Hat-Trick Win For Super Kings In Nail-Biting Thriller Against Knight Riders

The Chennai Super Kings have registered their third consecutive victory after winning a seat-edge thriller against the Kolkata Knight Riders. Asked to bat first after losing toss, Super Kings posted a mammoth total of 220 runs in 20 overs, losing just 3 wickets. For CSK openers gave a splendid start and late-inning cameos done the rest. Faf du Plessis anchored the scoreboard with a magnificent 95-run knock. Although, when all thought that the game became one-sided, after KKR lost 5 wickets at just 31 runs, the "Big Man" Andre Russell pulled off a scintillating fightback. Russell's quickfire 22-ball 54-run, well-supplemented by Pat Cummins' 66 runs of 34 deliveries, took the game to the last over where KKR required 20 runs with one wicket in hand. However, CSK sealed the game after KKR's last man Prasidh Krishna got run out. The thriller also saw some unique records. MS Dhoni's longtime unwanted record of not scoring a boundary against Sunil Narine ended. Besides, Dhoni became the first wicket-keeper to assist in 150 dismissals in IPL.