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| Edited By: Vineet Varma |Source: DNA webdesk |Updated: Sep 29, 2017, 09:47 PM IST
And KKR pull off a sweet win tonight!
Kudos to their batsmen who kept composure despite losing skipper Gautam Gambhir early on and saw the game off from CSK.
Robin Uthappa's fiery 80 was the corner-stone of their run-chase and also Andre Russell hammered away CSK with an equally impressive 59.
In the end CSK's bowling effort was tepid enough as it failed to defend a competitive total.
So it is two points for KKR whereas CSK will aim to produce a much better show next time around.
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Over 19.5
KKR - 169 for 3 win by seven wickets
Russell hits a cracking 59 whereas Uthappa finishes with an amazing 80.
WINNING SHOT! Russell ends the game with a edge that flies away to deep-fine leg.
Cracking match #CSKvsKKR #IPL2015
— Jas Deo (@jasdeo) April 30, 2015
1 from 2 needed.
Single.
2 from 3 needed.
Two runs.
Unwise decision by CSK given the pressure here?
More is the bowler.
4 from 4 needed.
Single.
Single.
Over 19
KKR - 160 for 3
GOOD BALL! Mohit ends the over with a clever slow bouncer.
Gautam Gambhir Strickly follows his Surname. #CSKvsKKR
— Risshabh!! (@IamRissh) April 30, 2015
CSK still have a chance though!
6 from 7 now.
Dot ball.
Dot ball.
Rainaaaau r making me smile admist this pressure @ImRaina #CSKvsKKR
— HBD Rohit&VishnuBhai (@ImSadurthika) April 30, 2015
KKR almost there now!
6 needed.
Single.
7 needed to win.
FOUR! Full toss from Mohit..smacked through covers by Uthappa!
Uthappa is on 71 and Russell is on 54.
Over 18
KKR - 155 for 3
Single to end the over.
GOOD STOP! Raina makes a superb interception at the boundary...stops a sure-fire four!
DOUBLE TROUBLE!
95 from 51 balls is the partnership.
14 from 15 needed.
Two runs.
GOOD EFFORT! Mohit slides in to take a spectacular catch...but it was too tough in the end!
Over 17
KKR - 147 for 3
End of Over.
20 from 19 needed.
Single.
Same shot....this time the six flies even higher!
SIX AGAIN! And he reaches his fifty in style.
He is on 46.
AMAIZNG SHOT!
SIX! Hammered into the deep-mid wicket crowd by Russell.
Brilliant counter-attacking cricket by KKR's batsmen!
Have CSK already thrown in the towel?
Dot ball.
Andre-Robin jodi does the trick!
KKR are literally cruising here.
Single.
By the law of averages, Nehra should have conceded at least 100 runs in this match. #CSKvsKKR
— The-Lying-Lama (@KyaUkhaadLega) April 30, 2015
Bravo to bowl this over.
Single.
Over 17
KKR - 132 for 3
End of Over.
Single.
36 from 26 needed.
Single.
Russell is on 37.
TAKE A BOW.
SIX! Massive hit by Russell...flies into the deep-mid wicket crowd!
FOUR! Flicked away to mid-wicket...good shot!
Over 16
KKR - 118 for 3
Dot ball to end the over.
61 from 35 balls is the partnership...game changer?
KKR definitely can win this from now!
Single.
#AshishNehra back in his original form..#KKRvsCSK #CSKvsKKR CSK#IPL #IPL8 #PepsiIPL #IndiaKaTyohaar #Go4More
— Aditya Acharya (@aadiacharya) April 30, 2015
Dot ball.
TAKE A BOW!
Uthappa reaches 60 now.
FOUR AGAIN! Same shot...same result.
53 from 34 needed.
Cleverly edged away to third-man...good shot!
FOUR! Robbie on fire.
WELL PLAYED!
FIFTY! Uthappa slams Nehra first ball down the track for a six!
Over 15
KKR - 103 for 3
Single to end the over.
Strike Rates Of Manish Pandey And S.yadav Since Last 2 Matches Against CSK Are Giving Tough Competition To The Petrol Price #CSKvsKKR #IPL
— JOKƎR (@ScrewedTik) April 30, 2015
Single.
Russell has reached a quick-fire 26.
66 from 39 needed.
Single.
TWO IN TWO! Russell hammers Bravo for consecutive boundaries!
Over 14
KKR - 91 for 3
End of Over.
Good over by Negi so far.
Solid knock!
Meanwhile Uthappa has reached 42.
And it is Russell's birthday by the way...Happy Bday big man!
Over 13
KKR - 86 for 3
Single to end the over.
R Ashwin was the man to go in such situations...CSK miss him badly!
Single.
82 from 50 needed.
CLEVER!
Edged away to deep-third man by Uthappa.
Jaddu gets a grand welcome!
Andre the giant!
FOUR! Blasted between the two fielders at wide-long on!
Over 12
KKR - 75 for 3
Single to end the over.
More of those needed.
83 meter hit!
SIX! Russell hammers that to deep-extra cover.
10.24 is the run-rate now...KKR have to fire fast!
Over 10
KKR - 66 for 3
End of Over.
Single.
And Uthappa is ideal company for him.
Andre Russell will have to fire big time now!
Clever running here!
Two runs.
Single.
Ronit More got his Maiden IPL Wicket on debut. SKY gone. #CSKvsKKR
— You Know!! (@sk00monu) April 30, 2015
KKR - 57 for 3
As Bravo dances..CSK celebrate!
More the wicket-taker.
GONE! Yadav goes for 2...holes out to Bravo in the deep.
Over 9
KKR - 57 for 2
Dot ball to end the over.
Negi is taking the match away from KKR. What a youngster. #CSKvsKKR #ipl #ipl2015 #iplt20
— ayush singh (@ayushsingh42) April 30, 2015
Will KKR lose the plot like they did in the previous game against CSK?
Suryakumar Yadav comes in to bat.
KKR - 54 for 2
Negi strikes.
GONE! Pandey goes for 3...holes out to Jadeja in the deep.
Over 8
KKR - 53 for 1
Single to end the over.
Uthappa is on 25...steady going by him.
KKR need to switch gears fast!
9.32 is the required run-rate now!
Single.
FOUR! And Uthappa greets him with a boundary.
More is the bowler.
Mr. CRICKET.. Always in the Game #CSKvsKKR https://t.co/hfspFyHFX9
— You Know!! (@sk00monu) April 30, 2015
Over 7
KKR - 44 for 1
Dot ball to end the over.
KKR are dealing in singles here.
Single.
Single.
Negi to bowl this over.
Over 6
KKR - 38 for 1
End of Over.
Dot ball.
Nehra has bounced back after the initial hammering!
Dot again.
Dot ball.
Dot ball.
CLOSE! Nehra almost held on to Uthappa's ferocious hit down the track.
Nehra in to bowl.
Over 5
KKR - 36 for 1
Single to end the over.
Dot ball.
OUT! Gauti gone! #whistlepodu #CSKvsKKR
— Kirti (@kirti_7) April 30, 2015
Manish Pandey is the new batsman.
Single.
KKR - 33 for 1
Mohit gets the breakthrough.
His edge flies to More at deep-fine leg.
WICKET! And Gambhir is gone for 19!
Over 4
KKR - 33 for 0
Single to end the over.
Bad ball from Nehra...too short.
91 meters!
SMASHED! Gambhir whacks that into the deep-midwicket crowd.
Dot ball.
#MohitSharma bowling awesome @sharmamohit06 #cskvskkr #whistlepodu @ChennaiIPL
— nefratidee (@aky488) April 30, 2015
Not so threatening Nehra?
GREAT SHOT.
Whacks it beautifully to wide-long off!
FOUR! Robin on fire.
Over 3
KKR - 21 for 0
End of Over.
AMAZING SHOT! Gambhir whacks a shor-pitched deliver into the deep-mid wicket crowd.
Good over by Mohit so far!
Dot ball.
#IPL #CSKvsKKR Has been seeing a yellow painted #CSK ardent fan in all of @ChennaiIPL matches.. pic.twitter.com/E3XQlhtcLn
— Nitha SH (@nishitah) April 30, 2015
Single.
Dot ball.
GOOD STOP! Gambhir hammers it down the track but Mohit dives full length and averts it!
Over 2
KKR - 13 for 0
Single to end the over.
Single.
Expect the Unexpected Believe in the Unbelievable - ASHISH NEHRA .. @ChennaiIPL #CSKvsKKR #IPL2015 #WhistlePodu
— Sana (@ImSana20) April 30, 2015
WIDE!
KKR have started off slowly here.
Single.
Mr nehraji plz fetch us a Wicket #CSK #CSKvsKKR
— aakash harinath (@akashharinath) April 30, 2015
Two runs.
And Nehra is the purple-cap holder by the way wioth 13 wickets!
CSK have a ploy against his so called off-side weakness by the looks of it.
AGAIN!
Another one beats him for good.
GOOD BALL! Gambhir is having serious doubts with deliveries outside off!
Nehra begins off-mark.
WIDE!
Over 1
KKR - 6 for 0
End of Over.
Single.
GOOD BALL! That one angled away from Gambhir's prodding willow!
No Ashwin for CSK. How much will they miss him today? We'll find out as the action is about to begin. Uthappa will take strike.#CSKvsKKR
— Suhaib Sofi (@imssofi) April 30, 2015
Single.
GOOD SHOT!
FOUR! Uthappa flicks that away to mid-wicket.
Single.
Mohit Sharma to bowl the first over.
And Gautam Gambhir and Robin Uthappa have walked in to bat.
Battle Royale indeed here!
If Brendon McCullum blazed through KKR with a fiery 32 early on, then Brad Hogg and KKR's spinners ripped through the CSK batting.
CSK have Faf Du Plessis, Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja and P Negi to thank for as the foursome rescued them from a certain batting collapse with timely knocks.
As for KKR, it was Hogg's 4 for 29 which helped them strangulate CSK!
Over to the KKR run-chase now
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Over 20
CSK - 165 for 9
Single to end the innings.
GOOD YORKER! 146 km/hr...Nehra somehow played to it
Two to go.
Single.
Nehra is the last man in.
Single.
Single.
CSK - 160 for 9
GONE! Uthappa takes a sitter...Mohit Sharma top edges one from Russell.
Over 19
CSK - 160 for 8
TAKE A BOW!
Hogg finishes on 4 for 29.
GOOD BALL!
CSK - 160 for 8
Quicker one from Hogg.
Cleaned up by a gem of a delivery!
NEgi's adventure ends on 27.
GONE! Hogg on fire.
#Bradhogg is a perfect example which tells you age is no barrier in sports! #IPL2015 #CSKvsKKR
— Anuj Sarda (@anujsarda) April 30, 2015
GREAT SHOT!
SIX! And Negi hammers that through mid-wicket.
CSK - 154 for 7
Hogg magic continues...Cummins takes a good catch...Jadeja's shot failed to beat him!
GONE!
KKR have faded away slowly!
CSK definitely have the momentum now.
Single.
Hogg is back.
Over 18
Expensive over for KKR!
CSK - 153 for 6
Single to end the over.
Bad night for Cummins.
Same shot...same result!
FOUR! Cummins is getting a battering now.
Whacked away to extra-cover.
FOUR AGAIN! Negi is on fire.
Negi had the simplest of tasks...using the speed of the ball.
This one is glanced behind to deep-fine leg.
FOUR! Cummins is fast but wayward.
FOUR!
GOOD SHOT! Negi replies with a shot that rockets through mid-wicket.
GOOD BALL! Cummins angled that away from Negi...beaten up!
Over 17
CSK - 136 for 6
Dot ball to end the over.
It's been years since we saw SIR JADEJA innings. It's all in your hands now, Jaddu! #CSKvsKKR #CSK
— Leena Priya (@RainaMyIdol) April 30, 2015
Two runs.
CHEEKY!
FOUR! Negi edges that cleverly to third-man.
CSK - 129 for 6
GOOD BALL!
Loses his stumps!
GONE! Bravo mis-judged one that angled in.
BRAVO CSK!
Jadeja is on 24 while Bravo is on 30.
Russell to bowl this over.
Single.
Over 16
CSK - 128 for 5
Single to end the over.
Single.
DROPPED! Gambhir spills one off Bravo...tough catch at that one!
Fifty partnership up!
Single.
Over 15
CSK - 121 for 5
Jaddu nails it!
FOUR! Jaddu ends the over with a fine shot to third-man.
Good over so far.
Haha...liked it.The flying Dutchman! #Tendo #CSKvsKKR https://t.co/orDMYWjhgZ
— Twelfth Man (@D_Misplaced1) April 30, 2015
Russell back to bowl.
Over 14
CSK - 115 for 5
End of Over.
SIX! Smashed to wide-long off by Jadeja.
Dot ball.
FOUR! Driven down covers...BRAVO!
Meanwhile Bravo-Jadeja have put in a 32-run partnership here!
Hogg is back!
Over 13
CSK - 104 for 5
Three off the over.
CSK can get some vital runs here.
Jadeja and Bravo need to make use of this opportunity.
Andre Russell to bowl this over.
Switch to pace!
Over 12
CSK - 101 for 5
Four off Pathan's over.
Over 11
CSK - 97 for 5
Dot ball to end the over.
FOUR! Chawla shouts for an lbw appeal..but Bravo's edge flies behind to the boundary!
Dot ball.
Chawla is back in the attack.
Single.
Over 10
CSK - 88 for 5
Single to end the over.
FOUR! Bravo whips that on the off-side...Hogg made a dash for it...but could not reach there!
Dot ball.
Another spinner brought in...Yusuf Pathan.
Single.
CSK need a superlative effort from their remaining batsmen from now on!
Great Display of Leg Spin Bowling by Hogg and Chawla! @iplt20 #CSKVsKKR
— Gayan MSD Attanayake (@gayanmsd) April 30, 2015
Over 9
CSK - 81 for 5
End of Over.
Single.
KKR are flying!
CSK have been clueless against Hogg-Chawla till now!
KKR are literally spinning it 'round!
Chawla back in the attack.
Over 8
CSK - 80 for 5
End of Over.
GOOD BALL!
HOGG MAGIC!
Single.
FOUR! Jadeja releases the pressure with a fine hit!
Dot ball.
@Brad_Hogg we have always heard 'Old is gold' ! Indeed it is. ;) #CSKvsKKR
— Yasir A Ganai (@ganaiyasir0) April 30, 2015
Jadeja survives a lbw appeal.
CLOSE! Hogg is on fire tonight...literally!
Over 7
CSK - 73 for 5
Single to end the over.
CSK - 72 for 5
Chawla cleans him up with a googly!
GONE! Dhoni goes for 1.
Dhoni-Bravo need to revive the innings.
CSK are crumbling as for now!
Over 6
KKR - 69 for 4
End of Over.
Dhoni survives a lbw appeal.
CLOSE! Hogg ends the over spectacularly.
CSK - 69 for 4
Went for another biggie and was beaten up by a Hogg beauty!
Faf is stumped for 20.
GONE! Hogg on fire!
FOUR! And Faf dances down the track and hammers a full-toss to long-on!
Du Plessis is the man for it.
CSK have to rebuild now.
Aiyo! McCullum gone! #CSK #CSKvsKKR #PepsiIPL
— Sonia Thakkar (@soniaSAPcareers) April 30, 2015
KKR have bounced back now!
Dwayne Bravo is in to bat.
CSK - 64 for 3
Hogg bamboozled him with a beauty which caught him plumb!
BAZ is gone for 32.
BIG WICKET! Brad Hogg strikes first ball!
Over 5
CSK - 64 for 2
Dot ball to end the over.
FOUR AGAIN! This one races away to deep-cover...Cummins slides but cannot avert a boundary!
Good shot!
FOUR! Du Plessis hits Chawla through the covers.
Over 4
CSK - 52 for 2
End of Over.
BAZ ON!
Four down the track.
BANG ON! A 147 km/hr delivery is dispatched off with ease by McCullum!
Yadav is the bowler.
FOUR! Faf flicks that to deep-mid wicket...good shot!
Du Plessis is in to bat.
CSK - 43 for 2
Chawla takes a fine catch mid-on after Raina's chop falls straight to him!
Raina goes for 8.
GONE!
GREAT SHOT!
HOOKED AWAY! Raina smashes this one off Yadav to deep-cover.
Over 3
CSK - 39 for 1
End of Over.
He looks unstoppable tonight!
HAMMERED! Makes room and whips that to deep-third man.
Another one is smashed towards deep-square leg...fine shot.
BAZ IS ON!
Four! McCullum cuts that to deep-fine leg...great shot!
BATTLE ROYLE ON!
Cummins to bowl this over.
Over 2
CSK - 23 for 1
Dot ball to end the over.
Trivia: 3502 - is Raina's run tally on IPL history.
143 km/hr....Yadav is banging it in!
Umesh Yadav is the bowler.
FOUR! Smacked through covers by Raina...good shot!
Electrifying atmosphere #CSKvsKKR #edengardens @navinailani @jayeshrajan #IPL2015 #IPLT20 @skalas01
— Nikesh Gogia (@nikcool123) April 30, 2015
Over 1
CSK - 19 for 1
End of Over.
146.5 km/hr...speed gun Cummins!
BAZ ON FIRE.
87 meter hit smashed into deep-mid wicket!
SIX AGAIN! Baz is on fire here!
WIDE!
The BAZ SHOW begins!
SIX! And McCullum hammers that to deep-mid wicket.
KKR are off to a flyer here!
Single.
Suresh Raina is at crease now.
CSK - 0 for 1
SUPER CATCH!
Doeschate takes a stunner at point.
Smith is gone first ball to Cummins!
WHADDA CATCH! Amazing effort by Ten Doeschate!
BAZ SHOW?
Brendon McCullum and Dwayne Smith have come in to bat.
KKR huddle here...and a garland ceremony just happened near one of the sight screens for the late Ankit Keshri.
Starting XI -
KKR - Uthappa†, Gambhir*, Pandey, Yadav, Doeschate, Pathan, Russell, Cummins, Chawla, Hogg,Yadav
CSK - Smith, McCullum, Raina, du Plessis, Dhoni*†, Jadeja, Bravo, M Sharma, Negi, Nehra, More
TOSS TIME - KKR win the toss and elect to bowl first.
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Welcome to LIVE coverage of Match 30 of IPL 8 which has Kolkata Knight Riders facing in-form Chennai Super Kings at Eden Gardens.
Here is the Match Preview of the game which will begin on 20:00 IST.
Both teams had met in a thrillling game in Chennai recently which CSK clinched by two runs.
CSK go into the game as favourites despite playing away and their spinners will be counted to stand up and deliver tonight.
The Sunil Narine controversy rages on for KKR and Aussie veteran Brad Hogg may as well play again.
CSK on the other hand may bank on Dwayne Bravo to put in another virtuoso performance tonight, as the West Indian had did in the two sides' previous encounter.
Despite the de-valuation controversy raging on, CSK have done enough to cement their place as IPL 8 table-toppers and another stellar performance is expected from MS Dhoni's side tonight.
Unfortunately they will miss the services of Ravichandran Ashwin who will not play due to a hand injury.
It will be interesting to see whether the opening duo of Brendon McCullum and Dwayne Smith fire once again for CSK and KKR's bowlers will have a tough task in keeping them quite.
So it is 'Battle Royale' for now!
