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IPL 2020 | KKR vs CSK: Rahul Tripathi, Dinesh Karthik and Kolkata bowlers propel Kolkata to third spot

Brief Scores: Kolkata Knight Riders 167 all out in 20 overs (Rahul Tripathi 81, Sunil Narine 17; DJ Bravo 3/37) beat Chennai Super Kings 157/5 in 20 overs (Shane Watson 50, Ambati Rayudu 30; Varun Chakravarty 1/28) by 10 runs.


Kolkata Knight Riders mounted a sublime bowling effort to refuse Chennai Super Kings a facile 168-run target to nab their third win of the campaign in the 21st match of the Indian Premier League 2020 at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi.

Rahul Tripathi accepted the opportunity to open the innings with both hands, smacking a fabulous 81 to mitigate KKR's top-order conundrum once and for all. Losing wickets at vital junctures was the primary reason why CSK concluded on the wrong side of the result despite being in the hunt by and large. KKR displaced Royal Challengers Bangalore from the third position and occupied it courtesy enhanced NRR following tonight's slug-fest at Abu Dhabi.

Even-stevens at the end of the PowerPlay

Given openers Shane Watson and Faf du Plessis were on seventh heaven following their colossal 181-run stand against Kings XI Punjab, many jumped the gun on KKR's ability to defend. But Shivam Mavi was quick to reiterate that the men in purple won't go down without a fight. He dangled the carrot wide of off-stump as du Plessis feathered behind in an approach to carve it through backward point. Another chance tumbled in KKR's basket after Watson and Ambati Rayudu piloted CSK to 54/1 at the point of the first strategic timeout, but Rahul Tripathi erred in judging a flat short-arm hoick from the former.

Wickets topple as CSK feel the heat

Kamlesh Nagarkoti's 13th over evoked a mixed bag of emotions for KKR. While Rayudu miscuing a pull to long-on brought a sense of jubilation, Watson notching his fifty in the final ball of Nagarkoti's over suggested CSK still had the wood on the chase. Though Narine's grubber trapped the half-centurion plumb to lend a bit of drama, as even a tactical review signalled umpire's call.

The equation now asking for 64 runs off the final six, Sam Curran flexed his muscles to garner ten off Narine. But there was yet another befuddling twist in the tale as mystery-spinner Varun Chakravarthy kept his cool to breach through MS Dhoni's agricultural swipe. The gulf kept stretching, and Curran's loft discovering Eoin Morgan at mid-on did little to relieve the nerves in CSK's camp.

A desperate flash of the blade each from Kedar Jadhav and Ravindra Jadeja midget the requirement to 26 off the final over, but Andre Russell slinging three consecutive yorkers ensured a CSK victory was a long shot from thereon.

Tripathi nips the opening debate in the bud

Better sense finally prevailed for KKR as Rahul Tripathi walked out alongside Shubman Gill instead of customary choice Sunil Narine, who was proving to be nothing more than a dead duck. And he looked the opener manor born, exhibiting a water-tight technique besides taking full toll of easy pickings. The duo tapped to pinch quite a few singles, albeit also committed the cardinal sin of testing Ravindra Jadeja's arm in a couple of near-death shaves.

Though Gill strayed from his natural game and fell prey to an across-the-line heave, Tripathi was in no mood to squander the golden opportunity. He sliced a half-volley from Deepak Chahar over mid-off before just managing to evade Sam Curran's leap at long-on with his murderous slog-sweep.

Jadeja special headlines CSK rebound

Nitish Rana's adventure of smoking Karn Sharma over cow corner - the longest part of the ground - ended up in Jadeja's bucket hands. KKR's think tank chanced their arm by slotting in Narine as a pinch-hitter at number four. The manoeuvre seemed to do the trick, with the left-handed dasher badgering the leggie for a six and a four before Jadeja filed a reminder of his athletic prowess to wind-up his cameo. He zinged from the blocks at mid-wicket and dived parallel to the ground to his right to latch onto an absolute screamer, but as his body was about to skid into the boundary triangles, his excellent presence of mind saw him parrying the ball to Faf du Plessis, approaching in from long-on.

Curran then extracted some real fizz from the track to depart Eoin Morgan nicking behind, leaving KKR searching for a move-on at 114/4. Although Tripathi's steady accumulation of runs prevented a complete blockage of momentum.

Shardul Thakur resurged for a second burst to eke out dangerman Andre Russell, yet an ebullient Tripathi perishing to a soft dismissal must have been of greater value from CSK's perspective. In spite of Pat Cummins' quickfire 17, KKR could only squeeze 39 between overs 16-20, the final kick doing little justice to Tripathi's lone-ranging endeavour.

What's next in store?

Kolkata Knight Riders will cherish a two-day breathing space before they cross swords versus a deflated Kings XI Punjab on Saturday, October 10. Later in the evening, it'll be a dance of fire and ice as Royal Challengers Bangalore tackle the scuppering Dad's Army that is Chennai Super Kings.

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IPL 2020 | KKR vs CSK: What experts said as MS Dhoni’s team manages to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory once again

It could have been just another game in the Indian Premier League much like the last three games, which ended in one-sided affairs. But MS Dhoni, the captain of the Chennai Super Kings and his players of the middle and lower middle-order decided - not today. So what did they do? Well, they decided to dig a hole and instead of making the opposition fall in it, they decided to dig their graves themselves and to top it off, let Kedar Jadhav seal the dig so that they never come out of it. From 90/1 in 10 overs chasing a below-par target of 168, Chennai went to 129/3 in 17 overs, yes just 39 runs in 42 balls and finally ended up at 157/5 in their 20 overs, losing the game by an unthinkable, unimaginable 10 runs. Captains’ Viewpoints Reacting to the amazing victory, Kolkata Knight Riders captain, Dinesh Karthik said that trusting Sunil Narine paid-off for him. “There are some key players for every team. Narine is one for us,” Karthik said in the post-match presentation ceremony. “Least we can do is back him. 2-3 poor games, doesn't matter,” he added. Rahul Tripathi, who impressed in the last game with his ability, hit the ball hard and skills to manoeuvre the innings was back in action today as well. And today, he went one step ahead and opening the batting for the Knight Riders scored his fifth IPL fifty. Praising the youngster, Karthik said, “Good to see Tripathi do the job at the top.” “Good thing about Russ is he's very versatile. He can bat slightly up, slightly down,” he said lauding Andre Russel as well. The Tamil Nadu born further said that his team’s ‘batting is very fluid’ adding that he 'started at three’ and today batted at seven. “The way those guys batted at the start, they batted very well,” added the 35-year-old. “Back end I have a lot of trust in Sunil and Varun, paid off,” Karthik concluded praising his spin bowlers. On the other hand, MS Dhoni was standing at the position of the losing captain for the fourth time in the tournament and it was clearly visible that he was frustrated, but could not blame anyone else apart from himself. “In the middle overs there was a phase where they bowled 2-3 good overs,” he said. “If we batted better, and didn't lose 2-3 wickets in a row...” Dhoni rued the missed chance. The captain then lauded Englishman Sam Curran, saying that he ‘was really good with the ball’. “I think we did well in general with the ball, but the batsmen let the bowlers down today,” he added. Analyzing the innings, the 39-year-old said, “Rotation of strike was important, but I think there were hardly any boundaries in the final few overs.” “So we need to be innovative at the end when they are continuously hitting a back of a length, that's where we need to adapt better with the bat and I don't think we did that,” concluded a brutally honest Dhoni. But the important matter is, will the team learn from this assessment? Experts were also a bit apprehensive of that, especially after the way the Super Kings lost this game held in Abu Dhabi. Expert Opinion Cricket analyst and commentator Harsha Bhogle called this and rightly so a 'demoralising' loss for the Chennai Super Kings as the team came from a winning position and weren't just able to finish the game. Vikrant Gupta, a senior journalist was amused at how Kedar Jadhav has not been able to play well and how his place in the CSK team is non-justifiable. He was also shocked that this was the same Jadhav who played World Cup for India. Joy Bhattacharjya combined KKR's owner Shah Rukh Khan's famous dialogue to the situation of the team and thankfully it came on the right side of the things as the KKR won the game easily. Former India World Cup-winning team manager, Lalchand Rajput also criticized the Dhoni-led side for not being able to close in on the gap between the balls remaining and the runs required. Sambit Bal, another cricket journalist pointed out the way Dhoni was dismissed trying to hit a big shot off Varun Chakravarthy, having already hit a four in the previous ball. A Dhoni of the yesteryears wouldn't make such a mistake and would have rather rotated strike. With this loss, Chennai now has four losses in seven games. and is now in the bottom half of the table. KKR on the other hand with this victory went to the 3rd position in the league table.

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IPL 2020 | SRH vs KXIP: Match Preview, Predicted XI & Dream 11 Fantasy Picks

In the moving week of the Indian Premier League, two of the teams coming from sour defeats in their last week encounters would be up against each other in search of a victory that is badly needed for their confidence and also for the league to get more competitive and the spice up the week which is getting boring due to one-sided affairs. While Hyderabad tasted defeat in a game that they were in the competition till the last moments and were outdone because of their dependence on only David Warner. Kings XI, on the other hand, were simply outclassed by a brilliant Chennai Super Kings opening pair of Faf du Plessis and Shane Watson. Do or Die for Kings XI: Kings XI Punjab came into the tournament with a bang with three back to back great games against Delhi Capitals, Royal Challengers Bangalore, and Mumbai Indians. Although they lost close games against Rajasthan and Delhi but the KL Rahul-led team were still the better team on the day. However, in the next two games, they were simply humbled by a great margin by Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings, breaking their flow. KL Rahul, the captain is still focussed and positive about the turnaround. But for that to happen, their bowlers have to get wickets at regular intervals, not letting the team score in a stretch of over 190. If that is done, then the batsmen, especially Glenn Maxwell and Nicholas Pooran need to come good to give the pair of Mayank Agarwal and Rahul. David Warner and Co. need to buck-up For Hyderabad, the game is getting ahead of them in their batting department. While they are not able to score quickly in their powerplay, their finish has also not been up to the mark. For things to arrive at a particular conclusion, players like Kane Williamson, Manish Pandey, and Jonny Bairstow have to take the responsibility. Bowling wise, T Natarajan has been a great find of the season for them. Rashid Khan is at his usual best, the only thing that the team would lag in is the replacement of Bhuvneshwar Kumar, which they need to find. Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kings XI Punjab: Match Details Match number- 22 Date: October 7, 2020 at 7:30 PM IST, 02:00 PM GMT, 6:00 PM Local Venue: Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Pitch The Dubai pitch has been playing at its usual best with being a true wicket giving both the teams an equal opportunity to win the game on their merit. A fresh pitch would be in place making it an opportunity for a high scoring game. Depending on the statistics, only Chennai has managed to win a game in Dubai chasing, so it wouldn’t be a surprise if the team chooses to bat first. Weather The weather in Dubai has been perfectly suited for cricket as there has been no rain and the chances of its occurrence are also very low. The humidity is going relatively down, making dew a less deciding factor in the game. The pool sea breeze in the evening would help swing bowlers in the second innings early on. Later in the innings, the grip in the pitch also helps spinners come in the game. Team News Sunrisers Hyderabad Hyderabad has been deprived of the services of Bhuvneshwar Kumar and to cover that up, pacers like Siddarth Kaul and Sandeep Sharma were called up. In such a scenario, getting in an all-rounder like Vijay Shankar in the team would make the balance better for the team. In the batting department, Mohammad Nabi could also be brought back to give them a great finish. Expected XI David Warner (c), Wriddhiman Saha (Wk), Manish Pandey, Kane Williamson, Priyam Garg, Mohammad Nabi, Abdul Samad, Vijay Shankar, Rashid Khan, T Natarajan, Sandeep Sharma Kings XI Punjab In the Punjab setup, there could be certain changes like Chris Gayle coming into the team along with Hardus Viljoen would be a great chance to push the batting as well as bowling in the team. With Gayle coming in, at least Mayank Agarwal would be pushed later in the order to stabilize the innings. Expected XI Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, KL Rahul (c), Mandeep Singh, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Glenn Maxwell, Sarfaraz Khan, Harpreet Brar, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammed Shami, Hardus Viljoen, Sheldon Cottrell Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kings XI Punjab: Dream 11 team and tips: Lokesh Rahul (C), Nicholas Pooran (wk), David Warner (VC), Kane Williamson, Priyam Garg, Vijay Shankar, Abdul Samad, Rashid Khan, Mohammad Shami, Harpreet Brar, T. Natrajan, Captain: Lokesh Rahul Vice-captain: David Warner