Chennai Super Kings v Kolkata Knight Riders
Chennai Super Kings won the toss and chose to bat first
Result: Kolkata Knight Riders won by 7 wickets
Player of the T20Match:BJ Hodge (Kolkata Knight Riders)
Played at SuperSport Park, Centurion SA, on 18th May 2009
| Chennai Super Kings innings (20 overs maximum) | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
| PA Patel | run out (Shukla) | 25 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 131.57 | ||
| GJ Bailey | run out (Hodge) | 30 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 111.11 | ||
| SK Raina | c Shukla b Dinda | 52 | 36 | 3 | 3 | 144.44 | ||
| MS Dhoni | not out | 40 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 142.85 | ||
| JA Morkel | not out | 21 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 210.00 | ||
| Extras | (b 4, lb 3, w 13) | 20 | ||||||
| Total | (3 wickets; 20 overs) | 188 | (9.40 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
| AB Dinda | 4 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 7.25 | |
| Anureet Singh | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 12.00 | (2w) |
| AB Agarkar | 4 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 11.25 | (5w) |
| M Kartik | 3 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 9.00 | (1w) |
| BJ Hodge | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 6.00 | |
| BAW Mendis | 4 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 9.50 | |
| DJ Hussey | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 9.00 | (1w) |
| Kolkata Knight Riders innings (target: 189 runs from 20 overs) | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
| BB McCullum | b Jakati | 81 | 48 | 11 | 3 | 168.75 | ||
| SC Ganguly | b Muralitharan | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 28.57 | ||
| BJ Hodge | not out | 71 | 44 | 4 | 4 | 161.36 | ||
| DJ Hussey | run out (Muralitharan/Dhoni) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 150.00 | ||
| WP Saha | not out | 25 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 192.30 | ||
| Extras | (lb 4, nb 1) | 5 | ||||||
| Total | (3 wickets; 20 overs) | 189 | (9.45 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
| JA Morkel | 3 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 13.00 | (1nb) |
| S Tyagi | 3 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 9.66 | |
| M Muralitharan | 4 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 4.00 | |
| SB Jakati | 4 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 9.00 | |
| SK Raina | 3 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 8.33 | |
| L Balaji | 3 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 13.33 |
