KKR vs CSK: Kolkata Knight Riders beat Chennai Super Kings by six wickets

As it happened: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings

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It's all over! KKR beat CSK by six wickets
OVERS 17: 10 RUNS! Another big over for Kolkata side. KKR 165/3, need 13 off 18 balls

OVERS 16: 14 RUNS! Gill and Karthik hit a four each off Jadeja. KKR 155/4, need 23 more to win

OVERS 15.1: MAIDEN IPL FIFTY for Shubman Gill off 32 balls. KKR 143/4

OVERS 15: 21 RUNS! Shubman Gill and Dinesh Karthik hit three sixes off KM Asif. KKR 141/4, need 37 more to win

OVERS 14: 11 RUNS! Big over for the home side. Dinesh Karthik hit a four off Karn Sharma. KKR 120/4

OVERS 13: Dwayne Bravo conceded eight runs in his first over. KKR 109/4, need 69 off 42 balls

100 up for KKR in 12 overs
OVERS 11.4: OUT! Harbhajan Singh clean bowled Rinku Singh for 16. KKR 97/4, in chase of 178

OVERS 11: Good over from Ravindra Jadeja, gave away just six runs. KKR 96/3

OVERS 10: 10 RUNS! Rinku Singh and Shubman Gill hit a four each off Harbhajan Singh. KKR 90/3, need 88 more

Time for strategic time-out

OVERS 9: Ravindra Jadeja gave away 8 runs including five wides. KKR 80/3

OVERS 8: Good start for Harbhajan Singh, conceded just five runs. KKR 72/3

OVERS 7: 11 RUNS! Ravindra Jadeja gave away 11 runs including a six. KKR 67/3

OVERS 6.4: OUT! Ravindra Jadeja got rid of Sunil Narine (32). KKR 64/3

Narine, who was dropped twice by Jadeja on 6, hit two sixes and four boundaries in his 20-ball cameo

OVERS 6: 12 RUNS! Shubman Gill hit three boundaries off Shane Watson. KKR 56/2, in chase of 178

50 up for Kolkata Knight Riders in 5.4 overs
OVERS 5: Another good over from KM Asif, gave away just five runs. KKR 44/2

OVERS 4.2: OUT! KM Asif scalped Robin Uthappa (6). KKR 40/2

OVERS 4: Shane Watson conceded seven runs in the over. KKR 39/1, in chase of 178

OVERS 3: 14 RUNS! Sunil Narine and Robin Uthappa hit three fours off Lungi Ngidi. KKR 32/1

OVERS 2: DROPPED! Two drop catches in two balls by Ravindra Jadeja, Sunil Narine survived. KKR 18/1

OVER 1: OUT! Lungi Ngidi struck early, Chris Lynn gone for 12. KKR 12/1, in chase of 178

OVERS 0.4: SIXES! Chris Lynn smacked back-to-back sixes off Lungi Ngidi. KKR 12/0

The chase begins....

OVERS 20: 15 RUNS! Dhoni ended with a four as Chennai Super Kings posted 177/5 against Kolkata Knight Riders

OVERS 19.5: OUT! Piyush Chawla dismissed Ravindra Jadeja (12). CSK 173/5

OVERS 19: Sunil Narine (2/20) bowled another tidy over, gave away just four runs. CSK 162/4

OVERS 18: 12 RUNS! Another big over for Chennai as MS Dhoni hit a six off Kuldeep Yadav. CSK 158/4

150 up for Chennai Super Kings in 17.3 overs
OVERS 17: 15 RUNS! MS Dhoni smacked two sixes off Mitchell Johnson. CSK 146/4

OVERS 16: 10 RUNS! MS Dhoni hit young Shivam Mavi for a maximum. CSK 131/4

OVERS 15: WICKET & 4 RUNS! Sunil Narine conceded just four singles. CSK 121/4

OVERS 14.4: OUT! Sunil Narine clean bowled Ambati Rayudu for 21. CSK 119/4

Rayudu hit three boundaries in his 17-ball innings as CSK lost wickets at regular intervals

OVERS 14: Another good over for KKR as Piyush Chawla conceded just seven. CSK 117/3

Time for another strategic time-out

OVERS 13: Good over from Mitchell Johnson, gave away seven runs in it. CSK 110/3

OVERS 11.4: OUT! Kuldeep Yadav struck, Suresh Raina gone for 31. CSK 101/3

Raina hit four boundaries in his 26-ball knock

OVERS 10.2: OUT! Sunil Narine got rid of Shane Watson (36). CSK 91/2

Watson hit two sixes and four boundaries in his 25-ball innings and put on two good stands

OVERS 10: Shane Watson 36* and Suresh Raina 26* took CSK to 90/1 in 10 overs.

Watson ended the Kuldeep Yadav over with a big six

OVERS 9: Another excellent over from young Shivam Mavi, gave away just five singles. CSK 81/1

OVERS 8: Good start from Kuldeep Yadav, gave away seven runs in his first over. CSK 76/1

Time for first strategic time-out

OVERS 7: 12 RUNS! Suresh Raina smashed two fours off Andre Russell. CSK 69/1

OVERS 6: End of Powerplay. Suresh Raina started with two classy boundaries. CSK 57/1

50 up for Chennai Super Kings in 5.2 overs
OVERS 5.1: OUT! Piyush Chawla clean bowled Faf du Plessis for 27. CSK 48/1

Faf hit a six and four boundaries in his quick-fire 15-ball knock

OVERS 5: 19 RUNS! Big over for the visitors. Watson hit a four and a six, with Faf hitting his own maximum. CSK 48/0

OVERS 4.4: SIX! Faf du Plessis smacked Mitchell Johnson for first maximum of the innings. CSK 41/0

OVERS 4: Another tidy over for KKR as Sunil Narine gave away just five runs. CSK 29/0

OVERS 3: Good start from Shivam Mavi, conceded just six runs including a four. CSK 24/0

OVERS 2: Faf du Plessis hit Piyush Chawla for two fours. CSK 18/0

OVER 1: 10 RUNS! Shane Watson and Faf du Plessis hit a four each. CSK 10/0

OVERS 0.3: FOUR! Shane Watson hit the first boundary of the match. CSK 4/0

Here we go... Shane Watson and Faf du Plessis start the CSK innings. Mitchell Johnson with the ball for KKR

TOSS | Kolkata Knight Riders win the toss and opt to bowl against Chennai Super Kings at Eden Gardens
Playing XIs
Kolkata Knight Riders: Chris Lynn, Sunil Narine, Robin Uthappa, Dinesh Karthik (w/c), Rinku Singh, Shubman Gill, Andre Russell, Shivam Mavi, Piyush Chawla, Mitchell Johnson, Kuldeep Yadav

Chennai Super Kings: Shane Watson, Faf du Plessis, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni (w/c), Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja, Karn Sharma, Harbhajan Singh, Lungi Ngidi, KM Asif

Pitch Report
"It looks like a very good pitch to bat on, there will be some help for the spinners because of the dryness. Can expect a bit of seam movement for the pacers as well" - Sunil Gavaskar