Chennai Super Kings did their arch-rival Mumbai Indians a favour as defeating KKR on Thursday meant MI became the first team to qualify for play-offs this season.
The CSK opener scores his second consecutive fifty as he plays a responsible knock to keep the yellow outfit in the 173-run chase against KKR.
CSK skipper MS Dhoni has decided to bring in Shane Watson, Lungi Ngidi and Karn Sharma for the game while KKR plays an extra batsman in Rinku Singh.
DC skipper Shreyas Iyer feels it's sensible to bowl first after seeing bit of grass on the wicket; Ajinkya Rahane and Anrich Nortje back in the line up as Prithvi Shaw dropped.
The Aussie pacer has failed to pick up wickets regularly for the franchise and has conceded 98.66 runs for every wicket he has taken.
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A victory would mean more to the fourth-placed KKR, who are just two points away from three of the teams dwelling in the bottom half of the table while DC aim to take back the top spot.
Kolkata Knight Riders faced a humiliating defeat against Royal Challengers Bangalore by 8 wickets in Abu Dhabi on October 21.
After handing a humiliating defeat to KKR second time this season, RCB skipper Virat Kohli said that many might not have belief in this team but his team does.
The KKR skipper, who chose to bat first after winning the toss, felt they should have bowled first against RCB as dew became a factor in the second innings.
The bowling duo picks five wickets together while bowling three maidens to restrict KKR at an embarrassing 84/8 in RCB’s 8-wicket win.
In a day of embarrassment of Kolkata Knight Riders, the side posted the lowest total without getting all out at 84/8 against RCB in Abu Dhabi.
The Royal Challengers Bangalore pacer took three wickets in his opening two overs to leave KKR reeling at 14/4 by the end of fourth over as he registers name in IPL history book
The Kiwi paceman bowled Warner with a full-length delivery and Abdul Samad with a yorker respectively while conceded only two runs in the Super Over.
After losing out to KKR in the Super Over, the gutted SRH skipper revealed Kane Williamson had a niggle near the top end of the adductors and hopefully will be available for the next game.
The burly Jamaican, who failed to perform with the bat on the day, had injury issues again during the SRH before he came back to bowl the final over in KKR’s Super Over win.
After David Warner heroics, Lockie Ferguson bundled SRH for 2 runs in super over after taking three wickets earlier in the match to ensure KKR win.
David Warner smashed 33-ball 47, including 17 runs in the final over, to take the SRH vs KKR match into super over.
Following his maiden IPL fifty, Cummins was happy with his knock to help side reach a decent total in loss against Mumbai Indians.
With second win on the trot while chasing, MI skipper feels it's better to bat second in IPL 2020 from now on in order to ensure victory.
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