Ashwin’s 3 wickets and Suresh Raina’s 78* runs in just 38 balls gave easy win to CSK with 39 balls remaining against KKR in Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai.
Kolkata Knight Riders won toss and chose bat first but decision seems failed when Ashwin got early 3 wickets of KKR. Ashwin has taken wicket of Chris Gayle (7 runs in 4 balls), McCullum (0 runs in 4 balls) and Hussey (0 runs in 3 balls). Ganguly was aimed by Bollinger and given LBW by umpire on ball which seems on out of left stump.
KKR was on 19 runs with 4 wicket loss in 4 over when Manoj Tiwari and Angelo Mathews were came to play. Both has played stable inning. Tiwari (27 runs in 31 balls) caught out by Vijay on bowl by Raina at team score of 92 runs in 14.4 over.
Methews has made 48 runs in 48 balls and gave 140 runs target to CSK.
Chasing very low score, CSK loss his first wicket of hayden (0 run in 2 balls) in 3rd ball of first over but then KKR could not get any chance to get second wicket of CSK. Murali vijay has made 50* runs in 40 balls and Suresh Raina has made 78* runs in 39 balls.
Ashwin was awarded for man of the match for his dream spell and 3 important wickets in early overs.
After winning this match, Chennai Super kings jumped to 2nd position from 6th position even though CSK, RCB, RR and DD shared 12 points with CSK but CSK has more run rate then others. Now, all teams have 2 games to play before semi finals.
Point Table
| Team | Played | Won | Lost | Points | Run Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mumbai Indians | 12 | 9 | 3 | 18 | +1.116 |
| Chennai Super Kings | 12 | 6 | 6 | 12 | +0.348 |
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | 12 | 6 | 6 | 12 | +0.343 |
| Delhi Daredevils | 12 | 6 | 6 | 12 | +0.024 |
| Rajasthan Royals | 12 | 6 | 6 | 12 | -0.288 |
| Deccan Chargers | 12 | 6 | 6 | 12 | -0.438 |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | 12 | 5 | 7 | 10 | -0.632 |
| Kings XI Punjab | 12 | 4 | 8 | 8 | -0.484 |