IPL history: Top 5 totals by Kolkata Knight Riders

#4 IPL 2018, CSK vs KKR - 202/6

Chepauk was witness to an Andre Russell blitzkrieg

The Chennai Super Kings were playing on their home ground, the MA Chidambaram Stadium, after two years, and their opponents were the Kolkata Knight Riders. Both the sides were at one win each and MS Dhoni won the toss and put KKR into bat.

Sunil Narine and Chris Lynn opened the batting for the Knight Riders and Narine, after a blistering start, was sent back to the pavilion for 12. Robin Uthappa who was the new man in and he combined with Lynn to build a good partnership, before Ravindra Jadeja dismissed Lynn.

Despite scoring at a good run rate, KKR were losing regular wickets and were 89/5 in 10 overs when captain Dinesh Karthik and Andre Russell joined hands.

It was a complete Russell show for the Knight Riders after that as he smashed 88 runs off 36 balls; no CSK bowler could escape unscathed. Dwayne Bravo was the worst sufferer as he was slammed for 50 runs of his 3 overs.

KKR scored 202 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs. Russell's whirlwind knock consisted of 1 four and 11 sixes.

The match seemed to be in KKR's control but the CSK openers provided the best possible start to the team. They scored 75 runs in the powerplay and looked set for the win. The spinners, of course, brought KKR back into the game as Rayudu and Raina were dismissed in a phase where runs were hard to come by.

MS Dhoni wasn't able to score runs at one end but just when it seemed like they were losing, Sam Billings came to the rescue. The Englishman scored 56 runs off 23 balls and thanks to some late hitting by Bravo and Jadeja, CSK won the match with 1 ball to spare.

Russell's brilliant knock went in vain as the CSK batsmen all chipped in with vital contributions.