Their winning streak halted, Kolkata Knight Riders would feel the Chennai heat at home on Monday especially after the two-time defending champions put their campaign back on track with two successive wins in the Indian Premier League here.

Delhi Daredevils never looked in the game once Ben Hilfenhaus' 3 wickets restricted them to 114, a total easily chased down by Chennai Super Kings.

In perhaps the most thrilling last-ball finish in this season, Dwayne Smith, playing his first game for Mumbai Indians this year, smashed three boundaries off the final three deliveries to avert what seemed a certain choke from the hosts at Wankhede Stadium.

Chennai Super Kings' Suresh Raina on Monday became the first-ever batsman to cross 2000 runs in the Indian Premier League.

For the second time in two days, points had to be shared in the Indian Premier League due to persistent rain as the match between hosts Royal Challengers Bangalore and Chennai Super Kings had to be called off on Wednesday.

# Both Subramaniam Badrinath and Suresh Raina have appeared in 63 games each at the IPL, sharing a record for most matches.  Both have represented Chennai Super Kings at the IPL, without missing a single game.

Suresh Raina is the lone Indian to feature in the top 10 chart of the the Reliance ICC T20 International Player Rankings which were released, in Dubai on Saturday.

India batsman Suresh Raina on Thursday admitted that poor planning resulted in the team's recent Test series whitewash against England and Australia.

He drew a lot of flak for poor performances in the disastrous tour of Australia but young Indian batsman Suresh Raina is unperturbed by the criticism and says he knows his worth in the team.

Cricketer Suresh Raina on Saturday paid a courtesy visit to Uttar Pradesh's new Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav who expressed his views on improving the sports infrastructure in the state's rural areas.