BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Chris Lynn	lbw b Chahar	0	5	6	0	0	0.00

Sunil Narine	c Chahar b Harbhajan Singh	6	5	10	0	0	120.00

Robin Uthappa	c Jadhav b Chahar	11	9	18	2	0	122.22

Nitish Rana	c Rayudu b Chahar	0	3	5	0	0	0.00

Dinesh Karthik (c)†	c Harbhajan Singh b Imran Tahir	19	21	27	3	0	90.47

Shubman Gill	st †Dhoni b Imran Tahir	9	12	24	0	0	75.00

Andre Russell	not out	50	44	59	5	3	113.63
Piyush Chawla	st †Dhoni b Harbhajan Singh	8	13	25	0	1	61.53

Kuldeep Yadav	run out (Rayudu/Harbhajan Singh)	0	1	2	0	0	0.00

Prasidh Krishna	c Harbhajan Singh b Jadeja	0	2	5	0	0	0.00

Harry Gurney	not out	1	5	22	0	0	20.00
Extras	(lb 1, w 3)	4
TOTAL	20 Ov (RR: 5.40, 102 Mins)	108/9
Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Chris Lynn, 0.6 ov), 2-8 (Sunil Narine, 1.5 ov), 3-9 (Nitish Rana, 2.3 ov), 4-24 (Robin Uthappa, 4.4 ov), 5-44 (Dinesh Karthik, 8.4 ov), 6-47 (Shubman Gill, 10.1 ov), 7-76 (Piyush Chawla, 15.3 ov), 8-76 (Kuldeep Yadav, 15.4 ov), 9-79 (Prasidh Krishna, 16.3 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Deepak Chahar	4	0	20	3	5.00	20	2	1	1	0
0.6 to CA Lynn, Gone! Lynn early into the pull shot again, it was a straight delivery on a length, did not rise at all and struck Lynn in front. Not a pitch to play across the line and Lynn pays the price. 6/1 2.3 to N Rana, another unwarranted stroke and that's the third KKR wicket! Length on middle, he goes for the pull shot, it keeps a tad low again, skids onto Rana as well, who only manages to toe-end it to midwicket, where Rayudu takes a neat catch diving forward. 9/3 4.4 to RV Uthappa, that's the third wicket to the cross batted pull! Chahar on the charge in the Power-play again. The shot hasn't been on tonight, this was a slower short ball, bounced a little extra, caught him on the splice and went high up in the air towards deep squareleg, who eventually had to put in a dive forward to take it. 24/4
Harbhajan Singh	4	0	15	2	3.75	15	0	1	0	0
1.5 to SP Narine, another one bites the dust! Both openers gone! Harbhajan tosses it up, teasing Narine on a pitch offering him considerable help, Narine tries to slog him into oblivion, only managing a top edge, high in the air towards point, who had to run back and dive to his left to complete an excellent catch. 8/2 15.3 to PP Chawla, goes slow again and gets him out by a long, long way. That's more like the Harbhajan this season. Gets it to dip and spin a long way away from just short of a length. Chawla is down the pitch and swatting all around this. Runs straight off, doesn't even bother trying to get back. 76/7
Ravindra Jadeja	4	0	17	1	4.25	15	2	0	1	0
16.3 to M Prasidh Krishna, straight to midwicket. Tame. Full and dipping on leg stump. Prasidh looks to flick with hard hands. Can't do that on a slow pitch. Harbhajan has no problem holding onto this one. 79/9
Scott Kuggeleijn	4	0	34	0	8.50	10	4	1	1	0
Imran Tahir	4	0	21	2	5.25	15	2	1	0	0
8.4 to KD Karthik, That's the big fish, the captain, who was looking good so far! It was full on middle, Karthik whipped it nicely, taking it from the stumps, hit it flat and hard but aerially and straight to midwicket, where Harbhajan clung onto a sharp chance. He probably wanted to clear the man and would have had four, instead it's half the side back in the hut. 44/5 10.1 to Shubman Gill, got him! Tahir sneaks through Gill with a googly. He falls over trying to flick without a big stride. It slips through between inside edge and leg, Dhoni picks it up and takes the bails off. It doesn't even need to be sent upstairs. It's going downhill FAST for KKR. 47/6

Chennai Super Kings (T: 109 runs from 20 ovs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Shane Watson	c Chawla b Narine	17	9	10	2	1	188.88

Faf du Plessis	not out	43	45	89	3	0	95.55
Suresh Raina	c Chawla b Narine	14	13	13	1	1	107.69

Ambati Rayudu	c Rana b Chawla	21	31	49	2	0	67.74

Kedar Jadhav	not out	8	8	16	1	0	100.00
Extras	(nb 2, w 6)	8
TOTAL	17.2 Ov (RR: 6.40, 89 Mins)	111/3
Did not bat: MS Dhoni (c)†, Scott Kuggeleijn, Ravindra Jadeja, Harbhajan Singh, Deepak Chahar, Imran Tahir
Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Shane Watson, 2.2 ov), 2-35 (Suresh Raina, 4.6 ov), 3-81 (Ambati Rayudu, 14.4 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Piyush Chawla	4	0	28	1	7.00	10	2	1	0	0
14.4 to AT Rayudu, won't survive this time! Length at off stump, looks to sweep, gets a top edge and Rana settles under it from short extra. A few steps to his left and holds on. And a big noise from the crowd - as if it's KKR's home ground.. 81/3
Prasidh Krishna	4	0	23	0	5.75	12	2	0	0	1
Sunil Narine	3.2	0	24	2	7.20	10	1	1	2	0
2.2 to SR Watson, short on middle and he hammers a pull flat and hard, picking out squareleg in the circle. Watson is livid but he has to go. 18/1 4.6 to SK Raina, Raina's been living dangerously and he skies this one high in the air and is taken brilliantly by Piyush Chawla, who runbs back from mid-on and puts in a timely dive to catch it inches from the ground! It was tossed up on middle, stuck in the surface a little as Raina went for an ugly slog, only managing a top edge. 35/2
Kuldeep Yadav	4	0	16	0	4.00	12	1	0	0	0
Harry Gurney	2	0	20	0	10.00	3	3	0	0	1

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Kolkata Knight Riders innings
Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 29 runs, 4 wickets)
Strategic Timeout: Kolkata Knight Riders - 44/5 in 8.4 overs (Shubman Gill 6)
Kolkata Knight Riders: 50 runs in 11.2 overs (68 balls), Extras 2
Over 14.5: Review by Chennai Super Kings (Bowling), Umpire - C Shamshuddin, Batsman - AD Russell (Struck down)
Strategic Timeout: Kolkata Knight Riders - 76/7 in 15.3 overs (AD Russell 21)
Kolkata Knight Riders: 100 runs in 19.3 overs (117 balls), Extras 4
Innings Break: Kolkata Knight Riders - 108/9 in 20.0 overs (AD Russell 50, HF Gurney 1)
AD Russell: 50 off 44 balls (5 x 4, 3 x 6)

Chennai Super Kings innings
Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 40 runs, 2 wickets)
Strategic Timeout: Chennai Super Kings - 49/2 in 9.0 overs (F du Plessis 10, AT Rayudu 6)
Chennai Super Kings: 50 runs in 9.1 overs (56 balls), Extras 2
Strategic Timeout: Chennai Super Kings - 77/2 in 14.0 overs (F du Plessis 26, AT Rayudu 18)
Chennai Super Kings: 100 runs in 16.3 overs (101 balls), Extras 3
Chennai Super Kings: 100 runs in 16.4 overs (102 balls), Extras 3

MATCH DETAILS

MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
Toss	Chennai Super Kings, elected to field first
Series	Indian Premier League
Season	2019
Player Of The Match	Deepak Chahar
Hours of play (local time)	20.00 start, First Session 20.00-21.30, Interval 21.30-21.50, Second Session 21.50- 23.20
Match days	9 April 2019 - night (20-over match)
Umpires	Chettithody Shamshuddin Rod Tucker
TV Umpire	Ulhas Gandhe
Reserve Umpire	Krishnaraj Srinath
Match Referee	Prakash Bhatt
Points	Chennai Super Kings 2, Kolkata Knight Riders 0