Due to the strong innings of Ajinkya Rahane and Shivam Dubey in IPL 2023, CSK made the biggest score of the season, KKR could not chase, got defeated by 47 runs

In the 33rd match of IPL, the team of Chennai Super Kings has defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 49 runs. The heroes of this victory were Ajinkya Rahane, Shivam Dubey, who performed well. Batting first after losing the toss, Chennai scored 235 runs losing four wickets in 20 overs. This was the biggest score of this season, which Kolkata Knight Riders could not chase even in their home ground. This is the third highest score in the IPL made by the Chennai team.

 

Chasing a big score, the team of Kolkata Knight Riders got off to a very bad start. Kolkata got a shock in the very first over. Sunil Narine was bowled on the score of zero, which was made his victim by Akash Singh. After this, Kolkata got another blow in the form of Narayan Jagdishan, who was made his victim by Tushar Pandey. He was caught by Ravindra Jadeja for just one run. After this, captain Nitish Rana and Venkatesh Iyer tried to handle the innings. Kolkata got the third blow when Venkatesh Iyer was dismissed for 20 runs in 20 overs, which was lbw by Moeen Ali.

 

After this, the fourth blow came in the form of captain Nitish Rana, who was busy managing the team’s innings. Ravindra Jadeja got captain Nitish Rana caught by Rituraj Gaikwad. Nitish played an inning of 27 runs in 20 balls. Four Kolkata batsmen returned to the pavilion on 71 runs.

Although Jason Roy tried to handle the innings. He was supported by Rinku Singh at the other end.

 

Such was the innings of Chennai

Half-centuries from Ajinkya Rahane and Shivam Dubey and a flamboyant half-century partnership between the two helped Chennai Super Kings post 235 for four against Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League here on Sunday. Apart from playing an unbeaten 71 in 29 balls with five sixes and six fours, Rahane shared an 85-run partnership in just 32 balls for the third wicket with Dubey (50 runs in 21 balls, two fours, five sixes), which helped the team Was successful in scoring the biggest score of T20 cricket at Eden Gardens. Due to the innings of these two, the team collected 126 runs in the last eight overs. Apart from these two, opener Devon Conway (56) also scored a half-century.

 

Kolkata captain Nitish Rana won the toss and put the Super Kings into bat, after which Conway and Gaikwad (35) put on 73 runs in 7.3 overs to once again get the team off to a brisk start. Both added 59 runs in the power play without losing a wicket. Gaikwad opened the account with a four off Umesh Yadav’s first ball of the match and then hit the fast bowler for a six in the next over. Conway also took the ball to the visitors of David Voisey and Varun Chakraborty. Gaikwad welcomed Sunil Narine with consecutive fours and sixes but was bowled by Suyash Sharma in the next over. He hit two fours and three sixes while facing 20 balls. Conway completed his fourth consecutive half-century in 34 balls with sixes on Narine and one run on Suyash.

 

Ajinkya Rahane once again appeared in good rhythm. He hit fours in successive overs of Suyash. The team’s century was completed in the 11th over, but in the next over, Conway was caught by Voisey at long-off in an attempt to play a big shot off Varun Chakraborty. He hit four fours and three sixes while facing 40 balls. Shivam Dubey hit Chakraborty for sixes in the last two balls of the 13th over while Rahane hit two sixes and a four in the first three balls of Umesh’s next over. Dubey also hit a four in the same over. Dubey took the team’s score past 150 runs in the 15th over with sixes and fours off Vaisey’s consecutive balls. Rahane reached his fifty off 24 balls with a four off Andre Russell while Dubey achieved the feat in just 20 balls with a six off Khejroliya. Dubey, however, was caught by Jason Roy at long-off in an attempt to hit another six off Khejroliya’s next ball.

 

He hit two fours and five sixes while facing 21 balls. Rahane kept the front. He hit two sixes and a four off Chakraborty in the 19th over. Ravindra Jadeja (18) hit Khejroliya for two sixes in the last over but then returned to the pavilion. While bowling economically, Suyash took one wicket for 29 runs but the rest of the bowling proved to be very expensive. Khejroliya (2/44) was the most successful bowler.