IPL 2020 CSK vs KKR Highlights: Clinical Jadeja clinches a thriller for CSK
Chasing 173, CSK openers Shane Watson and Ruturaj Gaikwad provided a steady start to the side as they added a 50-run stand. Varun Chakravarthy removed Watson (14) in the eighth over
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MS Dhoni and Mitchell Santner during match 49 of season 13 of the Dream 11 Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai in the United Arab Emirates on the 29th October 2020. Photo: Sportzpics for BCCI
In match 49 of Indian Premier League 2020 (IPL 2020), Ravindra Jadeja's 31 off 11 after Ruturaj Gaikwad's 72-run knock guided Chennai Super Kings to a six-wicket win over Kolkata Knight Riders in the last ball thriller at Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Thursday.
With this win, CSK gained two valuable points and are at the bottom of the table with 10 points in 13 games.
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Chasing 173, CSK openers Shane Watson and Ruturaj Gaikwad provided a steady start to the side as they added a 50-run stand. Varun Chakravarthy removed Watson (14) in the eighth over.
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Ambati Rayudu came in to bat at number three. He along with Gaikwad accumulated 68-run for the second wicket. After playing a knock of 38 off 20, Rayudu was sent back to the pavilion by Pat Cummins. CSK skipper MS Dhoni promoted himself up in the order and came in to bat at number four.
Chakravarthy dismissed Dhoni (1) and reduced CSK to 121/3 in 14.4 overs.
Sam Curran joined Gaikwad in the middle. The latter departed after scoring 72 off 53 balls including two sixes and six fours.
Ravindra Jadeja then played a knock of 31 runs while Curran remained unbeaten on 13.
For KKR, Varun Chakravarthy and Pat Cummins bagged two wickets each.
CSK vs KKR scorecard
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Earlier, Nitish Rana's 87-run knock guided KKR to a total of 172/5 in the allotted twenty overs.
Sent into bat first, KKR got off to a steady start as openers Rana and Shubman Gill put on 48 runs inside the first six overs. Both batsmen eventually stitched together an opening stand of 53 runs, but finally, the stand was broken by Karn Sharma as he clean bowled Gill (26) in the eighth over.
Sunil Narine (7) was promoted to the number three slot in order to gather some quick runs, but the move backfired as he was sent back to the pavilion by Mitchell Santner, reducing KKR to 60/2 in the ninth over.
Rinku Singh was sent at number four and he along with Rana put together 33 runs for the third wicket. Ravindra Jadeja dismissed Singh (11) in the 13th over, reducing KKR to 93/3.
In the 16th over, Nitish Rana took Karn Sharma to the cleaners as the left-handed batsman smashed him for 19 runs. In trying to get some quick runs, Rana (87) perished off the bowling of Lungi Ngidi and as a result, KKR was reduced to 137/4 in the 18th over.
Dinesh Karthik came into bat next and he played a cameo knock of 21 runs off just ten balls and as a result, KKR posted a score of more than the 170-run mark.
For CSK, Lungi Ngidi scalped two wickets.
CSK vs KKR playing 11
Chennai Super Kings has made three changes in its playing 11, bringing in Shane Watson, Lungi Ngidi and Karn Sharma while Kolkata Knight Riders has picked an extra batsman in Rinku Singh in place of Prasidh Krishna
CSK playing 11: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shane Watson, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni(w/c), N Jagadeesan, Sam Curran, Ravindra Jadeja, Mitchell Santner, Karn Sharma, Deepak Chahar, Lungi Ngidi
KKR playing 11: Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Rahul Tripathi, Dinesh Karthik(w), Eoin Morgan(c), Sunil Narine, Rinku Singh, Pat Cummins, Lockie Ferguson, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Varun Chakravarthy
IPL 2020 points table after CSK vs KKR match
| Teams | Play | Won | Loss | Tie | NR | PTS | NRR |
| MI | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1.186 |
| RCB | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.048 |
| DC | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.03 |
| KXIP | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | -0.049 |
| KKR | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 12 | -0.479 |
| SRH | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.396 |
| RR | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 | -0.505 |
| CSK | 13 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 10 | -0.532 |
Over 20
CSK live score after 19 Overs: 163-4
Ferguson continues...
Ball 5: FREE HIT, Ferguson smashes the full toss towards deep square leg for SIX.
CSK live score after 18 Overs: 143-4; Gaikwad BOWLED
Cummins continues...
Ball 6: A single for Jadeja.
Chennai Super Kings needs 34 runs in 18 balls
CSK live score after 17 Overs: 139-3
Lockie Ferguson [2.0-0-23-0] is back into the attack
Ball 5: Gaikwad collects a single towards long-off.
Chennai Super Kings needs 45 runs in 24 balls
CSK live score after 16 Overs: 128-3
Sunil Narine [3.0-0-16-0] is back into the attack
CSK live score after 15 Overs: 121-3; Dhoni departs
Chakravarthy continues...
Chennai Super Kings needs 53 runs in 36 balls
CSK live score after 14 Overs: 120-2; CRR: 8.54 REQ: 8.91
Pat Cummins [2.0-0-16-0] is back into the attack
Chennai Super Kings needs 64 runs in 42 balls
TIMEOUT
CSK live score after 13 Overs: 100-1; CRR: 8.38 REQ: 9.14
Varun Chakravarthy [2.0-0-10-1] is back into the attack
CSK live score after 12 Overs: 100-1; CRR: 8.33 REQ: 9.12
Kamlesh Nagarkoti [1.0-0-7-0] is back into the attack
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First Published: Oct 29 2020 | 5:14 PM IST
