IPL 2023 Match 61: Chennai Super Kings overturned by Kolkata Knight Riders at home by 6 wickets

They came, they saw, they conquered..... Kolkata Knight Riders beat Chennai Super Kings by 6 wickets today, at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai.

Match Summary

Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders, Match 61, Indian Premier League

Chennai Super Kings 144/6 (20 ov)

Kolkata Knight Riders 147/4 (18.3 ov)

Result - Kolkata Knight Riders won by 6 wickets

SCORECARD

A solid bowling performance, followed by a Rinku-Rana special ???? pic.twitter.com/AsglYwYxiT

— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) May 14, 2023

Match Analysis

Fifties from skipper Nitish Rana and Rinku Singh led Kolkata Knight Riders to a six-wicket win over Chennai Super Kings and stay alive in the Indian Premier League on Sunday.

Kolkata kept Chennai down to 144-6, a total they overhauled riding on a key stand of 99 between Rinku (54) and Rana (57 not out) in Chennai.

Spinners Varun Chakravarthy and Sunil Narine took two wickets each to set up victory as Kolkata jumped a spot to seventh in their attempt to finish the league stage on top four for a play-off berth.

Four-time winners Chennai remain second in the 10-team table led by holders Gujarat Titans and on course for the play-offs.

Kolkata looked in trouble at 33-3 after Chennai pace bowler Deepak Chahar's third strike to send back Jason Roy, before the left-handed pair of Rinku and Rana guided the team home with nine balls to spare.

Rinku, who became an IPL sensation with his five sixes off the last five balls to conjure up a miracle win for Kolkata last month, struck his second fifty of the season before being run out.

Rana made most of a dropped catch on 18 to reach his fifty and stood firm to hit the winning runs.

Four-time winners Chennai started strongly but slipped from 61-1 to 72-5 in the space of 19 balls before Shivam Dube revived the innings with his unbeaten 48.

Dube kept up the fight in his 34-ball knock laced with three sixes but it was superstar and skipper M.S. Dhoni who brought the house down in his team's last league game at M.A. Chidambaram Stadium.

Dhoni, who many suspect is  playing his final IPL, walked in to a deafening roar as he faced four balls including a wide and no-ball on which he was bowled but ended on two not out.

 Match Stats

Chennai Super Kings Fall of wickets: 1-31 (Ruturaj Gaikwad - 3.3 ov), 2-61 (Ajinkya Rahane - 7.6 ov), 3-66 (Devon Conway - 9.3 ov), 4-68 (Ambati Rayudu - 10.1 ov), 5-72 (Moeen Ali - 10.6 ov), 6-140 (Ravindra Jadeja - 19.4 ov)

Kolkata Knight Riders Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Rahmanullah Gurbaz - 0.6 ov), 2-21 (Venkatesh Iyer - 2.5 ov), 3-33 (Jason Roy - 4.3 ov), 4-132 (Rinku Singh - 17.1 ov)

 

Playing XIs

Chennai Super Kings: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Ajinkya Rahane, Moeen Ali, Ambati Rayudu, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni(WK/C), Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande, Maheesh Theekshana

Kolkata Knight Riders: , Rahmanullah Gurbaz(WK), Jason Roy, Nitish Rana(C), Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Shardul Thakur, Sunil Narine, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana, Suyash Sharma, Varun Chakravarthy

 

Match Details:

Date: Sunday, May 14, 2023 15:00

Venue: MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai

Toss: Chennai Super Kings elected to bat