Kolkata won by Rinku-Nitish's Fifty - Chennai's wait extended in the playoffs

CSK vs KKR: Kolkata Knight Riders have won an easy 6-wicket victory over Chennai Super Kings in the 61st match of the Indian Premier League 2023. The team achieved the target of 145 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in 18.3 overs. With this victory, Kolkata has extended the wait for Chennai to enter the playoffs. Not only this, the team captained by Nitish Rana has also kept their hopes alive. KKR has won its sixth win in 13 matches. He has 12 points in his account.

Batting after winning the toss, the hosts scored 144 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs at the Chepauk Stadium.

Chennai wickets fell like this

First: On the sixth ball of the first over, Deepak Chahar got Gurbaj caught by Tushar Deshpande.

Second: On the 5th ball of the third over, Deepak Chahar got Venkatesh Iyer caught by Jadeja.

Third: On the third ball of the 5th over, Deepak Chahar got Jason Roy caught by Pathirana.

Fourth: Rinku Singh got runout on the first ball of the 18th over.

Kolkata got three shocks

Chasing a target of 145, Kolkata suffered three setbacks in the powerplay. The team has scored 46 runs in 6 overs. The team has been given all three setbacks.

Fifty missed Shivam Dubey, Chennai scored 144 runs

Batting after winning the toss, Chennai scored 144 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs. Shivam Dubey scored an innings of 48 runs off 34 balls, while opener Deven Conway was dismissed after scoring 30 runs.

Varun Chakraborty and Sunil Narine took two wickets each from Kolkata.

This is how the wickets of Chennai fell.

First: On the third ball of the fourth over, Varun Chakraborty got Rituraj Gaikwad caught by Vaibhav Arora.

Second: On the last ball of the 8th over, Varun Chakraborty got Ajinkya Rahane caught by Jason Roy.

Third: The third ball of the 10th over was bowled short pitch by Shardul Thakur. Devon Conway is caught at deep square leg. He scored 30 runs.

Fourth: Sunil Narine bowled the first ball of the 11th over on a good length. Ambati Rayudu went to sweep but got bowled. He scored 4 runs.

Fifth: Sunil Narine bowled Moin Ali on the last ball of the 11th over.

Sixth: On the fourth ball of the 20th over, Vaibhav Arora got Ravindra Jadeja caught by Varun Chakraborty.

Chennai lost 3 wickets in 10 balls

After a steady start in the powerplay, Chennai lost 5 wickets in 11 overs. The team lost 3 wickets in just 10 balls. Shardul Thakur got Devon Conway caught out on the third ball of the 10th over. Then on the first and last ball of the very next over, Sunil Narine bowled Ambati Rayudu and Moin Ali and gave the fifth blow to Chennai.

CSK scored 52 runs in powerplay, also lost one wicket

Chennai's game in Powerplay was average. The team scored 52 runs for one wicket in 6 overs. Opener Rituraj Gaikwad was dismissed after scoring 17 runs. He was dismissed by Varun Chakraborty.

Playing XI of both the teams...

Kolkata Knight Riders: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Jason Roy, Nitish Rana (c), Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Shardul Thakur, Sunil Narine, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana, Suyash Sharma and Varun Chakraborty.

Impact Players: Venkatesh Iyer, Anukul Roy, N Jagadeesan, Umesh Yadav and Lockie Ferguson.

Chennai Super Kings: Rituraj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Ajinkya Rahane, Ambati Rayudu, Shivam Dube, Moeen Ali, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (Wicketkeeper & Captain), Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande and Mahish Teekshana.

Impact Players: Mathisha Pathirana, Nishant Sindhu, Subhranshu Senapati, Shaik Rashid and Akash Singh.