Abu Dhabi: The 21st match of the ongoing IPL (Indian7 Premier League) between Dinesh Karthik’s Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR4) and Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings (CS4K) was played on Wednesday. For the first time in the current edition, they came face to face. However, Karthik lost to Dhoni. Rahul Tripathi (61 )’s half-century faded in front of Sena Watson’s half-century (50). Chennai lost by 10 runs to Kolkata. In reply to Kolkata’s 16, Chennai were able to score 156 for five. Chennai also lost their sixth match of the sixth match, while Kolkata won their third match of the fifth match. Kolkata jumped from fourth to third on the points list, while Chennai remained unchanged in fifth place. However, Watson returned to the pavilion after scoring a half-century. The Kolkata bowlers then curbed Chennai’s run rate. As a result, Chennai lost 56 wickets for 56 runs in the last 4 overs. Rahul Tripathi won the Best Player of the Match award. Earlier in the day, KKR won the toss and elected to bat first. Rahul Tripathi, who had the opportunity to start the shift in place of Sunil Narini, batted alone and scored a half-century. KKR, who was once in crisis after losing five wickets for 72 runs, added another 75 runs before losing the remaining five wickets. KKR lost all their wickets for 16 runs in the last ball. However, the team managed to put up a respectable score as they added 38 runs in the last five overs.
