Defending champion Chennai Super Kings defeated the revamped Kolkata Knight Riders.
Match Facts
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Match 1
Venue: Chennai
Captains: Dhoni (CSK), Gambhir (KKR)
Toss: CSK
Result: CSK def KKR by 2 runs
MOM: Anirudha
6s: 6 (CSK 4, KKR 2)
4s: 28 (CSK 14, KKR 14)
50s: 2 (1 each from both team)
50 plus partnership: 75 2nd wkt Anirudha and Raina (CSK)
Records
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Chennai Super Kings won 5th match against KKR. KKR has only won one match in their 7 encounters.
Anirudha received his second MOM of IPL.
Chennai Super Kings innings (20 overs maximum)
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Anirudha b Kallis 64 runs 55 balls 6 4s 2 6s
Vijay c Bhatia b Iqbal Abdulla 4 runs 4 balls 1 four
Raina c Ladda b Pathan 33 runs 29 balls 4 4s
Dhoni c Bisla b Kallis 29 runs 21 balls 1 four 1 six
Morkel not out 15 runs 9 balls 1 four 1 six
Styris not out 5 runs 2 four 1 four
Extras (b 1, w 2) 3
Total (20 overs) 153/4
Fall of wickets
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1-5 (Vijay, 0.6 ov), 2-80 (Raina, 10.3 ov), 3-129 (Dhoni, 17.2 ov), 4-138 (Anirudha, 19.2 ov)
Bowling
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Iqbal Abdulla 4 ov 26/1
Yusuf Pathan 3 ov 19/1
Balaji 4 ov 25/0
Kallis 3 ov 34/2
Ladda 3 0 29 0 9.66
Bhatia 3 ov 19/0
Kolkata Knight Riders innings (target: 154 runs from 20 overs)
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Bisla st Dhoni b Jakati 27 runs 29 balls 3 4s
Kallis c Badrinath b Ashwin 54 runs 42 balls 7 4s
Yusuf Pathan run out 11 runs 12 balls 1 six
Manoj Tiwary not out 27 runs 14 balls 1 four 2 six
Morgan st Dhoni b Raina 6 runs 6 balls 1 four
Gambhir run out 1 run 2 ball
Shukla c Styris b Southee 14 runs 10 balls 2 four
Rajat Bhatia not out 0
Iqbal Abdulla not out 3 runs 3 balls
Extras (lb 1w 7) 8
Total (20 overs) 151/7
Fall of wickets
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1-64 (Bisla, 8.5 ov), 2-93 (Pathan, 12.5 ov), 3-112 (Kallis, 15.2 ov), 4-119 (Morgan, 16.3 ov), 5-120 (Gambhir, 16.5 ov), 6-145 (Tiwary, 18.6 ov), 7-147 (Shukla, 19.2 ov)
Bowling
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Morkel 3 ov 32/0
Southee 4 ov 30/0
Ashwin 4 ov 26/1
Randiv 4 ov 33/0
Jakati 4 ov 26/1
Raina 1 ov 3/1
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