Pat Cummins brings up his 2nd IPL fifty, in just 23 deliveries, to keep KKR alive in the chase. This comes after Lungi Ngidi dismissed Dinesh Karthik and Kamlesh Nagarkoti to land a huge blow to KKR’s hopes of chasing down a mammoth 221-run target. Earlier, Faf du Plessis and Ruturaj Gaikwad scored fifties and stitched a century stand for the first wicket as CSK put up an imposing total of 220/2 against KKR.

The Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) are taking on the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in match 15 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium on Wednesday. 

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Here are the highlights of the match:

. Varun Chakarvarthy is run out as Cummins has to take the second and get back on strike. 200 comes up for KKR, who need 21 from 9 deliveries. (KKR score: 200/9 from 18.3 overs) 

. Cummins brings up his 2nd IPL fifty. Gets to the landmark with a well-taken double. Single-handedly is keeping KKR alive in this chase. (KKR score: 183/8 from 17.1 overs)  

. Ngidi dismisses Nagarkoti. (KKR score: 176/8 from 16.2 overs)

. Cummins smokes 4 sixes and a boundary off the 15th over to keep KKR in the chase. 30 runs off the over, which is Sam Curran’s 3rd! (KKR score: 176/7 from 16 overs)

. Is that the game? Ngidi traps Karthik plumb on the pads for an easy LBW decision. (KKR score: 146/7 from 15 overs) 

. Big wicket for CSK, as Sam Curran dismisses Russel. On the leg side, Russel thinks its a wide and leaves it, but it clips the leg stump to bring an end to an incredibel innings. (KKR score: 112/6 from 11.2 overs) 

. Russel and Karthik are leading a counter-attack. Russel smokes the 10 over – Shardul Thakur’s 1st – scoring 24 runs to bring up the 50-partnership for the pair with KKR closing in on 100 run-run mark. (KKR score: 97/5 from 10 overs)  

. The wheels are coming off the KKR chase, with Ngidi removing Tripathi, who looks to cut a length delivery but only manages to get a glove on it to be caught by Dhoni. (KKR score: 31/5 from 5.2 overs) 

. Two more scalps for Chahar. Gets captain Morgan and Narine in one over. (KKR score: 31/4 from 5 overs) 

. Chahar strikes again, dismissing Nitish Rana. Bowls a length delivery on the pads, which ballons up in the air after taking Rana’s edge and is caught by Dhoni. (KKR score: 17/2 from 2.5 overs) 

. Chahar strikes early to dismiss Gill. Gets his man with a wide, length delivery, which Gill throws his arms at for a cut shot, but only gets a thick edge for Ngidi to take a sharp catch at third man. (KKR score: 1/1 from 0.4 overs)

. Jadeja goes big on the final delivery of the innings, which goes high up in the air and stright to Nitish Rana at long on, with the ball bouncing off his hands for six runs. Great way to finish the innings for CSK, and KKR have a mammoth task ahead. (CSK score: 220/3 from 20 overs) 

. Dhoni falls to Russel. Gets him with a wide, full delivery, which Dhoni drives straight for Morgan to take a stunning catch at extra-cover. (CSK score: 201/3 from 18.6 overs)   

. Narine strikes to dismiss Moeen, who goes down the track in search of another big hit, but completely misses the ball, leaving Dinesh Karthik behind the stumps with an easy stumping. (CSK score: 165/2 from 16.3 overs)

. 50-partnership between Moeen Ali and Faf du Plessis comes in just 26 deliveries. Ali has scored 25 runs in just 11 deliveries. (CSK score: 165/1 from 16.3 overs)

. du Plessis brings up his 17th IPL fifty. Gets to the landmark with a cut shot on a wide delivery from Chakravarty to find the fence at backward point. (CSK score: 120/1 from 12.4 overs)

. Varun Chakravarty strikes to dismiss Gaikwad and KKR finally have broken the opening stand. Gaikwad looks for another big hit, but only manages to find Cummins at deep mid-wicket. (CSK score: 115/1 from 12.2 overs) 

. The century stand is up, with both du Plessis and Gaikwad flying. The landmark comes up with Gaikwad sending the ball straight over Krishna’s head for a boundary. (CSK score: 102/0 from 11.2 overs)

. Ruturaj Gaikwad brings up his 4th IPL fifty. Great innings from the youngster, striking at over 150. He has hit six fours and three sixes in his innings. (CSK score: 90/0 from 10.3 overs)

. The first strategic timeout has been called. Chennai will be happy with the powerplay, scoring 54 runs without loss from six overs. Both Gaikwad and du Plessis have faced 18 balls each, scoring 23 and 30 runs respectively. 

. CSK openers Ruturaj Gaikwad and Faf du Plessis have settled quickly in the middle, bringing up 37 runs in four overs to give CSK the ideal start. 

KKR skipper Morgan won the toss and chose to bowl first, saying that chasing at Wankhede is a much better prospect than doing so at Chennai’s Chepauk – where they failed to chase down a 205-run target set by the Royal Challengers Bangalore in their last encounter.

The Englishman confirmed a single change to the side that lost to Virat Kohli’s men on Sunday, with veteran spinner Harbhajan Singh being replaced with paceman Kamlesh Nagarkoti. 

Meanwhile, MS Dhoni said the dew factor might be a concern later in the evening, adding that they have to be watchful in the first few overs of their innings. He also named a single change to his side, replaing Dwayne Bravo with Lungi Ngidi. 

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Playing XIs:

KKR: Nitish Rana, Shubman Gill, Rahul Tripathi, Eoin Morgan (C), Dinesh Karthik (WK), Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Pat Cummins, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Varun Chakravarthy, Prasidh Krishna

CSK: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Faf du Plessis, Moeen Ali, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (WK/C), Sam Curran, Shardul Thakur, Lungi Ngidi, Deepak Chahar

The MS Dhoni-led side have started well this season, recording consecutive victories after their opening-day loss to Delhi Capitals to sit third in the points table with four points.

Meanwhile, Kolkata have lost two on the trot since their opening-day victory against the Sunrisers Hyderabad and currently occupy the fifth spot with two points. 

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The Super Kings have a 14-8 advantage in their head-to-head record with the Knight Riders. In their last encounter on October 29 in Dubai, CSK chased down KKR’s 173-run target with 6 wickets to spare.