Kolkata Knight Riders’ (KKR) decrease order put up a courageous combat however couldn’t get their staff previous the ending line, as Chennai Super Kings (CSK) beat them by 18 runs in a high-scoring encounter of the Indian Premier League (IPL) on the Wankhede Stadium right here on Wednesday.
With KKR reeling at 31/5 in 5.2 overs whereas chasing an imposing 221 for victory, it seemed like CSK would win the match with ease.
However, Andre Russell (54 off 22 balls; 3×4, 6×6), Pat Cummins (66 not out off 34 balls; 4×4, 6×6) and Dinesh Karthik (40 off 24 balls; 4×4, 2×6) staged a outstanding fightback to take KKR to 201/9 in 19 overs. However, with 20 wanted off the final over, final man Prasidh Krishna was run out off the primary supply as Cummins tried to steal a double to retain strike.
CSK’s 220/3 in 20 overs was constructed on Faf du Plessis’s unbeaten 95 off 60 balls (9×4, 4×6).
Cummins had earlier taken 30 off a Sam Curran over, whereas Russell had smacked Shardul Thakur for twenty-four runs in an over to mild up the competition.
In the overs between six and 16, KKR hammered 131 runs because the CSK bowlers seemed fully out of kinds. Only pacer Lungi Ngidi seemed good, choosing up three wickets for 28 runs from his 4 overs, as his low full tosses and yorkers made the going powerful for the KKR batsmen, together with Cummins.
Earlier, Deepak Chahar had run by way of the KKR high order, taking 4 wickets for 29 runs in his 4 overs. Like in the final match, he was made to complete his spell early.
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Chahar removed Nitish Rana, Shubman Gill, Eoin Morgan and Sunil Narine, because it seemed like CSK would thrash KKR by an enormous margin.
Earlier, South African du Plessis had shared a 115-run opening stand with Ruturaj Gaikwad (64 off 42 balls,6×4, 4×6).
CSK had raced to 54 with out loss in the primary six overs as KKR’s choice to open the bowling with spinner Varun Chakravarthy and Pat Cummins backfired.
Cummins, in truth, was the toughest hit of all of the KKR bowlers as he conceded 58 runs in his 4 overs, together with 19 in the final over.
Du Plessis, who hit 9 fours and 4 sixes, additionally shared a 50-run partnership with Moeen Ali (25 off 12 balls) as CSK reached 155/1 on the finish of 16 overs.
After Ali’s dismissal, skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni chipped in with 17 runs off simply eight deliveries. The former India skipper hit a six and a 4 — by way of an edge — off India pacer Prasidh Krishna.
But it was du Plessis who stole the present. He hit three consecutive fours off Andre Russell in the nineteenth over after which adopted it up with two sixes off Cummins in the final over.
Earlier, du Plessis and Gaikwad had taken 15 runs off Pat Cummins’s first over.
KKR’s choice to play Kamlesh Nagarkoti in place of Harbhajan Singh did not repay because the seamer conceded 25 runs in his two overs.
Chakravarthy was the most effective bowler for KKR, gifting away 27 runs from his 4 overs moreover choosing up the wicket of Gaikwad. Sunil Narine took one for 34 in his 4 overs.
Brief scores: Chennai Super Kings 220/3 in 20 overs (F du Plessis 95 not out, R Gaikwad 64, M Ali 25, V Chakravarthy 1/27)vs Kolkata Knight Riders 202 all out in 19.1 overs (P Cummins 66 not out, A Russell 54, D Karthik 40, D Chahar 4/29, L Ngidi 3/28)
