Super Kings defend 134 in nail-biter
ESPNcricinfo staff
28-Apr-2015
Brendon McCullum and Dwayne Smith gave Chennai Super Kings a quick start, after being put in by Kolkata Knight Riders • BCCI
Piyush Chawla broke the 42-run opening stand by dismissing McCullum for 19•BCCI
Andre Russell then removed Suresh Raina for 17 to leave Super Kings at 67 for 3 in the 10 over•BCCI
Knight Riders bowlers maintained the pressure by removing MS Dhoni and Dwayne Bravo to leave Super Kings at 88 for 5 after 13 overs•BCCI
Faf du Plessis was Super Kings' top-scorer with a run-a-ball 29, as they ended up with 134 for 6•BCCI
Robin Uthappa got Knight Riders' chase off to a blistering start, slamming Ishwar Pandey and Mohit Sharma for 11 and 13 runs in the third and fourth overs•BCCI
R Ashwin gave away just five runs in his two overs and picked the key wickets of Uthappa and Manish Pandey, leaving Knight Riders at 64 for 3 in eight overs•BCCI
With 14 runs required from the final over, Bravo conceded only 12 against Ryan ten Doeschate to seal a two-run victory•BCCI