IPL 2021 Highlights, KKR vs CSK: Chennai Super Kings survive Pat Cummins scare to beat Kolkata Knight Riders

"I don't know (what I am doing right). I am just trying to bowl straight balls and it is swinging. It was a good wicket to bowl on, the ball was swinging and seaming. I didn't pick a lot of wickets last year and I realised later that when I'm bowling the first over I have the responsibility and if I get 1-2 wickets in the powerplay, the tone is set. The dew came in, the ball was coming on nicely, some good batting by Russell and we also bowled some bad balls, so it was a combination of everything. Even the cutters Sam was bowling were coming onto the bat. I was thinking we should not lose this match, they were batting really well and at one point needed 40 off 20 balls which is very gettable on this ground. It is always good to win matches like this in the group stage as you learn a lot of things."

Cummins came back for the second run but Prasidh Krishna did not have the strength in his legs. Falls short and Shardul Thakur takes off the stumps and the last KKR wicket goes down. CSK have beaten KKR by 18 runs to register a hat-trick of wins in IPL 2021.

It's simple. KKR need 20 to win. Last wicket remains. Oh how much would KKR rue that last drop catch off the last ball that went for six.

OUT! Varun Chakravarthy run out as he sacrifices his wicket to ensure Cummins retains strike. The right thing to do. KKR 200/9, need 21 off 9. Last man in. Meanwhile, the 200 comes up for Kolkata. Who'd have thought of that five overs ago?

Another six, this time a nonchalant flick from the Australian batsman. He's keeping KKR in the hint. KKR were 31/5. Can you imagine? And here we are 13 overs later with a match on our hands.

KKR needed 36 off 14 balls, but now it's come down to 33 off the same number of balls as Shardul Thakur bowls three wides outside off. Next ball, Cummins slices a boundary between gully and third slip. Takes 2 to finish the over. KKR 193/8, need 28 off 12 balls to pull this one off.

Tremendous innings. Fifty for Patty Cummins off just 23 balls. It's been an incredible knock from the Aussie all-rounder.

Varun Chakravarthy connects the final ball of the over well but Cummins refuses to take the single. 40 needed off three overs, meaning 18 balls and Cummins has backed himself to get all of them on his own. Remember, Cummins has had a bad evening with the ball, going for 58 off his four overs.

OUT! Nagarkoti finds the fielder in the deep. KKR lose 8th wicket for 176. Just two more wickets left as Cummins is left to get KKR 45 off 21. Is there a twist in the tale here? KKR were 31/5. From there, they have gone to 176/8. A remarkable recovery but will that be enough?

It's not over yet guys. Do not think for a second that this match is over. Pat Cummins is still out there and as long as he is batting, KKR have a chance. He has hit Sam Curran for three sixes in a row. Sam Curran, spare a thought for him. It wasn't too long ago that he was doing the same to India in an ODI. Unbelievable scenes at the Wankhede. 30 runs off that over. KKR 176/7, need 45 off 24 balls.

There's the wicket CSK wanted. A slower full toss from Lungi Ngidi gets Dinesh Karthik out leg before. He came down the pitch but couldn't get bat to ball and was hit on the pads. The fingers went up immediately but DK took the review to no avail. Is that the final nail in the coffin for KKR as they slip to 146/7.

What an unfortunate dismissal!

We were so consumed by the Andre Russell show that we almost forgot that Dinesh Karthik is playing a fine knock. He takes Ravindra Jadeja on, cracking a six and a four off him to move to 34 off 18. KKR 127/6, need 94 off 42. Not impossible

OUT! The Andre Russell show is over as Sam Curran cleans him up. Weird shot selection there from the big hitting West Indian. Tried to line him up for a biggie but at the last moment did not offer a shot, perhaps thinking the ball was going wide down leg stump. Unfortunately, it wasn't and crashed into the leg stump.

FIFTY! Andre Russell smashes 21-ball fifty. So as it turns out, the last ball of Ravindra Jadeja's last over was a no-ball so he had to re-bowl it. A free hit and Russell dispatched it into the stands. It went a long way and with that, Dre Russ has his maiden half-century of the season. KKR reach 111/5 after 11 overs.

Dinesh Karthik crashed a boundary to start the over but Jadeja has pulled things back with just three more singles. Seven off the over and although KKR have brought up the 100 and moved to 104/5, the asking rate is 13 runs an over. They still need 117 off 54 balls. Russell and Karthik keeping KKR in the hunt.

Hang on! Is Russell working a miracle here? He has taken Shardul Thakur for a SIX, FOUR, SIX and SIX in this over. Russell is 47 off 17 balls. 24 runs have come off the over. What's happening in Wankhede?

The last recognised batting pair for KKR won't got down without a fight. Short ball from Jadeja and Karthik plays a powerful pull shot for four. They're not hanging back and rightly so. No point waiting as the asking rate continues to climb. KKR 73/5 after 9 overs.

Chahar tries the short ball but Karthik is quick to rock back onto the backfoot and latches onto it. Pick up shot and the ball lands in the empty stands. Chahar finishes his four overs. There won't be a five-for but he's done the damage. KKR 66/5 in 8 overs.

Russell muscle! Length ball and although the ball wasn't middled as well as he'd have liked to, gets enough for the ball to carry over the ropes easily. Bang Gang! The big shots are out already. Deepak Chahar searching for his fifth wicket in his last over.

Won't be a fourth over in a row for Deepak Chahar as Ravindra Jadeja is introduced in the attack. An away turned and Karthik edges the ball between the keeper and the first slip. KKR 53/5 in 7 overs.

With five down, Andre Russell apparently sees no reason to hang back. He's spanked two fours and a six in four balls to move to 14 off 4 and giving him company is Dinesh Karthik.

Lungi Ngidi joins the party! He manages to get an edge off Rahul Tripathi and KKR are now five down for 31.

GONE! Sir Jadeja takes an astounding catch and Sunil Narine has been dismissed for four. KKR 31/4

GONE! Chahar manages to get an edge off Eoin Morgan, and that is third wicket down for KKR. KKR 27/3