IPL 2013: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings- As it happened...

Updates from the IPL match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings.

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SCORECARD» I COMMENTARY» ==================================================================================== Schedule & Results» I Points Table» ==================================================================================== Chennai Super Kings win by 4 wickets. ==================================================================================== CSK Over: 19.1 II Score: 124/6 Yusuf Pathan to bowl the last over. Jadeja finishes the match with a huge six towards long on. ==================================================================================== CSK Over: 19 II Score: 118/6 Kallis is into the attack again. Starts with a full toss that Jadeja smashes past sweeper cover for a boundary. This one is short and Jadeja pulls it straight to the man at deep mid wicket who misses a relatively simple catch and the ball goes past the boundary rope for a four. He gets a single this time. This one is short and slow and Bravo pulls it with ease for a four towards fine leg. Gets a single this time. Jadeja flicks it on the leg side for a single. ==================================================================================== CSK Over: 18 II Score: 103/6 Narine into the attack as Bravo gets a single off the first ball. Jadeja hits him straight down the ground for another six. Cuts this one late, no run taken. A leg bye this time for Jadeja. Bravo gets a single off the next ball to short third man. Jadeja gets a single off the last ball. ==================================================================================== CSK Over: 17 II Score: 93/6 Balaji into the attack and Jadeja comes down the wicket and smashes it straight down the ground for a six. Full toss this time and Jadeja plays it towards mid off for a single. This time Hussey plays it on the leg side for another single. Slower and shorter and Jadeja pulls it to the man at short fine leg and takes a single. Hussey hits this one in the air again towards deep mid wicket and Pathan takes a comfortable catch. Another twist in the tale here. Slower and shorter yet again and this time Jadeja pulls it over short fine leg for a four. Chennai need 27 runs in 18 balls. Michael Hussey c Yusuf Pathan b Balaji 40(51) ==================================================================================== CSK Over: 16 II Score: 80/5 Kallis continues as Hussey hits this one straight down the ground for a single. Slower one beats Badri who was trying to pull it. Badri tries to paddle sweep this one but misses the line of the delivery and the ball crashes onto the stumps. Another wicket down for CSK.Jadeja comes to the middle now and he gets a single off the first ball he faces. Hussey gets under this length ball and smashes it over deep square leg boundary for a six. This one is slower from Kallis and Hussey mishits it but the ball lands safely as the batsmen take two runs. Badrinath b Kallis 6(13) ==================================================================================== CSK Over: 15 II Score: 70/4 Sunil Narine is back into the attack. Badri gets a single off the first ball. Hussey gets another single. This time Badri defends the ball close to the keeper, no run taken. Badri makes room and tries to whip it on the leg side but the ball gets the inside edge and goes just past the stumps, the batsmen take a single. Hussey tries to cut this one but misses. This one is short and wide and Hussey cuts it for a single. ==================================================================================== CSK Over: 14 II Score: 66/4 Kallis continues as hussey cuts it wide of third man for two runs. Another single for Hussey. Badri defends the next ball to mid wicket, no run taken. Nicely driven by Badri but Tiwary does a good job to restrict the batsmen to a single. Another single taken off a mishit. Tries to paddle sweep this one but the ball hits the pads and he gets a single for it. ==================================================================================== CSK Over: 13 II Score: 60/4 Bhatia continues as Badri defends the first one back to the bowler. This time Badri pierces the field and gets a single. Batsmen look happy to take the singles even as the run rate is increasing with every passing over. Chennai do have a few effective batsmen but pressure can get to the best of players. ==================================================================================== CSK Over: 12 II Score: 56/4 Jacques Kallis is into the attack now. Dhoni gets a single to fine leg off the first one. Dhoni goes, fantastic work from Morgan who hit the stumps directly after Dhoni was sent back by Hussey. Badrinath is the new man. Hussey gets a single towards the on side. Badrinath flirts with one outside off stump and a half hearted appeal by the KKR players. Flicked to the leg side for a single. Just three off the over. Dhoni run out (Eoin Morgan) 9(7) ==================================================================================== CSK Over: 11 II Score: 53/3 Dhoni gets a single off Balaji's first ball. Hussey gets another single off the second ball. Batsmen happy to work him around for singles. Hussey drives a slower one to sweeper cover for a single. Dhoni gets another single off the last ball. ==================================================================================== CSK Over: 10 II Score: 48/3 Bhatia into the attack as Dhoni is the new man in the middle. Hussey gets a single off the first ball. Dhoni also gets going with a single to sweeper cover. Hussey drives this past cover for another single. Dhoni cuts a short one hard and Balaji manages to save it from going to the boundary as the batsmen take three runs, good commitment from Balaji. ==================================================================================== CSK Over: 9 II Score: 40/3 Yusuf Pathan into the attack now. Hussey gets a single to square leg. Raina makes room and cuts but can't get it past the fielder at cover. A couple of singles for both batsmen. Raina lofts this one high in the air and the man at long on. Raina c Narine b Yusuf Pathan 7(8) ==================================================================================== CSK Over: 8 II Score: 37/2 Hussey drives this one from Senanayake for a single through cover. Vijay trapped on the pads again and this time it was straight and the umpire gives him out.Raina is the new man in the middle. KKR are making a match out of this. Raina gets two runs towards mid wicket. This time he played it late and with short hands and the ball raced away to the boundary towards third man. Vijay lbw b Senanayake 2(5) ==================================================================================== CSK Over: 7 II Score: 30/1 Sunil Narine continues and some superb fielding denies Hussey the single. He gets a single off the third ball to long on.HUssey gets a single and is followed by another single for Vijay. They are being cautious against Narine as a huge appeal is made against Vijay who was trapped on the pads. ==================================================================================== CSK Over: 5 II Score: 27/1 Senanayake continues with his outside off stump line which Hussey leaves. This time he tries to pull a similar delivery but misses. Hussey defends the next one back to the bowler. Hussey struggling to get him away for runs. Good bowling from Senanayake. This time it's slightly wider and Hussey can't get it past the fielder at cover. Single off the last ball. ==================================================================================== CSK Over: 4 II Score: 26/1 Sunil Narine comes into the attack now. Ashwin gets a single off the first ball. Hussey gets another single off the next ball. Ashwin hits it straight to the man at mid wicket. Murali Vijay is the new man and he starts off with a single to long on. Single to Hussey off the next ball. Vijay defends the last ball of the over back to the bowler. Ashwin c Senanayake b Narine 11(13) ==================================================================================== CSK Over: 4 II Score: 22/0 Senanayake continues to Ashwin who comes down the treack and flicks it to mid wicket but does not get any run for it. Ashwin makes room this time but the bowler follows him and cramps him for room. No run off the next ball as well. This time he sweeps it towards fine leg for a four. Five runs off the over. ==================================================================================== CSK Over: 3 II Score: 17/0 Balaji to continue. Full and outside off stump and Hussey drives it to the boundary through cover. Balaji goes wide outside the off stump this time and it's called a wide by the umpire. This time Balaji beats Hussey outside off stump as he was trying to run it down to third man. The last ball is played to the man backward point. ==================================================================================== CSK Over: 2 II Score: 12/0 Sachithra Senanayake will share the new ball with Balaji. Off the second delivery, Hussey scores his first boundary through covers. Five runs from the over. ==================================================================================== CSK Over: 1 II Score: 7/0 Lakshmipathy Balaji with the new ball. Facing him is Michael Hussey. Partnering him is would you believe it R Ashwin! And Ashwin walks down the pitch and flicks Balaji's fifth delivery for a boundary. Off the final delivery, KKR missed a golden chance to run out Hussey. Seven off the first over. ==================================================================================== KKR Over: 20 II Score: 119/9 Morris to bowl the last over of the innings. Senanayake gets a single off the last ball off the innings. Balaji hits one straight down the ground for two runs. Balaji goes for the paddle sweep but misses. Full toss this time and he gets it away for a single. Last ball is hit straight back to the bowler, no run taken. ==================================================================================== KKR Over: 19 II Score: 115/9 Albie Morkel is back into the attack and he will be looking to finish things up here. Senanayake gets a single off the second ball. Balaji gets another single. Another single for Senanayake. Balaji pulls this one to mid wicket for a boundary. Two more singles to end the over. ==================================================================================== KKR Over: 18 II Score: 107/9 Senanayake gets a single off the first one from Jadeja. Another massive hit from Sunil Narine for a six. Another similar shot and this time he does not get the distance on it to clear the ropes and is held by Mohit Sharma at long on. Balaji is in the middle now. Balaji can't get any run off the over. Narine c Mohit Sharma b Ravindra Jadeja 13(6) ==================================================================================== KKR Over: 17 II Score: 100/8 Senanayake guides this one from Ashwin to short third man, no run taken. Single off the next ball. Ashwin to Narine. Narine smashes this one over long on boundary for a six. Single taken off the next ball. Another single to end the over. ==================================================================================== KKR Over: 16 II Score: 91/8 Jadeja continues as Shukla gets a single to mid wicket. Bhatia scoops one straight to the bowler and Jadeja takes it with ease. Senanayake is the new batsman and he gets a single to start off with. This time Jadeja traps Shukla in front of the wickets and the umpire raises his fingers. KKR innings is falling like a house of cards here. Sunil Narine comes to the middle now. Shukla lbw b Ravindra Jadeja 1(3) Bhatia c and b Ravindra Jadeja 1(10) ==================================================================================== KKR Over: 15 II Score: 89/6 Tiwary walks out and tries to flick this one in the gap between long on and deep mid wicket but Mohit Sharma runs in and takes a nice catch to send Tiwary back to the dug out. LR Shukla is the new batsman. Bhatia struggling to get Ashwin away for runs. End of a fantastic over. Tiwary c Mohit Sharma b Ashwin 13(18) ==================================================================================== KKR Over: 14 II Score: 89/5 Jadeja continues as Tiwary gets two runs off the first ball. Another single to Tiwary. Bhatia defends this one to mid wicket, no run taken. Bhatia gets a leading edge on this one and the ball goes to cover as the batsmen scamper through for a single. Tiwary gets a aleg bye. Bhatia gets another couple of runs to mid wicket. Single off the last ball. ==================================================================================== KKR Over: 13 II Score: 82/5 NIcely flighted delivery from Ashwin and Tiwary gets an edge on it but is dropped by Dhoni and the batsmen take a single. It was a tough one to be fair on Dhoni. Das sweeeps this one over deep mid wicket fence for a six. Another couple of runs for Das as Dhoni misses a run out opportunity. Das goes towards the off stump and tries to flick this one but the ball hits the pads and the umpire raises his fingers. Rajat Bhatia is the new man. Deba Das lbw b Ashwin 19(15) ==================================================================================== KKR Over: 12 II Score: 73/4 Ravindra Jadeja is into the attack now and Tiwary drives the first ball to extra cover for a single. Das gets another single to mid wicket. Nearly another run out as Tiwary goes for a risky single. Das gets a single again. Single off the last ball as well. Five singles taken off the over. ==================================================================================== KKR Over: 11 II Score: 68/4 Ashwin is into the attack now and Tiwary drives the first ball to sweeper cover for a single. Aswin is flighting it well and it will be interesting to see if Das can resist his temptation to hit a big one. This one is slightly shorter and he pulls it for a single. Tiwary drives it to sweeper cover for a single. Just three runs off the over. ==================================================================================== KKR Over: 10 II Score: 65/4 Bravo continues, slower ball again and Das defends it back to the bowler. This one is on the pads and this time Das gets a single towards the on side. Tiwary steers this one to point, no run taken. He gets a single this time. Bravo is mixing it up really well and the batsmen are playing him cautiously. This one is on the pads and Das gets some pad on it but the ball goes on the bounce to Dhoni, no run taken. This time he gets under a length ball and hits it straight down the ground for a six. ==================================================================================== KKR Over: 9 II Score: 57/4 Manoj Tiwary and Debabrata Das are in the middle now and they have a bit of rebuilding to do. Tiwary gets a single off the third ball of the over. Das defends this one back to the bowler, no run taken. Another risky single taken by Das. Just two runs off the over. KKR's middle order has been exposed and it will be interesting to see how the likes of Manoj Tiwary, Shukla and Bhatia deal with the situation. ==================================================================================== KKR Over: 8 II Score: 55/4 Dwayne Bravo into the attack as Pathan defends the first one back to the bowler. This one is guided to third man for a single by Pathan. Morgan defends this one, no run taken. Morgan flicks this one in the air and the man at mid wicket takes a nice catch running backwards to dismiss him. Pathan gets some bat on one outside leg stump and the ball goes to the boundary towards fine leg. Pathan flicks this one to the leg side and he took off for a second run but Bravo was on it and threw tha ball to Dhoni who flicked the stumps to find Pathan short. Yusuf Pathan run out (Dwayne Bravo/Dhoni) 25(22) Eoin Morgan c Ravindra Jadeja b Dwayne Bravo 2(7) ==================================================================================== KKR Over: 7 II Score: 49/2 Pahtan takes off for a single off the first ball of a new over from Mohit and Badrinath hits the stumps directly from backward point and Kallis is short. Great piece of fielding from Badri here to get rid of the dangerous Kallis. Morgan is the new man and there will be a lot of responsibility on him to guide KKR to a respectable total. Flicks this one to deep mid wicket for two runs. Mohit beats Morgan outside off stump this time. This one is defended to mid off, no run taken. Mohit is settling in to a good line and length here. No run taken off the last ball. End of a good comeback over from Mohit. Kallis run out (Badrinath) 0(0) ==================================================================================== KKR Over: 6 II Score: 47/1 Short and outside off stump from Morris and Gambhir misses an attempted cut. This one is slower and fuller and Gambhir plays it to the man at mid off, no run taken. This one he guides successfully to third man for a single. Yusuf this time guides it to third man for a single. Gambhir slaps a wide one to third man and Hussey takes a brilliant low catch to dismiss him. Kallis is the new man in the middle. Pathan takes a single off the last ball. Gambhir c Michael Hussey b Morris 25(19) ==================================================================================== KKR Over: 5 II Score: 44/0 Morkel starts off with a short one and Gambhir pulls it to deep mid wicket for a single. This one flicks the pads of Pathan and goes to Dhoni, no run taken. Slower one and it's flicked by Pathan for a single on the leg side. Gambhir gives himself room and slashes it wide off third man who makes a mess of it to give Gambhir a boundary. Short one again and Gambhir gets some glove on an attempted pull to get the ball over the keepr and to the fence for a boundary. This one is slower and Gambhir gets a single towards third man. ==================================================================================== KKR Over: 4 II Score: 33/0 Pathan hits this one from Morris just over the man at mid n for a boundary. This time he flicks the ball to fine leg and takes a single. Nicely cut by Gambhir but can't get the ball past Raina at cover. This time he guides it to third man for a single. This one is hit on the bounce by Pathan to mid off, no run taken. Pathan misses an attempted pull. End of a good over from Morris. ==================================================================================== KKR Over: 3 II Score: 27/0 Morkel beats Pathan outside the off stump. This line has always bothered Pathan. Yusuf hits this one straight down the ground for a single. Good bowling here from Morkel, Gambhir could do nothing but defend it back to the bowler. This is class from Gambhir, guides this ball between the wicketkeeper and a wide slip for a four. TIght single taken off the next ball. Yusuf flicks this one for a single to mid wicket. ==================================================================================== KKR Over: 2 II Score: 20/0 Mohit Sharma to bowl the second over and he starts off with a short one which Pathan pulls with a lot of power for a boundary. This one is driven to the man at cover, no run taken. Another short one and Yusuf pulls this even harder for a boundary to the deep mid wicket fence. Much better from Mohit as he bowls it a lot fuller and straighter, Yusuf defends it back to the bowler. He hits this one softly to mid off and completes a quick single. Gambhir hits it to backward point, no run taken. ==================================================================================== KKR Over: 1 II Score: 11/0 Yusuf Pathan and Gautam Gambhir are in the middle to open the innings for KKR. Albie Morkel will start proceedings for CSK. Gambhir guides the first ball gently to third man for a four. This outfield seems to be lightning quick and we may see a lot of runs being scored this evening. The second ball is wide down the leg side. This one is outside off stump and Gambhir flirts a little with it but does not get the edge. Nice drive but equally well fielded by the man at cover, no run taken. This time he finds the gap with the drive and this is another boundary for Gambhir. Dabs the ball wide off the man at slip and takes a single to bring Yusuf Pathan on strike. Pathan plays the first ball to fine leg for a single. ==================================================================================== TOSS: Kolkata have won the toss and have elected to bat first. Chennai (Playing XI): Michael Hussey, Murali Vijay, Suresh Raina, S Badrinath, Dwayne Bravo, MS Dhoni(w/c), Albie Morkel, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Chris Morris, Mohit Mahipal Sharma Kolkata (Playing XI): Gautam Gambhir(c), Jacques Kallis, Manoj Tiwary, Eoin Morgan, Yusuf Pathan, Debabrata Das(w), Laxmi Shukla, Rajat Bhatia, Sunil Narine, Sachithra Senanayake, Lakshmipathy Balaji ==================================================================================== There was heavy rain yesterday. So as a precautionary measure, covers were on. However, they have been taken off now. The game is expected to start on time. Pushed to the bottom half of the table after yet another away defeat, Kolkata Knight Riders would look to bounce back in the tournament when they take on a resurgent Chennai Super Kings in a top- Pepsi IPL fixture on Saturday. Playing their spin card to perfection, Gautam Gambhir`s men might be ruling the roost at the Eden -- two wins out of two -- but they would be low on confidence after the manner they lost to Kings XI Punjab at Mohali on Tuesday. CSK scored a convincing win against Delhi Daredevils on Thursday night but the stakes will be high on Mahendra Singh Dhoni`s side in a battle between the defending champions versus the two-time champions. READ THE FULL PREVIEW HERE»