IPL 2018: Shubman, Karthik power KKR to 6-wicket victory against CSK

1. IPL 2018: Shubman, Karthik power KKR to 6-wicket victory against CSK In the 33rd match of Vivo Indian Premier League (IPL 2018), Kolkata Knight Riders beat Chennai Supers Kings by 6 wickets, thanks to Shubman Gill's half-century.

2. In the 33rd match of the VIVO Indian Premier League (IPL) 2018, Kolkata tasted victory at home as youngster Shubhman Gill shined with the bat and scored his maiden half century. With the win, KKR move to third position in the VIVO IPL points table. Gill contributed with a significant knock that sealed the victory for the host side. The bowlers did not get much help from the pitch but still, wickets fell at regular intervals for both sides. Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) won the toss and asked Chennai Super Kings (CSK) to bat first at the Eden Gardens. Shane Watson and Faf Du Plessis opened for CSK and the batsmen did not face much resistance from the bowlers. Soon, there came a turn as Faf Du Plessis was trapped under experienced leg- spinner Piyush Chawla's googly. It was a smooth sailing for Chennai during the major portion of their batting. Chennai crossed the 100-run mark in the 12th over and Kuldeep yadav got the better of Raina in the same over. Sunil Narine struck a blow to Chennai by removing in-form Ambati Rayudu at a cheaper score this time. Dhoni swung into action and kept sending the ball into the crowd, during the process he got a lifeline too as he was dropped in the 18th over. Chennai put up a target of 178 runs. Chasing a target of 178 runs, Kolkata Knight Riders openers Sunil Narine and Chris Lynn came to bat and Lungi Ngidi got an early breakthrough as Lynn walked back towards pavilion in the first over. Robin Uthappa replaced Lynn, Narine got two consecutive lifelines, courtesy below-par efforts from Ravindra Jadeja who dropped him twice in the second over. After Narine, Shubhman Gill and Rinku Singh kept the fight alive for a brief. Gill continued scoring runs for the team and made his fifty, Karthik gave him company and contributed 45 runs. Kolkata Knight Riders innings analysis at the end of the match Chasing the modest total of 179 runs, Chris Lynn and Sunil Narine opened the innings for Kolkata Knight Riders. Lungi Ngidi came to bowl the first over and after playing two dot balls Lynn hit two consecutive sixes of the 3rd and 4th ball but he got perished of the last ball on DRS. KM Asif came to bowl the 2nd over and Narine hit the 4th ball of the over followed by 2 drop catches by Ravinder Jadeja unimaginable. Nigidi continued from the other end and Narine hit two consecutive four of the 2nd and 3rd ball, as he showed what a costly dropped it was. Nigidi conceded 14 runs of his 3rd over. Watson came to bowl the 4th over and started off with a wide as he conceded 7 runs in his 4th over. KM Asif came to bowl the 5th over and started off with a wide and took the Robin Uthappa wicket of the 2nd ball. Asif conceded 5 runs in his 2nd over. Shubman Gill came to the crease after the wicket of Narine. Watson came to bowl the last over of the powerplay and Gill hit 3 fours to collect 12 runs. Jadeja came to bowl the 7th over and Narine hit the second ball for 6 followed by a double but Narine got perished while hitting another six and Jadeja took the revenge but at the cost of 32 runs. Harbhajan came to bowl the 8th over and Rinku Singh hit a classic inside-out shot for four over the cover fielder but Harbhajan Singh pulled it back for CSK as he gave away only 1 run in his last 5 balls. Jadeja came to bowl the 9th over and gave away 8 runs in his 2nd over. Kolkata Knight Riders needed 98 runs in 66 balls with a required run-rate of 8.9 runs per over.Harbhajan continued from the other end and Singh again hit the first ball for four as Bhajji conceded 10 runs in his 2nd over. KKR were scoring with a brisk pace as they were keeping the run rate in check. Ravindra Jadeja came to bowl 11th over and conceded 6 runs in his 3rd over. Harbhajan Singh came to bowl the 12th over of the innings and took the wicket of Rinku Singh of

3. the 4th ball. Karthik came to the crease after the wicket of Rinku Singh (16 runs off 18 balls) and hit the last ball of the over for four in the short third-man region. Bravo came to bowl the 13th over and Shubman Gill hit the 3rd ball for four over the extra cover region as KKR collected 8 runs in the 13th over. Karn Sharma came to bowl the 14th over and KKR collected 11 runs. Asif came to bowl the 15th over and Gill collected 14 runs with two help of 2 sixes. Karthik too hit a six of the last ball as Asif conceded 21 runs in his 3rd over. Jadeja came to bowl the 16th over and Gill took double of the first ball to complete his fifty, followed by a four. Jadeja collected 14 runs as required run-rate was under 6 runs per over. Ngidi came to bowl the 17th over and gave away 10 runs. CSK bowlers gave away 54 runs in 4 over, which made the life easy for KKR and KKR won the match by 6 wickets. Chennai Super Kings innings analysis after 20 overs Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Dinesh Karthik won the toss and asked MS Dhoni-led Chennai Super Kings to bat. Shane Watson and Faf du Plessis opened the batting for CSK while Mitchell Johnson came to bowl the first over of the innings for Kolkata Knight Riders. Johnson started the over with 2 dot balls followed by a straight drive hit by Shane Watson. After Watson took a single off the 4th ball and Faf du Plessis collected a four of the outside edge as ball went past the flying slip. Jonshon conceded 10 runs in his first over. Piyush Chawla came to bowl the 2nd over and du Plessis hit the third and fourth ball for four as he collected 8 runs of the Chawla’s first over. Shivam Mavi came to bowl the 3rd over and bowled brilliantly as CSK Watson took a quick single off the first ball. Mavi conceded 6 runs his first over. After the end of the 3rd over Chennai Super Kings scored 24 runs with Shane Watson (6 runs off 8 balls) and Faf du Plessis (18 runs off 10 balls) on the creaseShane Watson and Faf Du Plessis opened for CSK and scored runs without facing many challenges from the bowlers in the initial overs. Runs kept coming comfortably for Chennai and Kolkata Knight Rider bowlers just watched the ball fly in different directions. Soon, there came a turn as Faf Du Plessis was trapped under experienced leg-spinner Piyush Chawla's googly. Kolkata got the breakthrough but Suresh Raina kept sending the ball towards the fence. CSK were 57/1 after 6 overs. Russell to came to bowl the 7th over and started off with a dot ball. Raina hit the 2nd ball for four in the leg-side region followed by another four of the 3rd ball. Russell conceded 12 runs of the 7th over. Kuldeep Yadav came to bowl the 8th over and bowled brilliantly to concede 7 runs in his first over. Shivam Mavi came to bowl the 9th over and conceded only 9 runs as CSK were scoring at the run-rate of 9 runs per over.Kuldeep Yadav continued from the other end and gave away 2 runs of the first 3 balls as Yadav mixing his deliveries to restrict the run flow. But he didn’t finish the over well as Watson hit a six straight down the ground. Narine came to bowl the 11th over and took the massive wicket of Watson (36 runs off 25 balls) of the 2nd ball as Mavi held his nerves to take a

4. beautiful catch at the boundary line-up. Ambati Rayudu came to the crease after the fall of the 2nd wicket and hit the 5th ball for four in the square leg region. While Kuldeep Yadav continued from the other end and gave away 4 runs before he took the wicket of Raina, IPL top run-scorer, as he dragged the ball from off side to the long-on fielder. Dhoni came to the crease after the dismissal of Raina (31 runs off 26 balls )as Yadav conceded 6 runs and took a wicket in his 3rd overJohnson came to bowl the 13th over and outside edge of the Rayudu bat went for four. Johnson conceded 7 runs in his 3rd over. Chawla came to bowl the 14th over and bowled brilliantly to concede 7 runs in his 3rd over. Sunil Narine came to bowl the 15th over and clean bowled Rayudu of the 4th ball who scored 21 runs off 17 balls. Ravindra Jadeja came to the crease after the dismissal of Rayudu as Narine choked the run flow to bring the run-rate down to 8 runs per over.Shivam Mavi came to bowl the 16th over and started with a dot ball as he only gave away 3 runs in first 4 balls before Dhoni hit the 5th ball of the for six in the mid-wicket region. Mavi conceded 10 runs in his 3rd over. Johnson came to bowl the 17th over and Dhoni dispatched the 2nd ball for six over the square leg boundary followed by a double in the cover region. Dhoni continues his power hitting as he hit the 5th ball for six over the long-on boundary. Johnson conceded 15 runs in his final over. Kuldeep Yadav came to bowl 18th over and bowled brilliantly well but Shubman Gill dropped the MS Dhoni catch which went for six, this might be a costly drop. Yadav conceded 12 runs in his final over. Sunil Narine came to bowl the penultimate over and gave away 1 run in his first 3 balls. Narine choked the run flow as he conceded only 5 runs. Chawla came to bowl the 20th over, Karthik asked 3 spinners to bowl the last 3 overs of the innings, interesting! Ravindra Jadeja danced down the ground and hit a boundary straight down the ground followed by 4 byes, free runs and Chawla took the Jadeja’s wicket of 5th ball. But Dhoni hit the last ball of the innings for six to bring the momentum back. Match Preview Back in the IPL after a two-year hiatus, the Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led outfit have till now won six games out of eight and just lost two. Dhoni has led from the front, playing some blistering knocks including a 22-ball 51 in the previous game against Delhi Daredevilswhich CSK won by 13 runs. MS Dhoni has looked every inch like his old self with 286 runs in eight matches at 71.50. Dhoni rolled back the years with his 44-ball 79 against Kings XI Punjab, showcasing some of his trademark shots and showing glimpses of the flair which made him one of the best finishers of limited-overs cricket. Though CSK lost that game, they never looked like a team struggling to get going in IPL 2018. Besides Dhoni, Ambati Rayudu has been superb with the bat as well, amassing 370 runs at 46.25. In the last four matches, Rayudu has scores of 41, 46, 82 and 79.