Chennai's captain and ex-captain got them across the winning line as they chased the KKR's total in 17.4 overs. Kolkata gets their first defeat of the season. Skipper Ruturaj led from the front and was the highest scorer in the chase as he got his first 50 as CSK's captain. KKR only managed to take 3 wickets of CSK.
MS Dhoni comes to the crease as CSK loses 3rd wicket in Shivam Dube.
CSK - 135/3 in 16.5 overs
Chennai needs 23 runs in their last 5 overs to get their 3rd win of the season. Shivam Dube and Ruturaj Gaikwad are at the crease for CSK. Sunil Narine completes his spell for KKR with figures 4-0-30-1
CSK - 115/2 after 15 overs
Daryl Mitchell got out on 25 runs as Narine bowled him out. Shivam Dube comes in at 4 for CSK.
CSK - 97/2 in 12.3 overs
CSK captain Ruturaj Gaikwad gets his first 50 of this season's IPL. CSK looking strong in the chase of KKR's 137 runs.
CSK - 93/1 in 11.4 overs
After the end of 10 overs, CSK have scored 81 runs for the loss of 1 wicket. Ruturaj and Mitchell are at the crease with scores of 41 and 21 respectively.
CSK - 81/1 after 10 overs
Ramandeep Singh gave a lifeline to Daryl Mitchel as he dropped his catch on Vaibhav Arora's delivery. Ruturaj added salt to KKR's injury as he hit the next ball for a 4. CSK are on 52 runs after the end of powerplay.
CSK - 52/1 after 6 overs
Ruturaj Gaikwad hit back-to-back 4s in Anukul Roy's first over. Daryl Mitchell is present with the captain on the crease.
CSK - 41/1 after 5 overs
Ajinkya Rahane will have to wait for his opportunity to bat as he can't come out to bat till 10:50 PM IST as he was out of the field due to an internal injury.
Chennai loses their first wicket in Rachin Ravindra. Vaibhav Arora gets first wicket for KKR. Rachin departs for 15 off 8.
CSK - 27/1 in 3.2 overs
Rachin and Ruturaj start strong for CSK. After the end of 3 overs, Chennai are on 22 runs without the loss of any wicket.
CSK - 26/0 in 3 overs
Ruturaj Gaikwad and Rachin Ravindra have walked out to open the innings for the Chennai Super Kings and the only thing on the mind of Kolkata Knight Riders will be wickets.
KKR finished their innings on 137/9. After a strong start in the powerplay, KKR only managed to score 87/8 in the last 15 overs. Shreyas Iyer was the top scorer for KKR with 34 runs followed by Narine who managed to score 27 runs. Jadeja and Deshpande took 3 apiece while Mustafizur Rahman took 2 wickets and grabbed the Purple Cap. CSK needs to score 138 runs to get their 3rd win of the season.
Mustafizur Rahman gets KKR captain and Mitchell Starc in the last over of the innings. Iyer departs after scoring 34 runs in 32 balls.
KKR - 135/9 after 19.4 overs
Tushar Deshpande gets his 3rd wicket in Andre Russell. Daryl Mitchell caught Russell's catch at long-on. Russell made 10 runs in 10 balls.
KKR - 135/7 after 19 overs
Rinku fails to get going. Gets bowled on Deshpande's delivery. Russell comes to the crease now.
KKR - 113/6 in 17 overs
After the end of 15 overs, KKR have scored 99 runs for the loss of 5 wickets. Theekshana ends his speel with figures 4-0-28-1
Jadeja ends his spell with 3 wickets. CSK on top after 13 overs. Shreyas Iyer and Rinku Singh at the crease for KKR
KKR - 88/5 in 13 overs
Ramandeep departs just after hitting a six off Theekshana. Rinku Singh comes to the crease. KKR have lost half their side
KKR - 85/5 in 12 overs
Shreyas Iyer hit Jadeja for a 4 on the last ball of the 11th over. This was KKR's first boundary after 34 deliveries.
KKR - 77/4 in 11 overs
KKR have scored 70 for the loss of 4 wickets. Jadeja got 3 wickets in his 2 overs. Shreyas Iyer and Ramandeep Singh are at the crease for KKR
Ravindra Jadeja is on a roll as he gets another wicket in Venkatesh Iyer.
KKR - 64/4 after 8.2 overs
Ravindra Jadeja - 3/6 in 1.2 overs
Narine departs as well in the same over as KKR finds themselves in the spot of bother. Venkatesh Iyer comes to the crease to support the captain.
KKR - 61/3 after 7 overs
Ravindra Jadeja caught Raghuvanshi LBW just after the powerplay. Raghuvanshi scored 24 runs in 18 balls with the help of 3 fours and 1 six.
KKR managed to score 56/1 after the end of the powerplay. Salt got out on the first ball of the innings. Narine and Raghuvanshi consolidated a partnership for KKR.
CSK introduced spin after 4 overs as Maheesh Theeksana bowled his first over of the innings. Raghuvanshi and Narine both got a six each in the over/
KKR - 50/1 after 5 overs
Sunil Narine - 26 runs in 15 balls
Angkrish Raghuvanshi - 19 runs in 14 balls
Shardul bowled his first over of this season's IPL. Sunil Narine and Raghuvanshi scored 11 runs in the over.
KKR - 37/1 after 4 overs
Despite struggling with his right shoulder, Narine has taken Deshpande for 3 boundaries in the 3rd over.
KKR - 30/1 in 3.1 overs
Narine - 15 runs off 10 balls
Mustafizur Rahman is back in CSK's playing XI. He missed the last CSK game against SRH as he returned home to get his visa sorted for the T20i Word Cup.
KKR - 1/1 at the end of the first over.
Salt got out on first ball off the innings.
Tushar Deshpande gets Salt out on first ball of KKR innings. Angkrish Raghuvanshi comes in at number 3
Phir Salt and Sunil Naraine are out in the middle for KKR, and Tushar Deshpande has the new ball.for CSK
Shreyas Iyer: We would have bowled first. Think the attitude and approch irrespective of the situation, appreciate that about the players. We have assessed the conditions and adapted well. Everyone has stepped up and played fearless cricket. Everyone is stepping up at the right time. It's (head to head record) history, that was a different team and different situation. Our character is going to define how we are going to play here. We just need to keep things simple, that's better for us. Our focus is on the present. We are sticking to the same team.
Ruturaj Gaikwad: "Good toss to win. It looks humid, expecting dew tonight, so we will bowl first. We have confidence. We have lost by a few runs margin but it hasn't dented our confidence. We have had some forced changes too. Definitely trying to win. (Against KKR) They are playing good brand of cricket but we would like to focus on ourselves, do simple things right. Pathirana is not available, Deepak Chahar has a niggle. So we have Shardul back, Mustafizur back, and Rizvi.
Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Philip Salt(w), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer(c), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy
Chennai Super Kings (Playing XI): Ruturaj Gaikwad(c), Rachin Ravindra, Ajinkya Rahane, Daryl Mitchell, Sameer Rizvi, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni(w), Shardul Thakur, Mustafizur Rahman, Tushar Deshpande, Maheesh Theekshana
Impact Subs:
Kolkata Knight Riders Subs: Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Manish Pandey, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Sakib Hussain
Chennai Super Kings Subs: Shivam Dube, Moeen Ali, Shaik Rasheed, Mitchell Santne, Nishant Sindhu
CSK have made three changes ahead of their clash with KKR. Mustafizur comes in place of Pathirana, Shardul gets his first game of the season and Rizvi comes back into the XI
CSK have won the toss and elected to field first!!
CSK have come up against KKR 29 times winning 18 matches and losing only 10.
Matches Played: 29
CSK won: 18
KKR won: 10
No result: 1
65m and 66m square boundaries respectively, 80m down the ground. The pitch is rock hard, so the batters will have a great time here and the bowlers can expect some bounce. The spinners might extract some bounce as well. Just a couple of cracks on the surface, but overall a good batting wicket, reckons Graeme Swann.
Today is match 22nd of the IPL and it is also the start of rivalry week. It is CSK vs KKR tonight at the Chepauk and even though he is not playing, it is Gambhir vs Dhoni again!!! Toss is in 20 minutes. Stay tuned for more updates!!!
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