CSK vs KKR Highlights, IPL 2023: KKR beat CSK by 6 wickets to remain alive in play-offs race

Nitish Rana finishes the contest with a boundary as KKR complete the 145-run chase in 18.3 overs and win the contest by six wickets. Rana returns unbeaten on 57(44) and the outcome also keep them mathematically alive in the play-offs race.

A direct-hit by Moeen Ali brings an end to Rinku Singh's stay in the middle. He falls for 54(43). 

Pathirana then deviates from his line and bowls a wide, which ends up at the boundary ropes. Five runs added in the scoreboard as the required runs drop to 8. 

Nine runs come off the over as KKR reach 141/4 in 18 overs.

Nitish Rana scores fifty in 38 balls. Kolkata Knight Riders 132/3 in 17 overs. They need 13 runs in 18 balls.

Matheesha Pathirana is back into the attack and he does a decent job but oversteps in the final ball of the over. The freehit is hit for a boundary by Rinku Singh as KKR reach 126/3 in 16 overs. KKR now require 19 runs in 24 balls 

Meanwhile, Rinku Singh scores fifty in 39 balls.

Maheesh Theekshana is back into the attack and he is welcomed with consecutive boundaries by Nitish Rana. The KKR skipper then completes a double and then passes the strike to Rinku Singh in the fourth ball. 

12 runs come off the over as KKR reach 117/3 in 15 overs. They now need 28 runs in 30 balls.

Rinku Singh hits Jadeja for another maximum as KKR breach the 100-run mark. KKR: 105/3 (14 overs)

Moeen Ali comes to bowl his final over and he is hit for consecutive fours by KKR skipper Nitish Rana. 

12 runs come off the over as KKR reach 96/3 in 13 overs. They need 49 runs in 42 balls.

Ravindra Jadeja comes into the attack and he is hit for a flat six by Rinku Singh as he pitches it full and straight. Nine runs come off the over as KKR reach 84/3 in 12 overs. The pair of Rinku Singh and Nitish Rana also bring up the 50-run stand.

Moeen Ali comes to bowl his third over and he is welcomed with a reverse sweep by Nitish Rana, which results in a four. 

Rana is then dropped by Pathirana in the next ball, who covers a lot of ground and gets his hands on the ball but fails to hold on to it. 

Eight runs come off the over as KKR reach 75/3 in 11 overs.

Matheesha Pathirana is introduced in the attack and he starts with a five-run over. KKR reach 67/3 at the halfway stage and they now require 78 runs in 60 balls. 

Rinku Singh gets two boundaries against Moeen Ali as nine runs come in the ninth over. The first boundary is driven through extra cover, while the second comes behind the stumps as Rinku tries to cut a short delivery by Moeen. KKR: 62/3 (9 overs)

Maheesh Theekshana is introduced in the attack and he concedes four singles in his first over. KKR: 53/3 (8 overs)

Moeen Ali is introduced in the attack and he starts with a three-run over. KKR: 49/3 (7 overs) 

Tushar Deshpande continues from his end and he is hit for a maximum by Rinku Singh in the final ball of the powerplay. Eight runs come in the over as KKR reach 46/3 in 6 overs. 

Deepak Chahar continues from his end and he gets rid of Jason Roy in his third over. Bowls a slower delivery, yorker length pitched far from the offstump and he gets an edge, which is caught by Pathirana at short third. He falls for 12(15). 

Rinku Singh joins his skipper in the middle and he opens his account with a boundary. Meanwhile, Chahar had started the over with a six against Nitish Rana. KKR: 38/3 (5 overs)

Another tidy over by Tushar Deshpande as four runs come in his second over. KKR: 26/2 (4 overs)

Venkatesh Iyer hits Deepak Chahar for a couple of boundaries before he is caught at short third by Ravindra Jadeja for 9(4). 

Nitish Rana joins the chase. KKR: 22/2 (3 overs)

Jason Roy hits Tushar Deshpande for a boundary. Seven runs come off his over as KKR reach 11/1 in 2 overs.

A perfect start for CSK as Rahmanullah Gurbaz falls for 1(4). He plays an upper cut against Chahar but is caught brilliantly by Tushar Deshpande at the third man region. KKR: 4/1 (1 overs)

Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Jason Roy walk out in the middle to start the 145 chase. Deepak Chahar leads the attack for CSK. 

Vaibhav Arora bowls a brilliant final over, which results in five runs in the first three balls before Jadeja is caught by Varun Chakravarthy. He falls for 20(24). 

Dhoni walks in to play the remaining two balls. The pressure is on the bowler as he bowls a wide and then bowls a no-ball. The pacer then cleans up Dhoni in the freehit ball and he then wraps the over with a double. 

9 runs come in the final over as CSK post 144/6 in 20 overs.

Shardul Thakur comes to the penultimate over and he does a decent job. He starts with a dot, following which Jadeja and Dube combine to get three singles. 

Thakur then bowls a slower bouncer, which is ruled wide by the umpire. 

The fifth ball is a dot and Dube finishes the over with a single. CSK: 135/5 (19 overs) 

Shivam Dube hits Varun Chakaravarthy for a SIX. He along with Jadeja also stitch the 50-run stand for the sixth wicket. CSK: 130/5 (18 overs)

Expensive over by Suyash Sharma as Ravindra Jadeja and Shivam Dube combine to hit the spinner for a SIX each. 

There was also a caught-behind appeal against Jadeja, following which KKR opted for DRS. UltraEdge confirms there was no edge there. CSK: 115/5 (17 overs) 

Shardul Thakur bowls a back of a length delivery and Dube guides it past the short fine-leg fielder for a boundary. Good start to the over but Thakur makes a good comeback and gives three singles in the remaining five balls. CSK: 99/5 (16 overs)