Kolkata Knight Riders won against Chennai Super Kings with 59 balls to spare. And in this, KKR rose from sixth to third place in the IPL points table.
Before Friday's match, KKR was in sixth place. Ajinkya Rahane and his team rose to third place by defeating Chennai by 8 wickets.
Basically, Chennai Super Kings surrendered helplessly to Kolkata Knight Riders. CSK lost by 8 wickets with 9 overs remaining. With this, Dhoni's team CSK lost for the fifth consecutive match.
After winning the toss on Friday, Kolkata captain Ajinkya Rahane invited Chennai to bat. Chennai's batting collapsed in front of KKR's bowling. Rahane gave the ball to Moeen in the second over of the innings. Moeen Ali gave Chennai the first blow. He dismissed Devon Conway, who had scored a half-century in the previous match. That was the beginning. Rachin Ravindra failed in another match.
Chennai Super Kings were all out for the lowest number of runs at home in the history of IPL. The hosts could score 103 runs on the scoreboard after losing 9 wickets. In reply, defending champions KKR won in 10.1 overs.
Chennai's batters could not do anything today in front of KKR's three spinners Moeen, Sunil Narine and Varun Chakravarty. Chennai could only score 55 runs in 12 overs. In the meantime, 6 wickets fell. Later, Chennai fell 9 wickets for 79 runs. From there, they reached 103 runs due to the fight in the last overs by Anshul Kamboj and Shivam Dube.
It was understood that KKR would not have any special problems in chasing 104 runs to win. But the way Kolkata won, perhaps even KKR's fans did not expect it.
Meanwhile, Gujarat Titans are at the top of the IPL points table. They have 8 points after playing five matches and winning four. Delhi Capitals are in second place. They have 8 points after winning all four matches. Kolkata has come in third place in the points table. Rahane got his third win after playing six matches. They have 6 points.
Royal Challengers Bangalore are in fourth place in the table with 6 points. Punjab Kings are in fifth place. Lucknow Super Giants are in sixth place after Friday's match. Rajasthan Royals are in seventh place.
Mumbai Indians are in eighth place in the points table, Chennai Super Kings are in ninth place and Sunrisers Hyderabad are in 10th place.
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