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Faf du Plessis held one end tight on a sluggish pitch to ensure the Chennai Super Kings recorded their fourth straight win at home this season, which put them atop the

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Three down, KKR reeling!

Nitish Rana played a careless, uncontrolled pull shot to a shortish ball from Chahar to be out caught diving by Ambati Rayudu at short mid-wicket.

Narine throws it away!

With Chahar bowling a tight line, Sunil Narine tried to attack Harbhajan but played an awful shot trying to hit over the infield and spooned an easy catch backward of point. KKR 8/2 in the second over.

Got 'em!

Deepak Chahar troubled Chris Lynn by swinging the ball both ways on a sluggish pitch and eventually trapped him plumb in front with an outswinger for a 5-ball duck. A very good first over from the very disciplined right-armer.

The 22 yards:

It's another grass-barren surface at Chepauk. It's not a hard surface either, which means pace off the ball is the way to go if you are a bowler. 160 is a good first innings score. However, dew is expected to make its presence felt and that would make stroke-play a little easy in the second half.

Playing XIs

Chennai Super Kings: Shane Watson, Faf du Plessis, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni(w/c), Kedar Jadhav, Ravindra Jadeja, Scott Kuggeleijn, Deepak Chahar, Harbhajan Singh, Imran Tahir

Kolkata Knight Riders: Chris Lynn, Sunil Narine, Robin Uthappa, Nitish Rana, Dinesh Karthik(w/c), Shubman Gill, Andre Russell, Piyush Chawla, Kuldeep Yadav, Harry Gurney, Prasidh Krishna

Dhoni calls right!

CSK opt to bowl and Dhoni gives a one-word answer when asked for the reason, "Dew." He expects the bowlers to do a decent job and later hunt down the target with a bit of help from dew. Both teams are unchanged from their previous game.

Sam Billings smashed a 21-ball fifty in a high-pressure chase ©BCCI

Looking back: The last time these two teams met at Chepauk, we witnessed a humdinger of game which was decided in the final over where Dre Russ' stellar show was outsmarted by Billings' brilliance.

Hello there! The way the season has panned out, this is the contest we have been waiting for. Chennai Super Kings have continued their impressive run despite not having an ideal T20 setup, age-wise. Andre Russell has inspired Kolkata Knight Riders and has been winning games at will from improbable situations. Teams have been fearing the Dre Russ factor. He'll be up against the tactically shrewd MS Dhoni, which is why this is a highly anticipated game.