Chennai Superstars into the finals

ICL moved into its last leg with the semi finals getting over. The Chennai Superstars is the first team to enter the final of the ICL. They beat Kolkata Tigers by a huge margin. The match was pretty one side. Sathish was the real superstar in yesterday's match. He showed his class in all the three departments. Chennai won the toss and elected to bat first. They lost an initial wicket. But in form batsmen Ian Harvey and Read steadied the ship. Harvey scored a quick fire 28 runs. But when, Read was dismissed two other wickets fell cheaply and the superstars were reeling at 78 for 5. But the experienced Hemang Badani and Sathish took up the job and carried on very well. The partnership between the two was worth 61 runs and they took the game away from Tigers. Finally the total score was 168, which was a competitive one for the bowlers.
Tigers never had a decent partnership and lost their way completely. Ian Harvey, Thiru Kumaran and Tamil Kumaran took two wickets each. Shabbir Ahamed bowled a tight spell to keep the tigers at bay. Finally tigers succumbed to just 74 runs in 15.3 overs. Superstars are the first team to reach the finals of this major competition. Let's hope they make Chennai proud by lifting the cup.