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Momentum swung back and forth during CSK’s chase of 180 but Dewald Brevis’s stunning half-century and MS Dhoni’s finishing act helped them clinch victory.
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Kolkata Knight Riders have been all but knocked out of contention in the race for the playoffs after a dramatic 2-wicket loss to Chennai Super Kings at home. (ANI)
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Ajinkya Rahane won the toss and chose to bat first. He had to do the bulk of big-hitting in the powerplay with Rahamanullah Gurbaz falling early. (Hindustan Times)
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Rahane and Narine’s charge put KKR on top in the powerplay but Noor Ahmad put the breaks on their progress in the middle overs. Noor eventually finished with figures of 4/31 and was awarded player of the match. (REUTERS)
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Manish Pandey stayed until the end and was unbeaten on 36 in 28 balls as KKR scored 179/6. (REUTERS)
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KKR dismantled CSK early on picking as many as five wickets in the powerplay. Harshit Rana picked two of those himself. (REUTERS)
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Shivam Dube and Dewald Brevis then steadied the chase for CSK after the powerplay. (AFP)
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Brevis’s suddenly unleashed a barrage of boundaries in the 11th over bowled by Vaibhav Arora. Brevis scored 30 runs in that over alone and went past 50 in 22 balls. He fell eventually to Varun Chakravarthy on 52 off 25 balls. (AFP)
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Shivam Dube and MS Dhoni then combined to systematically chip away at the target. Dube fell on 45 off 40 balls to Arora. (AFP)
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With CSK needing 8 to win off the last over, Dhoni hit a four first ball to reduce it to two. He then had to get off strike a ball later leaving the scores tied. (AFP)
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