Gambhir shines; KKR beat Chennai

CSK made a couple of changes to their playing (Michae)eleven – Wriddhiman Saha and Nuwan Kulasekara made way for Hussey and Yo Mahesh.

KKR made no changes to their playing eleven.

On winning the toss, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, CSK’s skipper, chose to bat.

The first Powerplay of CSK’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 43, and lost a couple of wickets.

Faf du Plessis, who faced four balls, scored three. Ten balls into the match, he was caught by Brendon McCullum. Brett Lee broke the five-run stand.

The second-wicket pair put on 27. Hussey, whose 19-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 18. Twenty balls later, Lee and McCullum ran him out.

CSK scored 50 off seven overs (42 balls). KKR had conceded an extra at that point.

Dwayne Bravo, whose run-a-ball innings included a six, scored a dozen. Thirty-one (Iq)balls after Hussey’s dismissal, he was caught by Abdulla. Jacques Kallis broke the 42-run stand.

Suresh Raina, whose 34-ball innings included four boundaries and a six, scored 44. Seventeen balls later, he was caught by Yusuf Pathan. Kallis broke the 14-run stand.

Dhoni, whose 30-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 34. He was unbeaten.

CSK scored 100 off 15.3 overs (93 balls). KKR had conceded five extras at that point.

Ravindra Jadeja, who faced 13 balls, scored N(ar)ine. Five overs after Raina’s dismissal, he was caught by Debabrata Das. Sunil broke the 30-run stand.

Albie Morkel, who faced eight balls, scored 13. He was unbeaten.

KKR eventually conceded half-a-dozen extras. CSK scored 139 for the loss of five wickets off 20 overs.

Pathan and Laxmi Ratan bowled a wicketless over apiece. While the former conceded 10, the (Shuk)latter had no reason to be in seventh heaven.

Rajat Bhatia and Abdulla bowled three wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 22, the latter conceded 18.

Lee and Narine bowled four overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 34, the latter conceded 24.

Kallis, who bowled four overs, conceded 21. He picked up a couple of scalps.

The first Powerplay of KKR’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 37, and lost a wicket.

McCullum, who faced eight balls, scored a couple. Eighteen balls into the chase, he was caught by Shadab Jakati. Ravichandran Ashwin broke the 14-run stand.

KKR scored 50 off 7.3 overs (46 balls). The number of extras they had conceded at that point gave CSK no reason to be in seventh heaven.

The second-wicket pair put on 50 off 38 balls. While the contribution of Gautam Gambhir, KKR’s skipper and the player of the match, to the partnership was 25, Kallis’ contribution to it was 16. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was nine.

Kallis, whose 31-ball innings included a boundary and a six, eventually scored 26. Fifty-eight balls after McCullum’s dismissal, he was caught by Dhoni. Bravo broke the 70-run partnership.

Gambhir’s half-century – which included four boundaries and a six – came off 43 balls.

KKR scored 100 off 15 overs (91 balls). CSK had conceded a dozen extras at that point.

Manoj Tiwary, whose run-a-ball innings included a boundary, scored 13. Twenty-two balls after Kallis’ dismissal, he was caught by Yo Mahesh. Albie Morkel broke the 28-run stand.

Gambhir eventually scored 63 off 52 balls, which included half-a-dozen boundaries, in addition to the six. A dozen balls later, he was trapped leg before wicket by Bravo, who broke the run-a-ball stand.

Pathan, who faced 11 balls, scored a dozen. Eight balls later, he was caught by du Plessis. Ashwin broke the 12-run stand.

Das, whose four-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 11. He was unbeaten, as was Shukla, who didn’t face a ball.

CSK eventually conceded 13 extras. KKR, who scored 140 for the loss of five wickets off 19.4 overs, won by five wickets with a couple of balls to spare.

Yo Mahesh bowled a wicketless over, conceding 11.

Jakati and Jadeja bowled a couple of wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 17, the latter conceded 13.

Raina bowled three wicketless overs, conceding 22.

Morkel bowled four overs, conceding 24. He picked up a wicket.

Ashwin bowled 3.4 overs, conceding 22. He picked up two wickets.

Bravo bowled four overs, conceding 27. He picked up a couple of scalps.