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    "title": "Russel's 36-ball 88 steers KKR to mammoth 202\/6 against CSK",
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    "excerpt": "Chennai, April 10 (IANS) Andre Russell smashed an unbeaten 36-ball 88 to help Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) recover from early jitters and post a mammoth 202\/6 in 20 overs against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in an IPL game, held amidst strong",
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    "editor1": "<p>Chennai, April 10 (IANS)&nbsp;Andre Russell smashed an unbeaten 36-ball 88 to help Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) recover from early jitters and post a mammoth 202\/6 in 20 overs against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in an IPL game, held amidst strong protests on the issue of Cauvery waters here on Tuesday.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nThere was unprecedented security at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium with a lot of traffic restrictions around the stadium and the arrival of the teams accompanied by tight surveillance. The toss for the game was taken at 7.43 pm, a delay of 13 minutes.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nLife in several parts of the city was thrown out of gear after many Tamil outfits staged protests against the holding of IPL matches in Chepauk stadium to demand a Cauvery Management Board from the Centre.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nComing to the game, KKR were reduced to 89\/5 at one stage after being put in before Russell (1x4, 11x6) took the home team bowlers to the cleaners with some lusty blows.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nThe 29-year-old West Indian all-rounder was at it from the word go and in the 19th over smoked compratriot Dwayne Bravo for three back-to-back sixes.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nRussell was ably supported by skipper Dinesh Karthik (26 off 25 balls) and Robin Uthappa (29 off 16 balls) at the beginning.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nFor CSK, Shane Watson returned best figures of 2\/39 while Harbhajan Singh (1\/11), Ravindra Jadeja (1\/19) and Shardul Thakur (1\/37) also picked up wickets.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nKKR lost two wickets in the form of Sunil Narine (12), and Chris Lynn (22) who failed to make the most of a reprieve when Deepak Chahar grassed a difficult catch off Harbhajan&#39;s bowling.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nNarine was sent back by Harhhajan with a tossed up delivery that the West Indian looked to slog down the leg side, holing out to Raina who ran from mid off to complete the catch.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nLynn, who flopped in the first game, hit four fours but never looked fluent, finally going for a wild leg-side heave and losing his stumps off Jadeja&#39;s bowling.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-livescore\/full-scorecard\/2620\/5th-match-chennai-v-kolkata-2\">CSK Innings<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"page-break-after:always\"><span style=\"display:none\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\r\n\r\n<p>KKR were scoring at a good pace despite the loss of the openers riding Uthappa&#39;s big hitting. In the sixth over, Vice Captain Uthappa tonked Jadeja for back-to-back sixes but just when he was looking good for a big score, the Karnataka batsman got run out leaving the team reeling at 81\/4. Uthappa punched the ball to covers and hesitated while taking the single allowing Raina, still one of the best fielders around, to effect a sharp direct run out.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nNitish Rana (16) had perished before Uthappa, trying to drag a back-of-a-length Shane Watson delivery behind square on the leg side only for keeper Dhoni to take an easy catch behind the stumps.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nAt the halfway stage, KKR were reduced to 89\/5 after the losing yet another wicket of little-known Rinku Singh (2).<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nRussell and Karthik then joined hands to stem the rot with the former playing the aggressor&#39;s role.&nbsp;<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nKarthik was adjudged lbw against Watson when the recovery was almost done and despite a Decision Review System (DRS) review, he had to make the long walk back.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nBut there was no stopping Russell to hit Bravo for three successive sixes in the 19th over and finished off in style with another huge six off Shardul.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nBrief scores: Kolkata Knight Riders: 202\/6 in 20 overs (Andre Russell 88, Robin Uthappa 20; Shane Watson 2\/39) against Chennai Super Kings.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p>IANS<\/p>\r\n",
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