Vikrant Shekhawat : Apr 21, 2021, 11:41 PM
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) have scored a hat-trick of wins. The team defeated Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) by 18 runs in the 15th match of IPL 2021. With this win, CSK reached number-1 in the points table. In the match, opener Rituraj Gaikwad scored his fourth in IPL and Faf Duplessis placed 17th FIFTY. At the same time, fast bowler Deepak Chahar won the team with 4 wickets.Batting first after losing the toss, Chennai gave the Kolkata team a target of 221 runs. In response, the Kolkata team could score only 202 runs and lost their third consecutive match. All-rounder Andre Russell hit a 22-ball 54. He hit 6 sixes. Dinesh Karthik smashed 40 runs off 24 balls. This was Karthik's 200th match in the IPL.Pat Cummins finally hit an unbeaten 66 off 34 balls. Due to being a team allout, they could not win. Kolkata needed 19 runs off 5 balls until the match was over. Apart from Deepak for Chennai, Lungi Ngidi took 3 and Sam Karan took one wicket.
Even the innings of Andre Russell and Pat Cummins could not win Kolkata
Kolkata team got off to a poor start after chasing a target of 221 runs. The team lost one wicket in the very first over.Opener Shubman Gill returned to the pavilion without opening an account after playing a ball. Deepak Chahar got him caught by Engidi.Deepak gave the second setback to the KKR team at a score of 17. He also sent opener Nitish Rana to the pavilion for 9 runs.Half of Kolkata's team returned to the pavilion by coming on for 31 runs. Deepak hunted 4 players.The pacer bowled out Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, ON Morgan and Sunil Narine. Lungi Ngidi gave the 5th blow.Engidi, playing the first match of the season, sent Rahul Tripathi to the pavilion for 8 runs. CSK team captain and wicketkeeper Dhoni took 3 catches.Dhoni catches Rana, Tripathi and Morgan. Amid consecutive wickets falling, Dinesh Karthik and Andre Russell took the team score to 50 in the 7th over.Russell and Karthik partnered 81 runs off 39 balls for the sixth wicket. Kolkata got the sixth blow on the score of 112.Fast bowling all-rounder Sam Karan bowled Russell cleanly. The team lost the 7th wicket at a score of 146. Karthik was LBWed by Engidi.Engidi gave the Kolkata team the 8th blow at a score of 176. He sent Kamlesh Nagerkoti to the pavilion without opening an account.Pat Cummins held one end and continued to hit big hits. In the 18th over, he made his second fifty in the IPL.In the last over, the team needed 20 runs to win and one wicket left. At the same time, the famous Krishna was runout after taking 2 runs and the KKR team lost the match.Russell got a liveAndre Russell got a life on the third ball of the 10th over. Shardul had an over and Moin Ali missed the catch at the boundary. At this time Russell was playing for 35 runs.
Rituraj and Duplessis's first Fifty in the season
Chennai Super Kings scored 220 runs losing 3 wickets. Opener Rituraj Gaikwad made his fourth appearance in IPL and Faf Duplessis placed 17th FIFTY. Duplessis scored 95 off 60 balls and Rituraj scored 64 off 42 balls. It was also their first FIFTY in the season. Moin Ali, who came in to bat at number three, scored 25 runs off 12 balls.
Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni came out to bat at number-4 for the first time in the season and scored 17 runs. For Kolkata, Varun Chakraborty, Sunil Narine and Andre Russell took 1–1 wickets.
Centenary opening partnership for Chennai for the first time in the season
Chennai Super Kings got off to a brisk start. Opener Faf Duplessis completed a 50-run partnership with Rituraj Gaikwad off 33 balls.Rituraj completed his first in the season and fourth in the IPL in the 11th over. In the next over, the team's score reached 100 runs.This is the first time this season that Chennai openers have scored a century partnership. The team got its first blow at a score of 115.Rituraj was caught on the boundary off Varun Chakraborty's ball. In the same over, Duplessis also completed his 17th FIFT of the IPL.Duplessis held one end and led the innings with Moin Ali. Together, they had added 50 runs on 24 balls.Chennai got the second blow on the score of 165. Sunil Narine sent Moeen Ali to the pavilion for 25 runs. Karthik stumps him out.Captain Dhoni came out to bat at number-4 and led the innings with Duplessis. The team crossed the 200 score in the 19th over.The team got its third setback at a score of 201. Dhoni returned to the pavilion after scoring 17 runs off 8 balls.
Even the innings of Andre Russell and Pat Cummins could not win Kolkata
Kolkata team got off to a poor start after chasing a target of 221 runs. The team lost one wicket in the very first over.Opener Shubman Gill returned to the pavilion without opening an account after playing a ball. Deepak Chahar got him caught by Engidi.Deepak gave the second setback to the KKR team at a score of 17. He also sent opener Nitish Rana to the pavilion for 9 runs.Half of Kolkata's team returned to the pavilion by coming on for 31 runs. Deepak hunted 4 players.The pacer bowled out Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, ON Morgan and Sunil Narine. Lungi Ngidi gave the 5th blow.Engidi, playing the first match of the season, sent Rahul Tripathi to the pavilion for 8 runs. CSK team captain and wicketkeeper Dhoni took 3 catches.Dhoni catches Rana, Tripathi and Morgan. Amid consecutive wickets falling, Dinesh Karthik and Andre Russell took the team score to 50 in the 7th over.Russell and Karthik partnered 81 runs off 39 balls for the sixth wicket. Kolkata got the sixth blow on the score of 112.Fast bowling all-rounder Sam Karan bowled Russell cleanly. The team lost the 7th wicket at a score of 146. Karthik was LBWed by Engidi.Engidi gave the Kolkata team the 8th blow at a score of 176. He sent Kamlesh Nagerkoti to the pavilion without opening an account.Pat Cummins held one end and continued to hit big hits. In the 18th over, he made his second fifty in the IPL.In the last over, the team needed 20 runs to win and one wicket left. At the same time, the famous Krishna was runout after taking 2 runs and the KKR team lost the match.Russell got a liveAndre Russell got a life on the third ball of the 10th over. Shardul had an over and Moin Ali missed the catch at the boundary. At this time Russell was playing for 35 runs.
Rituraj and Duplessis's first Fifty in the season
Chennai Super Kings scored 220 runs losing 3 wickets. Opener Rituraj Gaikwad made his fourth appearance in IPL and Faf Duplessis placed 17th FIFTY. Duplessis scored 95 off 60 balls and Rituraj scored 64 off 42 balls. It was also their first FIFTY in the season. Moin Ali, who came in to bat at number three, scored 25 runs off 12 balls.
Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni came out to bat at number-4 for the first time in the season and scored 17 runs. For Kolkata, Varun Chakraborty, Sunil Narine and Andre Russell took 1–1 wickets.
Centenary opening partnership for Chennai for the first time in the season
Chennai Super Kings got off to a brisk start. Opener Faf Duplessis completed a 50-run partnership with Rituraj Gaikwad off 33 balls.Rituraj completed his first in the season and fourth in the IPL in the 11th over. In the next over, the team's score reached 100 runs.This is the first time this season that Chennai openers have scored a century partnership. The team got its first blow at a score of 115.Rituraj was caught on the boundary off Varun Chakraborty's ball. In the same over, Duplessis also completed his 17th FIFT of the IPL.Duplessis held one end and led the innings with Moin Ali. Together, they had added 50 runs on 24 balls.Chennai got the second blow on the score of 165. Sunil Narine sent Moeen Ali to the pavilion for 25 runs. Karthik stumps him out.Captain Dhoni came out to bat at number-4 and led the innings with Duplessis. The team crossed the 200 score in the 19th over.The team got its third setback at a score of 201. Dhoni returned to the pavilion after scoring 17 runs off 8 balls.