CSK vs KKR: Three masterstrokes during the game

#1 Promoting Rayudu ahead of Sam Billings

Rayudu's explosive innings was the perfect platform for CSK in the run chase

Chasing a mammoth total of 203 runs, Chennai went quite effectively about their business. On a pitch that was turning fairly, it was obvious to see Kolkata start with some spin.

To encounter the same, Dhoni sent Rayudu, a better player of the slow bowling, ahead of English batsmen Sam Billings to open the innings.

Ambati fared well in his second game for CSK as he looked much confidence in his ability to tackle spin in the early overs.

Before his dismissal, he had given his team a good flourish at the top as the team was on route to chase the total. Rayudu scored quick 39 runs in 26 deliveries that he faced.

Eventually, Billings, in the end, gave them a glimmer of hope to win the match after his quick fifty made it much easier for the likes of Bravo and Jadeja to capitalise and take the team home for their consecutive win.