IPL 2020 in pics: Slipshod MS Dhoni, Kedar Jadhav let KKR slip away with 10-run win
Kolkata Knight Riders bowlers produced an incredible all-round performance to carry their side to a 10-run win over Chennai Super Kings here Abu Dhabi's Sheikh Zayed Stadium.
Kolkata Knight Riders bowlers produced an incredible all-round performance to carry their side to a 10-run win over Chennai Super Kings here Abu Dhabi's Sheikh Zayed Stadium on Wednesday. (Photo | PTI)
Chasing a moderate total of 165, CSK got off to a good start with Faf du Plessis and Shane Watson smashing boundaries at ease. Faf continued his scintillating form before Shivam Mavi drew the first blood for KKR as Du Plessis edged a short delivery to Dinesh Karthik in the fourth over. (Photo | ANI)
However, Du Plessis wicket didn't have any effect on CSK as Shane Watson continued from where he left the other night. Watson and Ambati Rayudu bludgeoned the KKR bowling attack without playing any risky shots. (Photo | PTI)
Shane Watson picked up from where he had left to slam a 40-ball 50, his 21st in the lucrative league. Watson feasted on the short-ball strategy of KKR bowlers in a 69-run partnership with Rayudu (30 from 27). (Photo | ANI)
The MS Dhoni-led side raced to 94 for the loss of one wicket in 11 overs with Sunil Narine yet to bowl a ball. Kamlesh Nagarkoti dismissed Rayudu to put a brake on CSK's run-scoring streak as the required rate went past nine after the end of 13th over for the first time. (Photo | ANI)
Sunil Narine trapped Watson in front of the stumps in the very next over to revive KKR 's chances. (Photo | PTI)
Needing 78 runs in the last 10 overs, the CSK duo departed adding just two runs, while Mahendra Singh Dhoni, coming out to bat at No.4, got out for 11. (Photo | PTI)
Dhoni started the 17th over with a cracking four over the covers. However, Varun Chakravarthy dismissed Dhoni in the very next ball as CSK got reduced to 129/4. (Photo | PTI)
KKR was able to post a decent total thanks to Rahul Tripathi's heroics. The youngster raced to his fifty in 31 balls to give KKR a solid foundation after Dinesh Karthik called it right at the toss. (Photo | ANI)
Rahul Tripathi single-handedly ensured Kolkata's middle-order had a platform to launch as they reached 93/2 after 10 overs. Then the tide turned. (Photo | ANI)
Shardul Thakur, who had given the first breakthrough by dismissing an in-form Shubman Gill (11), claimed the big wicket of Andre Russell with a cross-seam short delivery as the KKR dazzler struggled to get going. (Photo | PTI)
Leg-spinner Karn Sharma (2/25) and Sam Curran (2/26) also made important contributions as the Dhoni-led side bounced back in the back-10 by taking eight wickets while giving away just 74 runs.
In the next over, Dwayne Bravo handed CSK with the much-needed breakthrough as he took the wicket of Tripathi. KKR lost three wickets in the final over and were all out on 167 runs. (Photo | ANI)
The CSK bowling unit made sure that barring Tripathi, no KKR player crossed the 20-run mark. (Photo | ANI)
CSK's Ravindra Jadeja dives to take a catch against KKR. (Photo | PTI)
CSK captain MS Dhoni plays a shot against KKR with rivalling skipper Dinesh Karthik behind the stumps. (Photo | ANI)
KKR players shake hands with CSK's Ravi Jadeja at the end of the match. (Photo | PTI)
