• CSK vs KKR IPL 2020 Match LIVE: The 21st match of the 13th season of the Indian Premier League was played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings at the ground in Abu Dhabi. Kolkata team won this match by 10 runs. This is the fourth defeat for Chennai team in IPL 2020, while KKR is the second win.
In this match, Kolkata Knight Riders captain Dinesh Karthik decided to bat first by winning the toss and scored 167 runs in 20 overs with the help of Rahul Tripathi’s strong half century. 168 runs to win in front of Chennai Super Kings. The target was, but the team was able to score 157 runs losing 5 wickets after playing 20 overs and lost the match by 10 runs.
Kolkata’s innings, Rahul Tripathi’s half-century
Opener Sunil Narine, who flopped in the last four matches, was demoted by KKR. He was replaced by Rahul Tripathi with Shubman Gill as the opener. Rahul Tripathi remained frozen, but this time Shubman Gill scored 11 runs off Shardul Thakur’s ball. Kolkata got the second blow as Nitish Rana, who scored 9 runs and became the victim of Karn Sharma.
KKR suffered a third setback as Sunil Narine. Naren was out for 17 from 9 balls. He was caught by Karn Sharma at the hands of Jadeja, but this catch went to the account of Faf Duplessis, as Jadeja finally threw the ball. The fourth shock came in the form of Eoin Morgan, who was caught out by Sam Curran at the hands of Dhoni. Andre Russell scored 2 runs and was caught in the hands of MS by Shardul Thakur.
Rahul Tripathi scored an innings of 81 runs and was caught by Shane Watson off Bravo. The team suffered its seventh setback as captain Dinesh Karthik. Karthik scored 12 runs and was caught out by Shardul off Sam Curran. The eighth wicket fell in the form of Nagerkoti, who could not open the account on Bravo’s ball. The 9th wicket fell as Shivam Mavi. He too became a victim of Bravo without opening an account. On the last ball, Varun Chakraborty was run out by scoring one run.
CSK innings, Shane Watson’s half-century
KKR got their first breakthrough by Shivam Mavi and got opener batsman Duplessis caught by Dinesh Karthik for 17 runs. Ambati Rayudu scored 30 runs and was caught by Shubman Gill off Kamlesh Nagerkoti. Shane Watson was out for 50 off LBW off Sunil Narine.
The team got the fourth blow in the form of captain MS Dhoni who scored 11 runs. Sam Curran returned to the pavilion as the fifth wicket to score 17 runs. Ravindra Jadeja remained unbeaten on 21 and Kedar Jadhav scored 7 runs.
Kolkata Knight Riders’ playing XI
Shubman Gill, Rahul Tripathi, Nitish Rana, Dinesh Karthik (captain, wicketkeeper), Andre Russell, Eoin Morgan, Sunil Narine, Pat Cummins, Kamlesh Nagerkoti, Shivam Mavi and Varun Chakraborty.
Playing eleven of chennai super kings
Shane Watson, Faf du Plessis, Ambati Rayudu, Kedar Jadhav, MS Dhoni (captain, wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, Sam Curran, Shardul Thakur, Karn Sharma and Deepak Chahar.