KKR vs CSK Highlights and Match Recap, IPL 2019, Full cricket score: Raina, Jadeja drive Chennai Super Kings to five-wicket win

KKR v CSK Expert’s Voice

CSK clinical at the end again. The juggernaut keeps rolling. They now have two wins in two back to back away games. This time Raina puts his hand up to see his team through. The team management will be delighted to see different players making match winning contributions. It only makes them more formidable in their title defense. The match was set up by the Imran Tahir in the middle overs when he broke the back of KKR middle order in a skillful and courageous display of leg spin bowling.

CSK’s win today was the 10th consecutive for a chasing team in IPL.

After 19.4 overs,Chennai Super Kings 162/5 ( Suresh Raina 58 , Ravindra Jadeja 31)

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Chawla is given the ball for the final over, but he starts off with a quicker delivery outside off to Jadeja, which the latter guides towards third man to start the over off with a four. It’s a stroll to the finish line thereafter, with two singles and a brace coming off the next three deliveries, as Chennai Super Kings collect their seventh win in eight games to continue their stronghold at the top of the points table!

This is CSK’s first victory after losing five consecutive matches at Eden Gardens in IPL.

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CSK win by five wickets, posting yet another victory in the final over! Jadeja collects the winning runs, cutting the ball towards deep extra cover and coming back for a second off the fourth delivery of the final over!

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FOUR! Quicker, short delivery outside off from Chawla to Jadeja, and the latter cuts this towards third man! CSK 158/5; need 4 off 5

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Raina has played some good innings this season but hasn’t stayed there till the end to see his team home. No matter which way this turns, CSK will be richer for their premium middle order player getting to spend time in the middle in a pressure situation.

After 19 overs,Chennai Super Kings 154/5 ( Suresh Raina 57 , Ravindra Jadeja 24)

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Gurney is brought back to bowl his final over, but the Englishman perhaps suffers his first major jolt of the season as he is clobbered for three consecutive fours by Jadeja, with 16 runs coming off the over. Suddenly, the job is all the easier for the Super Kings. CSK need 8 to win off 6.

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FOUR! A hat-trick of fours, this time Jadeja flicking a full delivery from Gurney towards the square-leg fence! Poor lines from Gurney so far. CSK 151/5

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FOUR! Back-to-back fours for Jadeja off Gurney, this one coming off a leading edge that sends the ball towards wide third man! CSK 147/5

Most 50-plus scores in IPL:

43 – David Warner
40 – Virat Kohli
37 – SURESH RAINA*
36 – Gautam Gambhir
35 – Rohit Sharma

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FOUR! Jadeja skips down the pitch, and hammers the ball over the bowler’s head! CSK 143/5

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CSK have to cross the line without their captain holding the hand tonight. Another timely test for the team. With Jadeja and Raina in the middle and Santner back in the dugout, you would back the men in yellow to cross the line.

After 18 overs,Chennai Super Kings 138/5 ( Suresh Raina 56 , Ravindra Jadeja 9)

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Narine bowls out his final over. Raina muscles the ball towards the cow corner fence for a boundary off the second delivery. Eight off the over, with four singles coming off it aside from the boundary, as Narine finishes with figures of 2/19. CSK need 24 to win off 12.

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FOUR! Muscled away towards the cow corner fence by Raina off Narine! CSK 136/5

After 17 overs,Chennai Super Kings 130/5 ( Suresh Raina 50 , Ravindra Jadeja 7)

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Prasidh Krishna returns to the attack for the slog overs. Raina collects a single off the first ball to bring up his half century. Jadeja gets a leading off the fouth delivery, and comes back for a second after the ball lands in the vacant area beyond cover. Jadeja drives the ball dow the ground off the following delivery. A wide and a single follow. CSK need 32 to win off 18.

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FOUR! Jadeja clears his front foot and drives the ball down the ground to collect his first four! CSK 128/5

This is the first time that Narine has dismissed Dhoni in IPL.

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Fifty up for Suresh Raina off 36 deliveries, the southpaw collecting a single at the start of the 17th over to bring up the milestone. Muted celebrations from Raia though, with the responsibility of almost single-handedly guiding CSK to their seventh win resting on his shoulders. CSK 122/5

After 16 overs,Chennai Super Kings 121/5 ( Suresh Raina 49 , Ravindra Jadeja 0)

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Crucial moment in the game after Narine traps Dhoni lbw off the fourth delivery, with MS playing down the wrong line and missing the ball. Jadeja walks out to the crease, and sees off the remaining deliveries. Just one run and a wicket off a golden over from Narine.  CSK need 41 to win off 24.

Suresh Raina now holds the record of scoring most runs against an opponent in IPL, surpassing his tally of 803 runs against MI in IPL.

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OUT! Narine traps Dhoni lbw! A big moment in the innings, as the West Indian gets rid of the champion finisher by trapping him lbw! MSD tries reviewing it, and ends up wasting the review after getting three reds on HawkEye! CSK 121/5

Dhoni lbw Narine 16(13)

After 15 overs,Chennai Super Kings 120/4 ( Suresh Raina 48 , MS Dhoni (C) (W) 16)

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Gurney returns to the attack after the timeout. Single collected of each of the first two deliveries, with Raina collecting a double and a boundary off the next two. Raina taps the ball down the ground for a single off the penultimate delivery, and Dhoni steers towards sweeper point for a brace off the last delivery. CSK need 42 to win off 30.

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FOUR! Full toss from Gurney, and Raina simply tickles this away to the fine-leg fence for a boundary. CSK 117/4

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For some reason CSK are taking way more risks in the middle overs than they are known for. Dhoni miscued a lofted shot against Kuldeep but followed it with another attempt nailed it. It’s possible that CSK are challenging themselves to finish it in the 19th over instead of 20. With the team already at the top of the table Dhoni had hinted his team could try a few different things. A different modus operandi of closing a run chase could be one of them.

After 14 overs,Chennai Super Kings 109/4 ( Suresh Raina 40 , MS Dhoni (C) (W) 13)

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Raina collects a four and a six off successive deliveries to put Chawla under pressure in his third over. Single collected off each of the last three deliveries. CSK need 53 to win off 36. The umpire signals the second timeout of the innings after this over.

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SIX! Raina skips down the ground and smashes Chawla over long on for a maximum! CSK 106/4

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FOUR! Quicker delivery to Raina from Chawla, and the former guides this behind square on the off side to bring up the 100 for the Super Kings. CSK 100/4

After 13 overs,Chennai Super Kings 96/4 ( Suresh Raina 28 , MS Dhoni (C) (W) 12)

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Raina collects a single off the first ball. Dhoni gets a thick leading edge while looking for a maximum off the second delivery, coming back for a second. MS gets the six that he was looking for in the third delivery, smashing the ball over long on! Fine running between the wickets in the fourth delivery as Dhoni collects another double. Single collected off the last two deliveries, with 13 coming off the over. CSK need 66 to win off 42.

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SIX! Bang off the middle of his bat, smashing the ball into the stands over long on! CSK 92/4

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Uncharacteristic inning from Jadhav. He had to keep the required run rate under control but was taking too many chances that weren’t required in a chase of 162. It means that man Dhoni again has a job in his hands to take his team across in what is a tight run chase now.

MS Dhoni needs 61 runs to complete 4000 runs as captain in the IPL.

MS Dhoni’s batting SR against Sunil Narine in IPL is 50.88.

After 12 overs,Chennai Super Kings 83/4 ( Suresh Raina 26 , MS Dhoni (C) (W) 1)

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Chawla removes the dangerman Jadhav off the first ball of his second over, trapping him plumb leg-before. Jadhav has a word with Raina, but the two concur that it looked out, which is also what HawkEye tells us by showing three reds. MS Dhoni walks out to a loud cheer from the Eden crowd, and gets off the mark right away with a single, with Raina also collecting one for himself off the next delivery. Dot off each of the last three deliveries. Two runs and a wicket off an excellent over from Chawla. CSK need 79 to win from 48 balls

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OUT! Chawla fires a quicker delivery at Jadhav, removing him for 20 by trapping him leg-before! KKR need wickets at regular intervals to stay in the hunt, and they’re getting that right now. CSK 81/4

Jadhav lbw Chawla 20(12)

After 11 overs,Chennai Super Kings 81/3 ( Suresh Raina 25 , Kedar Jadhav 20)

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Jadhav goes for a slog-sweep off the second delivery of Kuldeep’s second over, clearing the midwicket fence as a result. Muscles the ball towards the cow corner boundary three deliveries later, before collecting a single to keep the strike. 11 off the over. CSK need 81 to win off 54

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FOUR! Muscled away towards the cow corner fence by Kedar Jadhav, who’s starting to get the better of Kuldeep! CSK 80/3

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SIX! Jadhav goes for a slog towards deep midwicket off the second ball of Kuldeep’s second over, clearing the midwicket fence. CSK 76/3

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We are on to something here. The trinity of spinners for KKR are making an impact on the game. They have sustained pressure from both ends and Rayudu perished as a result of that pressure trying to play an uncharacteristic uppish drive. Jadhav has started well with those deft touches and lovely hands. He is one of the best players to have in this situation. Chennai need to make sure that they don’t get too far behind the run rate while trying to consolidate.

After 10 overs,Chennai Super Kings 70/3 ( Suresh Raina 25 , Kedar Jadhav 9)

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Chawla replaces Narine from the High Court End, and he strikes right away, dismissing Rayudu right after the timeout, as the India No 4 hopeful falls cheaply on the eve of India’s World Cup squad announcement. Jadhav walks out to bat, and collects consecutive boundaries to get going right away, before collecting a single off the last delivery. Nine off the over. Still anyone’s game at the halfway stage of the CSK innings. CSK need 92 to win off 60 balls.

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FOUR! A deft touch from Kedar Jadhav this time, guiding the ball towards third man. Gurney gives the ball a chase in vain. CSK 69/3

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FOUR! A boundary off the third delivery to Jadhav, as he goes for an inside-out loft towards the extra cover fence. CSK 65/3

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OUT! The trend of a wicket falling after the powerplay continues, as Rayudu hits the ball straight to Uthappa at short extra cover, giving Chawla a wicket off his first delivery of the evening. CSK 61/3

Rayudu c Uthappa b Chawla 5(11)

After 9 overs,Chennai Super Kings 61/2 ( Suresh Raina 25 , Ambati Rayudu 5)

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Kuldeep Yadav brought into the attack in the ninth over, with Rayudu and Raina opting to keep the scoreboard ticking through singles, four of which are collected in the over. Umpire signals timeout at the end of this over. Has been an even contest between bat and ball so far in this innings.

After 8 overs,Chennai Super Kings 57/2 ( Suresh Raina 23 , Ambati Rayudu 3)

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Narine concedes 10 off this over, including a boundary off the penultimate delivery to Raina, and a wide as Chennai cross the 50-run mark. The two wickets that they have lost have only put the brakes on their run-rate, and CSK will need these two to put up a solid partnership to get back in control.

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Narine gets the all important scalp of Faf du Plessis. He hasn’t been in the best of bowling forms this season but this could well be the challenge that helps him revive his mojo. He needs to play the role Tahir played in the first half of this game. CSK aren’t going hammer and tongs in the middle over so it won’t be surprising if we see another last over finish tonight.

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FOUR! Tickled away towards the fine-leg fence by Raina off Narine! CSK 56/2

After 7 overs,Chennai Super Kings 47/2 ( Suresh Raina 16 , Ambati Rayudu 1)

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Krishna starts off with an 144 kmph outswinger to Raina, who flicks the next delivery towards long leg for a single. Just two more singles are collected between Raina and Rayudu in the remaining deliveries.

CSK’s run-rate of 6.60 in middle-overs (7-15) this IPL so far – the lowest among all teams this season.

After 6 overs,Chennai Super Kings 44/2 ( Suresh Raina 14 , Ambati Rayudu 0)

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Narine is brought into the attack in the final over of the powerplay, and he succeeds in getting rid of the set South African opener off the second delivery with a delivery that beats his defence and knocks the off-stump over. Ambati Rayudu, talk of the town right now with India’s WC squad announcement around the corner, walks out to bat and sees off the remainder of the over. Narine starts off with a wicket maiden! End of the CSK powerplay.

Suresh Raina’s dismissals agianst Narine in IPL:

Till 2017 – 0
Since 2018 – 2

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BOWLED EM! Narine strikes in his first over! Du Plessis looks for an expansive sweep, but misses the ball completely thanks to a bit of drift on offer. The ball beats his defence, and turns enough to knock his off stump over. CSK 44/2

Du Plessis b Narine 24(16)

After 5 overs,Chennai Super Kings 44/1 ( Faf du Plessis 24 , Suresh Raina 14)

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As expected, DK brings Krishna back in place of Russell after the latter’s 16-run first over. Raina though, collects a couple of boundaries off the Karnataka pacer to maintain the pressure on the home side, while moving to double figures himself. So far so good for Chennai in the powerplay.

Suresh Raina’s average against KKR in IPL:

Overall – 42.22
At Eden – 26.55

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FOUR! A similar shot to the one in the third delivery that went for a boundary as Raina guides this slightly fuller delivery from Krishna past short fine. CSK 44/1

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FOUR! Krishna tries to cramp Raina for room on the leg side, but the latter adjusts well to guide the ball towards fine leg, using the pace of the ball well; CSK 40/1

No player has now scored more runs against KKR than Suresh Raina in IPL. He went past Warner’s tally of 762 runs.

After 4 overs,Chennai Super Kings 36/1 ( Faf du Plessis 24 , Suresh Raina 6)

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Gurney removes Watson off the very first delivery by trapping him leg-before, and successfully appeals for lbw against Raina three deliveries later, only for the batsman to overturn the decision with DRS after Ultra-Edge confirms contact with the bat. Raina then flicks a full delivery to the midwicket fence, and  single off the last delivery. Seven runs and a wicket off an eventful second over from Gurney.

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FOUR! Right after Raina manages to overturn the lbw decision against him, he flicks a full delivery from Gurney towards the midwicket fence to collect his first boundary; CSK 35/1

Only David Warner (762) has scored more runs against KKR than Suresh Raina (760) in IPL.

This is the first time Shane Watson dismissed LBW while playing for CSK in IPL.

CSK already have half the foot in the victory door by restricting KKR to 161. A good start will almost seal it for them and consolidate their position further at the top of the table. Faf du Plessis hasn’t had a bad game this season and he has got a start again. Watson hasn’t had the best of start to this season but his solid technique and uncluttered approach always means that he is never too far from hitting back form.

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OUT! Gurney traps Watson plumb leg-before, the umpire raising his finger right away. This one’s angling into the batsman, and Watson is late in bringing his bat down. CSK 29/1

Watson lbw Gurney 6(7)

CSK’s run-rate of 6.10 in PP overs – the lowest among all teams this season.

After 3 overs,Chennai Super Kings 29/0 ( Shane Watson 6 , Faf du Plessis 23)

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Massive over for CSK as du Plessis takes Russell to the cleaners, collecting four consecutive boundaries to put the home side under further pressure. What’s worse, Russell’s hobbling in his follow-through after bowling the last delivery of the over. 16 off the over.

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FOUR! Four fours off as many deliveries, this one hit once again towards fine leg! Faf is clearly bossing it in this over. Russell under pressure, and will likely be taken off after this over! CSK 29/0

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FOUR! Faf goes for the ramp shot this time, guiding the ball towards fine leg! A hat-trick of boundaries to him in the over! CSK 25/0

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FOUR! Back-to-back boundaries to du Plessis off Russell, this one also hit towards deep midwicket. CSK 21/0

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FOUR! Du Plessis pulls a back-of-length ball from Russell towards deep midwicket, where the ball lands just short of the boundary rope, and clears it after one bounce; CSK 17/0

After 2 overs,Chennai Super Kings 13/0 ( Shane Watson 6 , Faf du Plessis 7)

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Gurney, replacing Ferguson in this match, steams in from the other end, with Faf collecting a single off the first ball. Concedes just three singles off his first over.

After 1 overs,Chennai Super Kings 10/0 ( Shane Watson 5 , Faf du Plessis 5)

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10 collected off the first over of the CSK innings, with Watson and du Plessis collecting a boundary, a single and a dot each.

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FOUR! Second boundary of the first over, this time FDP flicking a full delivery from Krishna towards the square-leg fence! CSK 9/0

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FOUR! What a start for Chennai, as Watson drives the ball down the ground to get his side off the mark with a boundary; CSK 4/0

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Right then, Shane Watson and Faf du Plessis walk out at the start of CSK’s chase of the 162-run target. Prasidh Krishna to start off with the ball for KKR…

CSK’s scoring rate of 7.09 is the lowest among all teams this IPL.

KKR vs CSK Expert’s Voice

KKR have finished with a total well below par for this pitch. They were 77-1 mid way through their innings, but somehow managed to lose wickets in a heap and now face an uphill task of defending 162 against an experienced CSK batting line up. Top effort from the CSK on the field who caught everything and barring Jadeja stuck to their task throughout the innings.

KKR’s RPO today:

First 10 overs – 7.70 (1 wicket lost)
Last 10 overs – 8.40 (7 wickets lost)

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This could well be the best outing of this season for Shardul Thakur. He has bowled with fire and lively pace right from the word go. He managed to keep Lynn quiet initially and is not showing great variety at the death with by mixing his length and bowling the odd slower bouncer. More importantly Shardul hasn’t bowled that one loose ball per over that he is notorious for.

After 20 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 161/8 ( Piyush Chawla 4 , )

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Thakur looking to end well. Starts the over with a wide. Chawala turns the strike over to Gill with a single. DROPPED! Tough call but these are the catches those just stick. It didn’t this time but Thakur saved at least two runs there if not four. Shubman Gill pummelled it with flat bat and Thakur flings his hand out and isn’t able to cling on. Great finish as well, allowing just four more runs in the final over as CSK complete the choke. KKR only wriggle to 161. Join us for the second innings.

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OUT! Excellent yorker from Thakur to end the first innings. Was right in the blockhole, aimed at the boots. Chawal was crammped for space. Misses the flick off the pads and before he knew non-striker Kuldeep was halfway down the pitch for a bye. Dhoni tosses the ball to Thakur, who jogs to non-striker’s end to complete the formalities. 

Kuldeep Yadav run out (Dhoni/SN Thakur) 0(0)

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OUT! Short delivery from Thakur with no real pace on it and Gill, who was looking out of sorts, is not able to get the power behing the pull. Simple catch for the fielder at deep mid wicket.

Shubman Gill c Jadeja b SN Thakur 15(20)

After 19 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 157/6 ( Shubman Gill 13 , Piyush Chawla 3)

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Deepak Chahar to bowl the penultimate over. Dhoni taking his time to get his field right and Chahar bowls perfectly to his field. Lot of change ups that are digged short into the pitch, which Chawla and Gill aren’t able to put away. Just four singles from the over. CSK have applied the brakes and how!! (By taking wickets obviously)

After 18 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 153/6 ( Shubman Gill 11 , Piyush Chawla 1)

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Shardul Thakur has been rewarded with a wicket for some tight bowling. He has been very effective with his variations as well. KKR have failed to make optimum use of the platform laid down by Lynn. Kudos to Dhoni and his men to pull things back. A wicket and four singles from the over. Super stuff.

Four catches in an IPL match by a fielder:

Sachin Tendulkar, MI v KKR, Mumbai, 2008
David Warner, DD v RR, Delhi, 2010
Jacques Kallis, KKR v DC, Kolkata, 2011
Rahul Tewatia, DC v MI, Mumbai, 2019 
David Miller, KXIP v MI, Mumbai, 2019
Faf du Plessis, CSK v KKR, Kolkata, 2019*

KKR vs CSK Expert’s Voice

Tahir has finished what might turn out to be a match winning spell on this pitch. Picking four wickets in the middle overs is gold, but saving CSK’s slightly weaker death bowling attack of Chahar and Thakur from Lynn and Russell is priceless.

Best bowling figures against KKR at Kolkata in IPL:

4/21 – Makhaya Ntini, CSK, 2008
4/27 – IMRAN TAHIR, CSK, 2019*
4/38 – Karn Sharma, SRH, 2014

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OUT! Dinesh Karthik holes out! Chennai Super Kings continue to chip away. Not the smartest decision from the KKR skipper. It was a length delivery on offstump and he hit it straight up in the air. Didn’t middle the big shot he was eyeing down the ground. No prizes for guessing, who has taken the catc. Faf with his fourth

Karthik c du Plessis b SN Thakur 18(14)

After 17 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 149/5 ( Dinesh Karthik (C) (W) 18 , Shubman Gill 8)

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Tahir completes his sensational spell. Gill and Karthik do not do anything extra ordinary, working out ones and twos, garnering seven runs from the over. He ends with splendid figures of 4-0-27-4

After 16 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 142/5 ( Dinesh Karthik (C) (W) 15 , Shubman Gill 4)

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Santner gets done with his final over. Plenty of arm balls in the over as Shubhman Gill, who has just joined DK, take nine runs from the over. 4-0-30-1. Time out taken.

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FOUR! Karthik earns a boundary. Takes the ball on the full and flicks it aerially over mid wicket for a boundary

Russell got out for 10 runs today,

– His first dismissal under 40 runs after six consecutive 40-plus scores in IPL.
– His first dismissal under 50 runs after three consecutive 50-plus scores v CSK in IPL.

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Tahir strikes back! Jadeja is a risky option for Dhoni on flat pitches. He doesn’t have too many variations and doesn’t have too many options if a set batsman lines him up. Imran Tahir struck at the other end to send Lynn back and then prize put Russell in the same over. He has given his team the decisive edge in the middle overs with those two big wickets. KKR are still scoring at a healthy run rate but with two of their biggest bitter back in the dugout, they may not be able to wreck the kind of destruction they are capable of.

After 15 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 133/5 ( Dinesh Karthik (C) (W) 9 , Shubman Gill 1)|

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Tahir took two wickets in his second and struck twice again in his third over. Two big guns this time. Lynn falls first and then Russell follows him for a quick shower. Couple of big hits but that is bargain you would take every day of the week in exchange of Russell’s wicket.

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OUT! And gone! Russell goes for another glory shot and is out. Was a quick delivery that was pushed by Tahir, Russell was looking to flat bat it down the ground. Mishits it to long on where Dhruv Shorey runs in and with the ball dying on him takes a smart catch. Big wicket. Tahir is pumped and why not! Big celebrations in line.

 A Russell c (sub)Shorey b Tahir 10(4)

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SIX! Follows the boundary with a maximum. Beast-y strike that. Thair bowled it full and in the range Russell went on his knee to blast it for a biggie

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FOUR! Dre. Russ comes out to the middle and has bludgeoned a boundary straightaway. Was tossed up from Tahir and Russell goes for the big heave from the inner half of the bat that goes to the deep midwicket fence.

Andre Russell has scored 274 runs from eight innings against CSK at an average of 68.5 and a SR of 172.32 in T20s.

Andre Russell has scored fifty-plus runs in each of his previous three innings against CSK in IPL.

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OUT! Lynn has pulled this straight to deep square. Shardul Thakur in the deep takes an outstanding catch Lynn was looking to smack it acoss the line, didn’t get all off it and that brings an end to fine innings.

Chris Lynn c SN Thakur b Tahir 82(51)

After 14 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 122/3 ( Chris Lynn 82 , Dinesh Karthik (C) (W) 9)

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Jadeja on the receiving end of some disdainful treatment. Hat-trick off sixes from Lynn to start the over and then Karthik wraps it up with a boundary too, to make it a 23-run last over off Jadeja’s spell.

Ravi Jadeja conceded 49 runs today from his quota of four overs – the joint most he conceded in an IPL match. He also conceded 49 runs while playing for CSK against MI at Wankhede in 2015.

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FOUR! Karthik too collects a boundary from the over. Slanted into the legside and Karthik gets across his stumps, and sweeps it over short fine leg fielder.

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SIX! Three in a row! Little movement towards the legside by Lynn and Jadeja has bowled length. Slammed over wide long on for a nother muscular hit.

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SIX! Oh he is in the zone now! That has been battered too and it has gone all the way as well. Slightly short and Lynn powers this over mid wicket off the back foot. Fierece pull for a maximum

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SIX! Lynn makes some space and simply belts it through the offside. Sheer power from Lynn to send the ball flying over the covers

After 13 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 98/3 ( Chris Lynn 63 , Dinesh Karthik (C) (W) 5)

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Santner is called back into the attack and he is bowling really well, especially Lynn. Firing flat deliveries that are angled full and straight, not allowing anything. Seven runs from the over.

After 12 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 91/3 ( Chris Lynn 61 , Dinesh Karthik (C) (W) 2)

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Dinesh Karthik is welcomed with a bouncer on his helmet by Chahar, but when he tries to rattle the set Lynn with another one, he is pulled for a big six. Couple of single for DK in the over as KKR collect 10 runs from it.

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SIX! Chahar tries the slower bouncer to Lynn and that has been pulled way back in the stands for a maximum

After 11 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 81/3 ( Chris Lynn 53 , Dinesh Karthik (C) (W) 0)

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Imran Tahir is having such a merry time in this IPL. He is picking wickets for fun here. Two wickets in three balls to pull things back for CSK, not that it had slipped far away. Rana and Robin back in the hut. Tahir celebrates. Four runs and two wickets in the over.

KKR vs CSK Expert’s Voice

The middle overs in a T20 innings often decide how far you will go in the match. For Chennai, their spinners have usually controlled that part of the game and it’s one of the main reasons they find themselves on top of the points table. Imran Tahir hardly ever goes wicketless in a match, he has claimed Rana and Robbie in the same over today. KKR will be looking for a brief spell of consolidation now.

Robin Uthappa is one of the four players to have scored 500-plus runs against CSK in IPL. (538 runs, 31.64 average)

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OUT! Oh what have you done, Robbie. Tahir has two wickets in three balls. Chennai have pulled things back and how. Uthappa, too falls for the flight. Tempting delivery and Uthappa was looking for the big shot down the ground off his first ball. Got it from the lower half of the bat Faf at long on is once again in action. Runs in, dives forward and takes a very good catch. Third catch for him.

R Uthappa c du Plessis b Tahir 0(2)

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OUT! A loud shout of ‘catch’ from Tahir and it is Faf, once again at long on, who pouches it safely. Rana was done in flight there. Was tossed up leg break on middle and leg, Rana saw an opportunity to go big, but the lack pace and space, didn’t allow him to get the power he would have liked.

Nitish Rana c du Plessis b Tahir 21(18)

After 10 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 77/1 ( Chris Lynn 51 , Nitish Rana 19)

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Jadeja to bowl after the short interval. Keeps it flat, quick and tight after going for a boundary off the second ball. Six runs from the over. At the halfway stage, KKR in a decent position.

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FOUR! Jadeja once again pays the price of bowling it short, wasn’t that wide but Rana creates the space by getting low and deep into his crease. Cut away through backward point for a boundary

After 9 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 71/1 ( Chris Lynn 50 , Nitish Rana 14)

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Imran Tahir is brought into the attack. Dhoni has a slip in place for Lynn. Good start for Tahir as varies his flight to Rana while bowling it flatter to Lynn. Four singles off his first over. Nicely poised at this stage. It is time for a time-out.

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FIFTY! Lynn slices it behind point to bring up his half-century. He has looked very good today, more than his attacking strokes, he has displayed a msart approach, picking and choosing deliveries to go after

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Santner is really good at making late adjustments if the batsman telegraphs his move early. Him against Lynn will be a good battle. Lynn is a bit suspect against spin early in his innings but he is well set now and looks in good form. Nitish Rana has also started well. He would enjoy batting against the two left arm spinner. This partnership with both batsmen having contrasting styles can give tactical headaches to Dhoni over who to bowl.

After 8 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 67/1 ( Chris Lynn 48 , Nitish Rana 12)

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The flow of boundaries continues. Jadeja goes over the wicket to Rana and provides a lot of width to play with. Nine runs from that over.

This is Lynn’s third 40-plus runs in his last four IPL innings.

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FOUR! A little short and wide from Jadeja and Rana has middled the cut shot, sycthing it to deep point fence.

After 7 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 58/1 ( Chris Lynn 46 , Nitish Rana 6)

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Lynn is in some mood today. Firing all guns. The 50 comes up for KKR in the 7th over. Santner has bowled well, allowing three singles in five balls apart for that biggie.

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SIX! Lynn shimmies down the pitch and blasts it down the ground. That’s gone high and into the second tier. Well caught in the crowd as well.

After 6 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 49/1 ( Chris Lynn 38 , Nitish Rana 5)

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Spin from both ends. Ravindra Jadeja is brought into the attack. Was the last over of the Powerplay and Rana and Lynn have collected a boundary for themselves. End of the Powerplay, 11 came off Jadeja’s first.

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FOUR! Lynn backs away, creates some room and hacks it with a flat bat in front of square, in fact this has been hit just wide of the cover fielder.

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FOUR! Full and wide from Jadeja, so much so that Rana has to reach out for it, drives it uppisly and in the gap for his first boundary

KKR vs CSK Expert’s Voice

Solid start from Lynn. KKR will have to bat big in the first inning to break the pattern of chasing teams winning the games in this season. Narine has failed to make an impact with the bat in his come back game. It was a bold move from Dhoni to bowl Mitch Santner against Narine, but it it eventually paid off. Dhoni will be looking to shuffle his bowlers a lot tonight to break the momentum of KKR batsmen.

Sunil Narine has been dismissed by Ravindra Jadeja in two of his four dismissals against CSK in IPL.

After 5 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 38/1 ( Chris Lynn 32 , Nitish Rana 0)

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Santner is brought into the attack and fair to say Lynn has forced MSD to change his plan. Chahar generally bowls three if not all his four overs upfront. Whatever is the reason, the plan works as CSK have the breakthrough. Superb start for Santner. Nitish Rana walks in at number three.

OUT! Excellent stuff from Santner! Gave the ball just enough flight to lure Narine into the big shot, who was clearly itching after not hitting one in the six balls he had faced so far. Narine doesn’t get under the delivery and is only able to get it as far as long on, where Faf completes the catch. 

Narine c du Plessis b Santner 2(7)

After 4 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 33/0 ( Chris Lynn 31 , Sunil Narine 1)

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It has been Lynn show so far! Thwacking and hammering the ball to all parts of the ground. Thakur does well to stop one fierece shot down the ground but still two boundaries come from the over.

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FOUR! Lynn finishes the over with a boundary. Again it was full from Thakur and slaps it through the covers

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FOUR! Oh that has been hammered down the ground by Lynn. Was the half volley on off and Lynn smoked it straight back past the bowler

After 3 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 24/0 ( Chris Lynn 23 , Sunil Narine 0)
 

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Lynn coming hard at Chahar, who is not use to such severe treatment in the start of the innings. This great attacking batting from the KKR opener. Chahar makes a mini comeback with three dots after being smacked for 14 in the first half of the over.

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FOUR! Lynn is running into Chahar. Full and outside off and Lynn and thrashed this past the cover fielder. Hit powerfully, giving simply no chance for the fielder.

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SIX! Short again from Chahar and Lynn hacks the pull, sending the ball into the stands for the first maximum of the innings. Nailed this one.

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FOUR! Lynn gets hold on to the short ball that is angled into him and pulls it wide of the deep mid-wicket fielder.

After 2 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 10/0 ( Chris Lynn 9 , Sunil Narine 0)

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Shardul Thakur will bowl from the other end. Gets some sharp bounce and beats Narine’s outside edge. Very good start to the over and it remains that way. The pitch is expected to be hard and nice and there are already some good carry available. Two runs off the over. Lynn to retains strike.

After 1 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 8/0 ( Chris Lynn 8 , Sunil Narine 0)

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Chahar had his very usual start, maintain a discplined line and length outside off stump until he decided to try something fancy. Lynn was up for the challenge, smashing two boundaries off the first over.

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FOUR! Same line from Chahar, very wide outside off but the length is way shorter this time, rises upto shoulder high and Lynn goes after this as well. There is a man at deep extra cover fence but this has been hit wide, to the right of him.

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FOUR! That was wayward from Chahar. Way wide outside off stump and Lynn throws his hands at it. Flat-hit and the ball soars to deep extra cover boundary

CSK’s bowling economy rate of 6.93 is the best among all the teams this IPL so far.

KKR’s scoring rate of 9.18 is the best among all teams this IPL.

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Narine with his languid stroll walks out on to the ground. Chris Lynn will accompany him and Deepak Chahar as always will start the proceedings for Chennai.

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A little harsh on the young Shubman Gill, who played beautifully as an opener couple of nights ago, but today with Narine and Lynn back, he has to make way. Perhaps that innings could call for a promotion. Nitish Rana’s form has gone downhill since the start of the edition, but you won’t be complaing if Narine gets a couple from the middle early in the innings.

During their last 13 toss wins, CSK have opted to bat first only twice.

KKR vs CSK Head to Head

KKR have a 7-12 record against CSK in IPL. However, CSK have lost their last five IPL matches at Kolkata.

KKR Playing XI

Sunil Narine, Chris Lynn, Robin Uthappa, Nitish Rana, Dinesh Karthik(w/c), Andre Russell, Shubman Gill, Piyush Chawla, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna, Harry Gurney

Three changes for KKR as Narine, Lynn and Gurney return to the playing XI

CSK Playing XI

Shane Watson, Faf du Plessis, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, Kedar Jadhav, MS Dhoni(w/c), Ravindra Jadeja, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Imran Tahir

KKR vs CSK Expert’s Voice

Chennai continue their quest to win on the road. They pulled off a heist against Rajasthan at Jaipur where the slow pitch wasn’t very different from what they have at home. KKR will present a different pitch and a different challenge to the defending champions. CSK don’t quite have the seam bowling might to win them games although Deepak Chahar has performed admirably so far. Chahar usually bowled out with the new ball last year but this year Dhoni has trusted him to bowl at the death as well and he hasn’t been too bad. But you can’t comment on a bowler’s death bowling credentials unless putting him through the Andre Russell test. It will be interesting to see what plans Dhoni and Fleming have against the big hitting West Indians. The conditions favour KKR, but we know CSK just knows how to find a way home from any situation.

KKR vs CSK toss result

Toss: CSK win the toss and MS Dhoni has no problems in opting to field

Virender Sehwag as always doesn’t mince words and said that CSK captain MS Dhoni should have been banned for his confrontation with the umpires during the Rajasthan Royals game. Read more here .

Simon Katich asks for improvement in umpiring standards

Kolkata Knight Riders assistant coach Simon Katich became the latest to join the bandwagon of coaches and players, who feel that standard of umpiring in the current season has left a lot to be desired. Click here to read what all Katich had to say.

Focus on MS Dhoni ahead of CSK vs KKR clash

The last match of CSK against RR would be long remembered for MS Dhoni’s rushing onto the pitch after an umpire back-tracked on his no-ball decision. Dhoni received some support from couple of cricketers and experts but was largely criticised for his actions. 

CSK batting coach Michael Hussey, however, feels that the team has moved on from the controversy and it would have no bearing on Chennai’s performance today against KKR.

“It’s (incident) like having a loss. And again, you move on to the next match as quickly as you possibly can. So to be honest, we haven’t spoken about it. It’s been dealt with and we’ve moved on,” Hussey said on the eve of their return leg match in Kolkata. Click here to read what all he had to say.

RCB captain Virat Kohli fined Rs 12 lakh

Meanwhile, RCB skipper Virat Kohli has been fined Rs 12 lakh by IPL’s governing body for slow over rate during the match against KXIP.

In the second match of the day, Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers produced a batting masterclass as RCB defeated KXIP by eight wickets. It was their first win of the season. Click here to read the report.

Two matches also took place yesterday in IPL 2019. RR took on MI while KXIP faced RCB.

In the first match, RR secured a narrow four-wicket win to stay alive in the playoffs race. While, Jost Buttler made a solid 89 to help give RR a great start in the 188-run chase, a middle-order collapse made things look tricky before Shreyas Gopal bailed them out. Click here to read the match report.

Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings latest updates

After suffering back-to-back defeats, Dinesh Karthik led Kolkata side will look to regain winning momentum against table-toppers Chennai Super Kings. Kolkata have a tough task ahead as MS Dhoni’s team have won six of the seven matches they played this season. 

Kolkata will hope that the team will not only depend on Andre Russell to get the job done. The other key players like skipper Karthik, Chris Lynn and Sunil Narine need to come up with consistent performances.

Today’s IPL match live blog between KKR vs CSK

Hello and welcome to the live coverage of the Indian Premier League match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings. 

Stay tuned as we bring all the updates from the match.