Chennai: Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Chennai Super Kings in the finals of the ongoing Indian Premier Leage t win the title for the first time. The team won their maiden title, but three members of the Gautam Gambhir’s team became players who have won the esteemed title with two different teams.

Yusuf Pathan became one of the three players to lift Indian Premier League title with two different teams after his Kolkata Knight Riders outplayed Chennai Super Kings here Sunday. Pathan was part of the Rajasthan Royals squad which won the inaugural IPL in 2008.

Another player who achieved the feat is the medium pace bowler Lakshmipathy Balaji. Balaji was won the title with Chennai Super Kings in IPL-3. The hero of the finals, Manvinder Bisla is the third player to have achieved the feat. He was a member of the Deccan Chargers squad when the team won the title in South Africa. He did not play any match, but was in the original squad.

Pathan attributed Knight Riders' success in IPL-V to Gautam Gambhir's captaincy and compared it with the leadership skills of Shane Warne, his captain at Rajasthan Royals.

"The way Gautam has captained in the last two years, it is comparable to Shane Warne (at Rajasthan). He has supported the players a lot. We have played as a team. We have enjoyed each others' success," said Pathan after Knight Riders beat Super Kings by five wickets here at Chepauk.

Pathan had hit a crucial 40 against Delhi Daredevils in the first play-off in Pune.

"I got to play the role in the semi-final, today Bisla (Manvinder) and Kallis (Jacques Kallis) did it. The way Bisla was in and out of the team, he did very well to score those runs," said Pathan referring to Bisla's match-winning knock of 89 and Kallis' 69