Chennai Super Kings v Kolkata Knight Riders - Indian Premier League - 38th match – Live Score and Update
Chennai Super Kings 200/3 v Kolkata Knight Riders 186 - Chennai Super Kings won by 14 runs
Chennai Super Kings are on a roll in this year’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 Premier League (IPL) where they were once again successful in the 38th match of the ongoing tournament which they won against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) by 14 runs, at MA Chidambaram Stadium,
Chepauk, Chennai.
Kolkata Knight Riders, who chose to field, received a severe beating from their opponents, as Chennai openers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MEK-Hussey-c1942 launched a belligerent onslaught, hammering the bowlers everywhere.
This pair needed to be stopped in order for KKR to remain in the game, but the bowlers looked completely helpless against Chennai.
Finally after conceding 103 runs, KKR finally struck gold by nabbing the wicket of Saha, who found his way back to the pavilion after scoring 39 runs off 23 deliveries.
KKR’s Narine then struck for his side by nabbing the wicket of Hussey, who was caught by Das after scoring 95 runs. At the time of this wicket, Chennai had managed to post 158 runs on the board.
With both openers back in the pavilion, it was time for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028 to forge a rebuild phase in the middle to keep their side ahead of their opponents.
The two batsmen led their side towards 190, before KKR stuck again when SK Raina was run out after playing a potent innings of 44 runs off 25 deliveries.
With the captain unbeaten on 18 for 12, Chennai managed to post a massive score of 200 runs on the board.
KKR now needed a steady start in order to overcome this daunting target and grab a win from this difficult situation.
However, openers MS Bisla and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/G-Gambhir-c1447 could only take the score to 32 before letting Chennai taste their first success of the day on the demise of G Gambhir, who hit the showers after scoring 14 runs.
MS Bisla was then joined by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/BB-McCullum-c1129 and the two batsmen helped take the score to 63, before BB McCullum had his stumps obliterated by Sharma after scoring six runs off seven deliveries.
However, MS Bisla’s outstanding knock of 92 off 61 runs failed to earn his side a difficult victory as KKR could score only 186 for the loss of four wickets in 20 overs.
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