Chennai halted Kolkata’s winning run, and CSK won at home. Achi-News

KKR, who have won three matches in a row, had to face a tough fight against Chennai. After losing the toss and batting first, Kolkata could only set an easy target of 137 runs, losing 9 wickets in the allotted 20 overs. Chennai Super Kings managed to make full use of the home advantage in this match held at the M.Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. Kolkata’s batsmen marched on the pavilion unanswered against Ravindra Jadeja’s bowling. Finally chasing an easy target given by KKR, Chennai Super Kings scored 141 runs for the loss of 3 wickets in 17.4 overs and registered a huge win by 7 wickets.

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Also, the Chennai team did not start well as they chased an easy target given by Kolkata Knight Riders. Rachin Ravindra, who came in as opener, went for 15 runs in 8 balls with 3 fours. But then Rotoraj Gaikwada and Darrell Mitchell batted well. Darrell Mitchell scored 25 runs in 19 balls with 1 six and 1 boundary, but captain Ruturaj Gaikwad ran away with an impressive half-century. Ruto scored 67 runs in 58 balls with 9 fours, Shivam Dhobi who was brilliant ended up scoring 28 runs in 18 balls with 3 sixes and 1 four and in the end MS Dhoni scored 1 run in 3 balls.

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Chennai captain Ruturaj Gaikwad won the toss and elected to bowl first when KKR opener Phil Salt caught Jadeja on the first ball of the match and went into the pavilion. Later, Sunil Narine and Rajovanshi gave a small boost to Kolkata’s innings. The duo of Narine and Rajovanshi scored 56 runs and lost one wicket in the first 6 overs.

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But Ravindra Jadeja, who came to bowl after the powerplay, led to Kolkata’s downfall. Jadeja dismissed two batsmen who were settled. First Sunil Narine and then Abhishek Rajovanshi managed to pick up wickets. This time, Sunil Narine scored 27 runs in 20 balls while Rajovanshi scored 24 runs in 18 balls. Another reliable Kolkata batsman, Venkatesh Iyer, also fell prey to Jadeja. Jadeja took 3 wickets for just 18 runs in 4 overs.