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With just a little over 13 per cent qualification chance, Kolkata Knight Riders will host an already eliminated and wooden spoon holders Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League 2025 match in Kolkata’s iconic Eden Gardens on Wednesday. A win vs CSK would take the defending champion to 13 points, at par with Delhi Capitals, and if the margin of win is big, they might even finish fifth in the points table after the game.
CSK will play for their reputation, taking the last few games this season as a base for their next campaign. They have taken on board Urvil Patel in place of the injured wicket-keeper batter from Delhi, Vansh Bedi. With youngster Ayush Mhatre showing a lot of promise, CSK would fancy giving a chance to the youngsters in these matches.
MS Dhoni, CSK’s captain in the absence of Ruturaj Gaikwad, missed the practice session but is expected to play in the match against KKR.
According to the Accuweather app, the temperature for the game on Wednesday can go as high as 37 degrees Celsius in the daytime. However, things become a lot cooler in the evening, reaching 27 degrees Celsius.
Vaibhav Arora to Shivam Dube, out Caught by Rinku Singh!! Good catch by RInku and KKR breathe. This is a half-volley outside off, in the slot again, Shivam Dube though miscues the loftShivam Dube c Rinku Singh b Vaibhav Arora 45(40) [4s-2 6s-3]
Russell to Dhoni, 1 run, low full-toss on off, Dhoni gets forward to drive to long-off
Harshit Rana to Shivam Dube, SIX, telling strike this. Shivam Dube releases the pressure. Another predictable slower-ball off-cutter from Harshit Rana, looked like Dube was waiting for it, was full on off, he gets forward and lofts massively over long-on
Harshit Rana to Shivam Dube, SIX, to long-off
Varun Chakaravarthy to Brevis, out Caught by Rinku Singh!! Brevis holes out. That's what KKR needed. It's full on the stumps, from round the wicket, Brevis doesn't get under this, gets forward to loft and hits it flat to long-on and RInku is a safe catcher. He takes it and blows a kiss to the ball as he roars. Fantastic innings from Brevis though. Brevis c Rinku Singh b Varun Chakaravarthy 52(25) [4s-4 6s-4]
Varun Chakaravarthy to Shivam Dube, wide, Shivam Dube is right. There's no bat or pad, down leg, he flicks and misses
Narine to Brevis, SIX, flat six over wide long-on. It's a good length delivery just outside off, fraction short you can say and Brevis goes on the back foot and muscles the pull, did not get hold of it totally but this is a small ground
Varun Chakaravarthy to Jadeja, out Bowled!! Chopped on! Gets the length right and immediately has the wicket as Jadeja drags it back onto the stumps. He can't believe it and is taking a long time to walk back towards the pavilion. Googly across off, turning away off a good length, Jadeja hangs back and tries dabbing it through backward point but all he manages is a thick under-edge onto the stumps. Probably didn't bounce as much as he expected it to. CSK are five down already in just over five overs.
Harshit Rana to Urvil Patel, out Caught by Varun Chakaravarthy!! Sharp catch at short third from Chakaravarthy and Rana is absolutely pumped. Patel's rollicking knock on debut comes to an end. Full delivery just outside off, he looks to loft it over extra cover but gets a thick edge that flies quickly to Chakaravarthy's left. He reaches out with both hands and manages to hang on.
Vaibhav Arora to Ayush Mhatre, out Caught by Harshit Rana!! Gone for a duck! Vaibhav Arora strikes early and the in-form Mhatre is gone! Back of a length just outside off, swinging in, he tries driving hard off the back foot but mistimes it off the outside half to point where Rana makes no mistake.
Noor Ahmad to Rinku Singh, FOUR, reverse-swept over the infield! Full around off, Rinku gets into position quickly and executes the shot to perfection over backward point
Noor Ahmad to Russell, out Caught by Brevis!! Noor has the last laugh and gets rid of the danger man! Nothing special about this delivery. It's short outside off, googly, Russell tries slapping it down the ground but doesn't get much elevation. Brevis, initially seems to misjudge it at long-off but recovers nicely and hangs on.
Jadeja to Russell, FOUR, Russell swings hard and it flies off the edge over slip! Flat length ball darted in on off, grips and straightens and takes the leading edge as he looks to tonk it over midwicket. Goes over the fielder at slip
Jadeja to Rahane, out Caught by Conway!! Rahane misses out on his fifty by a couple of runs. Unlucky. This was darted at the stumps and Rahane went for the reverse sweep.
Jadeja to Rahane, SIX, ohh wow! Such a beautiful shot. All class. Rahane backs away, picks the length delivery and lofts it over wide long-off for a towering six. Pristine timing
Noor Ahmad to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, out Caught by Dhoni!! Edged and taken! A googly outside off, Angkrish Raghuvanshi has a poke at it and gets an outside edge that has been taken by Dhoni. The two spinners working in tandem. Ashwin building pressure with dot balls from one end and Noor taking wickets from the other end.. Good team-work by the CSK bowlers. Angkrish Raghuvanshi c Dhoni b Noor Ahmad 1(2)
Powerplay summary-- Narine, Rahane get KKR off to a flier-- Gurbaz dismissed early for 11 by Kamboj (1.3)-- Rahane dropped by Pathirana on 15 (3.6)-- Ashwin hammered for 14 in his first over by Narine-- Kamboj goes for 17 in his third over
Ashwin to Narine, FOUR, Ashwin concedes a boundary straightaway. A loopy delivery on middle and leg, Narine flicks it through square leg for four runs. Wasn't middled, but enough to fetch him four
Anshul Kamboj to Gurbaz, out Caught by Noor Ahmad!! Anshul Kamboj strikes in his first over, end of Gurbaz's little cameo. This was a length delivery around middle and leg, Gurbaz flicks it uppishly and finds Noor Ahmad at mid-wicket. Taken comfortably KKR have lost an early wicket. He has looked good at the start, but hasn't been able to convert those starts.
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