KKR 180-4 (17.4 ovs) vs CSK 178-5 | Scorecard

Shubman Gill's unbeaten half-century and Dinesh Karthik's quickfire knock helped Kolkata Knight Rider crush Chennai Super Kings by six wickets, in Kolkata, on Thursday.

The young Gill hit an unbeaten 57 from 36 balls, laced with six fours and two sixes, as KKR easily chased down 180 for four in 17.4 overs, to win with 14 balls to spare.

Captain Karthik provided the flourish at the end, with his quickfire 45 not out from 18 balls, having hit seven fours and a six.

Sunil Narine once again provided KKR with a flying start, as he stroked 32 from 20 balls.

Earlier, Mahendra Singh Dhoni's late attack lifted CSK to 177 for five after they struggled in the middle overs.

Dhoni stroked an unbeaten 43 from 25 balls to score some quick runs at the end.

Narine starred with the ball, claiming two for 20 in his four overs, while Piyush Chawla claimed two for 35.

KKR 180-4 (17.4 ovs) vs CSK 178-5 | Scorecard

Ngidi starts his new spell with a poor delivery, short and down the leg side as Karthik comfortably pulls it over short fine leg for a four.

Five more singles plus a wide as KKR easily collect 10 from the over, to bring the target down to 13 needed from three overs for victory.

Bravo bowls a freebie to Karthik, a full toss on the pads which the KKR captain flicks through fine leg for a four before taking two runs on the off-side.

A wide down the leg side before Karthik clips another full toss over midwicket for another four.

A slower ball which Karthik mistimes but manages to beat the fielder at point for another to take KKR to victory.

KKR 155-4 (16 ovs) vs CSK 178-5 | Scorecard

Fast bowler Asif comes back. He starts with a short ball as Shubman pulls it high over midwicket for a six. Three balls later, he cuts a short ball over thirdman as Rayudu leaps high but can't hold on as he ends up tipping it over the ropes for another maximum.

Asif fails to learn from his mistakes. He keeps dropping short and Karthik this time pulls it comfortably over the fine leg fence for the third six of the over, which goes for 21 runs.

KKR are comfortably placed on 141 for four in 15 overs, needing 37 runs from five overs for victory.

Gill drives Jadeja wide of mid-off for two runs to race to his maiden half-century in IPL from just 32 balls. The next ball is pitched as Gill slaps it through the covers for a four before taking one on the off-side.

Karthik makes room initially before he shuffles across and sweeps Jadeja fine for two runs. He reverse sweeps the last ball fine for a boundary as Karthik races to 23 from nine balls.

Karthik clips the last ball to deep midwicket for one as Jadeja goes for 14 in his final over.

KKR have changed gears quite efficiently, hitting 46 runs from the last three overs, to take the total to 155 for four in 16 overs, needing 23 from the last four overs for victory.

KKR 120-4 (14 ovs) vs CSK 178-5 | Scorecard

Harbhajan keeping things tight as he bowls two dot balls to Gill, who then takes a single to sweeper cover.

Rinku looks to release the pressure as he looks for a big hit on the leg side but misses it completely and is bowled for 16.

Captain Dinesh Karthik makes most of some width, cutting Harbhajan behind point for a four to get off the mark.

Medium pacer Dwayne Bravo comes into the attack. Two dot balls in a row before Gill lofts the third ball over mid-off for a four and then drives the next ball to long-off for one as the fielder is pushed back.

A wide followed by two singles as Bravo goes for eight in his first over.

Leg-spinnner Karn Sharma comes into the attack. Gill flicks the first ball through midwicket for two runs followed by one before Karthik also taps the third ball on the leg side for two.

Karn then drifts too far down the leg side as Karthik sweeps it past short fine leg for a four.

He repeats the shot but this time a bit square for a single and Gill swipes it to deep square for one, to get 11 from the over.

KKR 90-3 (10 ovs) vs CSK 178-5 | Scorecard

Harbhajan Singh comes into the attack but KKR's new batsman shows scant respect for the veteran spinner as he lofts the first ball with the spin over extra cover for a four.

Harbhajan gets Rinku to edge one as he tries to play the cut shot but the Dhoni is unable to take the bottom edge.

A tidy start from Harbhajan as he makes a good comeback after that four to give away just five runs in his opening over.

Rinku looking to cut Jadeja but is beaten as the ball comes off Dhoni's pads and hits the stumps but the left-hander survives the stumping appeal.

Jadeja then looks to fire one full but it goes way down the leg side to gift KKR five wides as the spinner concedes eight in his second over.

Rinku makes room and at the last minute steers it fine past wicketkeeper Dhoni and Watson at slips to get a boundary.

Harbhajan hits his Punjab team mate Gill on the pads but the LBW appeal is turned down.

Another dot ball before Gill swipes Harbhajan through square leg for a four and picks a single off the last ball.

At the halfway stage, KKR reach 90 for three in 10 overs, needing another 88 runs from 60 balls for victory.

Gill has stroked his way to 18 from 12 balls, while Rinku has made 15 from 14 balls.

KKR 67-3 (7 ovs) vs CSK 178-5 | Scorecard

Change of ends for Asif as he takes over from Ngidi. After two dropped catches in his previous over, Asif finally sees a catch being taken.

Uthappa top edges the pull shot as Bravo takes the easy catch on the leg side before breaking into a jig.

Narine continues to find the edges as he goes after a wide full delivery from Asif but Harbhajan Singh at thirdman messes up near the ropes to ive away a four.

Asif bowls a superb slower ball as Narine is beaten all ends up before a quick short ball that slants across him beats him again.

The young Shubman Gill gets off the mark in confident fashion, pulling a short ball from Watson through square leg for a four.

Two balls later, he guides it through the thirdman region for another boundary before he lashes the last ball uppishly but in the gap through the covers for the third four of the over.

Ravindra Jadeja comes into the attack. Narine immediately targets the spinner, lofting the second ball over the long-on region for a six.

But Jadeja gets revenge as Narine looks to repeat the shot but this time he fails to time it well and is caught by Bravo at long-on.

Another good innings from Narine, as he walks back after a quickfire 32 from 20 balls.

KKR 39-1 (4 ovs) vs CSK 178-5 | Scorecard

Fast bowler KM Asif starts off with a quick bouncer to Sunil Narine, who ducks under it.

Another short ball as Narine chances his arm time but mishits it towards mid-off before he has another swing and misses.

Narine finally gets hold of another short ball, pulling it over long-on for a six.

Narine goes hard again but this time he chips it to Jadeja at mid-off who puts down the simplest of catches.

But there is more shock in store for CSK. Narine looks to loft the last ball over the same fielder and fails to get the desired elevation but Jadeja puts down another chance.

Two dropped catches off consecutive deliveries, that too by one of the best fielders in the CSK team.

No stopping Narine as he continues to swing, but this time he edges Ngidi over the slips for a four.

The next ball goes off the middle as Narine pulls it over midwicket for another boundary.

A single to Narine before Uthappa clips the last ball through square leg for the third four of the over as KKR recover to 32 for one in three overs.

Watson comes into the attack in place of Asif, who bowled a good first over, in which Narine was dropped twice by Jadeja.

Watson starts with a wide before Narine drives the next ball to mid-off for one.

A single to Uthappa off the fifth ball before Narine gets another thick edge over the thirdman region for a four.

KKR 12-1 (1 ov) vs CSK 178-5 | Scorecard

Pacer Lungi Ngidi to open the bowling for CSK as he bowls a bouncer first up. Chris Lynn goes for the pull but fails to make connection before he has another swing and is beaten.

Lynn then swings the third ball over square leg for a six to get off the mark in thumping fashion and lofts the next back over the bowler's head for the same result.

Lynn is beaten by the last ball as it goes off the pads and is caught by Watson at first slip but the umpire turns down the appeal.

CSK take the review and rightly so as Lynn had got the inside edge before it hit the pads as Lynn walks back for 12.

CSK 178-5 (20 ovs) vs KKR | Scorecard

Narine ends his spell with a brilliant over, giving away just five runs in the 19th over despite bowling to Dhoni, who is going great guns.

A good outing with the ball for Narine, who finishes with two for 21 in four overs.

Dhoni has boosted CSK with his flurry of sixes in the last few sixes, hitting his way to 38 from 23 balls.

KKR to finish off with spinners as Chawla will bowl the final over of the innings, after Kuldeep and Narine bowled the last two overs.

Chawla looks to pull the first ball but gets one before Jadeja takes two to sweeper cover.

Jadeja then chips down the track and hammers Chawla back over his head for a boundary, forcing the umpire to take evasive action, to raise the 50-run stand for the fifth wicket from 29 balls.

Jadeja then looks to heave the fourth ball over the leg side but is beaten and wicketkepeer Karthik also fails to collect it and ends up giving away four byes.

Jadeja tries to swing the next ball over the leg side but gets a top edge and is caught by wicketkeeper Karthik, who does well to judge a high catch.

Dhoni pulls the next ball for a four over the leg side to end the innings in some style.

CSK 158-4 (18 ovs) vs KKR | Scorecard

Mavi looking to keep up the pressure with some tight bowling before Dhoni gets on top of a bouncer, pulling it over midwicket for a six to get 10 from the over.

Dhoni has cut loose here. Another short ball from Johnson is pulled over square leg for a six before he slams the fifth ball down the ground over long-on for the same result to get 15 from the over.

Kuldeep is unlucky as Dhoni is dropped off his bowling. The young spinner bowls a tight over before Dhoni looks to break the shackles pulling it over the leg side where Shubman Gill lets one go through his hands to give away the CSK captain a lifeline and also a six.

CSK 121-4 (15 ovs) vs KKR | Scorecard

Johnson is back as Rayudu defends the first ball before he opens the face of the bat and steers the next past a diving wicketkeeper for a four.

Three more singles as Johnson gives away seven from his third over, for a total of 36 runs in three overs.

Chawla comes back into the attack. Rayudu clips the first ball to deep square leg for two runs before he sweeps the next fine for a four but Chawla does well to concede just one run from the remaining four deliveries.

Rayudu looks to loft Narine over the leg side but mistimes it on the leg side as it falls safely, for just a single and Dhoni also picks one.

Narine then produces a beauty to dismiss the in-form Rayudu, who tries to run the ball to thirdman but is beaten by one which comes in and is bowled for 21.

CSK 103-3 (12 ovs) vs KKR | Scorecard

Narine comes back, and makes the breakthrough with the wicket of Watson. The Australian pulls a short ball but fails to get the distance as Mavi takes a good catch on the edge of the boundary at midwicket.

Watson walks back after a good innings of 36 from 25 balls.

New batsman Ambati Rayudu gets off the mark with a single before Raina pulls a short ball behind fine for one.

The in-form Rayudu then sweeps Narine through square leg for his first boundary.

In the next over, Raina punches Kuldeep through the covers for two runs to take CSK past the 100-run mark.

But Kuldeep strikes off the next ball as Raina looks to hit it down the ground but holes out to Johnson at long-on to perish for 31.

Rival captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni walks out to a huge cheer from the home crowd as he gets off the mark with one and Rayudu also takes one to keep strike.

CSK 90-1 (10 ovs) vs KKR | Scorecard

Andre Russell comes into the attack. He starts with a beauty, full delivery which moves away a bit to beat left-hander Raina, who has a flash.

The next ball is fine as Russell nudges it fine for another four before the pacer bowls another wide down the leg side.

Russell then overpitches and also offers some width as Raina slaps it square through the off-side for a four followed by three singles to get 12 from the over.

Left-arm chinaman spinner Kuldeep replaces Chawla. Raina goes for the slog sweep but is beaten as he fails to read the googly before he takes a single.

Watson then shuffles across and paddles Kuldeep fine for a four and then takes one. Raina again misreads the turn as he gets the inside edge on the leg side for a single.

Young fast bowler Mavi comes back as he send down a tidy over, giving away just five singles, in his second over.

KKR looking to build the pressure with some tight bowling in the middle overs, drying up the boundaries.

Kuldeep also follows it up with another tight over, till Watson spoils it by lofting the last ball straight down the ground for a six.

CSK are 90 for one in 10 overs, with Watson on 36 and Raina on 26.

CSK 57-1 (6 ovs) vs KKR | Scorecard

Mystery spinner Sunil Narine comes into the attack. Du Plessis picks one from the first ball before du Plessis defends the next ball.

Narine then drops short as Watson pulls it through square leg for a four to get five from the over.

Johnson comes back as Watson smashes the second ball straight back at the fast bowler, hitting him on the left arm, and despite that the ball goes through midwicket for a four.

Two balls later, du Plessis pulls a short ball from the pacer over square leg for a six before Watson repeats the shot off the last ball to get 19 from the over.

Chawla comes back into the attack from the other end. He strikes first ball with the wicket of du Plessis, who is beaten by the googly and is bowled after a quickfire 27 from 15 balls.

Suresh Raina starts off in smashing fashion, lofting the first ball he faces, from Chawla over the covers for a four.

Two balls later, he pulls a short ball fine on the leg side for another boundary.

Chawla then nearly strikes with the wicket of Raina (8), who edges the googly but wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik puts down the catch.

CSK have got off to a start, reaching 57 for one in six overs with Watson on 21 and Raina on nine.

CSK 24-0 (3 ovs) vs KKR | Scorecard

Mitchell Johnson opens the bowling for the hosts, while Shane Watson and Faf du Plessis are the two openers for CSK.

Watson drives the third ball through the off-side for a four to get off the mark and then takes one to thirdman.

Du Plessis then gets the outside edge which goes past the slip fielder for another four before he takes one to get 10 from the first over.

Leg-spinner Piyush Chawla bowls the second over. Du Plessis swings the second ball across the line but had missed it completely before he slaps the third ball through the covers for a four.

Du Plessis attacks Chawla as he lofts the fifth ball over mid-off for the second four of the over.

Pacer Shivam Mavi to bowl the third over. After two dot balls, Watson inside edges it back on to his pads as du Plessis calls him for a quick run. Mavi across and has a shy at the stumps but du Plessis has made his crease.

Du Plessis looks to smash the fourth ball through the off-side but gets an inside edge which goes through fine leg for a four followed by a single as CSK reach 24 for no loss in three overs.

Kolkata Knight Riders captain Dinesh Karthik has won the toss and elected to bowl against Chennai Super Kings, in Kolkata, on Thursday.

Hosts KKR have made one change as Rinku Singh replaces Nitish Rana.

Meanwhile, the Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led CSK are unchanged.

Welcome to the coverage of the 33rd match of the Indian Premier League between Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings in Kolkata, on Thursday.

Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni's vintage form has added to their strength and table-toppers Chennai Super Kings would look to continue their winning momentum when they take on KKR at the Eden Gardens.

Dhoni has turned back the clock with his last three innings, two of them half centuries, adding to the fine run of imposing all-rounder Shane Watson.

CSK are currently leading the eight-team table with 12 points from six wins out of eight games.

In the mid-table with six matches to go, KKR cannot afford to lose at Eden Gardens, where they play three more, in their bid to secure a maiden playoff berth under Dinesh Karthik.

KKR's campaign, so far, has been hugely dependent on the overseas trio of Chris Lynn, Andre Russell and Sunil Narine.

Lynn was the architect of KKR's six-wicket win in Bangalore with a restrained knock of 62 not out from 52 balls after he got a reprieve on seven.

KKR would hope for a strong batting show, especially from Robin Uthappa who is in the middle of a lean patch and is yet to score a half-century.