- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR12.2 hauled to deep midwicket, where Cummins takes it. He slog-sweeps it in the air, the outfielder runs in, slides on his knees, and snaffles it. Raina gives the outgoing Gaikwad a high-five. Pushed through outside off, Gaikwad gets hold of the slog, but can't clear Cummins 115/116.3 four, six, and out! Moeen ventures down the track and swings hard to the leg side again. Narine pulls his length back and brings this back into the left-hander. He misses, DK gathers it and takes the bails off. End of a charming cameo from Moeen 165/218.6 scythed flat and hard. Morgan swoops to his left and pulls off an outstanding catch. Wide yorker from Russell, Dhoni reaches out for the ball, hits it hard, and holes out for 17 off 8 balls. 15 off the over, though 201/3Extras13 (nb 3, w 10)TOTAL220/3 (20 Overs, RR: 11)Fall of wickets: 1-115 (Ruturaj Gaikwad, 12.2 ov), 2-165 (Moeen Ali, 16.3 ov), 3-201 (MS Dhoni, 18.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB CV Varun 4 0 27 1 6.75 8 2 1 0 0 PJ Cummins 4 0 58 0 14.50 5 4 4 3 0 SP Narine 4 0 34 1 8.50 10 4 1 0 1 M Prasidh Krishna 4 0 49 0 12.25 10 4 3 1 2 AD Russell 2 0 27 1 13.50 4 4 1 2 0 KL Nagarkoti 2 0 25 0 12.50 2 1 2 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR2.5 Ngidi runs in from long leg. Dhoni runs across to his left and settles under this skier near the square-leg region. He takes it after a brief stumble. This was on a length and swinging into the pads. Instead of putting it away to the fence, Rana skews it in the air off a leading edge and gives his wicket away 17/20.4 slashed straight to deep third man. Short and wide of off, Gill chucks his hands at the ball and holes out to Ngidi who takes a couple of steps forward and snaffles it. Gill goes for a golden duck 1/15.2 KKR are five down and sinking. Banged in short and keeps coming back into Tripathi with the sharp angle from over the wicket. Too close to the body for the late cut/attempted ramp. Tripathi leans back and simply guides it into the gloves of Dhoni 31/54.3 Chahar comes back and has Morgan nicking off. He celebrates it with a big roar. Nicely pitched up, angling away and swinging away outside off. Morgan flashes a drive and edges behind to Dhoni 27/34.6 Jadeja springs into the action. He throws himself to his right from short cover and makes this catch look ridiculously easy. This why Chahar wants 11 Jadejas in the field. Chahar immediately drags his length back and adjusts his line. He targets the stumps, Narine makes some swinging room and slaps it to Jadeja 31/414.6 Ngidi is showcasing his variations. He traps DK lbw, the batter calls for a review. DK uses his feet, Ngidi slips in the big dipper. This is a low full-toss straight out of the Bravo playbook. Pings the back leg and this is crashing into leg stump. DK has to go 146/711.2 Sam Curran: Makes things happen! Russell leaves it and gives Curran free access to his leg stump. Russell was thinking Curran would go full and wide like Thakur did last over. However, he hits a back of a length, Russell swerves outside off, doesn't offer a shot, and is castled. Or maybe Russell was thinking it would slant down the leg side. Anyway, smart stuff from Curran 112/616.2 The South African pair combine to get rid of Nagarkoti. Du Plessis dives forward and takes it. Back of a length on middle, Ngidi hits the hard length once again. The line is on middle. The bat-face turns on impact as Nagarkoti holes out for a duck 176/818.3 overpitched and outside off, belted straight of long-off. There's no second here, but Varun sacrifices his wicket to bring the big-hitting Cummins back on strike. Varun is caught short on the second. Nice, flat throw from Chahar 200/919.1 Krishna is caught short on the second. Another run-out from Chahar does it for CSK. The TV umpire confirms it. Heartbreak for Cummins and KKR. Joy for CSK. Thakur searches for the wide yorker, comes out as a low full-toss. It's still a hard-to-hit low full-toss. Plinked down to long-off. Chahar runs across, swoops down on the ball, throws it to Thakur. The seamer holds his nerve, gathers the ball cleanly, and flips the bails off to catch Krishna short. Krishna stumbled on the first and wasn't quick enough in the end. CSK jump to the top of the points table 202/10Extras14 (b 4, lb 2, nb 1, w 7)TOTAL202 all out (19.1 Overs, RR: 10.53)Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Shubman Gill, 0.4 ov), 2-17 (Nitish Rana, 2.5 ov), 3-27 (Eoin Morgan, 4.3 ov), 4-31 (Sunil Narine, 4.6 ov), 5-31 (Rahul Tripathi, 5.2 ov), 6-112 (Andre Russell, 11.2 ov), 7-146 (Dinesh Karthik, 14.6 ov), 8-176 (Kamlesh Nagarkoti, 16.2 ov), 9-200 (Varun Chakravarthy, 18.3 ov), 10-202 (Prasidh Krishna, 19.1 ov)
Match Details
Toss
Kolkata Knight Riders , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
21 April 2021 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Chennai Super Kings 2, Kolkata Knight Riders 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 54 runs, 0 wicket)
- Chennai Super Kings: 50 runs in 5.3 overs (33 balls), Extras 0
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 33 balls (RD Gaikwad 22, F du Plessis 28, Ex 0)
- Strategic Timeout: Chennai Super Kings - 54/0 in 6.0 overs (RD Gaikwad 23, F du Plessis 30)
- RD Gaikwad: 50 off 33 balls (5 x 4, 3 x 6)
- Chennai Super Kings: 100 runs in 11.2 overs (68 balls), Extras 1
- 1st Wicket: 100 runs in 68 balls (RD Gaikwad 55, F du Plessis 46, Ex 1)
- F du Plessis: 50 off 35 balls (4 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Strategic Timeout: Chennai Super Kings - 121/1 in 13.0 overs (F du Plessis 53, MM Ali 1)
- Chennai Super Kings: 150 runs in 15.1 overs (93 balls), Extras 9
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 24 balls (F du Plessis 19, MM Ali 25, Ex 6)
- Chennai Super Kings: 200 runs in 18.5 overs (116 balls), Extras 12
- Innings Break: Chennai Super Kings - 220/3 in 20.0 overs (F du Plessis 95, RA Jadeja 6)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 45 runs, 5 wickets)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 50 runs in 6.3 overs (39 balls), Extras 3
- Strategic Timeout: Kolkata Knight Riders - 66/5 in 8.0 overs (KD Karthik 12, AD Russell 23)
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 23 balls (KD Karthik 17, AD Russell 31, Ex 2)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 100 runs in 10.1 overs (61 balls), Extras 5
- AD Russell: 50 off 21 balls (3 x 4, 6 x 6)
- Over 14.6: Review by Kolkata Knight Riders (Batting), Umpire - PR Reiffel, Batsman - KD Karthik (Struck down)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 150 runs in 15.2 overs (93 balls), Extras 6
- Strategic Timeout: Kolkata Knight Riders - 176/7 in 16.0 overs (PJ Cummins 48, KL Nagarkoti 0)
- PJ Cummins: 50 off 23 balls (3 x 4, 5 x 6)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 200 runs in 18.3 overs (112 balls), Extras 13
Match Coverage
All Match NewsCovid-19: Dhoni's parents hospitalised; 'support has been set up', says CSK coach Fleming
"We have that responsibility to make sure that he's got the support he needs and we hope that his family recovers quickly"
Stats: All the records Pat Cummins and KKR raked up in their stunning rearguard
Also in the record books tonight: Chahar for a high, and Curran for a low
MS Dhoni on facing up to the Russell-Cummins rampage: 'Not much you can really do'
KKR captain Morgan said that from 31 for 5 in the chase, he didn't expect the game to go so close
Deepar Chahar makes it CSK's night despite stunning Andre Russell and Pat Cummins counterattacks
Chennai Super Kings' big total set up by century stand between openers Faf du Plessis and Ruturaj Gaikwad
Super Kings look well-placed to hand fragile Knight Riders third loss in a row
CSK might want to replace Gaikwad with Uthappa, while Narine could get a look-in for KKR