Achi news desk-
Chennai Super Kings captain Retorj Gaikwad scored a match-winning half-century against Kolkata Knight Riders. It was Chennai’s third win under Rittorj’s leadership. Chennai completed the 138-run challenge set by Kolkata for victory by losing 3 wickets on the strength of Rituraj’s unbeaten 67-run knock. Rituraj hit 9 fours in this innings of 67 runs. Rittorj has a distinguished record as captain including leading Chennai to victory.
Rituraj became the first Chennai Super Kings captain to score a half century in the last 5 years. Mahendra Singh Dhoni did this feat before Rittorj. Retorge completed his half-century against Kolkata with 7 fours at a strike rate of 111.11 in 45 balls. Rituraj finally did his thing with this half century. After Mahendra Singh Dhoni handed over the captaincy, Rituraj failed to make a big innings. But finally Rithorj scored a half-century at the home ground from Chidambaram Stadium and secured the victory.
Meanwhile, it was Chennai’s third win in 5 matches. So they have to lose in 2 games. Chennai is fourth in the points table with 6 points. Chennai’s net run rate is +0.666. Chennai will now play their next match against the Mumbai Indians on April 14. This game is going to be high tension.
Rituraj Gaikwad’s historic century
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Kolkata Knight Riders Playing XI : Shreyas Iyer (captain), Philip Salt (wicketkeeper), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Angkrish Rajovanshi, Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Ramdeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Vaibhav Arora and Varun Chakraborty.
Chennai Super Kings Playing XI: Rituraj Gaikwad (captain), Rachin Ravindra, Ajinkya Rahane, Daryl Mitchell, Sameer Rizvi, Ravindra Jadeja, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (wicketkeeper), Shardul Thakur, Mustafizur Rahman, Tusshar Deshpande and Mahesh Taksna.
