Rahul Tripathi, Man of the Match: It's like a dream come true for me.I was prepared for both roles, glad to contribute to the team's win. I thought ball was coming on nicely. Gill was also striking well. It has been a journey for me, I have loved this journey. Coming to KKR is special. Performing in front of Shah RUkh sir is special.
Dinesh Karthik: Sunil Narine is a key player, he has always delivered for us. The way he has come back and shown what he's capable of, I'm proud of him. We thought we'll ease pressure off Tripathi a little and good to see him go well. Russell is versatile, he can bat up and down. Our batting is very fluid. I started at 3 and batting at 7. The way those guys batted at the start, they did well. Back end, I have a lot of faith in Sunny and Varun.
MS Dhoni: The middle overs they bowled a couple of good overs and we lost 2-3 wickets. Had we batted a little better... the batsmen let our bowlers down today. Rotation of strike is always important. Hardly any boundaries in the last 3 overs apart from the last over. We have to see what we can do as batsmen, we didn't adapt well.
IPL 2020 live score: CSK 157-5 in 20 overs. KKR win by 10 runs. KKR complete a superb choke of CSK. With Narine, Varun CHakravarthy and later ANdre Russell. Jadeja hit a few in the last over but it was too few too late.
IPL 2020 live score: CSK 142-5 in 19 overs. CSK need 26 off 6. Sunil Narine finishes with 4-0-31-1. CSK need a miracle to win from here as both Jadeja and Jadhav are struggling, the latter in particular.
IPL 2020 live score: CSK 132-5 in 18 overs. CSK need 36 off 12. Kedar Jadhav and Ravindra Jadeja struggling to hit boundaries. KKR favourites now?
IPL 2020 live score: CSK 129-5 in 17.1 overs. CSK need 39 off 17. WICKET - Sam Curran falls to Andre Russell. Looks to hit but finds cover. Pressure on CSK now.
IPL 2020 live score: CSK 129-4 in 16.3 overs. CSK need 39 off 21. WICKET - Dhoni falls to Varun Chakravarthy. Looks to slog across but misses a straight ball. He hit a boundary previous ball but the spinner has bounced back.
IPL 2020 live score: CSK 124-3 in 16 overs. CSK need 44 off 24. Sam Curran takes on Sunil Narine with success. One six and a four down the ground, relieving some pressure. Can they finish it?
IPL 2020 live score: CSK 110-3 in 15 overs. CSK need 58 off 30. Mystery spinners Sunil Narine and Varun Chakravarthy operating in tandem. CSK struggling to up the ante. Thrilling finish on the cards.
IPL 2020 live score: CSK 101-3 in 13.1 overs. CSK need 67 off 41. WICKET - Sunil Narine gets Shane Watson. Skids on after pitching. Watson looks to pull and misses. LBW. Takes a review but it's umpire's call on hitting leg stump.
IPL 2020 live score: CSK 101-2 in 13 overs. CSK need 67 off 42. Shane Watson has reached his half-century. MS Dhoni walks in at No. 4. Narine at one end, who has a great record against both Watson and Dhoni. Game on!
IPL 2020 live score: CSK 99/2 in 12.1 overs. WICKET - Kamlesh Nagarkoti gets Ambati Rayudu. Looks to slog him down the ground but hits it straight to long on. Big wicket, that.
IPL 2020 live score: CSK 99/1 in 12 overs. Sunil Narine finally into the attack, concedes 5 in his first over. Watson one short of a half century.
IPL 2020 live score: CSK 94/1 in 11 overs. Pat Cummins finishes his spell. 4-0-25-0. Watson and Rayudu just play him out safely. Will DK bring Narine now?
IPL 2020 live score: CSK 90/1 in 10 overs. Half-way into the chase, and no Sunil Narine yet. Bizarre strategy from KKR. Watson closing in on 50, and Rayudu has settled in too.
IPL 2020 live score: CSK 78/1 in 9 overs. Sunil Narine is yet to bowl an over, as CSK keep doing this easily. Not many risks taken but runs continue to flow.
IPL 2020 live score: CSK 69/1 in 8 overs. Kamlesh Nagarkoti into the attack, concedes 7 in his first over. CSK motoring along nicely
IPL 2020 live score: CSK 62/1 in 7 overs. A tough chance in the deep for Rahul Tripathi off Shane Watson, but he doesn't attempt going for it. Costsly miss? Varun Chakravarthy the bowler.
IPL 2020 live score: CSK 54/1 in 6 overs. Shivam Mavi too finishes three overs. Just two bowlers used in the Power Play by KKR. Watson smashes Mavi for a six in the over.
IPL 2020 live score: CSK 41/1 in 5 overs. Cummins has finished three overs up front. Dinesh Karthik continued him to get a wicket but CSK have played him out. Rayudu also lucky with an outside edge boundary in that over.
IPL 2020 live score: CSK 30/1 in 3.4 overs. Wicket: Shivam Mavi gets Faf du Plessis. Faf looks to smash it over the off side but gets a thick edge to the keeper. Breakthrough for KKR.
IPL 2020 live score: CSK 25/0 in 3 overs. Faf du Plessis cracks a boundary off Pat Cummins, who has finished two overs up front. KKR in need of a wicket.
IPL 2020 live score: CSK 18/0 in 2 overs. Faf du Plessis hits back to back boundaries off Shivam Mavi as CSK make a move. One over mid off, another wide of square leg.
IPL 2020 live score: CSK 6/0 in 1 over. Shane Watson finds the boundary with a cover drive off Pat Cummins.
All set for the chase. Pat Cummins vs Shane Watson and Faf du Plessis. Should be a good contest.
IPL 2020 live score KKR 167: Bravo bowls the final over and it was a good one. Starts with a dot and a wide before getting rid of Nagarkoti. Cummins gets the strike but only gets 2 and 1 before Mavi also has to depart. They try to run two off the final ball but a run-out means they get just one.
IPL 2020 live score KKR 162-7: Eventful couple of overs here! The 18th bowled by Shardul goes for 14 runs whereas the 19th bowled by Curran yields 8 runs and the wicket of Dinesh Karthik! How much can KKR get in the final over?
IPL 2020 live score KKR 140-6: OUT! Tripathi's fine knock comes to an end in a tame way with a simple catch to Watson in the slips. He goes for 81. Can KKR now cross the 180-mark?
IPL 2020 live score KKR 128-5: OUT! Shardul Thakur gets the wicket of Andre Russell, as the big Jamaican edges one to Dhoni. CSK are well on top now.
Rahul Tripathi, Man of the Match: It's like a dream come true for me.I was prepared for both roles, glad to contribute to the team's win. I thought ball was coming on nicely. Gill was also striking well. It has been a journey for me, I have loved this journey. Coming to KKR is special. Performing in front of Shah RUkh sir is special.
Dinesh Karthik: Sunil Narine is a key player, he has always delivered for us. The way he has come back and shown what he's capable of, I'm proud of him. We thought we'll ease pressure off Tripathi a little and good to see him go well. Russell is versatile, he can bat up and down. Our batting is very fluid. I started at 3 and batting at 7. The way those guys batted at the start, they did well. Back end, I have a lot of faith in Sunny and Varun.
MS Dhoni: The middle overs they bowled a couple of good overs and we lost 2-3 wickets. Had we batted a little better... the batsmen let our bowlers down today. Rotation of strike is always important. Hardly any boundaries in the last 3 overs apart from the last over. We have to see what we can do as batsmen, we didn't adapt well.
IPL 2020 live score: CSK 157-5 in 20 overs. KKR win by 10 runs. KKR complete a superb choke of CSK. With Narine, Varun CHakravarthy and later ANdre Russell. Jadeja hit a few in the last over but it was too few too late.
IPL 2020 live score: CSK 142-5 in 19 overs. CSK need 26 off 6. Sunil Narine finishes with 4-0-31-1. CSK need a miracle to win from here as both Jadeja and Jadhav are struggling, the latter in particular.
IPL 2020 live score: CSK 132-5 in 18 overs. CSK need 36 off 12. Kedar Jadhav and Ravindra Jadeja struggling to hit boundaries. KKR favourites now?
IPL 2020 live score: CSK 129-5 in 17.1 overs. CSK need 39 off 17. WICKET - Sam Curran falls to Andre Russell. Looks to hit but finds cover. Pressure on CSK now.
IPL 2020 live score: CSK 129-4 in 16.3 overs. CSK need 39 off 21. WICKET - Dhoni falls to Varun Chakravarthy. Looks to slog across but misses a straight ball. He hit a boundary previous ball but the spinner has bounced back.
IPL 2020 live score: CSK 124-3 in 16 overs. CSK need 44 off 24. Sam Curran takes on Sunil Narine with success. One six and a four down the ground, relieving some pressure. Can they finish it?
IPL 2020 live score: CSK 110-3 in 15 overs. CSK need 58 off 30. Mystery spinners Sunil Narine and Varun Chakravarthy operating in tandem. CSK struggling to up the ante. Thrilling finish on the cards.
IPL 2020 live score: CSK 101-3 in 13.1 overs. CSK need 67 off 41. WICKET - Sunil Narine gets Shane Watson. Skids on after pitching. Watson looks to pull and misses. LBW. Takes a review but it's umpire's call on hitting leg stump.
IPL 2020 live score: CSK 101-2 in 13 overs. CSK need 67 off 42. Shane Watson has reached his half-century. MS Dhoni walks in at No. 4. Narine at one end, who has a great record against both Watson and Dhoni. Game on!
IPL 2020 live score: CSK 99/2 in 12.1 overs. WICKET - Kamlesh Nagarkoti gets Ambati Rayudu. Looks to slog him down the ground but hits it straight to long on. Big wicket, that.
IPL 2020 live score: CSK 99/1 in 12 overs. Sunil Narine finally into the attack, concedes 5 in his first over. Watson one short of a half century.
IPL 2020 live score: CSK 94/1 in 11 overs. Pat Cummins finishes his spell. 4-0-25-0. Watson and Rayudu just play him out safely. Will DK bring Narine now?
IPL 2020 live score: CSK 90/1 in 10 overs. Half-way into the chase, and no Sunil Narine yet. Bizarre strategy from KKR. Watson closing in on 50, and Rayudu has settled in too.
IPL 2020 live score: CSK 78/1 in 9 overs. Sunil Narine is yet to bowl an over, as CSK keep doing this easily. Not many risks taken but runs continue to flow.
IPL 2020 live score: CSK 69/1 in 8 overs. Kamlesh Nagarkoti into the attack, concedes 7 in his first over. CSK motoring along nicely
IPL 2020 live score: CSK 62/1 in 7 overs. A tough chance in the deep for Rahul Tripathi off Shane Watson, but he doesn't attempt going for it. Costsly miss? Varun Chakravarthy the bowler.
IPL 2020 live score: CSK 54/1 in 6 overs. Shivam Mavi too finishes three overs. Just two bowlers used in the Power Play by KKR. Watson smashes Mavi for a six in the over.
IPL 2020 live score: CSK 41/1 in 5 overs. Cummins has finished three overs up front. Dinesh Karthik continued him to get a wicket but CSK have played him out. Rayudu also lucky with an outside edge boundary in that over.
IPL 2020 live score: CSK 30/1 in 3.4 overs. Wicket: Shivam Mavi gets Faf du Plessis. Faf looks to smash it over the off side but gets a thick edge to the keeper. Breakthrough for KKR.
IPL 2020 live score: CSK 25/0 in 3 overs. Faf du Plessis cracks a boundary off Pat Cummins, who has finished two overs up front. KKR in need of a wicket.
IPL 2020 live score: CSK 18/0 in 2 overs. Faf du Plessis hits back to back boundaries off Shivam Mavi as CSK make a move. One over mid off, another wide of square leg.
IPL 2020 live score: CSK 6/0 in 1 over. Shane Watson finds the boundary with a cover drive off Pat Cummins.
All set for the chase. Pat Cummins vs Shane Watson and Faf du Plessis. Should be a good contest.
IPL 2020 live score KKR 167: Bravo bowls the final over and it was a good one. Starts with a dot and a wide before getting rid of Nagarkoti. Cummins gets the strike but only gets 2 and 1 before Mavi also has to depart. They try to run two off the final ball but a run-out means they get just one.
IPL 2020 live score KKR 162-7: Eventful couple of overs here! The 18th bowled by Shardul goes for 14 runs whereas the 19th bowled by Curran yields 8 runs and the wicket of Dinesh Karthik! How much can KKR get in the final over?
IPL 2020 live score KKR 140-6: OUT! Tripathi's fine knock comes to an end in a tame way with a simple catch to Watson in the slips. He goes for 81. Can KKR now cross the 180-mark?
IPL 2020 live score KKR 128-5: OUT! Shardul Thakur gets the wicket of Andre Russell, as the big Jamaican edges one to Dhoni. CSK are well on top now.
IPL 2020 Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings Live Score and Latest Updates - MS Dhoni: The middle overs they bowled a couple of good overs and we lost 2-3 wickets. Had we batted a little better... the batsmen let our bowlers down today. Rotation of strike is always important. Hardly any boundaries in the last 3 overs apart from the last over. We have to see what we can do as batsmen, we didn't adapt well.
Preview: Chennai Super Kings (CSK) with clash with Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in match 21 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 in Abu Dhabi on the 7th of October.
CSK will be upbeat after their thumping record-breaking 10-wicket win against Kings XI Punjab in Dubai. It was just the result they needed to lift the morale of the side after one of their worst starts to any IPL season.
KKR would want to get back to winning ways after the defeat against Delhi Capitals in Sharjah.
Chennai Super Kings
At last CSK played like three-time IPL Champions and hammered KXIP in a record breaking victory. Faf du Plessis has been the Player of the Tournament so far for CSK – he has been their Mr Consistent performing in every match when others have struggled and failed. The management will be pleased that Shane Watson was back at his best in the previous encounter.
But CSK can’t rely only on their openers. They need the middle order to fire. MS Dhoni needs to bat up the order and take control of the innings much earlier than what he has been doing in the tournament. Kedar Jadhav has just managed to score 51 runs in 3 innings and needs to make a significant contribution.
Deepak Chahar has been CSK’s most restrictive bowler going at less than 8 an over. Ravindra Jadeja has been unusually expensive with an economy rate of 9.55.
Kolkata Knight Riders
The KKR batting has not fired to its full potential in IPL 2020. Sunil Narine has been completely out of form – both with the bat and ball. The West Indian has just managed to score 27 runs in his 4 innings and also not been restrictive going at 8.5 per over. No batsman has played that one great defining innings yet for KKR. Shubman Gill has been their leading scorer with 152 runs in 4 innings. Even the destructive Andre Russell – who has the highest strike rate in IPL history – has looked out of sorts and just managed to score 48 runs at a strike rate of 145.45 in the tournament. KKR need to shuffle their batting order. Eoin Morgan should bat at number 4.
The bowling hasn’t looked threatening with no bowler looking to take wickets. Pat Cummins has had a disappointing IPL 2020 so far picking just 2 wickets from 4 matches also going at 9.28 per over.
WHAT: IPL 2020, Match 21
WHEN: October 7, 7:30PM IST
WHERE: Abu Dhabi
TELECAST: Star Sports Network
LIVE STREAMING: Disney + Hotstar
