A totally disoriented Chennai Tremendous Kings might handle solely a paltry 103 for 9, their lowest complete on the house floor Chepauk, as Kolkata Knight Riders dished out a scientific bowling present of their IPL match on Friday. It was CSK’s third lowest complete within the IPL and the bottom by any staff on this version up to now. Veteran spinner Sunil Narine (3/13) grabbed three wickets, whereas Harshit Rana and Varun Chakaravarthy bought two every after CSK have been invited to bat. Nothing went proper for CSK of their house floor as they may hit simply 9 boundaries (4 or 6) in your entire innings. Shivam Dube top-scored with an unbeaten 31 off 29 balls, whereas Vijay Shankar made 29 after residing a charmed life. Solely two different CSK batters made runs in double-digit figures.
Lowest 1st innings totals for CKS in IPL
97 vs MI, Wankhede, 2022
103/9 vs KKR, Chennai, 2025*
109 vs RR, Jaipur, 2008
110/8 vs DD, Delhi, 2012
Captaining CSK after Ruturaj Gaikwad was dominated out of the rest of the IPL attributable to an damage, MS Dhoni might solely make only one off 4 balls earlier than getting out within the sixteenth over after popping out to bat at quantity 9.
CSK’s powerplay woes continued as they made 31 for the lack of two wickets, the second lowest by any staff in six overs this season. It might have been a lot decrease however for the 13 runs scored within the sixth over with back-to-back fours from Shankar off Chakaravarthy.
Moeen Ali eliminated Devon Conway (12) within the fourth over, whereas Rana bought the wicket of Rachin Ravindra (4) within the fifth as CSK have been diminished to 16 for two. The house aspect would have been three down throughout powerplay had Narine not dropped Shankar within the fifth over, failing to carry on to a sitter at mid-off.
Shankar’s luck lastly ran out within the tenth over as he holed out to Moeen, leaving CSK at 61 for 3 on the midway stage.
KKR tightened the screw over CSK who misplaced their fourth wicket within the eleventh over with the struggling Rahul Tripathi clean-bowled by Narine after a laboured 22-ball 16.
Ravichandran Ashwin got here out forward of Ravindra Jadeja and Dhoni and CSK would rue the choice because the India spin nice was out for one run from seven balls.
CSK have been in full disarray when Jadeja (0) got here out inevitably within the 14th over however he additionally lasted simply two balls with none contribution, as he nicked to wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock, turning into Narine’s second sufferer of the day. The house aspect have been 71 for six at that stage.
Deepak Hooda (0) fell within the subsequent over for nought and Dhoni got here out solely at that stage after CSK have been diminished to 72 for 7 in 14.2 overs.
The writing was on the wall for CSK and the Chepauk crowd fell silent when MS Dhoni was adjudged LBW off Sunil Narine. Dhoni opted for a evaluation, seemingly indicating there was bat concerned, however the determination stood, additional denting CSK’s hopes.
The third umpire took a number of seems however in the end dominated Dhoni out as CSK have been diminished to 75 for 8.
Greater than 4 overs have been left after Dhoni’s departure and CSK went previous the 100-run mark, thanks primarily to Dube who was attended to by staff physio in direction of the top.
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