Brett Lee
conceded just eight runs in four
overs as Kolkata Knight Riders beat
Chennai Super Kings by 10 runs on
the Duckworth-Lewis method in a
rain-hit Indian Premier League
match on Saturday.
Kolkata were 61-2 in 10 overs
chasing a modest 115-run target
when play was called off due to rain
at the Eden Gardens. South African
Jacques Kallis was unbeaten on 21
and Manoj Tiwary on 15 not out.
Australian paceman Lee and left-arm
spinner Iqbal Abdulla played key
roles in restricting Chennai to a small
total on slow pitch despite a fighting
54 from Subramaniam Badrinath.
Abdulla took one wicket in his four
overs, giving away 15 runs.
It was Kolkata's seventh win in 11
matches and Chennai's fourth defeat
in 10 games of the Twenty20
tournament.
Mumbai and Kolkata now jointly lead
the 10-team league table with 14
points, followed by Chennai (12),
Bangalore (11), Rajasthan (11), Kochi
(10), Delhi (eight), Deccan (six),
Punjab (six) and Pune (four).
Chennai earlier failed to post a
competitive total after electing to
bat despite a half-century from
Badrinath, who hit two sixes and
three fours in his 41-ball knock
before being run out in the last over.
Badrinath put on 65 for the fourth
wicket in the last nine overs with
South African Albie Morkel, who
contributed a run-a-ball 30 not out.
Chennai struggled for runs, scoring
40 in the opening 10 overs. There
were just two sixes and six fours in
the entire innings.
The first big shot came in the 10th
over when Badrinath lofted off-
spinner Yusuf Pathan over long-on
for a six. He then pulled seamer
Lakshmipathy Balaji over mid-wicket
for another six.
Brief scores:
Chennai Super Kings 114-4 in 20
overs (S. Badrinath 54, A. Morkel 30
not out) lost to Kolkata Knight Riders
61-2 in 10 overs (J. Kallis 21 not out;
R. Ashwin 2-12) by 10 runs (D/L
method).
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