IPL 2022 kickstarted in style taking off exactly from where it terminated with the same two teams which competed in the finale night. Wearing the purple and gold armour, with their new commander Shreyas Iyer leading from the front, Kolkata’s Knight looked all charged up. On the other hand, the Superkings hoping to repeat their last clash’s outcome under their new Skipper Ravindra Jadeja entered the stadium with their swords out. IPL 2022: Who won CSK vs KKR Match today? Let’s check out
IPL 2022: Who won CSK vs KKR Match today?
Match Overview
Ist Inning
The new captains shook their hands as the toss was won by KKR. Opting to bowl first, the Knights hoped for a successful run chase with the due kicking in the night. The Superkings quickly lost its opening pair with Umesh Yadav’s deathly bowling. Robin Uthappa then came to the rescue, hitting a pair of sixes and fours, finally departing for 28. Ambati Rayadu and Ravindra Jadeja kept the scoreboard ticking as the spinning duo of Varun Chakravarty and Sunil Narine trapped the batters giving them not much room. But soon a miscommunication happened and Rayadu got run out. Then arrived CSK’s Thala MS Dhoni, with 75/5 on the scoreboard, Dhoni took charge. Fans were elated to see the vintage Dhoni as he hit a much-needed half-century. Dhoni’s blows in the slog overs dragged CSK to 131 for 5.
IInd inning
The Target for KKR was 132. Having successfully restricted CSK, Kolkata’s new opening pair Venkatesh Iyer and Ajinkya Rahane made their way to the crease. Rahane came off as an absolute delight to the eyes as he perfectly timed the ball to the boundaries. He missed a well-deserved half-century as he departed for 44. Then came Bravo to Chennai’s rescue as he clinched 3 important wickets. With Nitish Rana and Sam Billing’s minimal hittings, the match came very close. But the damage was already done. The last nail in the coffin was hit by Shreyas Iyer as KKR managed to get past the finish line with a boundary. KKR won the match by six wickets with 9 balls remaining.
Who won CSK vs KKR Match today?
KKR won the match by six wickets with 9 balls remaining.
Who won the Player(Man) of the Match today?
The Season opener of IPL 2022, CSK vs KKR was won by KKR. The player of the match was Umesh Yadav for his economy bowling of 2/20. Clinching the opening wickets of Chennai in the powerplay. He also won the Cricinfo’s Most Valuable Asset of the match and Power Player of the match titles too.
Records Broken
CSK’s Dwayne Bravo jointly became the highest wicket-taker in IPL history. With Rahane’s wicket, his wicket tally reached 170 wickets equalling Lasith Malinga’s record. Bravo already holds the record for the leading wicket-taker in all T20 cricket with 571 in 522 matches. Mahendra Singh Dhoni became the oldest Indian cricketer to hit a half-century in IPL. He also became the first orange cap holder of the tournament
