Chennai’s ticket to the play-offs is long as KKR successfully chase down an easy 145-run challenge
Match 61 of IPL 2023 at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Chennai Super Kings Vs. Played for Kolkata Knight Riders. Kolkata beat Chennai by 6 wickets in this match played on Sunday (May 14). Captain Nitish Rana and Rinku Singh played an important role in Kolkata’s victory. With this win, the Kolkata team pocketed their sixth win of the season. On the other hand, Chennai suffered their 5th defeat of the season. Chennai will have to wait to reach the play-offs.
In this match, Chennai Super Kings won the toss and decided to bat first. While batting this time, Chennai scored 144 runs losing 6 wickets in the allotted 20 overs. Chasing this challenge, the Kolkata team scored 147 runs in 18.3 overs. So Kolkata won this match by 6 wickets.
Kolkata’s innings got off to a poor start. Opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz returns to the tent for 1 run first. After him, Jason Roy (12) and Venkatesh Iyer (9) also lost their wickets in quick succession. However, Nitish Rana and Rinku Singh (Nitish Rana And Rinku Singh) who came in to bat at number four and number five managed the team’s innings. This time they had a partnership of 99 runs. Rinku made his half-century by scoring 54 runs off 43 balls. It included 3 sixes and 4 fours. Also, Rana scored an unbeaten 57 off 44 balls. Also, Andre Russell remained unbeaten with 2 runs.
This time Deepak Chahar took the most wickets while bowling from Chennai. He took 3 wickets while bowling 3 overs for 27 runs.
Dubey’s brilliant innings was wasted for Chennai
Earlier Shivam Dube from Chennai contributed the most runs while batting first. Dubey scored an unbeaten 48 off 34 balls. Apart from him, Devon Conway scored 30 runs. Also, Ravindra Jadeja also contributed 20 runs. No other batsman could cross the 20-run mark. Rituraj Gaikwad (17) and Ajinkya Rahane (16) scored double figures. Apart from them, Ambati Rayudu was dismissed for 4 runs, while Moin Ali was dismissed for 1 run. Also, MS Dhoni remained unbeaten on 2 runs.
Varun Chakraborty and Sunil Narine took 2 wickets each while bowling for Kolkata. In this Narayan bowled advantageously. He bowled 4 overs and took 2 wickets for just 15 runs. Apart from him, Vaibhav Arora and Shardul Thakur also took 1 wicket each.
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