Faf du Plessis’ magnificent 95 not out and Deepak Chahar’s spectacular four-wicket haul outshone dazzling half-centuries from Andre Russell and Pat Cummins as Chennai Super Kings beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 18 runs of their IPL match, on Wednesday. Put in to bat, CSK posted a giant whole of 220 for 3, driving on du Plessis’ 60-ball unbeaten 95 and Ruturaj Gaikwad’s 64. Chasing a stiff goal, KKR discovered themselves in serious trouble as they slumped to 31 for five inside 5 overs after a top-order collapse with Chahar wrecking havoc with figures of 4 for 29 from his 4 overs.
Russell (54 off 22 balls) and Cummins (66 not out off 34 balls) raised hopes of an unbelievable win for KKR however ultimately they had been all out for 202 in 19.1 overs. Needing 190 runs from 15 overs, Russell first revived KKR’s chase with a blistering 54 (3×4, 6×6) earlier than being cleaned up by Sam Curran.
However it was not over for KKR as but. Batting at No. 8, KKR tempo spearhead Cummins displayed some sensational power-hitting in his 34-ball 66 not out (4×4, 6×6) however they merely didn’t have sufficient batting left to maintain the present going.
Cummins smashed Curran for 30 runs with 4 sixes and one boundary within the sixteenth over to maintain the run-chase alive, at the same time as they stored dropping wickets. It was down to twenty runs with one wicket in hand within the final over. However Prasidh Krishna was run out within the first over of the ultimate over.
The win took CSK to the highest of the desk with six factors from 4 matches, whereas KKR slipped to sixth.
Chahar, who had wrecked havoc towards Punjab Kings the opposite day, was at his ominous finest as soon as once more as he swung the match in CSK’s favour to depart KKR tottering at 31 for five contained in the powerplay.
Chahar, who grabbed 4/13 towards Punjab Kings, made the ball discuss along with his swing and variation and snapped the gifted Shubman Gill for a golden duck after which had the in-form Nitish Rana (9) within the second over.
However Chahar’s greatest wicket got here within the subsequent over within the type of skipper Eoin Morgan (7) when the left-hander nicked an outswinger with M S Dhoni finishing a protected catch to grow to be the primary wicketkeeper to finish 150 dismissals in IPL.
In search of a change of fortunes of their first match on the Wankhede, KKR opted to bowl on flat monitor however du Plessis blazed his option to a masterclass 95 not out after his opening accomplice Ruturaj Gaikwad’s spectacular 64 as CSK posted 220 for 3.
First, it was Gaikwad who returned to kind after a string of poor outings in his first three matches with a composed 42-ball knock that set it up for CSK after KKR opted to discipline.
Gaikwad performed the function of aggressor, smashing 4 sixes and 4 boundaries, whereas his senior South African accomplice du Plessis gave the teenager the backup because the duo produced CSK’s finest begin of the season with a gap stand of 115.
Du Plessis got here on his personal after Gaikwad’s departure within the thirteenth over as he added 50 runs with Moeen Ali (25 off 12 balls) off simply 26 balls. CSK scored 76 runs within the last 5 overs with the South African at his attacking finest within the last 5 overs.
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He smashed Andre Russell for 3 successive boundaries and raced to 90s with a six off Pat Cummins within the last over in his 60-ball knock which was studded with 4 sixes and 9 fours. CSK completed it off in type with Ravindra Jadeja hitting Cummins for a six as Nitish Rana palmed it over the midwicket boundary that summed up the plight of KKR.
MS Dhoni promoted himself to No. 4 and at last broke his jinx towards Sunil Narine, hitting his first boundary after 64 balls towards the thriller spinner en path to an eight-ball 17.
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