Thereafter, the left-right pair of Narine and Raghuvanshi slowly built a partnership.
Ruturaj Gaikwad kept shuffling his bowlers to break this partnership but the pair kept piling runs and added 56 runs in the powerplay. That is when Gaikwad brought Jadeja, his most experienced spinner, in and he answered by striking twice in an over. First, he trapped Raghuvanshi who went for a reverse sweep and missed it completely. Later in the same over, Jadeja foxed Narine into playing a false shot to Theekshana at long off. Suddenly CSK were back in the game with KKR at 60 for three. Now a lot depended upon skipper Shreyas Iyer and the remaining batters to have a go at the CSK attack and post a challenging total.
Jadeja put his experience to effective use and varied his lines. This came in handy as he also pocketed the wicket of Venkatesh Iyer.
Rachin Ravindra, too, gave a good account of himself by bowling tidy lines and not giving the width for both Shreya and Ramandeep to play the shots. Theekshana too joined the party and accounted for the wicket of Ramandeep. With half the team back in the dugout and 85 runs on the board, a lot depended upon the likes of Rinku Singh to do the rescue act. Due to pressure, Rinku could not force the pace. When Russell finally came in he did not have the time to settle down and play his shots. All he could do was strike two boundaries and later Mitchell took an easy catch off Deshpande to send him back. Gaikwad shuffled his bowlers well and also gave them the confidence to make a comeback.
