Kolkata beat Chennai by 8 wickets in the 25th match of IPL-18 on Friday. Batting first at Chepock Stadium, CSK lost 103 for 9 wickets. KKR achieved the target by losing just 2 wickets in 10.1 overs. Sunil Narayan took 3 wickets from Kolkata and scored 44 runs.
Chennai scored his lowest score on Home Ground Champock. Vijay Shankar missed two catches. Dhoni was given LBW out on controversial decision. Anshul Kamboj left the catch of De Cock. Kolkata won the match from Rinku Singh's sixes.
Read the best moments and records of KKR vs CSK match …
1. Narayan Vijay missed Shankar's catch
He was on a zero when Vijay Shankar's catch dropped.
In the fifth over of Chennai's innings, Sunil Narayan gave Vijay Shankar a life. Vijay Shankar played a front shot on the third ball of Harshit Rana's over. Sunil Narayan, who was standing on the mid-off, lost a simple opportunity. Chrin Ravindra was dismissed for 4 runs on the first ball of the over.
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Venkatesh gave Vijay Shankar 20 runs.
Vijay Shankar got the second life in the 8th over of the innings. Vijay Shankar played a leg side shot on the second ball of Harshit Rana's over. Venkatesh Iyer standing here came forward for catching but he could not see the ball and missed the catch.
3. Dhoni lbw out on a controversial decision
Dhoni was able to score only one run.
Chennai also lost its 8th wicket in the 16th over. Sunil Narayan made LBW out to MS Dhoni. Dhoni came forward and defended the third ball of Naren's over. The ball rang on his pad, the team appealed and the umpire declared it out. Dhoni took a review and found that the ball was batted with the bat, but the umpire kept his decision unchanged.
4. The diving catch of Chakraborty
Chennai Super Kings lost their 9th wicket in the 18th over. Vaibhav Arora caught Noor Ahmed on the second ball of the over. When Noor was on 1 run, Varun Chakraborty ran to the fine leg and caught a diving catch.
5. Camboj's brilliant attempt, D Cock's catch missed
Anshul gave a life of D Coke on 9 runs.
Quinton de Kock was given a living in the third over of Kolkata's innings. De Cock played aerial shot on the first ball of Khalil Ahmed's over. Anshul Kamboj, who was standing on the Fine Leg Boundary, tried to catch the ball by dive, but the ball sounded on his hands and fell on the ground.
6. Kolkata won the match due to Rinku's Sixer
Rinku Singh scored 15 off 12 balls.
Rinku Singh scored a big six on the first ball of the 10th over and matched Kolkata in favor of Kolkata. Ravindra Jadeja threw the first ball of the overpitched over. Rinku played a slog sweep shot and went for a six on the ball Deep Midwicket.
Facts and records
- For the first time after the 2023 final, M.S. Dhoni captained. The percentage of their win under their captaincy in the IPL is 58.85%, the highest of all captains.
- Chennai lost the highest wicket in one IPL innings against spin. Yesterday, Kolkata spinners took 6 wickets together.
- This is CSK's biggest defeat in terms of ball in the IPL. Kolkata won the match with 59 balls remaining.
- For the first time in the history of IPL, Chennai Super Kings lost five consecutive matches and this is the first time, when the team lost three consecutive matches in a single season.
Chennai has the lowest total score at Chepok Chennai scored his lowest score on Home Ground Champock. The team could only score 103 runs after losing 9 wickets after 20 overs. Prior to this, the team could only score 109 runs against Mumbai in 2019. CSK's lowest score on any field is 79, the team managed to score so many runs against Mumbai in 2013.
Chennai's score of 103/9 is also the second lowest innings score of the team. Earlier in 2022, the team was all out for 97 against Mumbai.
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Even MS Dhoni's captaincy could not save Chennai Super Kings from defeat. On Friday, the CSK team defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 8 wickets. Batting first at Chepock Stadium, CSK lost 9 wickets and scored 103 runs. KKR chased the target after losing only 2 wickets in 10.1 overs.Whole news
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