\In the inaugural match of IPL 2022, the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) trounced the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) by 6 wickets. It was first match for Ravindra Jadeja as the captain but his team lost despite Dhoni's half-century. Here's key highlights of the game:
1. KKR won the toss and elected to bowl first against CSK.
2. Umesh Yadav took 2 quick wickets in the power play that built pressure on CSK from the start.
3. CSK missed their all-rounder Moeen Ali, who will be back in the next match
4. MS Dhoni hits 50 runs from 38 deliveries. It was Dhoni's first half-century in IPL in last three years. His previous half-century in IPL was against RCB way back in 2019. At that time, he had scored 84 off 48 balls.
5. Robin Uthappa also scored 28 runs from 21 deliveries.
6. For KKR, Ajinkya Rahana made 44 runs from 34 deliveries and Sam Billings made 25 runs from 22 deliveries in the reply for KKR.
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7. Chennai Super Kings made 131/5 in 20 over. In the answer, KKR made 132/4 in 18.3 overs and won the match by 6 wickets.
