CSK fall to fifth consecutive defeat against KKR

Chennai Super Kings slumped to their fifth consecutive defeat with a heavy eight-wicket loss to Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League.

KKR took just 61 balls to chase down a target of 104 with Sunil Narine top-scoring with 44.

CSK, who were being led by veteran MS Dhoni for the first time in this year's competition, failed to fire after being putting into bat, dramatically slipping from 59-2 to 79-9.

Narine also starred with the ball, taking 3-13, including having Ravindra Jadeja caught behind for a duck and dismissing the 43-year-old Dhoni, who batted at number nine, lbw for one.

The unbeaten Shivam Dube, CSK's top-scorer with 31, dragged his side to 103-9 but that was their lowest total at home in the competition.

KKR made short work of their reply, with openers Narine and Quinton de Kock smashing 46 inside the first four overs.

De Kock was bowled by Anshul Kamboj for 23, but Narine powered on, hitting five sixes in an 18-ball innings before his stumps were broken by Noor Ahmad, the tournament's leading wicket-taker, in the eighth over.

By that point KKR needed just 19 to win, and captain Ajinkya Rahane and Rinku Singh guided their team home, the latter hitting Jadeja for six to end the game from the first ball of the 11th over.

The result moves KKR up three places to third with an equal number of victories and losses from their six matches, while CSK remain in ninth having only won their first game in this year's competition.

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