Chennai Superstars’ Rajagopal Sathish (51) wielded the willow in style and then bowled with a golden arm to help his team beat Kolkata Tigers by 93 runs and take his team into the summit clash of the Indian Cricket League’s maiden Twenty20 tournament.

After scoring 167, Chennai Superstars bundled out Tigers for a paltry 74 in 15.3 overs to win the semifinal encounter comfortably.

Tigers made a mess of their run chase, right from the start, losing wickets at regular intervals and were ultimately bundled out for the lowest total of the tournament.

Barring Abhishek Jhunjhunwala (18) and AS Jain (18), no other batsman of the Tigers made it to the double figures.

Man-of-the match Sathish along with Ian Harvey, DT Kumaran and Thiru Kumaran took two wickets each.
Former Pakistani medium-pacer Shabeer Ahmed opened the floodgates after dismissing opener Darren Maddy (9) and finished with magical figures of 3-1-5-1.

Earlier, electing to bat, the Superstars after being six down in the 15th over were bailed out by Sathish. The-26-year-old right-handed all-rounder from Tamil Nadu struck a 24-ball 51.

Sathish’s knock was studded with three sixes and six boundaries and he weaved a 61-run partnership for the seventh wicket with S V Sarvanan, who also struck a quick-fire unbeaten 24 in 16 balls.

He started hammering the Tigers bowlers showing little respect for Lance Klusener, Macmillan and Darren Maddy.