IPL 2021: Chennai Super Kings again on top after defeating Kolkata, Ravindra Jadeja's 'stormy' avatar shown

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CSK vs KKR:  Chennai needed 26 runs to win in the last 2 overs and Ravindra Jadeja showed amazing in the 19th over of the famous Krishna's innings. He hit consecutive sixes on the third and fourth balls and hit fours in the last two balls. A total of 22 runs were scored in this over. Chennai now has 16 points from the 8th win in 10 matches.

New Delhi. Three-time champion team Chennai Super Kings defeated Kolkata Knight Riders (CSK vs KKR) by 2 wickets on the last ball on Sunday in a very exciting match of IPL-2021. Kolkata scored 171 runs for 6 wickets and Chennai got a target of 172 runs to win, which they achieved by losing 8 wickets. With this win, the Chennai Super Kings team once again reached the top of the points table. He has 16 points from 10 matches. At the same time, KKR had to face the sixth defeat in the same number of matches and it remains at number four with 8 points.

Chennai needed 26 runs to win in the last two overs. Ravindra Jadeja showed amazing performance in the 19th over of Pacer Famous Krishna's innings. He hit consecutive sixes on the third and fourth balls and hit fours in the last two balls. A total of 22 runs were scored in this over and the road to Chennai's victory was also ensured. Jadeja became the victim of Sunil Narine on the 5th ball of the last over of the innings. He hit 2 fours, 2 sixes in 8 balls and contributed 22 runs. Deepak Chahar took a single off the last ball and the Chennai fans got a chance to celebrate.

Chasing the target of 172 runs, Rituraj Gaikwad and Faf du Plessis gave Chennai a great start. Both made some excellent shots and the team scored 52 runs in the powerplay. This partnership was broken by Andre Russell, when Rituraj was caught by Morgan on the second ball of the 9th over of the innings. He hit 2 fours and 3 sixes in his innings of 28 balls. Du Plessis missed a half-century and scored 43 runs on the ball of famous Krishna. He hit 7 fours in 30 balls.