After losing the last two consecutive matches, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) is back on the winning track in IPL 2024. After losing two consecutive matches, Chennai registered a resounding win by 7 wickets against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on Monday. Batting first, Kolkata had set a target of 138 runs for CSK at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, which their team achieved with 14 balls remaining.
Rituraj Gaikwad played the captaincy innings in this match. He scored unbeaten 67 runs in 58 balls with the help of 9 fours. In this match, Gaikwad hit the winning four for CSK. This is the first defeat this season for Shreyas Iyer-led KKR. Earlier, Kolkata had won three consecutive matches. Apart from Chennai's victory, many other big records were made in this match. So let's know about the 3 big records made during the CSK vs KKR match.
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Chennai Super Kings star all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja made a brilliant record by taking two catches against KKR on Monday. Before the match, he had 98 IPL catches to his name. However, Jadeja became the fifth outfield player to complete 100 catches by taking two catches during the match. With this, he became the first player to take 1000+ runs, 100+ wickets and 100 catches. In 231 matches so far in the IPL, Jadeja has scored 2,776 runs and taken 156 wickets.
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After batting at number eight in the last few matches, MS Dhoni came to bat at number 5 on Monday against KKR and everyone was surprised by his decision. Although CSK needed only three runs in the last three overs, the fans went crazy with joy after seeing Dhoni come out to bat.
Dhoni and Gaikwad easily took Chennai Super Kings to the threshold of victory. With this, the former Chennai captain remained unbeaten for the 28th time in a successful run-chase in the IPL. This is the most by any player, leaving behind his teammate Ravindra Jadeja in this list, who has so far remained not out 27 times in successful run chases.
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Ravindra Jadeja bowled brilliantly in this match and he showed the way to the pavilion to both Sunil Narine and Angkrish Raghuvanshi in a span of four balls. After this, in his very next over, the left-arm spinner dismissed Venkatesh Iyer. Due to his brilliant bowling, Jadeja received the Player of the Match award. This was his 15th POTM award for CSK in IPL. The star all-rounder has now joined MS Dhoni in the list of players to have won the most POTM awards for a CSK in the IPL.
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