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Kolkata Knight Riders opened the new Indian Premier League (IPL) season with a six-wicket victory over Chennai Super Kings on Saturday, despite an unbeaten 38-ball 50 from Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
Two Test specialists who were T20 hot property more than a decade ago and one retired 40-year-old part-time Team India mentor held sway as Kolkata Knight Riders started off with a six-wicket victory. Umesh Yadav was a late pick for KKR from the auctions, Ajinkya Rahane went for base price and MS Dhoni has just relinquished his final official leadership role - captaincy of CSK. But the Saturday fare at Wankhede was all about these three.
Ajinkya Rahane's knock of 44 runs put Mahendra Singh Dhoni's half-century in vain as Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) defeated Chennai Super Kings in the opening game of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022, here at Wankhede stadium in Mumbai on Saturday. Rahane scored 44 runs while Umesh Yadav scalped two wickets as KKR registered a six-wicket victory over CSK with 9 balls to spare.
Kolkata Knight Riders beat defending champions Chennai Super Kings by six wickets as Mahendra Singh Dhoni's first tournament fifty in three years went in vain in the IPL lung opener here on Saturday. Unburdened by captaincy, Dhoni, who relinquished the leadership role just two days back, smashed an unbeaten 50 off 38 balls to take CSK to 131 for 5 after being put in to bat.
CSK vs KKR, IPL 2022, Live Updates: Defending champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) face Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the season opener of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Last season, CSK defeated KKR in the final in the UAE, and lifted their fourth IPL title. Both teams will be under leadership this season. MS Dhoni stepped down as captain of CSK on Thursday, and Ravindra Jadeja will fill in for him this season. Meanhile, KKR did not retain their skipper Eoin Morgan, and signed Shreyas Iyer at the mega auction last month. Both teams will miss several players initially due to international commitments. It will be interesting to see which team will take the bragging rights ahead of a long and tiring season. (LIVE SCORECARD)
Chennai Super Kings will kick off the 15th edition of the Indian Premier League against former winners Kolkata Knight Riders on Saturday as the Twenty20 tournament returns home with an expanded version following the addition of two new teams. The entire 2020 edition of the cash-rich tournament and the second half of last year's tournament were held in the United Arab Emirates as India grappled with the COVID-19 pandemic. Mumbai will host 55 matches in three stadiums in and around the city, while Pune - also in the Western state of Maharashtra - will host the remaining 15 league games which means air travel will not be required for the league's 10 franchises. Fans will also be allowed to attend matches, with a 25% occupancy limit, during the 2022 edition with COVID-19 restrictions easing in the country.
The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 season will kickstart on March 26 with defending champions Chennai Super Kings squaring off against Kolkata Knight Riders at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. The season opener will see MS Dhoni going up against KKR's new skipper Shreyas Iyer and the match is expected to grab eyeballs all around the world. Last season, these two teams had played the final, where CSK came out triumphant.
