IPL 2021: Chennai Super Kings beat Kolkata Knight Riders by wicket

In Indian Premier League 2021 38th match Chennai Super kings beat Kolkata Knight Riders by wicket. After this victory Chennai Super Kings rise top on the point table.

Kolkata won the toss and elected to bat first. They lost 6 wickets and scored 171 runs. In reply, Chennai lost 8 wickets to reach the target.

Rahul Tripathi top-scored for Kolkata with 45 runs while Dinesh Karthik scored 26 off 11 balls. For Chennai, Jose Hazlewood and Shardul Thakur got took and Rabindra Jadeja took one wicket.

In reply, Chennai batted well, with battet Faf du Plessis and Rituraj Gaikwad adding 74 runs for the first wicket. Faf du Plessis scored 43 and Rituraj scored 40.

Chennai needed 4 runs in the 20th over. Sam Karan and Rabindra Jadeja on the crease. Kolkata bowler Sunil Narine took the thrill of the game by dismissing both of them. A run was needed for victory in the last ball and Deepak Chahar scored the winning run to give Chennai the victory.

Kolkata bowler Sunil Narine took three wickets and Prasidh Krishna, Loki Ferguson, Andre Russell and Varun Chakraborty took one wicket each.