Chennai Super Kings (CSK) snapped Kolkata Knight Riders' (KKR) winning streak with a comfortable 55-run victory in the Indian Premier League (IPL) III at the Eden Gardens here on Tuesday.
The thumping victory can be attributed to CSK's better planning, ruthless execution and above all an insatiable hunger to return to winning ways.
A large part of the credit should go to Mahendra Singh Dhoni's inspiring leadership. Having batted excellently to take his team to a position of strength, Dhoni made sure his bowlers routed KKR in front of its home crowd. He was rightly chosen Man of the Match.
KKR had nothing to offer when faced with a target of 165. It lost Brad Hodge when the innings was just two balls old. The Aussie fell pulling Albie Morkel for no score. After Manoj Tiwary had fallen in the next over to Manpreet Gony, Sourav Ganguly and Wriddhiman Saha tried to repair the damage.
But Saha's departure left KKR in tatters. It just could not recover from the situation and folded up for 109 in 19.2 overs. The best partnership (25 runs, 31 balls) was produced by the last pair of Murali Kartik and Ishant Sharma.
Source : http://beta.thehindu.com/sport/article248364.ece
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