A superb innings of 89 from Manvinder Bisla was key for Kolkata as they won IPL5 in the final over against two-time champions Chennai.
Chennai were in pole position, as Kolkata needed 16 from the last seven deliveries, but Ben Hilfenhaus bowled a no-ball, costing three runs, followed up by a four from the extra ball, turning the game on its head.
Manoj Tiwary hit the winning runs with two balls to spare, striking consecutive boundaries to see the Knight Riders defeat Chennai in their own stadium.
Last year's winners Chennai set a difficult target of 191, thanks to 73 from Suresh Raina, and 54 from opener Mike Hussey. His partner at the top of the order Murali Vijay, also made a significant contribution of 42 as the Super Kings looked set for a third IPL championship.
None of the Kolkata bowlers came out of the game with much credit, as even the mercurial Sunil Narine recorded his worst figures of the tournament, going for 37 from his four wicketless overs.
Despite the huge target, Kolkata kept up with the rate for almost the entire innings. This was more suprising considering that their talismanic skipper Gautam Gambhir was dismissed in the first over.
Gambhir's departure brought Jacques Kallis to the crease, who put on 133 with Bisla for the second wicket. The South African was the steady player in the partnership, whilst his Indian companion played the more brutal role.
Once Bisla and Kallis fell, it looked like the win was out of Kolkata's reach, but the game changed on Hilfenhaus' no-ball, which brought Shakib Al-Hasan and Tiwary back into the game.
The pair obligingly hit the winning runs in the final over to give the Knight Riders a five-wicket run, and make them champions.


Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat.

Kolkata Knight Riders win by 5 wickets.

Kolkata Knight Riders Innings - 192-5 (Overs 19.4)

Chennai Super Kings Innings - 190-3 (Overs 20.0)

Kolkata Knight Riders Innings
Player Status Runs Balls 4's 6's
Manvinder Bisla c S.Badrinath b J.A.Morkel   89 48 8 5
Gautam Gambhir   b B.W.Hilfenhaus   2 4 0 0
Jacques Kallis c R.A.Jadeja b B.W.Hilfenhaus   69 49 7 1
Laxmi Shukla c M.E.K.Hussey b D.J.Bravo   3 6 0 0
Yusuf Pathan c S.Badrinath b R.Ashwin   1 2 0 0
Shakib Al Hasan not out     11 7 1 0
Manoj Tiwary not out     9 3 2 0
Rajat Bhatia      



Brett Lee      



Sunil Narine      



Iqbal Abdulla      



Extras (1nb 6w 1lb 0b)
Total 192/5  (19.4 overs)


Chennai Super Kings - Bowling
Player O M R W
Ben Hilfenhaus 4.0 0 25 2
Albie Morkel 4.0 0 38 1
Ravichandran Ashwin 4.0 0 41 1
Dwayne Bravo 3.4 0 49 1
Shadab Jakati 4.0 0 38 0


Kolkata Knight Riders - Fall of Wickets
Gautam Gambhir 3 - Over 0.6
Manvinder Bisla 139 - Over 14.4
Laxmi Shukla 152 - Over 16.2
Yusuf Pathan 164 - Over 17.1
Jacques Kallis 175 - Over 18.5


Chennai Super Kings Innings
Player Status Runs Balls 4's 6's
Michael Hussey   b J.H.Kallis   54 43 4 2
Murali Vijay c S.Al Hasan b R.Bhatia   42 32 4 1
Suresh Raina c B.Lee b S.Al Hasan   73 38 3 5
MS Dhoni not out     14 9 2 0
Albie Morkel      



Dwayne Bravo      



Subramaniam Badrinath      



Ravindra Jadeja      



Ravichandran Ashwin      



Ben Hilfenhaus      



Shadab Jakati      



Extras (2nb 2w 3lb 0b)
Total 190/3  (20.0 overs)


Kolkata Knight Riders - Bowling
Player O M R W
Brett Lee 4.0 0 42 0
Shakib Al Hasan 3.0 0 25 1
Sunil Narine 4.0 0 37 0
Iqbal Abdulla 1.0 0 9 0
Jacques Kallis 4.0 0 34 1
Rajat Bhatia 3.0 0 23 1
Yusuf Pathan 1.0 0 17 0


Chennai Super Kings - Fall of Wickets
Murali Vijay 87 - Over 10.2
Michael Hussey 160 - Over 17.1
Suresh Raina 190 - Over 19.6