Live Blog: Chennai Super King vs Kolkata Knight Riders
Russell's 36-ball knock includes 11 sixes and a lone boundary and he puts on a fine 76-run partnership with skipper Karthik to drive KKR after a mid-innings collapse
OVER 20: Russell's unbeaten 88 (36 balls) powers KKR to 202/6 against CSK
OVER 19: Russell dispatches Bravo for three back-to-back sixes. KKR 188/6
OVER 17. 4: OUT! Watson traps Karthik to give timely blow. KKR 165/6
OVER 17.1: Russell hits a six to reach fifty off 26 balls
OVER 17: Russell on a roll, hits two sixes off Bravo. KKR 157/5
Strategic Time Out
OVER 16: Russell hits two sixes in a row off Thakur. KKR 138/5
Kolkata Knight Riders reach 123/5 in 15 overs
OVER 14: Russell slams a six off Bravo over long on. KKR 118/5
OVER 13: Tidy over from Tahir as he gives only four runs. KKR 108/5
OVER 12: Nine runs from the over. KKR 104/5
100 comes up for Kolkata Knight Riders in 11.3 overs
OVER 9.6: OUT! Thakur strikes as Bravo holds a fine catch to dismiss Rinku Singh. KKR 89/5
OVER 8.2: OUT! Raina's direct-hit gets rid of Uthappa. KKR 81/4 (KKR have gifted away a wicket clearly due to bad communication between two senior players Uthappa and Karthik)
Strategic Time Out
OVER 8.1: OUT! Watson strikes to send Nitish Rana back. KKR 80/3
OVER 8: Thakur gives just seven runs from his first over. KKR 80/2
OVER 7: Nine runs from Harbhajan over. KKR 73/2
OVER 6: End of Powerplay as KKR reach 64/2
OVER 5.2: OUT! Jadeja cleans up Lynn for 22. KKR 51/2
OVER 5: 12 runs from Imran Tahir's over. KKR 47/1
OVER 4: Fourth bowler in four overs. Jadeja gives only two runs. KKR 35/1
OVER 3: Uthappa hits two boundaries off Shane Watson. KKR 33/1
OVER 1.3: OUT! Harbhajan into the attack and he delivers with a Narine wicket. KKR 19/1
OVER 1: Lynn scores a four and Narine hits two sixes as KKR pick 18 runs from it
Here we go! Deepak Chahar opens bowling for Chennai Super Kings while Sunil Narine and Chris Lynn take the crease fro KKR
Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Sunil Narine, Chris Lynn, Robin Uthappa, Nitish Rana, Dinesh Karthik(w/c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Vinay Kumar, Piyush Chawla, Tom Curran, Kuldeep Yadav
Chennai Super Kings (Playing XI): Shane Watson, Ambati Rayudu, Suresh Raina, Sam Billings, MS Dhoni(w/c), Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, Deepak Chahar, Harbhajan Singh, Imran Tahir, Shardul Thakur
TOSS: Chennai Super Kings elect to field against Kolkata Knight Riders
Back with a bang with a thrilling win over Mumbai Indians in the tournament opener, Chennai Super Kings will look to improve further when they take on Kolkata Knight Riders.
For the legion of CSK fans, it will be a homecoming like no other as the 'Men in Yellow' will play at M A Chidambaram Stadium for the first time since May 2015. Their loyal supporters also turned up in huge numbers to watch them train.
Away from the field, there has been opposition by political groups to conduct IPL games in the city as they demand formation of Cauvery Management Board and threaten to disrupt proceedings.
It's the experience of the CSK players that is going to be the key as they return to Chepauk after a two-year ban.
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Teams (from): Chennai Super Kings: MS Dhoni(c), Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Faf du Plessis, Harbhajan Singh, Dwayne Bravo, Shane Watson, Kedar Jadhav, Ambati Rayudu, Deepak Chahar, KM Asif, Kanishk Seth, Lungi Ngidi, Dhruv Shorey, Murali Vijay, Sam Billings, Mark Wood, Kshitiz Sharma, Monu Kumar, Chaitanya Bishnoi, Imran Tahir, Karn Sharma, Shardul Thakur, N Jagadeesan.
Kolkata Knight Riders: Dinesh Karthik (c), Chris Lynn, Robin Uthappa, Andre Russell, Nitish Rana, Sunil Narine, Kuldeep Yadav, Piyush Chawla, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Shivam Mavi, Mitchell Johnson, Shubman Gill, Vinay Kumar, Rinku Singh, Cameron Delport, Javon Searless, Apoorv Wankhade, Ishank Jaggi, Tom Curran.
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