END OF OVER:20 | 17 Runs 1 Wkt | CSK: 235/4 | RR: 11.75
- MS Dhoni2 (3b)
- Ajinkya Rahane71 (29b)
- Kulwant Khejroliya3-0-44-2
- Varun Chakravarthy4-0-49-1
9.21pm Well, that was quite something! A riot of runs all down the order (almost)... and KKR will have quite the challenge to stay afloat in this chase, let alone hunt it down. Deiva will be here shortly.
Here's Dube on a demolition job: "I am enjoying the sixes this time, going well from my side. That's my role, to take the bowlers on and get the strike rate on the higher side, enjoying my role. I've played those spinners in the past and struggled but I had better thoughts in my mind today. Jinks was rotating the strike and being with him helps you play better and maintain your shape. Definitely, with our bowling, it's more than enough."
Hemanth : "In an innings where everyone else hit at least a couple of sixers, MSD is the only one not to hit any, and that is despite having faced 3 balls!" Only two legal ones, to be fair...
Prathab : "18 sixes to follow that crazy 6 hitting day at chinnasamy. This CSK is crazy."
So... two balls for Dhoni, with a sea of yellow making Eden Gardens look like a garden of daffodils [insert preferred yellow flower... my knowledge is limited]
RA Jadeja c Singh b Khejroliya 18 (13m 8b 0x4 2x6) SR: 225.00
Karthik: "Jaddu does not tee-off from ball 1, Moeen would have been better option at this stage." [shrugs innocently]
END OF OVER:19 | 19 Runs | CSK: 218/3 | RR: 11.47
- Ajinkya Rahane71 (29b)
- Ravindra Jadeja4 (4b)
- Varun Chakravarthy4-0-49-1
- Kulwant Khejroliya2-0-27-1
This is some staggering hitting... did I say 230? 240 is the new benchmark!
END OF OVER:18 | 13 Runs 1 Wkt | CSK: 199/3 | RR: 11.05
- Ajinkya Rahane55 (25b)
- Ravindra Jadeja1 (2b)
- Kulwant Khejroliya2-0-27-1
- Andre Russell1-0-17-0
Vishnu Reddy: "Minimum of 3 sixes from all csk batsman so far however, Devon Convey strike rate of 140 could cost the game. " I dunno... there's not much more he could have done at the top of the innings. Someone's got to set the tempo
So, it will be Jaddu to get first dibs at the death.
S Dube c Roy b Khejroliya 50 (31m 21b 2x4 5x6) SR: 238.09
SamC: "These 2 batsman are such opposites in EVERYTHING! except maybe their demeanour...just shows that you can have technique and play t20 and you can have brute power and play t20"
END OF OVER:17 | 17 Runs | CSK: 186/2 | RR: 10.94
- Ajinkya Rahane51 (24b)
- Shivam Dube42 (18b)
- Andre Russell1-0-17-0
- Suyash Sharma4-0-29-1
Well... what's the limit from here? 220? 230? Everything must go, clearly!
Samraat: "This must be among the rare innings where all the top 4 batters have struck over 35 runs at 140 or above. Impressive!"