The very first encounter of IPL season 15 was one sided. KKR beat CSK by 6 wickets irrespective of MS Dhoni's masterclass.
Match played in Wankhede stadium mumbai on 26th march. Two newly appointed captain for toss and KKR won the toss and elected to bowl first. Team combination is like as follow.
Chennai Super Kings:Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Robin Uthappa, Ambati Rayudu, Ravindra Jadeja (c), Shivam Dube, MS Dhoni (wk), Dwayne Bravo, Mitchell Santner, Adam Milne, Tushar Deshpande.
Kolkata Knight Riders: Venkatesh Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Iyer (c), Nitish Rana, Sam Billings, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Sheldon Jackson (wk), Umesh Yadav, Shivam Mavi, Varun Chakaravarty.
We can say that match belongs to Umesh Yadav his fiery opening spell puts Kings Under pressure from start of the match. However Robin Uthappa played counter attacking inning but not too long and stumped beautiful rapidly by Sheldon Jackson. Opener of CSK can not put big partnership and got out very cheaply.Ambati Rayudu also get run out. The former captain and current captain handle the innings and put team in good situation. MS Dhoni's 50 runs inning in just 38 ball was classy and he showed age is just a Number. Umesh and Varun Gets 4 and 2 wickets
At the start of chase Ajinkya Rahane had his flow played glamorous shots and puts team in good situation while other opener played run a ball. Nitish Rana at 3 and Sam Billings made some 20 and odd runs while Skipper remains not out with Sheldon Jackson. Only Dawyne Bravo Very good in bowling finished at 4-20-3. At last it was a very simple chase for Knights Umesh Yadav Awarded Man of the Match.
PC:IPL
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