Ajinkya Rahane, Devon Conway and Shivam Dube’s power-packed half-centuries catapulted Chennai Super Kings to a complete 49–run win over Kolkata Knight Riders within the Indian Premier League (IPL) on the Eden Gardens right here on Sunday.
Asked to bat, CSK erected the season’s highest whole of 235 for 4, that includes 18 sixes, and restricted KKR to 186 for eight for its third successive and general fifth win.
Conway, who started from the place he had left off in Chennai and scored his fourth consecutive half-century, didn’t miss CSK’s house on the Eden, which witnessed a substantial presence of yellow shirts and chanting of ‘CSK, CSK’ and ‘Dhoni, Dhoni.’
Displaying his excellent placement and vary of pictures, Conway (56, 40b, 4×4, 3×6), let off on 0 by David Wiese off his personal bowling, was fluent on either side whereas forming a 73-run opening partnership with Ruturaj Gaikwad, who performed a effective knock (35, 20b, 2×4, 3×6).
Suyash Sharma, who saved it tight and combined his deliveries properly, foxed Gaikwad to interrupt the stand and Varun Chakravarthy claimed Conway, who drove to long-off.
Rahane (71 n.o., 29b, 6×4, 5×6) and the big-hitting Dube (50, 21b, 2×4, 5×6) carried on so as to add 85 and piled extra distress on KKR.
Rahane, who pulled impressively and performed some cheeky scoops, and Dube, who hit spectacular sixes together with three straight ones, obtained to their second fifties within the 18th over.
Eden was thrilled to see Rahane, who hammered two sixes and a 4 successively off Umesh Yadav and two sixes and a 4 consecutively off Varun, manifesting uncommon aggression and M.S. Dhoni, who made a quick look.
In reply, KKR, which misplaced 4 wickets for 70, didn’t get a very good begin and suffered its fourth consecutive loss. Jason Roy, harm throughout fielding, got here in at No.5 to play a breezy innings (61, 26b, 5×4, 5×6) and collect 65 with a defiant Rinku Singh (53 n.o., 33b, 3×4, 4×6) in a misplaced trigger.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com