The D/L method floors Chennai again !

Dhoni and others had criticised the D/L method. Here they are, at the receving end, again !

In a rain affected match in Kolkotta, Kolkotta made 114/4 and then Chennai were 61/2, when rain stopped play again.

Kallis remained cool and unbeaten on 21 off 23 balls, when Manoj Tiwari was 15 not out from 12 balls. Earlier Kolkotta had lost Eoin Morgan ( 5 ) and Gambhir ( 16 ).

In the afternoon, rain had affected play and the match was delayed by an hour.
Iqbal Abdulla ( 4-0-15-1) and Brett Lee ( 4-0-8-0) bowled superbly, using the conditions of the rain affected pitch well. Chennai were restricted to 114/1, after they opted to bat first. Badrinath smashed 54 off 41 balls before he ran himself out in the last ball of the innings. Albie Morkel hit 30 off 30 balls and partnered Badrinath in a stand of 65. Lee and Abdulla ensured that the Chennai batsmen could not score fast.

Abdulla accounted for M Viay for 5 and Lee gave only five runs in his first three overs. In overcast conditions, Lee and Abdulla bowled in the right areas and the Chennai batsmen found it difficult to score off them easily.

M Hussey, Raina and Vijay scratched and could not get going and Chennai ended up at 114/4. Yousuf Pathan accounted for Raina's scalp and Chennai couldnt race to a high total.