RANCHI: The Chennai Super Kings yesterday beat the Kolkata Knight Riders by 34 runs in a rain-reduced Indian Premier League (IPL) 2014 encounter.
Brendon McCullum set the tone with an innings of 56 that took Chennai to 148 for three and then Ravindra Jadeja‘s remarkable spell of four for 12 strangled Kolkata to seal a comprehensive win for Chennai.
Mohit Sharma almost took a hat-trick to finish the game.
Today defending champions Mumbai Indians host Kings XI Punjab while Rajasthan Royals visit Delhi Daredevils.
AGENCIES
CHENNAI SUPER KINGS
D R Smith lbw Shakib Al Hasan 16
B B McCullum c Pathan b Russell 56
S K Raina c Yadav b Shakib Al Hasan 31
M S Dhoni (not out) 22
R A Jadeja (not out) 17
Extras (LB-5, NB-1) 6
Total (for 3 wkts in 17 overs) 148
Did not bat: F du Plessis, M Manhas, R Ashwin, B W Hilfenhaus, I C Pandey, M M Sharma.
Fall of wickets: 1-20, 2-90, 3-119.
Bowling: Shakib Al Hasan 4-0-25-2; S P Narine 4-0-26-0 (1nb); P P Chawla 3-0-31-0; R Vinay Kumar 3-0-26-0; J H Kallis 1-0-10-0; A D Russell 2-0-25-1.
KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS
R V Uthappa c Dhoni b Jadeja 47
G Gambhir (run out-Dhoni/Hilfenhaus) 6
J H Kallis c Manhas b Ashwin 4
M K Pandey c McCullum b Jadeja 1
Shakib Al Hasan c Sharma b Jadeja 0
S A Yadav lbw Jadeja 8
Y Pathan lbw Sharma 41
A D Russell b Sharma 1
R Vinay Kumar (not out) 0
S P Narine (not out) 1
Extras (LB-3, NB-1) 4
Total (for 9 wkts in 17 overs) 114
Fall of wickets: 1-17, 2-36, 3-38, 4-38, 5-65, 6-88, 7-91, 8-113, 9-113.
Bowling: B W Hilfenhaus 3-0-26-0 (1nb); I C Pandey 2-0-20-0; M M Sharma 3-0-22-3; R Ashwin 4-0-21-1; R A Jadeja 4-0-12-4; S K Raina 1-0-10-0.
