Fifties from skipper Nitish Rana and Rinku Singh led Kolkata Knight Riders to a six-wicket win over Chennai Super Kings and stay alive in the Indian Premier League playoff race on Sunday.
Kolkata kept Chennai down to 144-6, a total they overhauled riding on a key stand of 99 between Rinku (54) and Rana (57 not out) in Chennai.
Spinners Varun Chakravarthy and Sunil Narine took two wickets each to set up victory as Kolkata jumped a spot to seventh in their attempt to finish the league stage on top four for a play-off berth.
Four-time winners Chennai remain second in the 10-team table led by holders Gujarat Titans and on course for the play-offs.
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KKR win by 6 wickets and 9 balls to spare ✅
CSK had a chance to seal their place in the playoffs but KKR had other ideas. Rinku Singh and Nitish Rana with half centuries.
KKR 1474 (18.3)
CSK 144/6 (20)Points table: https://t.co/76sHHpObMu pic.twitter.com/IPFJhq0z4g
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Kolkata looked in trouble at 33-3 after Chennai pace bowler Deepak Chahar’s third strike to send back Jason Roy, before the left-handed pair of Rinku and Rana guided the team home with nine balls to spare.
Rinku, who became an IPL sensation with his five sixes off the last five balls to conjure up a miracle…
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