On a black-soil pitch, spin dictated terms from the word go, Narine, Varun Chakaravarthy and Moeen Ali, brought to counter left-handed batters, picked six wickets collectively as CSK\u2019s batting never got going.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
CSK wanted to bat first after losing the toss, but didn\u2019t take full advantage of their decision as they could never break free from the disciplined bowling by KKR bowlers. It took Shivam Dube\u2019s unbeaten 29-ball 31 to save CSK from being all out for their lowest total (79) in IPL\u2019s history.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Devon Conway began by taking two boundaries off pacer Vaibhav Arora, before being dismissed for 12 when his attempt to reverse-sweep off Moeen resulted in him being trapped lbw in a wicket-maiden over. In the next over, CSK were dealt another blow when Rachin Ravindra miscued a slog off Harshit Rana and was caught at cover.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
KKR could have got another wicket if Vijay Shankar wasn\u2019t dropped by Moeen at mid-off when on zero. From there, Shankar pulled and lofted Chakaravarthy for boundaries, before hoicking Moeen over mid-wicket for six. Shankar\u2019s charmed life continued when Venkatesh Iyer dropped him at mid-wicket on 20.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Despite that, CSK\u2019s struggles never ended, as their almighty slide began. Shankar\u2019s lucky stay ended at 29 when he mistimed a sweep to deep backward square leg off Chakaravarthy, while a struggling Tripathi played all over an off-break from Moeen and was beaten on the inside edge before being castled for 16.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Ravichandran Ashwin\u2019s promotion backfired as he holed out to long-on off Harshit Rana, while Ravindra Jadeja nicked behind for a duck off Narine, and Impact Player Deepak Hooda chipped to short mid-wicket off Chakaravarthy. CSK\u2019s hopes for big runs from MS Dhoni ended when he was trapped lbw for just one by Narine.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Dube, who was watching CSK\u2019s slide from the other end, broke the 63-ball boundary drought by smashing Rana down the ground for four, before getting a top edge off Arora for another boundary. But while taking the second run, Dube pulled the muscles in his left leg, and despite that, he smashed a half-volley to long-off on the last ball of the innings to take CSK past 100.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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Dube, who was watching CSK\u2019s slide from the other end, broke the 63-ball boundary drought by smashing Rana down the ground for four, before getting a top edge off Arora for another boundary. But while taking the second run, Dube pulled the muscles in his left leg, and despite that, he smashed a half-volley to long-off on the last ball of the innings to take CSK past 100.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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