IPL-4 :Knight Riders beat Super Kings by 10runs
Indian Premier League
Kolkata Knight Riders v/s Chennai Super Kings
At Eden Gardens on Saturday. – May 7, 2011
- Man of the Match : Iqbal Abdulla
- Match Results: Knight Riders beat Super Kings by 10runs
Kolkata Knight Riders chased a 10 runs victory against Chennai Super Kings in a rain interrupted Indian Premier League held at Eden Gardens on Saturday.
Chasing a modest 115-runs target, Knight Riders were 61/2 in 10 overs when rain stopped the game. However, Jacques Kallis remain unbeaten on 21 from 23 balls and Manoj Tiwary was not out at 21 from 15 balls.
With this win, Kolkata has reached to second position in the points table while Chennai occupies the third position.
Chennai Super Kings didn’t played well as they just managed to procure 114/4 runs in their allotted of 20 overs. Though, S Badrinath played the match exceptionally well as he delivered a superb 54 innings for Chennai to reach 114 runs.
For Kolkata, Iqbal Abdulla, L Balaji and Yusuf Pathan took one wicket each. Kallis remained unbeaten on 21 from 23 balls while Manoj Tiwary was 15 not out from 12 balls.
Moreover, today’s match was the most important for both the sides. However, Kolkata has played 10 games to Chennai’s nine outings in the IPL 2011.
