Gill in control
October 29, 2020 19:49
KKR 16-0 (2 ovs) vs CSK
Sam Curran opens at the other end and Gill slashes at it and the ball goes past backward point for a single.
Curran then bowls over the wicket to the Rana and the batsman safely plays three dots before playing the ball off his pads to midwicket for a single.
Gill then plays the ball with his wrists square on the leg side for a single.
Just 3 come in the over.
Shubman Gill and open for KKR while Deepak Chahar opens the bowling for CSK.
And Gill starts with a wonderful, crisp cut past cover point for a boundary.
He then gets a thick inside edge and the ball rolls to fine leg for another boundary.
Gill then plays the outswinger down to third man for a single.
Rana on strike now and he cuts it uppishly past backward point for a four .
He then plays out two dots as 13 come off the over.
Here's the Playing XI for tonight's contest:
Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Rahul Tripathi, Dinesh Karthik(w), Eoin Morgan(c), Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine, Pat Cummins, Lockie Ferguson, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Varun Chakravarthy
Chennai Super Kings (Playing XI): Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shane Watson, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni(w/c), N Jagadeesan, Sam Curran, Ravindra Jadeja, Mitchell Santner, Karn Sharma, Deepak Chahar, Lungi Ngidi