- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR7.3 sweet relief for KKR! That's a lovely bit of bowling, drift back into the batter, as the wrong'un grips and turns through the gate. Gaikwad is confounded, but he's played his part 73/112.1 open-faced drill to long-off! It was in Conway's slot, and he timed it well enough, but his direction was awry and Wiese barely needed to move on the edge of the rope. A fine knock, but it's over too soon for CSK's liking 109/217.3 the fun's over this time! Another firm strike through the line, planting the front foot, and crashing hard towards long-off... it was clearing the ropes, but it couldn't clear Roy, right back on the boundary's edge 194/319.4 another full toss, and holes out to deep square leg! It's the biggest roar of the night... because look who's padded up in the dug-out... but the umpire is checking for the no-ball... this could be scenes if Kolkata is denied its glimpse of Dhoni! Below waist height! Ecstacy in the stands! 232/4Extras3 (nb 1, w 2)TOTAL235/4 (20 Overs, RR: 11.75)Fall of wickets: 1-73 (Ruturaj Gaikwad, 7.3 ov), 2-109 (Devon Conway, 12.1 ov), 3-194 (Shivam Dube, 17.3 ov), 4-232 (Ravindra Jadeja, 19.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB UT Yadav 3 0 35 0 11.66 7 3 3 0 0 D Wiese 3 0 38 0 12.66 3 3 2 0 0 CV Varun 4 0 49 1 12.25 8 2 5 0 0 K Khejroliya 3 0 44 2 14.66 5 2 4 0 1 SP Narine 2 0 23 0 11.50 3 1 2 0 0 Suyash Sharma 4 0 29 1 7.25 8 2 1 0 0 AD Russell 1 0 17 0 17.00 0 1 1 2 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR1.2 Flashed to square-ish third. Jadeja runs in, slides on his knees, and snags it coolly at deep third. On a length and swings away outside off, Jagadeesan stays leg-side of the ball and slices it in the air. Jadeja makes this catch look ridiculously easy. Deshpande also strikes in his first over 1/20.4 Swing and a miss. Swing and a miss. Castled next ball. Narine dashes out of the crease, swishes and misses the ball by a long way. Slanting in from left-arm over and pinging the top of off stump. KKR's top-order troubles continue 1/17.1 and Moeen strikes first ball. The finger goes up. Iyer chats with his captain and asks for a review. Chants of "CSK CSK CSK!" ring around the Eden. Full and sliding in at off from round the stumps. A bit too full for the sweep. Ultra Edge doesn't detect any bat on ball. Flat line as ball passes bat. It would've crashed into middle stump 46/38.2 Jadeja has been good against left-handers too this IPL. He has another one holing out. Gaikwad takes it at deep midwicket. Rushes onto Rana outside off. He can only drag the slog-sweep to Gaikwad 70/414.3 Theekshana, you beauty! There's the carrom ball or rather the reverse carrom. And there's the archer celebration. It dips underneath his bat and straightens after pitching to knock over the middle stump. Theekshana is pumped 135/516.4 The young Sri Lankans are doing the tough job for CSK. Theekshana knocked over Roy. Pathirana now has Russell holing out. Dhoni puts his arm on Pathirana's shoulder and has a chat with him. This was the slower ball, he hides it away from the reach of Russell. He still has a hack at it and skies it to Dube at deep midwicket. Game over for KKR? 162/617.3 slower offcutter from Deshpande, 118.6ks, Wiese is early into the slog and misses. Not given out lbw. This is close and Dhoni has asked for a review of the on-field not-out decision. No bat involved. Ball-tracking suggests it would have hit leg stump. Dhoni gets it right once again 171/718.3 Caught at long-on. Conway dives forward from long-on and snags it. Good night for Conway. Good night for Theekshana. Another fast dart on the stumps, heaved in the air. There's the archer celebration again 180/8Extras10 (lb 1, w 9)TOTAL186/8 (20 Overs, RR: 9.3)Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Sunil Narine, 0.4 ov), 2-1 (Narayan Jagadeesan, 1.2 ov), 3-46 (Venkatesh Iyer, 7.1 ov), 4-70 (Nitish Rana, 8.2 ov), 5-135 (Jason Roy, 14.3 ov), 6-162 (Andre Russell, 16.4 ov), 7-171 (David Wiese, 17.3 ov), 8-180 (Umesh Yadav, 18.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Akash Singh 4 0 29 1 7.25 13 4 1 1 0 TU Deshpande 4 0 43 2 10.75 12 3 3 4 0 M Theekshana 4 0 32 2 8.00 8 3 1 1 0 MM Ali 1 0 20 1 20.00 1 0 3 0 0 RA Jadeja 3 0 34 1 11.33 5 2 3 0 0 M Pathirana 4 0 27 1 6.75 11 2 1 3 0
Match Details
Toss
Kolkata Knight Riders , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
23 April 2023 - 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 - 59 runs, 0 wicket)
- Chennai Super Kings: 50 runs in 5.2 overs (32 balls), Extras 0
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 32 balls (RD Gaikwad 15, DP Conway 35, Ex 0)
- Strategic Timeout: Chennai Super Kings - 73/1 in 7.3 overs (DP Conway 38)
- DP Conway: 50 off 34 balls (3 x 4, 3 x 6)
- Chennai Super Kings: 100 runs in 10.5 overs (65 balls), Extras 0
- Over 11.1: Review by Kolkata Knight Riders (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Tapan Sharma, Batter - AM Rahane (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- Chennai Super Kings: 150 runs in 14.1 overs (85 balls), Extras 0
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 16 balls (AM Rahane 19, S Dube 31, Ex 0)
- Strategic Timeout: Chennai Super Kings - 169/2 in 16.0 overs (AM Rahane 38, S Dube 40)
- AM Rahane: 50 off 24 balls (4 x 4, 3 x 6)
- S Dube: 50 off 20 balls (2 x 4, 5 x 6)
- Chennai Super Kings: 200 runs in 18.1 overs (109 balls), Extras 2
- Over 19.4: Review by Chennai Super Kings (Batting), Decision Challenged - NoBall, Umpire - Tapan Sharma, Batter - MS Dhoni (Upheld)
- Innings Break: Chennai Super Kings - 235/4 in 20.0 overs (AM Rahane 71, MS Dhoni 2)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 38 runs, 2 wickets)
- Over 7.1: Review by Kolkata Knight Riders (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Nitin Menon, Batter - VR Iyer (Struck down)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 50 runs in 7.4 overs (46 balls), Extras 3
- Strategic Timeout: Kolkata Knight Riders - 70/4 in 8.2 overs (JJ Roy 19)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 100 runs in 11.2 overs (68 balls), Extras 4
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 28 balls (JJ Roy 28, RK Singh 20, Ex 2)
- JJ Roy: 50 off 19 balls (3 x 4, 5 x 6)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 150 runs in 15.5 overs (95 balls), Extras 7
- Strategic Timeout: Kolkata Knight Riders - 156/5 in 16.0 overs (RK Singh 31, AD Russell 9)
- Over 17.3: Review by Chennai Super Kings (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Nitin Menon, Batter - D Wiese (Upheld)
- RK Singh: 50 off 30 balls (3 x 4, 4 x 6)
- Over 19.4: Review by Kolkata Knight Riders (Batting), Decision Challenged - NoBall, Umpire - Nitin Menon, Batter - RK Singh (Struck down)
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