Bad weather continued to play spoilsport at the Newlands cricket ground in Cape Town as continuous rain washed out the Indian Premier League [ Images ] match between Kolkata Knight Riders [ Images ] and Chennai Super Kings [ Images ], on Saturday.

Brendon McCullum [ Images ] led Kolkata and Mahendra Singh Dhoni [ Images ] led Chennai got one point each after the abandonment of the tie.

It was raining since morning and the match was called off without a ball being bowled.

Both the teams badly needed a win as each of them has lost two matches out of three.

Chennai Super Kings now stand at third position in the points table due to a superior net run rate while Kolkata Knight Riders occupy fifth spot.