Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) came out on top in the clash of the Titans as they beat Chennai Super Kings (CSK) by 6 wickets
Kolkata Knight Riders moved to third in the Indian Premier League (IPL) table after they beat Chennai Super Kings by six wickets at Eden gardens on Thursday.
Kolkata captain Dinesh Karthik won the toss and elected to field first, a decision that paid off in the end as Chennai struggled on a fairly decent batting strip to post 177-5.
None of their batsmen managed to build on their cameos, with visiting captain MS Dhoni top-scoring with an unbeaten 43. Once again, it was the spinners who did the damage on behalf of Kolkata, with Sunil Narine taking 2-20 and Piyush Chawla ending up with 2-35.
The up and coming Shubman Gill (57) Karthik (45) then guided the hosts home with 14 balls to spare.
Brief scores
Chennai Super Kings 177 for 5 in 20 overs [Shane Watson 36 (25), Faf du Plessis 27 (15), Suresh Raina 31 (26), MS Dhoni 43 (25)*; Piyush Chawla 4-0-35-2, Sunil Narine 4-0-20-2] lost to Kolkata Knight Riders 180 for 4 in 17.4 overs [Sunil Narine 32 (20), Shubman Gill 57 (36)*, Dinesh Karthik 45 (18)*; Harbhajan Singh 3-0-20-1] by 6 wickets.
Man of the Match: Sunil Narine.
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