CSK's batsman Shivam Dube celebrates his half-century with teammate Ajinkya Rahane
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IPL 2023 Match 33: Kolkata Knight Riders outgunned by Chennai Super Kings at Eden Gardens
Chennai Super Kings outgunned Kolkata Knight Riders, at Eden Gardens, Kolkata today, winning by 49 runs, in Match 33 IPL 2023.
Match Summary
Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings, Match 33, Indian Premier League
Kolkata Knight Riders 186/8 (20 ov)
Chennai Super Kings 235/4 (20 ov)
Result - Chennai Super Kings won by 49 runs
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Match Analysis
An electric 71 not out off just 29 balls by Ajinkya Rahane helped Chennai Super Kings rack up this season's highest total of 234-5 as they blew away Kolkata Knight Riders and moved top of the IPL table on Sunday.
Despite a blistering 61 off 26 by Jason Roy and a valiant half-century by Rinku Singh, Kolkata fell 49 runs short in front of 60,000 fans at a noisy Eden Gardens stadium to suffer their fourth straight defeat.
Put in to bat, opener Devon Conway hit his fourth consecutive half-century before Rahane and Shivam Dube launched into the Kolkata attack with a barrage of 10 sixes and eight fours to put on 85 off just 32 balls.
Once Kulwant Khejroliya dismissed Dube in the 18th over Rahane moved up a gear, smashing 21 runs off the final five balls he faced to give Chennai their third-highest total in IPL history.
"I came into the season with a clear mind and trying to enjoy my batting," Rahane said. "Playing with (Chennai captain) MS Dhoni, he makes you feel that you can achieve anything."
Kolkata got off to a disastrous start, with Sunil Narine falling for a duck to Akash Singh and Narayan Jagadeesan back in the hutch for one to leave the hosts flailing on 1-2.
Venkatesh Iyer struck a useful 20 before falling leg-before to Moeen Ali and Nitish Rana made 27 as Roy raced to his 50 accompanied by the dangerous Rinku.
But the English bruiser was out-foxed by Maheesh Theekshana and Rinku -- who made 53 not out -- lost partners, with Andre Russell, David Wiese, Umesh Yadav and Varun Chakravarthy all out cheaply.
Theekshana ended with 2 for 32 and Tushar Deshpande figures of 2 for 43.
Match Stats
Chennai Super Kings Fall of wickets: 1-73 (Ruturaj Gaikwad - 7.3 ov), 2-109 (Devon Conway - 12.1 ov), 3-194 (Shivam Dube - 17.3 ov), 4-232 (Ravindra Jadeja - 19.4 ov)
Kolkata Knight Riders Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Sunil Narine - 0.4 ov), 2-1 (Narayan Jagadeesan - 1.2 ov), 3-46 (Venkatesh Iyer - 7.1 ov), 4-70 (Nitish Rana - 8.2 ov), 5-135 (Jason Roy - 14.3 ov), 6-162 (Andre Russell - 16.4 ov), 7-171 (David Wiese - 17.3 ov), 8-180 (Umesh Yadav - 18.3 ov)
Playing XIs
Kolkata Knight Riders: Narayan Jagadeesan (wicket-keeper), Jason Roy, Nitish Rana (captain), Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine, David Wiese, Kulwant Khejroliya, Suyash Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy; Subs: Anukul Roy, Vaibhav Arora, Venkatesh Iyer, Mandeep Singh, Litton Das
Impact player: Venkatesh Iyer for Suyash Sharma (2nd innings, 0.4 ov)
Chennai Super Kings: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Ajinkya Rahane, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Ambati Rayudu, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (captain & wicket-keeper), Tushar Deshpande, Matheesha Pathirana, Maheesh Theekshana; Subs: Akash Singh, Dwaine Pretorius, Shaik Rasheed, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Subhranshu Senapati
Impact player: Akash Singh for Ambati Rayudu (1st innings, 19.6 ov)
Match Details:
Date: Sunday, April 23, 2023 15:00
Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Toss: Kolkata Knight Riders elected to bowl
Officials Umpires: Nitin Menon (India) Tapan Sharma (India) Virender Sharma (India TV)
Match Referee: Shakti Singh (India)
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