IPL Snapshots KXIP vs CSK: Ruturaj Gaikwad third consecutive half century powers CSK win; KXIP out of tournament

Chennai Super Kings captain MS Dhoni won the toss and elected to field in 53rd match of the IPL 2020 at Abu Dhabi. (Image: IPL/BCCI/Twitter)

At the toss, the question was asked by Danny Morrison to MS Dhoni that "Could this be his last match in IPL and yellow colour"? MS Dhoni replied "definitely not". (Image: IPL/BCCI/Twitter)

Kings XI Punjab captain KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal made aggresive start making 48 runs in 5 overs.(Image: IPL/BCCI/Twitter)

Lungi Ngidi removed both the openers KL and Rahul and Mayank Agarwal. (Image: IPL/BCCI/Twitter)

Nicholas Pooran fall cheaply to Shardul Thakur for 2 runs, Imran Tahir took a crucial wicket of Chris Gayle for 12 runs. (Image: IPL/BCCI/Twitter)

Deepak Hooda was a outstanding performer for Kings XI Punjab in this innings, making unbeaten 62 runs off 30 balls and taking total to 153/6. (Image: IPL/BCCI/Twitter)

Chennai Super Kings openers Ruturaj Gaikwad and Faf du Plessis made 82 runs partnership in 9.5 overs. (Image: IPL/BCCI/Twitter)

Faf Du Plessis missed out on half century, made 48 runs of 34 balls with 4 fours and 2 sixes before getting out to Chris Jordan. (Image: IPL/BCCI/Twitter)

Ruturaj Gaikwad creates history, becomes 1st uncapped player to make 3rd consecutive half century consecutively. (Image: IPL/BCCI/Twitter)

In the end, Chennai Super Kings chased down 154 runs with 7 balls to spare. With this lost Kings XI Punjab out of IPL 2020. (Image: IPL/BCCI/Twitter)

Ruturaj Gaikwad received man of the match in the last match of the Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2020. (Image: IPL/BCCI/Twitter)