IPL 2019, KKR vs CSK: Chennai Super Kings beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 5 wickets

P Krishna to du Plessis, FOUR! That is easy pickings for a player of Faf's caliber! A really full ball, almost yorker length. Du Plessis gets his bat down in time and just angles it away through square leg for a boundary. Both batsmen off the mark with fours!

Issue here for Faf du Plessis. He's pointing at the sightscreen for some movement there, probably...

P Krishna to S Watson, Good comeback from the bowler! A length ball outside off and jags in a bit after landing, Watson looks to defend but the ball goes off the inside edge towards square leg for a single. Could have easily played on there!

P Krishna to S Watson, FOUR! What a way to start! Full face of the bat and Watto is up and away with a boundary. Fuller length on middle, driven back past mid on by Watson and there is no stopping that one. Excellent presentation of the bat.

Back for the run chase. The Kolkata players are taking the field. Shane Watson and Faf du Plessis are the usual openers for Chennai. Prasidh Krishna to begin proceedings with the new ball. A slip in place. Here we go...

Right then, a target of 162 at the Eden Gardens for Chennai to win the reverse fixture as well. Their batting has been inconsistent but somehow has done enough to take the yellow team home. Will they do the same again? Or will Kolkata have the quality in their bowling to restrict the opposition? Do join us in a short while to find out.

Chris Lynn is down for a chat. He feels pretty good about his own score but mentions now that they have 160 on the board, they have to try and defend it. He informs that the wicket was sightly two-paced and he hopes that his team's bowlers are on on the money tonight. Reckons they were looking good when he himself was dismissed, because Russell and Gill were yet to bat but it was unfortunate for them to lose wickets in clusters. He states that it would be nice to knock a few wickets of Chennai down in the Powerplay and that his advice to the bowlers would be to hit the top of the stumps as Chennai batsmen are quite strong if given the width.

Chennai were under pressure in the first half but then made a resounding comeback on the back of Imran Tahir's overs. The leggie bowled with great control and picked up four wickets in his spell and pegged the opposition back in the middle overs. Chris Lynn, Nitish Rana, Robin Uthappa and Andre Russell were his victims, all star players, and that speaks volumes about his performance. Shardul Thakur and Mitchell Santner were also quite impressive in their spells.

Kolkata initiated brightly after being put into bat. Chris Lynn was in top gear from the word go and he took Deepak Chahar, the best bowler for Chennai in the Powerplay before this match, to the cleaners. That set the momentum going for the hosts and they looked destined for a total close to 180-185 with the likes of Andre Russell due to bat.

Excellent bowling effort by Chennai at the back end of this innings. They gave away just 28 runs in the final five overs and picked up three wickets too. That completely spoiled Kolkata's hope of maximizing the death overs and they ended up with a below-par total on this ground.

S Thakur to P Chawla, OUT! A run out on the final ball and Kolkata end with 161/8 on the board. A terrific yorker by Thakur, following the batsman down the leg side, Chawla swings but fails to connect. They attempt to steal a bye but Dhoni tosses up the ball to the bowler who runs to his end and takes the bails off.

Kuldeep Yadav is in next.

S Thakur to S Gill, OUT! Gill departs! Thakur hunts him down with a short ball. Gill gets on top of the bounce to play the pull shot. It appears that the connection is good but it's not good enough to take it over the rope. Jadeja takes the catch safely at deep mid-wicket. Kolkata's innings just failed to get going at the death.

S Thakur to S Gill, Pitches it up and outside off, Gill drills his drive through the line but finds extra cover. Decides not to run.

S Thakur to S Gill, A mistimed shot. Thakur dishes out a length ball outside off, Gill mistimes his lofted shot over covers. It falls safely in the deep and they take two.

S Thakur to S Gill, DROPPED! But a great stop, have to say. A length ball on off, Gill stands back and slaps it straight back aerially towards the bowler. Thakur takes his right hand out in his followthrough to catch the ball but it doesn't stick. The bowler shows no reaction and heads to his mark. Certainly has saved a few runs there, if not a boundary.

S Thakur to P Chawla, Back of a length ball on leg at 136 kph, Chawla backs away to pull but fails to get enough wood on it. The ball travels to square leg and they cross.

S Thakur to P Chawla, Wide! Thakur lands it on a good length but way wide outside off. Chawla chases and misses.

D Chahar to P Chawla, Short and outside off, Chawla pulls it towards square leg for a run. It has been a top over from Chahar. Just 4 runs from the over.

D Chahar to S Gill, Short delivery, Gill looks to pull but mistimes it towards mid-wicket for a single.