IPL 2018: Sam Billings' 50, Jadeja's nerve help CSK beat KKR by 5 wickets

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Sam Billings played a little gem as Chennai Super Kings once again pulled off a thrilling chase beating Kolkata Knight Riders by five wickets in an IPL encounter at Chepauk Stadium in Chennai. Chasing a stiff target of 203, CSK won the match with a ball to spare as Ravindra Jadeja deposited military medium stuff from R Vinay Kumar into stands.

End of innings for Chennai Super Kings

Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni disappointed big time as he could not score much and consumed too many deliveries. He made 25 from 28 balls. Sam Billing played out of his skin and scored a quick fifty before falling for 56 off 23 balls. Dwayne Bravo joined Ravindra Jadeja in the 19th over. CSK needed 17 runs off last 6 balls. Bravo hit Vinay Kumar for a huge six over fine leg off the first ball of last over. Vinay bowled a wide ball, reducing it to 6 from 4. Couple of singles and the equation was 4 from 2. Jadeja wacked Vinjay Kumar's penultimate ball for a huge six sealing the match for CSK. CSk win by 5 wickets.

Chennai Super Kings from 10-15 overs

Raina got injured and soon after got dismissed for 14. Sam Billings joined Dhoni. The asking rate kept going up as Dhoni struggled. A few boundaries here and there just didn't seem to be enough. Dhoni did hit a huge six but the required run rate was above 12.5 per over. Sam Billings freed his arms in the 15th over to hit two clean sixes. After 15 overs, CSK was at 145-3.

Chennai Super Kings from 7-10 overs

After Shane Watson was dismissed, Suresh Raina joined Anbati Raydu. However, the run rate fell, as a set batsman was dismissed and powerplay too was over. Andre Russell did not leak runs and CSK scored only eight runs in 7th and 8th over. Raydu rotated the strike but succumbed to the pressure of falling run rate and was dismissed by Kuldeep Yadav. Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni came to the crease. However, both Dhoni and Raina seemed to struggle to score quickly as the required run rate jumped to 11 per over. CSK was at 91-2 after 10 overs.

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