A Rahane (71* runs from 29 balls) played a blinder against KKR (Image Credit:- Twitter)

A Rahane (71* runs from 29 balls) , D Conway (56 runs from 40 balls) and S Dube (50 runs from 21 balls) powers CSK to 49 runs comfortable win against Kolkata Knight Riders. Chasing big target of 236 KKR innings ended on 186/8 in 20 overs.

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D Conway (Image Credit:- Twitter)

Ruturaj Gaikwad (35 runs from 20 balls) and Devon Conway gives them a good start by scoring 73 runs for the first wicket in 7.3 overs after put into bat by KKR. Suyash Sharma broke the partnership by dismissing Ruturaj Gaikwad.

A Rahane (71* runs from 29 balls) who walks to bat at No.3 and S Dube (50 runs from 21 balls) who walks to bat at No.4 played blinder to help CSK to reach 235/4 in 20 overs. Both put together 85 runs from 32 balls for the third wicket.

S Dube (Image Credit:- Twitter)

M.S.Dhoni who walks into bat in the final over scores 2 runs from 3 balls and remains not out with A Rahane. R Jadeja scored 18 runs 8 balls.

Suyash Sharma (1/29 in 4 overs) bowled an impressive spell when all other bowlers struggled to control the flow of runs. Kulwant Khejroliya (2/44 in 3 overs) and Varun Chakravarthy (1/49 in 4 overs) are the wicket takers for KKR.

KKR lost their openers S Narine (0 runs from 3 balls) and N Jagadheeshan (1 runs from 3 balls) early in the chase. V Iyer (20 runs from 20 balls) and N Rana (27 runs from 20 balls) put together a small partnership of 45 runs from 35 balls for the third wicket after the early loss of their openers.

J Roy who normally opens the batting comes to bat at No.5 due to injury happened while fielding played a sublime innings of 61 runs from 26 balls with 5 fours and 5 sixes. Rinku Singh (53 runs from 33 balls) with 3 fours and 4 sixes also batted well for KKR but target set by CSK is too high.

Left arm seamer Akash Singh (1/29 in 4 overs) and Matheesha Pathirana (1/27 in 4 overs) bowled an economical spell for CSK. Maheesh Theekshana (2/32 in 4 overs) , Tushar Deshpande (2/43 in 4 overs) , Moeen Ali (1/20 in 1 over) and R Jadeja (1/34 in 3 overs) are the wicket takers for CSK.

Impact Player (CSK):- Akash Sing in for A Rayudu

Impact Player (KKR):- V Iyer in for Suyash Sharma

A Rahane (Image Credit:- Twitter)

Player of the Match:- A Rahane (71* runs from 29 balls)

Next Match (24/04/2023):- Sunrises Hyderabad vs Delhi Capitals (07:30 PM , IST)