Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders: CSK beat KKR by five wickets in a thriller

A Russell to S Watson, On middle, Watson pushes it towards mid on for a quick run.

A Russell to S Watson, PEACH! Russell comes running in and lands it on a length around off, it zips off the surface and also bounces a touch more. Watson tries to defend but gets beaten.

Andre Russell is into the attack.

P Chawla to S Watson, The batsman flicks it away with a wristy shot. The batsmen have run through for a single.

P Chawla to S Watson, SIX! It has been a carnage today! First by Russell and now by Watson. What a start for Chennai this is. Chawla floats this one up, not a good idea on this wicket. Watson goes down on one knee and slog sweeps it over the mid-wicket fence for a biggie.

P Chawla to S Watson, Fires it on off, Watson defends it off the back foot.

P Chawla to A Rayudu, Comes down the track and eases it to mid on for a run.

P Chawla to S Watson, FIVE RUNS! OVERTHROWS! Things just keep getting better for Chennai here. It is the captain who is the culprit! Quicker and on middle, Watson plays it beside the pitch and they go for a run. Karthik is quick to the ball and fires a wayward throw to the non-striker's end. There is no one backing up and it goes to the fence.

P Chawla to A Rayudu, Starts off with a wrong one on off, Rayudu guides it towards short third man and runs a single. He says over to you Watson, it is your job to hit the big ones.

Piyush Chawla to bowl from the other end.

V Kumar to S Watson, FOUR! It gets even better! 16 from it! On a length and outside off, Watson leans into it and drives it through covers for another boundary. Kolkata scored 18 from their first, Chennai have 16.

V Kumar to S Watson, SIX! Watson on the charge! They are going from the outset! A full ball this time, this is right in the zone. Watson tonks it over the long on fence for half a dozen. Superb start for Chennai.

V Kumar to S Watson, FOUR! First boundary for this innings! Short and on middle, a nothing bouncer. Watson pulls it fine, beats the short fine leg fielder and fetches a boundary.

V Kumar to S Watson, Chennai are underway! Shorter in length and outside off, Watson rocks back and punches it through covers. He, however, does not time it that well and collects two.

V Kumar to S Watson, Close shave! This one was on a shorter length around off, Watson goes for the pull but the ball is not that short. He misses and it goes just over the off pole.

V Kumar to S Watson, A little movement for the bowler. A good start. He gets this one to shape back in after pitching on middle. Watson tries to nudge it on the leg side but the ball hits him high on the pads.

We are back for the chase! 203 is what is needed, a massive task is what awaits the home side. They would hope for Ambati Rayudu and Shane Watson to provide them with a good start. Vinay Kumar will open the bowling for Kolkata. Here we go...

Chennai will be quite disappointed with how they did in the death overs. They did good for the most part, but those last 4 overs really ruined it for them. 64 runs were scored for the loss of just 1 wicket, and it was Russell who did the bulk of the scoring in that period. Their death specialist, Dwayne Bravo, was taken for a ride, something which even Dhoni could not have foreseen. A big task lies ahead with the bat. Won't be easy against a potent Kolkata bowling unit. A blazing start is key for the hosts. Join us in a while for all the action.

They lied to you, folks. Russell-mania was today! What a spectacular batting display from the big Windies all-rounder. His tremendous power-hitting display has put Kolkata in a strong position. The innings wasn't going too well per say. The away side was scoring runs, right from the start, but wickets kept falling at regular intervals. After Uthappa's wicket, it seemed Chennai would wrap them up quickly, but Russell and Karthik shored things up and then pushed the scoring rate forward. The former kept on going after his skipper's dismissal and scored 88, getting his team past the 200-mark.

S Thakur to A Russell, SIX! Finishes the innings off with a big bang! Andre Russell is an absolute powerhouse. Full ball outside off, Russell stands his ground and just throws everything behind this. Smashes it high and hard over long off for a maximum. KOLKATA FINISH ON 202/6!

S Thakur to Tom Curran, Bye! Tom Curran with another swing and a miss. But this time the batsmen run hard and cross over as Dhoni misses his shy at his end.

S Thakur to Tom Curran, Another dot. Length ball outside off, Curran swings wildly and misses.

S Thakur to Tom Curran, Short ball outside off, Curran moves a long way across to scoop it over Dhoni's head. He misses and the keeper actually does well to dive full stretch to his right to collect it.

S Thakur to A Russell, Pulls it away along the ground, through to deep mid-wicket. Single taken.

S Thakur to A Russell, SIX! He's still going at it! Wowza! No stopping him tonight, is there? Thakur serves it on a platter to Russell outside off, full in length, the batsman throws the kitchen sink at it and sends it into the cover stands for half a dozen.

Shardul Thakur to bowl the final over.

D Bravo to A Russell, The batsman works it down the leg side. They pick up a single. 21 runs off the over, a really big one for Kolkata.

D Bravo to Tom Curran, Curran backs away a touch and lofts the full delivery over covers for a single.

D Bravo to A Russell, Good delivery. Perfect yorker on middle stump, Russell gets it away off the inner edge towards short fine leg. There is a mix-up in the middle, there's a chance for a run out but Thakur fumbles and allows the batsmen to cross over.

D Bravo to A Russell, SIX! Make that three in a row! Andre Russell is putting on a show here! Take a bow, my man! Bravo switches the angle and comes over the wicket, angles in a length ball on middle but it makes no difference. Russell stands firm and hoicks it over mid-wicket for another maximum.

D Bravo to A Russell, SIX! Two in two! Dre Rus is going berserk here. Completely off balance here but he still manages to send it a long, long way. Length ball on off, he slogs this across the line and pummels this high over wide long on. Maximum.

D Bravo to A Russell, SIX! Russell continues to torment his fellow countryman. Bravo from around the wicket, bowls it full on the pads, Russell flicks it sweetly over mid-wicket and that's a biggie.

S Watson to A Russell, Smacks this straight back past the bowler, towards long off, for a run.

S Watson to Tom Curran, Fuller outside off, driven through covers for a single by Curran.

Tom Curran comes into bat.

S Watson to D Karthik, OUT! Watson strikes and breaks the 76-run stand. Excellent, excellent delivery from the Aussie veteran. He comes running in and spears in an inswinging yorker on middle. It keeps tailing down and catches Karthik low on the back pad. The appeal is made and the finger goes up. DK talks to Russell, thinks it might be going down leg so he reviews it. Replays roll in and it shows the ball to be clipping leg stump. He's gone, Chennai have their breakthrough.

Review taken quickly. Dinesh Karthik is caught leg before and after speaking with his partner, he decides to take it upstairs.

S Watson to D Karthik, Wide! Short ball banged in but it's too short, Karthik lets it be.

S Watson to D Karthik, Back of a length delivery, in line of the stumps, pulled away to square leg. Dot ball.

S Watson to A Russell, Hammers this again. It's a full ball outside off, it goes flat and on the bounce to long off for a single.

S Watson to A Russell, DROPPED and SIX! 4th Indian T20 League fifty for Andre Russell! Full and outside off, the big man smacks it flat over covers. Rayudu out in the deep, moves to his right and leaps to take it. But it somehow slips through his palms and goes over the rope. Can't believe it, that should have been taken.

Shane Watson comes back into the attack.

D Bravo to D Karthik, SIX! Now Karthik joins in on the action. Makes terrific use of the feet, gets close to the pitch and lofts it high over wide long on. Comfortably clears the fence for half a dozen.

D Bravo to A Russell, Just taps this down in front of cover and crosses over.

D Bravo to A Russell, SIX! And Russell comes back with another monstrous hit! Slower full toss on the stumps, Russell gets a little low and slogs it high over the mid-wicket fence for a maximum.

D Bravo to A Russell, Slower one outside off, Russell swings and misses. Clever stuff from Bravo.

Since the ball went out of the stadium, a replacement has been called for.