‘RR aur CSK ek saath zaleel ho rahe hain’- Fans mock CSK after KKR hand them a 6-wicket defeat at Chepauk

Kolkata Knight Riders’ all-round performance helped them beat CSK at their home turn by 6 wickets on Sunday and, thereby, kept their hopes alive for the playoffs. Kolkata Knight Riders bowled beautifully to restrict Chennai Super Kings to 144 runs on the board. CSK made a quick start but continued to lose wickets after the first three overs.

KKR spinners made great use of the conditions and spun a web around the opposition batter. Venkatesh Iyer, once again, got Ruturaj Gaikwad out and also sent Ajinkya Rahane back to the hut inside the powerplay.

Conway played an uncharacteristic knock of 30 off 28 as he too struggled to get going on the slow and turning track. Narine, who hasn’t had much success this season, took the vital wickets of Rayudu (4) and Moeen Ali (1) and returned with stellar bowling figures of 2 for 15 in 4 overs.

Varun Chakravarthy was brilliant too apart from his last over, which proved expensive. He too returned with two vital wickets as well. CSK couldn’t have reached past 140-mark had Shivam Dube not played an impactful knock of 48 runs in 34 balls, including 1 four and 3 sixes.

He didn’t play any rash shot and stayed right till the end. However, other than that, the CSK batters struggled to hit the straps against KKR spinners at home ground.

On a pitch that was turning, the match was evenly poised till the halfway stage. Deepak Chahar accounted for the wickets of Jason Roy (12), Gurbaz (1), and Iyer (9) inside the powerplay to leave KKR reeling at 33 for 3.

CSK were pretty much favorites to win the clash at that point. However, Rinku Singh then joined hands with Nitish Rana and the duo staged an outstanding comeback.

Given that the required run rate was under control, the duo made sure they take little risk and take the game till the end. They placed the ball pretty well and scored boundaries at regular intervals. A 99-run partnership between the two for the fourth wicket meant KKR easily chased down the target with 9 balls to spare.

Rinku Singh got run out but played yet another masterclass knock of 54 off 43 in a run-chase. Nitish Rana stayed unbeaten on 57 off 44, including 6 fours and 1 six.

Here’s a look at how fans reacted to KKR’s win:

Lack of intent with the bat costed CSK the match

— Ayush Anand (@crictopher014) May 14, 2023

Rare failure for CSK

— LOYAL CSK FAN (@cskfanforlife) May 14, 2023

So called fortress breached by rr pbks and kkr

— aarnav13 (@aarnav_13) May 14, 2023

https://twitter.com/sureshk101095/status/1657803034309840899

@IPL
Karbo larbo jeetbo re ♥️@KKRiders hai takyar

— Aayush kumar Singh (@aayushkumar_s) May 14, 2023

https://twitter.com/Rc18forever/status/1657802584399433728

Jaiswal se pehle Rinku ko Indian team me chance milna chahiye. Kitne matured hai.

— Ajitesh Chakraborty (@AjiteshChakrab5) May 14, 2023

We owned csk in chennai. Now that's big.

— Keshav sharma (@Keshavs111) May 14, 2023

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