Indian Premier League 2015 - 28th Match
(Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders at Chennai)
Knight Riders contrive to lose in small chase
| CSK | vs | KKR |
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| 134/6 (20) | 132/9 (20) | |
| CSK won by 2 runs | ||
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Kolkata Knight Riders had no business losing this. Having restricted Chennai Super Kings to 135, they were rushing towards the target at 52 for 1 in fiver overs, but they contrived to play headless shots and the excellent Super Kings fielders were only too happy to oblige. The asking rate had come down to under a run a ball when Super Kings went to spin, but possibly out of that fear of spin and also because of some ordinary batting from Yusuf Pathan and Ryan ten Doeschate, they contrived a defeat. Super Kings have now won nine home matches in a row, and are at the top of the table with a match in hand.
Robin Uthappa was batting like a dream in reaching 39 off 16, fielding was getting a bit rattled with MS Dhoni refusing to go for a catch as the fifth over ended, and now R Ashwin came on to bowl the sixth over. Uthappa looked to dominate, swept the first ball powerfully, and Brendon McCullum took a special catch at short midwicket. Super Kings had been given a lifeline. In Ashwin's next over, Manish Pandey, the man reprieved by Dhoni, went for a slog sweep and found deep midwicket. If they were worried about spin terrors, they had brought them to life by panicked batting with the asking rate comfortable.
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