Ntini hat-trick crashed Kolkata Knight Riders hope
May 19, 08 by CricStars
Chennai Super Kings won the crutial DLF-IPL Twenty20 match by three runs against Kolkata Knight Riders as per the Duckworth-Lewis. In a match which saw interruptions first by the failure of some lights in the floodlight towers and later by a Nor’wester that lashed the stadium, chennai did just enough to be on safe side
Ntini dismissed Sourav Ganguly in his third over, and then returned 11 overs later to bowl Debabrata Das and David Hussey in successive balls. Ntini sharp bowling (4/21) restricted the Kolkata Knight Riders to 5/149.
Salman Butt’s 54-ball 73, helped KKR post the highest IPL total at the Eden. Chennai where 0/55 when a storm descended upon the Eden Gardens oval, requiring the Duckworth-Lewis system to come into play
p.s – will post the match videos soon
