The Chennai Super Kings handed Kolkata Knight Riders their first loss of the IPL season in dominant fashion. The home team won by seven wickets with two overs to spare, giving the home fans at the MA Chidambaram Stadium a show to remember.
Ruturaj Gaikwad was the star of the run chase, scoring 67 runs from 58 deliveries to help his side to the win. He was backed up by Shivam Dube and Daryl Mitchell, who scored 28 and 25 runs respectively.
Chennai Super Kings hand Kolkata Knight Riders their first loss of the season
– Beat RCB by 6 wickets.
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– Beat GT by 63 runs.
– Beat KKR by 7 wickets.
3rd consecutive wins for Chennai Super Kings at Chepauk. 🦁🔥 pic.twitter.com/3MHXJGqvAJ
Ravindra Jadeja and Tushar Deshpande took three wickets each to restrict KKR to a meagre total of 137 while conceding nine wickets. The visitors were unable to put enough runs on the board, and were unable to perform up to the mark with the ball either.
Mitchell Starc was too expensive, conceding 29 runs in three overs. Vaibhav Arora took two wickets to push the home team back, but they were simply better and comfortably chased the total down.
