CSK vs KKR Highlights Video, Match Report and Scores 8 April 2011

Indian Premier League 2011 - 1st match Chennai Super Kings v Kolkata Knight Riders Played at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai 8 April 2011 - day/night (20-over match) full highlight video, match report and scores.

Defending champions the Chennai Super Kings scored a two-run win over the Kolkata Knight Riders in the opening IPL match on Friday.

CSK vs KKR Match Report

Srikkanth Anirudha's magnificent half-century helped Chennai post a total of 153-4 from their 20 overs, before their bowlers restricted Kolkata to 151-7 in reply at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.

Chennai got off to a bad start losing opener Murali Vijay (4) in the first over, but Anirudha and Suresh Raina batted sensibly to put Chennai back on track.

Chennai Super Kings celebrates there win.

The duo forged a partnership of 74 runs for the second wicket thanks to some dropped catches (two by Pathan and one by Morgan).

But the dangerous looking partnership was ended by Pathan, who had Raina caught by Sarabjit Ladda at deep mid-wicket.

Raina made 33 off 29 balls with four hits to the fence.

Anirudha then got involved in a 49-run third-wicket stand with Indian skipper MS Dhoni inflicting further suffering on the Knight Riders.

Kallis came to Kolkata's rescue dismissing both Dhoni and Anirudha in successive overs.

First he had Dhoni caught by wicketkeeper Manvinder Bisla and then came back to disturb Anirudha's furniture.Dhoni made 29 off 21 balls while Anirudha made 64 from 55 balls including six fours and two sixes.

In the end, Albie Morkel's cameo knock of 15 off 9 balls including a six and four in the last over helped Chennai get past the 150-run mark.

For Kolkata, Kallis claimed two wickets while Iqbal Abdulla and Pathan got one wicket apiece.

Kolkata got off to a flying start with openers Jacques Kallis and Manvinder Bisla (27) scoring boundaries at will. The duo smashed a partnership of 64 runs before Bisla was stumped off by Dhoni off left-arm spinner Shadab Jakati.

Kallis and Yusuf Pathan then added another 29 runs before the latter was run out in an attempt to steal a never existing run.

With the game slipping away from Chennai's grip, Dhoni brought in Ravichandran Ashwin, who obliged by picking danger man Kallis' wicket.

The all-rounder scored 54 off 42 balls including seven fours.

After Kallis, Kolkata lost two quick wickets - Eoin Morgan (6) and Gautam Gambhir (1) - and were found struggling at 5-121 in 17 overs.

Needing 33 off 18 balls, Manoj Tiwary (27 off 15 balls) tried his best to pull off a win but his dismissal on the last ball of the penultimate over changed the course of the game.

In the last over, Kolkata needed nine runs, but Tim Southee gave away just six runs to help Chennai register a thrilling win.

CSK (Chennai Super Kings) vs KKR (Kolkata Knight Riders) Scores

Chennai Super Kings won by 2 runs

	Chennai Super Kings innings (20 overs maximum)		R	B	4s	6s	SR
	S Anirudha	b Kallis	64	55	6	2	116.36
	19.2 I've never seen someone appeal so hard for a bowled dismissal. That's a very useful yorker from Kallis, it was angling into the toes as Anirudha looked to whip to the leg side, but could not get the bat down in time. Hits the pad and then disturbs the furniture. Would have been lbw in any case. 138/4
	M Vijay	c Bhatia b Iqbal Abdulla	4	4	1	0	100.00
	0.6 four and out. Abdulla has sent Vijay back with some nifty left-arm spin and we have the first wicket of the IPL. He again jumped out of the crease, Abdulla saw him and held it back on middle and got it to grip. Vijay wasn't to the pitch and still went through with an ill-advised on-drive. Straight to mid on. 5/1
	SK Raina	c Ladda b Pathan	33	29	4	0	113.79
	10.3 stop the press, Kolkata have held a catch. They can't believe it. The crowd can't believe it. Raina is gone. Tossed up wide outside off, Raina looks to slog-shovel it across over midwicket and holes out to Manoj Tiwary in the deep. 80/2
	MS Dhoni	c †Bisla b Kallis	29	21	1	1	138.09
	17.2 Kallis has removed Dhoni. It is the slow bouncer. Sri Lanka, if they are watching, will be wondering why they did not try it the other night. Kallis rolls his fingers over it and the offcutter comes on much after Dhoni sets up a big backswing and looks for the whacked pull. He gets a feeble top edge and it loops up for an easy take to Bisla. 129/3
	JA Morkel	not out	15	9	1	1	166.66
	SB Styris	not out	5	2	1	0	250.00
	Extras	(b 1, w 2)	3
	Total	(4 wickets; 20 overs)	153	(7.65 runs per over)

Did not bat S Badrinath, R Ashwin, SB Jakati, TG Southee, S Randiv

Fall of wickets1-5 (Vijay, 0.6 ov), 2-80 (Raina, 10.3 ov), 3-129 (Dhoni, 17.2 ov), 4-138 (Anirudha, 19.2 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	Iqbal Abdulla	4	0	26	1	6.50
	0.6 to Vijay, four and out. Abdulla has sent Vijay back with some nifty left-arm spin and we have the first wicket of the IPL. He again jumped out of the crease, Abdulla saw him and held it back on middle and got it to grip. Vijay wasn't to the pitch and still went through with an ill-advised on-drive. Straight to mid on. 5/1
	YK Pathan	3	0	19	1	6.33	(1w)
	10.3 to Raina, stop the press, Kolkata have held a catch. They can't believe it. The crowd can't believe it. Raina is gone. Tossed up wide outside off, Raina looks to slog-shovel it across over midwicket and holes out to Manoj Tiwary in the deep. 80/2
	L Balaji	4	0	25	0	6.25
	JH Kallis	3	0	34	2	11.33
	17.2 to Dhoni, Kallis has removed Dhoni. It is the slow bouncer. Sri Lanka, if they are watching, will be wondering why they did not try it the other night. Kallis rolls his fingers over it and the offcutter comes on much after Dhoni sets up a big backswing and looks for the whacked pull. He gets a feeble top edge and it loops up for an easy take to Bisla. 129/3 19.2 to Anirudha, I've never seen someone appeal so hard for a bowled dismissal. That's a very useful yorker from Kallis, it was angling into the toes as Anirudha looked to whip to the leg side, but could not get the bat down in time. Hits the pad and then disturbs the furniture. Would have been lbw in any case. 138/4
	S Ladda	3	0	29	0	9.66
	R Bhatia	3	0	19	0	6.33

	Kolkata Knight Riders innings (target: 154 runs from 20 overs)		R	B	4s	6s	SR
	MS Bisla	st †Dhoni b Jakati	27	29	3	0	93.10
	8.5 Dhoni effects the stumping this time. Jakati has ended Bisla's adventurism at the top. Once again Bisla wanders out of the crease in search of an inside out drive, but he wasn't to the pitch and then it turned big on him. He missed and Dhoni did the rest. 64/1
	JH Kallis	c Badrinath b Ashwin	54	42	7	0	128.57
	15.2 as contrived a wicket as they come. It is an attempted carom ball, but Ashwin overcooks it and sends down a full toss on middle and leg. Kallis tries mto be cute, looks to paddle sweep that and plays it straight to Badri at short fine leg. That's how you give catching practice for short fine leg fielders. 112/3
	YK Pathan	run out (†Dhoni)	11	12	0	1	91.66
	12.5 Randiv to Kallis, Dhoni's sent Yusuf back! Top class stuff from Captain Fantastic. Kallis was looking for the 50th run, just leant out to the off stump and looked to nudge to the leg side. The ball did not go too far and Dhoni scurried after it, but Yusuf was not quick enough. Dhoni collected, swivelled around and slung shot the stumps down with Yusuf gasping well short of the crease. Big moment, but KKR have a lot of batting to follow. 93/2
	MK Tiwary	st †Dhoni b Randiv	27	15	1	2	180.00
	18.6 ah well, this game is not done turning. Dhoni gets another stumping. Randiv holds his nerve for the last couple of balls and gets Tiwary with an armer that broke past the outside edge after enticing him out of the crease. Tiwary looked to close the face as he drove, it bounced extra but Dhoni ad no problems collecting and breaking the stumps. 145/6
	EJG Morgan	st †Dhoni b Raina	6	6	1	0	100.00
	16.3 Raina's done it again. He just needs to wear a yellow jersey and roll his arm over, and he promptly gets a wicket. Top-class bowling, he sees Morgan advancing, holds the length back, increase the pace and gets it to dip, grip and go away. Morgan resembles a man searching for change in a bus as he's stranded midpitch. Dhoni collects and breaks the stumps. 119/4
	G Gambhir	run out (Styris)	1	2	0	0	50.00
	16.5 from Raina, Oh boy, what has Gambhir done here?! Tossed up ball on middle and leg, Gambhir gets outside the line and chips it over the covers.Morkel in the deep fumbles, but recovers quickly and sends an uncomfortable throw to Dhoni, who doesn't collect cleanly. It hits his pad and dribbles away towards short third man, but Styris was backing up like a man possessed. Gambhir thought there was a second, but was caught well short by the under-arm throw. What's with Gambhir and running? This game is turning. 120/5
	LR Shukla	c Styris b Southee	14	10	2	0	140.00
	19.2 this still ain't over. They need seven. Shukla plays a shot that nearly gets them four of those. He backs away to a length ball outside off and looks for an upper cut, but it wasn't short or fast enough to be sent all the way. Worse, there was third man waiting, a couple of metres inside the circle. Curtains for Shukla. 147/7
	R Bhatia	not out	0	1	0	0	0.00
	Iqbal Abdulla	not out	3	3	0	0	100.00
	Extras	(lb 1, w 7)	8
	Total	(7 wickets; 20 overs)	151	(7.55 runs per over)

Did not bat L Balaji, S Ladda

Fall of wickets1-64 (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	O	M	R	W	Econ
	JA Morkel	3	0	32	0	10.66	(1w)
	TG Southee	4	0	30	1	7.50
	19.2 to Shukla, this still ain't over. They need seven. Shukla plays a shot that nearly gets them four of those. He backs away to a length ball outside off and looks for an upper cut, but it wasn't short or fast enough to be sent all the way. Worse, there was third man waiting, a couple of metres inside the circle. Curtains for Shukla. 147/7
	R Ashwin	4	0	26	1	6.50	(1w)
	15.2 to Kallis, as contrived a wicket as they come. It is an attempted carom ball, but Ashwin overcooks it and sends down a full toss on middle and leg. Kallis tries mto be cute, looks to paddle sweep that and plays it straight to Badri at short fine leg. That's how you give catching practice for short fine leg fielders. 112/3
	S Randiv	4	0	33	1	8.25	(1w)
	18.6 to Tiwary, ah well, this game is not done turning. Dhoni gets another stumping. Randiv holds his nerve for the last couple of balls and gets Tiwary with an armer that broke past the outside edge after enticing him out of the crease. Tiwary looked to close the face as he drove, it bounced extra but Dhoni ad no problems collecting and breaking the stumps. 145/6
	SB Jakati	4	0	26	1	6.50
	8.5 to Bisla, Dhoni effects the stumping this time. Jakati has ended Bisla's adventurism at the top. Once again Bisla wanders out of the crease in search of an inside out drive, but he wasn't to the pitch and then it turned big on him. He missed and Dhoni did the rest. 64/1
	SK Raina	1	0	3	1	3.00
	16.3 to Morgan, Raina's done it again. He just needs to wear a yellow jersey and roll his arm over, and he promptly gets a wicket. Top-class bowling, he sees Morgan advancing, holds the length back, increase the pace and gets it to dip, grip and go away. Morgan resembles a man searching for change in a bus as he's stranded midpitch. Dhoni collects and breaks the stumps. 119/4

Toss Chennai Super Kings, who chose to bat
Points Chennai Super Kings 2, Kolkata Knight Riders 0
Player of the match S Anirudha (Chennai Super Kings)

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