Chennai Super Kings v Kolkata Knight Riders - IPL 5 – KKR prevail by five wickets – Live Score and Update
Chennai Super Kings 139/5 (20/20 ov) v Kolkata Knight Riders 140/5 (19.4/20 ov) - Kolkata Knight Riders won by 5 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)
On Monday, April 30, Kolkata Knight Riders secured their second place in the ongoing season-five of the Indian Premier League (IPL) with six wins from ten games after beating defending champions Chennai Super Kings in a close finish match played at MA Chidambaram
Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai.
Playing against a hostile crowd KKR skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/G-Gambhir-c1447 led his team from the front belting a stupendous innings of 63 runs as he spearheaded his side’s run chase towards the required tally of 140 runs needed to win the match.
However, it was http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Debabrata-Das-c1353 in the lower-order who kept his nerve and just when Chennai made a late comeback in the match, Das was there for KKR to ensure a finish on a win. The KKR star was later named as the Player of the Match for his under pressure
knock of 11 runs off four deliveries.
“Seniors giving me a lot of confidence, Gambhir's my mentor," said Das after receiving his Player of the Match award.
Meanwhile, earlier after the successful finish his skipper, Gambhir while praising the youngster stated, “Felt good, Chennai fought well, our boys did a good job restricting them to 139. We know we have a lot of potential and quality, we need to complement
each other. Das needs to be given the man of the match.”
Earlier after winning the toss, Chennai skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Faf-du-Plessis-c1427 with only five runs on the board, as the
batsman fell after scoring just three runs.
However, the side recovered with some astounding batting performance from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SK-Raina-c2539 who bolted a knock of 44 runs and Dhoni hit an unbeaten 34-run knock to avoid major batting meltdown.
Nonetheless, this tally was not enough to keep KKR at bay as the side chased down the target in 19.4 overs for the loss of five wickets.
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