Following the 49-run loss to Chennai Super Kings (CSK) of their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 match, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) skipper Nitish Rana mentioned that it was robust to digest that his facet conceded such an enormous rating in opposition to the four-time champions and didn’t do effectively through the powerplay stage of their run-chase. Ajinkya Rahane and Devon Conway’s scintillating knocks within the first innings and Maheesh Theekshana’s bowling allowed Chennai Super Kings to register a dominant victory in opposition to Kolkata Knight Riders at Eden Gardens within the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 on Sunday.
“Tough to digest. Always going to be difficult chasing 236 especially if you do not have a good powerplay. Have to give credit to Rahane. As I said, it is tough to digest that we conceded a score like that. We do have some positives. If you keep repeating mistakes against such a big team, you will lose,” mentioned Rana throughout a post-match presentation.
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— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) April 24, 2023
Put to bat first by KKR, CSK posted a large 235/4 of their 20 overs. CSK began effectively with a gap stand of 73 runs between Ruturaj Gaikwad (35 in 20 balls with two fours and three sixes) and Devon Conway (56 off 40 balls with 4 boundaries and three sixes). Conway introduced up his fourth successive IPL fifty.
After the dismissal of the openers, got here an explosive 85-run stand for the third wicket in simply 34 balls between Ajinkya Rahane and Shivam Dube. Rahane continued his aggressive cricket revival with an explosive knock of 71* in 29 balls with six fours and 5 sixes. Dube additionally smashed 50 in 21 balls, consisting of two fours and 5 sixes. Ravindra Jadeja (18 in eight balls) performed a cameo on the finish.
Kulwant Khejroliya (2/44 in three overs) was the choose of the bowlers for KKR. Varun Chakravarthy and Suyash Sharma took a wicket every.
In the chase of 236, KKR appeared doomed from the beginning. They have been reeling at 70/4 in 8.2 overs. But a 65-run stand between Jason Roy (61 in 26 balls with 5 fours and 5 sixes) and Rinku Singh supplied short-term hope to KKR.
Despite Rinku’s knock of 53 in 33 balls with three fours and 4 sixes, KKR fell in need of 49 runs of a win, ending at 186/8 in 20 overs. Maheesh Theekshana ended because the main bowler for CSK with 2/32 in 4 overs. Tushar Deshpande additionally took 2/43 in his 4 overs. Moeen Ali, Ravindra Jadeja, Akash Singh and Mathisha Pathirana received a wicket every. Rahane was given the ‘Player of the Match’ award for his match-winning knock.
With this win, CSK is on the high of the factors desk with 5 wins and two losses. They have a complete of 10 factors. KKR is within the eighth spot, shedding 5 of their seven video games and successful solely two. They have a complete of 4 factors.
