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Match Details
CSK vs KKR 38th Match, IPL 2021
CSK
172-820.0
Chennai Super Kings won by 2 wickets
KKR
20.0171-6
Player of the Match
Ravindra Jadeja
Chennai Super Kings1/21
22(8)
CSK - 2nd Innings| Session | Open | PASS | 6 Over | 47 | 52 | 10 Over | 81 | 89 | 15 Over | 130 | 127 |
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KKR - 1st Innings| Session | Open | PASS | 6 Over | 46 | 50 | 10 Over | 79 | 78 | 15 Over | 117 | 118 | 20 Over | 175 | 171 |
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Ravindra Jadeja: It is difficult. After you have played five-day cricket and then to come to white-ball cricket, I was working on my bat swing. I wanted to repeat whatever I was doing. The runs in the second-last over turned out to be the match-winning over for us. But Rutu and Faf gave us a good start. You need to be collective as a unit, whether with bat or ball. I was just backing my strength. He was bowling with fine leg and square leg up. I thought he would bowl full outside off, and slow short ball. I thought he would give one ball up, and luckily I connected well.
Ravindra Jadeja has been named as the 'Player of the Match'
MS Dhoni: It's a nice victory to have. At times you play good cricket and you lose. It is enjoyable when you don't do so well and still win. It was good cricket from both sides, and a pleasure for the spectators. We bowled well in patches. It's not easy for the fast bowlers. We tried to give them short spells. 170 was a par score, I felt. When Jadeja was bowling, it was coming on and not stopping. The way we started, KKR deserve some applause for making a game out of it. We were also worried about how the wicket will be. When you keep playing on a wicket, groundsmen sometimes water it more and leave some more grass. [On six wins in a row in UAE] The important thing was to make the most of what we had learnt and to come back stronger.
Ruturaj Gaikwad: [On opening with Faf] The opening stand is always crucial. We managed to do it today. If one of us had stayed till 12th or 13th over, it would have prevented this game from coming closer. The senior players are used to these conditions and situations. If this had been a Super Over, I might have needed to bat, so I was really nervous around the last ball. After every game that we win, we do have celebrations.
Eoin Morgan: Both sides batted well. Both bowled really well. Can't fault anything from our side. The second half of the tournament has been a lot of positives for our side. We just have to give ourselves the best chance. [On Prasidh for the 19th over] Sunil takes the responsibility. I hope Dre [Russell] is ok. The whole tournament has an abundance of top-class international circketers. Some of the local Indian guys haven't even been capped yet. When Jadeja plays like that, similar to Sam Curran for England, I don't think there's a lot to do. [On holding back Varun Chakravarthy] All about matchups. Your bowlers need to bowl well enough to do that.
WOW!! WOW!! Deepak Chahar held his nerve and swept over mid-wicket to take that crucial single and help CSK get a victory. Amazing bowling from Sunil Narine but even he couldn't defend four runs off the final over.
Chasing 172 for victory, CSK started superbly as the openers, Ruturaj Gaikwad and Faf du Plessis scored 52 runs in the Powerplay. The duo continued to score quickly until Ruturaj Gaikwad got a leading edge off Andre Russell's bowling which was caught by Eoin Morgan. Moeen Ali came in and continued to show positive intent until Faf du Plessis slapped a short delivery to Lockie Ferguson at deep point.
KKR skipper Morgan made some good bowling changes as CSK's scoring rate gradually declined. Eventually, Ambati Rayudu was bowled by Sunil Narine while Moeen Ali was undone by Lockie Ferguson. The match became even more interesting in the 18th over which was bowled brilliantly by Varun Chakravarthy. MS Dhoni's attempt to steal a single off the first delivery resulted in Suresh Raina getting run-out while Chakravarthy castled the CSK skipper with a cracking googly. Varun also closed out the over and produced a difficult equation of 26 runs off 12 balls for CSK.
However, the game turned on its head once again when Ravindra Jadeja smashed Prasidh Krishna for two sixes and two boundaries. With just four runs to defend in the final over, Sunil Narine tried his best but he fell just short in the end
Chasing 172 for victory, CSK started superbly as the openers, Ruturaj Gaikwad and Faf du Plessis scored 52 runs in the Powerplay. The duo continued to score quickly until Ruturaj Gaikwad got a leading edge off Andre Russell's bowling which was caught by Eoin Morgan. Moeen Ali came in and continued to show positive intent until Faf du Plessis slapped a short delivery to Lockie Ferguson at deep point.
KKR skipper Morgan made some good bowling changes as CSK's scoring rate gradually declined. Eventually, Ambati Rayudu was bowled by Sunil Narine while Moeen Ali was undone by Lockie Ferguson. The match became even more interesting in the 18th over which was bowled brilliantly by Varun Chakravarthy. MS Dhoni's attempt to steal a single off the first delivery resulted in Suresh Raina getting run-out while Chakravarthy castled the CSK skipper with a cracking googly. Varun also closed out the over and produced a difficult equation of 26 runs off 12 balls for CSK.
However, the game turned on its head once again when Ravindra Jadeja smashed Prasidh Krishna for two sixes and two boundaries. With just four runs to defend in the final over, Sunil Narine tried his best but he fell just short in the end
OVER 20
Chennai Super Kings
172/8
Shardul Thakur
3(2)
Deepak Chahar
1(1)
Sunil Narine
3-41(4.0)
19.6 S Narine to D Chahar
1 Sweeps it past mid wicket to win the game!! Yes, CSK have won this match. What a nerve-wrecking contest we have witnessed here. Fuller on the stumps. Chahar sweeps it past the mid wicket region to collect a single here. CSK go top of the table..
DRS time here!! There is no spike on the Ultra-Edge. The ball-tracking shows umpire's call on impact. The on-field decision will stay. OUT!! CSK need 1 off 1 ball
19.5 S Narine to R Jadeja
W Trapped on the front leg and gone!!! Narine, you beauty! But hang on here, Jadeja feels there's an inside-edge and has taken the DRS. Looks plumb from the naked eye. Length delivery on the stumps. Jadeja sits down on his knee as he misses his flick and gets clipped on the front pad. Was the impact outside the off? That's the only thing that could save Jaddu here. Super over calling???
19.4 S Narine to R Jadeja
0 Dot ball! Dot ball! Fuller on the pads. Jadeja misses his flick and gets clipped on the front leg. That was perhaps sliding down the legs. More drama in this match..
19.3 S Narine to S Thakur
3 Tries to be cheeky here and goes for a paddle sweep to this length delivery. He places it perfectly through the short fine leg fielder and has enough time to complete a TREBLE. Scores are level now.
19.2 S Narine to S Thakur
0 Brilliant from Narine! Fires in a quicker one outside the off. Thakur fails to get a bat on this one..
19.1 S Narine to S Curran
W Flat-bats it to long off and taken safely by the fielder!! Is there a twist in the tale once again?? Phew, what a game we are witnessing. Fuller on the off, deliberately pitches it wider. Curran reaches for the ball and slaps it aerially towards long off. The ball was travelling fast, but the fielder there settles under the ball and takes a safe catch in the end.. 4 needed off 5 balls..
OVER 19
Chennai Super Kings
168/6
Ravindra Jadeja
22(6)
Sam Curran
4(3)
Prasidh Krishna
1-41(4.0)
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