#3 Kolkata Knight Riders beat Chennai Super Kings by 5 wickets - 2012
Chennai Super Kings faced Kolkata Knight Riders in the finals of IPL 2012. Going into the match, CSK was overwhelming favorites as they were the two-time defending champions and were playing at their home in Chepauk.
Opting to bat first, Chennai batting justified the favorites tag as they plundered the KKR bowlers all over the park. Especially some wonderful footwork from Suresh Raina against the season's best bowler Sunil Narine took CSK to 190. His knock of 38-ball 73 included five sixes.
The hopes of the visiting side were on their captain Gautam Gambhir but Ben Hilfenhaus took his wicket in the first over itself. Manvinder Bisla and Jacques Kallis then displayed some wonderful batsmanship as they kept running singles and doubles along with at least one boundary every over.
Kallis was dismissed at a crucial juncture with the equation reading 16 off 7 balls. A no-ball and a boundary brought it down to nine off the last over which they managed to chase with two balls to spare.
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