Achuthanandan visits slain RMP leader`s house

As news of unannounced visit spread, hundreds of people from nearby areas flocked to Chandrasekharan's house near here.

According to witnesses, former chief minister Achuthanandan appeared deeply moved when he met the murder victim's distraught widow Rema and his aged mother.

Rema broke down while holding Achuthanandan's hands. She related the family's distress since her husband was killed May 4 by men linked to the Communist Party of India-Marxist.

Once photographers had clicked away, Achuthanandan politely asked the media to leave.

He was then closeted for 45 minutes with Chandrasekhara's family and colleagues from Revolutionary Marxist Party, which the murdered man formed in 2008 after quitting the CPI-M.

Later, Achuthanandan went to the place where Chandrasekheran was cremated. He did not speak a word to the waiting media.

When the former chief minister reached the spot, supporters of the slain leader shouted slogans hailing the late Chandrasekharan as well as Achuthanandan.

The crowd was so thick that Achuthanandan, who heads the opposition in the assembly, had to walk a fair distance after getting off his car.

The Champions

Man of the match Manvinder Bisla, he scored 89 runs from 48 balls hitting 8 fours and 5 sixes SR 185.42

Indian Premier League - Final

Kolkata Knight Riders v Chennai Super Kings

Kolkata Knight Riders won by 5 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)

• Twenty20 match | 2012 season
• Played at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
• 27 May 2012 - day/night (20-over match)

	Chennai Super Kings innings (20 overs maximum)		R	B	4s	6s	SR
	MEK Hussey	b Kallis	54	43	4	2	125.58
	17.1 Kallis gets one for KKR, a tired Hussey departs after having made a huge contribution and having run 300 miles, a swipe misses and the length ball finds the stumps 160/2
	M Vijay	c Shakib Al Hasan b Bhatia	42	32	4	1	131.25
	10.2 slower one and what a catch! That was slogged away, wanted to go over deep square-leg, he does not get it in the middle, it was to the left of Shakib and he dived to catch that one, a bit of a send-off as well from the bowler! 87/1
	SK Raina	c Lee b Shakib Al Hasan	73	38	3	5	192.10
	19.6 Raina is dismissed off the final ball, Lee runs in from deep midwicket and catches the slog-swept ball low with a forward dive, he gets up and throws the ball away, but the damage has been done for KKR, too much of it 190/3
	MS Dhoni*†	not out	14	9	2	0	155.55
	Extras	(lb 3, w 2, nb 2)	7
	Total	(3 wickets; 20 overs)	190	(9.50 runs per over)

Did not bat DJ Bravo, RA Jadeja, JA Morkel, R Ashwin, BW Hilfenhaus, SB Jakati, S Badrinath

Fall of wickets 1-87 (Vijay, 10.2 ov), 2-160 (Hussey, 17.1 ov), 3-190 (Raina, 19.6 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	B Lee	4	0	42	0	10.50	(1nb)
	Shakib Al Hasan	3	0	25	1	8.33	(1w)
	19.6 to Raina, Raina is dismissed off the final ball, Lee runs in from deep midwicket and catches the slog-swept ball low with a forward dive, he gets up and throws the ball away, but the damage has been done for KKR, too much of it 190/3
	SP Narine	4	0	37	0	9.25
	Iqbal Abdulla	1	0	9	0	9.00
	JH Kallis	4	0	34	1	8.50	(1nb, 1w)
	17.1 to Hussey, Kallis gets one for KKR, a tired Hussey departs after having made a huge contribution and having run 300 miles, a swipe misses and the length ball finds the stumps 160/2
	R Bhatia	3	0	23	1	7.66
	10.2 to Vijay, slower one and what a catch! That was slogged away, wanted to go over deep square-leg, he does not get it in the middle, it was to the left of Shakib and he dived to catch that one, a bit of a send-off as well from the bowler! 87/1
	YK Pathan	1	0	17	0	17.00

	Kolkata Knight Riders innings (target: 191 runs from 20 overs)		R	B	4s	6s	SR
	MS Bisla†	c Badrinath b Morkel	89	48	8	5	185.41
	14.4 Bisla is gone this time, slower one working for Morkel, 109.6 kph short ball, he tried to make room and guide it over point, but ended up getting no timing on the stroke, and point went back a few steps to take the catch, but what an innings, could be a matchwinning one 139/2
	G Gambhir*	b Hilfenhaus	2	4	0	0	50.00
	0.6 out, bowled, end of the captain! That was an off-spinner at 120 km/hr, it drifted into the batsman and then held its line, misses the slog and it sneaks through to it timber, the KKR camp is as quiet as the others in the stadium are not. 3/1
	JH Kallis	c Jadeja b Hilfenhaus	69	49	7	1	140.81
	18.5 just got still tougher, probably even out of reach now, Hilfenhaus gets Kallis, he had to go for it, he had to go for the boundary, but he sliced a high full toss straight to sweeper cover, they check for the no-ball but bowler is alright, just about, full toss comfortably below waist height as well, a disappointed Kallis has to go 175/5
	LR Shukla	c Hussey b Bravo	3	6	0	0	50.00
	16.2 CSK have another wicket, the Shukla experiment has not worked, he has swung a pitched up ball straight to deep midwicket 152/3
	YK Pathan	c Badrinath b Ashwin	1	2	0	0	50.00
	17.1 now Ashwin takes out another, Yusuf Pathan has one innings of note to show for the season, he tried to slog-sweep, looked to be the carrom ball, top-edge flies high in the air, and midwicket settles under it 164/4
	Shakib Al Hasan	not out	11	7	1	0	157.14
	MK Tiwary	not out	9	3	2	0	300.00
	Extras	(lb 1, w 6, nb 1)	8
	Total	(5 wickets; 19.4 overs)	192	(9.76 runs per over)

Did not bat R Bhatia, Iqbal Abdulla, SP Narine, B Lee

Fall of wickets 1-3 (Gambhir, 0.6 ov), 2-139 (Bisla, 14.4 ov), 3-152 (Shukla, 16.2 ov), 4-164 (Pathan, 17.1 ov), 5-175 (Kallis, 18.5 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	BW Hilfenhaus	4	0	25	2	6.25	(1nb, 1w)
	0.6 to Gambhir, out, bowled, end of the captain! That was an off-spinner at 120 km/hr, it drifted into the batsman and then held its line, misses the slog and it sneaks through to it timber, the KKR camp is as quiet as the others in the stadium are not. 3/1 18.5 to Kallis, just got still tougher, probably even out of reach now, Hilfenhaus gets Kallis, he had to go for it, he had to go for the boundary, but he sliced a high full toss straight to sweeper cover, they check for the no-ball but bowler is alright, just about, full toss comfortably below waist height as well, a disappointed Kallis has to go 175/5
	JA Morkel	4	0	38	1	9.50	(2w)
	14.4 to Bisla, Bisla is gone this time, slower one working for Morkel, 109.6 kph short ball, he tried to make room and guide it over point, but ended up getting no timing on the stroke, and point went back a few steps to take the catch, but what an innings, could be a matchwinning one 139/2
	R Ashwin	4	0	41	1	10.25
	17.1 to Pathan, now Ashwin takes out another, Yusuf Pathan has one innings of note to show for the season, he tried to slog-sweep, looked to be the carrom ball, top-edge flies high in the air, and midwicket settles under it 164/4
	DJ Bravo	3.4	0	49	1	13.36	(2w)
	16.2 to Shukla, CSK have another wicket, the Shukla experiment has not worked, he has swung a pitched up ball straight to deep midwicket 152/3
	SB Jakati	4	0	38	0	9.50