Shubhaman Gill and captain Karthik beat Kolkata to win, defeating Chennai by 6 wickets

in msdhoni •  7 years ago 

4,May2018, imageOn the Eden Gardens of Kolkata, Dhoni's Chennai Super Kings compete with Dinesh Karthik's Kolkata Knight Riders. In this match, KKR young batsman Shubhaman Gill and team captain Dinesh Karthik won the toss and elected to bat against Kolkata, and Chennai lost to their opponents by 6 wickets. Shubhaman Gill was adjudged Man of the Match for his unbeaten 57 runs. He hit six fours and two sixes in his innings. This was his first half-century in the IPL.In the 33rd match of IPL 2012, Kolkata captain Dinesh Karthik won the toss and decided to bowl first. Earlier, batting first, Chennai lost 17 wickets in five matches and scored 177 runs in 20 overs and gave Kolkata the target of 178 runs. This target was won by KKR at the loss of 4 wickets in 17.4 overs.

Half-century of Shubhaman Gill

Kolkata's first wicket dropped on a score of 12 runs. Chris Lynn, who is seen in dangerous form, Luni Najidi caught by Shane Watson Lynn scored 12 runs. Kolkata got the second blow as Robin Uthappa. He scored 6 runs and hit Asif's ball in Bravo's hands. Sunil Narine played a quickfire 32 off 20 balls and Jadeja's ball was dragged to Bravo's hands. Harbhajan Singh made Rinku Singh clean-bore on 16 runs. Team's young batsman Shubhaman Gill played an unbeaten innings of 57 not out off 36 balls while team captain Dinesh Karthik, who scored an unbeaten 45 off 18 balls, gave the team victory.K. Asif, Jadeja, Harbhajan Singh and Luni Nazidi took one wicket each from Chennai.

Chennai Super Kings innings

Shane Watson and Faf du Plessis, who came to the opening batting for Chennai, added 48 runs for their team in 5.1 overs. Piyush Chawla broke the pair, which was dangerous. He made du Plessis clean-ball on 25 runs. Shane Watson started well for the team. He scored 36 runs off 25 balls but Saurav Mavi caught his nerve on Naren's ball. Suresh Raina's catch by the team's batsman Mitchell Johnson caught Kuldeep Yadav on the ball. Raina scored 31 runs off 26 balls. Ambati Rayudu, who runs in the best form, Sunil Narine bowled his ball and made him clean. Raidu scored 21 runs off 17 balls. Ravindra Jadeja was dismissed by Piyush Chawla for 12 runs. Dhoni scored an unbeaten 43 off 25 balls.On behalf of KKR, Piyush Chawla and Sunil Narine got two wickets while Kuldeep Yadav took one wicket.

Chennai number two on the points table

Even after losing out to Kolkata, Chennai is second on the points table with 12 points. At the same time KKR won this match and increased its points and it has scored 10 points. KKR has now moved to number three in the points table.

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