Rinku Singh and Nitish Rana performens Kolkata Knight Riders wins over Chennai Super Kings by 6 wickets.
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The 61st Match of the Indian Premier League 2023 was played yesterday between Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai. In which Kolkata Knight Riders wins over Chennai Super Kings by 6 wickets.
Chennai Super Kings batted first after winning the toss, started the inning well, Ruturaj Gaikwad and Devon Conway came to start the inning and have a good start, the first wicket has dismissed for 31 runs in 3.3 over, Ruturaj Gaikwad dismissed after scoring 17 runs in 13 balls, next batsman Ajinkya Rahane came to bat and played well with Devon Conway, the second wicket has dismissed for 61 runs in last ball of the 8th over, Ajinkya Rahane dismissed after scoring 16 runs in 11 balls, next batsman Ambati Rayudu came to bat, after a moments the third wicket also dismissed for 66 runs in 9.3 over, Devon Conway dismissed after playing a brilliant inning of 30 runs with the help of 3 boundaries in 28 balls, followed by Shivam Dube came to bat, after a moments the fourth wicket has also dismissed for 68 runs in first ball of the 11th over, Ambati Rayudu dismissed just for 4 runs in 7 balls, next batsman Moeen Ali came to bat and he also dismissed very quickly just for 1 run in 2 balls as fifth wicket in last ball of the 11th over, next batsman Ravindra Jadeja came to bat and handled the inning with Shivam Dube, the sixth wicket has dismissed for 140 runs in fourth ball of the final over, Ravindra Jadeja dismissed after scoring 20 runs in 24 balls, followed by MS Dhoni came to bat and he was remains unbeaten for 2 runs in 3 balls with Shivam Dube, and Shivam Dube played a very brilliant unbeaten quick inning of 48 runs with the help of 3 sixes and 1 boundary in just 34 balls. In this way, Chennai Super Kings scored 144 runs for losing 6 wickets in the prescribed 20 overs and set a target of 145 runs in front of Kolkata Knight Riders.
Kolkata Knight Riders bowlers Sunil Narine took 2 wickets just for 15 runs, Varun Chakaravarthy 2 wickets for 36 runs, Vaibhav Arora 1 wicket for 30 runs, and Shardul Thakur 1 wicket just for 15 runs in 3 overs.
Kolkata Knight Riders chasing 145 runs in the second inning achieved the target very easily by losing just 4 wickets in the third ball of the 19th over. Kolkata Knight Riders started the inning not very well, but the ending was very brilliant, Jason Roy and Rahmanullah Gurbaz came to start the inning, the first wicket has dismissed very quickly just for 4 runs in last ball of the first over, Rahmanullah Gurbaz dismissed just for 1 run in 4 balls, next batsman Venkatesh Iyer came to bat and good strike rotate with Jason Roy for a while, the second wicket has dismissed for 21 runs in 2.5 over, Venkatesh Iyer dismissed for 9 runs in 4 balls, next batsman Nitish Rana came to bat, after a while the third wicket also dismissed for 33 runs in 4.3 over, Jason Roy dismissed for 12 runs in 15 balls, followed by Rinku Singh came to bat handled the inning and played a very brilliant half-century partnership of 99 runs with Nitish Rana, the fourth wicket dismissed for 132 runs in first ball of the 18th over, Rinku Singh dismissed after playing a very brilliant half-century inning of 54 runs with the help of 3 sixes and 4 boundaries in just 43 balls, next batsman Andre Russell came to bat and he was remains unbeaten for 2 runs in 2 balls with Nitish Rana, and Nitish Rana played a very brilliant unbeaten half-century and victory inning of 57 runs with the help of 1 six and 6 boundaires in just 44 balls. In this way, Kolkata Knight Riders chased the target very easily for losing just 4 wickets in 18.3 over and won the match by 6 wickets.
Chennai Super Kings bowler Deepak Chahar took 3 wickets just for 27 runs in 3 overs.
Kolkata Knight Riders batsman Rinku Singh was selected as the best player of the match, he played a very brilliant half-century inning of 54 runs with the help of 3 sixes and 4 boundaries in just 43 balls.
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