Kolkata [167 (20)] defeat Chennai [157/5 (20)] by 10 runs in the 21st Match of IPL 2020

[MenInG]

When: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings, Match 21, 19:30 IST, 18:00 local time

Where: Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

What to expect:The track is likely to be the one that will be used in the clash between Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals. As surfaces get used more and more, expect teams to prefer batting first.

Squads:

Kolkata Knight Riders Squad: Shubman Gill, Sunil Narine, Nitish Rana, Andre Russell, Dinesh Karthik(w/c), Eoin Morgan, Pat Cummins, Rahul Tripathi, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Shivam Mavi, Varun Chakravarthy, Kuldeep Yadav, Sandeep Warrier, Siddhesh Lad, Nikhil Naik, Chris Green, Prasidh Krishna, Lockie Ferguson, Rinku Singh, Tom Banton, Manimaran Siddharth

Chennai Super Kings Squad: Shane Watson, Faf du Plessis, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni(w/c), Kedar Jadhav, Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, Sam Curran, Shardul Thakur, Piyush Chawla, Deepak Chahar, Murali Vijay, Lungi Ngidi, Imran Tahir, Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Santner, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, N Jagadeesan, Ruturaj Gaikwad, KM Asif, Monu Kumar, Karn Sharma

 

[MenInG]

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

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

Chennai Super Kings (Playing XI): Shane Watson, Faf du Plessis, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni(w/c), Kedar Jadhav, Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, Sam Curran, Karn Sharma, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar

 

[JaDed]

Lol at Tripathi being promoted up the order.. has given a better start though..

 

[MMHS]

Gill is not a T20 player - might not ever play T20I. He is a touch player very good in V, but not enforcer. In T20, he can stay for 20 overs and chase or set 150, max 160 - that's his maximum limit. Whenever he tries to super accelerate, he is getting out - 80 (60) can be his best output, not 59 (24).

 

[JattMaula]

Gill is not a T20 player - might not ever play T20I. He is a touch player very good in V, but not enforcer. In T20, he can stay for 20 overs and chase or set 150, max 160 - that's his maximum limit. Whenever he tries to super accelerate, he is getting out - 80 (60) can be his best output, not 59 (24).

Not a finished product yet.

 

[Ab Fan]

Lol at Tripathi being promoted up the order.. has given a better start though..

They had to move on from Narine, good decision. He has given a good start.

 

[MMHS]

Not a finished product yet.

It's his core game that I don't see fits T20, not much to do with experience here - Ken Williamson still is not a T20 big gun, into his 12th year and guy is an exceptionally good batsman. Yes, at his peak, Gill might have 2-3 stellar years in T20, but VVS Laxman also once hit 3 hundreds in one WSC - ODI wasn't his core game, at least not good enough to force his way into that Indian batting line-up.

 

[MMHS]

It's good to see KKR finally got out of that strategy to extract an opener out of Narine & Tripathi did help the course. What I see, KKR is trying to compensate their light batting (depth), by using one lesser known batsman or an a T20 all-rounder as opener & Narine was part of that plot. Had Tripathi failed today, probably KKR would have gone back to Narine - they won't change places for Rana, DK, Morgan & Russell, between 3 to 6.

 

[MMHS]

It's good to see KKR finally got out of that strategy to extract an opener out of Narine & Tripathi did help the course. What I see, KKR is trying to compensate their light batting (depth), by using one lesser known batsman or an a T20 all-rounder as opener & Narine was part of that plot. Had Tripathi failed today, probably KKR would have gone back to Narine - they won't change places for Rana, DK, Morgan & Russell, between 3 to 6.

As I see, Narine is sent at four - may be he is rated more by KKR than his actual batting ability.

 

[Justcrazy]

KKR need to get some big overs here

 

[Justcrazy]

Narine gone , KKR need to drop Narine and get in Tom Banton.

 

[Smbhayi]

That's super relay catch..

 

[Justcrazy]

Kartik and Narine Both need to be dropped if KKR want to progress.

 

[Justcrazy]

109 . 3

13 overs

KKR need to target 60 - 70 runs more here

 

[King Kong]

Narine gone , KKR need to drop Narine and get in Tom Banton.

Yeah. Let's weaken the already poor bowling unit. Excellent analysis.

 

[Justcrazy]

Morgan gone , KKR in deep trouble here

 

[Justcrazy]

Yeah. Let's weaken the already poor bowling unit. Excellent analysis.

How is it weakened? Narine is playing as a bowler or batsmen? Too many hit and miss players , KKR likely to loose 95 % of their games.

 

[Rana]

Chahar being taken to the cleaners here

 

[MMHS]

Morgan gone , KKR in deep trouble here

KKR will win this game at Sheikh Zayed, around 160 should be enough but they can reach 170 here as Russell is there. And, their attack is among the best; CSK isn't the team either of what they were few years back.

 

[Justcrazy]

133. 5

KKR need strong hitting here

 

[Justcrazy]

Sixxxxx Cummins smacks that away

 

[Justcrazy]

168 is the Target !

 

[King Kong]

How is it weakened? Narine is playing as a bowler or batsmen? Too many hit and miss players , KKR likely to loose 95 % of their games.

Narine is playing as a bowler. His batting is bonus. If Narine, the bowler isn't delivering, he should be replaced with Ferguson, not with a batsman. Their batting is good enough.

 

[Justcrazy]

KKR would look for early wickets

 

[MenInG]

KKR 167 (20)
CSK 1/0 (0.3) CRR: 2 REQ: 8.56
Chennai Super Kings need 167 runs

 

[Ab Fan]

Neither of the two team seems to be impressive today.

 

[JattMaula]

Neither of the two team seems to be impressive today.

One team is led poorly and other is at end of its cycle. KKR is fixable but csk will need to start afresh next season even if they win this IPL.

 

[JattMaula]

It's his core game that I don't see fits T20, not much to do with experience here - Ken Williamson still is not a T20 big gun, into his 12th year and guy is an exceptionally good batsman. Yes, at his peak, Gill might have 2-3 stellar years in T20, but VVS Laxman also once hit 3 hundreds in one WSC - ODI wasn't his core game, at least not good enough to force his way into that Indian batting line-up.

Agreed. Batsman of his type have to either evolve to KL type LO players or stay true to themselves like KW and succeed in longer formats.

 

[Justcrazy]

Watson looking good here

 

[Justcrazy]

Bravo to come at number 8 , lot of batting for CSK

 

[Justcrazy]

KKR has weakness in both batting and bowling , very very poor choice of players

 

[Justcrazy]

78 from 60 balls !

CSK well in control here

 

[IMMY69]

You know the quality is rubbish when the commentator asks the viewers whether a player looks better with or without a beard ��

 

[Justcrazy]

68 from 45 balls !

 

[Ab Fan]

Plenty of batting left for CSK. Good to see MSD coming at 4. Game could have been a bit closer if Jadhav would have come in at 4.

 

[Justcrazy]

Fifty up for Watson

just 39 balls , very good innings here

 

[King Kong]

Plenty of batting left for CSK. Good to see MSD coming at 4. Game could have been a bit closer if Jadhav would have come in at 4.

LOL.. Exactly opposite to that. Dhoni is the last hope for KKR.

 

[MenInG]

KKR 167 (20)
CSK 104/3 (13.5) CRR: 7.52 REQ: 10.38
Chennai Super Kings need 64 runs in 37 balls

 

[Ab Fan]

LOL.. Exactly opposite to that. Dhoni is the last hope for KKR.

The reqd rate is under 10. Dhoni will hold one end, others will smash and go.

 

[Justcrazy]

56 from 28 balls.

KKR would look to get a couple of more wickets here

 

[Justcrazy]

CSK has edge with strong hitters still to come.

 

[Smbhayi]

Kedar is true follower of MSD .. defending 3 balls for none when RR is about 12..

 

[Ab Fan]

They need 39 runs, surely they are looking to finish it in final over lol

 

[Justcrazy]

38 from 16 balls !

Tight game now.

 

[Smbhayi]

Jadhav lol

 

[Ab Fan]

What a terrible chase this is. They required 70 runs in 48 balls with 9 wickets in hand and Cummins finished with his spell.

Now they need 36 in 2 overs and five wickets left.

 

[Smbhayi]

CSK must drop Jadhav, absolutely waste of spot.. he don't bat well and always concede 5+ runs in the field with his weak throw.. even sub can contribute more than that..

 

[Rana]

CSK has edge with strong hitters still to come.

Lol

 

[Smbhayi]

Brilliant batting by Jadhav, take a bow..

 

[MenInG]

KKR 167 (20)
CSK 157/5 (20) CRR: 7.85
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 10 runs

 

[JattMaula]

KKR has weakness in both batting and bowling , very very poor choice of players

KKR do have have some balance issues but players arnt poor by any stretch of imagination.

 

[JattMaula]

Brilliant batting by Jadhav, take a bow..

Csk back to their usual style after that last game aberration.

 

[JaDed]

Jhadav wow.. can't we played him so long, is he the most useless player we have had compared to other players in the team, ever..

 

[Lurker_Ind]

Jhadav wow.. can't we played him so long, is he the most useless player we have had compared to other players in the team, ever..

He was backed by Dhoni. MSD always surrounded himself with geriatric players or past the prime players to make himself look young.