Rain along with squall again plays spoilsport at Eden today

Kolkata, May 18 (UNI) The Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings DLF-IPL T20 match at the Eden Gardens came to a halt today following rain accompanied by gusty wind with a speed of 100 kmph.

Chennai Super Kings were 55 for no loss after eight overs with Stephen Fleming on 32 and Parthiv Patel on 19 when the match was stopped.

Kolkata Knight Riders were 46 for the loss of two wickets at this stage.

With the prospect of the match restarting at Eden bleak, Duckworth and Lewis method could be adhered to for deciding the fate of the match.

Yesterday also, Kings Eleven Punjab won the match against Delhi Daredevils through Duckworth and Lewis method.

Earlier, in the match between Riders and Royal Challengers of Bangalore, rain played the spoilsport and the match was truncated to 16 overs.

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