CSK suffered its 5th defeat due to poor batting beaten by kkr | खराब बैटिंग के कारण CSK को मिली 5वीं हार: कोलकाता 59 गेंदें बाकी रहते जीत गया; नरेन रहे प्लेयर ऑफ द मैच
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Kolkata Knight Riders won the third win in the 18th season.
The captaincy of MS Dhoni also could not save Chennai Super Kings from defeat. On Friday, the team was defeated by Kolkata Knight Riders by 8 wickets. Playing first at Chepock Stadium, CSK scored 103 runs losing 9 wickets. KKR achieved target at the loss of 2 wickets in 10.1 overs. This is CSK’s 5th consecutive defeat.
Sunil Naren from Kolkata performed double. He took 3 wickets for 13 runs while bowling, then played a fast innings of 44 runs off 18 balls. Varun Chakraborty and Harshit Rana also took 2-2 wickets from the team. Vaibhav Arora and Moin Ali got 1–1 wickets. Read match updates …
Match analysis in 5 points …
1. Player of the Match
Sunil Narine, who came to bowl in the middle overs, did a very economical bowling. He conceded just 13 runs in 4 overs and took 3 wickets. He sent Rahul Tripathi, Ravindra Jadeja and MS Dhoni to the pavilion. Then, while batting, Naren played an innings of 44 runs with 5 sixes off just 18 balls.
2. Hero of victory
- Moin Ali: Moin, who came to bowl with the new ball, conceded just 20 runs in 4 overs. He also launched LBW to Devon Conve.
- Harshit Rana: Harshit, who came as the third bowler in the powerplay, spent just 16 runs. He also caught Rachin Ravindra and Ravi Ashwin.
- Varun Chakraborty: In the middle overs, Chakravarti along with Naren pushed CSK to the backfoot. He caught Vijay Shankar and Deepak Hooda.
3. Fighter of the Match
Shivam Dubey and Vijay Shankar from Chennai were seen showing the fight. Both were the top scorer of the team. Shankar scored 29 runs to bring the team to 50. At the same time, Dubey scored 31 runs and crossed Chennai to 100 runs.
4. Turning point
Vijay Shankar and Rahul Tripathi handled Chennai. Both had reached the team beyond 50, when Chakraborty sent Shankar to the pavilion in the 10th over. The third wicket fell for 59 runs, the team lost 6 more wickets to score the next 20 runs. Shankar-Tripathi’s partnership breakdown proved to be a big turning point for CSK.
5. Purple Cap near Noor Ahmed
Chennai spinner Noor Ahmed took 1 wicket, they are achieving the purple cap. Nicholas Puran in Lucknow has Orange cap. Kolkata Knight Riders now moved from sixth to third in the points table.
