Zoom News : Apr 22, 2021, 09:43 AM
IPL 2021: An exciting match was played in the IPL between Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Knight Kings. Chennai (CSK) defeated KKR (KKR) by 18 runs thanks to Faf du Plessis' blistering innings and Deepak Chahar's superb bowling. KKR had lost 5 wickets for 31 runs, after which Andre Russell got down to bat and rained fours and sixes. Andre Russell played a brilliant innings of 54 runs off 22 balls. But Sam Karan dodged and bowled them out and then celebrated in a splendid manner. Video is becoming increasingly viral on social media.KKR landed for 115 runs after losing 5 wickets in 11 overs. Andre Russell and Dinesh Karthik were present at the crease. Looking at the batting of both, it seemed that KKR would win it. Then Dhoni handed the ball to Sam Karan. He bowled Russell to the leg. He dropped the ball. Because they felt that the ball was going to be wide. But the ball swung lightly and started on the stumps. After that Sam celebrated in a splendid manner.See Video:
— Cricsphere (@Cricsphere) April 21, 2021Confident of winning the last two matches, the Chennai Super Kings put on a mammoth score of 220 for three from Duplesey's unbeaten 95 and Gaikwad's 64 runs. Kolkata Knight Riders Pat Cummins smashed 66 not out (34 balls, four fours, six sixes), Andre Russell's 54 runs (22 balls, three fours and six sixes) and Dinesh Karthik (40 runs, 24 balls, four fours, two Sixes), despite the restrained innings, could not recover from a poor start and was reduced to 202 runs in 19.1 overs.He faced his third consecutive defeat in this thrilling match. But despite such a poor start, his players did not let him get overwhelmed and they kept trying till the end. Apart from Chahar's four wickets, Lungi Ngidi took three wickets for 28 runs. The bowling of Shardul Thakur was very bad, who plundered 48 runs in 3.1 overs with five balls wide. Sam Karan, who took the only wicket as Russell, was also very expensive, scoring 58 runs in four overs.