Chennai Super Kings, who started the IPL 2024 campaign with a pair of wins, suddenly stumbled in the tournament. They face defeat in the next 2 matches. On the other hand, Vijayarath of Kolkata Knight Riders started the tournament with a bang. They won their first three matches.
Chennai won 2 matches at home and lost 2 away matches. KKR started the tournament with a win at home and flew the victory flag in a pair of away matches. Naturally, Shreyas Iyer was not lacking in confidence despite playing against Chennai at their home ground. However, CSK had the last laugh in Chipak’s defeat on Monday.
Dhoni returned to the home ground to win. Knight Riders taste their first loss of the season.3 wickets for just 18 runs in 4 overs. Also a couple of catches in the fielding. Chennai Super Kings’ reliable all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja won the Man of the Match award for good reason.
However, he did not get a chance to bat as Chennai reached the target of victory by losing 3 wickets. In response to Kolkata Knight Riders’ 137 runs for 9 wickets, Chennai Super Kings went into bat and scored 141 runs for 3 wickets in 17.4 overs to win the match. That is, Super Kings won the match by 7 wickets with 14 balls to spare. Ruturaj Gaikwad remained unbeaten on 67 runs. He hit 9 fours in this innings of 58 balls. Dhoni remained not out for 1 run in 3 balls.
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