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20 May 2014, 1923 hrs IST,  gocricket.com

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Mid-match report: Raina fifty lifts Csk© IPL

Raina top-scored with 65 off 52 balls heading CSK to 154.

In their first diversion at Eden Gardens, Kolkata Knight Riders floated by their spinners kept CSK batsmen under control for the real some piece of the innings just to see the guests end solid at 154 for 4, affability Suresh Raina's 52-ball 65-run thump on Tuesday.

On an Eden track with a green tinge, it was normal that the quick bowlers will have significant part to play, however Shakib Al Hasan and Sunil Narine made a fabulous showing to strangle CSK batsmen, doling out only 54 runs in their consolidated 8 overs. KKR captain Gautam Gambhir had won the throw and chose to field first.

After IPL debutant Pat Cummins (1/29) had uprooted Dwayne Smith with a peach of a conveyance in the second over - an immaculate outswinger that pitched on center and moved away simply enough to beat the West Indian and clatter the off-stump - Raina and Brendon Mccullum joined for a 55-run stand for the second wicket, yet the association took a stab at a run-a-ball rate.

Shakib, who began the undertaking with the ball, was clean as always doling out only 16 runs in his first spell of three overs. Sunil Narine, who was tonked for a greatest by Suresh Raina off the first ball he rocked the bowling alley, returned well to surrender only three more runs in his next 11 conveyances. Legspinner Piyush Chawla likewise began well doling out only 13 runs in his initial two overs.

Mccullum, who had begun forcefully against the quick bowler Cummins taking him for two sixes and a four, battled against the moderate bowlers not capable hit limits and likewise neglected to turn the strike. His death in the eleventh over as he attempted to raise the stakes to Narine for 28 brought Faf du Plessis to the fold.

Du Plessis excessively had a sow begin with Raina additionally not ready to mouth free. CSK slithered to 80 for 2 in 13 overs with the left-hander batting on 35 off 39 balls. Be that as it may the fourteenth played by Chawla gave the greatly required force to CSK as Raina hit him for two successive sixes preceding completing off the over with a four. 19 runs got over it with Raina arriving at his third fifty of the season. Shakib's last over was taken for 14 runs and CSK were set for quickening.

They lost Du Plessis to an immediate hit from Chawla in the seventeenth over for 23, in this manner finishing a 62-run stand that fell off 36 balls and with the flight of Raina in the following over to Chawla, Dhoni (21*) and Jadeja (9*) made a decisive final push taking 30 runs in the last three overs.

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