Chennai Super Kings (CSK) registered their third successive win after overcoming a spirited Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) unit in Match 15 of the VIVO Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 in Mumbai on Wednesday.
Faf du Plessis scored an unbeaten 95 while Deepak Chahar picked 4/29 as CSK held their nerves against KKR in a run-fest.
This nail-biting clash is really a run-fest in this IPL. If we talk about the total runs scored in this match by both of the teams, then the only thing we can see is a mountain of runs. 422 runs totally scored in this match. A number of sixes are also a notable figure in this match because the mountain of runs is made with the help of a total of 26 massive sixes in this match. The contribution of both teams is almost equal. Because 12 sixes are scored by CSK and the rest of the sixes are scored by KKR batsmen.
Meanwhile, Chasing a mammoth target of 221, KKR didn’t get the desired start. They lost Shubman Gill in the first over after the right-hander produced a thick edge that traveled straight to the third man, giving Chahar his first wicket of the match.
Nitish Rana creamed two boundaries before he made his way back to the pavilion. The left-hander hit the ball in the air and the CSK skipper MS Dhoni safely collected the ball as Chahar picked his second wicket.
The right-arm pacer was back to bowl the fifth over and struck twice to get the big wicket of KKR skipper Eoin Morgan and then of Sunil Narine. While Morgan edged one to Dhoni, Narine was dismissed to a sensational catch from Ravindra Jadeja in the circle.
With 31/4 after 5 overs and Andre Russell and Dinesh Karthik at the crease, KKR batsmen had no options but back their natural abilities in order to get close to the steep target.
Russell started the exploits in the sixth over after the right-hander smashed two fours and a six off Ngidi and gave a hint of what’s coming next in the upcoming overs. Karthik also didn’t hold back and smashed Chahar for a massive six in the eighth over followed by a four off Jadeja.
Russell then hammered 24 runs off the ninth over bowled by Shardul Thakur where the West-Indian all-rounder tanked three sixes and a four as KKR moved to 97/5 after the end of 10 overs
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The Karthik-Russell duo then added 14 off the Jadeja over and with Russell taking advantage of the free-hit with a gigantic six and notching up his half-century in style, off just 21 deliveries.
Sam Curran returned into the attack in the 12th over and put an anticlimactic end to the Russell show after the right-hander was bowled around his legs. Karthik though carried on the hustle and hit a four and a six in the same over.
Pat Cummins, who had replaced Russell in the middle, was on the move and was dealing in boundaries from the other end but Karthik got dismissed after he completely misjudged the slower delivery from Ngidi and was out LBW.
However, Cummins had his plans in place and scored 30 runs off the 16th over by Curran that included four sixes and a four in the cleanest form of striking the ball.
Ngidi, who bowled the 17th over of the innings scalped the wicket of Kamlesh Nagarkoti before Cummins reached his half-century in 23 balls.
With 28 required off the final two, Cummins started the over with a maximum but lost yet another partner in an attempt to take a double as KKR lost their ninth wicket.
KKR required 20 off the final over. CSK, on the very first delivery, completed a run-out on the non-striker’s end and managed to defend the total in the end.
