LIVE SCORE IPL 2020, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings Live Updates: Spin has been introduced in the form of Karn Sharma. He has replaced Piyush Chawla and it will be interesting to see his approach here. Rana pushes the first ball into the middle of the wicket for a single. Tripathi returns the favor to the next one. Then Tripathi hammers the fourth for a six more time. 12 runs overhead. Expensive this one.
Advance: Building on their emphatic 10 wicket win over Kings XI Punjab, Chennai Super Kings will once again aim to deliver the goods when they face Kolkata Knight Riders in Indian Premier League match 21 at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi .
Against KXIP, CSK starters Shane Watson (83 of 53 balls) and Faf du Plessis (87 of 53) came together in tandem for the first time in the tournament. To their delight, after three consecutive defeats, the Yellow Army rallied in style. His bowling alley, however, remains a cause for concern, as except for Deepak Chahar, who conceded 5.66 runs for over, the other players were carried by nearly 10 runs for over.
KKR, on the other hand, is coming off a loss against Delhi Capitals. For Knight Riders too, it’s their bowling that needs to step up. Given that their last match was in batter-friendly conditions in Sharjah, their players would have liked to be on top of their game. Unfortunately, that didn’t happen as all of his players, with the exception of Andre Russell, surpassed 11 by over. KKR’s hitting was the saving grace, but it wasn’t enough to get over the line as they fell short by 18 runs.
Captain Dinesh Karthik must lead by example with his hitting, as does Sunil Narine, who has consistently failed to provide KKR with explosive starts. Rahul Tripathi could regain his usual position at the top of the order after Narine’s slump. So far, Pat Cummins has been furious, but KKR would want more of his flagship purchase.
When it comes to the points table, CSK is sixth with four points from five games while KKR sits fourth with four points from as many games.
Squads (from):
Chennai Super Kings Full Squad: MS Dhoni, Imran Tahir, Lungi Ngidi, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shane Watson, Ambati Rayudu, Murali Vijay, Kedar Jadhav, Ravindra Jadeja, Deepak Chahar, Piyush Chawla, N Jagadeesan, Mitchell Santner, KM Asif, Shardul Thakishore, KM Asif, Shardul Thakishore du Plessis, Monu Kumar, Dwayne Bravo, Josh Hazlewood, Sam Curran, Karn Sharma.
Kolkata Knight Riders Full Squad: Andre Russell, Dinesh Karthik, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Kuldeep Yadav, Ali Khan, Lockie Ferguson, Nitish Rana, Prasidh Krishna, Rinku Singh, Sandeep Warrier, Shivam Mavi, Shubman Gill, Siddhesh Lad, Sunil Narine, Pat Cumminsun, Eoin Morgan, Variety Chakravarthy, Tom Banton, Rahul Tripathi, Chris Green, M Siddharth, Nikhil Naik
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