Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings, 33rd Match - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

And that’s all. CSK peaking at the perfect time, they are finding new heroes everyday. Some old horses, some vibrant youngsters who are making hay under the tutelage of MS and Fleming. Anyone remembers that they are missing Ben Stokes and Deepak Chahar? For KKR, time for a hard look in the mirror. Is it time to phase out their old guard? Do they need to get some stability in their batting line-up? That’s a debate for another day, for now this is Saurabh Shankar signing off on behalf of Abhinand Raghavendran, Sagar Chawla and Venky.

Ajinkya Rahane | Player of the Match: Just had a clear mindset. If the thing between your ears is right, your mind is right then you'll be fine. I'm just trying to enjoy my game. The wicket was a bit sticky, but once you are in you have a great chance. We had a great start, and after that I wanted to play my shots and keep the momentum. I've enjoyed all my knocks so far, I still feel the best is yet to come. It is a great learning, I've played under Mahi bhai for India for many years, and now even at CSK it has been a great learning. If you listen to whatever he says, you will more often than not perform.

MS Dhoni, CSK Captain: I will just say thanks for the support, they came in big numbers. Most of these guys will come in a KKR jersey next time. They are trying to give me a farewell, so thanks a lot to the crowd. Fast bowlers are doing their job, so are spinners in the middle. The wicket was short on one side so we needed to get early wickets and keep the pressure. They have plenty of power hitters, so we had to give the respect to the opposition. I have a clear funda, if someone is injured he can't do anything. You just move on and motivate the youngsters to perform. We have been fortunate that all the guys coming in are performing. (On Rahane) We realise the potential of someone when we allow him to bat the way he bats. We give him the freedom, give him the best position. In a team environment, someone has to sacrifice his slot to allow the others to get more comfortable, and allow the team to succeed.

Devon Conway: My partnership with Rutu at the top, it calms the nerves for me. We try to keep it simple. A lot of credit goes to Rutu. Just trying to be as clear as possible. I've always had issues with the balls straight and on the bodyline, seems to be getting that away in the last few games. My role is to put bowlers under pressure. Using my feet gets me into those good position and creates momentum through the innings. The culture that we have in Chennai is special. Everyone feels very comfortable, everyone feels backed. We have a good vibe in the group. For us, it's about continuing this momentum and moving forward in the tournament. Having MS in your group, it's great to have him. It does feel like a home fixture every time we play. CSK fans get behind him and us as a group, good to be part of this group.

Nitish Rana, KKR captain: Tough to digest. Always going to be difficult chasing 236 especially if you don't have a good powerplay. Have to give credit to Rahane. As I said, it's tough to digest that we conceded a score like that. We do have some positives. But if you don't improve. If you keep repeating mistakes against such a big team, you'll lose.

There have been nine instances of 30 or more sixes hit in an IPL match including today, with CSK being involved in seven of them.

Highest match aggregates at the Eden Gardens in the IPL:
433 - KKR vs SRH, 2023
430 - KKR vs MI, 2019
421 - KKR vs CSK, 2023
416 - KKR vs RCB, 2019

23:26 Local Time, 17:56 GMT, 23:26 IST: Almost the perfect game for CSK. They travelled to Eden Gardens, dwarfed the home support by having a sea of yellow in the crowd and dished out a performance to match that support. Ruturaj and Devon Conway gave CSK a fiery powerplay start, with the latter getting another fifty. And then the innings was shaped by two somewhat forgotten men prior to this IPL. Shivam Dube and Ajinkya Rahane - two Mumbai born batters playing for Chennai, came to the Eden and absolutely smoked Kolkata. 18 sixes were scored in the innings, as CSK setup the highest IPL score ever at this venue - ending with 235. Then they got a dream start with ball, as Akash Singh and Deshpande got a wicket apiece in the first two overs. The KKR innings found some momentum when Jason Roy - who didn't open perhaps due to an injury - came out and went all guns blazing. He scored a 19 ball fifty as Rinku Singh played another noteworthy cameo, but it was always going to be a hill too high. Massive credit to the CSK bowling unit as well, who had two bowlers keep an economy rate under eight while the opposition tried to chase 235. Also, he may be batting at eight now but MS Dhoni the keeper, and MS Dhoni the captain is still contributing bucket loads to this franchise. Bowling changes on point, and giving the right motivation to this group. CSK are building a very solid side here...Stick on for the presentations

Pathirana to Rinku Singh, no run, game, set, match. Full delivery outside off, a swing and miss for Rinku Singh

Pathirana to Rinku Singh, no run, short on the shoulder, pulled to fine leg but they don't run

Pathirana to Rinku Singh, no run, waist high full toss outside off, Rinku edged it into the ground towards Dhoni. KKR review for a no ball and Rinku might feel hard done, it did look too high, but the third umpire allows it to pass

KKR review for a no ball for height. Fair delivery according to the third umpire

Pathirana to Rinku Singh, SIX, yorker length, just a tad short and Rinku manages to get under it. Slams it high into the night sky. The long part of the boundary and Senapati at deep mid-wicket plucks it out, and throws the ball back before going over. However, his feet were touching the ropes when he caught the ball... 50 for Rinku Singh, a nice footnote for him in this game.

Pathirana to Rinku Singh, no run, wide full toss, Rinku Singh can't connect

Pathirana to Rinku Singh, no run, low full toss outside off, Rinku went for a heave and edged it onto the ground and towards Dhoni. Half stops but the KKR players don't run

Matheesha Pathirana [3.0-0-21-1] is back into the attack

Theekshana to Chakaravarthy, no run, almost a waist high full toss, dips at the right time and Chakaravarthy slams towards deep mid-wicket for a single

Theekshana to Chakaravarthy, no run, dropped!! Theekshana needs to work on his fielding off his own bowling, this is the 2nd or 3rd catch we've seen him put down. This was flat and slapped back hard towards the bowler. He got both hands behind it, but can't grab on. But in all fairness, the ball would have come very quickly

Theekshana to Chakaravarthy, no run, flat on off, inside edged to short fine

Varun Chakaravarthy, right handed bat, comes to the crease