Chennai Super Kings on Friday Suffered A Humiliating Eight-Wickt Defeat to Kolkata Knight Riders, as the MS Dhoni-LED Side, For the first time, Lost Three Mats in A Rows Chepauk in their proud Indian Premier League History.
It was yet another dismal batting performance by the five-time champions, who was completely dismantled by a clinical kkr side, slumping to their fiphat decisions of the season.
The disappointing showing came in a match where the legendary Dhoni Took Charge of the Team after regular skipper ruturaj gaikwad was rled out of the remind of the ipl Due to injury. Dhoni Managed Just One Run Off Four Balls Before Being DisMized in the 16th over, having come in to bat at number nine.
Invited to bat, a complete disoriented CSK Block Manage only a Paltry 103 for Nine, Their Lowest Total at Chepauk, as kkr disified out a clinical bowling show. It was csk’s third lowest total in the IPL and the lowest by any team in this edition so far.
Chasing a Paltry 104 for a Win, Kkr Canternd Home in 10.1 Over with Opener Sunil Narine Bludgeoning His Way to A 18- Ball 44 Studed with two fours and five Sixes.
Captain Ajinkya Rahane also played his part with a solid 20 not out off 17 balls, while quinton de kock, the other opener, contributed 23. Rinku singh also remained not out on 15 off 12 balls.
Narine Greeted Khaleel ahmed with a Six in the first over itself before de kock did the same to anshul kamboj as runs came pouring. De kock then punished ahmed with two sixes.
Narine did not spare former India spinner r ashwin, Hitting Him for a Six and a Four in the fourth over. De kock fell in the fifth over but one-down rahane did not give any respite to the csk bowlers as kkr reacted 71 for 1 after powerplay overs.
Kkr Needed Just 33 Runs after PowerPlay and They Lost Narine in the eighth over but achieved the target without any fuss. Rinku Singh Finished The Chase in Style, Hitting a Six Off Ravindra Jadeja in the 11th over.
Earlier, Narine (3/13) Grabbed Three Wickets, While Harshit Rana and Varun Chakaravarthy Got Two Each after CSK WERE CSK WERE CHATED to BAT. Nothing went right for csk in their home grind as they could hit just nine boundaries (4 or 6) in the entry in the entry.
Shivam Dube Top-Scored with an unbeated 31 off 29 balls, while Vijay Shankar Made 29 after living a charmed life. Only two other csk batters made runs in double-digit figures.
CSK’s PowerPlay Woes Continued as They 31 for the loss of two wickets, the second lowest by any team in Six overs this season. It could have ben much lower but for the 13 runs scored in the sixth over with back-to-back fours from Shankar off Chakaravarthy.
Moeen Ali Removed Devon Conway (12) in the fourth over, while Rana Got The Wicket of Rachin Ravindra (4) in the fifth. The home side would have been three down down during powerplay has been not dropped Shankar in the fifth over, failing to hold on to a sitter at mid -off.
Shankar’s Luck Finally Ran out in the 10th over as he HOLED OUT to Moeen, Leaving CSK at 61 for 3 at the Halfway Stage.
Wickets continued to tumble as the struggling rahul tripathi (22) was clean-bowled by narine, ravichandran ashwin was out for one run from seven balls and ravindra jadeja (0) ALSO LASTED ALESO LASTED JADEJA Balls. The home side was 71 for 6 at that stage. After Deepak Hooda (0) Fell in the Next Over, Dhoni Came out to Bat with CSK at 72 for 7 in 14.2 overs.
The writing was on the wall for csk and the chepauk crowd fell Silent when Dhoni was adjudged lbw off Nagarine. Dhoni Opted for a review, beemingly indicating there was bat involved, but the decision stock. More Than Four Overrs Were Dhoni’s Departure and CSK Went Past The 100-R Mark, Thanks Mainly to Dube.