Chennai superstars beat Kolkata Tigers by six runs

PANCHKULA: Chennai Superstars defeated Kolkata Tigers by six runs in a Twenty20 match of the Indian Cricket League here on Saturday.
    
Put into bat, the Superstars set a target for 141 and restricted Kolkata Tigers to 134 for seven.
    
The Superstars lost two quick wickets with the scoreboard reading 13. Iklak Ahmed removed Ian Harvey (3) and C Hemanth Kumar (5) before Law (33) and Arnold (38) took control and put on a 76-run stand.
    
R Sathish (23) and S V Sarvanan (22) scored some quick runs at the end, setting the opponents a target of 141.
    
The Tigers started the chase badly with Lance Klusener (0) and D L Maddy (8) falling to Shabeer Ahmed.
    
Shabeer, Harvey and T Kumaran took two wickets each. The Tigers required 19 in the final over and the opponents managing 134/7.
    
For Tigers, captain Craig Macmillan (25) and promising talent Abhishek Jhunjhuwala (30) were among the run getters.
    
Ahmed was declared man-of-the-match, giving away just 22 runs in four overs. The superstars earned two points from the
win.