Kolkata registered victory on the basis of Nitish-Rinku’s brilliant performance, beat Chennai by 6 wickets

CSK vs KKR, IPL 2023 Match 61: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) avenged their previous defeat to Chennai Super Kings (CSK) this season by defeating them by 6 wickets. Chasing a target of 145 runs, KKR achieved this target on the basis of excellent innings by captain Nitish Rana and Rinku Singh. There was also a 99-run partnership for the fourth wicket between both the players. KKR achieved this target in 18.3 overs.

KKR lost 3 wickets in first 6 overs

Chasing the target of 145 runs, Kolkata Knight Riders did not get off to a good start in this match. KKR got the first blow in the very first over of the innings at the score of 4 in the form of Rahmanullah Gurbaz, who returned to the pavilion after scoring just 1 run. On the score of 21, Kolkata got the second blow in the form of Venkatesh Iyer, who was dismissed after scoring 9 runs. On the score of 33, Kolkata got the third blow in the form of Jason Roy. KKR’s team could only manage to reach 46 runs at the loss of 3 wickets in the first 6 overs.

Nitish Rana and Rinku Singh’s partnership gave Kolkata a one-sided victory

After losing 3 wickets in the first 6 overs, Kolkata’s innings was handled by captain Nitish Rana and Rinku Singh, taking the team’s score to 67 runs in 10 overs. From here Rinku started the process of scoring runs with speed from one end. KKR had scored 117 runs at the loss of 3 wickets after the end of 15 overs.

Rinku Singh, continuing his excellent form, completed his half-century in 39 balls in this match. Rinku returned to the pavilion after being run out after scoring 54 runs in 43 balls in this match. A partnership of 99 runs in 76 balls was seen for the fourth wicket between Nitish Rana and Rinku.

Nitish Rana returned after playing an unbeaten inning of 57 runs in the match, giving the team a 6-wicket win. Deepak Chahar took 3 wickets in bowling for Chennai Super Kings.

Shivam Dubey played an innings of 49 runs in Chennai’s innings, Sunil Narine showed power with the ball

If we talk about the innings of Chennai Super Kings in this match, then we got to see the wonder of Shivam Dubey’s bat. The Chennai team had lost 5 wickets at a score of 72 in a match. Shivam, along with Ravindra Jadeja, shared a 68-run partnership for the sixth wicket to take the team to a fighting score in the match. Shivam Dubey played an inning of 48 not out. Sunil Narine and Varun Chakraborty took 2-2 wickets for KKR.

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