Kolkata Knight Riders v Mumbai Indians at Kolkata, Apr 29, 2008

Kolkata Knight Riders 137/8 (20/20 ov)

Mumbai Indians 25/2 (4.0/20 ov)


Mumbai Indians require another 113 runs with 8 wickets and 16.0 overs remaining (time:22.07)


Kolkata Knight Riders innings

BB McCullum 1
SC Ganguly 4
RT Ponting 19
DB Das 29
DJ Hussey 17
Mohammad Hafeez 2
LR Shukla 40*
AB Agarkar 2
M Kartik 10
I Sharma 0*


SM Pollock 2/27
A Nehra 0/9
CRD Fernando 1/41
DS Kulkarni 0/15
DJ Bravo 1/25
ST Jayasuriya 3/14

Chennai Super Kings.................. may be the DLF IPL chamapion

Chennai Super Kings is the Chennai franchise for the Indian Premier League. The team will be led by Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the highest-paid IPL Player, and coached by Kepler Wessels. There is no Icon Player for the team.

Chennai Super Kings are a part of the eight club Indian Premier League. The franchise is owned by India Cements, who paid $91 million to acquire the rights of the franchise for the next 10 years. Former India test player Kris Srikkanth is the brand ambassador for the franchise, and another former Indian opener V. B. Chandrasekhar will be the chief selector. The brand ambasssadors for the team will be South Indian actor, Vijay and actress, Nayantara.

The M.A.Chidambaram stadium (often referred to as Chepauk, the place where the stadium is located) will be the home ground of the IPL team. The theme song of Chennai Super Kings, penned by Vairamuthu, is presently being composed by G V Prakash Kumar.

The name “Super Kings” is to honor the rulers of the golden era of Tamil culture, the team logo has a Lion to reflect the King of the Jungle. In addition the word “Super” is colloquially used in the state of Tamil Nadu to reflect all things thrilling and exciting and is a word of the lips of almost every one in Tamil Nadu. Incidentally the Chennai team playing in the ICL (the rebel league) is named as “Chennai Superstars”.

Players

Chennai Super Kings are one of the three franchises with no icon player. The lack of an icon player benefited the Super Kings during the bidding as they managed to bid successfully on two (Dhoni & Muralitharan) of the six A listed players.

The team plans to have twenty three players on its roster. Besides the list of players already acquired, the team will pick the remaining members from the three catchment areas - Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Railways - that have been allocated to it.

• Name - Age - Country - Position

Batsmen

• Matthew Hayden - 36 - Australia - Left-handed Batsman
• Stephen Fleming - 35 - New Zealand - Left-handed Batsman
• Suresh Raina - 21 - India - Left-handed Batsman
• Michael Hussey - 32 - Australia - Left-handed Batsman
• Anirudha Srikkanth - 21 - India - Right-handed Batsman
• Subramaniam Badrinath - 28 - India - Right-handed Batsman
• Napoleon Einstein - 18 - India - Right-handed Batsman

Wicketkeepers

• Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Captain) - 26 - India - Right-handed Wicket keeper
• Parthiv Patel - 22 - India - Left-handed Wicket keeper

All Rounders

• Jacob Oram - 28 - New Zealand - Left-handed Batsman/Right-arm medium-fast
• Albie Morkel - 28 - South Africa - Left-handed Batsman/Right-arm fast-medium
• Shadab Jakati - 27 - India - Slow left-arm orthodox spin
• Abhinav Mukund - 18 - India - Left-handed Batsman/Right-arm leg-break
• Viraj Kadbe - 18 - India - Right-arm leg-break

Bowlers

• Muttiah Muralitharan - 35 - Sri Lanka - Right-arm off-break
• Joginder Sharma - 24 - India - Right-arm fast-medium
• Makhaya Ntini - 30 - South Africa - Right-arm fast
• R. Ashwin - 21 - India - Right-arm off-break
• Sudeep Tyagi - 20 - India - Right-arm fast-medium
• Lakshmipathy Balaji - 26 - India - Right-arm fast-medium

Administration and Coaching Staff

• Owner - India Cement Ltd.
• CEO - TBA
• Ambassador - Kris Srikkanth, film stars Joseph Vijay and Nayantara
• Chief Selector - V. B. Chandrasekhar

Coaches:

• Head Coach - Kepler Wessels
• Assistant Coach - TBA
• Physiotherapist - Tommy Simsek
• Physical Trainer - Gregory King

IPL team and team mates

Delhi Daredevils

Owned by GMR Group

Captain: Virender Sehwag

The Team:

Virender Sehwag (India, Right-hand batsman, Off-break bowler)

Gautam Gambhir (India, Left-hand batsman)

Manoj Tiwari (Indian, Right-hand batsman, Leg-break bowler)

Mohammad Asif (Pakistan, Left-hand batsman, Right-arm fast medium bowler)

Daniel Vettori (New Zealand, Left-hand batsman, slow left-arm orthodox bowler)

Dinesh Karthik (India, Right-hand batsman, Wicket-keeper)

Shoaib Malik (Pakistan; Right-hand batsman, Off-break bowler)

AB de Villiers (South Africa, Right-hand batsman)

Tillekaratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka, Right-hand batsman, Off-break bowler)

Farveez Maharoof (Sri Lanka, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm fast medium bowler)

Glenn McGrath (Australia, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm fast medium bowler)

Players signed in the interim between first and second auctions:

Yo Mahesh, Shikhar Dhawan, Mithun Manhas, Rajat Bhatia and Mayank Tehlan

Players signed in the second auction Tuesday:

Pradeep Sangwan (India, Left-arm medium pace bowler, Right-hand batsman)

Brett Geeves (Australia, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm fast medium)

Hyderabad

Owned by Deccan Chronicle

Captain: V.V.S.Laxman

The Team:

Andrew Symonds (Australia, Right-hand batsman, Off-break bowler)

Rudra Pratap Singh (India, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm medium fast bowler)

Rohit Sharma (India, Right-hand batsman, Off-break bowler)

Adam Gilchrist (Australia, Left-hand batsman, Wicket-keeper)

Shahid Afridi (Pakistan, Right-hand batsman, Leg-break bowler)

Herschelle Gibbs (South Africa, Right-hand batsman)

V.V.S. Laxman (India, Right-hand batsman, Off-break bowler)

Chaminda Vaas (Sri Lanka, Left-hand batsman, Left-arm fast medium bowler)

Scott Styris (New Zealand, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm fast medium bowler)

Nuwan Zoysa (Sri Lanka, Left-hand batsman, Left-arm fast medium bowler)

Chamara Silva (Sri Lanka, Right-hand batsman)

Players signed in the interim between first and second auctions:

Hyderabad: Sanjay Bangar, Venugopal Rao, N. Arjun Yadav, D. Ravi Teja, Pragyan Ojha, D. Kalyankrishna, P. Vijay Kumar, M. Sarveesh and Halahar Das.

Hyderabad did not pick any player in the second auction.

Rajasthan Royals (Jaipur)

Owned by Emerging Media

Captain: Shane Warne

The Team:

Shane Warne (Australia, Right-hand batsman, Leg-spin bowler)

Md. Kaif (India, Right-hand batsman, Off-break bowler)

Graeme Smith (South Africa, Left-hand batsman, Off-break bowler)

Yusuf Pathan (India, Right-hand batsman)

Munaf Patel (Indian, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm fast bowler)

Younis Khan (Pakistan, Right-hand batsman)

Kamran Akmal (Pakistan, Right-hand batsman, Wicket-keeper)

Justin Langer (Australia, Left-hand batsman, Right-arm medium pace bowler)

Players signed in the interim between first and second auctions:

Pankaj Singh, Anup Revandkar and Dinesh Salunkhe

Players signed in the second auction Tuesday:

Dimitri Mascarenhas (England, Right-han batsman, Right-arm fast medium bowler)

Morne Morkel (South Africa, Left-hand batsman, Right-arm fast bowler)

Shane Watson (Australia, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm fast bowler)

Sohail Tanveer (Pakistan, Left-arm pace bowler, Left-arm batsman)

Taruwar Kohli (India, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm medium pace bowler)

Ravindra Jadeja (India, Left-hand batsman, Slow left-arm orthodox bowler)

Kolkata Knight Riders

Owned by Shah Rukh Khan and his company Red Chillies, which has as the partner, Juhi Chawla

Captain: Sourav Ganguly

The Team:-

Sourav Ganguly (India, Left-hand batsman, Right-arm medium pace bowler)

Ishant Sharma (India, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm fast bowler)

Chris Gayle (West Indies, Left-hand batsman, Off-break bowler)

Brendon McCullum (New Zealand, Right-hand batsman, Wicketkeeper)

David Hussey (Australia, Right-hand batsman, Off-break bowler)

Shoaib Akhtar (Pakistan, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm fast bowler)

Ricky Ponting (Australia, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm off-break bowler)

Ajit Agarkar (India, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm fast medium bowler)

Murali Kartik (India, Left-hand batsman, Slow left-arm orthodox bowler)

Umar Gul (Pakistan, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm fast medium bowler)

Tatenda Taibu (Zimbwea, Right-hand batsman, Wicketkeeper)

Players signed in the second auction Tuesday:

Salman Butt (Pakistan, Left-hand batsman, Right-arm off break bowler)

Mohammad Hafeez (Pakistan, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm off break bowler) Siddarth Kaul (India, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm medium pace bowler)

Iqbal Abdulla (India, Left-hand batsman, Slow left-arm orthodox bowler)

Mohali

Owned by Preity Zinta and Ness Wadia

The Team:-

Yuvraj Singh (India, Left-hand batsman, Slow left-arm orthodox bowler)

Irfan Pathan (India, Left-hand batsman, Left-arm fast medium bowler)

Brett Lee (Australia, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm fast bowler)

Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka, Left-hand batsman, Wicketkeeper)

Shanthakumaran Sreesanth (India, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm fast medium bowler)

Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm medium pace bowler)

Piyush Chawla (India, Left-hand batsman, Leg-break googly bowler)

Ramesh Powar (India, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm off-break bowler)

Ramnaresh Sarwan (West Indies, Right-hand batsman)

Simon Katich (Australia, Left-hand batsman)

Players signed in the interim between first and second auctions:

V.R.V. Singh, Karan Goel and Uday Kaul

Players signed in the second auction Tuesday:

James Hopes (Australia, Right-hand batsman, Right-hand medium pace bowler)

Luke Pomersbach (Australia, left-hand batsman, Right-arm off break bowler)

Tanmay Srivastava (India, Left-hand Batsman, Right-arm medium pace bowler)

Ajitesh Argal (India, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm medium pace bowler)

Kyle Mills (New Zealand, Right-hand fast medium bowler, Right-hand batsman)

Mumbai Indians

Owned by Mukesh Ambani's Reliance

Captain: Sachin Tendulkar

The Team:-

Sachin Tendulkar (India, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm off-break, medium pace bowler)

Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka, Left-hand batsman, Slow left-arm orthodox bowler)

Harbhajan Singh (India, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm off-break bowler)

Robin Uthappa (India, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm medium pace bowler)

Shaun Pollock (South Africa, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm fast medium bowler)

Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm fast bowler)

Dilhara Fernando (Sri Lanka, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm fast medium bowler)

Loots Bosman (South Africa, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm medium pace bowler)

Players signed in the interim between first and second auctions:

Pinal Shah, Abhishek Nayar, Ajinkya Rahane and Yogesh Takawale

Players signed in the second auction Tuesday:

Ashwell Prince (South Africa, Left-hand batsman, Left-arm slow bowler)

Saurabh Tiwary (India, Left-hand batsman)

Manish Pandey (India, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm off break bowler)

Royal Challengers (Bangalore)

Owned by Vijay Mallya

Captian: Rahul Dravid

The Team:-

Rahul Dravid (India, Right-hand batsman, Off-break bowler)

Jacques Kallis (South Africa, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm fast medium bowler)

Anil Kumble (India, Right-hand batsman, Leg-break googly bowler)

Cameron White (Australia, Right-hand batsman, Leg-break googly bowler)

Zaheer Khan (India, Right-hand batsman, Left-arm fast medium bowler)

Mark Boucher (South Africa, Right-hand batsman, Wicketkeeper)

Wasim Jaffer (India, Right-hand batsman, Off-break bowler)

Dale Steyn (South Africa, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm fast bowler)

Shivnaraine Chanderpaul (West Indies, Left-hand batsman)

Players signed in the interim between first and second auctions:

Sunil Joshi, Balachandra Akhil, R. Vinay Kumar, Bharat Chipli, J. Arun Kumar, K.P. Appanna, Devraj Patil

Players signed in the second auction Tuesday:

Misbah ul Haq (Pakistan, Right-hand batsman, Leg-break bowler)

Abdur Razzak (Bangladesh, Left-hand batsman, Slow left-arm orthodox bowler) Virat Kohli (India, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm medium pace bowler)

Shreevats Goswami (India, Left-hand Batsman, Wicketkeeper)

Ross Taylor (New Zealand, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm off break bowler)

Chennai Super Kings

Owned by India Cements

Captain: Mahendra Singh Dhoni

The Team:-

Mahendra Singh Dhoni (India, Right-hand batsman, Wicketkeeper)

Jacob Oram (New Zealand, Left-hand batsman, Right-arm medium pace bowler)

Albie Morkel (South Africa, Left-hand batsman, Right-arm fast bowler)

Suresh Raina (India, Left-hand batsman, Off-break bowler)

Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka, Right-hand batsman, Off-break bowler)

Matthew Hayden (Australia, Left-hand batsman, Right-arm medium bowler)

Stephen Fleming (New Zealand, Left-hand batsman, Right-arm slow medium bowler)

Parthiv Patel (India, Wicketkeeper, Left-hand batsman)

Joginder Sharma (India, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm fast medium bowler)

Makhaya Ntini (South Africa, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm fast bowler)

Michael Hussey (Australia, Left-hand batsman)

Players signed in the interim between first and second auctions:

Shadab Jakati, Sudeep Tyagi, R. Ashwin, Srikkanth Anirudha and S. Badrinath

Players signed in the second auction Tuesday:

Napoleon Einstein (India, Right-hand batsman, Right-arm off break bowler)

Abhinav Mukund (India, Left-hand batsman, Leg-break googly break bowler)

Viraj Kadbe (India, Right-hand batsman, Leg-break bowler)

Chennai Super Kings v Kolkata Knight Riders at Chennai

Chennai Super Kings won by 9 wickets (with 18 balls remaining) Kolkata Knight Riders 147/9 (20/20 ov) Chennai Super Kings 152/1 (17.0/20 ov)

Kolkata Knight Riders innings

Batting:

SC Ganguly 12
BB McCullum 24
RT Ponting 0
WP Saha 27
DJ Hussey 0
Mohammad Hafeez 16
LR Shukla 42
AB Agarkar 11
M Kartik 3
I Sharma 4*
AB Dinda 0*

Bowling:

JDP Oram 3/32
M Gony 2/40
P Amarnath 2/29
M Muralitharan 0/12
Joginder Sharma 1/32


Chennai Super Kings innings

PA Patel 21
ML Hayden 70*
MS Dhoni 43*

Bowling

AB Dinda 0/25
I Sharma 0/26
AB Agarkar 1/19
DJ Hussey 0/10
Mohammad Hafeez 0/16
M Kartik 0/33
LR Shukla 0/18




Cricinfo bulletin:

Matthew Hayden's second half-century of the IPL sealed an easy win (file photo) © Getty Images

Chennai Super Kings went on top of the table after an efficient performance from the bowlers - reckoned to be the team's weak link - set up a convincing nine-wicket victory over the Kolkata Knight Riders. After Kolkata were restricted to 147, Matthew Hayden's superb unbeaten 70 ensured there were no hiccups in making it three wins out of three.

Jacob Oram and Muttiah Muralitharan were the stand-out bowlers for Chennai, but the Indian bowling contingent backed them up well. Oram nailed the explosive pair of Bendon McCullum and Ricky Ponting early to give the huge home crowd something to shout about. Muralitharan's restrictive spell - he finished with figures of none for 12 from four overs - then frustrated the visitors and ensured Oram's good work wasn't wasted.

Kolkata were reeling at 70 for 5 after ten overs, with all their marquee names dismissed, and in danger of getting bowled out without utilising their full quota of overs. Laxmi Ratan Shukla, though, ensured they avoided that embarrassment as his late-order hitting earned 39 runs off the last four overs.

The early impetus for Kolkata was provided by Brendon McCullum, who silenced the crowd with some brutal hitting. There were no half-measures as he raced to 24 off 12, reclaiming the orange cap for the tournament's leading scorer in the process, before holing out to Suresh Raina at extra cover off Oram. Ricky Ponting's dismal run continued, falling for a duck as he drove his first ball straight to Raina at cover.

Kolkata's other wicketkeeper-batsman Wriddhiman Saha took the baton from McCullum, making a streaky, quickfire 27 - a top-edge off Manpreet Gony flew over the wicketkeeper for four and a similar shot off the next ball went for six. His luck then ran out and he was bowled by a ball that jagged back in.

	Kolkata got off to a superb start, but they lost their way in the middle overs (click here for a bigger image) © Cricinfo

Despite losing wickets, Kolkata's run-rate still hovered around ten after six overs, and with David Hussey and Sourav Ganguly in, a big score was still on the cards. The next four overs, though, emphatically handed the advantage to Chennai, as only 11 runs were given away and both Hussey and Ganguly were removed.

Ganguly, who had been starved of the strike when McCullum and Saha were blazing away, was cramped for room by Muttiah Muralitharan's leg-stump line and struggled to get the ball away. He finally fell for a scratchy 12, in the 10th over, gifting a catch to S Badrinath at cover after failing to pick a slower one from Joginder Sharma.

For a team which has run up scores over 200 in both their games so far, this was a straightforward chase. Hayden and Parthiv Patel, while not at their fluent best, put on the biggest opening stand of the tournament as they motored to 66 in 8.2 overs, peppering the offside boundary. While this was nearly the same number of runs Kolkata had managed at a similar stage, by keeping their wickets in tact, Chennai made sure they were well in control of the game.

Ajit Agarkar then demonstrated his penchant for taking wickets again, getting Patel to top-edge a catch to Ishant Sharma at fine leg. Hayden had struggled early on with his timing but soon displayed his trademark power-hitting, going on to his second consecutive fifty. He and Dhoni, who promoted himself to No. 3, eschewed the risks and calmly chipped away at the target, never allowing the run-rate to get out of hand. Towards the end, with the result beyond doubt, they opened up to take Chennai home with 19 balls to spare.