He 21st match of the Indian T20 League was played at Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi where three-time Indian T20 League champions Chennai were defeated by Kolkata by 10 runs. In the match, Kolkata captain Dinesh Karthik decided to bat first and Kolkata set a target of 168 runs in front of Chennai, in response to which Chennai were able to score 157 runs after losing 5 wickets in 20 overs. In the Indian T20 League, Chennai had chased down the target for the eighth consecutive time.


Kolkata innings


In today's match, Kolkata, reshuffling the opening pair, sent Rahul Tripathi at the opening with Shubman Gill in place of Sunil Narine. Shubman and Rahul Tripathi gave the team a tight start, Kolkata's first wicket fell as Shubman Gill with a total of 37 runs, they scored 11 runs and became the victim of Shardul Thakur. Then came Nitish Rana at number three, who had good shots in the last match, a 33-run partnership between Rana and Tripathi. Rana was able to give his wicket to Karn Sharma by scoring only 9 runs, even after this, the other batsmen could not show any special feat and Rahul could not support Rahul Tripathi at one end, Morgan was also able to score only 7 runs while captain Dinesh Karthik and Andre Rasail flopped again, Rasail scored 2 and Karthik scored 12, Pant Cummins contributed 17 runs. Rahul Tripathi smashed 81 with a brilliant half-century, initially it seemed that Kolkata would score 190–200, but the Chennai bowlers did not let that happen. Kolkata's entire team was all out for 167 in 20 overs, Kolkata lost 3 wickets in the last over.


Chennai bowlers today bowled well to put Kolkata on a good start, Karn Sharma, who replaced Piyush Chawla, took 2 wickets for 25 runs in 4 overs, Shardul Thakur took 2 for 28 in his spell. Taking wickets, Sam Karen took 2 wickets for 26 runs, while Bravo took 3 wickets for 37 runs in 4 overs.


Chennai innings


Chennai's innings also got off to a good start, and both openers looked in their color, they had an unbeaten 181-run partnership in the previous match, after a 30-run partnership in the match, Duplessis became the victim of Shivam Mavi scoring 17 runs. After this, Watson shared a 69-run partnership with Ambati Rayudu, who came at number three, but after that Ambati Rayudu fell to Narkoti for 30 runs, in the very next over, Shane Watson was also lbw by Sunil Naren and sent to the pavilion. Granted, Watson hit a 50-run knock. After this, Chennai did not return in the match and Kolkata bowlers dominated Chennai. In the middle order, Dhoni and Sam Karen failed and Dhoni scored 11 and Karen scored 17 runs. Kedar Jadhav also scored an unbeaten 7 from 12 balls while Jadeja scored 21 from 8 balls, Jadeja hit 1 six and two fours in the last three balls but by the time it was too late, Chennai lost the match by 10 runs. gave.


After the first few overs, Kolkata bowlers did not give the Chennai batsmen a chance to open their hands, Pat Cummins was economical but did not get any wickets, he gave 25 runs in 4 overs, while Shivam Mavi, Varun Chakraborty, Kamlesh Nagerkoti, Sunil Naren and Andre Rasail got one wicket each.