Showing posts with label Chennai. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chennai. Show all posts

IPL 5 Final: Kolkata Become Sultans

Who would have thought Kolkata Knight Riders would turn it around and be the IPL 5 champions? Who would have thought Manvinder Sultan Bisla would become Kolkata's Sultan in a night? But fans it has all happened. Kolkata Knight Riders are the Champions of the DLF Indian Premier League Season 5. KKR defeated reigning champions Chennai Super Kings by 5 wickets to embrace their first IPL crown.

Manvindar Bisla, the Haryana batsman turned it around for the KKR to claim their first IPL title at Chepauk against the defending champions CSK. The bowling head of the CSK were wonderstruck  by the awesome counter attack from Manvinder  Bisla (89 from 48 balls). He made a useful partnership with the South African all rounder Jacque Kallis (69 from 49 balls).  

IPL 5: Playoffs: Chennai Cruises to Final on Vijay Magic

The reigning champions Chennai Super Kings cruised into the third straight IPL final with a super win over Delhi Daredevils. Super Kings defeated Daredevils by a massive margin of 86 runs with Murali Vijay stealing the show. Chennai will meet Kolkata Knight Riders on Sunday and try to make a hat-trick IPL final victory. The match was highlighted by Chennai's dominating all round performance over Delhi at all phases of the match.

Scores:
    Chennai Super Kings    : 222 for 5 in 20 Overs
    Delhi Daredevils          : 136 all out in 16.5 Overs