With this win, Chennai reached the highest of the factors desk and now have 5 wins of their 7 matches. Whereas Kolkata is at eighth place with simply 2 wins in 7 matches.
The CSK batsmen hit 18 sixes in whole, highlighting the plight of the KKR bowlers in entrance of the Eden crowd, which was drenched in a sea of yellow. Rahane’s half century devon conway And Shivam Dube bundled out Chennai for 235 for 4 and in reply Kolkata might solely handle 186 for 8 of their 20 overs.
Rahane displayed sensational stroke-play, which was complemented by the muscular Dubey (50 off 21 balls) and the relentless Conway (56 off 40 balls) with CSK on par.
With Jason Roy pulling a hamstring whereas fielding, the chase was unimaginable and the younger tempo trio of Akash Singh (1/29 in 4 overs), Mathisha Pathirana (1/27 in 4 overs) and Tushar Deshpande (2/43) Was. 4 overs) Skilled spinners Moeen Ali (1/20 in 1 over), Mahesh Tixhana (2/32 in 4 overs) and Ravindra Jadeja (1/34 in 3 overs) efficiently restricted KKR.
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Roy (61 from 26 balls), who got here in at No.5 attributable to a hamstring niggle, adopted up his effort with a 19-ball half-century, however 236 would have been a tall order even with the most effective of a batting line-up.
The win took CSK to the highest of the desk with 10 factors from seven matches, whereas KKR are actually eighth amongst 10 groups after struggling their fifth loss on the midway stage.
So as to add insult to harm, KKR acquired no house help because the 67,000-capacity Eden Stand resembled sunflowers within the type of ‘canary yellow’ jerseys filling each nook of the venue.
They got here for the ‘Final Dance’ of their darling Mahendra Singh Dhoni and CSK did not disappoint them both.
However the credit score goes to Rahane, who surprises everybody along with his constructive intent day-after-day. Rahane makes up for what KL Rahul lacks, however maybe Dhoni’s presence in that dug-out is proving to be the deciding issue.
Rahane 2.0
It was exhausting to fathom that the identical Rahane had scored simply 133 runs in seven matches at a strike price of underneath 104 for KKR final season.
However Rahane appeared to have gotten a brand new lease of life after being led by the charismatic Dhoni as he continued his fiery run for CSK along with his second half-century of the season.
Lengthy touted as a Take a look at batsman, the 34-year-old produced some never-seen-before scoop pictures, ruthless pulls alongside along with his signature drives, en path to his second half-century of the season.
Total, he hit six fours and 5 sixes in his 29-ball innings with a strike price of over 244. His half-century got here in simply 24 balls. His match strike-rate is slightly below 190 amongst specialist batsmen who’ve confronted not less than 100 balls.
In all, the CSK batsmen hit 18 sixes, highlighting the plight of the KKR bowlers in entrance of the gang, which was like enjoying a “house away from house” for them.
On a day, as Eden was submerged in a sea of yellow, with KKR bowlers working for canopy, Kiwi opener Devon Conway as soon as once more smashed a 40-ball 56, his fourth half-century of the season.
Conway as soon as once more discovered a superb ally in Ruturaj Gaikwad (35; 20b) because the duo put collectively 73 runs (45b) for the opening wicket, earlier than Rahane unleashed his fury in his new avatar.
There was a short comfort for KKR when the spin duo of Suyash Sharma and Varun Chakravarthy eliminated Conway and Gaikwad respectively inside 37 runs.
With the CSK run-rate going into under-nine overs, Shivam Dube (50; 21b, 2×4, 5×6) and Rahane seized the momentum with an 85-run partnership (32b).
Each hit 4 sixes and a 4 to extend the run price.
It was Dube who introduced up his 20-ball fifty in opposition to Varun Chakravarthy, which can also be his second this season.
Rahane then took his Indian teammate Yadav to the clear bowled with two sixes together with a scoop, adopted by an excellent cowl drive.
KKR’s baffling crew mixture technique of benching Shardul Thakur and making debut for David Wiese proved to be an eyesore.
Kulwant Khejroliya, who was introduced in as Thakur’s substitute, took two wickets however conceded 44 runs in his two overs.
Sunil Narine was additionally an enormous miss for KKR as he went for 23 runs in his two overs with out taking a wicket.
KKR received maintain of CSK’s innings because of Umesh Yadav’s five-run first over.
But earlier than opening his account, Conway was relieved when Wiese took a return catch off his personal bowling.
Thereafter, it was all about CSK who lower unfastened after Wiese with the Kiwi opener hitting him for a six and scoring 14 runs within the subsequent over.
His opening companion, Gaikwad, additionally equaled Conway in stroke-making as CSK reached 59 for no loss within the powerplay.
These two as soon as once more put collectively an ideal platform in a 73-run opening stand (45b) for the likes of Rahane and Dubey to complete with a rousing spirit.
(With inputs from PTI)
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