May11,2008,Chennai-Lakshmipathy Balaji took the first IPL hat-trick to help Chennai a win in front of their home ground.Earlier,KingsXI captain Yuvraj Singh won the toss and chose to bowl first in a batsmen friendly wicket.Sreesanth strikes in the very first over.In his second over he took Fleming's wicket.Raina and Badrinath shared few runs.When Raina was about to strike every ball ,Chawla strikes in his first over.Then it was all Badrinath and Dhoni show.Dhoni was particularly severe against Chawla.He hits 3 sixes in his spell.Badrinath and Dhoni shared 91 runs between them.But last 5 overs went for just 37 runs.Punjab bowlers bowled splendidly in the last 5 overs.Chennai set Punjab a target of 182 win.Punjab began well,but wickets fell at regular intervals.Marsh,who was very consistent in this tournament,played some stunning strokes.He and sarwan shared 66 runs stand.At that stage.Balaji came to the rescue.He took both wickets in the same over.Yuvraj also fell soon.Pathan played attacking cricket but Chennai had the last laugh.Balaji was named Man of the Match for his stunning figures of 5 for 24 in his 4 overs.At last Chennai gained their winning momentum.