IPL 2022 CSK vs KKR Highlights: Dhoni's vintage 50 in vain, Knights win big

IPL 2022 CSK vs KKR: MS Dhoni scored his first fifty in three years to take Super Kings to 131/5. It wasn't enough as Knight Riders chased it down easily to win by 6 wickets. Rahane top-scored with 44

10:18 PM

Live | CSK vs KKR | IPL 2022 | KKR 70-1 | Over 09- Rana hits them big

 

After the Dwayne Bravo over, which gave just one run and took the wicket, Shivam Dube was introduced into the attack and he just let the pressure go as he gave away 11 runs and without any logic, Ravindra Jadeja, instead of getting back Bravo, brought in Mitchell Santner who was taken for a huge six by Nitish Rana and went for five singles after that to give 11 more easy runs to KKR.

 

Instead of building pressure after the fall of the wicket, Jadeja has worked to release it from KKR. The Kolkata side need only 62 from 11 overs now with nine wickets in hand. 

 

10:04 PM

Live | CSK vs KKR | IPL 2022 | KKR 43-1 | Over 6.2- Bravo gets Venkatesh

 

And that's the first wicket for the Chennai Super Kings as Dwayne Bravo has managed to get a nick off the bat of Venkatesh Iyer which goes into the hands of MS Dhoni behind the wickets as he completes a simple catch. KKR 43-1

10:02 PM

Live | CSK vs KKR | IPL 2022 | KKR 43-0 | Over 06- Great Powerplay for KKR

 

Four!! And that is brilliant from Rahane as he rocks back on the back foot and pulls this short ball from Mitchell Santner for a great four past deep square leg

 

A total of eight runs come from this over as KKR finish the Powerplay at 43-0

10:00 PM

Live | CSK vs KKR | IPL 2022 | KKR 35-0 | Over 05- KKR are now moving briskly.

 

After the first three overs, the Knight Riders have now started to move briskly as Rahane is making the best use of his home ground and has hit a brilliant six in the second tier. In the fourth and the fifth over, the KKR team got 10 runs each and have moved to 35 from the first five without taking any kind of risks either. 

9:57 PM

Live | CSK vs KKR | IPL 2022 | KKR 15-0 | Over 03- Conservative start from KKR

 

The Kolkata Knight Riders have gone off to a good start heree in thier chase of 132 as they have decided bnot to lose too many wickets and have been able to score freely as well. A gorgeous drive from Rahane was more than enough to get the ball rolling in KKR's favour 

 

9:22 PM

Live | CSK vs KKR | IPL 2022 | CSK 131-5 | Over-20- MS Dhoni reception

9:18 PM

Live | CSK vs KKR | IPL 2022 | CSK 131-5 | Over-20- MS Dhoni hits fifty

 

The 20th over is here and Dhoni is the man that should take most of the strikes here as he cannot only bring his own fifty but can take CSK past 130, something competitive to bowl at

 

Four!! And it was short and Dhoni pulls it towards deep fine leg for four and CSK are past 120 now and Dhoni moves to 45 and now make it 49 as he brings the helicopter into the play and drives this yorker for a four. Two balls to go. What can he do here? a maximum of 12 runs. Can he do it? It seems difficult but not impossible for Dhoni 

 

Dhoni has changed his bat and now let's see. Russell comes from around the wicket and cuts the angle giving no room for Dhoni to hit and he gets a single and goes to his fifty 

 

Six!! And Jadeja finally gets one on his bat as he lifts this low full toss over covers for a six and takes CSK past 130 which is not at all competitive but definitely a total to bowl at, definitely better than something below 110

9:11 PM

Live | CSK vs KKR | IPL 2022 | CSK 113-5 | Over-19- Dhoni hitting some vintage shots

 

Swing and a miss from Jadeja, he is not getting the middle of the bat at all. Is it in the genes of the CSK captains that they will bat slow? But on a serious note, this has been one of the worst innings of Jadeja in the recent past 

 

It is the 19th over and Chennai has managed to get only three runs from the first three balls. 

 

Four!! And once again it is Dhoni with the four and not Jadeja. It was a low full toss and he played it over covers for four 

 

Six!! Oh no! That is going to be a no-ball as it was a beamer and Dhoni has deposited it for a six to deep fine leg and will get a free hit on the next ball as well. Can he get another six? 

 

No, he cannot as Mavi bowls a perfect slower ball outside off and gets away with the free hit. 15 from the over 

9:04 PM

Live | CSK vs KKR | IPL 2022 | CSK 98-5 | Over-18- 14 from the over

 

Four!! Well, that was good wrists from the Dhoni as he cut this one from Andre Russell for four runs past the third man boundary., It wasn't a half volley, wasn't too much outside off, but it was just pure power from MSD

 

Four!! Once again it is Dhoni with his cheeky shot down the leg and past the short fine for four and as I type, a yorker from Russell takes an edge and goes past diving fly slip for a four towards third-man. So 14 from the over 

8:59 PM

Live | CSK vs KKR | IPL 2022 | CSK 84-5 | Over-17- Pathetically slow from Chennai

 

Can't believe my eyes that I am watching T20. This is the 17th over in the running and Narine has conceded only three runs in it with three singles and three dot balls. There seems to be no internet from either of the batters and it is killing to see that happen in the very first game of the tournament. 

8:55 PM

Live | CSK vs KKR | IPL 2022 | CSK 81-5 | Over-16- CSK going too slow

 

Four!! Can you believe that it has taken 8 overs for CSK to get a boundary here and that too has come off a misfied? This is just way too slow batting for the liking of T20 cricket by both Dhoni and Jadeja as CSK seem to have been stuck here. Now only four overs remain and CSK are 81-5

8:49 PM

Live | CSK vs KKR | IPL 2022 | CSK 73-5 | Over-15- Jackson in Action

 

Seems like Sheldon Jackson is now the fastest hands in the east as he takes the bails off in a flash once again and this time of MS Dhoni, the legend of the wicket-keepers himself. Sure the old man would be proud of him and also because he remained not out 

8:47 PM

Live | CSK vs KKR | IPL 2022 | CSK 69-5 | Over-14- Time out

 

The Chennai team has two of its most important men in the middle in the form of new captain Ravindra Jadeja and the former captain MS Dhoni. But both are struggling to get going and it is therefore causing a lot of problems with just six overs to go, they need to make a minimum of 70 runs to get the game anywhere near competitive. 

8:39 PM

Live | CSK vs KKR | IPL 2022 | CSK 66-5 | Over-13- Everything as per plan indeed

8:36 PM

Live | CSK vs KKR | IPL 2022 | CSK 61-5 | Over-12- Praises from the master for Sheldon Jackson