Kolkata Knight Riders won by 6 wickets
Match Details
Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders
Venue - MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Toss Winner - Chennai Super Kings won the toss and opt to bat
Series - Indian Premier League 2023
Date of the Match - Sunday, 14 May, 2023
Time - 07:30 PM (IST)
Season - 2023
Umpires - Tapan Sharma (IND), Vinod Seshan (IND)
Third Umpire - Nitin Menon (IND)
Match Referee - Javagal Srinath (IND)
Player of the Match - Rinku Singh
Match Review
On Sunday, May 14, at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders played in the 61st match of the Indian Premier League 2023.
To stay in the running for the IPL 2023 play-offs, Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Chennai Super Kings by a margin of six wickets. As KKR successfully chased down the 145-run goal with 9 balls remaining, both hitters smashed fifty-run innings. Moeen Ali's powerful smash caused Rinku to be out for 54 (43), but Rana came back unbeaten at 57 from 44 balls.
After Deepak Chahar's early punches reduced KKR to 33/3 in 4.3 overs, the pair put up 99 runs for the fourth wicket. In his three overs, the seamer dismissed Jason Roy for 12(15), Venkatesh Iyer for 9, and Rahmanullah Gurbaz for 1. Varun Chakravarthy and Sunil Narine earlier assisted KKR in holding CSK to 144/6 in 20 overs.
Brief Score
Chennai Super Kings have scored 144 for 6 in 20 overs (Ruturaj Gaikwad 17, Devon Conway 30, Ajinkya Rahane 16, Ambati Rayudu 4, Shivam Dube 48, Moeen Ali 1, Ravindra Jadeja 20, MS Dhoni (c & wk) 2, Extras 6)
Kolkata Knight Riders have scored 147 for 4 in 18.3 overs (Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk) 1, Jason Roy 12, Nitish Rana 57, Andre Russell 2, Rinku Singh 54, Venkatesh Iyer 9, Extras 12)
Who is the Winner?
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 6 wickets with a score of 147 runs.
