IPL 3 : CSK win against KKR

Chennai Super Kings beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 55 runs in the Indian Premier League encounter at Eden Gardens on Tuesday. Knight Riders failed to chase 165 runs target and lost all the wickets in 109 runs.

CSK captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni plundered an unbeaten 66 from 33 balls and his 109-run stand with Subramaniam Badrinath (43 not out) helped Chennai Super Kings post a challenging 164 for three against Kolkata Knight Riders.

Dhoni hit six fours and three sixes in his explosive knock while Badrinath hit three fours and one six from 33 balls as the duo amassed 109 runs in 65 balls in their unbeaten partnership.

The Knight Riders had a disciplined start with their new recruit Shane Bond bowling a tidy fast bowling spell with the new ball as he began his IPL stint conceding just one run from his first over.

On the other end, Ishant Sharma tested Murali Vijay who had a couple of lucky boundaries but it was Bond who really gave the former Australian opener Matthew Hayden some anxious time.

Albie Morkel gave Knight Riders an early blow to their run-chase when he got rid of opener Brad Hodge.

Earlier, Chennai Super Kings captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to bat.

The Kolkata outfit has brought in Shane Bond and Laxmi Ratan Shukla in place of Charl Langeveldt and Cheteshwar Pujara respectively.

CSK made only one change with M S Gony replacing Sudeep Tyagi.