CSK win two in a row and KKR remain winless. First time that KKR haven’t won a game after their first 5 games of an IPL season. That’s worrying signs and they need a major shakeup. Whether that will come remains to be seen. On that note it’s time to bring down the curtains on this one. We will see you again tomorrow for another IPL game.
Not a single half-century was scored in Chennai Super Kings’ innings, yet they managed to post 192 for 5 – the second-highest total without an individual 50-plus score in the IPL. Kolkata Knight Riders didn’t even come close, restricted to 160 for 7 as CSK celebrated the Tamil New Year with a victory, their third win in succession on April 14.
Brief scores: Chennai Super Kings 192/5 in 20 overs [Sanju Samson 48 (32), Dewald Brevis 41 (29), Ayush Mhatre 38 (17); Kartik Tyagi 2-35] beat Kolkata Knight Riders 160/7 in 20 overs [Ramandeep Singh 35 (23), Rovman Powell 31* (22); Noor Ahmad 3-21, Anshul Kamboj 2-32] by 32 runs.
Noor Ahmed | Player of the match: “First of all, really happy to contribute for my team. Yeah, the dew was there, and it was humid, so just try to keep my fingers dry and yeah that helped me a lot to hit the right area. It was all about that. (was the pitch receptive to spin?) Yeah, really happy with the pitch. I think the ball was not coming really well to the bat and yeah to get advantage of that,
it was….. (confidence-boosting game this) Yeah, definitely it gives a lot of confidence. Yeah, I will keep putting lots of effort to contribute for my team in the coming matches. (what sort of pace worked for him tonight?) I think keep changing pace is best everywhere and every wicket and tonight, 90, above 90 is good.”
Ruturaj Gaikwad | CSK captain: “Definitely feeling good, to be honest. I think again, we defended a good score. I felt it was a par score, given that, the wicket drastically changed after the first, I would say, seven or eight overs. It started spinning a bit, it started stopping a bit. So, we were first looking at 220, 210, but then, we thought anything around 190, 180 would be a good score and I think after that,
we just had to get a good powerplay in bowling. After that, it was just about maintaining that run-rate. (talking about the bowling performance) Yes, it was good. Slowly, slowly, it’s starting to come together, I feel. Everyone kind of knows what their role is, which overs, what to bowl, and what lengths to bowl at. So I think they are adjusting and adapting really well according to what team needs.
