Chennai Super Kings ended their winning run in Chepauk on Monday by defeating Kolkata Knight Riders by 7 wickets.
The bowlers for the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) kept things tight, limiting KKR to 137/9 from their 20 overs. While Angkrish Raghuvanshi scored 24 runs from 18 balls, Sunil Narine got off to a strong start and scored 27 off 20 balls.
Mustafizur Rahman took a few of wickets for CSK, while Ravindra Jadeja and Tushar Deshpande each claimed three wickets. The visitors’ best scorer, Shreyas Iyer, amassed 34 runs off 32 balls, including three fours.
In 5.5 overs, Chennai Super Kings scored 50 runs.
Before losing to Vaibhav Arora to give KKR their first wicket, Rachin Ravindra was batting nicely. To the fans’ pleasure, captain Ruturaj Gaikwad did, however, play a few traditional strokes.
Powerplay: Mandatory – 52/1, Overs 0.1 to 6.
The bowlers for the Kolkata Knight Riders experienced dew as the pacers sprayed the ball all over them. With the new ball, Mitchell Starc appeared to be having trouble maintaining control.
First Strategic Time-Out for Chennai Super Kings: 74/1 from 9 Overs
The ease with which the Chennai Super Kings were scoring runs gave the impression that they were batting on a different wicket. Ruturaj Gaikwad and Daryl Mitchell had no trouble taking advantage of the KKR bowlers to get runs.
Ruturaj Gaikwad makes his half century in 45 balls.
There was excellent news for the Yellow Army, as they had not been able to score well on the previous. This season, Captain Gaikwad made his first half-century, regaining his form.
Chennai Super Kings: 13.1 overs and 100 runs
Daryl Mitchell was taken out by Sunil Narine, who also managed to bring some energy into the game. To ensure that CSK reaches their goal ahead of schedule, Shivam Dube emerged as the Impact Player.
Second Strategic Timeout for the Chennai Super Kings (115/2 from 15 overs)
The bowlers from the visiting team appeared to have given up, as Dube and Gaikwad scored runs with relative ease. All the home team needed to do at the second Strategic Timeout was score 23 runs off of 30 balls.
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Final Score: Chennai Super Kings defeat the opposition with 141/3 from 17.4 overs.
Ruturaj Gaikwad, the skipper, hammered the ball to the fence for a four to score the game-winning runs. The hosts defeated KKR by seven wickets with ease, snapping a two-game losing streak.
