JOIN USIPL 2021 Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings highlights: CSK prevail in a high-scoring thriller as KKR fall short by 18 runs
We had two very different matches in IPL today. Earlier, SRH beat PBKS in a low-scoring affair in Chennai then in the evening we had a high-scoring thriller between CSK and KKR in Mumbai with CSK edging out KKR by 18 runs. With the win SRH have moved to fifth on the points table. And CSK are at the top of the points table with 6 points from 4 games.
Tomorrow we have RCB taking on RR. Join us for the coverage of that match. For now it is time to say good-night!
Player of the Match
CSK's Faf du Plessis is the Player of the Match for his unbeaten 95.
Faf du Plessis:This was the most fluent I've felt so far. Felt the previous game things started to get better. Tonight was another step. It's about the rhythm of the flow of the hands. Few games before this and even tonight spinners were the best bowlers. Even Jadeja bowled well for us. The ball just grips a bit. We thought the seamers from the other side we can catch up. Gaikwad is a fantastic young talent. Those first couple of balls you can feel on edge as a batter. Beautiful to see him trust the timing and the technique. For a small guy, he hits the ball a long way. been very lucky playing under MS for a long time. He knows what he's doing, a pleasure to play under him. Was dew tonight and then it was a proper batter's game. That's when Russell isat his dangerous when he's got nothing to lose.
MS Dhoni, CSL captain:Quite easy in a game like this. From the 16th over onwards the contest was between the fast bowler and the batsman. You can't do too much. I can't put a different field. It's about you vs me. The side that has one is a side that has executed slightly better. But if they would've had more wickets, could've been different. Have seen enough in cricket, always like to be humble. There's no good reason if you have scored, the opposition can't score. My lines to the players were that we have got good runs on the board but let's be humble. You don't want to take too many early wickets. Big hitters coming in, 200 runs, there's only one way they'll play. Not much you can do. The only option was Jadeja. It was turning, was a bit dry. The batting has been really good. Rutu is somebody who has shown his class in the last IPL. You always need to assess where he is mentally. Once when he was off guard, I just asked him how are you feeling today. When you put a question like that, you wait for the reactions, you see what's in his eyes. There was enough in his reactions to suggest he wasn't rattled.
Eoin Morgan, KKR captain:The pulse is quite high at the moment. What a hell of a game of cricket. Certainly from the position we were in after our powerplay, we probablydidn'tthink we'd get as close as we did. But Andre Russell, Dinesh Karthik really did put a partnership together, once you do that taking advantage of the conditions here, it's very difficult to stop. A partnership going in that manner and then following that Pat Cummins the way he played really gave us every chance towards the end. Tremendous fight from our middle and lower order which is all you can ask for when you lose wickets upfront like that.