From correspondents in Tamil Nadu, India, 01:00 AM IST

Following is the scoreboard of the Indian Premier League (IPL) match in which Chennai Super Kings beat Kings XI Punjab by 18 runs at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium here Saturday night:

Match No.31, Indian Premier League, Twenty20, Chennai Super Kings vs. Kings XI Punjab, M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, May 10

Chennai Super Kings innings:

Sivaramakrishnan Vidyut c Jayawardene b Sreesanth 8

Stephen Fleming c Goel b Sreesanth 1

Suresh Raina c Marsh b Chawla 26

S. Badrinath c Yuvraj Singh b Singh 64

Mahendra Singh Dhoni not out 60

Albie Morkel not out 7

Extras (lb 4, w 10, nb 1) 15

Total (for four wickets in 20 overs) 181

Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Vidyut, 0.4 overs), 2-20 (Fleming, 2.2), 3-64 (Raina, 6.5), 4-155 (Badrinath, 17.3)

Bowling:

Sreesanth 4-0-29-2 (3w)

Irfan Pathan 4-0-33-0 (3w)

V.R.V. Singh 4-0-35-1 (1nb, 1w)

Piyush Chawla 3-0-36-1 (1w)

James Hopes 4-0-36-0 (2w)

Yuvraj Singh 1-0-8-0

Kings XI Punjab innings:

Shaun Marsh c Amarnath b Balaji 58

James Hopes c Dhoni b Morkel 14

Karan Goel c Morkel b Gony 1

Ramnaresh Sarwan b Balaji 20

Yuvraj Singh c Fleming b Amarnath 2

Mahela Jayawardene c Vidyut b Muralitharan 8

Irfan Pathan c Raina b Balaji 40

Piyush Chawla c Kapugedera b Balaji 17

Sreesanth not out 0

V.R.V. Singh c Dhoni b Balaji 0

Uday Kaul not out 0

Extras (lb 1, w 2) 3

Total (for nine wickets in 20 overs) 163

Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Hopes, 1.6 overs), 2-29 (Goel, 4.3), 3-95 (Sarwan, 12.1), 4-96 (Marsh, 12.5), 5-97 (Yuvraj Singh, 13.1), 6-115 (Jayawardene, 14.6), 7-163 (Pathan, 19.3), 8-163 (Chawla, 19.4), 9-163 (Singh, 19.5)

Bowling:

Manpreet Gony 4-0-38-1

Albie Morkel 4-0-25-1

Palani Amarnath 3-0-35-1

Chamara Kapugedera 1-0-8-0

Muttiah Muralitharan 4-0-32-1 (1w)

Laxmipathy Balaji 4-0-24-5 (1w)

Toss: Kings XI Punjab, who chose to field first

Points: Chennai Super Kings 2, Kings XI Punjab 0

Man of the match: Laxmipathy Balaji

Umpires: A.V. Jayaprakash (India) and Brian Jerling (South Africa)

TV umpire: Ivaturi Shivram (India)

Match referee: Javagal Srinath (India)

Reserve umpire: S. Ravi (India)

(Staff Writer, © IANS)