Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) star Pat Cummins on Wednesday played an unbelievable knock against Chennai Super Kings (CSK), but could not prevent his side’s another defeat in the ongoing IPL.
Batting first, CSK posted 220/3 on the board with Faf du Plessis remaining unbeaten on 95 off just 60 deliveries. His blistering knock was laced with four sixes and nine fours. Ruturaj Gaikwad, who aꦬdded 115 runs in 12.2 overs for the opening wicket with Faf, made 64 in 42 balls.
Chasing the mammoth total, the Knight Riders started on a disastrous note as their top five batsmen could manage just 31 runs. CSK pacer Deepak Chahar dismantled KKR’s top order as he picked up 4 wickets for 29 runs.
Andre Russell and Dinesh Karthik then rebuilt the KKR innings. Russel lost his wicket in the 12th over. He made 54 off 22 b✃alls with the help of six sixes and three fours. Karthik was out for 40 afte♌r facing 24 balls.
Cummins then raised the hopes of an unlikely win for the Knight Riders as he hit 30 runs in Sam Curran’s third over. The Aussie raced to his fifty in just 23 balls and remained unbeaten on 66 (34) after losing pꦍartners at the other end. KKR were bundled out for 202 in 19.1 overs.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
's CSK are back at the 🔝! When mighty efforts by Russell and Cummins wasn't enough for win, you know CSK played like old CSK.
— R P Singh रुद्र प्रताप सिंह (@rpsingh)
batsmen:
Top-5 – 28 runs, 32 balls, 5×4, 0x6
No. 6-8 – 160 runs, 80 balls, 11×4, 14×6160 runs by Karthik, Russell & Cu♓mmins are the most by No. 6, 7, 8 combined for a team in an IPL innings.
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath)
Woooohoooooo watttteeeee game..!!!
— 𝑽𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒙𝒎𝒊 𝑺𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒕﷽𝒉𝒌𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒓 (@varusarath5)
Cummins to the last few KKR batsman
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag)
What a knock from and from nowhere came so close.🤪 If one batsman would’ve played with Cummins the result would have been different.
— Vinay Kumar R (@Vinay_Kumar_R)
What a knock from Pat Cummins – unbeaten on 66 off just 34! 👏👏
— Kritika Naidu (@Kritzika)
So near yet so far. That was an incredible innin🧸gs from Pat Cummins. Could have been the greatest ever IPL chase. But to get from 31 for 5 to 202, can be very proud. Congratulations to 🀅 on the win. They are on a roll.
— Venkatesh Prasad (@venkateshprasad)
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What a thrilling match it was!👌
Well played everyone
And for giving tough fight👌— Malti Chahar🇮🇳 (@ChaharMalti)
What a match! turned it around and almost snatched victory from jaws of defea🎶t for ! But ’s throw from deep finally helped to sail through!
— Sreedhar Pillai (@sri50)
Pat Cummins in today's match be like 😛
— betvisa69.com (@CricketTimesHQ)
What a match! were so close, amazing comeback from 31/5 to fight back like this, incredible to watch , Russell and to take it to the end! should consider themselv🌠es lucky after tonight!
— Kris Srikkanth (@KrisSrikkanth)
Phew!! ▨Edge of the seat finish not just for the ones watching at home but even for us in the commentary box 🎙️ Loved calling it. at its very BEST
— Hemang Badani (@hemangkbadani)
What a s❀pellಌ my brother 🙌🏻 So proud and happy for you. Totally on fire 🔥
— Rahul Chahar (@rdchahar1)
Pat Cummins, just remember the name.
— Vipul Goyal (@HumorouslyVipul)
Pat Cummins 𝐆striking 30 off that Sam Curran over is the 57th instance of a single batsman scoring 30+ runs off a single over in T20 history.
— The CricViz Analyst (@cricvizanalyst)
CSK wins by 18🤪 runs! But wow did KKR put up a fight. Ended up being closer than I thought that’s for sure! Sleep is coming now, it’s almost 4am. Shubh ratri family. See you tomorrow for som♌e fun! 🙃
— Chloe-Amanda Bailey (@ChloeAmandaB)
The game is the winner! 🏏 🦁💛
— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL)
Aakhri dum tak, aakhri run tak.
— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders)
had everything
1. Top batting from Ruturaj & Faf
2. MSD finally hitting a boundary off Narine in the IPL
3. Chahar took 4 in PP & 3 from Ngidi
4. KKR 31/5 & then top innings from Russell,DK (in his 200th IPL game) & Cummins
What a match!CSK are at the top of the table— Sarang Bhalerao (@bhaleraosarang)
Enjoying this while it lasts 💃🏽💃🏽
— Kate Cross (@katecross16)
