Chennai Superkings vs Kolkata Knight Riders (13th April 2010)

Result: Chennai Super Kings won by 9 wkts

Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat first. But top order collapsed as they lost 4 wickets for 18 runs only. Angelo Mathews scored 48 which helped them to score 139/8 in 20 overs. Chasing the target Superkings lost the wicket of hayden early but Raina and Vijay scored unbeaten fifties to give their team a much needed win just in 14 overs. With this win Superkings moved to the second position of the point table with better Net Run Rate.

R.Ashwin was the MoM for his match winning bowling performance, Vijay got the 'Kamaal catch of the match' award and Raina got the 'maximum sixes award'.


Numbers that mattered, Match 48 

3 Number of stumpings effected by MS Dhoni in Kolkata Knight Riders’ innings – most by any wicket-keeper in IPL history.

19 Kolkata Knight Riders had lost four wickets with only 19 runs on the board – the worst start ever for a side in IPL history.

22 Runs scored by Kolkata Knight Riders in the first 6 overs – the worst performance by any side during Powerplay in this IPL.

24 Balls taken by Suresh Raina to race to his fifty – the fastest fifty by a Chennai Super Kings’ batsman during this IPL edition. He shares the honour with Matthew Hayden

39 Chennai won the match with 39 balls remaining to be bowled – their biggest win in IPL in terms of balls remaining.

137 Runs added by Murali Vijay and Suresh Raina for the second wicket – the highest second wicket partnership in IPL history.