WATCH: Ajinkya Rahane surprises Andre Russell together with his good pull shot right through KKR vs CSK conflict

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) took on Chennai Tremendous Kings (CSK) within the thirty third fit of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 on the iconic Eden Gardens stadium on Sunday (April 23). CSK registered a complete 49-run victory over KKR within the contest.

Requested to bat first, CSK began their innings in a blistering model, with openers Ruturaj Gaikwad and Devon Conway sewing 73 runs opening partnership. Later, Ajinkya Rahane displayed good strokeplay and scored a quickfire 71 off 29 deliveries for his crew. Shivam Dube additionally contributed with 50 off 21 balls and powered CSK to a mammoth general of 235/4 of their allocated 20 overs. Alternatively, Kulwant Khejroliya picked two wickets for KKR.

Rahane smashed KKR bowlers all over the place the park right through his innings and hammered six fours and 5 maximums in his 71-run knock. Amongst the ones 5 sixes by means of the right-handed batter, one got here towards Andre Russell.

On the second one ball of the seventeenth over, Russell delivered a short-of-length ball to Rahane, which the latter pulled for a super six over deep mid-wicked. Whilst the 34-year-old CSK batter gave no response after the hit, the KKR all-rounder was once observed slightly shocked as he watched the ball sail into the stands.

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Coming again to the fit, KKR were given off to a deficient get started and misplaced their best two batters with simply two runs at the board. Despite the fact that Jason Roy performed an explosive inning of 61 off 26 balls and Rinku Singh scored a super fifty, Kolkata fell in need of the objective by means of 49 runs and completed their innings on 186/8 in 20 overs. In the meantime, Tushar Deshpande and Maheesh Theekshana picked up two wickets each and every for Chennai. Rahane was once named the ‘Participant of the Fit’ for his sensational knock within the conflict.

Significantly, after defeating Kolkata, CSK have now occupied the highest spot of the IPL 2023 issues tally.