IPL 2020: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ravindra Jadeja steer CSK to thrilling six-wicket win over KKR

[caption id=“attachment_8967051” align=“alignnone” width=“640”] Chasing 173, Ravindra Jadeja (31 off 11 balls) hammered two consecutive sixes off the last two balls as Chennai Super Kings defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by six wickets in a thrilling IPL encounter on Thursday. Sportzpics[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_8967081” align=“alignnone” width=“640”] Picking up from where he left, Ruturaj Gaikwad top scored for CSK, slamming 72 off just 53 balls. His knock was studded with six fours and two sixes. Sportzpics[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_8967071” align=“alignnone” width=“640”] After Shane Watson’s departure, Gaikwad forged a 68-run partnership with Ambati Rayudu (38 off 20 balls) for the second wicket. Rayudu finished with an impressive strike rate of 190 and struck one six and five fours. Sportzpics[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_8967091” align=“alignnone” width=“640”] Earlier, Lungi Ngidi was the pick of the bowlers for CSK and finished with figures of 2/34. Mitchell Santner, Ravindra Jadeja and Karn Sharma picked up one wicket each. Sportzpics[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_8967101” align=“alignnone” width=“640”] Nitish Rana top-scored for KKR with a blistering knock of 87 off just 61 balls. The left-hander’s knock was laced with 10 fours and four maximums. Sportzpics[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_8967121” align=“alignnone” width=“640”] Rana and Shubman Gill (26 off 17 balls) provided KKR with a solid opening partnership. Striking four confident fours, Gill made good use of the powerplay restrictions. Sportzpics[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_8967131” align=“alignnone” width=“640”] Varun Chakravarthy continued his fine run with the ball, finishing with figures of 2/20. While Varun conceded only five runs per over, he was ably assisted by Australian speedster Pat Cummins, who also picked up two wickets. Sportzpics[/caption]