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

R Jadeja to C Lynn, Lynn makes room and Jadeja follows him cramping him for space. Chris pushes it to covers.

R Jadeja to R Uthappa, The batsman flicks it away with a wristy shot. The batsmen have run through for a single.

R Jadeja to R Uthappa, BEATEN! Turn there for the left-arm spinner. It is always a good idea to get a left-arm spinner against a right-hander. Jadeja tosses it up on off, Uthappa lunges forward to defend it but gets beaten by the away turn.

R Jadeja to C Lynn, Shorter in length and quicker outside off. Lynn plays it towards cover for a run.

Ravindra Jadeja is into the attack.

S Watson to R Uthappa, A dot to finish this over but an expensive one and Kolkata are off to a flier. Back of a length on off, Robin guides it to point.

S Watson to R Uthappa, FOUR! Dealing in boundaries are Kolkata here! This was nicely played. On a length outside off, Uthappa guides it past the slip fielder and the ball races away to the fence.

S Watson to R Uthappa, Defended off the front foot by the batsman presenting the full face of the bat.

S Watson to R Uthappa, FOUR! Second off the over! Bread and butter stuff for Uthappa. He gets it full on the pads. Robin flicks it up and over square leg. It almost goes all the way but bounces in front of the rope for a boundary.

S Watson to C Lynn, Another ball outside off, Lynn hits it to the same region where he got a boundary off the last ball. This time though, there is a fielder and a single is taken.

S Watson to C Lynn, FOUR! Welcome to the bowling crease, Watson. A loosener by him, outside off and on a shorter length. Lynn slaps it hard through the covers. He loves it there, not a good idea by the Chennai pacers to bowl there.

Shane Watson is into the attack.

H Singh to R Uthappa, Plays the sweep shot but straight to the fielder. So a brilliant over by Singh comes to an end, 2 runs and a wicket off it.

H Singh to R Uthappa, Flatter on off, kept out.

H Singh to C Lynn, DROPPED! A tough, tough chance. An excellent attempt there by the player who just bowled an over, Deepak Chahar. Harbhajan bowls this one short on middle, Lynn rocks back and pulls it towards square leg. It was right off the middle. Chahar at that position, dives to his left with his hands outstretched but can't hang onto it. The batsmen take a single in the meantime.

Robin Uthappa walks out to the middle.

H Singh to S Narine, OUT! In the air... taken! Harbhajan Singh draws first blood and the fans here in Chennai go crazy. No more fireworks from Narine as he is walking back. Harbhajan uses all his experience and bowls this slower through the air. He gets it to spin away from the batsman. Sunil tries to heave it across the line but gets a top edge which goes high, HIGH up in the air. Raina from covers runs towards mid off and takes an excellent tumbling catch. Never easy these. A big wicket for the home side and they are pumped.

H Singh to C Lynn, Lynn makes room and Harbhajan Singh follows him. He pushes it down to long on for a run.

H Singh to C Lynn, Floats it on middle, this one does not turn. Lynn tries to work it across the line but closes the face of his bat early. He gets a leading edge towards covers.

Harbhajan Singh will bowl from the other end.

D Chahar to S Narine, SIX! This is even bigger! What a start to this game. 18 from the first over. A similar delivery to the last one. Narine once again clears his front leg, this time he connects even better and sends it over the long on fence for a huge one.

D Chahar to S Narine, SIX! Narine starts from where he left off in the last game. Off the mark with a biggie. Chahar lands it on a length around middle, Narine clears his front leg and smashes it over long on for a biggie. This is already turning out to be an expensive first over.

D Chahar to S Narine, This time he gets it to swing into the batsman from a length. Narine tries to keep it out but gets an inside edge onto his pads. Good sings for the bowler as that one swung.

D Chahar to S Narine, WIDE! Down the leg side, poor ball. Narine however, fails to flick it away and the umpire calls it a wide.

D Chahar to C Lynn, Good captaincy by Dhoni, he knows that the off side is Lynn's strong area so he now keeps a sweeper cover. Lynn strokes it exactly to that man and takes a single.

D Chahar to C Lynn, FOUR! One ball is all he needed as a sighter. He gets width outside off this time. Lynn loves it there as he slashes at it. The ball goes off the middle and over covers for a boundary. Kolkata are underway in style!

D Chahar to C Lynn, Right on the money first up. However, not the kind of movement he got in the last game. Chahar lands it on a length around middle. Lynn gets right behind the delivery and defends it.

We are all set for the game to begin. The players and the umpires make their way out to the middle. They are followed by the dynamic duo of Chris Lynn and Sunil Narine who are the openers for Kolkata. The former will take strike and he will be facing Deepak Chahar who will open the bowling for Chennai. Here we go...

Dinesh Karthik starts by saying he is fine with batting first as the toss is not in their hands. He mentions he is from Chennai so it is good to be here. Admits he would hope to carry forward the moment and not change a lot. Informs they have one change, Tom Curran comes in for Mitchell Johnson.

MS Dhoni starts by saying the dew factor might come in and hence, they want to chase. Further adds the crowd is always amazing here. Admits death bowing and the batting needs to improve a little as individual brilliance took them over the line in the last game. Informs they have two changes, Sam Billings comes in for Mark Wood and Shardul Thakur replaces Kedar Jadhav.

TOSS - Chennai win the toss and they opt to field first.

PITCH REPORT - Kevin Pietersen feels there is not going to be a lot of spin as there is even covering of grass. Reckons 170-175 is a good score on this wicket.

Kolkata, on the other hand, might not tinker with their eleven. Especially after their convincing win over one of the tournament favorites, Bangalore. Also, local lad Dinesh Karthik will know what is on offer at this venue and he would fancy his chances. One surely can't wait for the action to begin and we are not far away from it. Stay tuned for the toss.

Hello and welcome to game no. 5 of the Indian T20 League. It is a clash between Chennai and Kolkata. A mouth-watering clash, as both the teams have a star-studded line-up. However, the home side will miss the services of the one who hit the winning runs in their last game, Kedhar Jadhav, who is ruled out of this season with a hamstring injury. Murali Vijay will most likely replace him.