Match 26 IPL 2013 –Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings
Date – Sat Apr 20
Time – 4:00 pm i.e 10:30 GMT | 16:00 IST
Venue – Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Toss – Kolkata Knight Riders elected to bat
Result – Chennai Super Kings won by 4 wickets
Man of the match – Ravindra Jadeja
Today in the 26th match of Pepsi IPL Season 6, KKR won the toss and elected to bat first. Gautam Gambhir and Yusuf Pathan gave them flying start as the duo added 46 runs in just 5.5 overs. But with the wicket of Gautam Gambhir, KKR batting line up started to crumble. From 46/1 they were reduced to 55/4 in 8 overs. The duo of Jadeja and Ashwin proved too good for KKR batsmen as they both got 5 wickets and never allowed any batsmen to settle. Finally Kolkata could manage to post 119/9 n 20 overs.
Chasing 120 to win, CSK opened with Michael Hussey and Ravichandran Ashwin but this experiment didnt payed well as Ravichandran Ashwin got out when the team score was just 24. Murli Vijay( 2 off 5 balls) also fell cheaply followed by Suresh Raina (7 off 8 balls). CSK again looked to MS Dhoni to take them to victory but captain cool got run out after scoring just 9 off 7 balls. Michael Hussy also got out after scoring 40 off 51 balls leaving CSK struggling at 89/6 in 16.5 overs. Needing 31 to win off 19 balls, Chennai needed a heroic batting and Ravindra Jadeja didnt disappointed. He played a match winning cameo of 36 in just 14 balls which included 3 fours and 3 sixes and took his team to an excellent 4 wicket victory.
Match 26 IPL 2013 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings Scorecard
