Chennai vs Kolkata Match Stats

Good-length ball outside off, Russell looks to cut but it goes off the inner half back towards the keeper.

FOUR! No fine leg and Russell gets his first boundary! Length ball on the pads, Russell flicks it to fine leg for a boundary.

On a length outside off, Russell underedges his cut back to the keeper.

FOUR! Just over the point fielder! Good-length ball outside off, Russell stretches and then cuts it. It goes just over the point fielder who jumped to catch it but in vain. It races to the deep point fence.

Short ball outside off, Russell looks to pull but misses.

SIX! That is a meaty blow! Good-length ball around off, Russell hammers it over long on for a biggie.

A length ball, just outside off. Rana looks to reverse sweep it but does not get any bat on it. The ball goes past the stumps, to the keeper.

A length ball, down leg. Rana stays back and flicks it to short fine leg. The batters take a single.

A yorker length ball, on leg. Russell hops back and looks to dig it out but misses.

A length ball, outside off. Russell stays back and pulls it to deep mid-wicket. They take one.

A dot now! A length ball, outside off. Rana walks across and looks to scoop it over the keeper's head, but he is finding it difficult to connect the bat with ball here.

WIDE! A full toss, way outside off. Rana looks to go after it but misses. Wide called by the umpire.

Just three runs off the over! Rana continues to struggle. A slower, length ball, outside off. Rana stays inside the crease and looks to play it across the line but misses. The ball goes to the keeper. 

A single now! Chennai have done really well in the last 7 balls or so. Thakur serves it full and outside off. Russell guides it towards third man. They take one.

Two now! A full-length ball, on leg. Rana makes room and looks to flick it away. The ball takes the inside edge and goes towards fine leg. The batters take two comfortably.

A length ball, outside off. Rana pushes it to mid off and takes a single.

OUT! DRAGGED ON! Shardul Thakur gets the big man going. Andre Russell is not happy with himself. Shardul Thakur has been simply magical with the ball. He serves a full ball, outside off. Russell stays inside the crease and looks to hammer it down the ground. But the ball takes the inside edge and goes onto rattle the stumps. Kolkata slip further. Russell should have tried to hit it over the off side but since he looked to go a lot straighter, he went onto drag it onto his stumps. 170 now looks far, far away.

Karthik gets off the mark with a single! Thakur serves a length ball, on the pads. Karthik tucks it towards fine leg. They take a single.

A low full toss, around middle. Rana goes back and pushes it through covers. The batters take another single. So, 9 runs and a wicket off the last two overs. Kolkata need to up the ante before it gets too late.

Chahar hurls a full-length ball, around off. Rana pushes it to long off for a run.

A single again! A length ball, outside off. Karthik cuts it towards backward point for another single.

FOUR! A much-needed boundary. A length ball, on the pads. Rana skips down the track and flicks it through square leg. The ball races away to the boundary.

FOUR! Back-to-back boundaries. Rana connecting well now. A full toss and on off. Rana comes down the track and lifts it over cover. The ball races away to the fence.

A length ball, on the bodyline. Rana hangs back and pulls it to fine leg for a run.

A full-length ball, on middle. Karthik flicks it to deep mid-wicket for a single. 12 runs off the over. A nice over for Kolkata.

SIX! Karthik is on the wheel. He is taking charge now. Curran serves a length ball, on off. Karthik clears his front leg and smokes it over the mid-wicket fence for a maximum. That was some shot, it was quite full, he did well to get the elevation he wanted.

FOUR! Back-to-back boundaries for Karthik. This time on the off side. A length ball, outside off. Karthik throws his bat at it. The ball takes the outside edge and flies past short third man. The ball races away to the fence. Not good from Curran. He has a leg side field but this time goes wide outside off. 10 from the first two balls of this over. Curran under pressure. 170 now looks possible.

WIDE! A full-length ball, way outside off. Karthik looks to go after it but misses. Wide called by the umpire.

Two more! Full and outside off. Karthik hits it straight back past Curran. The ball goes towards long off for a couple now.

Full and outside off. Karthik moves across and pushes it cover. The batters take off for a single. The fielder collects the ball there, but Curran asks him not to have a shy at the non-striker's end. Karthik was not even in the frame, the fielder must've gone for it. They get a single. Probably because there was no one to back up.

Curran fires in a yorker, on off. Rana digs it out towards cover for a single.

FOUR! Nicely played. A full-length ball, on off. Karthik paddles it towards fine leg. The ball ends up in the boundary. 19 runs off the over. He played that brilliantly. It was a slower one, he waited for it and right at the end managed to hit it past short fine leg. A huge over. Probably one which changes the momentum of the game completely.

WIDE! Not a great start to the over by Hazlewood. A full-length ball, way outside off. Rana looks to chase it but could not reach it. Wide called.

A length ball, on off. Rana punches it to long off for a single. He gets Karthik back on strike.

A full-length ball, on leg. Karthik flicks it through mid-wicket. The fielder fumbles in the deep and the batters pick up two easily.

FOUR! EDGY! It does not matter how the runs come at this time. A back-of-a-length ball, around leg. Karthik stays back and looks to pull it away. The ball goes off the glove and above the keeper's head. It goes into the boundary at third man.

OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! A good cameo by Karthik, that is what is side needed. A full-length ball, outside off. Karthik looks to push it out to the off side. He only manages to get the bottom end of the blade on it. The ball goes to the right of MS Dhoni. He moves to that side and grabs the catch. Josh Hazlewood puts in an appeal. The umpire does not raise his finger but takes it upstairs to confirm with the third umpire. The replays roll in and confirm the bat was involved. Dinesh Karthik has to walk back.

NOT OUT! BYE! Chennai lose a review this time. A full-length ball, outside off. Narine stays back and swings hard but misses. MS Dhoni grabs the ball cleanly and has a shy at the non-striker's end. The batters take a single. Dhoni decides to take it upstairs for caught behind. The UltraEdge show that there is no spike as the ball passed the bat. Sunil Narine survives. The umpire signals a bye!

FOUR! Poor communication in the deep and a good end for Kolkata. A length ball, on off. Rana punches it down the ground towards long off. The two fielders in the deep, one from long off and another from long on attack the ball at the same time. The man from long on puts in a dive but the ball goes through and ends up into the fence. If the communication would've been clearer between the two, this could've been stopped. Kolkata end their innings at 171/6.