 Hayden, Oram fashion easy victory for Chennai Super Kings
26th Apr 2008 23:00 IST
Agencies
Earlier, an all-round bowling display allowed Chennai Super Kings restrict Kolkata Knight Riders to a modest 147/9.
Dhoni's team seized the initiative with a double blow and the Kolkata team never really recovered in the clash between two of the unbeaten sides in the competition.
New Zealand all-rounder Oram (3/32) was the wrecker-in-chief as the Knight Riders' big guns - Brendon McCullum, Ricky Ponting, David Hussey and skipper Sourav Ganguly - fell to indiscreet shots.
Only Lakshmi Shukla held the innings together with a crucial innings of 42.
Oram started the slide dismissing McCullum and Ponting off successive balls.
McCullum was the lone Kolkata batsman to show some aggression in his 24-run effort off 12 balls. The opening stand of 32 (15 balls) between him and Ganguly remained the brightest patch of their innings.
Ganguly seemed be determined to carry his bat through while wickets fell at the other end. But he too made an exit trying to clear Joginder Sharma over the covers. His 12 off 19 balls had just one four.
Kolkata's first fifty came off 30 balls but as wickets fell at regular intervals, the next 50 runs took 57 deliveries.
While Muttiah Muralitharan remained the most economical bowler with 4-0-12-0, Palani Amarnath claimed two wickets in four overs conceding 29 runs.
He ended the tenure Hussey, who spooned a catch to Subramaniam Badrinath at point. |
