END OF OVER:
20 | 17 Runs 1 Wkt | CSK: 235/4 | RR: 11.75

  • MS Dhoni2 (3b)
  • Ajinkya Rahane71 (29b)
  • Kulwant Khejroliya3-0-44-2
  • Varun Chakravarthy4-0-49-1

9.21pm Well, that was quite something! A riot of runs all down the order (almost)... and KKR will have quite the challenge to stay afloat in this chase, let alone hunt it down. Deiva will be here shortly.

Here's Dube on a demolition job: "I am enjoying the sixes this time, going well from my side. That's my role, to take the bowlers on and get the strike rate on the higher side, enjoying my role. I've played those spinners in the past and struggled but I had better thoughts in my mind today. Jinks was rotating the strike and being with him helps you play better and maintain your shape. Definitely, with our bowling, it's more than enough."

Hemanth : "In an innings where everyone else hit at least a couple of sixers, MSD is the only one not to hit any, and that is despite having faced 3 balls!" Only two legal ones, to be fair...

Prathab : "18 sixes to follow that crazy 6 hitting day at chinnasamy. This CSK is crazy."

19.6
2
Khejroliya to Dhoni, 2 runs, connects this time with a thump through the line to long-off, he wants two, he gets two... and that is the highest T20 score at Eden Gardens
19.5
0
Khejroliya to Dhoni, no run, Free Hit. Wide line, and gives it the big wind-up... but can't connect! Too pumped up?
19.5
1nb
Khejroliya to Dhoni, 1 no ball, Has a big swing, full toss outside off, but can't connect... but Dhoni is reviewing for the waist-high no-ball And I think he's got a point... No-ball it is! Oh rapture!

So... two balls for Dhoni, with a sea of yellow making Eden Gardens look like a garden of daffodils [insert preferred yellow flower... my knowledge is limited]

19.4
W
Khejroliya to Jadeja, OUT, another full toss, and holes out to deep square leg! It's the biggest roar of the night... because look who's padded up in the dug-out... but the umpire is checking for the no-ball... this could be scenes if Kolkata is denied its glimpse of Dhoni! Below waist height! Ecstacy in the stands!

RA Jadeja c Singh b Khejroliya 18 (13m 8b 0x4 2x6) SR: 225.00

19.3
6
Khejroliya to Jadeja, SIX, another low full toss, another smoke off the toes! Jaddu clears the front leg, and muscles it hard through midwicket again!
19.2
2
Khejroliya to Jadeja, 2 runs, thumped down the ground to long-on, and back for the second

Karthik: "Jaddu does not tee-off from ball 1, Moeen would have been better option at this stage." [shrugs innocently]

19.1
6
Khejroliya to Jadeja, SIX, Jaddu joins the fun! Low full-toss, just missed the yorker, and after a few sighters, this one pinged through wide long-on!

END OF OVER:
19 | 19 Runs | CSK: 218/3 | RR: 11.47

  • Ajinkya Rahane71 (29b)
  • Ravindra Jadeja4 (4b)
  • Varun Chakravarthy4-0-49-1
  • Kulwant Khejroliya2-0-27-1

This is some staggering hitting... did I say 230? 240 is the new benchmark!

18.6
4
Varun to Rahane, FOUR, carved gleefully through point! Pace on the ball, pushed across his bows, met with superb timing and an open face!
18.5
6
Varun to Rahane, SIX, more power in this one! Clears the front leg, greets the extra flight with a massive mow towards the prize car, just misses it!
18.4
6
Varun to Rahane, SIX, effortless elegance! Who needs dinks when you've got traditional long-levered timing through the line? Unfurls a launch over long-off
18.3
0
Varun to Rahane, no run, nearly loses his off stump! Another reverse-sweep/scoop, but overbalanced this time as the angle beat him
18.2
1
Varun to Jadeja, 1 run, swing across the line again, still not timing it, but another single to the on-side
18.1
2
Varun to Jadeja, 2 runs, a lusty swing across the line from Jaddu, doesn't time it as Roy rushes round to gather and Roy is hurt! Looks like his quad has pinged as he braked inside the rope. He kicks the sponge in frustration as he leaves the field... big blow to KKR

END OF OVER:
18 | 13 Runs 1 Wkt | CSK: 199/3 | RR: 11.05

  • Ajinkya Rahane55 (25b)
  • Ravindra Jadeja1 (2b)
  • Kulwant Khejroliya2-0-27-1
  • Andre Russell1-0-17-0

Vishnu Reddy: "Minimum of 3 sixes from all csk batsman so far however, Devon Convey strike rate of 140 could cost the game. " I dunno... there's not much more he could have done at the top of the innings. Someone's got to set the tempo

17.6
4
Khejroliya to Rahane, FOUR, dinky Jinks! Preposterous timing, as Rahane inverts his hands, flicks the full length outside off, like a screwdriver to remove the top of a can of paint, and away through deep third!
17.5
1
Khejroliya to Jadeja, 1 run, low full toss, thumps the pad on the angle into leg stump, they take the single for a deflection to cover
17.4
0
Khejroliya to Jadeja, no run, good tight line, angled in on a yorker length, and beats a slightly flat-footed drive as Jaddu tries to find his range

So, it will be Jaddu to get first dibs at the death.

17.3
W
Khejroliya to Dube, OUT, the fun's over this time! Another firm strike through the line, planting the front foot, and crashing hard towards long-off... it was clearing the ropes, but it couldn't clear Roy, right back on the boundary's edge

S Dube c Roy b Khejroliya 50 (31m 21b 2x4 5x6) SR: 238.09

SamC: "These 2 batsman are such opposites in EVERYTHING! except maybe their demeanour...just shows that you can have technique and play t20 and you can have brute power and play t20"

17.2
6
Khejroliya to Dube, SIX, swivelled magnificently over square leg! A 20-ball fifty for Dube, and that's a stunning bit of extension through the stroke. Full unfurling of those endless forearms!
17.1
2
Khejroliya to Dube, 2 runs, flapped on the up to the on-side, gathered in the deep

END OF OVER:
17 | 17 Runs | CSK: 186/2 | RR: 10.94

  • Ajinkya Rahane51 (24b)
  • Shivam Dube42 (18b)
  • Andre Russell1-0-17-0
  • Suyash Sharma4-0-29-1

Well... what's the limit from here? 220? 230? Everything must go, clearly!

16.6
4
Russell to Rahane, FOUR, swings up into the pull, gets a solid connection through backward square, and that's a 24-ball fifty for a very jinky Ajinkya!

Samraat: "This must be among the rare innings where all the top 4 batters have struck over 35 runs at 140 or above. Impressive!"

16.5
2
Russell to Rahane, 2 runs, full toss again, but dipping on the pads, tucked to the leg side
16.5
1w
Russell to Rahane, 1 wide, another leg-side wide as Russell slides a full-toss past the pads
16.4
1
Russell to Dube, 1 run, on the back foot, cracked out to deep point

KKR 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st1SP NarineN Jagadeesan
2nd0VR IyerN Jagadeesan
3rd45N RanaVR Iyer
4th24JJ RoyN Rana
5th65JJ RoyRK Singh
6th27AD RussellRK Singh
7th9D WieseRK Singh
8th9UT YadavRK Singh
9th6RK SinghCV Varun

Indian Premier League

TeamMWLPTNRR
GT14104200.809
CSK1485170.652
LSG1485170.284
MI148616-0.044
RR1477140.148
RCB1477140.135
KKR146812-0.239
PBKS146812-0.304
DC145910-0.808
SRH144108-0.59