CSK Vs KKR, IPL 2024, Match 22: Chennai Super Kings Win By Seven Wickets - As It Happened

Here are the highlights of match 22 of the Indian Premier League between Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders. CSK defeated KKR by seven wickets in a houseful MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Monday. Batting first, KKR managed to put in only 137 runs after 20 overs. Ravindra Jadeja and Tushar Deshpande took three wickets each for CSK while Mustafizur Rahman grabbed a brace. CSK chased down the target with seven wickets to spare as captain Ruturaj Gaikwad made an unbeaten 67 off 58 balls. Catch the highlights of the CSK Vs KKR match of the IPL 2024, here. (Scorecard | Streaming)

The surface is rock-solid with a couple of cracks in between. There will be some bounce for seamers and spinners as well. The square boundaries are 65 metres and 66 metres respectively with the straight boundary at 80 metres down the ground.

Chennai Super Kings have won the toss and have opted to field

Playing XIs:

Kolkata Knight Riders: Philip Salt(w), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer(c), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy

Chennai Super Kings: Ruturaj Gaikwad(c), Rachin Ravindra, Ajinkya Rahane, Daryl Mitchell, Sameer Rizvi, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni(w), Shardul Thakur, Mustafizur Rahman, Tushar Deshpande, Maheesh Theekshana

Kolkata Knight Riders: Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Manish Pandey, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Sakib Hussain

Chennai Super Kings: Shivam Dube, Moeen Ali, Shaik Rasheed, Mitchell Santner, Nishant Sindhu

Phil Salt came to open the innings with Sunil Narine. Tushar Deshpande struck with the first ball and removed Salt as Ravindra Jadeja took a sharp catch at backward point. Angkrish Raghuvanshi joined Narine at the crease. Just one run from the first over.

KKR - 1/1 (1)

Angkrish Raghuvanshi and Sunil Narine have added 56 runs in the powerplay. After losing the destructive batter Phil Salt on the first ball of the match, both batters showed maturity and played the shots on the merit of the ball.

KKR - 56/1 (6)

Ravindra Jadeja, after coming to bowl in the seventh over, got rid of set batter Raghuvanshi on the first delivery and removed Narine on the fifth delivery of the over. He came back into the attack in the ninth over and dismissed Venkatesh Iyer.

KKR - 66/4 (9)

Chennai Super Kings' spinners dominated in the middle overs and kept the KKR batters at bay. Rinku Singh, who came at no. 7 is unbeaten on 4 runs off 8 balls and captain Shreyas Iyer also looked struggling to go for big runs. Jadeja's three wickets and Theekshana's economical overs did the job for CSK. Now, the death-overs are ahead.

KKR - 99/5 (15)

Kolkata Knight Riders could not capitalise on the good start and kept losing wickets at regular intervals. CSK bowlers kept their length tight and seamers bowled pace-off deliveries more often which resulted in less number of shots in the death overs. Deshpande and Jadeja took three wickets each whereas Mustafizur Rahman took a brace.

KKR - 137/9 (20)

Brief Score: KKR - 137/9 (20)

Shreyas Iyer - 34 (32), Sunil Narine - 27 (20) | Ravindra Jadeja: (4-0-18-3)

Chennai Super Kings started the chase with Rachin Ravindra and Ruturaj Gaikwad opening the batting. Mitchell Starc opened the bowling attack for KKR. Just four runs from the first over.

CSK - 4/0 (1)

Vaibhav Arora got rid of Rachin Ravindra who hit Mitchell Starc for two fours in his second over. Ruturaj Gaikwad hit three fours off Anukul Roy's first over to collect 12 runs in that over. Daryl Mitchell is there with him at the crease.

CSK - 52/1 (6)

With a double on the fourth delivery of Varun Chakaravarthy's over, Ruturaj Gaikwad completed his half-century in 45 balls. Daryl Mitchell is also fairly contributing as CSK is nearing the target.

CSK - 96/1 (12)

Shivam Dube showed some aerial shots but Vaibhav Arora bowled him when three runs were needed. MS Dhoni came and the crowd went berserk. Ruturaj Gaikwad hit the winning runs - a boundary off Anukul Roy to finish things in CSK's favour.

CSK - 141/3 (17.4)

It's deafening out here, but I'll try to express it. We got a phenomenal start in the powerplay, but we lost consecutive wickets. We weren't able to assess the conditions quickly after the powerplay, scoring runs wasn't easy. They (CSK) know the conditions pretty well, they bowled according to their plans. Wasn't easy to go after them from the first ball. We were trying to construct the innings, but it didn't fall in place according to the plan. The wicket changed after the powerplay. We were in a comfortable place and we thought 160-170 was a good score, but we lost momentum. We have to go back to the drawing board and learn from that. I am glad this happened at the start of the tournament. When we go back, we know our home conditions pretty well. We need to analyse the situations and need to make the best use of it.

Little nostalgic for me. During my first IPL fifty, a similar situation, Mahi bhai was with me and we finished the match. Wicket was slightly tricky, didn't want to put the side under pressure. Was a 150-160 wicket. With this team, I don't need to tell anything to anyone. In T20 sometimes you need a little bit of luck to get going.

Always enjoy my bowling here. Was just looking to bowl in good areas. I've practised a lot here - if you bowl in good areas, it helps you. Takes time for the visiting team to settle down and plan something. Difficult for them to come here and identify the surface.

Finally, someone defeated KKR. CSK also got back on track after back-to-back losses. It was a lop-sided contest in Chepauk, Chennai on Monday. Now, we will be taking your leave. Join us tomorrow. That's all from our side. Goodnight!