Chennai continued its winning streak on Saturday while Kolkata Knight Riders tasted defeat. After dismissing Kolkata for 148, the Super Kings coasted to 152 for the loss of one wicket for a 9-wicket win with 18 balls to spare.

When Sourav Ganguly, the Kolkata Knight Riders¢ captain, won the toss and elected to bat first, he must have had a target of 200 in his mind, considering players like McCullum and Ponting in his batting line up. He wasn¢t wrong. Kolkata made 24 in first two overs. But then man of the match Jacob Oram got rid of the dangerous McCullum (24) on the third ball of the third over, and sent Ponting back to pavilion for a duck in the next ball, and the Knight Riders could never recover. 

Wickets kept falling at regular intervals. Saha (27), Hussey (0), and Ganguly (12) left in quick succession. The score after the 11^th over was 75/5. Laxmi Ratan Shukla (42), the top scorer for Knight Riders, was the only saving grace in the team¢s inning.  In the end, the team could score only 147 for the loss of nine wickets leaving Chennai Super Kings licking their lips.

Dhoni-led Chennai was in command from the word go. Openers Hayden (70*) and Parthiv (21) executed their plans magnificently. They hit boundaries on slow balls, managed the off sixes, and didn¢t refrain from taking singles and twos. Hayden hit a superb six off Hussey to complete 50 runs for his team in the 7^th over and there was no looking back after that. Their partnership of 66 became the best opening partnership of the IPL.

When Parthiv departed in the ninth, caught by Sharma off Agarkar, the team¢s score read 66-1. This brought in Dhoni, who came out swinging. He swashbuckling 43 runs came in 27 balls and included three fours and two sixes. Chennai won easily with three overs to spare.

While Chennai bowling was tight, Kolkata bowling was pedestrian. Perhaps they were missing their lucky mascot Shahruck Khan, who wasn't present for the match. Kolkata gave away 18 runs as extras. Ishant Sharma was punished the hardest; 18 runs scored in his 3^rd over.

With this win Chennai Super Kings tops the point table with six points after the highest number of wins.