Chennai vs Kolkata Live Score - Live Cricket Scorecard CSK vs KKR, Match 38, Indian Premier League, 2021, Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Chennai vs Kolkata MATCH HIGHLIGHTS
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Chennai vs Kolkata MATCH INFO
- Toss:KKR, who chose to bat
- Series:IPL, 2021
- Venue:Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
- Umpires:Chris Gaffaney (NZ), Tapan Sharma (IND) and Virender Sharma (IND)
- Match Referee:Vengalil Narayanan Kutty (IND)
- Match Date:Sun, 26th Sep 2021
CHENNAI Team Players
KOLKATA Team Players
- End of over 20
- CSK172/8
- CSK Batting D Chahar 1(1) S Thakur 3(2)
- 1
19.6: Sunil Narine to Deepak Chahar, Deepak Chahar comes in, keeps his head calm and gets the winning runs here. Loopy ball and on off. Deepak Chahar gets low and sweeps it towards deep mid-wicket. The batters cross and pick up the winning runs. CHENNAI WIN THE GAME BY 2 WICKETS.
- 0
19.5: Sunil Narine to Ravindra Jadeja, OUT! LBW! Oh my word! What is happening out here? Have you ever seen such drama anywhere else? Narine serves a loopy ball, around middle and off. Jadeja prods and looks to sweep it away but misses it completely. He gets rapped on his pads. Narine puts in an appeal and the umpire raises his finger in a flash. Ravindra Jadeja takes it upstairs straightaway. The UltraEdge shows no bat is involved. The Ball Tracker show it is umpire's call on contact and the ball is hitting the wicket. The final decision is out.
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19.4: Sunil Narine to Ravindra Jadeja, A dot now! Flighted, full and on the pads. Jadeja looks to flick it but misses. Karthik makes half an appeal but the umpire says no. Going down leg.
- 3
19.3: Sunil Narine to Shardul Thakur, Thakur kept a cool head and played it fine. Floated full and on leg. Thakur prods and guides it towards fine leg. Varun Chakravarthy gives it a chase and pulls the ball back just before the ropes. The batters pick three runs. Scores are level now.
- 0
19.2: Sunil Narine to Shardul Thakur, Tossed up, on off. Thakur looks to push it to the off side. The ball takes the inside edge and goes to the left of the stumps. A dot now. Pressure building.
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19.1: Sunil Narine to Sam Curran, OUT! CAUGHT! There is life left in this game. Maybe, just maybe there is a twist in the tale. Loopy ball, full and outside off. Curran looks to end the game is a hurry but instead loses his wicket in the process. He lifts the ball towards long off. Kamlesh Nagarkoti, the substitute fielder, is there in the deep, he takes a sharp catch to his right. Can Narine defend 4 runs in his remaining deliveries?
- End of over 19
- CSK168/6
- CSK Batting R Jadeja 22(6) S Curran 4(3)
- 4
18.6: Prasidh Krishna to Ravindra Jadeja, FOUR! AND AGAIN! Ravindra Jadeja is making a joke of the target here. A short ball, outside off. Jadeja stays back and cuts it through point. The ball races away to the fence. Prasidh Krishna got crumbled with the pressure.
- 4
18.5: Prasidh Krishna to Ravindra Jadeja, FOUR! CRACKED! It is in the gap. Oh Jadeja! A low full toss, outside off. Jadeja slashes it through cover. The ball races away to the boundary. 16 runs off the last three balls.
- 6
18.4: Prasidh Krishna to Ravindra Jadeja, SIX! KABOOM! Two maximum in two deliveries. Jadeja has come to the party here. A full-length ball, on off. Jadeja hangs back and powers it high in the air. The ball goes onto clear the long on fence for a biggie.
- 6
18.3: Prasidh Krishna to Ravindra Jadeja, SIX! Ravindra Jadeja latches onto this one. A short ball, on the bodyline. Jadeja stays back and pulls it over the square leg fence for a maximum. Chennai need more of this.
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18.2: Prasidh Krishna to Sam Curran, Full length and on off. Curran now pushes it through cover for another single.
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18.1: Prasidh Krishna to Ravindra Jadeja, A length ball, on off. Jadeja pushes it through cover for a single.
- End of over 18
- CSK146/6
- CSK Batting R Jadeja 1(1) S Curran 3(2)
- 1
17.6: Varun Chakravarthy to Ravindra Jadeja, Flatter and on the pads. Jadeja clips it to square leg for a single.
- 1
17.5: Varun Chakravarthy to Sam Curran, On off, pushed to cover for a single.
- 2
17.4: Varun Chakravarthy to Sam Curran, Floated on the pads. Curran clips it to deep mid-wicket and gets a brace.
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17.3: Varun Chakravarthy to MS Dhoni, OUT! TIMBER! Varun Chakravarthy is turning the game around for his side. Googly does the trick for him. Varun Chakravarthy serves a googly and on off. Dhoni looks to heave it away but misses it completely. The ball goes through the gap between bat and pad to rattle the stumps. Dhoni is not happy with himself. He has to walk back for just 1.
- 0
17.2: Varun Chakravarthy to MS Dhoni, Flatter, full and on off. Dhoni prods and defends it to cover.
- 1
17.1: Varun Chakravarthy to MS Dhoni, 17.1
- End of over 20
- KKR171/6
- KKR Batting N Rana 37(27) S Narine 0(1)
- 4
19.6: Josh Hazlewood to Nitish Rana, FOUR! Poor communication in the deep and a good end for Kolkata. A length ball, on off. Rana punches it down the ground towards long off. The two fielders in the deep, one from long off and another from long on attack the ball at the same time. The man from long on puts in a dive but the ball goes through and ends up into the fence. If the communication would've been clearer between the two, this could've been stopped. Kolkata end their innings at 171/6.
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19.5: Josh Hazlewood to Sunil Narine, NOT OUT! BYE! Chennai lose a review this time. A full-length ball, outside off. Narine stays back and swings hard but misses. MS Dhoni grabs the ball cleanly and has a shy at the non-striker's end. The batters take a single. Dhoni decides to take it upstairs for caught behind. The UltraEdge show that there is no spike as the ball passed the bat. Sunil Narine survives. The umpire signals a bye!
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19.4: Josh Hazlewood to Dinesh Karthik, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! A good cameo by Karthik, that is what is side needed. A full-length ball, outside off. Karthik looks to push it out to the off side. He only manages to get the bottom end of the blade on it. The ball goes to the right of MS Dhoni. He moves to that side and grabs the catch. Josh Hazlewood puts in an appeal. The umpire does not raise his finger but takes it upstairs to confirm with the third umpire. The replays roll in and confirm the bat was involved. Dinesh Karthik has to walk back.
- 4
19.3: Josh Hazlewood to Dinesh Karthik, FOUR! EDGY! It does not matter how the runs come at this time. A back-of-a-length ball, around leg. Karthik stays back and looks to pull it away. The ball goes off the glove and above the keeper's head. It goes into the boundary at third man.
- 2
19.2: Josh Hazlewood to Dinesh Karthik, A full-length ball, on leg. Karthik flicks it through mid-wicket. The fielder fumbles in the deep and the batters pick up two easily.
- 1
19.1: Josh Hazlewood to Nitish Rana, A length ball, on off. Rana punches it to long off for a single. He gets Karthik back on strike.
- 1WD
19.1: Josh Hazlewood to Nitish Rana, WIDE! Not a great start to the over by Hazlewood. A full-length ball, way outside off. Rana looks to chase it but could not reach it. Wide called.
- End of over 19
- KKR158/5
- KKR Batting D Karthik 20(8) N Rana 32(25)
- 4
18.6: Sam Curran to Dinesh Karthik, FOUR! Nicely played. A full-length ball, on off. Karthik paddles it towards fine leg. The ball ends up in the boundary. 19 runs off the over. He played that brilliantly. It was a slower one, he waited for it and right at the end managed to hit it past short fine leg. A huge over. Probably one which changes the momentum of the game completely.
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18.5: Sam Curran to Nitish Rana, Curran fires in a yorker, on off. Rana digs it out towards cover for a single.
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18.4: Sam Curran to Dinesh Karthik, Full and outside off. Karthik moves across and pushes it cover. The batters take off for a single. The fielder collects the ball there, but Curran asks him not to have a shy at the non-striker's end. Karthik was not even in the frame, the fielder must've gone for it. They get a single. Probably because there was no one to back up.
- 2
18.3: Sam Curran to Dinesh Karthik, Two more! Full and outside off. Karthik hits it straight back past Curran. The ball goes towards long off for a couple now.
- 1WD
18.3: Sam Curran to Dinesh Karthik, WIDE! A full-length ball, way outside off. Karthik looks to go after it but misses. Wide called by the umpire.
- 4
18.2: Sam Curran to Dinesh Karthik, FOUR! Back-to-back boundaries for Karthik. This time on the off side. A length ball, outside off. Karthik throws his bat at it. The ball takes the outside edge and flies past short third man. The ball races away to the fence. Not good from Curran. He has a leg side field but this time goes wide outside off. 10 from the first two balls of this over. Curran under pressure. 170 now looks possible.
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18.1: Sam Curran to Dinesh Karthik, SIX! Karthik is on the wheel. He is taking charge now. Curran serves a length ball, on off. Karthik clears his front leg and smokes it over the mid-wicket fence for a maximum. That was some shot, it was quite full, he did well to get the elevation he wanted.
- End of over 18
- KKR139/5
- KKR Batting D Karthik 3(3) N Rana 31(24)
- 1
17.6: Deepak Chahar to Dinesh Karthik, A full-length ball, on middle. Karthik flicks it to deep mid-wicket for a single. 12 runs off the over. A nice over for Kolkata.
- 1
17.5: Deepak Chahar to Nitish Rana, A length ball, on the bodyline. Rana hangs back and pulls it to fine leg for a run.
- 4
17.4: Deepak Chahar to Nitish Rana, FOUR! Back-to-back boundaries. Rana connecting well now. A full toss and on off. Rana comes down the track and lifts it over cover. The ball races away to the fence.
- 4
17.3: Deepak Chahar to Nitish Rana, FOUR! A much-needed boundary. A length ball, on the pads. Rana skips down the track and flicks it through square leg. The ball races away to the boundary.
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17.2: Deepak Chahar to Dinesh Karthik, A single again! A length ball, outside off. Karthik cuts it towards backward point for another single.
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17.1: Deepak Chahar to Nitish Rana, Chahar hurls a full-length ball, around off. Rana pushes it to long off for a run.