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IPL 2018 CSK vs KKR latest cricket score and updates: Ravindra Jadeja walks ahead of DJ Bravo and joins Billings after Dhoni’s fall. 42 off 18 required, Chennai still in it. Preview: Chennai Super Kings (CSK) will look to take confidence from their thrilling one-wicket victory against defending champions Mumbai Indians when they take on Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in an Indian Premier League (IPL) encounter here on Tuesday. Chennai, back in the IPL after serving a two-year ban, rode on West Indian all-rounder Dwayne Bravo’s incredible 68 off 30 to turn the tables on Mumbai in dramatic fashion as they played the season’s opening fixture at the Wankhede Stadium on April 7. Needing 7 off the last over, an injured Kedar Kadhav (24 not out) unable to run due to hamstring problem played three dot balls before playing lap shot over fine leg off Mustafizur Rahman followed by a cover drive to end the match on a winning note. [caption id=“attachment_4426105” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  MS Dhoni and Dinesh Karthik, captain of CSK and KKR respectively. Sportzpics[/caption] Chasing a tricky target of 166, the Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led CSK were down in the dumps, but Bravo’s pyrotechnics turned it in favour of the two-time champions. At the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium on Tuesday, CSK would want to iron out their flaws that led to the slump from which Bravo rescued them against a side who beat Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) by four wickets in their opening game at home on Sunday. CSK’s batting flopped completely against Mumbai the other day as openers Shane Watson and Ambati Rayudu failed along with IPL’s highest run-getter Suresh Raina and ageing skipper Dhoni. If it hadn’t been for Bravo’s salvo and Jadhav holding fort at the other end, CSK would have succumbed to a heavy defeat. In the bowling front, the likes of Mark Wood, Watson, Harbhajan Singh and Deepak Chahar kept things tight but failed to pick up regular wickets. Against KKR, who rode on Nitish Rana’s all-round effort and Sunil Narine’s heroics with the bat, CSK would have to improve on all fronts to put up a show. KKR recovered from early jitters in their game against Kohli’s RCB to chase down a challenging 177 target riding Narine’s 19-ball 50 as he opened the batting again with deadpan swagger. Rana contributed with bat and ball, first picking up key wickets of on-song AB de villiers and in the very next ball removing captain Virat Kohli, and then playing a vital 25-ball 34 coming in at No.4 to help the hosts register the win. Besides the pair, new-look KKR under skipper Dinesh Karthik, who was unbeaten on 35 against RCB, would want to improve their famed bowling attack that copped stick on Sunday at the Eden Gardens. Veteran paceman R.Vinay Kumar was especially poor leaking 14 runs in the first over and 16 in the final though picking up two wickets. None of the other bowlers of the ilk of chinaman Kuldeep Yadav, Australian pacer Mitchell Johnson and even Narine could bowl well though the West Indian mystery spinner was economical. KKR would also look to Aussie dashing opener Chris Lynn to deliver the goods after he failed in the first game. RCB missed a trick on Sunday by bowling the same lengths to Narine who kept punishing the likes of Washington Sundar and Chris Woakes by hitting similar shots. CSK would want to take a cue from that and get his wicket early as the men in purple don’t bat that deep. Teams: CSK: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Captain & WK), Ravindra Jadeja, Suresh Raina, Kedar Jadhav, Dwayne Bravo, Karn Sharma, Shane Watson, Shardul Thakur, Ambati Rayudu, Murali Vijay, Harbhajan Singh, Faf Du Plessis, Mark Wood, Sam Billings, Imran Tahir, Deepak Chahar, Lungisani Ngidi, K.M. Asif, N. Jagadeesan, Kanishk Seth, Monu Singh, Dhruv Shorey, Kshitiz Sharma, Chaitanya Bishnoi. KKR: Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Chris Lynn, Dinesh Karthik (Captain & WK), Robin Uthappa, Kuldeep Yadav, Piyush Chawla, Nitish Rana, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Shivam Mavi, Mitchell Johnson, Shubman Gill, Vinay Kumar, Rinku Singh, Cameron Delport, Javon Searless, Apoorv Wankhade, Ishank Jaggi, Tom Curran. With inputs from IANS
Highlights IPL 2018, CSK vs KKR at Chennai, Full Cricket Score: CSK win by five wickets
Ravindra Jadeja walks ahead of DJ Bravo and joins Billings after Dhoni’s fall. 42 off 18 required, Chennai still in it.
 "Highlights IPL 2018, CSK vs KKR at Chennai, Full Cricket Score: CSK win by five wickets")
After 19.5 overs,Chennai Super Kings 205/5 ( Ravindra Jadeja 11 , Dwayne Bravo 11)
Bravo is caught off the first legitimate ball of the over but it is a free hit and they run two. Only a single off the second ball, Bravo was halfway down the pitch for the second run, but Jadeja sends him back, the throw is at the opposite end. Tense moments. Kumar changes his angle and bowls it outside the tram lines on the offside. Couple of singles with Kumar keeping it wide on the offside with Bravo unable to get under it and power it over the lines. Jadeja is calm to deny him the second. And he was right…smacks the winning shot to pull off another stunning win.
Chennai Super Kings win by 5 wickets!
Jadeja hits the winning shot with a six over long on. What a memorable return for the Chennai Super Kings. The Chepauk goes wild, there will be celebrations at the Marina that will go long into the night. Fabulous batting by Sam Billings, playing his first match in the yellow jersey. The finishing touch provided by Jadeja and Bravo. Two games and two sensational victories for CSK. Both their matches saw them recover from almost improbable positions. Shows the depth in their side.
After the winning shot both the players wanted to celebrate in their own style Bravo wants the ‘Run the World’ celebration to catch on, while the Rajput boy has his arms afloat as if to say ‘I run the world’. Incredible couple of games CSK has been a part of, this has been astounding return.
After 19 overs,Chennai Super Kings 193/5 ( Ravindra Jadeja 4 , Dwayne Bravo 7)
Curran has bowled a good over here! 10 runs off the penultimate over, leaves 17 runs for the last over to defend. Tight finish beckons. Anybody fancies a super over?
After 18 overs,Chennai Super Kings 176/4 ( Sam Billings 49 , Ravindra Jadeja 2)
Straight into a new franchise and in his debut game Billings is turning it on! He has played some unreal strokes and he is not done yet. 27 off 12 balls. Russell finishes with 35 off his 4 overs.
After 17 overs,Chennai Super Kings 161/4 ( Sam Billings 35 , Ravindra Jadeja 1)
Ravindra Jadeja walks ahead of DJ Bravo and joins Billings after Dhoni’s fall. 42 off 18 required, Chennai still in it.
Most wickets in IPL:
154 – Lasith Malinga
134 – Amit Mishra
128 – Harbhajan Singh, PIYUSH CHAWLA*
OUT! Blimey! Chennai crowd is shunned. MS went on knee to swat it to mid wicket fence, gets an thin edge to Karthik behind stumps, with the wicket keeper taking it on the second attempt. Even before the umpire raised his finger, Dhoni started to walk. He was asked to wait in his tracks, with the umpire’s taking another look at front foot, Chawla has some part of his foot behind the popping crease, breaking the hearts of the spectators.
Dhoni c Karthik b Chawla 25(28)
After 16 overs,Chennai Super Kings 152/3 ( MS Dhoni (C) (W) 24 , Sam Billings 29)
Narine completes his over and that’s the end of his spell. He has been bowled out in the 16th over, don’t know the rationale behind that but end of wonderful spell. 17 runs off his 4 overs.
After 15 overs,Chennai Super Kings 145/3 ( MS Dhoni (C) (W) 23 , Sam Billings 24)
Another superb over for CSK. 17 runs coming from Curran’s second over. Billings is on fire, moving around in the crease and throwing the bowler off his lengths. 58 off 30 is gettable with Bravo and Jadeja left to come in.
After 14 overs,Chennai Super Kings 128/3 ( MS Dhoni (C) (W) 21 , Sam Billings 9)
A 16-run over, something the home team needed desperately. We could some fireworks with Dhoni getting couple of big hits. He could well make this a fairytale for CSK.
Players to score 3000-plus runs for CSK in IPL:
Suresh Raina
MS DHONI*
After 13 overs,Chennai Super Kings 112/3 ( MS Dhoni (C) (W) 9 , Sam Billings 8)
MS Dhoni struggling to breakfree as he gets a french cut for single off the second ball. Billings trying to up the ante with a boundary and a brace.
After 12 overs,Chennai Super Kings 103/3 ( MS Dhoni (C) (W) 7 , Sam Billings 1)
Chennai in a rut. MS Dhoni and Billings will need to bat out of their skins to make a match out of this. Narine completes another successful over.
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