Watch the highlights of KKR vs CSK 15th Match IPL 2021 - Indian Premier League Twenty20 tournament of the 15th T20 match played between Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai in 21st April 2021.
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| An 115-run stand between Ruturaj Gaikwad and Faf du Plessis © BCCI / IPLT20 |
Faf du Plessis' 65-ball 90* and Ruturaj Gaikwad's half-century before Deepak Chahar and Lungi Ngidi's combined 7-wickets helped to Chennai Super Kings comprehensive 18-run victory over Kolkata Knight Riders, despite a Andre Russell - Dinesh Karthik - Pat Cummins' onslaught in a high-scoring thriller of the 15th match of a Indian Premier League.
* Chennai Super Kings' 220 was their fifth highest score in Indian Premier League and It is their highest total against Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL.
* Kolkata Knight Riders' 202 was their joint ninth highest score in Indian Premier League and It is their joint highest total against Chennai Super Kings in IPL.
* Andre Russell equalled a 21-ball his joint second fastest fifty for Kolkata Knight Riders in Indian Premier League and the joint fastest fifty by an Kolkata Knight Riders batsman against Chennai Super Kings in IPL, jointly 21-ball half-century held by Brendon McCullum at Centurion in 2009.
* 30-runs : Number of runs that were scored in the 16th over from Sam Curran, which was the most productive over for Kolkata Knight Riders in Indian Premier League history, surpassing the their previous record of 29-runs against Royal Challengers Bangalore at Bengaluru in the 2019 and the joint third most expensive-over in IPL.
* Pat Cummins' scored 30-runs (2, 6, 6, 6, 4, 6) - the most runs scored by an Kolkata Knight Riders batsman in an over in Indian Premier League history, surpassing the previous record of 28-runs held by Andre Russell off Tim Southee (RCB) at Bengaluru in 2019 and the joint third most runs scored by a batsman in an single over IPL, previously 30-runs jointly hit by Virender Sehwag (DC), Shaun Marsh (PBKS), Chris Gayle (RCB), Virat Kohli (RCB) and Rahul Tewatia (RR).
* Pat Cummins hammered a 23-ball his fastest fifty for Kolkata Knight Riders in Indian Premier League and the third fastest fifty by an Kolkata Knight Riders batsman against Chennai Super Kings in IPL.
* Deepak Chahar's 4 for 29 was his second best bowling performance for Chennai Super Kings in Indian Premier League and the fourth best bowling figures by an Chennai Super Kings bowler against Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL.
CSK scored 220-3 in 20 overs with top scorer by Faf du Plessis 95 not out, Ruturaj Gaikwad blasted a 64 off 42-balls including 6-fours & 4-sixes with strike rate of 152.38.
Moeen Ali hammered a 25 off 12-balls included 2-sixes & 2-fours with strike rate of 208.33 and MS Dhoni 17.
KKR best bowler by Varun Chakravarthy, Andre Russell and Sunil Narine each took one-wickets.
KKR scored 202 for all-out in 19.1 overs with top scorer by Pat Cummins hammered a unbeaten 66 off 34-balls including 6-sixes & 4-fours with strike rate of 194.11.
Andre Russell blasted a 54 off 22-balls including 6-sixes & 3-fours with strike rate of 245.45, Dinesh Karthik cracked a 40 off 24-balls included 4-fours & 2-sixes with strike rate of 166.66.
CSK best bowler by Deepak Chahar claimed a 4-wickets for 29-runs in 4-overs, Lungi Ngidi picked up 3-wickets and one for Sam Curran.
Faf du Plessis named Player of the match for his masterclass unbeaten 90-runs knocked off facing 65-balls including 9-fours and 4-sixes with strike rate of 158.33.
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