Rahane, Dube fifties down Kolkata Knight Riders as Chennai Super Kings go to the top

Chennai Super Kings posted the highest IPL score at the Eden Gardens to clinically defeat the Kolkata Knight Riders in the second match of Sunday’s double-header. After posting a massive 235-4 on the board, courtesy explosive half-centuries from Ajinkya Rahane, Shivam Dube and Devon Conway, and an adequate bowling performance that was certainly covered up by the show-stopping batting performance.

Brief scores:

Chennai Super Kings 235-4 in 20 overs (Ajinkya Rahane 71*, Devon Conway 56, Shivam Dube 50, Kulwant Khejroliya 2-44, Suyash Sharma 1-29) beat Kolkata Knight Riders 186-8 (Jason Roy 61, Rinku Singh 53*, Maheesh Theekshana 2-32, Tushar Deshpande 2-43) by 49 runs