Shot of the Day: Sunil Narine launches Theekshana for a colossal six at Chepauk- CSK vs KKR IPL 2024

Kolkata Knight Riders all-rounder Sunil Narine once again fizzled to go enormous in his team’s fourth installation of the IPL 2024 as he got expelled for 27 (20) against Chennai Super Lords (CSK) on Monday, April 8, 2008 at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai. Despite playing a brief inning, the southpaw didn’t fall flat to engage his fans as he clobbered three fours and two sixes amid his stay at the crease.

Narine put his breathtaking six-hitting ability on display as he hit Maheesh Theekshana for a colossal hit over long-on. On the final ball of the fifth over in the first inning, the KKR stood in his wrinkle as Theekshana bowled the conveyance right in his opening. The West Indies cricketer whacked it with all his might over long, sending the ball tall into the night sky as it voyaged for a maximum.

Narine got included in a 56-run stand for the moment wicket with Angrish Raghuvanshi (24 off 18) off 36 balls after KKR misplaced Philip Salt on the first ball of the innings. Ravindra Jadeja broke the vital stand for CSK by rejecting Raghuvanshi and Narine in his to begin with over and afterwards got freed of Venkatesh Iyer (3 of 8) in his moment.

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The left-arm spinner wrapped up with figures of 3/18 in four overs. Apart from him, Tushar Deshpande (3/33) also got the huge scalps of Salt, Rinku Singh (9 off 14), and Andre Russell (10 off 10), to keep KKR at the cove. Mustafizur Rahman (2/22) too chipped in with two wickets, confining KKR to 137/9 in their designated 20 overs. In answer, they comfortably chased down the target in 17.1 overs, with captain Ruturaj Gaikwad directing them domestically with an unbeaten half-century (67* off 58). Daryl Mitchell (25 off 19) and Shivam Dube (28 off 18) also made important commitments. After their win, CSK climbed to the fourth spot on the focus table with three wins from five matches, whereas KKR kept up their moment spot after losing their, to begin with, diversion after three successive wins.