Ravindra Jadeja set it up with a miserly spell of 4-0-18-3 earlier than skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad shepherded the chase with a positive unbeaten half-century (67, 58b, 9×4) to assist Chennai Super Kings beat Kolkata Knight Riders by seven wickets on the MAC Stadium right here on Monday.
After electing to discipline, the CSK spin assault got here to the fore on a usually gradual Chepauk pitch the place the ball gripped off the floor to limit Knight Riders to 137 for 9.
In reply, Ruturaj (67, 58b, 9×4) confirmed his class enjoying some delectable photographs by means of the off-side as he bought his first half-century of the season. Rachin Ravindra gave the preliminary momentum, smashing Mitchell Starc for 3 boundaries within the third over. The CSK skipper joined the occasion when he hit left-arm spinner Anukul Roy for 3 boundaries, a fragile reduce behind level sandwiched between two very good inside-out cowl drives.
Daryl Mitchell took down Sunil Narine for six down the bottom, adopted by a reverse sweep to the off-side fence, and his 70-run stand with Ruturaj for the second wicket ensured the hosts had been on observe to win simply. The Knight Riders’ spinners couldn’t exert the identical management, as dew performed an element.
Earlier, the hosts began on the proper observe when Tushar Deshpande (three for 33) eliminated Phil Salt off the primary ball of the innings, caught at backward level. However, Narine (27) continued to bat uninhibited as he and Angkrish Raghuvanshi (24) went after the Super Kings quicks within the PowerPlay as their facet raced to 50 within the 5 overs.
But Jadeja pulled issues again within the seventh over with a twin strike. The all-rounder had Raghuvanshi trapped leg-before whereas trying a reverse sweep and then eliminated Narine, caught at long-off.
When Jadeja had Venkatesh Iyer mistiming a slog to midwicket in his subsequent over, the Kolkata facet slumped from 56 for one to 64 for 4. Later, the pacers, led by Mustafizur Rahman (two for 22), backed up the spinners by successfully utilizing cutters within the dying overs, preserving the power-packed Knight Riders batting line-up quiet.
Once Deshpande bought Rinku Singh and Andre Russell by means of change of tempo, the guests needed to accept a below-par complete.
Scoreboard
Kolkata Knight Riders: Philip Salt c Ravindra Jadeja b Tushar Deshpande 0 Sunil Narine c M Theekshana b Ravindra Jadeja 27 Angkrish Raghuvanshi lbw b Ravindra Jadeja 24 Shreyas Iyer c Ravindra Jadeja b Mustafizur 34 Venkatesh Iyer c Daryl Mitchell b Ravindra Jadeja 3 Ramandeep Singh b M Theekshana 13 Rinku Singh b Tushar Deshpande 9 Andre Russell c Daryl Mitchell b Tushar Deshpande 10 Anukul Roy not out 3 Mitchell Starc c Rachin Ravindra b Mustafizur 0 Vaibhav Arora not out 1 Extras: (B-1,LB-4,W-6,NB-2) 13
Total: (for 9 wickets in 20 overs) 137
Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-56, 3-60, 4-64, 5-85, 6-112, 7-127, 8-135, 9-135.
Chennai Super Kings bowling: Tushar Deshpande 4-0-33-3, Mustafizur Rahman 4-0-22-2, Shardul Thakur 3-0-27-0, Maheesh Theekshana 4-0-28-1, Ravindra Jadeja 4-0-18-3, Rachin Ravindra 1-0-4-0.
Chennai Super Kings: Rachin Ravindra c Chakaravarthy b Vaibhav Arora 15 Ruturaj Gaikwad not out 67 Daryl Mitchell b Narine 25 Shivam Dube b Vaibhav Arora 28 MS Dhoni not out 1
Extras: (LB-2,W-3) 5
Total: (For 3 wickets in 17.4 overs) 141
Fall of wickets: 1-27, 2-97, 3-135.
Kolkata Knight Riders Bowling: Mitchell Starc 3-0-29-0, Vaibhav Arora 4-0-28-2, Anukul Roy 1.4-0-18-0, Sunil Narine 4-0-30-1, Varun Chakravarthy 4-0-26-0, Andre Russell 1-0-8-0.
Teams
Kolkata Knight Riders: Philip Salt (wk), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer (c), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy.
Chennai Super Kings: Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Rachin Ravindra, Ajinkya Rahane, Daryl Mitchell, Sameer Rizvi, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (w), Shardul Thakur, Mustafizur Rahman, Tushar Deshpande, Maheesh Theekshana.
