CSK vs KKR: KKR crushed CSK by 6 wickets, still not easy to reach playoffs – ipl 2023 csk vs kkr kolkata knight riders beat chennai super kings by 6 wickets

Chennai: The 61st match of IPL 2023 was played between Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders on 14 May at Chepauk. This match was won by the visiting team Kolkata Knight Riders. KKR was successful in winning this match by 6 wickets. With this victory, Kolkata, captained by Nitish Rana, still remains in the playoff race. In this match too, Rinku Singh was the hero of KKR’s run chase. Along with him, Nitish Rana also played the captaincy innings. So let’s take a look at what all happened in this entire match and which player performed how.
Batting first, Chennai gave KKR a target of 145 runs.

Chennai Super Kings captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni had decided to bat first after winning the toss against Kolkata Knight Riders. In such a situation, batting first, Chennai put 144 runs on the board at the loss of 6 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. Shivam Dubey scored the maximum 48 runs from CSK. Not only this but he was also unbeaten till the end. At the same time, Devon Conway also played a good inning of 30 runs. Apart from this, talk about KKR bowlers, Sunil Narine was the most successful bowler from Kolkata. He took 2 wickets for just 15 runs in his 4 over spell. At the same time, Varun Chakraborty also got two successes. Vaibhav Arora and Shardul Thakur also got 1-1 wickets.

Kolkata won the match by 6 wickets

Chasing the target of 145 runs, the start of Kolkata Knight Riders’ innings was not good at all. KKR’s top order batsmen Jason Roy, Rahmanullah Gurbaj and Venkatesh Iyer were dismissed within 35 runs and returned to the pavilion. But after this, captain Nitish Rana and Rinku Singh, who is in hot form, took the lead and showed strong batting. Together, both the batsmen thrashed the Chennai bowlers fiercely. A 99-run partnership was seen between Rinku and Nitish. Due to the tremendous batting of these two, KKR was successful in winning this match by 6 wickets. Nitish Rana scored the maximum 57 runs from Kolkata. He was also unbeaten till the end. At the same time, Rinku Singh also played a brilliant inning of 54 runs. Only Deepak Chahar was able to take wickets from Chennai Super Kings. He took 3 wickets for 27 runs in his 3 overs.

Even after the victory, it is difficult for Kolkata to reach the playoffs.

Kolkata may have easily defeated Chennai Super Kings in this match. But it is still not easy for them to reach the playoffs. KKR has so far scored 12 points in 13 matches. If they have to qualify for the playoffs, they will have to win the next match with a better run rate. Not only this, but if any two teams from Punjab, Bangalore, Lucknow and Mumbai reach 16 points, then KKR will be out of the playoff race. Nonetheless, Chennai Super Kings and Gujarat Titans are on the verge of qualifying for the playoffs. Had Chennai defeated Kolkata in this match, it would have become the first team to qualify for the playoffs.

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