CSK vs KKR IPL 2023 Highlights: Kolkata Knight Riders register easy win

KKR win by 6 wickets

Nitish and Rinku make half-century each to guide their team to victory.

Kolkata Knight Riders need 28 off 30 balls

Venkatesh Iyer 9 (4) who looked in good form, gets dismissed by Deepak Chahar as Ravindra Jadeja takes a brilliant catch.

Deepak Chahar dismisses Gurbaz 1 (4)

Roy, Gurbaz begin Kolkata's innings.

• RCB vs CSK (2008) - 126 runs
• CSK vs KKR (2015) - 134 runs
• PBKS vs CSK (2010) - 136 runs

KKR need 145 runs to win

• 2
• 1
• 2
• Wicket (Jadeja departs)
• Wide
• No ball
• Dot ball
• 2

CSK 135/5. How much will CSK batters score off the last 6 balls?

Jadeja 16 (19) and Dube 43 (29) in action.

• 31 runs (3.3 overs)
• 61 runs (7.6 overs)
• 66 runs (9.3 overs)
• 68 runs (10.1 overs)
• 72 runs (10.6 overs)

CSK are 92/5 (15 overs). Will Dube and Jadeja take team closer to a decent target.

Moeen 1 (2) gets dismissed, Chennai Super Kings 5 down.

Ambati Rayudu 4 (7) gets dismissed by Sunil Narine in the 1st ball of the 11th over. Moeen Ali comes to bat.

Rayudu and Dube in action

Shardul Thakur dismisses Devon Conway 30 (28) as Rinku Singh takes an easy catch.

Varun scalps his second wicket as he dismisses Ajinkya Rahane 16 (11)

Ajinkya Rahane and  Devon Conway are in action for CSK as they have registered a decent total in the first 6 overs.

Varun Chakaravarthy dismisses Ruturaj 17 (13) as CSK lose their first wicket.

• Chennai Super Kings: Matheesha Pathirana, Nishant Sindhu, Subhranshu Senapati, Shaik Rasheed, Akash Singh
• Kolkata Knight Riders: Venkatesh Iyer, Anukul Roy, N Jagadeesan, Umesh Yadav, Lockie Ferguson

Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Jason Roy, Nitish Rana(c), Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Shardul Thakur, Sunil Narine, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana, Suyash Sharma, Varun Chakaravarthy

Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Ajinkya Rahane, Ambati Rayudu, Shivam Dube, Moeen Ali, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni(w/c), Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande, Maheesh Theekshana

Would have liked to bat first as well. The deck looks sticky, so would have wanted to bat first and get our spinners in play. I think pressure was there in the first game as well, it is there now as well. Such is the IPL, we can't take it lightly.

We'll bat first. We've been slightly uncertain about the wicket, and as the tournament has progressed the pitch gets slow. Throughout the years, we have told openers to assess the pitch quickly and find what's a good score. After 6-8 overs we need to revisit our score because the ball loses its shine. I think we have done really well, but fielding is one department where we need to step up. Can improve 5-10%. Same XI for this game.

Chennai Super Kings have won the toss and have opted to bat first.

• Matches played: 27
• Matches won by CSK: 18
• Matches won by KKR: 9

The weather in Chennai is expected to be cloudy during the afternoon and evening. There is no rain predicted and we shall get a full game.

The surface at Chepauk generally helps spinners. In the earlier part of the season, we witnessed high scoring at the venue. But since the last couple of days, the scores have dipped a bit. Expect spinners to dominate.

Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Jason Roy, Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana(c), Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Anukul Roy, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy, Suyash Sharma, Vaibhav Arora, N Jagadeesan, Lockie Ferguson, Umesh Yadav, Kulwant Khejroliya, Tim Southee, Mandeep Singh, Johnson Charles, David Wiese, Aarya Desai

Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Ajinkya Rahane, Ambati Rayudu, Shivam Dube, Moeen Ali, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni(w/c), Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande, Maheesh Theekshana, Matheesha Pathirana, Dwaine Pretorius, Mitchell Santner, Sisanda Magala, Ben Stokes, Ajay Jadav Mandal, Subhranshu Senapati, Prashant Solanki, Simarjeet Singh, RS Hangargekar, Akash Singh, Bhagath Varma, Shaik Rasheed, Nishant Sindhu