In a breath taking win over Chennai Super Kings, the Kolkata Knight Riders are celebrating their first win in 5 seasons. They have finally clinched the trophy. Almost getting through, KKR started off powerfully losing the plot towards the end but did very well in the last two overs.

SRK was extremely happy and thanked Gambhir and the boys. His excitement was seen as he was summer-saulting on the field. He thanked the Chennai team and the crowd for their hospitality. KKR won the match by 5 wickets. With a 190 target set by the home team, it was a mad chase for the visitors.

Suresh Raina is the first player to manage 400 runs or more in each of the five IPL tournaments. Raina, playing in his last innings of the IPL 5, took his aggregate to 441 (ave.25.94) in 19 matches and became the highest run-getter for Chennai in the IPL 5. Raina (441), Plessis (398), Bravo (371), Dhoni (357) and Vijay (336) were the leading run-getters in the IPL 5. Raina has extended his aggregate to 2254 (ave.33.64) in 81 matches the highest in the history of the IPL. Manvinder Bisla’s superb 89 off 48 balls are the highest by a Kolkata batsman against Chennai in the IPL.

Bisla has got his first Man of the Match award in the IPL. Bisla’s innings is his highest score in Twenty20 his fourth fifty in this format. Bisla’s innings is his second fifty in the IPL his first was 75 against Bangalore at Bangalore on March 16, 2010. Jacques Kallis (69 off 49 balls) has batted quite well to post his second fifty in the competition his 16th fifty in the IPL overall. With 16 fifties each, Kallis and Gambhir now share an IPL record for the most half-centuries.

Michael Hussey is the first batsman to register a fifty on his birthday in the IPL. Hussey’s superb 54 off 43 balls is his second fifty in the IPL 2012 his sixth fifty overall in the IPL. Sunil Narine, thanks to his strike rate, economy rate and the bowling average, was an obvious choice for the Player of the Tournament for capturing 24 wickets at 13.50 in 15 matches. Narine has become the first bowler to bag 20 wickets or more for Kolkata in an IPL competition. All’s well that ends well. KKR won’t get over their excitement for a few more days. Hats off the SRK nd his men.

The Chennai Super Kings, who scraped through the league phase to claim a spot in the final four, beat the Mumbai Indians at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium to keep their hopes high on reclaiming the IPL trophy. The defending champions beat the 2011 CLT20 champions by a decent margin of 38 runs.

MS Dhoni was at his best play of the tournament, while Dwayne Bravo contributed heavily with the bat and the ball to take his team into the second qualifier where they will play the Delhi Daredevils at home.

Chasing 188 to win, Sachin Tendulkar (11) and Dwayne Smith (38) continued from where they had left off in Jaipur. The West Indies batsman attacked from the beginning and helped his team to a great start. MI were goin strong until Tendulkar was dismissed ending the 47-run opening partnership. He was run-out while trying to make an improbable run. This was a tragic and emotional moment at the M Chinnaswamy stadium. Smith followed him back an over later as he was caught by Ravindra Jadeja off Shadab Jakati.

It was a downward slope for MI from there on. Albie Morkel removed Dinesh Karthik (6) bringing out James Franklin to join Rohit Sharma. With the run rate climbing up, MI were under pressure when Sharma (14) was dismissed after edging Morkel to the wicketkeeper leaving his team at 77 for four. Amabati Rayudu (11) was the next to walk back. The middle-order bat hit R Ashwin straight to Murali Vijay at deep mid-wicket. A while later, Dwayne Bravo dismissed Franklin (13). And when Suresh Raina took a brilliant catch to send back Harbhajan Singh (1) off Hilfenhaus, MI needed 76 runs off 30 balls with three wickets in hand. With Kieron Pollard’s (16) attempt for a big hit off Bravo caught safely by Raina, MI had reached the end of the road. The Mumbai franchise could only manage 149 for nine in their 20 overs.

MS Dhoni was honored Man of The Match for his quick fire 51 off 20 balls, which included six fours and two sixes.