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Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Chennai Super Kings in rain curtailed match at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. CSK captain Dhoni won the toss and decided to bat in an already rain delayed match. CSK lost a few early wickets and with a terrible run rate at the first half of the match but Subramanium Badrinath (54 runs off 41 balls) and Albie Morkel (30 runs off 30 balls) game CSK somewhat of a competitive score for that pitch at 114/4 in 20 overs. In reply, KKR made 61/2 in 10 overs when rain curtailed the match and KKR won as per Duckworth Lewis match. Iqbal Abdulla was awarded the Man of the Match for 1 wicket for 15 runs only in 4 overs.

Kochi Tuskers Kerala defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 17 runs at the final home game at Nehru Stadium, Kochi. KKR captain Gautam Gambhir won the toss and put KTK to bat. Kochi Tuskers Kerala captain Mahela Jayawardena led from the front as he scored 55 runs off 41 balls and then Brad Hodge scored a furious 35 runs off 19 balls including 21 runs off Lee in the final over of the KTK innings to guide Kochi to a competitive total of 156/5 in 20 overs. Jaidev Unadkat took 2 wickets for KKR. In reply, KKR went with a steady start as Eoin Morgan (66 runs off 51 balls) and Jacques Kallis (45 runs off 41 balls) played steadily but none of the other batsmen could speed off as they kept on losing wickets and ended with only 137/7 in 20 overs. Vinay Kumar and Gomez took 2 wickets each for KTK. Brad Hodge was awarded the Man of the Match for his crucial knock and his fielding.

Kochi Tuskers Kerala thrashed Delhi Daredevils by 7 runs with 5 overs remaining. Kochi captain Jayawardene won the toss and put Delhi Daredevils to bat. Venugopal Rao scored 40 runs off 36 balls and Trevis Birt scored 27 off 15 but none of the others clicked as Delhi ended up with a less than average total of 140/6 in 20 overs. Local Kerala boy and IPL debutant Prasanth Parameswaran took 2 wickets and Vinay Kumar also contributed with another couple. In reply, Kochi Tuskers Kerala cruised to 141/3 in just 15 overs with contributions from Brendon McCullum (37 runs off 19 balls), Parthiv Patel (37 runs n.o. off 31 balls) and Brad Hodge (24 n.o. off 13 balls). Debutant Prasanth Parameswaran was awarded the Man of the Match for 2 wickets for 29 runs in 4 overs.

Chennai Super Kings defeated Deccan Chargers by 19 runs. CSK captain Dhoni won the toss and decided to bat. Suresh Raina (59 runs off 35 balls) and Michael Hussey (46 runs off 41 balls) played useful knocks as CSK reached 165/5 in 20 overs. Pragyan Ojha shined with the ball for Deccan Chargers as he took 3 wickets for 26 runs in his 4 overs. Deccan Chargers started well as their opener Sunny Sohal scored 56 runs off 30 balls but none of the other batsmen scored big and they kept on losing wickets as they ended up with only 146/8 in 20 overs. Albie Morkel took 3 wickets for CSK while Doug Bollinger and Shadab Jakati contributed with a couple of wickets each. Albie Morkel was awarded the Man of the Match for his 3 wickets for 38 runs and his blazing knock of 19 runs off 6 balls.