Cricket Highlights, 23 April: IPL 2023 (Match 33) – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings

Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings (Match 33) – Highlights

On Sunday, April 23, Kolkata Knight Riders hosted Chennai Super Kings in IPL Match 33. In the game of run-mountain, the Chennai Super Kings decided to bat first and set a lofty goal in the allotted 20 overs. As the allotted 20 overs came to an end, Kolkata Knight Riders were unable to reach the objective. Along with that, Ajinkya Rahane won the Man of the Match title for his outstanding batting.

Chennai Super Kings, led by Mahendra Singh Dhoni, gathered a humongous total after defeating Kolkata Knight Riders’ bowlers in the first innings at Eden Gardens. Their total at the end of the allotted over was 235 for 4 wickets. To put it another way, Shahrukh Khan’s team needed 236 runs to win.

On the other hand, Liton Das of Bangladesh was seated for this game after making a bad performance. But nothing good happened with that decision. After removing Liton, KKR lost by a significant margin, and is still far from returning to winning ways.

At home against Chennai Super Kings, Kolkata was defeated by 49 runs. They have suffered defeat in four straight games.

To win the toss and decide to field first was the worst decision by Kolkata. Chennai batted first and immediately began to target Kolkata’s bowlers. Ruturaj Gaikwad and Devon Conway, the two openers, kept up their furious tempo of batting. In the power plays, 59 runs were scored by them. At 73 runs, Kolkata broke their opening pair. Suyash Sharma’s spin directly bowled out Ruturaj. With two fours and three sixes, the Chennai opener hit 35 runs off 20 balls.

After that, Conway continued to go on the attack. But the run’s pace slowed down with time. He eventually departed the field for 56 runs off 40 balls, with 4 fours and 3 sixes. Then, with the help of Ajinkya Rahane and Shivam Dube, Chennai began to soar. Rahane took 24 balls to get his half-century, whereas Dube needed 20 balls only.

On the very next ball after reaching his half-century, Dube was caught by Jason Roy close to the boundary. With the help of two fours and five sixes, he scored 50 runs off 21 balls. When Dube exited the field, Ravindra Jadeja arrived at the crease. After playing a crucial inning of 18 runs off 8 balls, he left the game.

Rahane was then more irritated than before. He cornered the Kolkata bowlers after defeating them. Rahane eventually managed to survive by scoring 71 runs at a strike rate of 244.83. He also slugged six fours and five sixes.

For Kolkata Knight Riders, Kulwant claimed two wickets. Suyash and Varun both secured one wicket.

In the opening, Kolkata displayed surprise as it pursued a large goal. However, the surprise fell flat. Sunil Narine and Narayan Jagdeeshan returned for 1 run and no runs in their innings.

Venkatesh Iyer was then given a chance to make an impression by KKR. He also made the team more dangerous by scoring 20 runs off of 20 balls in an ODI-style inning. Nitish Rana, the captain, struck 27 from 20 balls. For 70 runs, Kolkata lost 4 wickets.

After that, Jason Roy’s 61 runs off 26-ball made KKR re-enter the fray. In an astonishing inning, Rinku Singh also scored fifty. However, the squad did not reach the goal. Rinku was undefeated with 53 runs off 33 balls. Kolkata eventually declared their loss at 186 runs for 8 wickets.

Maheesh Thikshana and Tushar each claimed two wickets for Chennai Super Kings. In addition, Mathisha Pathirana, Moeen Ali, Ravindra Jadeja, and Akash Singh each claimed one wicket.

Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings Scoreboard  

Chennai Super Kings – 235/4 (20.0) 

Kolkata Knight Riders – 186/8 (20.0) 

Result – Chennai Super Kings won by 49 runs 

Player of the match – Ajinkya Rahane

Kolkata Knight Riders

Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings Playing XIs