Chennai Super Kings retained the fourth spot within the IPL 2024 Points Table with a snug victory over Kolkata Knight Riders on Monday. Ravindra Jadeja and Tushar Deshpande had been the highest performers with the ball whereas skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad made brief work of the run chase as CSK have six factors from 5 matches. KKR, whose unbeaten run within the competitors lastly got here to an finish, additionally retained the second spot within the competitors as they’ve the identical factors as Lucknow Super Kings in addition to CSK however a significantly better Net Run Rate (NRR). Rajasthan Royals are high with 8 factors.

Ravindra Jadeja made optimum use of a cheesy Chepauk floor as Chennai Super Kings had been again to successful methods after they comfortably outclassed Kolkata Knight Riders by seven wickets.

It was CSK’s third win in 5 video games, all of which have come at Chepauk, having misplaced the final two matches away from residence.

Jadeja, whose spin bowling has usually taken a back-seat in previous few seasons, took three wickets in an area of eight deliveries to clinically dismantle KKR, who might solely handle 137 for 9 on a monitor the place stroke-making grew to become troublesome.

The chase wasn’t the issue as skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad scored 58-ball-67 and was duly supported by Daryl Mitchell (25 off 19 balls) and in-form Shivam Dube (28 off 18 balls). The chase was accomplished in 17.4 overs.

Fittingly, Mahendra Singh Dhoni was current within the center after they lastly bought the successful runs.

The match was a typical one from the KKR playbook, the place they all the time apply the choke with their spinners on a floor the place the ball grips after which their top-order controls the chase which is inside manageable limits prefer it was on Monday.

Earlier, Jadeja labored his magic, ripping the center out of KKR’s batting.

Having misplaced again to again video games on the street, CSK had been again of their aspect on a well-recognized Chepauk turf the place the ball gripped and allowed Jadeja (3/18 in 4 overs) and Maheesh Theekshana (1/28 in 4 overs) had been completely sensible with each their line and size.

(With PTI inputs)