Chennai Super Kings (CSK) snatched another thrilling victory after beating Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the high-scoring game at MA Chidambaram Stadium (Chepauk, Chennai) on Tuesday night. KKR scored 202/6 in 20 overs, which was successfully chased by the hosts CSK with one ball left and losing 5 wickets.
CSK skipper MS Dhoni decided to bowl first. While KKR opener Sunil Narine began with two sixes but failed to make longer his innings as he was dismissed on 12 runs.
Another KKR opener Chris Lynn had a good start but he also failed to stretch his innings as he was dismissed for 22 runs off 16 balls. At the end of the powerplay, the hosts scored 64/2. The next batsmen also failed to play long innings as Robin Uthappa, Nitish Rana and Rinku Singh scored 29, 16 and 2 runs respectively.
At the end of the 10 overs, KKR was struggling on 89/5. While skipper Dinesh Karthik was searching for a partnership, Andre Russell showed his skill again with the bat. First, he provided 76-runs partnership for the sixth wicket along with Dinesh Karthik where he completed a brilliant half-century in just 26 balls.
Later, he took the beast mode at the end of the innings while Karthik was dismissed for 26 runs (25 balls). Russell remained unbeaten at the end after scoring 88 runs off just 36 balls with one four and 11 sixes. With his dangerous batting performance, KKR managed to put a big total on the board of 202/6 at the end of 20 overs. KKR scored 113 runs in the last 10 overs, while they added 79 runs in the last five overs.
Among the CSK bowlers, Shane Watson (2/39) picked up 2 wickets while Harbhajan Singh (1/11), Ravindra Jadeja (1/19) and Shardul Thakur (1/37) claimed one wicket each.
Chasing down the big total, hosts CSK started superbly. With the help of opener Shane Watson’s thrashing batting, CSK put 75/1 on the board at the end of the powerplay. Just before the end of the powerplay, Watson was dismissed for 42 runs (19 balls).
Since that dismissal, CSK struggled in the middle overs. Ambati Rayudu and Suresh Raina were out on 39 and 14 runs respectively.
While MS Dhoni was struggling to score runs, Sam Billings’ big hits helped the hosts to back in the game. Dhoni was dismissed on 25 off 28 balls while Billings completed his half-century in just 21 balls.
Billings was dismissed in the 19th over after scoring 56 off 23 balls. Ravindra Jadeja (11 runs off 7 balls) and Dwayne Bravo (11 runs off 5 balls) successfully completed the match for the hosts’ side.
In the last over, CSK needed 17 runs. Vinay Kumar’s extra balls helped CSK hugely as they reached the target with only balls to spare after losing 5 wickets.
Amon the KKR bowlers, Tom Curran (2/39) took two wickets while Piyush Chawla (1/49), Sunil Narine (1/17) and Kuldeep Yadav (1/27) claimed one wicket each.
Here are some Twitter reactions of this game:
https://twitter.com/SRKsWarrior1__/status/983775975400914944
😂😂 #CSKvKKR #KKRHaiTaiyaar pic.twitter.com/cyKq2KxhgW
— . (@SRKsDevotee) April 10, 2018
Well played @ShaneRWatson33 @sambillings @DJBravo47 ! Thanks loads @imjadeja for the last ball six 😘😘 #CSKvKKR #WhistlePodu
— TEAM JADEJA (@JadduFansClub) April 10, 2018
Andre Russell !! #IPL2018 #CSKvKKR #IPL11 #IPLT20 pic.twitter.com/5UlAOB0cn1
— CricFit (@CricFit) April 10, 2018
https://twitter.com/gdaga95/status/983753099062927360
https://twitter.com/RaveeenaAgg/status/983756369810477056
https://twitter.com/aannjjaalli/status/983751558117634048
https://twitter.com/nehasinghjazz/status/983755886043717632
SRK to Vinay Kumar – Chal meraa paisaa wapas kar…🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣#CSKvKKR@iamsrk @Vinay_Kumar_R https://t.co/IyFg6F3dNH
— Rajeshwar Prasad Mishra (@imrajeshwar111) April 10, 2018
https://twitter.com/deepbawaskar/status/983756364165144576
Bhai Desi gaali do to maza aye @tomcurrans #shanewatson #IPL2018 #KKRvsCSK
— aishwarya chawla (@aish1234) April 10, 2018
https://twitter.com/Shahrcasm/status/983760262082715649
Dhoni fans to dhoni..#CSKvKKR pic.twitter.com/H1GzUj2elt
— Headache (@Bheja_frai) April 10, 2018
https://twitter.com/aayush_va/status/983757742446993409
https://twitter.com/the_real_mitesh/status/983760479263670272
https://twitter.com/BeingSiyam/status/983755886803013632
Pic 1: Performance of CSK during powerplay.
Pic 2: Performance of CSK after powerplay. #CSKvKKR pic.twitter.com/nkmTg5Dz2n— Pranjul Sharma (@pranjultweet) April 10, 2018
धोनी इसी रेट से बल्लेबाज़ी करता रहा तो पक्का से 120 का स्कोर achieve कर लेंगे आराम से 😝😝 #CSKvKKR pic.twitter.com/I84xYUoggY
— दीमाग से पैदल !! (@DeemagSePaidal) April 10, 2018
DK should keep bowling Kuldeep and Narine to Dhoni. He struggles against both of them. No need to get the pacers into the attack. #CSKvKKR
— Aditya (@forwardshortleg) April 10, 2018
https://twitter.com/DedhShanaa/status/983760235008544769
https://twitter.com/i_NahidShaikh/status/983760538558783488
#CSKvKKR
Dhoni taking the game away from CSK #tooslow #IPL #CSK— IndianSportsStories (@SportsStori) April 10, 2018
Russell during ist innings #CSKvKKR #IPL2018 pic.twitter.com/78KbKSewLo
— Pranjul Sharma (@pranjultweet) April 10, 2018
https://twitter.com/skrising6/status/983742339280723969
Drop that DOG @Vinay_Kumar_R immediately from @KKRiders squad. Has histories of costing his teams matches. An evil member #IPL2018 #CSKvKKR
— Pronay Basak (@pronaybasak) April 10, 2018
#CSKvKKR I'm just here to see poor vinay kumar get brutally trolled 😂😂😂
— Nikhil Fadnis (@itsfadnis) April 10, 2018
Pathetic captaincy by Dinesh Karthik. Kuldeep should have bowled earlier. How do you back a man that has NOT bowled for the whole match to deliver the 20th over. #CSKvKKR
— Gav Joshi (@Gampa_cricket) April 10, 2018
https://twitter.com/Punofgod/status/983775962973327360
What a brilliant team work, what a brilliant chase.. was totally worth watching.. thank you @MSDhoni and Co. for making the evening memorable for a long time.. #CSKvKKR #IPL2018
— Pradyut Vyas (@ps_vyas) April 10, 2018
