KKR vs CSK, IPL 2019 Highlights: Chennai Super Kings Beat Kolkata Knight Riders by Five Wickets
The Kolkata Knight Riders are all set to take on the Chennai Super Kings today at 4.00 PM at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata. Both teams have played seven matches so far in the tournament.
Gurney comes back to bowl and Jadeja has complete plans of spoiling KKR's party he slams three fours. First FOUR over the covers, the second FOUR came from backward point. Third FOUR comes from backward square leg. Eight runs required from 6 balls.
Prasidh Krishna is here to bowl. With that one single Suresh Raina gets his 36th fifty in IPL. Jadeja smacks it down the ground for a FOUR. Bowls a WIDE. 32 runs required from 18 balls.
Sunil Narine comes back into the attack and gets the wicket of MS Dhoni. Pitches in line and hits the leg stump and the CSK OUT on an LBW for 16. Ravindra Jadeja in.
Sunil Narine comes back into the attack and gets the wicket of MS Dhoni. Pitches in line and hits the leg stump and the CSK OUT on an LBW for 16. Ravindra Jadeja in.
Gurney back into the attack. Suresh Raina Nears half-century as he slams a FOUR to fine leg. 11 runs from the over. 45 runs required from 30 balls for the Chennai Super Kings.
Chawla comes back into the attack and Raina starts off with a FOUR. Makes lovely use of the wrists. Raina goes down the line and the parks into the crowd for a SIX. Dhoni and Raina bring 28 runs from 17 balls.
Kuldeep back again as the asking rate escalates to 10 runs per over. In the air and is parked in the no man's land. SIX from MS Dhoni as he displays nerves of steel.
Piyush Chawla strikes again and gets the wicket of the danger man Kedar Jadhav who gets OUT on 20. MS Dhoni the new man in. A couple of single and then two dots. Top over for KKR.
Kuldeep Yadav comes back and Jadhav goes down on one knee. Slams a SIX to leg side. Jadhav gets on to a hitting spree as he gets a FOUR to mid-wicket. One run to end the over.
Piyush Chawla is here and strikes on the first ball as he tosses up and finds Uthappa at the cover. Rayudu OUT on 5. Kedar Jadhav the new man slams a FOUR and yet another FOUR. One run to end the over.
Kuldeep Yadav introduced. A couple of runs from two balls. the asking rate is slightly above nine runs. KKR needs a couple of more wickets for staying in the game
Andre Russell is back amidst the chants of KKR KKR. Three runs from three balls. Bowls a WIDE. Fine niggle from Raina and he breaks free with a FOUR to fine leg. One run to end the over.
Prasidh comes back to the attack and is creating pressure on the visitors. Starts with a dot ball and then a single. A couple of dot balls and then a single again. Single to end the over. Chennai Super Kings have lost 16 wickets in the PP - most by a team in IPL 2019.
Sunil Narine introduced and he gets rid of Faf du Plessis and a poor shot selection. Du Plessis gets BOWLED on 24. Ambati Rayudu the new man in for CSK. Wicket Maiden for Narine.
Prasidh Krishna back. Starts off with a dot ball. Raina slams a FOUR to leg side. Easy picking of runs for the left-hander. Short ball sent away for a FOUR at the end of the over.
The Kolkata Knight Riders are all set to take on the Chennai Super Kings today at 4.00 PM at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata. Both teams have played seven matches so far in the tournament. Out of the seven matches played by CSK in the Indian Premier League 12, the Yellow Army has lost one game out of seven and has 12 points in their kitty. Whereas, Kolkata Knight Riders are on number two with eight points having lost three of their games out of seven. The last time the two teams had a faceoff with each other in the IPL 2018, KKR and CSK had won their respective home tie. The one in Chennai was won by CSK by five wickets. Whereas, the match in Kolkata was won by KKR by seven wickets. KKR vs CSK IPL 2019 Live Cricket Streaming: Watch Free Telecast of Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings on Star Sports and Hotstar Online.
However, the overall head to head record shows that CSK has better stats over KKR. Out of the 19 matches played, KKR has won seven and CSK has walked away with the victory on 12 occasions. Speaking of their team’s campaign in the IPL 2019, the Yellow Army enter this game with a victory against the Rajasthan Royals whereas, Kolkata Knight Riders enter the game loss against the Delhi Capitals. So overall the game will be quite a mouth-watering one. Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings Live Cricket Score.
Teams:
Kolkata Knight Riders (From): Joe Denly, Shubman Gill, Robin Uthappa, Nitish Rana, Andre Russell, Dinesh Karthik(w/c), Carlos Brathwaite, Piyush Chawla, Kuldeep Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Prasidh Krishna, Chris Lynn, Rinku Singh, Nikhil Naik, Shrikant Mundhe, Sunil Narine, Sandeep Warrier, Harry Gurney, Yarra Prithviraj, KC Cariappa, Matthew Kelly
Chennai Super Kings (From): Shane Watson, Faf du Plessis, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, Kedar Jadhav, MS Dhoni(w/c), Ravindra Jadeja, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Imran Tahir, Murali Vijay, Sam Billings, Dhruv Shorey, N Jagadeesan, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Dwayne Bravo, Scott Kuggeleijn, Chaitanya Bishnoi, Harbhajan Singh, Karn Sharma, Mohit Sharma, KM Asif, Monu Kumar
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