KKR vs CSK, 26th match at Kolkata, , Apr 20 2013 - Match Result

RESULT
26th match (D/N), Eden Gardens, April 20, 2013, Indian Premier League
(19.1/20 ov, T:120) 124/6

CSK won by 4 wickets (with 5 balls remaining)

Player Of The Match
36* (14), 3/20 & 2 catches
ravindra-jadeja
Cricinfo's MVP
101.68 ptsImpact List
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Comms: Abhishek Purohit
Scorecard summary
Kolkata Knight Riders 119/9(20 overs)
Chennai Super Kings 124/6(19.1 overs)
Cricinfo’s Most Valuable Players of the Match
PLAYERTeam
TI
Runs
I. Runs
B. Impact
Bowl
I. Wkts
Bo. Impact
CSK101.6836(14)50.1368.583/201.9333.1
KKR66.6925(22)30.7835.661/91.6931.03
KKR60.4713(6)20.9530.911/201.1729.56
CSK50.3111(13)10.489.762/212.0440.56
KKR43.277(13)2.4- 0.031/181.6343.3

Time for RCB v RR. Hop over.

Jadeja is Man of the Match. Jadeja: "It was crucial for us to win this game. There was not enough time to think when I went in, I decided to see it and hit it. I tried to bowl slower in the air, which worked. I played few good shots for my team."

MS Dhoni: "We did not bat well, it is one area where we would like to be more consistent. They batted brilliantly first six overs, few wickets and run-outs brought us back. Bringing the spinners late helped us to rotate. People think it is a T20 game, you have to slog everything, it is not like that. There are two types of batsmen, one who don't think and go after everything, and others who plan and target bowlers. We want him [Jadeja] to be really comfortable in the dressing room. He is loving the part where we are calling him Sir, but it is the one from Hindi [meaning head] and not from English. I don't think he knows that."

Gautam Gambhir: "Some schoolboy errors to be honest. When you bat first, you cannot be 46 for 1 and then 91 for 8. The pitch gets better under lights. Both Senanayake and Narine did a fantastic job by taking it till the last over. We have not been professional enough and not been upto the mark. You cannot expect your bowlers to defend 119 on such a beautiful wicket."

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Arjun: "Gambhir calls this a beautiful wicket. #sigh" When you play spin so well ...

They brought it up to 50 off the final five, and found someone to do the job, yet again. And won with five balls to spare, Chennai Super Kings, the IPL rockstars

With this attack and this pitch, KKR shouldn't be losing any home game, but their batting woes are blunting the first two factors.

Narine gets the purple cap. Says 20 more runs would have helped

sundar: "I think CSK finds it insulting to chase down 6 an over. They deliberately jack up the RRR to 10 an over before they start the chase.."

Josh: "CSK owe this victory to Jadeja. 3 wickets in the KKR innings to prevent any rebuilding then this blistering riposte to see them over the line! MoM for me.."

Ravi: "If there is one team that can win even after reversing the batting order, it is CSK."

19.1
6
Pathan to Jadeja, SIX runs

and he finishes the game with a six over deep midwicket, dragged shortish and he opens up in time to go through with the pull

Two off six. Job done again. What a team

end of over 1915 runs
CSK: 118/6CRR: 6.21 RRR: 2.00
Ravindra Jadeja30 (13b 3x4 2x6)
Dwayne Bravo7 (4b 1x4)
Jacques Kallis 4-0-32-1
Sunil Narine 4-0-20-1
18.6
1
Kallis to Jadeja, 1 run

length ball on the pads, worked to deep square

18.5
1
Kallis to Dwayne Bravo, 1 run

driven in the air, couple of a bounces to long off

18.4
4
Kallis to Dwayne Bravo, FOUR runs

slow bouncer, Bravo's got on top of it and smoothly pulled it behind square leg

18.3
1
Kallis to Jadeja, 1 run

pushed to long off

18.2
4
Kallis to Jadeja, FOUR runs

dropped, Yusuf has gone for the catch at deep square leg as Jadeja pulls a short ball, low to his left, he's tumbled for it, but it's gone down, and also rolled for four, what a miss

18.1
4
Kallis to Jadeja, FOUR runs

lovely placement, high full toss from Kallis, Jadeja's slices it past extra cover, and the sweeper has no chance

17 off 12. Slow pitch. Slow bowlers. Slowly revving up CSK

end of over 1810 runs
CSK: 103/6CRR: 5.72 RRR: 8.50
Ravindra Jadeja20 (9b 1x4 2x6)
Dwayne Bravo2 (2b)
Sunil Narine 4-0-20-1
Lakshmipathy Balaji 4-0-28-1
17.6
1
Narine to Jadeja, 1 run

fires in a low full toss that is drilled down to long off

17.5
1
Narine to Dwayne Bravo, 1 run

straighter one, runs it to short third man

17.4
1lb
Narine to Jadeja, 1 leg bye

full on the pads, he misses with the bat, takes the leg bye

17.3
Narine to Jadeja, no run

backs away and cuts an offbreak, to point

17.2
6
Narine to Jadeja, SIX runs

Jadeja has cleared front leg and murdered this offbreak from outside off straight and high over Narine

17.1
1
Narine to Dwayne Bravo, 1 run

carrom ball punched down the ground

27 off 18. Normal business for CSK still

end of over 1713 runs • 1 wicket
CSK: 93/6CRR: 5.47 RRR: 9.00
Ravindra Jadeja13 (5b 1x4 1x6)
Dwayne Bravo0 (0b)
Lakshmipathy Balaji 4-0-28-1
Jacques Kallis 3-0-17-1
16.6
4
Balaji to Jadeja, FOUR runs

short and angled in, Jadeja has dragged it over and wide of short fine leg, again didn't look like it was clearing the man, but it had more than enough

16.5
W
Balaji to Hussey, OUT

huge moment, Hussey's picked out deep square leg, walked down the pitch to a slow length ball and paddled it straight to the fielder

Michael Hussey c Pathan b Balaji 40 (51b 2x4 1x6 75m) SR: 78.43
16.4
1
Balaji to Jadeja, 1 run

short of a length and into the body, he adjusts to help it around to short fine

16.3
1lb
Balaji to Hussey, 1 leg bye

into the pads from round the stumps, rolls away behind square

16.2
1
Balaji to Jadeja, 1 run

low full toss pushed to extra cover

16.1
6
Balaji to Jadeja, SIX runs

Jadeja charges out second ball, makes some room outside leg and slams a length ball high and into the straight boundary, didn't look like clearing the rope but did so comfortably in the end

40 off 24. Still familiar for CSK

end of over 1610 runs • 1 wicket
CSK: 80/5CRR: 5.00 RRR: 10.00
Michael Hussey40 (49b 2x4 1x6)
Ravindra Jadeja1 (1b)
Jacques Kallis 3-0-17-1
Sunil Narine 3-0-11-1
15.6
2
Kallis to Hussey, 2 runs

slogs this length ball over midwicket now for a couple

Best performances - batters
Spike Graph
Wagon Zone
MEK Hussey
40 runs (51)
2 fours1 six
Productive shot
leg glance
15 runs
0 four1 six
Control
85%
RA Jadeja
36 runs (14)
3 fours3 sixes
Productive shot
off side drive on front foot
19 runs
1 four2 sixes
Control
86%
Best performances - bowlers
RA Jadeja
O
4
M
0
R
20
W
3
ECO
5
R Ashwin
O
4
M
1
R
21
W
2
ECO
5.25
Match details
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
TossKolkata Knight Riders, elected to bat first
Series
Season2013
Player Of The Match
Hours of play (local time)16.00 start, First Session 16.00-17.25, Interval 17.25-17.45, Second Session 17.45-19.10
Match days20 April 2013 - daynight (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpire
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
PointsChennai Super Kings 2, Kolkata Knight Riders 0
Win Probability
CSK 100%
KKRCSK
100%50%100%KKR InningsCSK Innings

Over 20 • CSK 124/6

CSK won by 4 wickets (with 5 balls remaining)
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Indian Premier League

TEAMMWLPTNRR
CSK16115220.530
MI16115220.441
RR16106200.322
SRH16106200.003
RCB1697180.457
KXIP1688160.226
KKR1661012-0.095
PWI164128-1.006
DC163136-0.848