, had a reason to be in seventh heaven – he was unbeaten.

KKR scored 100 off 17 overs (102 balls). CSK had conceded four extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Sunil Narine, whose six-ball innings included a couple of sixes, scored 13. Ten balls after Laxmi Ratan’s dismissal, he was caught by Mohit. Jadeja broke the 16-run stand.

Lakshmipathy Balaji, whose innings included a boundary, scored nine. He had a reason to be in seventh heaven – he was unbeaten.

KKR scored 119 for the loss of nine wickets off 20 overs.

Mohit bowled three overs, conceding 13. He was wicketless, as was Albie Morkel, who bowled four overs, conceding 36.

Bravo bowled two overs, conceding 14. He picked up a wicket, as did Morris, who bowled three overs, conceding 12.

Ashwin bowled four overs, including a maiden. He conceded 21, picking up a couple of wickets.

Jadeja who bowled four overs, conceded 20. He picked up three scalps.

The first Powerplay of CSK’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 27, and lost a wicket.

Ashwin, whose 13-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 11. Twenty-seven balls into the chase, he was caught by Senanayake. Narine broke the 24-rnu stand.

Murali Vijay, who faced five balls, scored a couple. Seventeen balls later, Senanayake had a reason to be in seventh heaven – he trapped him leg before wicket.

Although his eight-ball innings included a boundary, Suresh Raina had no reason to be in seventh heaven – 10 balls later, he was caught by the West Indian. Yusuf broke the N(ar)ine-run stand.

CSK scored 50 off 10.2 overs (62 balls). KKR had conceded a couple of extras at that point.

The fourth-wicket pair put on 14. The man from Ranchi had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he scoreD(ho)nine. Fifteen balls after Raina’s dismissal, Morgan ran him out.

Subramaniam Badrinath, who faced 13 balls, scored half-a-dozen. Twenty-four balls later, Kallis broke the 17-run stand.

Michael Hussey, whose 51-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 40. Eight balls later, he was caught by Yusuf. Balaji broke the 18-run stand.

CSK scored 100 off 17.2 overs (104 balls). KKR had conceded five extras at that point.

Jadeja, whose 14-ball innings included three boundaries and as many sixes, scored 36. He was unbeaten, as was Bravo, who had a reason to be in seventh heaven – his four-ball innings included a boundary.

KKR eventually conceded half-a-dozen extras. CSK, who scored 124 for the loss of half-a-dozen wickets off 19.1 overs, won by four wickets with five balls to spare.

Bhatia bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceding 12.

Yusuf bowled seven balls, conceding nine. He picked up a wicket, as did Kallis, Balaji, Narine, and Senanayake, who bowled four overs apiece. They conceded 32, 28, 20, and 18, respectively.