IPL 2021 - Match 15 : CSK (220/3) defeat KKR (202) by 18 runs

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Time: 2:00 PM GMT, 7:30 PM LOCAL

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Squads:

Kolkata Knight Riders : Shubman Gill, Rahul Tripathi, Karun Nair, Eoin Morgan (C) (F), Nitish Rana, Gurkeerat Mann Singh, Tim Seifert (F), Dinesh Karthik, Sheldon Jackson, Andre Russell (F), Shakib Al Hasan (F), Ben Cutting (F), Venkatesh Iyer, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy, Sunil Narine (F), Harbhajan Singh, Pawan Negi, Vaibhav Arora, Pat Cummins (F), Lockie Ferguson (F), Prasidh Krishna, Sandeep Warrier, Shivam Mavi, Kamlesh Nagarkoti

Chennai Super Kings : MS Dhoni (Captain), Suresh Raina, Narayan Jagadeesabn, Ruturaj Gaikwad, KM Asif, Karn Sharma, Ambati Rayudu, Deepak Chahar, Faf du Plessis, Shardul Thakur, Mitchell Santner, Dwayne Bravo, Lungi Ngidi, Sam Curran, Ravindra Jadeja, Imran Tahir, Robin Uthappa, Moeen Ali, K Gowtham, Cheteshwar Pujara, M.Harisankar Reddy, K.Bhagath Varma, C Hari Nishaanth, R Sai Kishore


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[MenInG]

Kolkata Knight Riders have won the toss and have opted to field

Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Nitish Rana, Shubman Gill, Rahul Tripathi, Eoin Morgan(c), Dinesh Karthik(w), Andre Russell, Pat Cummins, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakravarthy, Prasidh Krishna

Chennai Super Kings (Playing XI): Ruturaj Gaikwad, Faf du Plessis, Moeen Ali, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni(w/c), Sam Curran, Shardul Thakur, Lungi Ngidi, Deepak Chahar

 

[Firebat]

15 runs off Cummins' first over. Still not justifying that price tag

 

[Justcrazy]

Chennai 82 in first 10 overs , very very good start

 

[Justcrazy]

KKR problem is lot of inconsistent players , they need to get better Indian batsmen in the next auction

 

[Justcrazy]

Six

Opposition grinding KKR here , Toothless bowling

 

[Justcrazy]

KKR would be chasing a big total , and with the inconsistent batting they have , its very tough

 

[Justcrazy]

Mumbai , Delhi , Chennai , RCB are likely to make play offs , they have better balanced and in form players

 

[Justcrazy]

Moeen is a dangerous hitter , KKR need a few wickets here

 

[Justcrazy]

This is going to be a big chase , KKR unlikely to win this

 

[Justcrazy]

Gill
Kartik
Rana
Morgan
Tripathi
Cutting
Russell
Cummins
Ferguson
Varun
Kuldeep

This is the team KKR should play.

 

[Justcrazy]

OUT

Narine gets wicket

 

[Justcrazy]

Dhoni comes up the order here

 

[Justcrazy]

Dhoni coming ahead is probably better for KKR , Curran or jadeja would have hammered the bowling

 

[Justcrazy]

Russell , Narine , Morgan have to bat out of their skins here for KKR to have a chance of chasing this big total.

 

[Justcrazy]

KKR making big mistake by keeping Ben Cutting out of the team , he is a very useful player and adds solid balance to the team.

 

[pakistani pride]

What the hell is Russell doing?!
Pathetic bowling. What line is he bowling.

 

[Justcrazy]

OUT

Dhoni gone

 

[Justcrazy]

What the hell is Russell doing?!
Pathetic bowling. What line is he bowling.

KKR need to get rid of his obsession and drop him , he is very inconsistent , not good for the team.

 

[Justcrazy]

SIX

Cummins has been here

 

[pakistani pride]

KKR need to get rid of his obsession and drop him , he is very inconsistent , not good for the team.

I see him do that all the time. His overs are like 8 balls due to that weird strategy resulting in several wides. His ER is also very high.

 

[Justcrazy]

Cummins 58 from 4 overs

 

[Justcrazy]

221 runs target for KKR , very very unlikely they will get there.

 

[Devadwal]

221 runs target for KKR , very very unlikely they will get there.

They have enough batting depth to chase this down if they got very good start . In PP they need 70 runs atleast

 

[Yasir_ch]

LOL pat Cummins the T20 bowler.He is awful.

 

[silentkiller187]

Shubnam Gill looks more like haider Ali everyday

 

[Justcrazy]

KKR inconsistency evident again , both with the bat and the ball

 

[Justcrazy]

They have enough batting depth to chase this down if they got very good start . In PP they need 70 runs atleast

There is no depth , full of mediocre , overrated past the prime players , KKR was a gun team under gautam Gambhir , a team which could best in business

 

[Justcrazy]

OUT

Morgan gone

 

[Justcrazy]

KKR has XI full of pathetic mediocre players , thus the results show how weak the team is , its a kind of joke

 

[Justcrazy]

Narine and Russell both have to be replaced by Cutting and Ferguson , that is the only way KKR can become slightly better

 

[Justcrazy]

97 . 5

10 overs

KKR has lost too many wickets here

 

[Rana]

Andre Russel in fire!

 

[Justcrazy]

97 . 5

10 overs

KKR has lost too many wickets here

 

[Justcrazy]

Russell gets to 21 ball fifty , KKR need a hundred from him to win here , he needs to be there till 18th over

 

[Yasir_ch]

Andre Russell is the cleanest hitter in the cricket right now.He is just incredible.

 

[Justcrazy]

If KKR were chasing 190 this would have been easy for them at this stage , 220 is always difficult to chase , you are likely to loose wickets any time , not much cussion

 

[Justcrazy]

Russell gone , Can Kartik produce a magical finish

 

[Justcrazy]

Six
Four

Kartik just keeping KKR interested

 

[Justcrazy]

Cummins was pathetic with ball , he needs to hit some lusty blows.

 

[Justcrazy]

Match has slipped away from KKR , they should be playing for net run rate now.

 

[Smbhayi]

That's a great slow ball from Ngidi..

 

[Smbhayi]

Gill
Kartik
Rana
Morgan
Tripathi
Cutting
Russell
Cummins
Ferguson
Varun
Kuldeep

This is the team KKR should play.

Kartik should play at middle over/death, he done well there..

 

[Smbhayi]

Cummins on fire , back-to-back 6..

 

[Smbhayi]

Cummins on fire , back-to-back 6..

Its hatrick 6s..

 

[Smbhayi]

2,6,6,6,4,6 on that Curran's over. Cummins...

 

[Rana]

Well done Cummins for destroying this overrated Curran

 

[Smbhayi]

So Cummins almost scored what he's given at better SR..

 

[Smbhayi]

Poor from Nagarkoti, he just needed give strikes to Cummins..

 

[Rana]

Good match

 

[Rana]

Thakur being a chicken!

This ball will cost his team 7 runs now. A straight ball would have only been 6!

 

[Smbhayi]

28 needed from last 2 overs.. Doable, but Cummins need to do it alone..

 

[Smbhayi]

Sam Curran again., good start by him..

 

[Mesozoic]

Curran bowling again... )

 

[Smbhayi]

Wow, 2nd ball gone to 6..

 

[Smbhayi]

Chakravarthy run out..

 

[Smbhayi]

Lol what was Chakravarthy doing there, he was hesitant to run 2nd one.. Luckily they cross in time..

 

[Smbhayi]

Despite that 6 very good over from Sam so far..

 

[Smbhayi]

Need 20 in last over.. Very good over by Sam under pressure..

 

[Smbhayi]

Another run out, KKR don't mind, Cummins on strike..

 

[Rana]

Probably the best ever IPL match I have ever watched

 

[Smbhayi]

Another run out, KKR don't mind, Cummins on strike..

Lol didn't realize they're all-out..

 

[MenInG]

CSK 220/3 (20)

KKR 202 (19.1)

Chennai Super Kings won by 18 runs

 

[jnaveen1980]

That was some hitting by Cummins. Should i say he "out-hit" Russell.

 

[Maliq_Mudasir]

Wanted KKR to win, what an effort after half of thr team getting out on 35. Incredible stuff by Cummins and Russell.

Non performing captain has been the biggest issue for KKR since last season.

 

[DHONI183]

Wow, those were a couple of blinding knocks by Russell and Cummins! What a great comeback win it would´ve been had they been able to pull it off! The win by Chennai once again underlines that anything below 220 is not safe on this Mumbai surface. It is truly a batting paradise!

 

[Smbhayi]

Morgan got the best award, 1 lakh and a Vivo X60 (seems like a good one).. Others have one lakh and trophy..

 

[street cricketer]

Only early matches but Moeen looks like a relaxed player playing with freedom in CSK when compared to the cut throat environment of RCB where generally you're on the bench if you fail for 2-3 matches.

Thankfully Dhoni didn't cost much when he batted and played a decent cameo, else KKR might have romped home if it was the usual Dhoni innings.

 

[Bilal7]

Only early matches but Moeen looks like a relaxed player playing with freedom in CSK when compared to the cut throat environment of RCB where generally you're on the bench if you fail for 2-3 matches.

Thankfully Dhoni didn't cost much when he batted and played a decent cameo, else KKR might have romped home if it was the usual Dhoni innings.

Also helps that he's batting at his best position in T20s. Hopefully Morgan is taking notes. Moeen would offer better utility than Malan in India.