After two consecutive defeats, Chennai Super Kings got their first win on Monday. Chennai Super Kings, playing at home, defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 7 wickets and registered an easy win. This is the team’s third win in five matches, while this is Kolkata Knight Riders’ first defeat in four matches. Captain Ruturaj Gaikwad played an unbeaten inning of 67 runs for Chennai Super Kings.

Kolkata Knight Riders scattered after a brilliant start

In the match, captain of the home team Chennai Super Kings, Ruturaj Gaikwad won the toss and decided to bowl first and invited KKR to bat first. This decision of the captain was proved right by fast bowler Tushar Deshpande and he sent Phil Salt back to the pavilion for a golden duck on the first ball.

After this, Angkrish Raghuvanshi came at number 3 and made a partnership of 56 runs with Sunil Narayan. This partnership was broken by Ravindra Jadeja. First he dismissed Angkrish for 24 runs and then Sunil Narayan for 27 runs in the same over and returned him to the pavilion.

After this, captain Shreyas Iyer stood at one end, but at the other end wickets kept falling and the team’s batsmen kept batting slowly.

Shreyas Iyer was out after scoring 34 runs on 32 balls. In the end, KKR team scored 137 runs losing 9 wickets in 20 overs. For CSK, Tushar Deshpande and Ravindra Jadeja took 3 wickets each.

Chennai Super Kings easily achieved the target with 7 wickets in hand

In reply, Chennai Super Kings were given a brilliant opening by captain Ruturaj Gaikwad and Rachin Ravindra. Both made a partnership of 27 runs. Rachin became the victim of Vaibhav Arora after scoring 15 runs. After this, Daryl Mitchell and captain Ruturaj Gaikwad made a partnership of 70 runs and laid the foundation of the team’s victory. Daryl Mitchell became the victim of Sunil Narayan after scoring 25 runs.

After this Gaikwad completed his half-century. He added 38 runs for the third wicket with Shivam Dubey and ensured the team’s victory. Dubey was out after playing an innings of 27 runs with 3 explosive sixes.

Amidst the noise of the fans, MM Dhoni also came to bat. He remained unbeaten after scoring 1 run. Captain Ruturaj Gaikwad made the team (Chennai Super Kings) win by 7 wickets by hitting a four. He remained unbeaten after scoring 67 runs.