Kolkata beat Chennai in thrilling opener

HYDERABAD: "An individual can win the game for you or take the game away from you," Chennai Super Kings skipper MS Dhoni had declared a couple of days ago. His fears came true on Wednesday.

Unfortunately for Dhoni, Andre Russell and Ryan ten Doeschate stole CSK's thunder to script a remarkable three-wicket win, with six balls to spare, for Kolkata Knight Riders in the Oppo CL T20 Group A opener here. After Ashish Nehra had destroyed the top order with spell of 37 in three overs, the Knight Riders were staring at humiliation but Doeschate and Suryakumar Yadav turned things around with a 30-run stand for the fifth wicket to set the stage for Russell.

Russell, who joined ten Doeschate with the score reading 515, went after the rival attack. The big-hitting West Indies player raced to his 50 off 22 balls with two fours and five sixes. With the others taking the stick, Dhoni turned to Nehra and the left-arm seam er responded well by castling Russell (58; 25b, 4x4, 5x6), but the damage was more or less done. Ten Doeschate ensured a win for his side with a masterly unbeaten 51 (41b; 3x4, 2x6).

Earlier, Dhoni and allrounder Dwayne Bravo scripted Chennai Super Kings' remarkable escape from Kolkata Knight Riders' spin trap. The famed spin attack of Kolkata had the formidable Super Kings batsmen in knots before Dhoni and Bravo strung an unbeaten 71-run stand off 45 balls for the fifth wicket to stage a remarkable recovery .

Coming together at 864, the duo played some sensible cricket against the spinners, especially Sunil Narine, before launching into fast bowlers Pat Cummins and Umesh Yadav to help CSK reach a competitive 157 for four.

Brief scores:

KKR 1597 in 19 overs (Russell 58, Doeschate 51*, Nehra 421) beat CSK 1574 (Dhoni 35*, Bravo 28*, Narine 19, Chawla 226) by 3 wickets

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