Related Link : DLF Indian Premier League 2009
| Venue : SuperSport Park, Centurion |
| Toss : Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat first |
| Umpires : Russell Tiffin (Zim) and Simon Taufel (Aus) |
| Match Result : Kolkata Knight Riders won by 7 wickets |
| Man of the Match : Brad Hodge |
| Total : 188/3 | Overs : 20.0 |
| Chennai Super Kings | 20 Overs Maximum | R | B | 4s | 6s |
| Parthiv Patel | run out (LR Shukla) | 25 | 19 | 4 | 0 |
| George Bailey | run out (Hodge) | 30 | 26 | 4 | 0 |
| Suresh Raina | c LR Shukla b Dinda | 52 | 37 | 3 | 3 |
| MS Dhoni (C&WK) | not out | 40 | 28 | 4 | 1 |
| Albie Morkel | not out | 21 | 10 | 1 | 2 |
| S Badrinath | |||||
| Jacob Oram | |||||
| Shadab Jakati | |||||
| Lakshmipathy Balaji | |||||
| Muttiah Muralitharan | |||||
| Sudeep Tyagi |
| Wides : 13 | No Balls: 0 | Byes: 4 | Leg Byes: 3 | Extras: 20 |
| Fall of Wickets | 1-59 (Parthiv Patel, 6.1 ovs), 2-78 (Bailey, 9.1 ovs), 3-152 (Raina, 16.6 ovs) |
Kolkata Knight Riders |
O |
M |
R |
W |
Wd |
Nb |
| Ashok Dinda | 4 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Anureet Singh | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Agarkar | 4 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Kartik | 3 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Hodge | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mendis | 4 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hussey | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total : 189/3 | Overs : 20.0 |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | Target : 189 from 20 Overs | R | B | 4s | 6s |
| B McCullum (C) | b Jakati | 81 | 48 | 11 | 3 |
| Sourav Ganguly | b Muralitharan | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Brad Hodge | not out | 71 | 44 | 4 | 4 |
| David Hussey | run out (Dhoni/Muralitharan) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Wriddaman Saha (WK) | not out | 25 | 13 | 2 | 1 |
| LR Shukla | |||||
| Ajit Agarkar | |||||
| Murali Kartik | |||||
| Ajantha Mendis | |||||
| Ashok Dinda | |||||
| Anureet Singh |
| Wides : 0 | No Balls: 1 | Byes: 0 | Leg Byes: 4 | Extras: 5 |
| Fall of Wickets | 1-34 (Ganguly, 4.4 ovs), 2-124 (McCullum, 13.6 ovs), 3-133 (Hussey, 15.2 ovs) |
Chennai Super Kings |
O |
M |
R |
W |
Wd |
Nb |
| Morkel | 3 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tyagi | 3 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muralitharan | 4 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jakati | 4 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Raina | 3 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Balaji | 3 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 |