Chennai Super Kings obtained again to successful methods as they returned to the MA Chidambaram Stadium with a seven-wicket win over Kolkata Knight Riders on Monday.

CSK, who gained the toss, opted to discipline first and managed to restrict KKR to a paltry rating of 137 for 9 as Tushar Deshpande and Ravindra Jadeja claimed three wickets every whereas Mustafizur Rahman picked up two wickets to reclaim the purple cap. Captain Ruturaj Gaikwad’s unbeaten 67-run knock to helped the hosts over the road with 14 balls to spare.

The Chennai crowd had been handled to a heat welcome because the Super Kings returned to the Den with a strike off the primary supply of the sport as Deshpande eliminated KKR opener Phil Salt for a golden duck with Ravindra Jadeja taking a pointy catch at level.

However, Sunil Narine and younger gun Angkrish Raghuvanshi rebuilt the KKR innings with a 50-run stand for the second wicket within the powerplay overs earlier than Jadeja dismissed {the teenager} for twenty-four off 18 deliveries catching him plumb in entrance of the wicket because the KKR batter went for a reverse sweep.

Narine adopted his teammate again within the hut in the exact same over as Jadeja picked up his second wicket in his opening over of the evening, earlier than happening to finish his three-wicket haul with the scalp of maverick southpaw Venkatesh Iyer, who went cheaply for an 8-ball 3 as Daryl Mitchell pulled off a spectacular catch within the deep.

Ramandeep Singh accompanied his skipper Shreyas Iyer for a 21-run stand earlier than being castled by a Maheesh Theekshana supply that knocked off the bails.

The spinner chocked the move of runs for the guests within the center overs because the Kolkata facet took over 15 overs to succeed in triple figures on the scoreboard. The noise ranges went via the roof as Deshpande struck once more with the scalp of the damaging Rinku Singh, who pulled a supply outdoors off onto his stumps after including simply 9 runs.

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Big-hitting Andre Russell fell prey to Deshpande because the pacer joined Jadeja on the listing of three-fers. Mustafizur, who returned to the fold after lacking the earlier sport, claimed the wickets of Shreyas and Mitchell Starc to increase his lead within the wicket-takers tally as CSK stored KKR to a beneath par whole.

Chennai had been off to a gentle begin to the chase as they opened with the same old pairing of Rachin Ravindra and skipper Gaikwad. The duo put up a 27-run stand earlier than the Kiwi fell to Vaibhav Arora. He was changed on the crease by compatriot Mitchell, who was promoted up the order on the day.

Gaikwad stored the scoreboard ticking along with his strokeplay choosing one hole within the discipline after one other to convey the crew previous fifty runs earlier than the tip of the powerplay. Mitchell joined the occasion along with his big selection of photographs as he thrilled the gang with a chic reverse sweep to the ropes after an impressive most down the bottom off Narine.

Shivam Dube delighted the viewers with a few maximums off Varun Chakravarthy to assist his skipper. The southpaw introduced CSK near the goal with a large six over the cow nook off Arora, earlier than the house followers obtained what they got here for.

In walked Mahendra Singh Dhoni to a raucous ovation because the Dhoni-crazy Chepauk went right into a frenzy. The former captain ensured the Madras trustworthy walked again dwelling in pleasure as he graced them along with his presence on the crease earlier than Gaikwad closed out the win with a boundary to stay unbeaten at 67 runs.