Chennai scored the highest run of the season against KKR

Ajinkya Rahane's devastating innings made Chennai Super Kings a runaway winner against Kolkata Knight Riders. Which is the highest run innings in the ongoing season of IPL. Rahane played a tornado innings of 71 runs off just 29 balls with 244 strikes. Apart from this, KKR's bowlers have struggled against the half-centuries of David Conway and Shivam Dube. Chennai scored 235 for 4 against Liton Das after the allotted overs.

Today (April 23), Nitish Rana's team fielded with an XI without Litton at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. From the start of the match, the Chennai batters attacked the KKR bowlers. Not only on the field, but also in the gallery, the supporters in yellow jerseys are showing dominance. As a result, KKR is under pressure even at home.

From the beginning of the innings, the two openers Ruturaj Gaikwad and Devon Conway started batting at a brisk pace. The two scored 59 runs in the power play. Later the team broke their opening pair by 73 runs. Ruturaj was bowled directly by Suyash Sharma's spin. This Chennai opener scored 35 runs off 20 balls with 2 fours and 3 sixes.

Despite the fall of wickets, the pace of the match did not slow down for Chennai. Because Conway was still on the rampage. Later it gradually slows down. Conway was caught out by Varun Chakraborty and left the field after scoring 56 runs off 40 balls. After that, Chennai started flying with the bat of Rahane and Duber. Rahane completed his half-century in 24 balls and Dube in just 20 balls.

After completing his half-century, Dube caught Jason Roy near the boundary on the very next ball. Ravindra Jadeja came to the crease when Dube left the field. He departed after playing an important innings of 18 runs off 8 balls. By that time Rahane became more furious. He beat the Kolkata bowlers and cornered them.

For Kolkata, except Suyash Sharma, all other bowlers have averaged more than 10 runs. Khejarlia took two wickets and Varun and Suyyash took one wicket each.

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