Chennai win by 3 runs, D/L method

In fact, Kolkata were looking good to score a pretty imposing total as Butt and Das got after the bowling, especially Muttiah Muralitharan, to put up 86 runs.

That was before Ntini returned, to remove Das and David Hussey off consecutive deliveries. The South African fast had also claimed Mohd Hafeez and Sourav Ganguly earlier, and returned figures of 4-21, which may well make a difference.

Earlier, Ganguly won the toss and decided to bat.

In this must-win match, Kolkata have left out Aakash Chopra, bringing in Debabrata Das. Chennai made two changes, replacing Chamara Kapugedera and Joginder Sharma with Parthiv Patel and Makhaya Ntini.

Both Kolkata and Chennai came into the game after humiliating defeats at the hands of Mumbai.

Teams:

Kolkata: Salman Butt, Mohammad Hafeez, Sourav Ganguly , David Hussey, Debabrata Das, Laxmi Ratan Shukla, Wriddhiman Saha, Ajit Agarkar, Ishant Sharma, Ashoke Dinda, Shoaib Akhtar.

Chennai: S Vidyut, Stephen Fleming, Parthiv Patel, Suresh Raina, Subramaniam Badrinath, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Albie Morkel, Manpreet Gony, Laxmipathy Balaji, Muttiah Muralitharan, Makhaya Ntini.

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