KKR vs CSK / Shreyas Iyer was under stress till MS Dhoni was at the crease KKR captain himself said this after the match

KKR vs CSK | Shreyas Iyer-led Kolkata Knight Riders started IPL 2022 with a win. Taking revenge for the defeat of the IPL 2021 final, KKR defeated Chennai by 6 wickets in the very first match. Batting first, CSK had set a target of 132 runs in front of Kolkata, which the team achieved with 9 balls to spare. For Chennai, Mahendra Singh Dhoni played an unbeaten innings of 50 runs and took the team to this score. Had Dhoni not been there, CSK might not have even crossed the 100-run mark. KKR captain Shreyas Iyer also admitted that as long as Dhoni was at the crease, he was under stress.

Shreyas Iyer said after the match "When MS Dhoni is batting there is always tension. I knew with the dew the momentum was going to shift towards him. It was difficult to hold the ball. Enjoying the new franchise The CEO, the management, the support staff are amazing. That's all the momentum needs to be taken. It's a place I love to play. I grew up here. I thought it would be flat. Joe bowling. The line up I have, he made my job easy. Umesh has worked hard in the nets and has done well in the practice matches as well. Really glad to see him perform today."

Talking about the competition, Kolkata Knight Riders' new captain Shreyas Iyer won the toss and decided to bowl first. On this Wankhede pitch, the CSK batsmen appeared in trouble from the beginning. Umesh Yadav showed opener Rituraj Gaikwad the way to the pavilion without opening an account, after which he also dismissed Conway for a personal score of 3. Robin Uthappa, who came to bat at number three, played an innings of 28 runs off 21 balls and took the team for some time, but he was caught on the ball of Varun Chakraborty and returned to the pavilion after being stumped. Dhoni finally scored a half-century with Jadeja taking the team's score to 131 runs.

Opener Ajinkya Rahane gave a good start to KKR's team chasing the target. Rahane played an innings of 44 runs in 34 balls with the help of 6 fours and a six. Apart from Rahane, the batsmen of the rest of the team also contributed and KKR managed to get the score with 9 balls to spare.